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Lucy Fyson

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Cynical Optimist. Docs Filmmaker Trade Unionist. Studs Terkel & MillwallFC fan. South London 🌹

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Lucy Fyson @lucyfyson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What the hell are you doing @ox.ac.uk ?!! For shame. 👇👇 #Booksky www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Oxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian Library
University staff voice concerns over reputational risk of partnering with company behind ChatGPT
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Alex Sobel MP @alexsobel.co.uk · 02/09/2026
Last month, I joined a cross-party group of MPs calling on the Prime Minister to reject the Rosebank oil field. Approving Rosebank would be a grave mistake. It would undermine the UK's climate commitments, and lock us into further fossil fuel dependence when we should be focusing on clean energy.
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Lucy Fyson @lucyfyson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Data centres are springing up everywhere, using massive amounts of energy and water. I’ve signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition calling for a pause on new data centres until the government gets a grip on the situation. Will you join me? action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/put...
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Stop data centres draining our precious resources
Add my name Data centres are springing up all over the UK – using massive amounts of electricity and, in many cases, huge amounts of water. The UK is already facing water shortages, high energy demand...
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Lucy Fyson @lucyfyson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The climate crisis is existential - and the devastating evidence is all around us. If they go ahead with this, Labour would deserve to lose seats. @andyburnham.bsky.social
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Shocking to discover designating AI data centres as “National Critical Infrastructure” means water companies are prohibited from restricting water to them even in times of drought. Households will lose water first. Thanks to @olliehayes.bsky.social at @globalactionplan.bsky.social for joining me
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Data Centres vs. Drinking Water: What Matters To Us Most?
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 30 July · 16min
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
1/2 The Financial Conduct Authority's proof-of-concept deal with Palantir moves us in the wrong direction. A company facing allegations of human rights abuses and associated with significant data privacy and national security concerns should not be gaining a greater foothold in our public sector.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
📌 ICYMI @nafeez.bsky.social Why did Reform UK change from being a privately-owned company to a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? Nafeez Ahmed investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell – and how his former boss in the City became the party's treasurer vetting…
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‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder’s Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial Structures
Why did Reform UK change from being a privately-owned company to a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? Nafeez Ahmed investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell – and how his former boss in the City became the party's treasurer vetting donations
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Dr Nafeez Ahmed @nafeez.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
1/🧵EXCLUSIVE: @bylinetimes.bsky.social's six-month investigation into Reform UK's policy chief: a secret donation from Peter Thiel, Thiel's life-changing offers to Cambridge scholars, and a far-right, theocratic student recruitment drive in breach of safeguarding bylinetimes.com/2026/07/09/p...
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Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The only effective response to the USA’s breathtaking corruption is for the remaining countries to walk away. Let them have their own football “World Series” where the only entrants are from the US, and the only international spectator is Infantino.
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026
I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/06/2026
When they said, "wear a suit," I just assumed…  Find a public pool near you at nycgovparks.org.
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
In France 6 out of 10 households are served by publicly owned energy company EDF 💡 EDF just announced it will invest €80 million on cooling systems for schools, nurseries and daycare centres ❄️ This is why we need ambitious PUBLIC OWNERSHIP www.euronews.com/health/2026/...
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French power utility pledges €80mn to cooling schools and nurseries
France’s state-owned power utility Électricité de France (EDF) will invest €80 million to equip schools, nurseries and daycare centers with cooling systems as the country faces increasingly severe hea...
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A prime minister resigning always leaves the country in an unsettled position. Under our system, the public votes for a political party rather than a leader directly. When a prime minister steps down mid-term, it understandably raises questions about democratic legitimacy. (1/7)
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. The seventh richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/05/2026
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 17/05/2026
Immigration make Britain brilliant
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Sorry for the plug but I feel obliged to reshare this. Farage told a podcast before running for election: “There’s no money in politics, there’s no money if you’re straight [i.e. not corrupt]." Around the time he got £5 million from a crypto billionaire before going on to back crypto deregulation.
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Nigel Farage Claimed There's 'No Money in Politics' Just Before Running for £91,000+ MP Job
EXCLUSIVE: Unearthed comments show Reform UK leader dismissing MP salary, just weeks before becoming Britain's highest-earning parliamentarian
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Wes Streeting would be the final nail in Labour's coffin. More neoliberalism, more privatisation, more austerity, more grovelling to economic power, when we desperately want change.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The UK govt is Palantir’s 2nd biggest customer. Why? Or, more to the point, how? Our latest @thenerve_news investigation reveals a web of cronyism into the highest levels of govt. But Palantir also has a spin machine that uses political journalists to launder its PR 1/
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.
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Kim Johnson MP @kimjohnsonmp.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
"Every major step forward in this country has depended on people being able to gather, march and speak." Today, MPs must vote against Lords Amendment 312 and reject this vast expansion of anti-protest powers. tribunemag.co.uk/2026/04/prot...
