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johnhb61.bsky.social @johnhb61.bsky.social · 21h
F1 - To me Rwanda as the 1st black African nation to host a grand prix stinks. How have they been selected first, ahead of other richer nations. May be they have resources that they aren't spending on their people, because the cost to host an F1 race is pretty high & they've got to build track yet.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Trump family is turning the presidency into a corrupt family business, and the names, the deals, and the money trail are all worth knowing. So is the roadmap for dismantling it.
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Unprecedented Corruption—and How We End It
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Donald Trump raped kids. Ted Lieu didn't make this up. In fact, Ted pointed directly to the Epstein files which detail Trump raping children and threatening to kill children — and an FBI witness who stated on the record that a young girl was raped by both Trump and Epstein.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 10/10/2026
“She definitely shouldn’t be here tonight.” The Nerve’s @carolecadwalla.bsky.social introduces silenced Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams at a screening of the Social Reckoning, where fellow whistleblower Frances Haugen - whose story inspired the film - spoke out on Sarah’s behalf 🧵
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
One month out from Election Day and Trump is campaigning in deep red territory he should never have to worry about, Ken Paxton is admitting Trump's convention hurt Republicans, and Democrats are surging in Texas, Florida, South Carolina and Kansas. The momentum is real. Let's keep it going! 👏
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Our Wins Of The Week
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 03/10/2026
REVEALED Britain’s contracts with Palantir hit £1bn The government has spent or agreed to spend at least £992m on contracts with Palantir Technologies, the Nerve’s Max Colbert - @mc00.bsky.social - can reveal 🧵
REVEALED: Britain’s contracts with Palantir hit £1bn. Peter Thiel’s face against a bright green background, with the Palantir logo in his eyes, with the words ‘£1 billion’ written across his face in large pink letters.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
📌 ICYMI — UN Acknowledges ‘Conflicts’ of Interest After Byline Times Exposes AI Panel’s Ties to OpenAI and Anthropic Funders — @nafeez.bsky.social The supposedly independent panel has close ties to donors who financed the AI giants they have assessed, a Byline Times investigation has found
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UN Acknowledges ‘Conflicts’ of Interest After Byline Times Exposes AI Panel’s Ties to OpenAI and Anthropic Funders
The supposedly independent panel has close ties to donors who financed the AI giants they have assessed, a Byline Times investigation has found
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
UK: Glasgow City Council pauses fire and rehire plans for 25,000 staff after union backlash www.glasgowworld.com/news/glasgow...
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Glasgow City Council pauses fire and rehire plans for 25,000 staff
Glasgow City Council has paused plans to fire and then rehire up to 25,000 workers after talks with the Scottish Government and unions on Friday.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points. Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race. Would be a shame if people found out.
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Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.
One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 12/09/2026
The Reform councillors’ vanishing act Folks tempted to vote for a Reform candidate can’t be at all sure what they’re going to get or even how long they are going to get it for northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
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The Reform councillors’ vanishing act
Folks tempted to vote for a Reform candidate can’t be at all sure what they’re going to get or even how long they are going to get it for
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Harborne has given Reform £36 million to match Delo's £36 million. The Telegraph describes it as a "show of force" from Reform's donors. The two men's £72 million is greater than all of the spending by all political parties on the 2024 GE www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Inequality Media @inequalitymedia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump's massive surveillance state and attacks on our civil liberties wouldn't have been possible without the PATRIOT Act. Watch this prescient warning from Russ Feingold, the only Senator to vote against its passage after 9/11.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Says it all really - two tier Reform" via Eric Jones
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 09/09/2026
🍿 WATCH: ‘Tommy Robinson: Where’s the Money Gone?’ TONIGHT at 10pm on Channel 4. Then head back here after the show. We’ve got more to reveal.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This government is still sitting on parts of a buried report laying bare catastrophic risks facing us from ecosystems collapse. My message to @andyburnham.bsky.social: tell the truth. Release the report in full. And prepare the country for what's coming. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full
Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 09/09/2026
“These anti-migrant vigilante groups claim that their intention is to protect women and children. This is manifestly false”: why we need to act now against far-right disorder By @hopenothate.org.uk’s @nicklowles.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/britain-fa...
