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George E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I think we're at the point where we can incredibly comfortably say that your attitude towards Reform, Restore, MAGA, the AfD etc is how you'd have responded to fascism in the 1930s

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Inish View @inishview.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Cycling the Waterfall Trail at Glenveagh National Park - Heading through the trees with Astelleen Burn Waterfall gradually coming into view. It’s a lovely feeling when you finally come out into the open and get a clear view across the river to the waterfall.

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Chance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

because I know y’all can’t click and read

1. "Except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help. The respiratory system was designed for breathing.
Speech is the secondary or overlaid function.
Breathing must be fulfilled before speech occurs.
2. Drowning people's mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water. The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the water long enough for them to exhale, inhale, and call out for help. When the drowning people's mouths are above the surface, they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to sink below the surface of the water.
3. Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms laterally and press down on the water's surface.
Pressing down on the surface of the water permits drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe.
4. Throughout the Instinctive Drowning Response, drowning people cannot voluntarily control their arm movements. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on the surface of the water cannot stop drowning and perform voluntary movements such as waving for help, moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment.
5. From beginning to end of the Instinctive Drowning Response people's bodies remain upright in the water, with no evidence of a supporting kick. Unless rescued by a trained lifeguard, these drowning people can only struggle on the surface of the water from 20 to 60 seconds before submersion occurs."

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Hundreds of former Afghan commandos & their families were refused relocation by a UK Special Forces officer with possible links to a war crimes enquiry where they could’ve been witnesses. At least five were later murdered by the Taliban. The MoD then lied about this to Parliament & the courts.

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One Special Forces officer blocked 1,585 Afghans from settling in UK

Documents shown to court by MoD show the officer rejected every application referred to him in the summer of 2023.

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Harvard have free online courses On the US constitution, public institutions, justice, citizen politics, leadership

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Government | Harvard University

Browse the latest Government courses from Harvard University.

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Discover early medieval treasures at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St. See precious manuscripts from the Abbey of St Gall, Switzerland, returning to Ireland after 1000 years, alongside stunning Irish artifacts. Opens Friday, 30th May. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Detail showing St Matthew applying a scribal knife or scraper to a page and dipping his pen in an inkwell (Cod. Sang. 1395, p. 418). © Stiftsbibliothek, St. Gallen

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Emily Mark-FitzGerald @emilymfg.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Irish art/architecture people - I’m drawing a blank - what was the name of that small gallery on the north side of Dublin (no longer open) that used to exhibit architectural projects?

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

🔴 Remember the £330million contract given to Trump donor Peter Thiel's firm Palantir to build an NHS data platform? Well we've found out that most English hospitals aren't using it - because it's not very good Scoop on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/palantirs-...

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Palantir's NHS data platform rejected by most hospitals

US spy tech firm's £330million software isn't much cop, experts say

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Peter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Labour's immigration announcement today is a reflection of the paucity of honest debate by BOTH political parties over the last decade on this issue. Labour has never made a counter-argument, or been honest about economic cost of immigration curbs, so it's stuck making Tory/Reform arguments 1/n

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 12/05/2025

In the days of lovely Twitter I often put out a call for help with research in writing my books. So here goes, Bluskiers. I'm looking for a social worker (adoption/fostering preferably) and a probation officer who worked between 2008 and 2012, the more senior the better. Please share :)

Cartoon ginger cat with big beseeching eyes.

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

This is looking like the worst week for remainers/joiners since Boris Johnson's landslide. And it wasn't because of the new Pope's elevation. The obstacles to joining the Brussels system are mounting; even the medium term now looks unlikely A 🧵 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐱

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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 09/05/2025

Due to numerous requests about making our merch available for everyone, we finally found the way🕴️ Thanks to our partners, Everpress, you can now order it online! While waiting for the war to be over to suit up, you can support Ukraine by wearing this tee: everpress.com/united24-tee

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Hey British media, It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning. Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10

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Lorena O’Neil @lorenaoneil.com · 26/04/2025

BREAKING: @aclu.org says Trump deported a child (U.S. citizen) with metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with physicians. This is the second child with cancer he's deported. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... @rollingstone.com

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Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer

Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer and a pregnant mother, were deported by ICE on Friday.

