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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 15h
A Canadian poet wins the Nobel for Literature! “Canadian poet Anne Carson, whose work blends the ancient with the avant-garde, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature. “She was taken by surprise, but very happy,” Carlberg said. “I could hear that in her voice.” Congratulations!!
ctvnews.ca
Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for c...
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Cornish/Manc Parallel Realist (Worldwide Dept.) @leftymuso.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🤣👏 @mrjohncrace.bsky.social
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h
The Russians are barbarians and should be treated as such, not as people to negotiate new business deals with to benefit corrupt oligarchs in the US.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Only in America will kids be denied a free school lunch, then handed a Bible story about Jesus feeding the hungry
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Richard, Toad the Just, Earl of Sausagetoad 🇬🇧 🇺🇸🌊 @richardlordtoad.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They all knew, but sucked-up anyway...
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#AGoodPlace
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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Billionaire David Reuben claiming he quit Britain for Monaco over potential wealth taxes—when records show he already moved years ago—exposes the myth of the "super-rich exodus." Threats to flee are just economic blackmail to block fair taxation.
theguardian.com
‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"So, you racists viewing this, I guess you'd rather die than be treated by an immigrant, eh?" via Joe Paglia
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
With the Metropolitan Police criminal investigation into foreign funding allegations still ongoing, a 27-page internal party whitewash holds zero legal weight. Restoring public trust requires independent scrutiny, not self-awarded exonerations. How long until the real verdict drops? #FBPE
thelondoneconomic.com
Reform UK investigation decides Farage's close aides broke no law over Channel 4 sting
Reform UK has cleared itself and two close aides of Nigel Farage of any wrongdoing alleged in an undercover investigation.
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Love this
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Police violently drag Hispanic grandmother across rough ground-injuring both arms. Witnesses yell she has a serious heart condition & was just released from hospital. Cops kneel on her chest anyway. "They dragged her like a doll," brother said. Incident occurred in Batesville, Texas
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And they voted for him anyway 😕
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ChumpTrump @chumptrump.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
💥🎃🤣
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Suspended sentence for man found to have a collection of more than 114,000 indecent images of children. Tommy Robinson and co are going to be all over this. They'll be SO angry... Just you wait... Any second now... ...
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Show me 😡
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
bbc.com
Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sarah Pochin raised "concerns" in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Two days later she purchased an £800,000 second home on Anglesey. Remarkable stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Voters loathed the Tory party when they booted them out in 2024.They really needed to shake off their disgrace with humility and better ideas. They haven’t. They’ve doubled down. More Brexit, more austerity, more anti-immigration ugliness, more tedious arrogance… and no good reason to vote for them.
Party seems to have learnt nothing from 2024 defeat
John Oxley

The Conservative Party is keen to show it is now ready to return to government, two and a half years after a
historic defeat.Their self-soothing explanation posits that defeat came from not being able to do what they wanted 

No such pivot is happening at the current conference. The Tories have come to Birmingham calling for a return to orthodoxy, with similar lines about cutting benefits and regulation. Even so, they seem trapped by the same contradictions
- pledging to cut benefits, but not the winter fuel payments and triple lock on pensions that go to their voters.
There is no "hug-a-hoodie" moment in Birmingham. The Conservative Party is not indicating that it has changed or seeking to broaden its appeal. It is doing the opposite: it is a party returning to its core, restating all the old ideas voters have rejected but louder.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
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La Pionera ✊🏽 @punchcolor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You'll NEVER convince me he isnt a foreign asset hellbent on destroying America, enriching himself first.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Introducing the President of the United States... Yes, you heard right! He just offered up Los Angeles & San Diego for annihilation! Insanity! Approximately 60% of the U.S. Pacific Fleet is based out of the San Diego! California accounts for approximately 15% of the total U.S. economy! Vote blue!
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Conservative Helen Whateley, "Tax cuts have to be funded.. I'm doing work on what is the right way to bring down the welfare bill" My view: Why is the answer always more hardship for people who are already struggling, while vast wealth can be hoarded almost untouched?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care. Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops. Their cruelty is endless.
commondreams.org
'It Has to Stop': Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids | Common Dreams
Republicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylv
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
John Delhotal - Wildlife The Orlando Wetlands "Purple Gallinule with perfectly designed swamp shoes"
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "How long do you think its going to take for people to forget you ran the country for 14 years?" Helen Whateley, "Kemi has published an essay called The Right Way, really thinking about what's gone wrong with the country" 14 years of Tory austerity 🤷‍♀️
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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
BINGO!💥
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Anand is the best (and I'm doing an event with him at, yes, @cityartssf.bsky.social Thursday, for his new book Man in the Mirror). Couldn't agree more that cities are refuges or places of last resort for people kicked out of rural/suburban/pseudo-idyllic America.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
I could hug @anandwrites.bsky.social for this. This is so true but you NEVER hear it in US media. Never. Truly doing god's work.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wasn’t there something else that he did which was really, really evil?
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Losing a parent to Alzheimer's is a double loss and it's bleak as hell. Good people don't joke about things like that. But Archibald Graham long ago gave up on being a decent human being. metro.co.uk/2026/10/04/m...
metro.co.uk
Mike Graham filmed making 'hideous' jokes about Andy Burnham's dad's death
His comments were 'the lowest of the low'.
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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Absolutely horrifying pre-midterm election news.
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 This morning, we launched our 'Poverty in Scotland 2026' report, showing nearly 1 million people in Scotland are living in poverty, including around 1 in 5 children. Alongside this, we published an explainer looking at the key role councils play in reducing poverty.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Suella Braverman too proud for benefits... Went to university for free Studied in Europe using the heavily subsidised Erasmus program Claimed ALL her rent, energy, council tax bills for at least 5 years Millions of pounds in expenses claims She just doesn't call them benefits
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Slander is spoken; libel is written. But this isn't either of those. It's detailed reporting from a respected outlet with damning evidence. And "most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history" is as impressive as "shortest NBA player from Luxembourg"
Speaking on behalf of Lutnick, the White House said: "The BBC's pathetic and desperate attempt to slander Secretary Lutnick will do nothing to change the fact that he has been the most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history."
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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just when we think it can’t get worse … it does.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Something tells me that Christina Ricci is a hell of a parent. I love seeing parents who teach their children right from wrong, and to stand up for what's right.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I feel ya 😪
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Boricua405 on X @estadistarebelde1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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