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KayeMac04

@kayemac.bsky.social
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Old bat, nordic pole wielder, atheist since 1977. Not a monarchist. Antifa in a RefUK dominated County Durham, UK. Looking at events across the pond and in Europe. Skyscapes from my deck, no fancy stuff.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 1h
Middle Drove, Middle Levels, The Fens, Norfolk EIIR postbox in need of a lick of paint. Behind is the trackbed of the former Magdalen Road to Wisbech railway line. One form of communication has gone, how long will the other, in the form of this postbox, last? 🤷‍♂️ #PostboxSaturday
An Queen Elizabeth II red postbox, in front of a metal fence with concrete uprights. Behind is rough ground and a hedge marking the route of an old railway line.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 1h
Misinformation and the chaotic disruption of important systems are two main weapons of modern warfare. We are arguably at war with ai already.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2h
Rhodesia is a now-defunct white supremacist state in southern Africa. It's where James Earl Ray attempted to flee after assassinating MLK. It's the flag a white supremacist mass shooter wore in a photo on his manifesto website. Now Donald Trump Jr. is peddling Rhodesian lifestyle apparel.
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How a defunct white supremacist state became a cult favorite on the right
From battleground candidates to Elon Musk, Republicans can’t stop posting wistfully about Rhodesia.
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 2h
Ah, the news this morning are a bundle of joy again. Romanian cartoonist Laur Raboj must have read them, too. He just updated his cartoon.
laur_raboj_doodles on Instagram 

The cartoon shows a black, pencilled timeline. Until 2019, it's a straight horizontal line with short, vertical one for every year. The years 2020-2025 are one scribbled ball together. 2026 is another scribbled ball, just much larger.
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 2h
Today's random #German word of the day is ... in den sauren Apfel beißen. 📢 [click on picture] #LearnALanguage - it's more fun than you think! 😉
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4h
When Hegseth spoke about the execution livestream with far-right streamer earlier this week, he hardly seemed able to contain his excitement.
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Pete Hegseth wants to livestream a snuff film
The defense secretary plans to telecast the military’s first firing squad execution since 1945.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 9h
Putin throws lifeline to try to save Trump in the midterms. In return, American dollars go to Russia and get put toward killing innocent Ukrainians. Trump/Russia right out in the open. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
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Putin throws Trump midterm lifeline as Russia agrees to supply diesel
Donald Trump announced today that Vladimir Putin has agreed to supply the US with hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel.
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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 15h
Hey Platforms: Your Violent Content Policies Are About To Meet The Pentagon’s Firing Squad There is plenty of coverage everywhere you look about how Pete Hegseth and... www.techdirt.com/2026/10/09/hey-pla…
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Hey Platforms: Your Violent Content Policies Are About To Meet The Pentagon’s Firing Squad
There is plenty of coverage everywhere you look about how Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon have announced plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the Army officer who shot up Fort Hood, killing 13 people and wounding dozens more. There is plenty of debate about the moral atrocity that is a firing...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
Trump makes genocidal threats against Iran and then IMMEDIATELY pivots to whining about not winning the Nobel Peace Price. You can't make it up.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11h
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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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h
Selling out Ukraine to side with Russia in order to marginally reduce the negative impacts of his dumb war with Iran
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 11h
So let's get this straight: Russia just murdered over 65 people in Ukraine in less than 48 hours. Crushed a building on top of sleeping families to celebrate Putin's birthday. And today, the U.S. announces that they are lifting sanctions on Russian diesel and planning to buy some,
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 20h
‘Culturally British by my standards’ is one of the most chilling phrases uttered in British politics. Entirely unsurprising to me who it’s from.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14h
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. ICE’s unchecked power won’t rein itself in. If we want real oversight, accountability, and an end to intimidation tactics that target vulnerable communities, we have to demand it—loudly and publicly. Abolish ICE.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 15h
Hey Wikipedia, tell me about Francis Bellamy, the minister who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance that Linda McMahon wants school children to recite every morning.