Britain isn’t too soft on migrants; it’s too soft on Patriot Platform. Stylised image of men in black clothing and balaclavas, with a Union Jack in the background and a rubber dinghy
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Anti-Foreigner Reform UK’s “Shocking Foreign-Funding Scandal Is a Wake-Up Call” ‘We just don’t have British-resident donors,’ a top Nigel Farage ally told an undercover US reporter on camera. Isn’t now a good time to get big money out of UK politics? From Zeteo UK:
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Anti-Foreigner Reform UK’s Shocking Foreign-Funding Scandal Is a Wake-Up Call
‘We just don’t have British-resident donors,’ a top Nigel Farage ally told an undercover US reporter on camera. Isn’t now a good time to get big money out of UK politics?
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 05/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Patriot Platform, a new far right group launched by Tommy Robinson’s right hand man Daniel Thomas (AKA Danny Tommo) has blockaded the port and several roads in Dover. The masked men are from subgroups of PP, including Sussex, Essex, and South East Patriots Here’s all you need to know.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 05/09/2026
“They don’t put data centres in Kensington” Brick Lane locals gathered outside the Ministry of Housing yesterday to protest against controversial plans for a local data centre to aid lightning-fast City finance transactions. 1/
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The remarkable undercover investigation into Reform exposes a party that has defined strategies to break electoral law - and shows how badly our political finance rules need radical change. I spoke to Times Radio about all this: youtu.be/FEN2Hsij1UY?...
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Reform UK Donor Stand-off Shows The Risks Of ‘Dark Money’ | Peter Geoghegan
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johnhb61.bsky.social @johnhb61.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
All Saturday's papers have one thing on there mind and it's reform. Oh, except for The Sun, which thinks an Oasis tour in 2027, deserves the publics main attention. Obviously, everyone knows the Sun loves a political backlash, except against reform and riot farage.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 04/09/2026
The data centre - in an area with a social housing crisis -is for automated high-frequency trading in the City of London. Tower Hamlets Council unanimously rejected the plans, calling instead for more housing, but the decision was later overruled Sign up for our newsletter at thenerve.news/subscribe
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 04/09/2026
TODAY protesters gather at the Ministry of Housing to demand housing minister Angela Rayner reverses the highly controversial decision to grant permission for a 5200 sq m data centre in Brick Lane. The Nerve's Brenna Spain hears from residents including campaigner Jonathan Moberly about the plans
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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Wheels are in motion to attempt to strip the non-profit status of the Open Society Fdn, SPLC, CAIR and “the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, the anti-Amazon Athena Coalition, left-leaning watchdog MediaJustice, and the Strategic Organizing Center” of the SEIU nypost.com/2026/08/27/b...
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Exclusive | Trump admin set to target George Soros nonprofit, Southern Poverty Law Center and CAIR in major tax crackdown: sources
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is turning on his old boss, targeting George Soros’ Open Society Foundations in a massive progressive tax crackdown.
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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Millions of Americans may not receive their mail ballots in time, or at all, because of a secretive, court-defying system being rushed into place by the Trump administration. Two months before the midterms. This isn't by chance. It's a blatant attempt to steal an election. Share this everywhere.
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USPS rush to implement Trump order could cause ‘catastrophic failure’ of mail voting, whistleblower claims
A whistleblower claims in a new report that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has embarked on a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement President Donald Trump’s mail voting order ahead of the midterms,…
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
FT exclusive: the Labour government has shelved a promise to give local residents"first dibs" on buying newbuild properties Labour also promised to restrict the widespread sale of flats to overseas investors But both promises are now on ice www.ft.com/content/de28...
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Labour shelves plan to restrict foreigners buying new flats
Party downgrades its manifesto pledge to end ‘farce of entire developments being sold off to international investors’
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 30/08/2026
Palantir, Anduril, Cellebrite and others supply America’s deportation machine. They also hold UK contracts with the Home Office, MoD and police – offering surveillance capabilities that a Reform government would inherit. @mc00.bsky.social reports www.thenerve.news/p/ice-tech-c...
Ready for Farage? ICE’s tech enablers are already embedded in the British state. Image of an officer seen from behind, with the words “ICE POLICE” emblazoned on his back; the Union Jack is in the background
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No One Above @nooneaboveorg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"This was not one bad man, and not corporate abuse. It was a trafficking network of multiple perpetrators, backed by an international criminal organisation — and the evidence continues to prove that argument right."
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 28/08/2026
“Losing a loved one to online harms in 2022, I’ve witnessed firsthand the most devastating impacts of unregulated social media”: @adelewalton.bsky.social on the bittersweet spectacle of Meta’s historic $18bn lawsuit www.thenerve.news/p/adele-walt...
Meta helped destroy my generation’s sense of self. An $18bn settlement is not punishment enough. By Adele Walton. Stylised image of a child looking at a phone, with the logos of Facebook and Instagram floating around, against a light blue and yellow background
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
UK: Almost a million young people remain out of work, education or training, figures show morningstaronline.co.uk/article/almo...
