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Lemon

@megapotat.bsky.social
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Interested in learning Japanese, cooking, music (DIIV, Spirit of The Beehive), and thinking about game design a lot and then not actually making anything.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33
Daily Express headline:

"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

Above an image of Kemi Badenoch

All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sorry - it's been a long one today! Lots of false claims to cover! But wow, is that headline appalling! Always be suspicious when you see quotation marks in a headline - it is usually a newspaper's way of telling a lie with plausible deniability! 32/
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is simply far-right terrorism. And right now it’s being done with impunity.
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
the dual purpose of "our AI is getting too powerful!" is firstly to generate hype & secondly to provide a reason to scale it down that isn't uh oh, this nonsense is very expensive and we can't figure out a way to make a profit with it
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Not sure if people know Wakefield was trying to sell a competing measles vaccine when he made up his fraudulent study about the MMR. It was only after that failed (because he is a complete fraud) that he started grifting off opposing all vaccines. It’s all just a grift. Antivaxxers are their marks.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Don't forget that nearly all Republicans stood by and supported Trump's... -Big Ugly Bill -Iran War -ICE abductions & National Guard deployments -Inflationary tariffs -Blatant corruption His unpopularity is theirs too — and the midterms are right around the corner.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Imagine if the media took the words of climate scientists as seriously as it does that rando from Anthropic… Air pollution and climate change from fossil fuel use are literally killing millions of people every year, but sure, let’s focus on the idiocy that “AI is going to kill everyone in 10”.
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Alex Sowden @ajs1977.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Live footage of the hate-mongering hacks in the Daily Mail office right now after the mouth-breathing orcs from Patriot Platform appear in the street outside 👇 bsky.app/profile/bear...
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I Think You Should Leave Hot Dog Suspect
ALT: I Think You Should Leave Hot Dog Suspect
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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 07/09/2026
Opinion | Reform UK conference attendees attacking protesters could be a defining moment for the party 🖋️ John Oxley Read more: trib.al/9FVYwId
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
These marathons were one of his defining achievements. And the British media pretended there was no evidence they happened. That it was just something he 'claimed' to have done... Now try and tell me their hounding was about "getting to the truth" RIP Jason 😢 26/26
Jason at the end of his final marathon surrounded by supporters
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I've added my name to the open letter calling for a public inquiry into the tragic death of Professor Jason Arday. Will you join me? goodlaw.social/625453
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Lemon @megapotat.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Arrogance never stopped him from doing anything before...
Reform UK's Richard Tice says people should stop fighting climate crisis and 'enjoy' heat. He says it is 'arrogant' to try to halt global heating, despite UK being left reeling by summer firewave. 

