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Mark Norman

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Life, the universe & everything. Place of birth Earth, race human, religion tolerance, age old age (which is better than the alternative), Interests, humour, people, science, environment, climate, archery. Trying to be a better human- WIP

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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In Norwegian folklore, a skogegast is a ghost-like creature that haunts the dark Norwegian woods while screaming eerily. The skogegast was believed to be the restless soul of a person who had suffered a sudden and unexpected death. The skogegast was thought to be more 🎨 Alexander Jansson
Illustration depicting a dark creature and an owl in a dark wood.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why stop there? Scrap the treasury to make the national debt go away Scrap the NHS and cure cancer Scrap the MOD and lo: world peace www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
😕 🌎 🔥
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h
Pete Hegseth gave a speech in front of a backdrop that almost perfectly matches Nazi imagery. Meanwhile, Trump calls opponents “vermin” who he will “root out,” and says the blood of our country is being poisoned. We are far past left vs right. Our choice is democracy or fascism.
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kaybell27.bsky.social @kaybell27.bsky.social · 13h
The number of Tories who came out in support of ULEZ vandals rather than show concern for children with breathing problems due to air pollution, really highlights their own selfish interests.
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Posh Nigel @nigel-hewlett.bsky.social · 13h
+ No road safety + No environmental protections + No safe haven for the world's refugees + No safety net for the poor + No NHS? The rule of the thug is where they are heading (see also Reform UK).
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 12h
Jeez yeah that’s so Tory.. compulsory 60 mph zones outside schools and school bus stops in the middle of dual carriage ways 🤦‍♂️
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13h
"The war on children's safety" continues at Tory conference
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 13h
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13h
And by "violating banking laws" CBS News means former Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert molested boys he coached for wrestling in high school, boys as young as 14. To-may-to/to-mah-to!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h
Who's really paying the price for those killer Amazon Prime Day deals?
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 11h
I love talking our country down While offering no solutions Because I’m a grifting gobshite Who likes to incite unrest Small boat crossings are down 44% Deportations are the highest in 10 years Immigration is 82% lower But who needs facts When you can make up lies
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18h
There was a time when the Tories, however hypocritically, claimed to want to protect our natural heritage. Now they're just a party of vandals, ripping down the few protections the living world has for the sake of their rich chums. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 19h
Hugely dishonest to pass off a sentence for setting off a bomb as "destroying a camera"
Misleading statement by "journalist" Andrew Pierce
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17h
“Zionism is racism” is not a policy but a slogan. It compresses a complex history, going back millennia, and a very wide set of beliefs into one narrow meaning. The answer to genocide is not discrimination. We don't fight racism with racism. I’m gutted to see this motion adopted by the Green Party.
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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 13h
The eternally moonlit world of Victorian painter John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)
Four paintings depicting nocturnal scenes in Victorian England on full moon nights.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 15h
Agreed, as long as you replace the word ”exciting” with “terrifying.” #MidtermsCantComeSoonEnough
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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 13h
Captain Vodka vs Mother with child 🤔😆
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A cynical person might ask, of course, why are "young men of fighting age" wearing hijabs? 🧐
Main on Sunday front page: 

