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Martyna

@martynahb.bsky.social
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"Confirmed tree hugger" (sometimes) All things landscape, but a wide range of interests, hate extremism

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 3h
1/ 🧵 When the Russian Bots Went Quiet Ukraine bombed three Russian data centers. Social media got quieter. Fewer bots. Less hostility. Less manufactured outrage. President Zelenskyy is talking about it publicly. The implications reach beyond Russia. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
DWP silent after Tory member of PIP review publishes report demanding child disability benefits are slashed #PIP #TimmsReview #DWP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-silent-a...
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DWP silent after Tory member of PIP review publishes report demanding child disability benefits are slashed
The government has refused to say whether the disability minister was told that a member of the steering group reviewing personal independence payment (PIP) was about to publish a report calling fo…
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Tories discriminate against disabled editor by blocking DNS from receiving key information at conference #CPC26 #Discrimination www.disabilitynewsservice.com/tories-discr...
disabilitynewsservice.com
Tories discriminate against disabled editor by blocking DNS from receiving key information at conference
The Conservative party has refused to explain why it blocked Disability News Service (DNS) from receiving its press releases at its annual conference, and why it refuses to answer questions on disa…
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 03/10/2026
REVEALED Britain’s contracts with Palantir hit £1bn The government has spent or agreed to spend at least £992m on contracts with Palantir Technologies, the Nerve’s Max Colbert - @mc00.bsky.social - can reveal 🧵
REVEALED: Britain’s contracts with Palantir hit £1bn. Peter Thiel’s face against a bright green background, with the Palantir logo in his eyes, with the words ‘£1 billion’ written across his face in large pink letters.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over two decades The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sarah Pochin raised "concerns" in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Two days later she purchased an £800,000 second home on Anglesey. Remarkable stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
bbc.com
Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“We urge the Conservative Party to explain why Byline Times journalists have been denied accreditation and to rethink its decision. Once again, the union calls on all political parties to uphold press freedom, freedom of expression and the public's right to be informed.” ✍️ NUJ responds
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NUJ responds to reports of Conservative party banning Byline Times journalists from conference
The NUJ has responded to reports that Byline Times journalists have been denied access to the Conservative Party conference.
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Megan O’Toole @meganotoole.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The UK government ‘cannot credibly tell Palestinians and their supporters that they were right, while simultaneously maintaining the relationships that allow Israel to continue committing atrocities with effective impunity. It has to pick a side.’
middleeasteye.net
Miliband speaks of a Middle East policy shift - so it's time to pick a side
The UK government cannot credibly tell Palestinians and their supporters that they were right about Gaza, while simultaneously enabling Israeli atrocities
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toutouvillaise.bsky.social @toutouvillaise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Millions of graduates are being ripped off by sky-high student loan interest rates. It's time for Andy Burnham to fix this unfair system in the upcoming Budget so balances stop growing faster than they're paid off. Add your name if you agree: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/an...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Tell Andy Burnham: Fix the broken student loans system in this Budget
Millions of graduates are being ripped off by sky-high interest rates, with balances growing faster than they can be paid off! Add your name to demand fairer student loan terms in the upcoming Budget.
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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Steve Cornforth @stevecornforth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a huge shadow over Burnham's effort to make #Labour look reasonable. Mass arrests for wearing T Shirts and carrying placards... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
More than 50 Palestine Action support rally protesters arrested
More than 250 protesters sat outside Labour's party conference in Liverpool to support the banned group.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thames Water: Andy Burnham should nationalise this failed monopoly. The entire water industry has failed. Must be nationalised. It is similar story in the energy sector. Profiteering, low investment. Privatisation has deepened cost of living crisis.
theguardian.com
The Guardian view on Thames Water: Andy Burnham should nationalise this failed monopoly | Editorial
Editorial: Bill payers should not fund another rescue for financiers of the water industry. Public ownership can end the cycle of extraction and failure
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Well, well, well - if it isn’t the consequences of our own actions. It would appear that migrants are not, in fact, the fiscal drain we’ve been told they are by years if we go by the £4bn to £6.5bn shortfall that’s been caused by the precipitous drop in numbers under this government. Funny that.
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Tim Hill of Antifa, #FBPE @tjrh.uk · 27/09/2026
Playmobil Fort: RAF Fairford
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
New Google Maps satelite photos, you can literally see it with your own eyes now! But it's not a genocide... 🤡🤡
Flattened area
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS SHOULDN’T EVEN BE IN QUESTION AT THIS POINT And we definitely need more reporting on this issue: HEAT Data centers devour electricity and water, dump heat into communities, and Big Tech is building them faster than lawmakers are dealing with the consequences.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jewish MP Gerald Kaufmann in Parliament in 2009. "My Grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her town, a German soldier shot her dead." "My Grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israel to murder Palestinian Grandmothers in Gaza."
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
hollywoodreporter.com
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In 2021, income tax personal allowance was frozen at £12,570. If aligned with inflation, it would now be £16,070. A minimum wage earner in England will pay extra £980 in income tax & NIC in 2026-27. Govt can easily increase personal allowance by £3,000, worth £600 to basic rate taxpayer.
leftfootforward.org
This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Talk TV on migrants: 'culturally, I'm an ancient Roman; culturally, these people are barbarians' 😖 Truly grim. No one should be advertising on this toxic channel. What are IKEA thinking? Sign the petition: actionstorm.org/petitions/ik... #migrants #mediahate #ikea #stopfundinghate
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Brexit and Trump have combined to be an absolute disaster for UK food and drink exports. Deficit worst in a quarter of a century and sales have plummeted ever since we left the single market
ft.com
Brexit and Donald Trump’s tariffs push UK’s food and drink trade deficit to £21bn
In the first half of 2026, the sector’s export volumes fell 11.7% to hit their third-lowest level on record
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’s impossible to read this about the police still wasting huge resources attempting to convict people for peacefully walking slowly and then begin to comprehend the craven police inaction over Tommo and his violent masked thugs. Can anyone explain it?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There is a lot of misinformation about the UK social security spending. The chart below shows Total UK social security spending as a percentage of GDP, 2013/14 to 2030/31 (spending & forecast) 55% goes to pensioners, the remainder covers everything else. lordslibrary.parliament.uk/welfare-refo...
