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Midgecat

@midgecat.bsky.social
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Mad scientist who is mad about rugby league and sailing. Also mad at the MS that mucks with my life. Fighting to rejoin the EU. We will be back. Renationalise water, electricity, trains and health. Support democracy everywhere. Slava Ukraïni.

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Vickie Hinkley @vickiehinkley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reading this NOW! (sign-up for newsletter - worth it!)
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My latest piece about SCOTUS' anti-voting decision was originally exclusively for Democracy Docket members. Based on the reaction, earlier today, the team decided to drop the paywall. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/just...
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Justice Jackson found a bright side. I am not sure I see one.
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Trump administration can resume using its voter suppression database to help Republicans remove voters from the rolls, I called it what it is: a te...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We've all heard how corrupt Ken Paxton is. But he is also incredibly stupid if he thinks this "well, he served 60 whole days" excuse for releasing Adam Hoffman, who sexually abused a boy over a three-year period starting when he was 8.
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Peggy Shinners @pshinkicker61.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Americans taking to the streets to stand up to the malignantly narcissistic megalomaniac. #HandsOffTheKennedyCenter #VoteBlueNoMatterWho
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Midgecat @midgecat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...
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Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Midgecat @midgecat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The oil companies are like the cigarette companies, knowing the damage privately but denying it publicly. Indeed they are pushing the use of their products, trying to sell as much as possible before we all die.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The people running these companies believe that climate change could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a fringe worry. Publicly, many executives soften their language to sound reasonable, but privately, the fear is real. No other industry poses this level of danger to civilization.
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Midgecat @midgecat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Quinn Leone @quinnleone.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Starbucks fighting the Union. Boycott them.
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Louisianastan.bsky.social @louisianastan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Texas House passed a bill to reimburse tenants when landlords don’t fix their property. Ken Paxton – who is a landlord – voted no.
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DiveIntoIt🫘💙💙 @anandatoday.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I’m voting yes.
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Midgecat @midgecat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
would be a shame if people sent the RNLI Christmas cards if I sent to Reform using this address , sadly I think it only works within the UK
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump supporter whining about high diesel fuel prices: “Sometimes I think it would’ve been better to let Iran have a nuke, because they were just going to hit New York anyway. We don’t need New York.”
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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Dumbass Trump’s dumbass promises that that dumbass was never able to deliver because they were dumbass ideas meant to con dumbasses.
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Ethan 🦋Proud Blue🦋 @grand-pa-etan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
As Jamie Raskin said, Trump is already trying to steal the midterm elections, acting openly. During Trump’s second speech at the convention in Dallas, he swore to cheat to influence the vote, turning the fraud into a public spectacle. #ProudBlue #DV1
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump has again described himself as personally involved in the recovery effort following the September 11 attacks. Twenty-five years later, what does the historical record actually show? He’s lying. #TheCityBrief
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
James Talarico: Tarrant County, the largest swing county in the state of Texas, is closing 92 polling locations. They’ve suspended a million voter registrations in our state. To anyone in Texas watching this — I’m urging you to check your voter registration online and make a plan to vote early.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/09/2026
Today, we remember their courage and honor their memory and the profound legacy they leave behind.
A large memorial wreath has a white ribbon on it saying “We will never forget the 343.”
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65yearcitizen @usa24freedom.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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PAM @bluegreen625.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
WE, THE PEOPLE, PAID THE TARIFF TAXES-- WE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE TARIFF REFUNDS. He has Already Distributed Tariff Refunds to corporations & billionaires.🤑
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
These showed the location of four factories. He is also alleged to have volunteered to conduct an act of sabotage, conducted reconnaissance and researched a WiFi jamming device. Imagine being willing to help Russia to bomb your own country…your own county. www.ft.com/content/c090...
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British man charged with volunteering to sabotage UK drone factory for Russia
Joshua Cammidge was arrested last week at his home in Swindon and charged with breaches of the National Security Act
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Gina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Welcome to the race, Governor Abbott. To catch you up to speed, I've spent the last year talking to Texans about the issues that matter to them: saving Texas schools and putting money in their pockets. Texans are ready for change this November.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
He’s not kidding. He’s a sociopath. He’s the king of stolen valor.👇
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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 10/09/2026
This is stenography, not journalism.
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NJ2NC @nj2nc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Does everyone agree we are living in a dictatorship? FREE SPEECH is no more. James Talarico is being censored by the FCC for 2nd time. Colbert now Kimmel. FUCK THIS SHIT.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Missouri’s Supreme Court held the state’s top election official in contempt Thursday for defying its order not to use a gerrymandered map for the upcoming midterm election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Missouri’s top election official held in contempt for defying court’s gerrymander order
The development was the latest embarrassment for Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R), after being thwarted in his attempt to force the gerrymander on Missourians.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 10/09/2026
"Designed to provide access to public toilets for disabled people, the Radar Key reflects more than a material tool: it showcases wider debates around access, design, and spatial politics in modern Britain." Kirstie Stage on the radical nature of the Radar Key.
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Radical Object: The Radar Key
The Radar Key is a small but crucial part of the history of disabled people demanding rights and independence in modern Britain. Kirstie Stage explores the little-known history of this radical object.