"As one of Kemi's top female frontbenchers calls them 'instruments of suppression...
UK HANDS OUT 1,000 HIJABS TO CHANNEL MIGRANTS"
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 15h
The Tory Bayeux Tapestry is very funny and a great skewering of most of the main characters, apart from Angela Rayner who looks absolutely iconic in every image
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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The Onion @theonion.com · 15h
Trump Drops Bombshell Evidence Biden Actively Campaigned Against Him theonion.com/trump-drops-bombshell-…
Trump Drops Bombshell Evidence Biden Actively Campaigned Against Him
Did Biden Rig 2020 Race By Courting Voters?
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Now do everywhere else www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta glasses banned from courts in England and Wales
Exclusive: Court service says anyone trying to enter buildings with glasses will have them confiscated and returned when they leave
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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 21h
He’s leader, and so far his leadership on this has been silence and deflection. That’s not about the mechanics of how the Green Party operates. That’s about him and his integrity
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Sir Richard Mountbasket🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @richmountbasket.bsky.social · 21h
So the Tory pitch is cutting the Environment Agency, the body which monitors and warns us about shit being discharged into our rivers and waters? Plus cutting environmental red tape making it easier to build more housing? Neither sound popular with Tory NIMBYs! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Andrew Griffith to unveil Tory plans to cut taxes and regulations
Shadow ministers will unveil a series of policies on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
major democracies electing far-right populist governments
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Mark Norman @mark07929.bsky.social · 21h
The very people who gutted these regulators, allowed regulatory capture, scrapped ‘green crap’ on home efficiency standards, increasing UK dependence on gas. Now want to scrap agencies but will ‘keep laws’ functions & personnel. So enforcement replaced with ‘gentleman’s handshake’ good grief.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 21h
The Tories today announcing their plans to burn down Chesterton's Fence, salt the earth where it stood, and fire the regulators tasked with protecting it. www.businessgreen.com/news/4536736...
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'Dangerously out of touch': Tories slammed over plan to axe raft of environmental protections
Conservatives set to announce plans to axe the Environment Agency and Natural England, drop the Future Homes Standard, and quit the Aarhus Convention
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Ember Green @embergreen.bsky.social · 21h
The campaign to cast doubt over all young disabled people is wide-reaching & well-funded. It is pro-austerity propaganda. I’m so disappointed to see so many disability advocates lean into it by “calling out” “false claims” of disability, based on their assumptions of strangers online.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 21h
A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention. Just out — my long read on European governments waking up to the threat of a possible collapse of the AMOC, the ocean currents that keep our continent's climate mild: www.politico.eu/article/clim...
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A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.
A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 21h
The thing that never gets enough attention with big bold deregulation programmes is how implausible the counter-factual is. The idea you scrap some annoying regulators, ditch net zero targets, and stop worrying about schools near new housing developments and all will be fine is laughable.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Reform councillor arrested over election papers www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform councillor Ryan Coogan arrested over election papers
Ryan Coogan, the party's group leader at Huntingdonshire District Council, is currently on bail.
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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No shit🤔💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
According to Suella Braverman not one of these ENGLAND players are English. FUCK HER 🖕🖕🏾🖕🏿🖕🏽🖕🏼
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Memorable Presidential Quotes In History From FDR: "The only thing we have to fear... is fear itself." From JFK: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." From our Vulgarian-In-Chief:
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Denisovian @denisovian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Let's see. Who was Home Secretary in 2023 ? That would be the lovely Suella Braverman
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Russia is working on bio-weapons in Siberia.
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
'2 year suspended sentence and 200 hours community service/unpaid work' "Imagine the carnage if this guy was brown!......" via We Demand UK
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Calls grow for investigation into Reform UK’s ‘extensive’ links with UAE" 'FairSquare wants the relationship examined by the government’s Defending Democracy Taskforce. It has also called for the UAE to be placed alongside Russia and Iran ...' thedailybritain.co.uk/reform-uk-ua...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What UK fash really looks like.
Restore MP Rupert Lowe and a pack of pink and white generally older supporters holding signs
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Dr Len Blue @llblue.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
International Political Cartoon, 3 October 2026 by Steve Jones (Great Britain🇬🇧)
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 04/10/2026
10 years on from Brexit, Europe is back on people’s minds. London St Pancras is Britain’s gateway to Europe, Patrick Stillman sets out the Lib Dem plan to rebuild ties with Europe and boost growth.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So, Tories would cancel Erasmus and youth mobility, scrap the SPS deal that reduces red tape, lowers costs and eases backlogs for goods trade and renege on our new energy, defence and security arrangements… Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people…
Tories would reverse steps to undo Brexit
Alex Burghart, the deputy leader, also says his party is wedded' to triple lock and electoral reform is doomed
Ben Riley-Smith - Political Editor

Photo of Burghart, arms folded, looking absurdly self important
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Chlo$$$ @hellotwoforks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
and then I meet people on work trips (French wine importer) who insist the impacts of climate change are decades away (or still outright deny it exists)
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Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Thames this morning at Windsor.
Sunrise over a wide river with swans. My wife took it on her run while I was still in bed.
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