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"championed 'the rights of working people and the equal distribution of economic resources, which he believed was inherent in the teachings of Jesus!"[6. In 1891, Bellamy was
"forced from his Boston pulpit for preaching against the evils of capitalism" [3] and eventually stopped attending church altogether after moving to Florida, reportedly because of the racism he witnessed there. '0! Francis's
career as a preacher ended because of his tendency to describe Jesus as a socialist. In the 21st century, Bellamy is considered an early American democratic socialist.""]
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14h
America's major allies rebuke Trump and Rubio for riding to the defense of Putin and Netanyahu with vile attacks on the ICC. No one is fooled by what they are doing.
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KayeMac04 @kayemac.bsky.social · 14h
Photo from indoors. A just-before-sunset and just after rainfall photo at about 6pm:
In the foreground are trees showing autumnal shades of copper and brown. Above is a sky of cool pale blues and greyish clouds edged in gold because of the setting sun.
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 20h
Fascinating world of ancient #glass: a stunning Egyptian glass vessel in the shape of a #fish, it was probably used to hold ointments. Found in El-Amarna, #Egypt, 14th century BC. 📷 British Museum
Colorful ancient glass vessel in the shape of a fish, shown in profile on a neutral gray background, with wavy blue, white, and yellow stripes forming its scales, fins, and tail, and a small round eye and protruding lips at the right end.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15h
From battleground candidates to Elon Musk, Republicans can’t stop posting wistfully about Rhodesia.
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How a defunct white supremacist state became a cult favorite on the Right
From battleground candidates to Elon Musk, Republicans can't stop posting wistfully about Rhodesia.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 18h
Hard to overstate how much Hegseth's execution stream mirrors the U.S. military's traditional description of ISIS propaganda: broadcast killings designed to send a message, strike fear and create a social media spectacle. Will almost certainly be repurposed by online terror cells
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 19h
Great piece by Lisa Needham for Aaron Rupar’s Public Notice: Trump meme coin investors, including rich foreigners, have lost $3.81 billion but gained an opportunity to bribe the president of the United States. It’s mindblowingly corrupt.
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Eddie Bowley @eddache.bsky.social · 19h
I wish Gromit's voice was more suitably Northern sounding to match Wallace's voice. What about Christopher Eccleston? Sean Bean? Hell, I would genuinely love it if it was Jodie Whittaker!
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 22h
oh my god I was going to joke "he's actually centre-left" and turns out he IS
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 20h
Drawing of Jacques Tati who would be 119 today!
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 21h
Margaret Atwood’s memoir is bound to be brilliant, but right at the bottom of the article there’s a couple of suggestions for “further listening”, one of which is me reading Elemental. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...
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Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood audiobook review – a dryly funny memoir
The Handmaid’s Tale author reflects on her loves, losses and literary achievements in a memoir that showcases her wisdom and wit
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.
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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 22h
It's become a catchphrase for Badenoch that "We have to be SERIOUS" - and she's right about that. Yet every announcement is like this: a burst whoopie-cushion of wrong numbers, bungled data and stuff someone found on Google. The gulf between rhetoric and reality is positively cavernous.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 22h
BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 22h
North Tyneside Reform group leader leaves party to sit as independent councillor www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
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Reform group leader leaves party to sit as independent councillor
Coun Brian Smith became the council's first Reform councillor after winning a by-election last year
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 23h
Call for vote of no-confidence in Reform UK council leader www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2661871...
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Reform UK council leader: Vote of no-confidence call over 'invaders' comments
The Reform UK council leader said she believes there are people who are “invading our country”.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23h
If Flávio Bolsonaro becomes Brazil's president, he may dismantle nature and climate protections and allow illegal miners, loggers, and land grabbers to invade Indigenous territories.
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Flávio Bolsonaro’s advance in Brazil’s election is grim news for the climate.
Like Donald Trump, he favors maximizing profits for extractive industries, environment be damned.
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 23h
A video has been shared online showing the Australian Prime Minister collapsing face-first off of a platform. But the clip has been generated with AI and appears to have originated from a parody account. Read our fact check here 👇 fullfact.org/world/video-...
