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kaybell27.bsky.social @kaybell27.bsky.social · 13h
For years I've heard of a large bloke in a red suit flying around in December, being pulled by a herd of reindeer, who breaks into peoples houses, strangely I don't believe that either🙄
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Chris Jackson @chriscjackson.bsky.social · 11h
“sold out arenas”
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Full marks to Bobby J for not bothering to mention that this was entirely due to being given £45 million from the Labour government and told to do it. Even a Reform council couldn't fuck that up.
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Malcolm D. @mdpb53.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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keven-pittsinger.bsky.social @keven-pittsinger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 20h
No uniforms. No markings. Just a group of men claiming to be ICE and kidnapping her at the airport. This is the stuff of nightmares. And they wonder why nobody wants to visit the US. Fascist bastards. I hope she gets released soon.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Your children are much safer in the company of drag queens than: 1. Pastors or priests; 2. Republican men; 3. Billionares; and 3. Frat boys.
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🥳 New Observatory alert! (Yes, she cuts ribbons!) Huge congratulations to Dr Charles Wang and all the wonderful #Aberdeen University team who have built the brand new Anne Cruickshank Observatory! 🔭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ℹ️: www.abdn.ac.uk/news/26204/ 🎥: Dave Galloway NorthSound1
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026
👀 "Nearly 10 years ago, Nigel Farage told LBC he would leave the country if Brexit were not a stunning success. For reasons that no one can quite fathom, he is still here."
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Welcome to the new Reform roadshow. Same as the last but more desperate | John Crace
Nige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in
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Dawny B @dawnbritten.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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liberalukgeek.bsky.social @liberalukgeek.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Is there anyone who really, really still wants to deal with Palantir in any way, shape or form?
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liberalukgeek.bsky.social @liberalukgeek.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So America is trying to divide NATO. By separating out those countries that realise that we can't rely on America & need our own, independent, defence organisations and capabilities. But does anyone really think America would come to NATO's help? Trump would probably say 'Give me Greenland first'.
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liberalukgeek.bsky.social @liberalukgeek.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Is America really bothered? Can NATO really rely on America to respond to a Article 5 request?
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Minnesota Mary @minnesotamarys.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ICYMI.
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liberalukgeek.bsky.social @liberalukgeek.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A must read. For those of us who have followed Prof. Grey since #Brexit this is perhaps the most hopeful report he has done. Although the bar on hopeful #Brexit news is quite low.
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Michael Little @tomcatjock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We have normalized Trump's behavior to the point that every day we ignore something that would have instantly ended any other politician's career.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL? The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?” Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🔴 We asked Tony Blair's think tank about charging businesses £500k for political access at party conferences and why one of its sponsor's logos disappeared after our reporting last week on TBI's alleged cash for access scheme This is what they said
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liberalukgeek.bsky.social @liberalukgeek.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
'Mind boggling'? Let me explain it to you in one word. Trump.
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liberalukgeek.bsky.social @liberalukgeek.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
'But spent £600,000 on just 8 parking spaces for Reform Councillors.'
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LaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Freedom of Movement to allow EU citizens to work, rest and play in Britain. Filling jobs, paying taxes, learning English. Bringing their charm and warmth to Britain. Giving us diversity and different cultures. It’ll be so good to have them back again.
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
People who smoke in Oxfordshire are being encouraged to take part in Stoptober and make use of free local support, as the county prepares for a national change designed to help protect future generations from the harms caused by smoking. news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/stoptober-su...
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Stoptober support available as Oxfordshire prepares for smokefree generation
People who smoke in Oxfordshire are being encouraged to take part in Stoptober and make use of free local support, as the county prepares for a national change designed to help protect future generati...
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Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's easy to joke about this, but look at the dynamic in the room here. Everybody nodding along as Lutnick piles praise on Trump, and look at how Trump laps it up. This isn't a government anymore, it's a mob outfit.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've reported first-hand on steel mills in Korea, China, Japan, Illinois, and Mississippi. This is 100% not going to happen. Disagree? Bet me. (Though I'm against online betting. It's just not going to happen.)