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

This doesn't have anything to do with the economy. It's Trump's Vengeance Tour, pure and simple.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Reminder: recessions and economic shocks are GREAT for super wealthy people. It’s fill your boots time.

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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

FRANCE SPECIAL Zut alors, Le Pen's a crim! @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social & Olivier Morel disect a day that turned France on its tête SPOTIFY 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/3dTQic7sqwuFpvFZjGTCHi?si=5a40bffb060f4063 APPLE 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crine-and-le-penishment/id1747588157?i=1000701628217

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FRANCE SPECIAL: Crime and Le Penishment

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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Note to all editors: 1. Autocratic leaders arbitrarily imprisoning political enemies on barely-concealed made-up pretexts is bad. 2. Independent courts convicting people who happen to be politicians of crimes they did actually commit is good. 3. These are not the same thing. 4. As you well know.

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Thomas Hansen @thomashansen.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account: Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Witkoff and Carlson talk about Europe exactly as Russian television propagandists do. Must dismiss the rich functional democracies where people lead long happy lives so that our own citizens settle for tawdry and impoverishing fascist oligarchy.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

“Wait guys, P. Hegseth is typing…”

A picture of Vladimir Putin holding his phone

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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 05/03/2025

Support Ukraine together with UNITED24, Ukraine’s official fundraising platform, launched by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Here, you can choose 1 out of 5 key programs of support to make a donation. Find out more how you can help Ukraine best or visit our website🧵👇 u24.gov.ua

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Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Trying to close Department of Education and folk are rightly outraged… but… something is off putting about the outrage

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Rick Wilson @therickwilson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Kill Tesla, Save The Country open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

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Rick O'Shea @rickoshea.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

All. Of. This. Particularly when it comes to your book buys. I've seen it said elsewhere here but now is the time, if you are lucky enough to have a disposable income, to use it wisely. The choices of millions of us will make an actual difference.

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 17/03/2025

Two weeks PAID work experience working at The Guardian’s London Headquarters for Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic aspiring journalists. Closes 30th March. Details in link. Please share :) workforus.theguardian.com/entry-level-...

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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Charles Rogers has been whitewashed off the DOD website because of abhorrent incels who fear their own insignificance. Please, share his face & his Medal of Honour citation far & wide. My substack tomorrow will be on minorities and women who have won it because I’m furious achurchill.substack.com

Charles Rogers has been whitewashed off the DOD website by abhorrent incels who fear their own insignificance. Please, share his face & his Medal of Honour citation far & wide. My substack tomorrow will be dedicated to minorities and women who have won it because I’m furious https://achurchill.substack.com

Image and citation from Wikipedia.

Citation reads:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.
Lt. Col. Rogers, Field Artillery, distinguished himself in action while serving as commanding officer, 1st Battalion, during the defense of a forward fire support base. In the early morning hours, the fire support base was subjected to a concentrated bombardment of heavy mortar, rocket and rocket propelled grenade fire.
Simultaneously the position was struck by a human wave ground assault, led by sappers who breached the defensive barriers with bangalore torpedoes and penetrated the defensive perimeter. Lt. Col. Rogers with complete disregard for his safety moved through the hail of fragments from bursting enemy rounds to the embattled area. He aggressively rallied the dazed artillery crewmen to man their howitzers and he directed their
fire on the assaulting enemy. Although knocked to the ground and wounded (continued on next image)

by an exploding round, Lt. Col. Rogers sprang to his feet and led a small counterattack force against an enemy element that had penetrated the howitzer positions. Although painfully wounded a second time during the assault, Lt. Col. Rogers pressed the attack killing several of the enemy and driving the remainder from the positions. Refusing medical treatment, Lt. Col. Rogers reestablished and reinforced the defensive positions. As a second human wave attack was
launched against another sector of the perimeter, Lt. Col. Rogers directed artillery fire on the assaulting enemy and led a second counterattack against the charging forces. His valorous example rallied the beleaguered defenders to repulse and defeat the enemy onslaught. Lt. Col. Rogers moved from position to position through the heavy enemy fire, giving encouragement and direction to his men. At dawn the determined enemy launched a third assault against the (continued on next image)

fire base in an attempt to overrun the position. Lt. Col. Rogers moved to the threatened area and directed lethal fire on the enemy forces. Seeing a howitzer inoperative due to casualties, Lt. Col. Rogers joined the surviving members of the crew to return the howitzer to action. While directing the position defense, Lt. Col. Rogers was seriously wounded by fragments from a heavy mortar round which exploded on the parapet of the gun position.
Although too severely wounded to physically lead the defenders, Lt. Col.
Rogers continued to give encouragement and direction to his men in the defeating and repelling of the enemy attack. Lt. Col. Rogers' dauntless courage and heroism inspired the defenders of the fire support base to the heights of valor to defeat a determined and numerically superior enemy force. His relentless spirit of aggressiveness in action are in the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself. his unit. and the U.S. Army.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

