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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 12h
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm pitching this immediately
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Here's the list of everything banned going into Gaza including. Water Filters Water Purification Tablets Nappies Insulin Wheelchairs Fishing rods and all fishing equipment All Water Pumping and sewage treatment equipment All Cancer drugs and Antibiotics It's a Genocide.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
An entire politics and worldview animated by a lively terror that somewhere, somebody might be eating a free cheese sandwich
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Accept they're not free really are they? The cost the tax payer, when giving children a breakfast can be achieved for 50p at home. The cost to the tax payer is far far higher per breakfast than
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is outrageous in and of itself. It's also outrageous that the government isn't doing anything about it. There's a constant political refrain that 'the first duty of government is to protect its citizens'. So do it.
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James Atkinson @kinson1964.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
act.everyonehateselon.com/p/meta-chase...
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Send a reminder to Meta: you have to respond
Use this to send a final chance email to Meta if you've emailed them and they've not responded to your smart glasses objections.
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Three Major Revelations About The Gaza Holocaust In The Israeli Press The world was lied to about the Gaza holocaust, just like it was lied to about every other act of mass military slaughter that the US involves itself in. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/three-majo...
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Three Major Revelations About The Gaza Holocaust In The Israeli Press
Video reading by Tim Foley:
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I’ve reached the point - well actually, I reached it a while ago - where I’m militantly anti-AI. Fine - use it in bioscience labs and radiology where it might help analyse data more effectively. Use it sparingly for systems engineering. Everywhere else, it can fuck off.
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Right to Repair Europe @r2reurope.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
📱 Four in five smartphone model records failed our EU repair-information check.⁠ ⁠ We reviewed 2,334 records in the EU’s official EPREL database. Only 18% clearly led consumers to the required repair information.⁠ ⁠ Almost half left the relevant fields blank.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Nathan Cofnas and the US Ambassador to Belgium say that the University of Ghent have now lifted his suspension, thanking the US government for supporting him (with threats of retaliation). The Ambassador says that Cofnas will be able to complete his one year appointment to March 2027.
I am grateful to Rector Petra De Sutter for allowing me to stay at Ghent University. I look forward to continuing to work on the project, “The Future of Liberalism,” for 60% of my working time for the remainder of my one-year postdoc.

I wish to personally thank Ambassador 
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. It was beyond my imagination that such a person would take an interest in the fate of a postdoc. The Ambassador responded with great support which helped to bring about a just outcome. Thank you, 
@USAmbToBelgium
 and 
@StateDept
 for defending American values. I am proud of my country.After speaking with all parties, I am pleased to see that Ghent University and Nathan Cofnas have amicably reached an agreement to lift Mr. Cofnas' suspension, which will enable him to complete his one-year postdoctoral appointment. I look forward to working with Ghent University rector Petra De Sutter to continue the relationship between the university and the United States. I am grateful for her willingness to listen to voices calling for protecting academic freedom.
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Washington AI Resistance @wa-air.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"Data center expansion is entirely unnecessary for advanced AI...models can be over 100,000 times smaller than ChatGPT. Some require no more resources to train or serve than...a webpage." Minimal resource use, maximal privacy. Why isn't* Big Tech doing this? *yeah, we know why not.
seattletimes.com
The AI we want without the data centers we don't: It's possible | Op-Ed
We don’t need to burn our climate commitments or pave over fields and ranches to realize the benefits of artificial intelligence.
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Coming climate shockwaves over the next two decades are likely to kill between 2 and 4 billion people, research shows. What has been the response of corporate media invested in the very activities fuelling those deaths? Silence, of course. Media Lens explain: medialens.substack.com/p/4-billion-...
medialens.substack.com
4 Billion Dead: ‘There Are No Words’
If you need an indication of how divorced the ‘mainstream’ media is from reality, consider this: the possibility of at least 4 billion deaths resulting from 3 degrees Celsius of global warming by 2050...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Piers Morgan “Mohammed, do you condemn the Hamas attacks on October the 7th?” Mohammed Hijab “Yes, I do. Do you condemn Israel killing over 1000 kids?” Piers Morgan “I believe Israel has a right to defend themselves” That answer should be on the tombstone of his career.
