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Elliot Forhan (he/him) @forhanforohio.bsky.social · 23h
Roses red Violets blue Tax the rich Prosecute too
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 27/09/2026
It’s time for the crackdown on peaceful protest to end. Ask your MP to be there for the screening of The Line We Crossed in Parliament: thelinewecrossed.com/parliament
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Invite your MP: The Line We Crossed in Parliament
An evening of film clips and panel discussion in the Houses of Parliament on 26 October 2026, hosted by Clive Lewis MP. Add your name and we'll invite your MP.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Frome With a View #WorldRiversInASongOrMovie
The river Frome, flowing towards the viewer as if on the water, between grassy banks, beneath a mostly blue sky. A tree appears in silhouette in the mid-ground, contrasting against a distant pylon
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Danger! High Volta #WorldRiversInASongOrMovie
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump is not himself the disease of our politics. He’s just the worst symptom. The disease is the system that allows corporations to buy and sell politicians so they can rig it against the rest of us. Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All.
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We live longer, the older men get younger
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
DT’s nappy’s full PP’s dappy fools GB’s crappy news Proud boys, one and all
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Man flu overtly took a rest (Tortured?) #ASongOrMovieForMakingExcuses
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@darrenpjones.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Shorn Shank Abrasion #ASongOrMovieForMakingExcuses
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue. The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.
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Romayne Phoenix @romaynephoenix.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#UN Acknowledges 'Conflicts' of Interest After Byline Times Exposes #AI Panel’s Ties to #OpenAI and #Anthropic Funders – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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UN Acknowledges 'Conflicts' of Interest After Byline Times Exposes AI Panel’s Ties to OpenAI and Anthropic Funders
The supposedly independent panel has close ties to donors who financed the AI giants they have assessed, a Byline Times investigation has found
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
People who wake up Readily and happily Surely robotic #ScifaikuSaturday
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Disco 2000 Oaks - OG rave scene #AmericanCitiesInASongOrMovie #UxbridgeEnglishDictionary #UED
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
During the early 20thc, artist Rowena Cade (1893–1983) started to create the open air Minack Theatre, Porthcurno, on the Cornish cliffs, UK, with the help of her gardener Billy and only hand tools. She continued to build into her last years #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring an older white woman sitting in a wheelbarrow readinibg Photo of a theatre built into a cliff with seating in rows at different levels going down to a stone stage and with turquoise sea in the background
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Packets of biscuits Can grow larger and larger But never too much #Haiku or #Senryu?
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I respect our British culture. DO YOU?
Custard creams, filling a plate with quaint floral design
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We’re drowning in sewage, and it’s still not our biggest waterborne peepee problem www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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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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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Vermicel-lingua, Give in to me Mi chiamo Grima, or Miller Steve Bursting with wretches, the White House teems The worms now thriving, in Trump’s nappies
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Shame belongs with the person who chose to abuse, never with the person who was abused. If you have been impacted, support is there: 🖤 Childline (children & young people): 0800 1111 🖤 NAPAC (adult survivors): 0808 801 0331 🖤 The Survivors Trust: 0808 801 0818
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today marks the National Day of Awareness for Childhood Sexual Abuse. Child sexual exploitation thrives on silence. Let's stand with survivors and victims today by speaking up. Solidarity with every survivor and with everyone working to keep children safe.
Graphic supporting National Day of Awareness for Child Sexual Abuse: blue circular badge reading "I exist. National Day of Awareness for CSA 23rd September — break the stigma", with header "I am supporting" above and footer "Help us break the stigma and protect children".
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’s time for my CHRISTMAS GIFT TIP. If you go to www.themichaelpalin.com, you can buy all of Michael Palin’s books, DVDs, other stuff, but for NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE, he will sign it for the loved one of your choosing. Don’t say I don’t give you nowt.
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Home - The Official Michael Palin Website
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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Share YOUR Rhino photos below with your name/handle to include in a short Wildlife reel later this World Rhino Day Photos by Ann Warner in Zimbabwe 🦏 #rhino #worldrhinoday #rhinos #rhinoday #nature #wildlife
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Gareth Owen 🇪🇺🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿(🇨🇭) @mib2259.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You can be shocked, you're not allowed to be surprised anymore.
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Cincinnati Dread #AmericanCitiesInASongOrMovie #HashtagGame
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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Billionaires should be taxed into millionaires
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 21/09/2026
Fantastic words on what brings meaning to life by the great humanist playwright, Lorraine Hansberry, the first black woman to have a play on Broadway. Her most famous play 'A Raisin in the Sun' is, to this day, a fearless commentary on racism and the 'American dream'. #Humanistbookshelf
I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love. Therefore, since I have known all of these things, I have found them to be reason enough and – I wish to live. Moreover, because this is so, I wish others to live for generations and generations and generations and generations.
