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Kath Reynolds

@kthrynlds.bsky.social
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Former librarian but always a librarian. Reminiscing for a brighter future. Garden, theatre, wine, books, grandpoppets... Ex-X

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Kath Reynolds @kthrynlds.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#bloomscrolling Dahlia delight
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Kath Reynolds @kthrynlds.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq... Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election, beating Green leader Zack Polanski - follow live - BBC News
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Labour wins Holborn and St Pancras by-election, beating Green leader Zack Polanski - follow live
The contest was triggered when ex-PM Keir Starmer announced last month he would be standing down from the Commons.
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Andrew Teale @andrewteale.me.uk · 08/10/2026
NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, Town - Lab gain from RUK Lab 431 RUK 249 Grn 115 C 110 LD 27 Previous results: andrewteale.me.uk/i0bu Preview: andrewspreviews.substack.com/p/previewing...
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Local Elections Archive Project — Town Ward
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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“The fact that MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezo’s ex-wife & one of the single biggest donors in history, has given over $26 BILLION to charity and NOT run out of money really puts into perspective how the arguments against a billionaire wealth tax are just bullshit." (@afghanmounatingoat) TAX THE WEALTHY!
A color photo of MacKenzie Scott.
“The fact that MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezo’s ex-wife and one of the single biggest donors in history, has given over $26 BILLION to charity and NOT run out of money really puts into perspective how the arguments against a billionaire wealth tax are just bullshit."
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Kath Reynolds @kthrynlds.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#bloomscrolling Dahlias doing their thing!
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...
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Reform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymns
Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What’s your legacy Johnson? Brexit. Total collapse of trust in politics. And this. The small boats symbolise your dishonesty and your failure. You’re responsible for nothing but damage. Not one good thing. Not one proud moment. You’re forever a shameful disgrace who threw his own mandate in the bin.
Boris Johnson @BorisJohnson
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It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate from the people. He has no real ideas, and no plan.
BORIS JOHNSON: UK is defenceless against migrants without...
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As we suspected:
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’m just saying Billie Joe MacAllister should’ve survived that jump.
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said the uk mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this and ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Intrigued to read that the Dublin Vegetarian Association in the early 20th century was run by a Mr Ham, Mrs Joynt and Mrs Hogg.
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Well, well, well would you look at that Rupert Lowe, who "proudly stands with those peacefully protesting in Dover" Tried to bring in a "Ban on full face coverings in public spaces" Via an Early Day Motion, 11 June 2025
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Ban on full face coverings in public spaces - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That this House notes with concern the increasing prevalence of full-face coverings, including the burqa and niqab, in public spaces across the United Kingdom; believes that the covering of the face i...
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
‘Protect our women and girls’. Only not if you’re a disabled British woman…. Or a trans British woman. Or an ethnic minority British woman. Or a British woman who needs an abortion. Or a British woman who is attacked by a man we like. Or a British woman who says something we don’t like.
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ASH TRAY The First, Popetato of Wülferhampton 📎 @thomasashman64.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Thought Reform UK and Restore Britain wanted to ban face coverings?
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Far Right agenda is that Britain’s diverse cities are hellholes (*because they’re diverse*) but the country’s real problems are in towns that are predominantly white.
bbc.co.uk
A66 crash: Distrust and fear hang over Middlesbrough
BBC News visits town where violence has escalated after the fatal crash and residents say they are living in fear.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Stepping down ‘pending outcome of Reform internal investigation’ This is clearly an attempt to end the story — but it really shouldn’t be
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Wouldn't it be easier & far less time consuming to just report when he actually tells the truth?
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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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
MEMPHIS: “A mechanical contractor who helped build Elon Musk’s Memphis-area data centers at breakneck speed says SpaceXAI is dragging its feet on paying his company for work performed since 2024…owes his company more than $136 million…” www.actionnews5.com/2026/08/01/c...
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Blue Freedom Quest 💙🌊💙🌊 @bluefreedomquest.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/07/2026
🇬🇧 "The capital’s homicide rate has fallen to the lowest level in recorded history on a per capita basis. It’s now lower than that in Berlin, Brussels, Barcelona, Madrid, Milan, Paris – and every US state." London is not lawless. It is a myth used to sow fear about multiculturalism and diversity.
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If you’ve heard that London is dystopian and dangerous – read this. It just isn’t | Sadiq Khan
Britain’s capital has faced social media, press and political attacks designed to make residents and tourists feel unsaf
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GitHub @github.com · 20/07/2026
57 years ago today, humans first landed on the Moon. The source code that helped get them there? It’s on GitHub. Margaret Hamilton led the MIT team responsible for Apollo’s onboard flight software. (Image credit: Draper Laboratory; restoration by Adam Cuerden, via Wikimedia Commons.)
Black-and-white photo of Margaret Hamilton standing beside a nearly person-height stack of software listings produced by her and her MIT team for the Apollo program.
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Kath Reynolds @kthrynlds.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Flowers picked from our garden to brighten your day
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
@ejeancarroll.bsky.social: "I don't understand how people can be afraid of a fat elderly man who wears apricot makeup, his hair done up like Tippi Hedren in The Birds and sits in a court room and moans and groans and complains”
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
“No politics” say FIFA. Let’s see what happens here. Please note that Captain Harry Kane was threatening with a ban for wanting to wear a rainbow armband at the Qatar World Cup.
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Craig Peters @lohaddotcom.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
We live in THE most insane timeline.
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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
“When a child gives you a gift, even if it is a rock they just picked up, exude gratitude. It might be the only thing they have to give, and they have chosen to give it to you.” (wisdomquotesandstories)
A color close-up photo of a young child’s open hand, holding a small, multi-colored rock:
“When a child gives you a gift, even if it is a rock they just picked up, exude gratitude. It might be the only thing they have to give, and they have chosen to give it to you.”
(wisdomquotesandstories)
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
He’s doing his best to stir up culture wars, race and religious hatred and isn’t shy at stirring up hatred and anger amongst those he knows full well will act it out. So what would he do if he had real power…including for his pals Putin & Trump that he’s admired so much.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
If other parties say they won’t stand a candidate and given Farage‘s reason for trying to resign but re-stand + the £200k cost to the public for a pointless by election in the circs + the fact there’s a standards investigation…. It’s possible he won’t be allowed to resign
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Robert Jenrick has a meltdown on #C4News He refuses to accept that there are parliamentary rules that Nigel Farage may have broken And insists the only people who can judge Nigel Farage are the people of Clacton 😅 - Whatever you do, please don't share this humiliating clip
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Meanwhile, in the US. It just takes your breath away. *50 years* in prison for protesting. Don't imagine for one moment that we are immune to this. Already, the legislative framework is in place in the UK to enable such convictions - before we get a Trumplike PM. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Alarm over ‘extreme’ sentences for anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism
First amendment groups call 50-to-100-year prison terms chilling as legal experts say sentences unusually long
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
And there it is… www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...
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Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The multimillionaire Nigel Farage rails against climate action, while gliding from one air-conditioned building to another. He knows that he and his ilk will suffer least. But he is prepared to sacrifice everyone else to the demands of his fossil-fuelled funders. So much for "the man of the people".
A painting which depicts Nero fiddling while Rome burns.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🔥Jewish Actor Mandy Patinkin (brillant in Homeland) gets really passionate about Gaza and the child killer Benjamin Netanyahu. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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Kath Reynolds @kthrynlds.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Genuine, passionate people...the children are loving it and so engaged! Inagine the Trumps doing this? Where did America go so badly wrong?
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Oh. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Brexit cost 6% of UK economy, Bank of England company data suggests
Analysis showed how much the UK could have grown if it had not exited the EU.
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bmcarthur17 @bmcarthur17.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
This Brit nails it. #Immigration
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Farage claims that crypto-billionaire, Christopher Harborne, wanted “absolutely nothing in return” for giving Farage £5million. Meanwhile…
Revelations of the £5mn gift have led critics to allege that the money may have been a way of securing political favours from Farage, including his willingness to stand in the general election and take over leadership of the party again.
They also pointed out that Reform announced several crypto-friendly policies after the general election, including a pledge to lower the capital gains tax rate for crypto assets from 24 per cent today to 10 per cent, and to create a national bitcoin reserve at the Bank of England to stockpile crypto assets.
The party also took the unusual step of publishing a draft Cryptoassets and Digital Finance Bill, setting out exactly how it planned to deregulate the sector.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
X is currently full of posts falsely naming Christi Hill and another officer as having arrested Henry Nowak. One names and pictures the other PC, saying, "Wanted: dead or alive". It gives his address. What more exactly will it take to get UK MPs, ministers and departments off that hellsite?
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This is Farage’s Britain. A hellscape of racism and riots. Decency cast aside. No responsible media platform should have given him this opportunity. A disgraceful, disrespectful day. Yet another warning to us all that all Farage will ever do is hurt and ruin and divide.
Family's plea for calm ignored

