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John Raftery @johnraftery.bsky.social · 34m

It’s more than a ‘bit’ over priced here now. But still -mostly- cheaper than comparable properties in NW3. I was in Thurlow Rd.

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John Raftery @johnraftery.bsky.social · 1h

Here in Boston and around MA, many members stand unopposed!! It’s all Dem. Also 🤷‍♂️

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John Raftery @johnraftery.bsky.social · 1h

Same. I voted for her 🤷‍♂️

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John Raftery @johnraftery.bsky.social · 1h

Same b council tho! And also Tulip S!

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John Raftery @johnraftery.bsky.social · 2h

I lived in the Hampstead Village Ward, also LB Camden, 2014-18. I can relate .

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4h

Trump's support is crumbling even among his MAGA faithful. @sbg1.bsky.social points to a stunning collapse in his core base. "I don't think you can hold on to power in this country over the long term, if only 13% of the country strongly supports your agenda."

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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 4h

"They want you to remember that “Defund the Police” placard so you’ll forget that millions marched...in 2020 because George Floyd was just one of more than 1,000 Americans killed by the police that year [and]...every year since." - @willbunch.bsky.social www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

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What everyone is getting wrong about ‘woke’ | Will Bunch Newsletter

Plus, the Eagles’ tie to the Tim Tebow scandal.

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John Raftery @johnraftery.bsky.social · 3h

This is a good and fair summary.

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John Raftery @johnraftery.bsky.social · 4h

‘A snake, disguised as a muppet’ 🎯

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iWillVote.com Pollock ➡️ turn 🔔 on @willpollock.com · 10/10/2026

what I just love about this clip is auntie needing only a *calm hand gesture* to make Lawler sit down at the end of every day they’re all spoiled children 🎩 @debbie156.bsky.social

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Laurence - highest score ever in the Neasden Cognitive Test!! @laurenceineu.bsky.social · 6h

I'm not exactly a fan of the Green party or Polanski, but of course Zionism is racism.

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John Raftery @johnraftery.bsky.social · 4h

Are there any other examples of a country where a Head of State’s supporters abase themselves by applauding as they are being mocked by him? youtube.com/shorts/t6uxn...

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Trump Mocks His Own Supporters: 'I Could Say The Stupidest Things & You Clap'

YouTube video by Hook Global

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h

At this point, there is no ambiguity about what just happened: Trump has stabbed the Ukrainian nation in the back in exchange for a shipment of diesel that would be a roughly 17 hour supply for the US market. It shows how easily Trump is manipulated by Putin, Xi and other dangerous dictators.

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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Trump & Hegseth aren't just proposing to livestream an execution for willing viewers. Even if you support the death penalty, consider what happens next: Footage of a man being shot to death, pushed into our kids' feeds. It won't be contained. Hope the parents in the Trump Admin are cool with that

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/10/2026

7 shots fired into an SUV with a 5-year-old child in the back seat as the vehicle was moving away. Markwayne Mullin claims the driver “weaponized” his vehicle. Bullshit! “Weaponized vehicle” has become ICE’s go-to excuse for shooting folks. Where’s the evidence? It’s not in this new footage.

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The Massachusetts Spy @themassspy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Amazing that you can be a software genius whose work changed the world without thinking you need to make $150 billion and demand slavish obedience from all humanity. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...

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The Woman Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions Has Died (Gift Article)

Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It’s insane that Trump signed the Lindsey Graham Act to sanction countries buying Russian oil, just to turn around and buy Russian oil himself

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Russia killed eight people in Zaporizhzhia last night, three of them kids. 16 more injured, three kids among them, as well. 12 more people are missing. The search and rescue operation continues.

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Zelenskyy: Today, Russia expressed its thanks for the lifting of sanctions on diesel exports by dropping five glide bombs on residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia. 10/10/26

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Pope Leo XIV: "The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person. The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment:

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Trump announces that the U.S. will buy Russian oil. This is just a few weeks after Trump signed the Lindsey Graham Russia Sanctions bill, which authorized him to place 100% tariffs on countries that are the biggest importers of Russian oil/gas. Are we going to tariff ourselves now?

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᯽Ჽƭⲉꭾ𝚑𝚊𝑛𝔦ɛ᯽🤸 @stephjmom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I coulda told you that. Literally every single object in a store like Home Goods. Every Nick and knack, every Ric and rac Every bell book and candle ... All of Dollar Tree (1.75 now)

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John Raftery @johnraftery.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

33 civilians killed in our ally Ukraine. How much more can Putin get away with and still have his invitation to the December G20 meeting? www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Russian strike on buses kills 33, say officials, as deadly attacks on Ukraine surge

Ukraine accused Russia of targeting the crowded bus in the frontline city to kill as many civilians as possible.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

TEXAS — @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “Why do we have a trillionaire when veterans are sleeping on the streets? The reason poverty exists is not because we can’t feed the poor, it’s because we can’t satisfy the rich.” (From @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social )

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If someone paid you $300K, demanded “results,” you helped with their IRS dispute, asked for another $100K that “won’t show up anywhere”; later, as ambassador, pushed private business deals while in official capacity, what should investigators look at first? Bribery? Fraud? Corruption? Conspiracy? 🤔

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Medoyid_ua @rusni-pizda.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sochi moves fuel and logistics for the Black Sea coast. That assumption is now visible from the beachfront. Distance is not protection.