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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 23h
B-Side: Élysée-come, Élysée-go 🥊 It's all kicked off in France 🇫🇷 Les elections ain't a fait accompli 💩 Fun in the mud? With Olivier Morel, @sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/16HY... 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
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B-Side: Élysée-come, Élysée-go
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 9 October · 53min
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document, The Right Way, overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data
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Suella De-Vil Shadowy spokesdemon for learning stuff @suellade.bsky.social · 23h
Moneys woke now That’s ok Nige You can give it all back then
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Leeds, c.1950, photo by Roger Mayne (1929-2014).
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I have been excited in the past. I’m familiar with the sensation… but how to explain the buzz im feeling after a 25 year journey to get it made, to finally… FINALLY bring ROGUE TROOPER HOME! Hard to express really. See you at the premiere at the LFF tomorrow night, LONDON! ❤️🇬🇧❤️
Poster for Rogue Trooper with lovely quotes and list of festival accreditations
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Utter barbarism. Like watching the reverse evolution of man into beast.
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Fascinating world of ancient #glass: A #Roman glass beaker from Ehingen-Rißtissen, dating to the 1st century AD. It’s amazing how modern some ancient glass vessels still look today. On display at Landesmuseum Württemberg 📷 me
Blue translucent glass beaker, mounted on a black metal rod. The scratched and cracked surface is visible against a softly blurred background.
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"In England, all key indicators increased this week indicating a low but increasing risk of Covid. Test positivity rates are continue to remain highest in London, the West Mids, and Yorkshire & Humberside. Whilst Flu activity is low it is rising earlier than previous years." 1/2
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What are Trump Accounts? Part of the Big Beautiful Bill, they are a new savings & retirement plan for kids with a one-time deposit of $1,000 from the federal govt for newborns. But beyond the initial sum, tax experts say the benefits fall short of other savings plans already out there.
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'Trump accounts' come with a $1,000 baby bonus. Then the rules get complicated, tax experts say
Under Trump's "big beautiful bill," children born in 2025 through 2028 will receive a $1,000 deposit into a Trump account. Here's how the accounts work.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Guillfoyle got the Greek Ambassadorship job, in what mostly seemed as a kiss-off gifts from the Trump. (Just as an FYI, other countries give Ambassadorships to trained diplomats rather than big donors or ex-girlfriends. Maybe we should look into that). donmoynihan.substack.com/p/stop-paper...
Her appointment followed behind-the-scenes lobbying by people close to Trump Jr., who supported giving Guilfoyle the job, according to people familiar with the discussions. Guilfoyle had spent weeks calling people around her former fiancé asking how the two could reunite, some of whom began to float the idea of various ambassadorships…President Trump told people he had offered Guilfoyle the ambassadorship for his son’s sake, saying, “I had to get her out of here.”
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Brittin so far absolutely fucking hopeless. There are countless tech and discussion podcasts in the private sector. You and Yours was exceptional public interest journalism.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 08/10/2026
“If the police do indeed give certain protests sympathetic treatment, then it’s the political right, not the left, who benefit from those double standards.” DK Renton on Patriot Platform: goodlaw.social/7cal
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DK Renton: Patriot Platform can't spread fear and call it protest
If you want the right to speak up, you can't try to shut other voices down, says DK Renton
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Neil Lewis @neil-lewis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Putin's 3 day war is now at day 1688 Trump's 24 hour peace deal is 625 days late.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Welcome to Day 1688 of Russia's launch of its all out war on Ukraine. But, by the way it's also 626 days since Trump's 2nd inauguration and his promises to end the war in 24 hours, but as with Iran, we see his boasts turn to dust if his family can rake in more cash. Today's🧵
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Between 3% and 4% of [France's] debt is held by American investors..." Cough, cough. As of June 2026, approx. 23.6% of US government debt, or $9.3tr, is owned by foreign investors.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've stumbled across AI's plan. They're going to make us into pâté.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This will be brilliant! Do come.
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