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@juliegibson.wsocial.eu
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Retired NHS, Librarian, hobbyist Silversmith, should have been a scientist. Dedicated Francophile, mostly English with a little Scottish, 100% European.Loyal 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Ally. Drugs/NSFW/AI slop=🚫 💚 Join.greenparty.org.uk Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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Argentologist @juliegibson.wsocial.eu · 37m
King Charles III on English slavery: "While these are primarily matters for Governments to address, His Majesty's previous statements on them have been unequivocal, describing them as an 'atrocity' which 'forever stains our history'." NO. It was the monarchy, Elizabeth I, who supported
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Last year, I posted about an incredible event in 2023: a megatsunami in Greenland triggering an initially baffling 9-day seismic pulse across the whole planet & a terrific piece of collaborative international scientific detective-work. Now there's a sequel. And holy hell, it's even BIGGER. 1/
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 15h
If you read one 🧵 today, make it this. There is a power in the forces of nature most of us cannot even begin to fathom. The #ClimateEmergency is coming for us.
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/
Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
A while back I learned something mindblowing about the geological history of the Mediterranean Sea, and I just can't get it out of my head. Now I'm going to make it *your* problem too. Sorry. Hang onto your hat. This is wild. 1/
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Peter Gabriel @itspetergabriel.bsky.social · 6h
"This record has been more of a marathon than a sprint - it’s the longest album I have ever put out with 13 tracks that complete the i/o / o\i 25 track joint project." - pg Pre-order o\i now. lnk.to/PG24
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Shortbread @shortbreadfairy.wsocial.eu · 10h
Emirati officials threatening extortion upon the Westminster/Manchester UK Gov unless their guys get away with a'slapped wrist' 🤷‍♀️ This is yet another lesson of falling under the spell of big money to get nice things and not wondering if its too good to be true 🙄
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@greenparty.org.uk "Environmental campaigners and Zack Polanski have both separately written to Andy Burnham and the foreign secretary to raise concerns about Rosebank's links to an Israeli company, Delek Group." Vote Green on October 8th and help Stop Rosebank. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Burnham warned Rosebank oil field could breach West Bank sanctions
Campaigners and Green Party leader Zack Polanski raise concerns about Rosebank's ties to an Israeli firm.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 01/10/2026
The government needs to make clear where it stands: on the side of international law and climate science, or the side of big fossil fuel companies, wrecking our planet, and aiding atrocities in Palestine.
Letter from Zack Polanski to Ed Miliband, first page reading in full:

"Dear Ed, 

Ithaca Energy's interests in UK and oil and gas production 

Earlier this month you announced a commitment to introducing a sanctions regime for companies trading with illegal settlements – a critical and overdue step, and one which the Green Party strongly welcomes and has long campaigned for. 

It is however an overdue first step that must be strengthened and followed by wider action to end British complicity in the Israeli government’s illegal occupation and the ongoing genocide in Gaza. 

In respect of your proposed sanctions package, we would welcome clarity on your position on Ithaca Energy, the Aberdeen-based company that is a subsidiary of Israeli firm Delek Group which is blacklisted by the UN for operating in the illegal Israeli settlements in the Palestinian West Bank. 

Since 2000, Ithaca has already paid over $1bn in dividends from its UK oil and gas interests to the Delek Group. This amount would soar if the government gives the green light to new drilling projects in which Ithaca Energy has a stake – Rosebank (20%), Cambo (100%) and Tornado (50%). Revenues to Delek from Rosebank alone are expected to amount to £235 million. 

The government has been on notice since January 2026 that greenlighting these projects would put it in breach of Articles 49 and 53 of the Geneva Conventions. Therefore, a sanctions regime fit for purpose would see the government ruling out these projects and reviewing existing licences to make sure they have not been issued in contravention of our obligations under the Geneva Conventions."Second page reads:

"With the significant public interest and the apparent proximity of the decision on Rosebank, I am seeking your urgent answer to the following: What steps will you be taking to ensure revenues from UK oil and gas production are not financing support for illegal settlements? 

The UN has blacklisted Delek Group for “the provision of services and utilities supporting the maintenance and existence of settlements, including transport” and “the use of natural resources, in particular water and land, for business purposes.” 

This would seem to fall squarely under the remit of your proposed sanctions regime as you outlined in your oral statement to the House of Commons: “To those who finance or facilitate illegal settlements, let me say this: you will face the full force of UK sanctions.” 

For the FCDO to sanction companies involved in illegal settlements while DESNZ approves North Sea operations by subsidiaries of those companies would not only be counterproductive and hypocritical, but a flagrant failure of our moral and legal duties. It would stand in direct contradiction to the vision of Britain you laid out to the House earlier this month – “a Britain that upholds its values at home and around the world.” 

I look forward to your response. 