Photo of protesters gathered in Southampton with their flags Henry Nowak protesters accused of 'hijacking' tragedy after pelting police with bricks
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Another investigation into Royal Mail failure to deliver post. Previous ones achieved higher prices, lower post delivery targets. RM hasn't hit delivery target for 1st-class post since 2017, or for 2nd-class mail since 2020. Prices still go up. Another failed privatisation. Nationalise.
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Royal Mail under investigation after first-class post delays
Royal Mail announced last week that it had missed targets for another year running
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that was put in place a decade ago to monitor coastal environments, marine ecosystems and powerful currents that affect the global climate. 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...?
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Leaving the ECHR, will weaken protections for all in society. That’s the end goal. Then they will usher in freeports, SEZ’s, data centres, zero hours contracts, no employment protections, state surveillance. All in the name of protecting us. When we already have protections…
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The Bishop 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @fritzbischoff.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Couldn't agree more ...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
If I'd hit the same level of absenteeism in any of my past jobs as Farage has being an MP I'd have been sacked long since ... "Just like his days as a MEP when he was paid to represent us in the South East and didn't bother: just took the money." via Stuart Kinnon
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
President Trump wants to cancel America’s 250th birthday concert. Various artists withdrew, don't want to be associated with Trump. Trump wanted to turn it into a political rally, claims he is the biggest star and a bigger draw than Elvis in his prime. Little interest in listening to a madman.
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'Cancel it', Trump says after artists drop out of US Freedom 250 festival
Trump suggests holding a "Make America Great Again" rally instead after most headliners drop out of White-House-linked event.
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