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John L @JohnLowe56.bsky.social @johnlowe56.bsky.social · 8h

She's a charmer. This is second time she has hit the headlines in a week. She said blowing up a ULEZ camera and damaging cars wasn't terrorism. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000

Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h

The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger

The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 12h

❗ "Stop!" shouts the mayor of Saint-Denis Bally Bagayoko to the police, attempting to calm tensions in the high school student march in Paris. 📹 Enzo Rabouy via AlertesInfos

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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 12h

video h/t @missdiedra.bsky.social

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 21h

The media are falling over themselves to platform white people with nothing to do with this issue to comment on it. So I'll share this again.

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 10h

The daily sea surface temperature is now so high, they had to add more chart because the previous version only went up to 30C

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John L @JohnLowe56.bsky.social @johnlowe56.bsky.social · 11h

I remember this trope from 50 years ago. Then the salary was £6,000.....

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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 12h

“If the wife is fit, you must acquit”

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12h

I understand the desire to speak well of the dead, and am sure that Archer, like all of us, was a mix of good and bad. But the tendency to indulge dishonesty, so long as it's by a loveable scamp, has done real damage to British politics. We should be a bit wary of the "isn't he a card?" thing.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 12h

"Has she elegance? Has she fragrance?"

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 14h

Call me old-fashioned, but I just think that if you are announcing £10bn of spending, then if the Shadow Treasury team and the leader's office are doing their jobs properly, the leader should have clearer answers to these questions:

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 14h

The thing is, this isn't some gotcha memory test about "what precise amount of money will this cost/raise" of the type beloved by interviewers in election campaigns. It's the most basic question imaginable - "how will this thing work?" She has no idea.

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 16h

"I'm not a defence expert." Even by Kemi Badenoch's lamentable standards, this is agonising. Just give thanks she will never, ever be Prime Minister. 🙏 #politicslive

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 19h

My parents made this bird sculpture from various bits of wood and old metal they found in their shed and made a perch for it on the sawn-off trunk of a dead tree, and it makes for some great folk horror winter sunset photos.

My mum and dad’s metal bird sculpture in their garden, earlier this year.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 16h

Jeffrey Archer's death reminds me of the time he told a really boring story while a guest on Dame Edna's show. "Marvellous" said Edna after it petered out to its conclusion, "and I'm sure that'll make a wonderful anecdote someday".

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 16h

"Why have the Greens given the establishment this ammunition?!" Yeah coz they really need ammunition don't they, prior to this they never accused the Greens of being antisemitic, this is a new thing, sure.

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John L @JohnLowe56.bsky.social @johnlowe56.bsky.social · 14h

Trump must know that 375,000 people of Iranian descent live in the Greater Los Angeles area. Vile comments.

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 16h

The worst part is how Trump's sick followers cheer at the prospect of Iran taking out Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco.

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Opposition to Israel never "spills over" to antisemitism. It may be embedded in antisemitic worldview to begin with or it isn't antisemitic at all. This metaphor of "spilling over" is unhelpful as it suggests the problem is excess.

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L @gits.bsky.social · 17h

criticising colonialism is taboo because it naturally leads to discussion around not just historic but britain's ongoing colonialism and occupations and its "closest allies" who are all conspicuously white settler colonies engaging in ethnic cleansing

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John L @JohnLowe56.bsky.social @johnlowe56.bsky.social · 17h

It was said that Russia used Syrian mercenaries at one time.

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Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 17h

The share of children who died before they were 5 years old in 1950 and 75 years later. Africa: 33% ↘ 6% Asia: 25% ↘ 2.5% Oceania: 9.3% ↘ 2% Latin America: 21% ↘ 1.5% Northern America: 3.8% ↘ 0.6% Europe: 10.5% ↘ 0.4% Globally: 23% ↘ 3.5%

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just Rupert Lowe accusing the British government of treason. Worth remembering next time Restore claim that it is “woke lefties” who are encouraging violence.

Rupert Lowe
What happened in Gosport is a humiliation for the British people, again.
The police implemented a dispersal order to cover the town of Gosport. It is astonishing the levels of our establishment go to in order to import these men.
These third world invaders will now be spread around the country - housed, fed, accommodated, cared for.
It is treason.
I want to be abundantly clear over what a Restore Britain Government will do.
If a civil servant or politician has knowingly placed unvetted dangerous criminals in our communities?
They will be prosecuted, and where appropriate, sent to prison.
I am sick of it. The British people are sick of it.
We need to deport millions, and send those responsible to prison.
It's that simple.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Zionism is racism” is not a policy but a slogan. It compresses a complex history, going back millennia, and a very wide set of beliefs into one narrow meaning. The answer to genocide is not discrimination. We don't fight racism with racism. I’m gutted to see this motion adopted by the Green Party.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hugely dishonest to pass off a sentence for setting off a bomb as "destroying a camera"

Misleading statement by "journalist" Andrew Pierce

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 05/10/2026

This is a much stronger statement than the one issued yesterday by the MPs and leadership of the Green Party of England and Wales

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

😕 🌎 🔥

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John L @JohnLowe56.bsky.social @johnlowe56.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Short thread. R5L spent 5 minutes earlier with a Daily Mail journalist laughing about the hilarious satirical tapestry.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You can think Netanyahu is one of the most evil people on the planet (and I do) and still think the Zionism=Racism motion is a terrible mistake (and I do). Sigh...

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Brynley Heaven @brynleyheaven.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

www.cambsnews.co.uk/news/reform-...

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John L @JohnLowe56.bsky.social @johnlowe56.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Interesting about the B1s leaving in a hurry. There must be more to this story.

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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

BREAKING: Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez announces a snap election for November 29.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I lost friends over antisemitism in Labour. I tried to argue that the fact that people on the right were trying to use antisemitism as a weapon against Labour (and they were, in bad faith) did not mean that antisemitism did not exist in Labour (it did). This argument still echoes.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My speech from the conference debate on 'Zionism is Racism’ motion

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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just when we think it can’t get worse … it does.

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The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

4th October 1970 - singer Janis Joplin was found dead at a hotel in Hollywood after an accidental heroin overdose. She was known as "The Queen of Psychedelic Soul" and "Pearl" to her friends. She remains one of the top-selling musicians in the US, with over 15 million albums sold. #JanisJoplin

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m glad this has been said 👇

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Pete Miles @petermiles.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

Tory conference security... @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Cartoon in Private Eye, black on white.

Two security guys at a control desk are looking at 9 screens on a wall, each showing a face.

sign above says:
TORY CONFERENCE SECURITY

One guy says to the other:
"EVEN OUR MOST ADVANCED FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE DOESN'T KNOW ANY OF THEM"

Cartoonist ROBERT THOMPSON

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The BBC's flagship Sunday politics programme has sparked fury after failing to include a Green Party representative – despite the party's conference taking place this weekend 👀 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

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John L @JohnLowe56.bsky.social @johnlowe56.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's important to focus on this as a Green Party activist or supporter presently.

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