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When Kemi says Europe is burning Are the tories finally learning? I’m taking the piddle It’s all the same diddle! Some ladies are never for learning www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Kemi Badenoch accuses Andy Burnham of ‘fiddling while Europe risks burning’
Tory leader claims prime minister is avoiding difficult decisions as she urges him to increase defence spending
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Carapace of spades #ASongOrMovieForAnimalFeatures #HashtagGame
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Automaton: The height of fall #UxbridgeEnglishDictionary #UED
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We urgently need more Black blood donors, with the NHS only able to meet half of hospital demand for the Ro blood type. This Sickle Cell Awareness Month, I’ve tabled an EDM calling for action. Please give blood this month and ask your MP to sign 🩸 edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
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Sickle Cell Awareness Month and blood donations - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That this House marks Sickle Cell Awareness Month and draws attention to the continuing shortfall of blood donors from Black and ethnic minority communities and its direct impact on patients living…
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/09/2026
Victims say Home Office attempt to curtail spycops inquiry will result in a ‘cover-up’
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Victims say Home Office attempt to curtail spycops inquiry will result in a ‘cover-up’
Shabana Mahmood is concerned about length and £144m cost of inquiry into intrusive police surveillance Victims of intrusive police surveillance have accused the government of seeking to cut short the spycops public inquiry that has been examining widespread misconduct committed by undercover officers. The independent judge-led inquiry is scrutinising how officers, who spied on tens of thousands of political activists over more than four decades, carried out abuses such as deceiving women into sexual relationships and fathering children. Continue reading...
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Image: A woman and a man, sitting with mugs at a table. The smiles are, for them, not that smug
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If I hadn’t a spine, maybe I’d develop an exoskeleton too.
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Last night a Binhead saved my life Last night a Binhead saved my life from a precipice Thank you #RNLI, you are the best of us!
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Choz51 🌊 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇿🇦 💚 @choz51.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you’ve chosen the side of the oppressor.” (Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the South African Anglican cleric and anti-apartheid activist.)
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Reminded of this by #JamesO’Brien today… Maybe sticking a dragon on Uni Jack ain’t that big a deal? nation.cymru/news/wales-b...
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Wales’ Brexit vote ‘caused by English retirees’ – Oxford University
Wales would not have voted by a majority for Brexit if not for retired English people moving across the border, according to research by Oxford University. This was despite a pro-Leave vote in the val...
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Skulls and Sheets @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If you are unaware, it is the 7th anniversary of my escape and as well as friends helping me, I was supported immensely by the local @womensaid.bsky.social and I raise money to help these charities continue supporting those in need.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 15/09/2026
'Clutching crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.' Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world. This book is a personal statement, reflecting my lifelong love affair with science. But there's another reason: science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time—when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.  

The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of content in our enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less**)**, lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations of pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance."
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iQjG...
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Leaders of Men (2010 Remaster)
YouTube video by Joy Division - Topic
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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For example it costs the government £310 to process a settlement (also known as indefinite leave to remain) application, but charges ten times as much: £3226. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
Graph showing how much the UK government charges for different visas and how much it actually costs for it to process these applications.
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Sheffield Green Party @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today, we need to address the horrific situation in Turkey where over 50 LGBT+ activists have been arrested. Police have raided organisations and venues, blocking their voices online. This is a direct attack on their freedom to exist. #Solidarity with the Turkish LGBTQIA+ community! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
WE STAND WITH TURKISH LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY
ALL OF US IN THIS WORLD DESERVE TO CREATE FAMILIES WE LONG FOR WITH DIGNITY AND SAFETY
Promoted by Eamonn Ward, 73 Eskdale Rd, S6 1SL on behalf of Sheffield Green Party
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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
i'm thinking we, as a species, lost the plot. don't know where. but if we're talking about AI rights while the rights of trans people, pregnant people, immigrants, and Black and brown people are daily eroded, we messed up somewhere.
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Can chatbots feel – or even dream? Meet the man leading the fight for AI rights
Cattle rancher and tech CEO Michael Samadi is convinced these artificial minds are far from just tools. Has he glimpsed digital consciousness – or simply been seduced by an algorithm?
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Carers provide so much social value, but gain zero social capital. Ho-hum-Burnham?
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
You gotta understand that to be pro-Israeli government 3 years into a genocide requires a profound level of dissociation from reality. The ‘pro-Israel’ world is among the most destructive threats to British democracy.
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mat-tl.bsky.social @mat-tl.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The monarch heads a church The bishops sit in the lords Our passports declare “god and my right!” It’s a wonder faith in our politics lasted so long.
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Kaye Inglis @kayeinglis.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Mood.
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