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@maryan506.bsky.social
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Angry old woman, railing at the parlous state of the world. Can’t access DMs due to silly govt regs.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 16h
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: “The thorough cleansing that we are carrying out now in southern Lebanon is unprecedented. “They have nowhere to return to. Look at how it looks. “And by the way, the world isn’t stopping us.”
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 16h
#ThisIsGenocideNotACeasefire: Israel continues to kill Palestinians, attack hospitals and block access to aid and healthcare. Meanwhile, world leaders are failing to stop it. We call for the protection of civilians in #Gaza and the lifting of restrictions on aid.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 17h
More than 2,500 people have already emailed Apple and Google to demand that Reform UK's app be removed. Let's flood their inboxes so they can't ignore us ⬇️
bestforbritain.org
Tell Apple and Google: Remove 'Small Boat Watch' from your app store - Best for Britain
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maryan506.bsky.social @maryan506.bsky.social · 14h
@sheena-mck.bsky.social 🤭
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Fifteen billion miles from home, the farthest machine humans have ever built is still doing science on less memory than a blank Word document and a data recorder that is, quite literally, an 8-track tape. Voyager 1, launched in 1977, is roughly 15.9 billion miles out—closing in on one light-day
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15h
Air passengers flying into Moscow from Irkutsk where a lab technician died of the plague are now being given mandatory temperature checks by masked staff before they’re allowed to disembark.
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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 18h
Russians strike Turkish civilian vessel in neutral waters: at least one person killed – Zelenskyy #Ukraine
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Russians strike Turkish civilian vessel in neutral waters: at least one person killed – Zelenskyy
On Monday, October 5, Russian forces struck a Turkish-owned civilian vessel carrying corn in neutral waters with two drones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported.
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 18h
here's Monday's post: "What the fuck is this?" — How did we Nazi this coming? thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
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What the fuck is this?
How did we Nazi this coming?
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maryan506.bsky.social @maryan506.bsky.social · 18h
#alphabetchallenge #WeekNforNeon Despite an apparent resurgence of covid in England, hope not to see this sign again.
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maryan506.bsky.social @maryan506.bsky.social · 18h
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 michaeljochum.substack.com/p/my-hero-wo...
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My Hero Wore a No Kings Shirt
Jack Smith is a Certified Badass
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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hey lovely people. Tomorrow I'm going to be running an online Social Media for Creatives workshop that's focussed on keeping safe, sane and even having fun on social media. October 6, 9am NZT. Pay What You Can Video Available on demand for 2 weeks after. www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/social-med...
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Social Media For Creatives
A talk for creatives wanting to use social media for promotion without sacrificing their sanity and time. Led by author George Penney.
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Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Not scary at all.
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Voice4Justice @voices4justice.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I watched Naza this afternoon. I’m still processing and can’t find the words. I came across Yotam Peled’s post on IG which echos my sentiments. I had to share his powerful words. Thank you, Yotam 🇵🇸 🕯️💔 www.instagram.com/p/DeC1sdUljc...
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Why you can’t trust Grok - or any other LLM which basically tells you what you want to hear and amplifies online echo chambers
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maryan506.bsky.social @maryan506.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#alphabetchallenge #WeekMforMachinery A row of life’s essential little machines 😉
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Blue Baby⭐️⭐️ @bluebaby1967.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You know what makes me feel unsafe in London? Groups of pissed up white men generally and right-wing march days in particular
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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I hate questions about how safe people 'feel' because there is a big difference between how safe people feel and how safe they are. If people feel unsafe in London it's at least in part because of right wing lies about how unsafe London is. Let's see James Cleverly do something about that.