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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
the good news is that, for at least the foreseeable future, these humanoid robots can be easily defeated by utilizing any number of foiling tactics demonstrated in your run-of-the-mill looney tunes cartoon.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Hahaha. We need so much more of this Private Eye style ridicule when it comes to Farage. No one should be taking him seriously any more.
Wildfire in Clacton
AS temperatures soared on Friday, Essex fire authorities reported things were so bad that a man's pants had caught fire.
The individual, identified as Nigel Farage, had claimed Essex police had told him to keep away from his by-election declaration.
"We've never seen such an enormous fire coming from a single pair of Union Jack Y-fronts," said a police spokesman. "We urge members of the public to avoid pants on fire by at least coming up with a half-decent excuse for their cowardice."
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Every single journalist in Britain should read this searing essay by Will Self
willself1.substack.com
Jason Arday: J'Accuse the British Media
After the death of Jason Arday, Will Self asks what happens when the media machine mistakes what interests the public for the public interest.
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James Atkinson @kinson1964.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Add your name: the.organise.network/campaigns/ne...
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Pay women's pension compensation now!
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The Elders @theelders.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It's been 10 months since a ceasefire was declared in Gaza, but Palestinians are still being killed on a daily basis. Graça Machel, Deputy Chair of The Elders, warns that diplomatic talks cannot be an excuse for inaction
“The latest talks to break the political impasse on Gaza are welcome. But while diplomats and envoys keep shuttling around, Israel continues to kill civilians daily, with total impunity. UNICEF reports that on average one child a day has been killed since the October 2025 ceasefire.” - Graça Machel, Deputy Chair of The Elders“As the occupying power, Israel must stop blocking aid. On our visit to the region last month, we were shocked to hear how desperate the situation has become. Humanitarians with decades of experience described conditions never seen before such as children being bitten by rodents as they slept. The Government of Israel is deliberately aiming to make life unliveable.

Every individual death is a tragedy. Collectively, they are an outrage to our common humanity.” - Graça Machel, Deputy Chair of The Elders
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Kenan Malik @kenanmalik.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“The way that political issues have become reframed as matters of security, to create ‘a world in which fellow civilians are the principal threat, and where military and surveillance technologies are deployed to “fight’ them’.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
observer.co.uk
From CCTV to digital data, states are policing problems t...
The migrant breach in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta reveals how increased securitisation by governments inevitably leads to a paranoia ‘doom loop’
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Capitalism Trains Us To Blame Each Other For Systemic Abuses Our minds have been carefully groomed to accept the imperial status quo as normal and healthy, and to see every failure of the system as a failure of the individual. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/capitalism...
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Capitalism Trains Us To Blame Each Other For Systemic Abuses
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Gareth0108 @gareth0108.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
we are seeing the same behaviours they did after caroline flack as well bloody hypocritical bastards
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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The answer to the question "Why is that terrible thing happening?" is usually "Because it makes some rich white guys wealthier" or "Because it helps shore up US planetary domination" or "Because Israel wants it," and it's usually some combination of all three.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Glad to have added my name to a letter from 50 green groups urging PM to be clear that #climate breakdown is the cause of the current extreme heat crisis. The public deserves leadership that speaks honestly about the nature of the challenges the country faces & offers a robust plan to tackle them
theguardian.com
Green groups urge Andy Burnham to break silence on climate crisis
More than 50 organisations say PM urgently needs to show leadership and prepare British people for scale of change needed as UK struggles through another heatwave
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Checkmate, Nige.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My LinkedIn is full of an endless stream of UK diplomats announcing they’ve left govt service. This due to extreme cuts to foreign aid and diplomacy (much of it spearheaded by Olly Robbins). It’s hard to look at the world today and think “this is a good time to be losing experienced diplomats.”
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The role of the media, from the BBC to Fox, is to so clog up our minds with propaganda extolling iPhones and jeans that we choose to continue worshipping at the altar of capitalism, even as the walls of the temple visibly crack and crumble. My latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/a-dying-we...
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A dying West is eating its children. Yet we still can't imagine life without capitalism
Our unwillingness to think about how to change our reality may simply be the noise of capitalism speaking through us. It's time to find value in something more than a new iPhone or pair of jeans
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It’s election week! At this important moment I would like to address your entire planet with a message to the people of Earth. And I think I found the perfect place to do it.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I’ve written for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social about the media’s language in reporting the riots in Thetford. www.thenewworld.co.uk/mic-wright-t...
