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LesFromTooting

@lesfromtooting.bsky.social
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Science; cyclist; scientific editor/proofreader (specialising in ESL). Hän, hän.

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm furious about the two Iranians who came across as part of the surge in small boats created by my Brexit and under a Home Office run by my MPs Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick.
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 03/10/2026
Oh look, another award for London. Someone might want to pass this on to Reform’s mayoral candidate, Laila Cunningham. Perhaps she could dial back the relentless shitting on the city I live in by, say, 5%.
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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
'Wet Evening, Oxford Street' (1919) by Christopher RW Nevinson
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Happy birthday Steve Reich appy birthday Steve Reich H ppy birthday Steve Reich Ha py birthday Steve Reich Hap y birthday Steve Reich Happ birthday Steve Reich Happy birthday Steve Reich Happy irthday Steve Reich Happy b rthday Steve Reich Happy bi thday Steve Reich Happy bir
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
It does raise this point of two-tiered
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Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the
sentence handed to the 64-year-old who
blew up a ULEZ camera was
disproportionate'.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Join me on GB News where I will be lying about what Andy Burnham said, pretending to give a shit about pensioners and definitely not mentioning any £5m gifts, illegal donations or police investigations.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Dear Diary, I'm still furious about Burnham's plan to tackle disinformation. Doesn't he know that one man's disinformation is another man's essential stream of bollocks and lies to spread hatred and division in order to fuel his rise to power?"
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Royal British Legion has distanced itself from an anti-migrant group that has been accused of misleading the public through its fundraising, by using the charity’s Remembrance poppy branding bylinetimes.com/2026/09/22/r...
bylinetimes.com
Royal British Legion Says It Wants 'No Association' With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers
The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Reform Bullies have form roughing up defenseless, weaker people 👇Here a 75 year old disabled, frail pensioner was roughed up by Farage’s “security” because he told them that Farage shouldn’t be parked in a disabled bay  So really a bunch of them beating & kicking a woman should be no surprise
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This Labor Day (and all other days): Thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Honor the workers who teach your children. Pay all workers a living wage.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
See this chart? Workers’ share of the nation’s income is at the lowest it’s been since records began in 1947. Corporate profits’ share, on the other hand, is the highest it’s been since 1950. This is why we must build back worker power.
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LesFromTooting @lesfromtooting.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I'm really enjoying this...and learning a lot. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
bbc.co.uk
A House Through Time - Series 6: Edinburgh: Episode 1
The house's first residents are an 18th-century church minister who helps French prisoners escape from Edinburgh Castle, a post office worker turned spy and a world-famous sculptor.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Two types of people are upset about the Chagos Islands: Tories who have forgotten they started the handover process and right wing gobshites who are somehow furious about a place they didn't know existed a few months ago.
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Reform insists that it "takes pride in its stringent vetting of donations” trumpets Chris Mason, paid £275,000 a year by licence payers for promoting Reform No mention that with its vetting it loses one Councillor every 3 days on average bc of suspension, sacking, criminal prosecution, quitting etc
bbc.co.uk
Chris Mason: Reform face headwinds as they gather for conference
The party's continued prominence has brought what prominence always brings: scrutiny, says BBC political editor Chris Mason.
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This dangerous, extreme, inflammatory rhetoric is what Ikea are supporting by advertising on Talk. Take action: www.facebook.com/IKEAUK/
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Nine women are taking action against the Metropolitan Police after being wrongfully arrested and mistreated by the force. The women, aged between 20 and 64, were arrested at an Animal Rising training event during the King's coronation in 2023.
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God @thegodshow.com · 25/08/2026
Dear Humanity, I sincerely apologize for taking the wrong person again. I will be going on a listening tour to hear from the community and promise to do better in the future. Thank you, God
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/08/2026
Retired Navy Commander Bobby Jones on the part of Doris Miller’s story too many Americans were never taught: His heroism at Pearl Harbor should have earned him the Medal of Honor. Why didn’t it? “I’ll give you one guess. He was a Black man.” Now they want to take his name off an aircraft carrier
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026
"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton was a Christian who didn't use her religion to control and condemn others, but to welcome them, love them, and be generous to them. She didn't wear her religion as an arrogant status symbol. She just loved people. She was a talented, brilliant, and caring person who led with love.
In a world of Christian nationalism, be a Dolly Parton.
"I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world." -Dolly
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God @thegodshow.com · 25/08/2026
Trump was triggered by an anti-pedo shirt. Bless this protestor!
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LesFromTooting @lesfromtooting.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Truth!
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 25/08/2026
Two paths diverged in the woods and America took the psychopath.
