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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
How the conference clip of Kemi Badenoch challenging ethnonationalism shifted views of Badenoch (+) and Farage (-) vs those not shown it Badenoch: approval 47% (+10), disapproval 25% (-2) Net +22 (+12) Farage: approval 23% (-4), disapproval 57% (+6) Net -34 (-10) Burhman approval remains +14
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NPR @npr.org · 13/10/2026
Actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte, who brought a lifetime of experience with cerebral palsy to fictional family struggles in an essential role on "Breaking Bad," died Monday at age 34. n.pr/4sb7dyX
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RJ Mitte, 'Breaking Bad' actor and disability rights champion, dies at 34
Actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte, who brought a lifetime of experience with cerebral palsy to fictional family struggles in an essential role on "Breaking Bad," died Monday at age 34.
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🇵🇹 snipe, lixo tóxico ⭑⭒⭒⭒⭒ @snipe.lol · 12/10/2026
I know this has been posted before, but...
why aren't the robots working in the mines and oil fields and handling toxic chemicals or picking plastic out of the ocean? why are they writing emails and making powerpoint presentations? what the hell are we doing
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trevor Poutine is a Canadian history professor. This is on public executions and why they were stopped. Once.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."
Ukrainian female soldier: Okay, I said the idea is this: There is enough time to empty one full can of 32 grenades and be gone by the time the return mortar fire reaches us. I did the math.
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Microbrain @microbrainius.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Great blast from the past. Loved this one.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The next Poet Laureate of Birmingham #NationalPoetryDay
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
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Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment
It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.
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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Have fun storming the castle.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026
This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible.
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Microbrain @microbrainius.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Proud to have worked one of the points from the intro of this into tonight’s Brownies session. They were building tin foil boats and seeing how much cargo they’d hold, so we got them to guess what % of what we eat and buy is transported by boat. For the answer read the post (or come to Brownies).
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Emathion 📯 @emathion.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The French made a short film about what could happen after all immigrants would follow the ‘white, angry old man’s’ advice to go back where they came from.
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The Princess Bride (1987) @princessbride1987.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Father, I have failed you for twenty years. Now our misery can end. Somewhere… somewhere close by is a man who can help us. I cannot find him alone. I need you. I need you to guide my sword. Please. Guide my sword.
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Microbrain @microbrainius.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is fascinating 👇
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Jen , the MT liberal bird lady @liberal-jen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A murmuration of starlings above Sardinia, Italy. One of my favorite natural phenomena.
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Joza Fiend @threadsaplenty.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is an excellent read. What an interesting bloke Mr T is, and what a life! ❤️
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Microbrain @microbrainius.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Eek. Didn’t know that.
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Deke Fanboy (welcome back lad!) @sjbrewer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Carson Pickett, who was born without a left forearm and hand, met a young fan with a similar condition after her recent match for the Denver Summit in the NWSL From @denversummitfc.bsky.social IG
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Telibarb 🐾🐾 @telibarb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Ooh. I love this!
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Farage has properly lost his touch. Old confident Farage would have known to play along with the Binface gag. New insecure Farage can't bring himself to do it. And that's why the headlines are about him staying away from the vote rather than the fact that he won it.
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This morning the website of Parliament’s standards commissioner has been updated to confirm that his investigation is no longer suspended
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Microbrain @microbrainius.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Does the Farage no-show leave enough of a bad taste in Clacton to knock a few votes off next time? Not that hard to show basic respect.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Politico: "Binface won 12 percent of the total electorate — enough to prompt that by-election if there is indeed a recall petition" following the standards probe into Farage
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Candidates traditionally thank the election staff and police after the declaration. This one just lies about them.
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
No lies
thatguycollo writes

YouTubers be like "wake up at 4am and run, that's alpha!" No, it's not. Look at apex predators; they're all lazy. Bears hibernate, lions sleep all day. You know who wakes up at 4am and runs? Squirrels.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Temperatures have topped 38C today (the previous hottest day set on 26 June this year), hitting 38.1C in Kew Gardens. Officially the hottest day of the year. Climate change is real.
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Microbrain @microbrainius.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Quite like Mehdi but that did seem badly misjudged. Not sure quite what he was going for.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It’s election week! At this important moment I would like to address your entire planet with a message to the people of Earth. And I think I found the perfect place to do it.