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The media calls the Thetford mob ‘protestors’. That’s letting rioters off the hook
Language matters in reporting. From “legitimate concerns” to “angry, frustrated locals”, our press is downplaying racism and violence
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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 08/08/2026
A broken economic model is driving humanity to a climate catastrophe; the World Inequality Lab (WIL) has a solution we should all consider | Bob Copeland
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Review: Global Justice Report 2026: A plan for equality & prosperity within planetary boundaries
A broken economic model is driving humanity to a climate catastrophe; the World Inequality Lab (WIL) has a solution we should all consider
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Tim Smedley @timsmedley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This was one of the bleakest articles I've ever had to write. For as bad as this year's weather has been, El Niño will ensure that next year is worse. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
prospectmagazine.co.uk
Call this a hot summer? This phenomenon explains why next year may be worse
El Niño is yet to peak, bringing more heat to an already burning planet
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Israel murdered another journalist. Nobody will even mention it.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/08/2026
The experience of being chased by a murderous kamikaze drone, a flying machine that behaves as if it were alive, is not one that humans are equipped to understand: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Dystopian Future Dawns in Kherson
Putin’s human safari in Ukraine is the beginning of a grim new normal.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
They don't give a toss about the world burning because they are dreaming about how much they can charge you for AC, food and water.
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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 02/08/2026
WATCH: ProPublica & @drilledmedia.bsky.social found that oil and gas companies have been funding climate research at prestigious US universities for 30+ years. This research fostered a misperception that climate change could be solved without dramatically curtailing fossil fuels: propub.li/3TTgAGp
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AJ McTERROR @robertgalbraith.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I went to look for Stephen Collins' Michael Gove cartoon because I was going to ask if any of Collins' colleagues at the Guardian realised it was about them too, and found this excellent piece on columnist creep by @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social: brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/i-have-a-c...
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I have a child! Of course, I should be Education Secretary
Columnist mission creep has given us a monster as Prime Minister and a media stuffed with unuseful idiots.
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James Atkinson @kinson1964.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Even though the Government can move fast enough to restructure a whole department for AI in a day, somehow it can't manage to ask us before building a data centre next door. Sign this: the.organise.network/campaigns/ne...
the.organise.network
No AI data centres built until local communities are consulted!
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Just sitting on the pavement is now terrorism. Not saying anything, not holding or displaying any signs, just sitting on the pavement Opposition to our govts support for genocide will not be tolerated and must be crushed. Reporting by Steven Methven for @novaramedia.com
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shazan64.bsky.social @shazan64.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Seems more relevant today than ever
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We need to take apart the tech giants before tech like smart glasses has any chance to be anything other than a shitshow, with all the misogyny, racism and hate that the tech giants built in.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
If Palestinians had targeted and blown up a synagogue in Israel it would be one of the lead stories on every UK news channel. But Israel targeting & blowing up a mosque in Gaza? It doesn't get a mention.
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Extinction Rebellion Global @xrglobal.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
ACTION is where READINESS begins. A group of people from Extinction Rebellion, from all over the world came together to create a different kind of guide. We hope you never need this guide, but we hope you will create the community to see you through one. rebellion.global/xreadiness/
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XReadiness | Extinction Rebellion
This guide is designed to provide individuals, families, and communities with essential knowledge and practical steps to increase resilience in the face of climate-related crises and other societal di...
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London & Southeast🔅 @thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Today experienced the 24th day of year hitting 30C in London. For perspective in whole of 1980s we had 21 days.
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The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
ALT: The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
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James Atkinson @kinson1964.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I just signed the petition calling on Andy Burnham to kick Palantir out of our NHS and police - can you add your name too? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/Kick-Out...
act.38degrees.org.uk
Andy Burnham: Kick Palantir out of our NHS!
I just signed the campaign calling on the Prime Minister to kick Palantir out of our NHS and police, can you ad your name now?
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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Emily Unia @emilyunia.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/... I've been looking at all the places pavement parking is actually encouraged 👇🏽 @emilykerr36.bsky.social @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social @livingstreets.bsky.social @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org @nationalfedblinduk.bsky.social @guidedogsuk.bsky.social @rnib.bsky.social
bbc.co.uk
Should pavement parking be banned?
Half of all councils in England actively encourage parking on pavements through marked bays or signage, BBC research has found.
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