Paychopath
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Under our new housing policy, anyone whose partner is not born in the UK will be entitled to have five houses. Oh... sorry, that’s just me.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026
This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026
Nice interview here with my grandmother and father about wages for housework, Marxism, Palestinian liberation, trade unionism, and more. youtu.be/F20g55Y6fqI?...
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Anti-Capitalist Feminism with Selma James
YouTube video by Tribune Magazine
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Yes, Tendring District Council refused a licence for the party after my Clacton election win but we went ahead anyway, because the rules don't apply to us.
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 24/08/2026
Classic Reform, clearly in breach but "confident no rules broken"....all that does is obfuscate until a date down the road, like the by election itself. Farage can run from rules but not ultimately hide...:) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I'd say "Something for nothing" culture is getting paid £100,000 a year of public money, plus expenses, for a job that you then fail to turn up to for months on end
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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
'Priory Road at Night (Hampstead)' by Stephen Bone (Private collection)
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 20/08/2026
Pay attention Richard Tice, you might think that this ‘weather’ is nice - good for grapes. Half a billion a year already in lost productivity in London alone, much more to come. The climate crisis is an economic crisis wrapped in extreme weather. We need more action and less fossil foolishness.
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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
W is for Whitechapel ------ 'Whitechapel Bell Foundry' (from 'Odd Jobs', 1935) by Pearl Binder
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The Onion @theonion.com · 10/08/2026
Study: Dolphins Not So Intelligent On Land theonion.com/study-dolphins-not-so-…
Study: Dolphins Not So Intelligent On Land
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Anyone who votes Reform needs their head examined for signs of brain activity❗️👇🏻 Reform’s Kent County Council is only Kent authority to sell off art - Treasures belonging to Kent for yrs were sold to private collectors probs their mates They also spent £600,000 on just 8 parking spaces for leaders
bbc.co.uk
County council only authority in Kent to sell off art
Freedom of Information requests find the council has sold 418 artworks over a year-long spell.
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 10/08/2026
Three reasons not to vote for Farage...
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 10/08/2026
The Banks can afford to pay more. They work in our economy, they thrive here - and when they were in trouble (2008) this country bailed them out, public money saved them. They absolutely should chip in a bit more to help the country now. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Good afternoon! This week's theme is 'London A to Z' A is for Algerian Coffee Stores ----- 'Algerian Coffee Stores', Old Compton St (2021) by Marc Gooderham marcgooderham.co.uk
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A vitally important announcement.
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markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#bbcaq If Andy Burnham excludes the PC Harper duo from the "early release scheme," the media will move on to another case. It will be a never-ending game. They seem to want our prisons to collapse, so we can have another Strangeways riot scenario. The media have become a joke.
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markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#bbcaq Was this white professor remaining in post also a result of 'DEI'? Or is plagiarism only a crime worthy of dismissal when a black man does it. Where's the outrage over Dr William O'Reilly? www.ft.com/content/ae7f...
ft.com
Cambridge professor remains in post despite plagiarism
History academic published an article containing large parts of essays copied from one of his students
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LesFromTooting @lesfromtooting.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Jason is the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s history. Rightwing newspapers are trying to smear him with fake accusations of plagiarism. We can't let them. Stand up to their hate and division by adding your name. goodlawproject.org/s/3ec4c0
goodlawproject.org
Stand up to hate and division by adding your name.
Jason is the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s history. Rightwing newspapers are trying to smear him with fake accusations of plagiarism. We can't let them.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 20/07/2026
U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week
U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week
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LesFromTooting @lesfromtooting.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Act of national self-harm I expect from Tories, not a Labour government. www.change.org/p/save-jodre...
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Sign the Petition
SAVE JODRELL BANK – Protect a national treasure of science, heritage and inspiration
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
26 July 1942 | A transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy in occupied France arrived at Auschwitz with 370 men (nos. 52883-53252) and 630 women (11345-11974). It included 551 Jews born in Poland. 5 men survived the war. No women survived. Among them were Estera Ajzensztark and Frida Becker.
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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Good evening! This week's theme is Parks and Gardens 🌳 'Penge' by Paul Bartlett macbirmingham.co.uk/courses/tuto...
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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
'St Paul's from Ludgate Hill' by Rob Pointon robpointon.co.uk
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Brett Coughlin @coughlinbrett.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Avenue of Poplars at Sunset Artist: Vincent Van Gogh Year: 1884 Medium: Oil paint on canvas Location: Kröller- Müller Museum, Otterlo #Art #VanGogh
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Isn't it weird that this week a currently sitting president had to pay a woman MILLIONS of dollars for *raping* (and defaming) her—and the media has forgotten all about it? There was a time that this would have been the ONLY story—until the rapist was driving from office.
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