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Protest Is Not a Privilege
Next week, MPs will vote on a bill to give police unprecedented powers to ban recurring protests, turning a fundamental freedom into a privilege granted by the state. It must be opposed.
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Lucy Fyson @lucyfyson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
More Fascism from the "land of the free".👇
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Lucy Fyson @lucyfyson.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Solidarity from London America! #NototheFarRight #NoKings
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Lucy Fyson @lucyfyson.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
London. Waiting for the massive anti far right demo to start. @togetheralliance.bsky.social & sending solidarity to our US friends #NoKings
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Palantir has no place in our NHS. The Labour government must get this Mandelson and Trump backed company out now. Listen to what health workers are saying. news.sky.com/story/nhs-ho...
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NHS hospitals urged to reject £330m data platform part-owned by Trump ally
The NHS Federated Data Platform is designed to collate information from across the service so hospitals can analyse it more easily and improve how care is delivered and supporters say it is already he...
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Lucy Fyson @lucyfyson.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
#RegulateAI #RegulateBigTech #ai www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’
Exclusive: Rented datacentres and unrealised supercomputer site raise questions for Starmer’s push to ‘mainline AI into veins of economy’
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Lucy Fyson @lucyfyson.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
#RegulateAI #RegulateBigTech #ai www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’
Exclusive: Rented datacentres and unrealised supercomputer site raise questions for Starmer’s push to ‘mainline AI into veins of economy’
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Freezing rail fares = step in right direction But if Keir Starmer wants to "put train travel back into the service of passengers not profits" he must 🚄bring ROLLING STOCK into public ownership 🚄give PASSENGERS a real say 🚄kick ALL private profits out www.cityam.com/rail-fares-f...
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Rail fares frozen in first pause for 30 years
A freeze on regulated rail fares has come into effect with ministers claiming the move will save passengers around £600m over the coming year.
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Just going to leave this here
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records. Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'. Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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Lucy Fyson @lucyfyson.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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Trump's U.S. must not host the World Cup
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Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
BREAKING: Peter Mandelson just sent this secret notice to all UK media, demanding they leave him alone. He uses IPSO clauses designed to support grieving families in a bid to stop scrutiny of his relationship with Epstein We have published it in full. www.thenational.scot/news/2583451...
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Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full
LATE on Friday evening, this notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news…
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Peter Mandelson isn't a glitch. He offers a glimpse into how Westminster works. The public already knows it. Now more politicians must face upto it - and act. Read my 2025 article for @bylinetimes.bsky.social about the integrity gap at the heart of UK politics. bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/t...
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The Integrity Gap: How We Built the Authoritarian Future We Fear
Labour MP Clive Lewis argues that the collapse of public trust in Government is the product of corporate power being wired into the architecture of the state
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Jeff Bezos took over the Washington Post Editorial Board and turned it into a mouthpiece for pro-corporate, pro-billionaire propaganda. Now, WaPo is laying off hundreds of *real* journalists — including the reporter covering Amazon. Democracy dies in billionaire hands.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/01/2026
No arrests of the ICE thugs who murdered Alex Pretti, Renee Good, or Keith Porter. No arrests of anyone in the Epstein Files. But they arrested Don Lemon because of his journalism.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 25/01/2026
Seen in Los Angeles (Credit: Zurita Carpio)
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Blocking Andy Burnham from fighting the Gorton by-election is another gift to Reform from a Labour leadership whose entire strategy has so far played directly into their hands www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
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Morgan McSweeney’s 0% Strategy
The plot to block Andy Burnham's return to Westminster tells you everything you need to know about how Keir Starmer's Government got itself into this mess
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.
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Lucy Fyson @lucyfyson.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The evil of this US regime is endlessly horrifying.
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Lucy Fyson @lucyfyson.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Malignant & ignorant. 👇👇 The UK & Europe must NOT appease this deranged & thuggish American Fascist.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia. Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.” Really listen to it.
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Lucy Fyson @lucyfyson.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
For all who say the word “Fascist” is hyperbole when it comes to the Trump regime. 👇👇👇
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/11/2025
this is just gutter racism
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people. How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
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Lucy Fyson @lucyfyson.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Are the Labour government still - naively - intent on "injecting ai into the uk public's veins" ??!! 👇👇 FFS #RegulateBigTech #ai www.theguardian.com/politics/202... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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AI-powered nimbyism could grind UK planning system to a halt, experts warn
Tools that help people scan applications and find grounds for objection have potential to hit government’s housebuilding plans
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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Lucy Fyson @lucyfyson.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Bernie is right - "the whole bloody world is watching". Londoner here, rooting for New York to do the right thing today. C'mon, give us the hope we all need!! 💪 #VoteZohran ❤️
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