Yours sincerely, 


Zack Polanski 
Leader, Green Party England & Wales"
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 13h
Suella Braverman was left red-faced by Fiona Bruce after complaining that the Question Time audience was very 'Conservative-Labour.'
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Suella Braverman humiliated by Fiona Bruce after complaining about audience
Suella Braverman was left red-faced by Fiona Bruce after complaining that the Question Time audience was biased against her.
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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 14h
Omg Kate Garraway gagged her with that question
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 11h
Braverman, as Home Secretary - AS HOME SECRETARY - invited Tommy Robinson's thugs to "defend" Remembrance Day. Less than 3 years ago. A decent country would have locked her in the Tower. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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On The Threshold @intothewoods8.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Voting Labour is voting to harm disabled people. That’s a fact. Considering there’s only 700 thousand vacancies currently this plan will end up murdering people. This is the real Andy Burnham.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 01/10/2026
🇨🇭 Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost nearly 20 percent of their mass in five years, experts said Thursday, with 2026 registering the second-biggest melt on record. ➡️ u.afp.com/S96w
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Argentologist @juliegibson.wsocial.eu · 01/10/2026
If anyone was in any doubt about #Linehan, here is definitive evidence. He is a monster.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 01/10/2026
📺 Watch our Party Political Broadcast tonight. Tune in on ITV1 and BBC One, or via our social media channels.
Green Party advert for party political broadcast, with picture of Zack Polanski. 