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Paul Hindley 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳 @paulhindley2210.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Raising inheritance tax is morally right. It is a direct attack on unearned wealth and privilege. Cutting inheritance tax, along with free childcare for high earners, shows that once again under the Tories, it’s tax cuts for the rich, draconian austerity for the poor. These bastards are shameless!
thetimes.com
Cutting inheritance tax is morally right, says Kemi Badenoch
The Tory leader rejects ‘double taxation’ but says she won’t promise a cut until showing how she would pay for it
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 04/10/2026
Good morning. Just how much have successive UK governments spent - or is the current one due to spend - with Peter Thiel’s Palantir? 🧵⤵️
Graphic showing Palantir founder Peter Thiel and totals of money spent since 2014 – or due to be spent – by UK government departments and agencies. Design: Lynsey Irvine
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Chris Hewson @chrishewson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
At some point you just have to ask 'why does my license fee pay for this sort of chaff?'
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Russia is working on bio-weapons in Siberia.
themoscowtimes.com
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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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“We’ll build 50,000 new prison places” say the Tories. They ensured only 500 places in 14 years. Sounds like the 40 new hospital BS we got from them. Anyone know how many hospitals were built in the end?
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump’s entire National Security team, chaired by Vance, met in an unannounced meeting at Camp David to discuss the Middle East, Axios reports. Trump is now considering intervening in Yemen *as well as* Iran.
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Suella De-Vil Shadowy spokesdemon for learning stuff @suellade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Nigel forgetting the riots that happened here in 2024 What did we call them again? Ah yes. The Farage Riots
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Houthis hit the Saudi Arabian oil facility with ballistic missiles.
Satellite image of the burning facility
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Two oil tankers which had switched off their tracking systems have “exploded” in the Strait of Hormuz, the IRGC-linked Fars News reports.
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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Truly vile. At a public event, Mike Graham mocked Andy Burnham’s father for having Alzheimer’s, less than three weeks after Roy Burnham died and apparently on the day of his funeral. Just the lowest of the low.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The leading bidder is a group involving Trump donor Todd Boehly, Qatar-based investors with business ties to Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, an Abu Dhabi fund linked to Sheikh Tahnoon and the US government. Putin sees it as a way to cement ties with the US.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The endless grift continues. The Trump administration has been talking to Russia about a multibillion-dollar deal for Lukoil’s international assets, NYT reports.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
wired.com
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 03/10/2026
Pulled from Threads. Either is good for me.
Thread by 
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TrumpIsNotFitToBePresident

They're literally propping him up now. Question is are they keeping him alive for the midterms or planning to let him go just before in the hope of getting the sympathy vote?


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He’s wearing an exoskeleton brace system, it is controlled by a computer within the brace. It helps him to move and it stimulates his brain to move correctly. Watch him tapping his legs or tapping the hand rail to help his mind and body to have special awareness. That’s why his butt is looking bigger also. It’s also why he is wearing bigger suits to accommodate the exoskeleton size. It helps one to move easier after strokes and mind issues ie dementia and with controlling him to move easier. …
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pmf @clearlight.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Something is very wrong with the Justice under Labour’s Right www.opendemocracy.net/palestine-ac...
opendemocracy.net
I was sentenced as a terrorist. Now my barrister is on trial for defending me
My lawyer faces jail over a speech to jurors – a first in English history – as state seeks to silence Palestine solidarity
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Why is the Burnham government attempting to silence Good Law Project’s criticism of Palantir in the NHS…? Orwellian.
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Is this the first ever SLAPP by our own Government? | Good Law Project
The Department for Health and Social Care has written to us demanding we take down our video criticising Palantir’s NHS contract – we won’t
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The total number of Russian invaders dead or disabled is at its highest ever level for the year to date and looks set to smash the current record. In 2026 the casualty count has reached 330,000 so far, with 90 days remaining. 2024 saw the highest annual figure so far, of 430,790
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 02/10/2026
Ukraine’s military intelligence warns that Russian special services are preparing hybrid operations across EU and NATO territory aimed at undermining support for Ukraine. Potential targets include military sites, critical infrastructure and Starlink ground stations. #NATO
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
President Trump said in an interview that he has not ruled out invoking the Insurrection Act or declaring a national emergency around the midterm elections in November. “I’m not committing to anything,” Trump said in an interview with Time when asked about the limits... TAT: [Undermining democracy]
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Trump not ruling out invoking Insurrection Act around midterms
President Trump said in an interview published Thursday that he has not ruled out invoking the Insurrection Act or declaring a national emergency around the midterm elections in November. “I&…
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today has probably been Reform UK’s worst by-election day. No gains, 2 losses in Northumberland. Their target seat of Blackpool failed and Leicestershire they threw a huge campaign behind.
