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Dr Kathrin Luddecke

@kathrinluddecke.bsky.social
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Hannoverian permanently resident in historic Oxford (30+ years); dual national. Art lover, translator, editor, social and co-op activist. Sweet tooth! Freelancer and printmaker: see my website t.co/M74fehA9M6 🇺🇦

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WIRED @wired.com · 09/10/2026
Workers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.
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Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting
Workers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.
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Dr Kathrin Luddecke @kathrinluddecke.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
What a shame - I use @wikipedia.org all the time and also donate when I can. It's a great example of what online collaboration can be and what it can achieve, I think.
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WIRED @wired.com · 13/10/2026
AI leaders joined whistleblowers and security leaders at a sweeping parliamentary session, while a few hundred meters away Britain’s spy chief warned AI could be used to create new bioweapons.
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OpenAI and Anthropic Tell British Lawmakers: Regulate Us
AI leaders joined whistleblowers and security leaders at a sweeping parliamentary session, while a few hundred meters away Britain’s spy chief warned AI could be used to create new bioweapons.
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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
FOI requests reveal the Government doesn’t know what data centres are being used for. Why are they giving hundreds more the green light, then?
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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Join our campaign by sending a message to NHS England telling them you don’t want your private patient data on Palantir’s database: 38d.gs/PalantirOptO...
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I'm objecting to my personal data being included in the NHS’s national Palantir database!
I just emailed NHS England to object to my personal data being included in the NHS's national Palantir database
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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Add your name now to say NO the US death row execution being live streamed in the UK: 38d.gs/NoExecutionL...
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Ban the US death row execution from being live streamed in the UK!
I just signed the campaign calling on the Government to ban the US death row execution from being live streamed in the UK!
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Dr Kathrin Luddecke @kathrinluddecke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
@pauseai-uk.bsky.social
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web_rant @webrant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"SUCCESS!" - the oligarchs bsky.app/profile/hype...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
Immigrant New Yorkers belong here. ICE does not. If you need help, call our free, confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 1-800-354-0365 or dial 311 and say “Immigration Legal.” Help is here in your native language, no matter your immigration status. More info: nyc.gov/knowyourrights
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Know Your Rights: Federal Immigration Enforcement (ICE) - MOIA
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Dr Kathrin Luddecke @kathrinluddecke.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Tell Andy Burnham the National Commission on Electoral Reform must also review who can vote! @the3million.bsky.social Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/md...
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Tell Andy Burnham the National Commission on Electoral Reform must also review who can vote!
This week at the Labour Party Conference, Andy Burnham announced his National Commission on Electoral Reform. He stated that he wanted to see a change in our electoral system "so that everyone's vot...
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Community Action Groups Oxfordshire @cagoxfordshire.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Heat Resilience Workshop and Simulation Thursday 16 July, 10:30 AM - 12 PM Oxford City Farm Join @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social in person for this Heat Resilience Workshop and Simulation to help beat the heat! www.eventbrite.com/e/heat-resil...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
IT’S A GENOCIDE This Jewish woman was arrested under the Terrorism Act outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool for peacefully holding a sign. Her sign stated “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action”.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The third & fourth were arrested under the Terrorism Act for peacefully holding signs outside Labour’s conference. The Labour Party has the power to overturn this unjust ban. It’s time for them to do the sensible thing. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. www.wedonotcomply.org
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Saving Lives Is Not Terrorism - Defend Our Juries
🗓️ Following mass arrests outside Labour’s Liverpool conference, we’re boosting our defiance against the ban on Palestine Action! On Saturday October 31st, we are taking mass-action in London. 🪧 This ...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: We accept Ed Miliband’s Pizza Express invitation. Writing on behalf of Defend Our Juries, Margaret Owen OBE and Jonathon Porritt CBE, both arrested under the Terrorism Act outside @labouruk.bsky.social conference, accept the offer to meet. Read in full: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Because judges are employed by the State, and the State doesn’t want people of conscience who dissent against unjust laws to be acquitted. Blocking this principle from jurors, often with threat of prosecution, is corrupt and undemocratic. The jury decides, not the judge. 2/2
Traffic passes by the signholders in the first image described in this post.A second image of row of peaceful sign-holders sitting in the rain, opposite the Old Bailey Central Criminal Court in London. Their signs display the words “jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant according to their conscience” - words that replicate a 1670AD stone plaque inside the Old Bailey referencing the legal rights of jurors following the trial of two Quakers and subsequent implementation of the legal principle known as “jury equity”.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Jury Equity Centuries ago, this legal principle enshrined in law the absolute right of jurors to acquit (find not-guilty) a defendant according to their conscience. It’s proudly carved in stone inside the Old Bailey. Yet judges are lying to jurors about this right. Why? 1/2
A row of peaceful sign-holders sits in the rain, opposite the Old Bailey Central Criminal Court in London. Their signs display the words “jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant according to their conscience” - words that replicate a 1670AD stone plaque inside the Old Bailey referencing the legal rights of jurors following the trial of two Quakers and subsequent implementation of the legal principle known as “jury equity”.As traffic passes by, a lone man sits in the rain, opposite the Old Bailey Central Criminal Court in London. His sign also displays the words “jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant according to their conscience”
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Colleen Molloy, 70, a retired educator from Leicester: "I'm here today because I wish to expose government hypocrisy.  I agree with Miliband when he said Palestine protesters were right. Young people from Palestine Action acting with love to stop a genocide are not terrorists.”