Text reads: Party Political Broadcast. Thursday, October 1. ITV 1: 6.25pm. BBC 1: 6.55pm.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Societies that still have the death penalty have something broken within them.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 01/10/2026
"An ambulance was seen arriving at the prison where Pike was to be executed and then leaving. Medical aid was being administered, according to online federal court records." The utter absurdity of the state trying twice to kill someone and then calling an ambulance. We must end the death penalty.
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Tennessee inmate still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyer says
Christa Pike, 50, was 18 when she murdered a classmate. She would be the first woman the state has executed in more than 200 years.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 01/10/2026
Here's a list of 64 previous botched executions in the United States. Christa Pike will make 65.
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Botched Executions | Death Penalty Information Center
The Death Penalty Information Center (DPI) is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to serve the media, policymakers, and the general public…
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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Muhammad Ali on White People
YouTube video by Better Every Day
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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hey, men who follow me? Please take this one.
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Argentologist @juliegibson.wsocial.eu · 01/10/2026
Useful explainer on voting systems for the UK. FPTP is so past its sell-by date, we absolutely need change. www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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How could Great Britain look under proportional representation? See the results for your area
These visualisations from exclusive polling modelling show how the UK parliament could change under different voting systems
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Mar Menor @marmenor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So "leftwing" UK Labour are ENDING the triple lock and SEIZING private homes. You can bet your bottom dollar no BILLIONAIRE homes will be seized but if Granny is forced to stay in hospital a few weeks.. Grannys flat maybe seized.. its a dangerous Slippery Slope. The NAZIs seized Jewish homes !
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Argentologist @juliegibson.wsocial.eu · 01/10/2026
Horrifically cruel treatment, delivered by incompetent people, all in the name of "justice". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Tennessee woman ‘snoring’ and still alive as execution halted, witnesses say
Christa Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, was heard snoring 40 minutes after lethal doses administered, witnesses said
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Ingmar Rentzhog @ingmar.wsocial.eu · 30/09/2026
There’s a solution for this, and we’re officially releasing it tomorrow. 🤫 Go to Settings → Content and media and turn on “Only verified users.” You didn’t hear it from me. 😉
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Boom! Here it is!
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A Billionaire Paid Epstein $158 Million. These Republicans Kept His Checks.
Also: an Alabama builder wins round one against ICE, California adds a buffer, and a judge refuses to let Rubio put 43,000 visa applicants back on hold.
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Argentologist @juliegibson.wsocial.eu · 30/09/2026
Very sad to hear Dame Esther Rantzen has died, aged 86. I spent my 16th birthday haymaking at her estate, and drove a tractor for the first time, towing a trailer and 120 bales, on her land. She provided wonderful lunches for us all, such a kind and genuine person. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...
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Dame Esther Rantzen, broadcaster, campaigner and charity founder, dies aged 86
Rantzen, who fronted the BBC's That's Life for two decades, went on to found Childline, and in recent years had been a campaigner for assisted dying.
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Argentologist @juliegibson.wsocial.eu · 30/09/2026
I have noticed that although I selected only "in-app" for all notifications, I am still receiving push notifications. Has anyone else experienced this?
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Really inspiring to sit down with Elodie and Jon from Streets Kitchen to hear about their incredible work supporting people facing homelessness in Holborn and St Pancras, and the need for urgent action to tackle the housing crisis.
Zack with Elodie and Jon at a table
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Argentologist @juliegibson.wsocial.eu · 30/09/2026
We checked flood risk forecasts before buying our house, so dangerous to ignore potential future issues!
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Homeowners in England urged to check flood risk: ‘A third of people don’t realise’
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Homeowners in England urged to check flood risk: ‘A third of people don’t realise’
Environment Agency warns residents of 6m properties to prepare for a wet and windy three months ahead More than two million people in England are unaware their properties are at risk of flooding, as the UK braces for a wet and stormy start to the winter, according to the Environment Agency. Experts say the next three months are more likely than usual to be wet and windy – due to a combination of large-scale weather patterns and the “subtle” impact of a supercharged El Niño – increasing the risk of flooding. Continue reading...
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Chris Fry @chris7ben1.wsocial.eu · 29/09/2026
‘They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir.’ www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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Argentologist @juliegibson.wsocial.eu · 30/09/2026
Tom Watson can cook in his own juices, having sold his soul...huge respect to @labourlewis.bsky.social #PalantirOut
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Argentologist @juliegibson.wsocial.eu · 30/09/2026
Well, direct responses are disabled, so unable to reply, but it would be good to have a live online launch, with attendees registered in advance. I, for one, could not justify travelling from the UK for it, environmentally or financially.
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So Disappointed @sodisappointed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A massive thank you to @chrisnelsonmmmmmm.bsky.social and @film-authority.bsky.social , our funny, fearless and fascinating contributors to the latest episode of So Disappointed. It’s out NOW wherever you get your podcasts or you can listen here: audioboom.com/posts/895803...
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Argentologist @juliegibson.wsocial.eu · 30/09/2026
“It’s almost like a constitution in a way, and the biggest ​people in the world signed that, and ​I signed it as president, and it really ⁠is a form of protection.” Not the "biggest" people, just humans (allegedly) who happen to have what he craves; money. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump announces vague ‘morally binding’ AI deal among tech CEOs for ‘tremendous self-policing’
US president also issues executive order officially rebranding ‘artificial intelligence’ as ‘superintelligence’
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
On September 9 or 10, someone staged this protest at the Dallas Fort Worth airport ahead of the GOP midterm convention. Does anyone know which organization was behind it? We would love to speak with them. Please share widely!
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Argentologist @juliegibson.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Key moment from Kubrik's 2001: A Space Odyssey. If you think it will be this easy to disable AI, you are very sadly mistaken. It grows like fungi, its networks and spores are everywhere. youtu.be/KS3h1bxmVR4?...
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Dave Deactivates HAL 9000 (Clip) | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | TCM
YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies
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Gary Spence @limerenceguy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Zack will be an amazing MP. I really hope he is elected and becomes the new MP for Holborn & St Pancras.
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European Democrats @europeandemocrats.wsocial.eu · 25/09/2026
Marine #LePen menace à nouveau de supprimer son soutien à l’Ukraine si elle en a le pouvoir.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We can win in Holborn & St Pancras But we need your help on the streets to help make history. 💚
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 24/09/2026
Le Pen got a $10 million Russian loan, which was instrumental in getting her party to where it is now.
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Oddr 🇸🇪 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 @citizenofearth.wsocial.eu · 25/09/2026
Reminder…😬 bsky.app/profile/joni...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Declassified journalists banned from Labour conference – again. A Trumpian policy started by Keir Starmer. Burnham can't make a fresh start without getting rid of the previous advisers. Democracy means accepting scrutiny, even when it is uncomfortable.
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Declassified journalists banned from Labour conference - again
Labour MPs have condemned the ‘Trump-like’ decision, saying party is ‘bang out of order’
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Argentologist @juliegibson.wsocial.eu · 25/09/2026
As a person with their musical brain firmly stuck in late 70s/80s punk/post-punk/electronica, I have never heard of this band, but I need to hear more. Stunning! www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...
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Gilla Band: Pugnello review – furious originality fuelled by cathartic aggression and absurdist confessions
Your favourite band’s favourite band unleash a thrilling and relentless 42 minutes of monstrous noise whose precise instrumental source always remains discomfitingly unclear
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Rosa Nastro @fiordaliso456.wsocial.eu · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Wild honeybees are now officially listed as ENDANGERED in the EU for the FIRST TIME. Remember, without bees, we DON’T eat. (Greenpeace.UK) @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social www.greenpeace.org/usa/save-the...
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Save the Bees - Greenpeace - Greenpeace
Be the solution to help protect bees in crisisBelieve it or not, you have a bee to thank for every one in three bites of food you eat. Bees sitting on blossoms. Honey bees — wild and domestic — perfor...
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Shortbread @shortbreadfairy.wsocial.eu · 24/09/2026
To folk on here banging on aboot 'UK Exceptionalism', EU/Brexit l'm just reminding you that Scotland & NI, like Gibraltar, never voted to leave the EU. Unfortunately FOUR countries make up the unequal UK EU members living in these 4 nations were played by the then Westminster Government
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Argentologist @juliegibson.wsocial.eu · 24/09/2026
Good. Now prosecute. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Police arrest far-right activist Daniel Thomas after dinghy slashed in Channel
Thirty-seven-year-old in custody suspected of committing crimes including ‘criminal damage to endanger life’
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I wonder how innocent old Britain was in a position to distinguish itself with relentless global abolitionism? Did it inherit a couple million slaves from a relative or something?
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Argentologist @juliegibson.wsocial.eu · 23/09/2026
@privatetomhardy235.bsky.social do I really need to ask if this is genuinely the actor Tom Hardy? I don't see any verification.
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