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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Surrounded by women, lawmakers, and advocate champions, Gov. Maura Healey signed landmark legislation ensuring full abortion access in MA. Women have the fundamental right to choose for their own bodies. Healthcare is a human right, period!
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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/07/2026
“This is, first and foremost, a celebration of Minions,” critic Robert Colgate wrote Tuesday of the latest installment in the Minions franchise, pointing out that fans of the Minions would have plenty of visual references to feast their eyes on throughout the film.
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Critics Hail New Minions Movie As A Love Letter To Minions
LOS ANGELES—In reviews that urge fans nostalgic for the hyperactive yellow creatures’ glory days to rush to their local theaters, critics across the nation are hailing the new Minions movie as a love ...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/07/2026
NEW: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.” with @texastribune.org
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Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent yo...
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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The prospect of Nigel Farage fighting a people vs the establishment by-election in which the only other candidate is Count Binface - is too hilarious for words.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 07/07/2026
An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Afghan national who fought with U.S. forces died of allergic reaction in ICE custody
Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, suffered “an adverse drug reaction” to an unidentified substance, which triggered anaphylaxis and exacerbated his asthma, the death report shows.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 01/07/2026
Air Force Major Jason Watson called the Iran war "an unconstitutional usurpation of Congress’ authority."
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Active Duty Air Force Major Arrested After Calling For Trump's Impeachment
Active Duty Air Force Major Arrested After Calling For Trump's Impeachment
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Because we writers need to promote our work… buy or get from your library!
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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 30/06/2026
#SCOTUS has upheld birthright citizenship, striking down President Trump’s executive order that sought to end it. Thirty-two other countries around the world have birthright citizenship laws that are similar to the U.S.
World map shows where countries recognize some form of birthright citizenship
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
So this happened. Picked up an award for Best Feature by a foreign correspondent at the SoCal Journalism Awards for a piece I wrote in @viewdigital.bsky.social magazine about the US healthcare system and why the UK should not emulate it. Thanks to the team at View and all the interviewees. 🙏🙏
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Royal Mail boss’s pay package triples to £6.9m. Cost of postage stamps rocketing RM hasn't hit delivery target for 1st-class post since 2017, 2nd-class mail since 2020. Ofcom continues to reduce targets. Bosses rewarded for fleecing people.
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Royal Mail boss’s pay package triples to £6.9m despite profits slide
Martin Seidenberg, chief executive of parent company IDS, handed payouts after takeover of UK postal service
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Just a reminder, in these times, that I wrote this book dissecting how poverty is an active political choice. And so are the solutions. Also in audio version policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/the-sham… #Poverty #Inequality #Stigm
A colourful book cover that challenges negative depictions of people experiencing poverty.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
How the jobs figures pan out. Net zero: massive new employment. Return to fossil fuels: mass unemployment. Don't ever let these grifters persuade you they have your interests at heart. They dance to the tune of their funders. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A question for Nigel Farage – why is your nationalist party so obsessed with destroying British jobs? | George Monbiot
Claims that our prosperity depends on oil and gas are bunkum – unless you’re a Reform backer with fossil fuel interests, of course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
12 years ago today my first book came out. Oh how I wish what we worried would happen hadn’t. Very proud of the book though. And will be forever grateful to every person who spoke to me for it. 🙏
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Peace.
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
My squirrel pal.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
With the election of some shiny new councillors at the local elections last week, there’s never been a better time to read Rotten Boroughs... which documents the corruption, cronyism and chaos of local government. IT’S PRIVATE EYE WEEK! New edition in shops and with subscribers from Wednesday.
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
🚨 URGENT: We are running out of time. There is an illegal plan moving forward right now to completely gut the US Forest Service. Don't scroll past this—it takes exactly 30 seconds to send a letter to your representatives. Click here and do it now:
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service
Contact Congress today!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/05/2026
NEW: ProPublica identified at least 79 children who’ve been left screaming, unable to breathe, or otherwise hurt by tear gas and pepper spray during Trump’s historic immigration crackdown.
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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Has Harmed Scores of Kids With Tear Gas, Pepper Spray
In several cities, judges have chastised federal officers, saying they used excessive force. One former DHS leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.”
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Andrew Kelly @andrewkelly.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Latest newsletter looks back at our Homes for Heroes project in 2019 on the past, present and future of council housing. @maryohara1.bsky.social looks at growing up in West Belfast, Roger Griffith in Lawrence Weston and I look at our homes in Wombourne. More in next newsletter.
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Festival of Ideas Archive 4: Council Estate Memories (1)
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Private firms got £12bn NHS contracts. Private equity, offshore tax haven firms big winners. Donations to Ministers pay dividends. £1.6bn profit in 2 yrs. Enough to pay for 9,178 doctors or 19,428 nurses Health service “taken for a ride”. Say NO to privatisation. Must expand NHS capacity
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Private firms providing services to NHS made £1.6bn profit in two years, research finds
Exclusive: MPs say profit-making levels in England are ‘scandalous’ and call for cap on amount private companies can make from NHS
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I am forever in awe of the people who do the work, day in day out to fight for people’s rights. My latest column. communitylivingmagazine.com/mary-ohara-g...