European states should be rolling out the red carpet for all the brilliant medical and scientific researchers that Trump and Musk are making unemployed. If the US is intent on such self harm, Europe should take advantage. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Trump administration to cut billions from biomedical research funding

Some labs have reportedly began shutting down and experts warn the funding is essential to deliver breakthroughs in research.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

A lot can happen in five months. 🇺🇸

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

benion
Grieving a wasted life
At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to
re-elected in contrast to standing up for the
reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades
greater good?
were devoted to protecting America. Sacri
A compromised Supreme Court recently
fices were made both by myself and my fam-
trotted out a shallow token standards of
Ily in military service. The tip of the spear:
conduct for themselves. Apparently it's
Countless weeks over the years were spent
not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people?
living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since.
way?"
The purpose: if required, be airborne
Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un-
in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a
challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts
nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly:
of interest abound. The rule of law is situ-
ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet-
ational if adhered to at all. America can no
nam provided a brief interlude, but overall,
longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of
this long line of silent sentinels stood firm
power and wealth driven by unquenchable
to protect America by deterring external
greed has left service above self and Con-
threats to our freedoms and way of life
stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint
across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued
Recently the VA said exposure to Agent
with a sense of service.
Orange is the probable cause of the can-
I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered
cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause
on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than
military pilots to have significantly higher
founded on mere beli…

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

From “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler #skybrary #skybrarians #booksky

A screenshot of a poem. The poem reads:
Choose your leaders
with wisdom and forethought.
To be led by a coward
is to be controlled
by all that the coward fears.
To be led by a fool
is to be led
by the opportunists who control the fool.
To be led by a thief
is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen.
To be led by a liar
is to ask to be told lies.
To be led by a tyrant
is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

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Amyville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

if you buy used books and want to avoid amazon where possible, check out bookfinder.com you can search essentially every marketplace in one go so you can, e.g., find the same used copy for sale, from the same seller, on biblio.com or ebay instead of amazon or abe (owned by amazon)

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BookFinder.com: New & Used Books, Rare Books, Textbooks

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, but only if they pay me 5 million dollars for my instant-citizenship Gold Card.💰” -Comrade Krasnov #GrifterInChief

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 03/03/2025

If Trump was President in 1940

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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Donald Trump is lying to you.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

🍁 Calling all Canadians! BIG NEWS - we’ve just launched European Movement Canada 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 …to rapidly build much closer relations between Canada & Europe on all fronts. Sign up interest here —> europeanmovement.eu/publication-... My TikTok video on it here —> vm.tiktok.com/ZNdeRmhEa/ Please share!

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Good morning all! 🇺🇦 Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻

Emergency demonstration at US embassy. Wed 5 March - 5:30pm

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Fi 🇪🇺 @rahhead01.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

My lovely 78 year old Dad is walking 100 miles for @ParkinsonsUK during May 2025 (not all at once! 🤣) he’s doing this for my Mum who has Parkinson’s with dementia. I would be so so grateful if you could rt this and possibly donate for such a great cause 💕 events.parkinsons.org.uk/fundraisers/...

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I’m taking part in Walk for Parkinson’s 100 Mile Challenge to help fund specialist care for people with Parkinson’s. I'm uniting with thousands of others, all passionate about improving life for peop...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 24/02/2025

Putin planned to take Kyiv in three days, but he couldn't take Kyiv in three years. The only way Putin wins now—the only way he finally succeeds in destroying Ukraine’s sovereignty—is by persuading Ukraine’s allies to abandon Ukraine. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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Putin’s Three Years of Humiliation

The Russian president can’t win his war against Ukraine unless he persuades its allies to betray it.

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

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