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Rowdy Rebel @rowdyrebel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I also have White Coat Syndrome & need my bp taken 3 times for accuracy. 😱🫨🫤🩸
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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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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Franglaise @franglaise.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This deserves to be reposted widely
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MTDomain 🦋 @mtdomain.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Five people climb a gantry in the name of Just Stop Oil and the police shut the motorway, arrest the protesters and imprison them for up to 5 years. Hundreds of people block one of UK's busiest ports in the name of Stop the Boats, and the police do nothing and no-one is arrested. Really? Sigh.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Fascism on the streets of Dover
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Edward Gordon - "Wind from the Sea"
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llark.bsky.social @llark.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/british-ci...
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British Citizenship (Terms and Conditions Apply)
Labour is making migrants earn their place, while Reform is deciding that even citizenship is enough. We’re heading for trouble.
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llark.bsky.social @llark.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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llark.bsky.social @llark.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
REMEMBER: They all knew.
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Northern & proud 👊 @gazlancs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story. It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war. These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡
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llark.bsky.social @llark.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
A scientific validation of the ideas I have nurtured over very many years.
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Wow, so beautiful
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MJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Not sure how many know this however every major pharma company has a Patient Assistance Program. Depending on income, the patient can get medications at a much cheaper cost. In my case, I get two directly from mfgs at no cost saving me over $509 per qtr. For those interested, reach out directly.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
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Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Court of Appeal has ruled that Mr Justice Johnson lacked jurisdiction to refer Palestine Action barrister Rajiv Menon KC for contempt proceedings. The proceedings against Menon arose after he reminded a jury earlier this year of its absolute right to acquit. Context aoav.org.uk/2026/the-pro...
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The prosecution of Rajiv Menon KC marks a dangerous escalation in Britain’s response to anti-arms trade protest and political dissent - AOAV
The contempt proceedings against barrister Rajiv Menon over his closing speech in the Filton trial mark an unprecedented challenge to the independence of defence advocacy in Britain. Such an assualt r...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Keir Starmer's intention to restrict peaceful protest even further is punishment for crimes the great majority of protestors hate and reject. By suggesting that support for Palestinians is an attack on British Jews, he conflates British Jews with the state of Israel, which is wrong and dangerous.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists. Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Is it not news-worthy… That an 18-month-old Palestinian toddler was allegedly held in detention for 10 hours Tortured by Israeli soldiers using burning cigarettes and nails All to force a confession from his father? Look at him Because our press will rather you didn’t.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
This is absolutely brilliant. Instigated by Gordon Brown, delivered today. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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World's longest coastal path opens in England to the public
The King Charles coastal path will allow walkers right of access to the entire coast for the first time.
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Tracie Stevens @tracie1.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Alright then. 1st: it grows more apparent, by the day, that these ppl fear women. Forcing women to stay home, & have babies, in this economy? After disassembling social welfare? A 1 income family? HA! Men are already selling sperms to get cash for food & fuel. www.ms.now/ali-velshi/p...
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The group behind Project 2025 has a chilling new plan for America’s women
Ali Velshi breaks down a new plan from the Heritage Foundation, the group behind Project 2025, aimed at America’s women.
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Terre-Strial @terre-strial.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
DISTRACTIONS DON’T WORK. COVERUPS WON’T WORK. NOT EVEN WAR. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bearwitness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
You know who”stayed a little back” in VIetnam? DJT.
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llark.bsky.social @llark.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Heartbreaking, frightening and sickening.
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llark.bsky.social @llark.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The bombing of Venezuela is an act of aggression: unprovoked, unjustified and unjustifiable.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
I worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in multiple countries to bring medical care to refugees and other populations at risk. There are a 100% committed, professional, non-political organization. Netanyahu banning them from Gaza is an unspeakable outrage. People will die.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/12/2025
Whether trapped inside Gaza or out, the world is shrinking for Palestinians | Plestia Alaqad
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Whether trapped inside Gaza or out, the world is shrinking for Palestinians | Plestia Alaqad
Sometimes I feel like the world is more afraid of me as a Palestinian refugee than it is afraid of the genocide and wars that create refugees in the first place
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/12/2025
‘They can’t take away your imagination and creativity’: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on how sewing helped her in Iran jail
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‘They can’t take away your imagination and creativity’: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on how sewing helped her in Iran jail
Zaghari-Ratcliffe made clothes for her daughter while waiting for her eventual release. Now, the idea of creativity as a form of resistance is the theme of a new collaboration between London’s Imperial War Museum and the fabric department of Liberty.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 24/11/2025
Last year, the EU adopted its first-ever law to fight violence against women and domestic violence. But this is not the end of the story. Tonight, Europe shines orange as a reminder of our responsibility: To ensure every woman can live without fear. #OrangeTheWorld
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Carl Bovis @carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
What it looks like when a Blue Tit flies straight at you! 😳😁😍🐦 Taken yesterday at RSPB Greylake in Somerset. 😊 #birds 🪶 Please browse my shop for great Christmas present ideas for nature lovers, including calendars, books, jigsaw puzzles, tea-towels and more.. here; www.carlbovis.com/shop-3 🐦❤️
A Blue Tit flying straight towards the camera with wings and legs tucked in like a dart
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llark.bsky.social @llark.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
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llark.bsky.social @llark.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
The driver "managed to contact the control
centre at Network Rail and get the train
diverted onto the slow line", Calder says.


"That was absolutely crucial because this
train was scheduled to be travelling through
Huntingdon station on the tracks with no
platform at 125mph."


"It didn't stop in the middle of nowhere,
which would have been very difficult."


Calder thinks this was handled in the "safest
possible way" thanks to the "incredible
professionalism from the driver and the
police". Train drivers are trained on how to
take appropriate action, he adds,
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llark.bsky.social @llark.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
This thread is certainly worth reading.
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Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com · 28/10/2025
Is there anyone on Bsky who remembers this book? It's been out of print for a while, because it needs revising in the light of 5 more years of research & experience (including a proper translation of Umdat ul-Kuttab). Being unpaid work, I've simply not been able to prioritise this, so I've decided…
Cover of "Inks & Paints of the Middle East: A handbook of Abbasid Art Technology", with a geometric composition displaying some of the main pigments involved, with brushes and paint pans made of walnut shells.
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Great piece with Mark Mardell on the Today programme about Turkish Airlines chucking him off a flight because of his Parkinson’s. Read the full grisly story here www.facebook.com/share/p/19C1...
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Airline strands ex-BBC editor, citing Parkinson's www.bbc.com/news/article... Don’t travel with Turkish Airlines- they discriminate against people with Parkinson’s
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'My sin was having Parkinson's': Presenter left stranded
Mark Mardell was left feeling 'humiliated' after he was told he could not board a flight.
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
www.facebook.com/share/p/19C1... My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 22/10/2025
People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home. I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
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llark.bsky.social @llark.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Worth a moment of your thoughts.
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
50 doctor who had visited Gaza were asked about children shot in the head. Most (35/50) had seen it themselves… …and some reported a single bullet to the head as being the only injury on the child.
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