What a piece of shit.A Belgian firefighter "enjoying" the summer heat and wildfires.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It’s time we sorted out the press. Constant misinformation to protect their donors and fossil fuels is destroying lives and our planet. The Government must step up and stop being cowardly.
Sorry Zack Polanski this long hot summer is not the apocalypse - it's like a gloriously long holiday in France
..with village green cricket thrown in good measure
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
the genuine evil that permeates the UK press makes the mere amoral greed of the US press look positively wonderful by comparison
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
How many more senior politicans do we have who are so scared of what the press might say about them? - The press behave in an absolutely reckless way that destroys people. This was not an exception. We have a deeply broken media in the UK & Labour refuse to even talk about it.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Maybe this will finally get politicians to care about climate change: “The brutally hot summer is set to cost the EU economy €180 billion this year — that’s equivalent to roughly 1 percent of GDP, which is all the growth the bloc was expected to generate in 2026, according to new analysis.”
politico.eu
Europe’s scorching summer is erasing its economic growth, says report
Dutch growth is set to be almost entirely wiped out, and France could be pushed into a contraction.
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The modern Conservative Party, where Net Zero gets you out and Neo Nazism gets you in
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Lemon @megapotat.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Reminds me of that saying about "if you have one nazi sitting at a table"...
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Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 02/08/2026
NEW Stewart Lee column ‘Jokes’ like the one Zack Polanski shared on social media only help Farage deflect scrutiny www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Zack, put your phone down – now Nigel’s making plans to get off the hook: Stewart Lee on the ‘joke’ shared by the Greens leader, pictured behind Farage, who has a frog on his head.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Nigel Farage (2016), "It's legitimate to say.. If people feel that voting doesn't change anything" "Then violence is the next step"
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
For years, Telegraph columnists told us climate breakdown is a hoax. Now they say: it's real, but it's too late to do anything about it, so let the bodies pile high (again). Just one long list of excuses not to reduce fossil fuel use. Such newspapers bear as much responsibility as the oil firms.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Deeply irresponsible. We're in a climate crisis. This is such a terrible start. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling
Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences.
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
It’s getting irritating seeing Reform politicians accusing others of ‘incitement’ The same guys who call others traitors, who say ‘a reckoning is coming’ and call for ‘pure, cold, rage’ Oh and they invited a woman who called for asylum seeker hotels to be burnt down to speak at their conference
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026
It's also available here. Please share and spread this report. Trans folks in the UK can't for fear of lawsuits by gender critical groups. drive.google.com/file/d/1UggI...
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Hayes Madsen @solfleet.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Hey, so, I was so angry today that, for once, I blogged it instead of posting about it. Games media, especially mainstream games media, cannot keep abdicating responsibility in how it talks about these things an-evening-at-the-inn.ghost.io/video-game-s...
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Video Game Studios Aren't Monoliths
I'm just going to come right out and say it this time - treating video game studios like some kind of fantasy football draft, in the wake of mass layoffs no less, is sickening. The last three years, ...
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Since Reform UK swept to power on St Helens Council in May... - One councillor who was revealed to have a side hustle as an adult film star resigned - One councillor revealed to have been found guilty of assault - Cabinet member resigns - Council cancelled Pride and Refugee Week events
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Second Reform UK councillor quits Merseyside council
Resignation of cabinet member follows departure of newly elected councillor in May
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Remember when the line for these racists was ‘it’s fine if people come here as long as they assimilate and contribute’ Well I don’t think you can assimilate much more than becoming Lord Mayor Turns out they didn’t ever mean that - they are just racist
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Blatant lobbying, not for the sake of our country, but for the fossil fuel industry, in which almost all the ultrarich - including, in all likelihood, the proprietors of these newspapers - are heavily invested. These people are not and never will be your friends. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
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Analysis: UK newspapers have already printed 63 editorials in 2026 backing North Sea drilling  - Carbon Brief
UK newspapers have already published 63 editorials this year calling for more oil and gas extraction in the North Sea, according to Carbon Brief analysis.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/10/2024
I’m not a doomer but it feels like we’re pretty far to the right side already.
A satirical timeline titled "Climate Change," featuring phases of denial and acceptance. The phases include "Climate change isn't real," "OK, climate change is real, we're just not convinced it's caused by humans," which together occupies most of the timeline. This is followed by "Oops," and finally "fuck”.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
For three days in a row the heat record for June has been broken in the UK. The same story right across Europe. Any attempts at this key moment to slow climate action is utterly indefensible. We need day one action to accelerate our climate ambition from Andy Burnham.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"The data proves that there is no such thing as anti-white 'two-tier' policing in Britain. If 'two-tier' policing is a thing, a quarter-century of research shows that black and brown communities are overwhelmingly on the receiving end of it." ✍️ @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/06/09/h...
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How the Far-Right Is Using the Racist Myth of 'Two-Tier Policing' to Exploit Henry Nowak’s Murder
A quarter-century of data tells a very different story about which groups are actually being unfairly targeted by the police, reports Nafeez Ahmed
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
In an era of multiparty politics - first past the post is utterly broken. It is time for Proportional Representation. The climate crisis & our inequality crisis cannot wait for another general election. Failing to fix our democracy immediately will betray future generations.
Zack on stage at the Compass Conference
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
📌 ICYMI — ‘I Set Up a Fake Far-Right News Channel to Interview Reform UK Candidates and This Is What They Told Me’ The Reform hopefuls were quick to condemn scandals supposedly overseen by Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat councils, without realising they were actually condemning the…
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‘I Set Up a Fake Far-Right News Channel to Interview Reform UK Candidates and This Is What…
The Reform hopefuls were quick to condemn scandals supposedly overseen by Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat councils, without realising they were actually condemning the actions of their own party
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Lemon @megapotat.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Even notepad now has AI shoehorned into it...
A screenshot of notepad on windows 11 with a submenu open showing AI options to rewrite text and change the tone of it, with options like formal, casual, inspirational and humor.
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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
who is this rorschach guy and where did he get all the pictures of my parents fighting.
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Alice Bell @abeewords.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Follow Bert’s! They’re my hometown hero bookshop in Swindon but their delivery service and subs are super good. Don’t make Amazon your first choice
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
🔴Alastair Campbell Showed How Keir Starmer Can Defeat Nigel Farage Here is a ten-point plan for exposing the Reform party leader and his followers bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/n...
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Alastair Campbell Showed How Keir Starmer Can Defeat Nigel Farage
A ten-point plan for exposing the Reform party leader and his followers
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