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is an example of why Donald Trump is just a simple-minded bought-and-paid-for stooge for tech when he talks about AI being self-regulating.
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liberalukgeek.bsky.social @liberalukgeek.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Anyone still thinking we should let Palentir anywhere near our health data?
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Well, we're still at just over 20 months of Trump's second term, and the www.trumpactiontracker.info has reached over 4,000 documented actions :-/
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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liberalukgeek.bsky.social @liberalukgeek.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'd prefer the word 'scrapped'!
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liberalukgeek.bsky.social @liberalukgeek.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What? 'toddlers as young as 2 years are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.' Words fail - 2year old in court on their own???
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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Where are all the women” ask knuckle dragging far right scum while talking about asylum seekers. Getting sexually assaulted by British men, it would seem.
Female asylum seekers report being sexually assaulted by British men
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax
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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This two tier policing is disgraceful. It's as if there is one approach for people who helpfully film themselves committing crimes and another approach when there is insufficient evidence.
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As I wrote in September 2024, there's probably only two realistic UK-EU models, the one we have possibly strengthened in a Swiss way if we accept free movement of workers, or membership. But how to work that into a political narrative? Tricky. ecipe.org/publications...
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And recall: “one piece of evidence of failure [of Brexit] would be if we are still debating this in five- or six-years’ time in the same way. I think [if] it is to succeed it needs to settle in the British polity.” David Frost (2022). Pretty clear we now have that evidence of failure.
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liberalukgeek.bsky.social @liberalukgeek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And this is the way the MSM should treat anything Trump in particular says. He just makes things up. The fact that he occasionally may be right is happenstance, not because he ever knows what he is talking about. So instead of 'Trump said' just say 'Trump rambled, not worth repeating.'
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump clearly saw the Fairford story developing and decided to fabricate a story with him at the centre. That's worrying enough, but watching politicians on both sides of the Atlantic indulge his fantasy is even even worse.
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The administration has repeatedly claimed it has uncovered or prevented hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud, but a New York Times analysis found that many figures are unverifiable, rely on unsubstantiated allegations or temporary funding pauses, double-count a... TAT: [Controlling information]
nytimes.com
White House Claim of Finding $250 Billion in Fraud Uses Questionable Numbers
The ledger used by a task force created by President Trump is difficult to verify and includes cases that were identified and went to trial during the Biden administration.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NO 👇 LIES DETECTED......
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 28/09/2026
Just in case it wasn’t clear, when they say the U.S. Government’s paying for this, that’s YOUR taxpayer dollars they’re using. I’ll say this as many times as I need to: it is ILLEGAL to use American taxpayer dollars from the government to pay for candidates’ or parties’ political ads.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our country is staring into the abyss, and much of our national press corps lacks the fortitude that this moment demands www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b...
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TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)
The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable.
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Traffic filters will go live in Oxford tomorrow (Monday). Want to know how to get around the city? We share our best hacks on on how you can avoid the traffic filters entirely, and still visit all your favourite places in the city centre. oxfordclarion.uk/twelve-easy-...
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Twelve easy hacks to beat Oxford’s Traffic Filters
Want to travel in Oxford, but worried about the traffic filters from Monday, 28 September 2026? We got you. Here's the tea on how you can avoid the traffic filters entirely, and still visit all your f...
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liberalukgeek.bsky.social @liberalukgeek.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Is this an indication of the state of the education system in America, or does the Trump administration just select the thickest of the thickest?
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 26/09/2026
The BBC is part of the problem...
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liberalukgeek.bsky.social @liberalukgeek.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Excellent news. So Americans will spend more on fuel than they need to, have more polluted air, and add that to dying from measles and other totally preventable diseases, truly Making America Grim Again!
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