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Microbrain @microbrainius.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
True story. (I asked if he’d filmed the Binface bit, he said no. I offered to film it for him, he said it’d be better with an audience - fair enough. I foolishly didn’t think to at least ask if I could take a photo of the bin. Next time!)
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Microbrain @microbrainius.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Had @countbinface.bsky.social and Clacton on the mind while watching this at Dartmoor Folk Festival. Said to the puppeteer afterwards that a Bin vs Farage show would be perfect. He then popped backstage & returned with a tiny bin from one of his other shows that he’d Binfaced up with a marker pen. 🤯
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Microbrain @microbrainius.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Confess hadn’t heard of before but sounds wonderful. Kids now the right age so look forward to checking out. Rest of the list seemed a bit of a mixed bag. No Princess Bride? And more recently, no Nimona?
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Microbrain @microbrainius.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Article is dated 2026 not 2024 in the screenshot
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Rebecca Montacute @beckymontacute.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A type of cloud has been generated by France's wildfires, which has only ever been documented in Australia, the US, Canada and a small number of other locations - never in France. It generates lightning and downdrafts, worsening the fires. This is climate change. www.wired.com/story/france...
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France Records Its First-Ever Pyrocumulonimbus Cloud Amid Record-Smashing Fires
Extreme fire conditions on the ground have created unprecedented conditions in the atmosphere.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
My time lapse of the Gironde #fire near Bordeaux, viewed on Friday afternoon from about 20 km distance. One minute compressed into 5 seconds. #GlobalHeating
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A betting account in the name of George Cottrell, the convicted fraudster who bankrolled Nigel Farage, received almost $9mn in cryptocurrency from unidentified sources while he was providing gifts to the Reform UK leader great work from @annasophiegross.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/b74c...
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Betting account in George Cottrell’s name received $9mn in crypto from unidentified sources
Deposits in Polymarket wallet came as convicted fraudster was providing gifts to Farage
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Microbrain @microbrainius.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Comms are 1000x times better than Starmer so far. Simple, tangible promises on topics people care about, all framed as “breathing space”, not a panacea: Day 1: End rough sleeping Day 2: Help with bills Day 3: Bus fare cap Reminds me of Mamdani’s approach. Be interesting if it cuts through.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 20/07/2026
NEW INFO HAS REVEALED that the 28-year-old Mexican man killed while running from ICE last week was just visiting on short tourist visa—and already had a plane ticket to go home. newrepublic.com/post/213277/...
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Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home
The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.
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Microbrain @microbrainius.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Miatta is a rising star and very much on the same wavelength as Ed
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
“In the six weeks between the snap election being called and polling day on July 4, 2024, (retired stylist) Fiona Cottrell apparently gave more than 35 per cent of all funding to Reform UK, either directly or indirectly.” www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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George Cottrell opened account days before mystery Reform donation
Sunday Times revelations raise new questions over the provenance of £500,000 gifted to Nigel Farage’s party by the convicted fraudster’s mother
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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In a world of Andrew Tates, be a Jude Bellingham.
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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 13/07/2026
Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.
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Microbrain @microbrainius.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Jesus, VAR is such a joy suck. Tedious, soulless bullshit. #EngNor
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Microbrain @microbrainius.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Yep, had a flicker of hope that the weird electrical noise was the sound of Lee Dixon being electrocuted. Alas no.
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George Greenwood @georgegreenwood.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The criminal who funded Nigel Farage before his election made undisclosed donations to Reform UK in an apparent breach of electoral law. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/... Latest from me and Insight
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George Cottrell failed to declare gifts to Reform office
The convicted fraudster nicknamed ‘Posh George’ used his own bank card to cover costs without the Electoral Commission knowing
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Microbrain @microbrainius.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Because: a) it’s a very right-wing constituency, so Farage would be very difficult to beat b) boycotting the election takes the news value out of it, and emphasises it’s just a Farage tantrum c) Farage may well be suspended as an MP if he wins, and Greens etc would then stand in that 2nd election
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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 09/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was horrifically shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston, Texas. His son, Ronaldo, had to find out via social media. When anyone can be shot and killed in the street by federal agents, no one is safe from gun violence.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The son of the man shot and killed by ICE: I am Ronaldo Salgado, the oldest son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. He should've been picking up the last of his guys before heading to finish up construction. Unbeknownst to all of us, my dad had been shot inside his van by ICE agents in unmarked cars.
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Chauman @chaudman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Seeing the meltdown of the right is convincing me I'm now a paid up member of the litterati.
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