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Mary O’Hara: galvanised and united, activists get results
In the face of vicious cuts and a shift in attitudes towards disabled people, sticking together to fight back is keeping despondency at bay – and securing some significant wins
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I am forever in awe of the people who do the work, day in day out to fight for people’s rights. My latest column. communitylivingmagazine.com/mary-ohara-g...
communitylivingmagazine.com
Mary O’Hara: galvanised and united, activists get results
In the face of vicious cuts and a shift in attitudes towards disabled people, sticking together to fight back is keeping despondency at bay – and securing some significant wins
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Great edition! My latest column takes a look at how learning disability advocates in the US are fighting back against government cuts. There have been many victories, despite incredible challenges. 💪
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Thoroughly enjoyed Andrew McCarthy’s latest book event in Pasadena. He’s a really talented writer. I mean, as if he wasn’t talented enough already at other things.
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Check out the latest edition!
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Community Living Magazine @communitylivingmagazine.com · 06/04/2026
New stories out now! One aim is to balance the negative headlines with some good stuff, so we look at how creativity can make a difference in people's lives. @georgejulian.bsky.social @maryohara1.bsky.social @touretteshero.bsky.social @oskabright.bsky.social communitylivingmagazine.com
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Community Living
The campaigning magazine on equality, inclusion and living life: learning disabilities, care, health, welfare, housing, arts and more
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper journalism
The Associated Press says it will offer buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspaper journalism that sustained the company...
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Happy Easter from our garden squirrel, Brian.
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Always so glad to write for this magazine alongside @sabasalman.com and others. Check us out. Spread the word. Please support if you can. 🙏
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Nice light on the fruit.
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Next to Joshua Tree National Park, a mining company is staking its claim for rare earth minerals
Dateline Resources Ltd. is exploring for rare earth elements outside Joshua Tree National Park, sparking concerns it could deplete water supplies, draw traffic and generate toxic waste.
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
A city.
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The Rio Grande. New Mexico.
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Great speech. Art and humanity and humility. m.youtube.com/watch?v=dV_2...
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Harrison Ford: Life Achievement Award Acceptance Speech | 32nd Annual Actor Awards
YouTube video by Netflix
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Jasmine in bloom. What a fragrance!
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Can’t wait to watch this!!
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Sometimes I remember Reagan removing Jimmy Carter’s solar panels and I think we’ve been enduring this shit for way too many years.
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I am beyond thrilled that this brilliant writer is getting the recognition he deserves. Congratulations Stu! 👏👏👏
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Le Parisien @leparisien.fr · 09/02/2026
« Ensemble, nous sommes l’Amérique » : le show très politique de Bad Bunny lors du Super Bowl, Trump en colère ➡️ l.leparisien.fr/j2Kg
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/02/2026
Breaking News: Nithya Raman, a rising star among West Coast progressives and a Los Angeles City Council member, said she will run for mayor. Her announcement presents a significant challenge to the incumbent, Mayor Karen Bass.
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Rising Progressive Star Shakes Up Race for Los Angeles Mayor
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 06/02/2026
This is mainly a fairly routine request for media to contact a PR representative rather than the person directly. They’re more routinely sent by grieving families etc, because it’s fairly widely known that otherwise it will just look bad if it leaks. This is Mandelson once again sucking at PR.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
One reason Minneapolis remains in the world's eye is we have one of the most robust & independent media ecosystems remaining in the country. You all need this...and more! @mprnews.org @startribune.com @sahanjournal.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com @minnpost.bsky.social @racketmn.com etc.
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Sweet relief
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 05/02/2026
This is what Harvey Weinstein did, when he hired Black Cube to investigate Ronan Farrow. It is catastrophically bad for anyone involved in politics to be doing the same thing. It is also: very fucking stupid indeed.
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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Almost three years ago, my editor called me early one November morning. A wildfire had sparked near a town called Paradise, he said. Could I go? (1/13)
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I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.
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Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) 

But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 03/02/2026
Pop singer Lorde will donate the $204,000 she made on merchandise sales from her sold-out Minneapolis shows last fall to two Minnesota immigrant rights groups.
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Lorde donates merchandise proceeds from Minneapolis shows to immigrant rights groups
Pop singer Lorde will donate money she made on merchandise sales from her sold-out Minneapolis shows last fall to two Minnesota immigrant rights groups, she shared in a post on Instagram on Tuesday.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Breaking: The European Commission said on Tuesday it would investigate Mandelson, who was European trade commissioner from 2004-8 before leaving early to return to UK politics. Mandelson draws a pension from his time there and has to adhere to a code of conduct for former staff.
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Books by Mary O’Hara @maryohara1.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
An honour to endorse this very important book by the amazing scholar, Kayleigh Garthwaite. Buy it. Get it from your library. Share widely. Such a vital read in these difficult times.
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