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
No one would be able to say this stuff if the fossil fuel industry didn't own both the people saying it *and* the media ecosystem reporting it. But here we are.
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why the hell isn’t Danny Tommo arrested for slashing an inflatable Dingy with a knife with a clearly identified rescue worker onboard❓ Tommo endangered the worker’s life, live streaming film of it to 100,000 of his Far Right Groupies shouting “This is England” His group should be Presribed FFS 😡
theguardian.com
Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
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Margarete Rosalind Weidenhammer @margareterosali.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He’s getting cheeky - that needs attention☝️ #midterms wake up call⏰
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Stop calling it a climate problem. Call it what it is: organized greed. The planet isn’t dying. It’s being killed for profit. The killers have names. And boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Fantastic news Latest records show that RNLI donations have increased by 5000% over the past couple of weeks after far-right backlash. The RNLI is on track to record its highest annual fundraising total in its almost 200-year history" via Daniel Lismore Donate here rnli.org/support-us/g...
rnli.org
Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Even more important than the current figure is the TREND - the numbers wanting Britain to rejoin the EU have been rising slowly but steadily. It’s relentless.
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Steve @stevewmobb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Social media is going to be an issue. But also, homes are unaffordable unless your parents are really loaded, we have criminals starting wars with no consequences, ai may take all our jobs, and we may be ushering in the next mass extinction event. But apart from that, snowflakes...
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Stuart 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇳🇱🎨🎣🤓💻🎸 @stuartbladen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Excellent article by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social TL/DL - the single killer line: “Any major donor is a bad donor, as their economic power undermines democracy.”
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Margarete Rosalind Weidenhammer @margareterosali.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
@mwehowski.bsky.social ‼️ In 1939, Hitler used exactly the same arguments to deny #Poland and #Czechoslovakia the right to exist. In 1991, the people of #Ukraine voted in a referendum by a clear majority (across all regions, and by a narrow margin in the #Crimea too) in favour of independence!
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The great American experiment continues: how many people are so stupid as to think this desperate bribe will ever happen? We’ll find out soon.
bbc.co.uk
Trump says every adult American would get $5,000 if Republicans win midterms
Speaking at a party convention, the US president gave no details on how the plan would work or where the money would come from.
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Ken Bardsley @kenbar.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil - and both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out! www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...
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Andy Burnham: no gas power stations for data centres
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil. Both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
JFC, the Telegraph description reads: "Fresh from their 'stop the boats' demonstration in Dover on Saturday, masked protesters board a train as three female passengers, unconnected with the men, look on." And the title is - I kid you not - "Race for the train". AREN'T MASKED RACIST MILITIAS FUN?
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
So Kent Police knew about the fash mobilising 24 hours prior to the event? nicklowles.substack.com/p/did-kent-p...
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Did Kent Police ignore a 999 call?
Contrary to their public statement, HOPE not hate can exclusively reveal that Kent Police were tipped off about the Patriot Platform mobilisation – and seemingly did not act on the information.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If you privatise the profits from fossil fuels, you can’t keep socialising the costs of the damage. Those who’ve profited should pay their fair share of the impacts. That’s why Spain’s push for an EU oil and gas tax to help fund climate adaptation is worth supporting. www.ft.com/content/86da...
ft.com
Spain pushes for EU oil and gas tax to pay for climate change response
Rising extreme weather costs fuel campaign ahead of new resilience strategy
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Police injured, vehicles damaged as anti-migrant mob storms Portsmouth. It was a carefully organised event, a mob blocked roads and a stand off with police lasted until about 4am today. Two days ago 500 masked, black-clad men blocked access to Dover. Why no arrests? www.lbc.co.uk/article
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Gill Tavner @gilltav.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
For comparison www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
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Port of Dover: Arrests made as Insulate Britain blocks port
Queues form at Europe's busiest ferry terminal as Insulate Britain shift their protest from the M25.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Vancouver theatre got booted off Instagram for this post. 😂😂😂
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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sonofthelorax.bsky.social @sonofthelorax.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
@sarahjonesmp.bsky.social can you tell the British public how this blatant intimidation is allowed on our streets, but police will round up and arrest old ladies and retired vicars who peacefully protest against climate change and the genocide in Gaza?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
UK petrol prices hit highest level since Iran war began. Accompanied by huge rise in household energy bills, record profits, shareholder dividends and share buybacks. Higher inflation, business costs will push more people into poverty. Must levy 100% windfall tax on excess profits.
bbc.co.uk
UK petrol prices hit highest level since Iran war began
The price of unleaded hits 163p a litre, according to motoring group the RAC, as oil prices remain elevated.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Something grim about how the macho men who renamed it “the department of war” also won’t admit they’re fighting a war with Iran.
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Mark Somers @marksomers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The 647th consecutive day of protests in Georgia. 🇬🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Feds say GOP candidate Thomas Ross schemed for weeks to plant cocaine and Adderall on primary rival Louise Secker to sink her campaign. Ross, won the nomination by 32 votes last month, was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. missouriindependent.com/2026/09/03/m...
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