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Medoyid_ua @rusni-pizda.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A Russian tanker is burning at sea near Sochi, and the fire is bright enough to turn dusk into daylight along the Krasnodar coast. No explosion reported. No air raid alert. No warning. Just a fuel vessel turning into a signal fire off a port Moscow treated as safe rear territory.

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GOP==CRIME @yd52.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Listen to Susan Collins speak. Does she sound like a person that is healthy enough to serve in the US Senate for 6 years? The US senate was never intended to be a retirement home! Apply YOUR own critical thinking skills. Would YOU hire Susan Collins? #usdemocracy youtu.be/bbnS3QgZPoM?...

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Republicans Caught BLASTING Trump in LEAKED Audio, it's all CRUMBLING Before ELECTION DAY

YouTube video by Aaron Parnas

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

still super salty Obama got the Nobel Peace Prize and he didn’t

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The list is growinng but includes notable Musicians & Bands, Actors & Directors and Authors, Journalists & Industry Figures The most notable moment of the last week has been a letter signed by people from a protestant & unionist background in NI that want the orange order parade to stop.

Musicians & Bands
• Noel Gallagher (Oasis)
• Johnny Marr (The Smiths / The Cribs)
• Paul Weller
• Graham McPherson ("Suggs") (Madness frontman)
• Kneecap (All three members: Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, and DJ Próvaí)
• Robert Del Naja (Massive Attack)
• Paul Simonon (The Clash)
• Kevin Rowland (Dexys Midnight Runners)
• Imelda May
Actors & Directors
• Susan Sarandon (Oscar-winning actress)
• Adrian Dunbar (Line of Duty)
• Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls)
• Maxine Peake
• Jim Sheridan (Film director)
Authors, Journalists & Industry Figures
• Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting author)
• Trevor Birney (Journalist and filmmaker)
• Dan Lambert (Kneecap's manager)
• Eddie Dempsey (Trade union official)
• Kevin Gamble (Director of Féile an Phobail)

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Here's the full text of the letter telling the Secretary of State for NI, @chrisbryant1962.bsky.social Chris Bryant to intervene and stop the Orange Order parade at Drumcree. This should have a much wider positive impact than just stopping one Orange Order parade.

The Right Honourable Sir Chris Bryant MP
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Office
1 Horse Guards Road
London
SWIA 2HQ
Unital Kingdom
Dear Secretary of State,
We the undersigned are writing to you with a sense of profound
urgency regarding the current impasse surrounding the Garvaghy
Road parading dispute in Portadown.
Following the breakdown of recent talks at Hillsborough Castle, it has
become increasingly evident that local mechanisms have exhausted
their current utility and that a fresh, independent framework is
required to prevent a deeper crisis.
Therefore, we respectfully urge you to work in tandem with the Irish
Government to appoint an independent international mediator from
outside Ireland and Britain to facilitate a robust, durable resolution.
The current stand-off serves as a stark reminder of the fragile
nature of our shared peace.
We must collectively reflect on the extraordinary legacy of the 1998
Good Friday Agreement, which established the foundational
principles of mutual respect, dialogue, and cross-community
parity Of esteern.
Over the last twenty-eight years, the hard-won peace in Northern
Ireland has allowed an entire generation to grow up free from the
anguish and violence of the past.
To allow old wounds to be aggressively reopened risks destabilising
community relations not only in Portadown but across society in the
North.
Central to any just resolution must be the primacy and protection
of the local community.
The residents of the Garvaghy Road endured years of profound trauma,
fear, and disruption during the height of the parading conflicts in the
1990s.

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John Raftery @johnraftery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is a fair point, and it needs to be said. Joining these three dots gives a disturbing picture.

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John Raftery @johnraftery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

He invaded an ally and is killing civilians. Meanwhile, Putin has been invited to the G20 meeting in December.

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Medoyid_ua @rusni-pizda.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Kharkiv hit by at least three Russian guided aerial bombs. Two dead, 25 wounded. A residential building in Slobidskyi district took a direct strike. The smoke column over the city is the same signature we see every time Moscow runs out of military targets worth hitting. So it aims at apartments.

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yes since 2025 European involvement in Ukraine’s defence effort has both deepened and widened. Trump’s return to the White House was a watershed moment. European countries now host Ukrainian production and logistics to the extent that Russia has started to consider Europe as Ukraine’s ”rear”.

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John Raftery @johnraftery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

He invaded an ally and is killing civilians. Meanwhile, Putin has been invited to the G20 meeting in December.

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Doug Sloane @dougsloane.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

Funny he doesn't call it the Russian Plague

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"I'm not arguing that we need more war; I'm arguing that we have to defend American interests." Then, moments later: "I'm not here to make any argument."

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