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@laineyg.bsky.social
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Was ElaineBKS on the other platform. Brexit was madness and as for America…not needing any handsome men looking for a relationship….

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Dan Wilbur @danwilbur.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Like FDR’s famous “let them have Hawaii” speech
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Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal will hold case management hearings today in two cases arising from the Post Office scandal. One involves a former general counsel at the Post Office. The other involves a solicitor who represented former postmasters. rozenberg.substack.com/p/first-post...
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First Post Office cases today
And first interview with the woman who will decide them
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Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s around 28 mins in. Have fun! #StrongMessageHere
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This underscores why it’s so hard to cover Trump. Every sentence contains multiple lies, true, but *also* each lie is made for a different reason. Some are premeditated, some a product of dementia, some a product of being raised in a cult, some only semiconscious, some born of fear. He’s a mess.
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Dr Jaime Ashworth @drjaimeashworth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Some thoughts on AfD and its recent suppression of Holocaust memory. framingthequestion.blog/2026/09/27/k...
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Keep Mentioning the War?
The grandson of a Holocaust survivor points to the Stolperstein for his great-grandmother, killed in Treblinka, 1942. Photo: Jaime Ashworth. The Stolpersteine project by artist Gunther Demnig is pe…
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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
These new trains are about to enter service from Zagreb to Split. Are those first class seats as comfortable as they look? Well worth the €30 1st class fare!
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Prof Devi Sridhar @profdevisridhar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
ICYMI my latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We all know a lack of exercise is bad for our bodies. So what is relying on AI doing to our brains? | Devi Sridhar
Most of my students use AI, and I worry about its corrosive effects. We must not entrust tech companies with our long-term health, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the Universi...
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just stolen a load of inflatable air beds. Think I might lilo for a bit.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When I was a kid my uncle had a pet shop, which, when you think about it, is a pretty odd thing to have as a pet.
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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
More evidence that the land beneath solar panels can be used productively
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Andrew Rait @andrewrait.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Mrs Jenner is the wife of disgraced general election candidate Emmett Jenner. In 2024, he featured in a BBC probe into Reform UK candidates who had made offensive comments about women online." They're such a lovely caring lot, eh? Protect are wimmin indeed 🙄 nation.cymru/news/reform-...
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Reform Wales appoints deputy leader as Senedd campaign threatens to stall
Emily Price Reform UK has appointed a deputy Wales leader as the party attempts to recover from a shaky start to its Senedd election campaign. Welsh leader Dan Thomas announced on Wednesday (April 1) ...
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Stephen Farrow @stephenfarrow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A horror story:
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'I didn't know Liberia existed' - deported to Africa by Trump
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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Boothby Graffoe @boothbygraffoe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Accuse them of that which you are guilty" doesn't even come close Maybe he has no idea? it's all his fault and no one not one of them around him has the balls to say anything. At least the Emperor with no clothes on knew he was naked. I blame the parents. Of all of them.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Quite remarkable for a party leader to say this of a man arrested on suspicion of assault & coercive control. Or should be... Farage: “I am sorry for his personal difficulties that he is going through. No one’s life is ever seamless and I am quite sure he will come out of these before too long."
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Helen Jenner unveiled as Reform UK’s new leader in Wales after arrest of Dan Thomas
Nigel Farage dismisses loss of previous leader as ‘bump in the road’ and says party will ‘carry on as if nothing has happened’
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The number of Americans using buy now, pay later loans for necessities like groceries and rent is on the rise. What does this say about the health of our economy? Should we be worried? Here's what you should know.
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The Hidden Cost of Buy Now, Pay Later
Is "Buy Now, Pay Later" too good to be true?Former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra shines a light on its hidden costs for bor
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Brace yourselves. I have found the most annoying thing on the Internet. Behold: fridge styling. Frankly I think we might as well let our AI overlords finish us off.
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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 15/09/2026
kennedy is trying his best to throw patel a lifeline here and patel just absolutely won’t take it. i hate these people, but i have to admit that this is a hilariously farcical exchange
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
For the second straight day, the White House's taxpayer-funded incitement account is attacking me and oddly mentioning I'm in my 40s (which I know makes me way too old for the president) When they do this it results in a flood of harassing and threatening messages, which of course is the point
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This is a press wrangler doing her job — and doing it well.

Aaron, meanwhile, is gutter trash (in his 40s) who spends his days hiding behind his keyboard and making disturbing comments about women doing their jobs. Truly a sick freak!
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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
First, shout out to our bluesky boy Aaron @atrupar.com who has done stellar work for years. Second, Amy just asked me...'but why does Trump care about the press on this' Ah, that's a good question and here is what I think...
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A man in a face covering talks to another man who is looking disappointedly at a small box he is holding. Man 1 “What's that?”. Man 2 “Baklava. I misread the WhatsApp”
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Mike Stuchbery 💀🕯️ @mikestuchbery.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's been almost a decade since I started writing about Far Right extremists and the social media grift economy - and it's so, so much worse now. www.independent.co.uk/voices/tommy...
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Opinion: A spike in far right radicalisation should terrify us – here's how to stop it in its tracks
The distraction of a chaotic and disruptive Brexit is a genuine risk to our ability to fight this brand of extremism
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Elaine @laineyg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Was anyone watching #Dispatches on Channel 4?