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 02/10/2026
Amble (Northumberland) Council By-Election Result: 🌹 LAB: 38.8% (+0.4) ➡️ RFM: 33.5% (-10.9) 🌳 CON: 21.0% (+3.8) ◼️ RES: 6.7% (New) Labour GAIN from Reform UK. Changes w/ 2025.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 02/10/2026
Two companies are developing potential #Ebola treatments for the #Bundibugyo virus. Access should be considered from the start, so these treatments reach people who need them. We’re calling for transparency on their development: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/democratic-r...
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Democratic Republic of Congo: Ebola disease clinical trials must result in equitable access to treatment | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF is calling for greater transparency and access planning as promising Bundibugyo Ebola treatments are tested in DRC, warning that scientific success alone will not ensure equitable access for patie...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Iran has hit another tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
Report Date:
Report Time:
Issue Date:
02 Oct 2026
1122 UTC
02 Oct 2026
UKMTO has received a report of an incident within the Strait of Hormuz.
Source
Master
The Master of a tanker has reported being struck by an unknown projectile, whilst conducting an outbound transit, resulting in a small fire and blackout onboard. The fire has since been extinguished and the vessel is underway.
There are no reported casualties or environmental impact.
Authorities are investigating. Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO.
Strait of Hormuz
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BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Covid wave in England is likely continuing to grow, and infection levels as of 27 September were probably between 1 in 249 and 1 in 218 people infected. This is the time to take sensible precautions against catching Covid in all indoor places. A (short) thread 🧵
Covid wave likely rapidly rising in England.
Take sensible precautions in all indoor places
Update to follow when data published
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 02/10/2026
Russian troops were left with no food, water, or ammunition and had to drink their own urine to survive after being abandoned by their commanders, POWs captured by Ukraine have said.
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Russian soldiers 'had to drink urine to survive' after being abandoned by commanders, POWs say
Russian troops were left with no food, water, or ammunition and had to drink their own urine to survive after being abandoned by their commanders, POWs captured by Ukraine have said. The claims were ...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Lots of restlessness in Lib Dem ranks about Ed Davey’s leadership. One of his MPs spoke out against him yesterday, while an internal document has just been leaked, Sky News reports.
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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Massive crowd outside Palantir’s HQ. Throw this evil corporation out of our public services.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In a matter of days Ukraine has retaken land on the frontline that it took Russia a year and tens of thousands of lives to occupy. Putin is on the back foot and desperate. Ukrainian intelligence says he’s now removed restrictions on the air campaign so they can target schools and hospitals.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Brexit revisited. Unscheduled post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on why Burnham's conference speech was a significant development in the Brexit saga, the questions and concerns it raises, and why it might come to be seen as a historic moment: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/brex...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
US private equity owner of Boots to sell it to a Canadian private equity firm for $9bn (£7bn). NHS prescriptions are a major money makers. Otherwise its prices are high. No UK tax levied on dividends paid by Boots to its foreign owners.
theguardian.com
Boots owner ‘closing in on sale to Canada’s Weston family for $9bn’
Deal would mark return of Canadian family to UK after it sold Selfridges department store for £4bn in 2022
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Looking for colleagues! Two law professor jobs going at @royalholloway.bsky.social law school - jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk
Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Professor of Law (Teaching & Research) 2x posts
Full-Time, Permanent (2x posts available).Royal Holloway Law School invites applications from outstanding candidates for the position of Professor of Law (Teaching and Research).Royal Holloway Law Sch...
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