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
BREAKING 15 people face arrest outside Elbit’s UAV-Tactical Systems factory in Leicester for peacefully holding signs. The Israeli Elbit owned factory on the doorstep of Leicester residents makes and exports parts for Israel’s illegal occupation, apartheid and ethnic cleansing.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oh wow 7k people have watched my interview with @migueldelaney.bsky.social since this morning It’s definitely worth a watch! youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Democracy For Sale with Peter Geoghegan - YouTube
Democracy for Sale is all about the threats to democracy from dark money and hidden influence, why it matters…. and what we can do about it. Launched in July...
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 04/10/2026
‘In fixating on the threat of “foreign” money, Labour has implicitly accepted that plutocrats can buy politics, so long as they are on the electoral roll.’ @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on party fundraising. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan · Short Cuts: Funding Reform
British politics has long been complacent about the power of big money. The relatively low price of access to...
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Dust and Road @dustandroad.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
'Manchester City: club football's "biggest ever scandal". Industrial-scale cheating, football's “financial wild west” and sportswashing, with Miguel Delaney' via @petergeoghegan.bsky.social #ManchesterCity
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Manchester City: club football's "biggest ever scandal"
I spoke to author Miguel Delaney about the UAE, industrial-scale cheating and football's “financial wild west.”
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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Exc: Abu Dhabi has held talks with at least one minister since reports of the Man City verdict first surfaced Foreign office minister Stephen Doughty is among those understood to have been called by UAE officials, along with some of the UK's most senior diplomats observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Burnham’s former deputy says Manchester City ‘will prove ...
The former deputy mayor of Manchester criticises the Premier League investigation into the football club’s finances, after it was found guilty of numerous breaches
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Dr Kathrin Luddecke @kathrinluddecke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And also email your MP! @thejuryalliance.bsky.social have helpful materials here: thejuryalliance.uk/what-can-i-do/
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What can I do? - The Jury Alliance
If you can only do one thing to help save jury trials, the most valuable way you can contribute to the campaign is by writing to your local MP.
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Dr Kathrin Luddecke @kathrinluddecke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I've got my Gomi Design powerbank, all from recycled and reused materials, handmade in Brighton! Lots of lovely goodies available - gomi.design/collections/...
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GOMI - UNIQUE TECH, MADE FROM WASTE 2 YEAR WARRANTY AND REPAIRS FOR LIFE
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Andreas Froese @andreasfroese.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wie tief muss man als Demokrat:innen sinken, um zusammen mit Rechtsextremist:innen für ein Verbot von Gedenkzeichen zur Erinnerung an #NSVerbrechen zu stimmen und so den polit. #Rechtsextremismus aufzuwerten? Haltung und Glaubwürdigkeit, so wichtig. t1p.de/1dm8t #CDU #noAfD #Stolpersteine #Heidenau
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Gedenken an Nazi-Opfer - Antrag von AfD und CDU führt zu Stolpersteinverbot in Heidenau in Sachsen
Die Stadt Heidenau in Sachsen wird keine weiteren sogenannten Stolpersteine zur Erinnerung an Opfer des Nationalsozialismus verlegen. Der Stadtrat stimmte einem Antrag zu, der aus den Reihen von AfD u...
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Dr Kathrin Luddecke @kathrinluddecke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I've just signed "Prime Minister, What’s Your Plan for Fair Votes?" Will you support the campaign by @openbritain.bsky.social too? actionstorm.org/petitions/pr...
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 22/09/2026
Hedge funds or households? TIME TO DECIDE Can you join our protest at Labour Party Conference next week, asking Labour MPs to vote on what should happen next for Thames Water? 🗓️Monday 28th September 🕗8am - 10am 📍Keel Wharf, toward the Wheel of Liverpool 1/2
Call for volunteers to help out at this year's Labour Conference in Liverpool. Get your Labour MP to vote on what happens next to Thames Water. Sign up today
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 22/09/2026
LET THEM GO BUST Tell Ofwat that water companies shouldn’t get any more of our money. No more bill hikes. Let them go bust and bring them into public ownership. ✍️ Take 2 mins to complete the consultation Deadline⏱️: midnight on Thursday 24th September vist.ly/5jey7
Social media posts discuss government bailouts, water rights, and privatization.
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PauseAI UK @pauseai-uk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Last week, we stood outside Downing Street and called for a Pause. Now Andy Burnham is calling for a global agreement on AI. The UK has an opportunity to reclaim the international leadership on AI safety established by the Bletchley Park summit and the AI Security Institute. pauseai.uk/blog
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PauseAI UK | Blog
Writing from the PauseAI UK community on AI risk and what you can do about it.