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 05/09/2026
There's an argument for calling them masked thugs, because that is factually true. There's an argument for calling them pathetic cosplaying loser incels, also true, and laughing at them damages their tough-guy self image and hurts recruitment. There is no argument for calling them protesters.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie
Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Private Eye on Farage
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It’s always very handy when a defendant writes his own objections to bail so thoroughly ….
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Elaine @laineyg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@tangocat.bsky.social Where are you? You have been missed
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Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Today is my last day at HuffPost. Like many others, I was hit by mass layoffs at BuzzFeed. I've done my best to hold power to account and tell complex stories with care, and I'm going to keep doing that. So please keep sending me tips! Contact: mattshuham@protonmail.com, 646-397-4678 (cell/Signal)
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Help this family out, buy some of their honey. 'Effectively, we're out of business': U.S. tariffs cut #Manitoba honey farm off from vast majority of customers Podolski Honey Farms sells 90% of its honey to buyers in the United States: general manager /1 thread www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'Effectively, we're out of business': U.S. tariffs cut Manitoba honey farm off from vast majority of customers | CBC News
Osee Podolsky, general manager at Podolski Honey Farms, says the vast majority of honey produced at the family-run business in Ethelbert, Man., is shipped to customers across the United States.
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This morning the website of Parliament’s standards commissioner has been updated to confirm that his investigation is no longer suspended
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Sam and King Lucy the 1st @kinglucythe1st.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Begging bowl time again I'm afraid. I get UC of £424 on Tues to last for the next month. I need to buy food for Lucy (which will cost at least £50) and to get a few other essentials like shampoo and shower gel. If you can help me out, I would be ever so grateful. I can DM Paypal details. Thx 🙏
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Another opportunity to note that Donald Trump is personal business partners with the leaders of a country he is giving otherwise utterly inexplicable special dispensation to, a situation which in any other era of American history would be deemed a federal felony and impeachable but is for now a yawn
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Guy Venables @guyvenables.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
One of my cartoons for Friday's Metro
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
So now that he understands how women feel, he’s going to help the Epstein survivors, right?
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Boothby Graffoe @boothbygraffoe.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
How many leaders like you does it take to change a lightbulb? Trump: The lightbulb only needed changing because of Biden & I changed it even though the lightbulb didn’t need changing because I’m such a great golfer. Did you know lightbulb has a b at the end? A lot of people don’t know that.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
How. Is. That. Possible? Now convicted of repeatedly defrauding the NHS & sentenced to 4yrs prison. Hussain's extraordinary campaign of fraud dates back to July 2014, when he was a Labour candidate, ramping up after his election defeat, continuing until September 2022. apple.news/A1RZqyEAaS0-...
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Ex-Labour candidate used fake Oxford degree to land NHS jobs - then swindled £170k on sick leave — Daily Mail UK
Amran Hussain has been jailed after his trail of deception finally came to an end when he was arrested at a cottage he was renting from his aristocratic landlords.
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 04/08/2026
Re: pervert glasses. Should it occur to anyone that they might use them to film court or tribunal proceedings, don’t do that. It’s a criminal offence.
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Tony Cross @lokster71.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
O well Toni if you're going to surrender to all the cunts that destroyed Twitter then this one will go down like the Titanic too. You don't have to cater to terrible cunts. Even though I suspect a lot of your colleagues fit that description. You could show a bit of backbone. But no cuntery it is.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Just finished a series of paintings of mass murderers. A friend wants to put them on display but I think hanging's too good for them.
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Boothby Graffoe @boothbygraffoe.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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The Marx Bros: Groucho's Energetic Dance
ALT: The Marx Bros: Groucho's Energetic Dance
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Hey @lewisgoodall.com here is our Lancet article on Long COVID. Happy to chat. www.thelancet.com/action/showP...
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
“I swear, I went through hell... It’s so painful… I cry every day.” Rafael Crespo-Garcia said the officers at Baker County, Florida's "Deportation Depot" would often spray the inmates with pepper spray, sometimes for no reason. – The Florida Alligator
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‘I went through hell’: Former detainee alleges negligence at Deportation Depot - The Independent Florida Alligator
Despite being from Havana and having built a life in America for the last three decades, Rafael Crespo-Garcia, 54, now lives in Mexico after being deported in January. 
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
watched the odyssey last night. film ruined by everyone speaking english instead of ancient greek.
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Laurie Dunkin Wedd @ldw1.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
At last - a Prom especially designed for me! [“Talkin’ ‘bout my g-g-generation.”]
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Anyway, keep an eye on this issue, it could potentially make it to the Supreme Court in the next few years.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Music FACT: The band They Might Be Giants are now called Everyone Else Was Just Standing Further Away.
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Pie Thagoram @piethagoram.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/society/2023... Really tear jerking interview with Adrian Chiles on @bbc5live.bsky.social today
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Raised by addicts, abused, neglected, broke: how Katriona O’Sullivan escaped her fate
Pregnant at 15, and soon to be homeless, O’Sullivan never expected to succeed – but became a leading academic. The author of Poor talks about everything that conspired to keep her down – and her ‘mira...
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