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Almost a million young people remain out of work, education or training, figures show
ALMOST a million young people remain out of work, education or training, official figures showed yesterday, as the TUC warned that undermining workers’ rights only holds back their prospects.There wer...
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CNN @cnn.com · 28/08/2026
China is ramping up pressure on Taiwan, with Beijing sending a record number of government vessels to waters around the island last month, according to figures provided by Taiwan's coast guard. cnn.it/4gpkPCB
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Argh! We don’t need any more private partnerships like this for the NHS!🚨🚨🚨 Sign up here to hear more: jujuliagrace.substack.com
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No One Above @nooneaboveorg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Thank you @benjitoon.bsky.social @bylinesnetwork.co.uk: we couldn't be here without you. This edition will help us share this amazing work from Bylines, NOA and our incredible allies to all members of parliament. NOA is a grassroots, ground up, survivor-led campaign. We are so grateful. ♥️
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Our rapid disillusionment with political leaders is treated by much of the media as some kind of pathology. But what I see is these leaders backtracking on their promises, dashing people's hopes and serving the ultra-rich ahead of the rest of the population. Why wouldn't we be disillusioned?
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johnhb61.bsky.social @johnhb61.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton, an amazing human being. Not a fan, but I could see the humanity. R.I.P.
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James Hawes @jameshawes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
No, Elon: it was because the conquest of Egypt (in particular) suddenly made a few Romans so unprecedentedly rich and powerful that they destroyed the Roman Republic.
Elon Musk gets it wrong.
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Take heed, you non-thinkers… you’re being given fair warning! 🤷‍♂️ 👇
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Playing in our faces
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NO OBEYANCE IN ADVANCE @kafearless.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Shame on America!
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 23/08/2026
“Voloshyn cultivated Gill using KGB methods”: inside Russia’s dark operation to drive a wedge between Ukraine and Europe An extract from @lukeharding1968.bsky.social’s new book Betrayal: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest @faberbooks.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/luke-hardi...

Bribes, betrayal ... and Reform’s Nathan Gill: inside Russia’s operation to drive a wedge between Ukraine and Europe. Stylised image of Nathan Gill against a pink and red background, in front of the Kremlin
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
🟡 MAGAZINE What Burnham’s Got Wrong About Thatcherism By Simon Nixon Read below. ↓
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What Burnham’s Got Wrong About Thatcherism – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
The Prime Minister misunderstands exactly why four decades of neoliberalism have failed the UK, writes Simon Nixon
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johnhb61.bsky.social @johnhb61.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I've got water falling from the sky on my house, just a pitter, patter, but at least it's something. Roughly 60 days since the last. Looking forward to see the colour green in the morning. 😂
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 14/08/2026
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Jeff Bezos as part-owner of Liverpool? We'd rather have walked alone
The club I love has become the latest to fall into the grasp of an egregious billionaire, writes Hannah Jane Parkinson. Is the hyper-capitalist founder of Amazon aware that he’s buying into an essenti...
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 14/08/2026
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 14/08/2026
Jeff Bezos as part-owner of Liverpool? We'd rather have walked alone Hannah Jane Parkinson aka @ladyhaja.bsky.social on her beloved football club falling into the grasp of Amazon’s hyper-capitalist founder
Wh should be allowed to own a football club? Not oligarchic overlord Jeff Bezos (pictured on a football pitch wearing a navy blue polo shirt). By Hannah Jane Parkinson
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
📌 ICYMI — A Police Report, Legal Threats and a Splinter Party: Inside the Demise of Advance UK — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Byline Times reveals the criminal complaint and data protection dispute surrounding the collapse of the rival party to Reform UK
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A Police Report, Legal Threats and a Splinter Party: Inside the Demise of Advance UK
Byline Times reveals the criminal complaint and data protection dispute surrounding the collapse of the rival party to Reform UK
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 09/08/2026
The Great Farage Funding Timeline “He’s a symptom, not a cause.” Introduced by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, all the facts we’ve unearthed about Nigel Farage’s biggest benefactor, Christopher Harborne, plus other key facts reported elsewhere, now in one handy forensic resource 1/
Who Funds Farage? 

Follow the money The Farage funding timeline. 

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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It remains striking that Cambridge University – which has rightly found itself subject to immense scrutiny in recent days over its academic appointments process – did not answer any of Byline Times' questions re Cambridge Professor James Orr, Reform's Head of Policy, and his activities there. Why?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.
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