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Dr Kathrin Luddecke @kathrinluddecke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Gosh, that was a nice little place -- will it look as poorly designed as the ex-Blackwells next door??
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Dr Kathrin Luddecke @kathrinluddecke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Great article by @charvynarain.bsky.social in @oxfordclarion.bsky.social about East Oxford Farmers' & Community Market's 20th anniversay! oxfordclarion.uk/east-oxford-...
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East Oxford Farmers Market celebrates its 20th anniversary
The East Oxford Farmers & Community Market marked its 20th anniversary over the weekend with a visit from the Lord Mayor of Oxford. Visitors were treated to a bumper market including all the basics o...
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Dr Kathrin Luddecke @kathrinluddecke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Demand business that’s fair to people and planet. ✊🌍 #DoItFair action.fairtrade.org.uk/page/186243/... Btw: My favourite #Fairtrade goodies come from #DivineChocolate 😋
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Demand Business That’s Fair to People and Planet
Sign the petition for stronger laws that prevent human-rights abuses and climate harm.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🔴 For the past year @lucasamin.bsky.social and I have been investigating Palantir in the UK What we found was a company with unrivalled political access, selling a product many data experts in the NHS don’t use, and don’t rate Please read and share democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-just-a...
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"It's just a waste of time": inside Palantir's £330m NHS failure
Our new investigation reveals the problems with Palantir’s NHS tech - and the unrivalled political access that fuelled the firm’s march into the British state
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🔴 The £72million pound question - how worried are you about big money in British politics? Democracy for Sale is running a survey to find out what the public thinks about money in politics - and what we should do about it Please take it!! And share widely!! thx! 😀 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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How concerned are you about UK political funding? – A Democracy for Sale survey
We're Democracy for Sale, a newsletter covering dark money and influence in UK politics. We're trying to better understand our readers' and the wider public's opinions and concerns about political fun...
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🔴 Something Tom Watson won't tell you: Five police forces in the East Midlands working with Palantir on a controversial surveillance programme are ending their involvement Exclusive by Democracy for Sale and Liberty Investigates. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...
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Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool
Exclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot.
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Dr Kathrin Luddecke @kathrinluddecke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good point. I never liked him so was trying to be kind!
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Dr Kathrin Luddecke @kathrinluddecke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
How much did that cost in energy, water, embedded energy from building data centres, noise emitted etc.??
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Dr Kathrin Luddecke @kathrinluddecke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Perhaps he doesn't have a strong moral compass? (Caveat: I've not read the details of this case!)
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
About 25 documents went into today's edition. A whistleblower disclosure. A federal rule nobody read past the summary. Two letters from House Oversight. Three contain a sentence they'd rather you never saw.
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Congress Just Demanded To Know What Don Jr. Owes A Putin Ally.
Plus: Whistleblower sounds alarm on agents posing as voters, a governor’s pen killed a Supreme Court case, and Letitia James is back for round two
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Dr Kathrin Luddecke @kathrinluddecke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oops, that's me too. Is it a problem??
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Historic Buildings & Places @hbap1924.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing the heritage sector. Join our Carbon Literacy for Heritage training to build your understanding of carbon and the path to Net Zero. 📅 22 & 29 Sept | 19 & 26 Nov Book your place: hbap.org.uk/resources/tr...
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Jabir Deralla @jabir-deralla.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
#Italy #Rome #WestminsterAlliance4Ukraine #event civil.today/the-present-...
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The Present and the Future of Ukraine: Rome Hosts High-Level Debate on Support and Reconstruction - CIVIL Today
Rome, September 2025 – On Friday, October 3, 2025 (10:30–12:00 CET), the Centro Studi Internazionali (CSI), Italian partner of the Westminster Alliance for
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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
These birds are kept in factory-scale cages and remain exempt from statutory farm welfare regulations and routine Government inspections. Why should an exclusive pastime enjoyed by royalty and wealthy landowners take priority over establishing basic, legally binding animal welfare standards?
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Dr Kathrin Luddecke @kathrinluddecke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
And here's an important petition via @38degrees.bsky.social 38d.gs/r1y9
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Put an AI Rights Bill in place NOW, before it’s too late
I just signed the campaign calling for an AI Rights Bill
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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Support the campaign by adding your name to the 64,618 strong petition. Together we can demand a cap on political donations and stop billionaires from buying politics: 38d.gs/PoliticalDon...
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Andy Burnham: keep your promise and cap political donations
Will you sign the petition so Andy Burnham doesn’t give in to the billionaires and caps political donations instead?
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trump and his EPA to shovel dirty old coal down our throats, they're now adding more toxic heavy metals like mercury, lead and arsenic to the mix. It will fan the flames of extreme heat and wildfires, and they'll trigger more child deaths, more cancers, more lung diseases and more heart attacks.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
They’re absolutely trying to kill people. Trump is expected to announce tomorrow that the US will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
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lukewarm24.bsky.social @lukewarm24.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Dark criminal money used by Farage for a dictatorship takeover attempt Farage is a wannabe dictator These are dark time for the uk!! Democracy is at risk We must all stand up against him and the thugs in our streets
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