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Status Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A shocking court ruling is igniting outrage and making some people believe that AI is protecting the pedophiles. Status Coup's @jordanchariton.bsky.social Chariton speaks with a woman outside of a townhall meeting in Kenilworth, NJ. Video by Phillip Hawkins
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 10/09/2026
She ran for six days. And beat everybody. Megan Eckert, a 40 year old middle school math teacher, ran more than 636 miles in six days, breaking the women’s world record and the overall American record. She became the first woman ever to run 1,000 kilometers in six days. 🔥 #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance
Megan Eckert runs holding a “1000 km” flag. Text reads: “1,024.319 KM, 6-day race, new women’s world record.”
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🇺🇦🇨🇦 Zelensky: In total, today, agreements with Canada are worth more than $2 billion. The government package is more than a billion dollars for our defense, and this is primarily our sky defense: missiles for Patriots, ammunition for F-16s, and co-production of drones.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 10/09/2026
More than 70% of the public have consistently supported assisted dying in polling. But the proposed law remains deeply contested, with critics fearing it could be open to abuse. The Bill returns to the Commons on Friday.
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Assisted dying II: the return of the bill
On Friday, the Assisted Dying Bill returns to the House of Commons, after it was talked out in the House of Lords in the last session
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U.S. Mail Not For Sale @usmailnotforsale.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Postal workers are on the front line of the fight for democracy. They are telling their own bosses to stop attacking vote-by-mail. Will you join us sending a message to @ambermcreynolds.bsky.social & the USPS Governors, who have the power to stop this? usmailnotforsale.org/take-action?...
Workers hold signs in front of a post office. The overlaid text reads “an attack on vote by mail is an attack on our right to vote. Usmailnotforsale.org”
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Markfry🍁 @markfry.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
let me see... Root canal Colonoscopy Pap smear Hemorrhoids Prostate exam Mammogram Toothache Stomach flu......shall I go on?
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 10/09/2026
Watching my twenty-something kids fall in love with CDs and vinyl is something else. "I can listen without paying every month?" "Nobody knows what I put on or when?" They're not being nostalgic. They're discovering, for the first time, that a song can belong to you and only you.
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#BlueStormComin1🌪️🦋🇺🇸 #Resistance 🦋🙌🏻 #Blues @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#Blues @azld14dems.bsky.social @jfordemocracy.bsky.social @afforsyth.bsky.social @firestormz1.bsky.social @dodgezen.bsky.social @beaches1.bsky.social @archeryfan93.bsky.social @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @yupitsmatt.bsky.social @ahaachja.bsky.social @wolverinebear.bsky.social @harrb2.bsky.social
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
𝟔𝟎+ 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐂 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟐. 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Well this should do wonders for the Behavioral Analysis Unit. They can just study fellow agents. Ka$hApps buddies can all apply!
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
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Blue Woman Voting 📎 @bluewomanvoting123.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Texans, check your voter registration.
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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
To be clear everyone involved in this should go to prison. This is not some petty "but the golf course was so nice beforehand" shit, this is "you are in open and flagrant violation of the law in that you lied to the court about your intentions and timelines" territory people.com/dozens-trees...
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Dozens of Trees Quietly Toppled in D.C. Without Court Approval Ahead of Trump’s New Golf Course Makeover: Report
Over 60 trees were removed at East Potomac Golf Links before official approval for renovations was granted, the Washington Post reported Friday, Aug. 26. Preservationists argue the plans violate a law...
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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Vote for Amy Acton. Don’t let billionaires buy your election.
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Janai Nelson @janainelson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
BREAKING: We just won an emergency request to block the US Postal Service from implementing a new rule that would give it an unprecedented and illegal gatekeeping role in determining who gets a mail-in ballot. A federal court said nope. www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...
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Federal Court Grants Emergency Relief Blocking USPS From Implementing Newly-Finalized Mail Ballot Rule For November Election
The temporary restraining order will remain in place for 14 days while the parties brief the pending motion for a preliminary injunction BOSTON — This evening, a federal court granted voting rights or...
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💫Foxy💫 @getyourfoxyback.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Its National Power Rangers Day 🦊 Meet and Greet 🦊 In 1993, five ordinary teenagers exploded on the pop-culture scene with the launch of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers They defeated evil by demonstrating teamwork, inclusivity, and diversity to people of all ages We will be okay Love Foxy
1917 Ten suffragists are arrested while picketing the White House
1939 Journalist Clare Hollingworth observes "large numbers of troops, literally hundreds of tanks, armored cars, and field guns" Germany has aligned along the Polish border. Three days later, Hitler invades Poland and WWII begins.
1955 Chicago Black teenager Emmett Till is kidnapped, beaten, and shot dead by white men in Money, Mississippi; his killers are eventually acquitted, but the case helps ignite the US civil rights movement
1963 Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom civil rights march at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. 1970 "I'll Be There" single by The Jackson 5 is released
1973 "Smoke on the Water" single by British rock band Deep Purple goes gold
1990 F5 strength tornado hits Plainfield, Illinois, killing 29 and injuring
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2018 Aretha Franklin lies in state at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit in a 24-karat gold coffin
2025 Amtrak launches its NextGen Acela trainsets for servicing the US
Northeast Corridor; premium high-speed trains between Washington, D.C. and Boston are capable of speeds up to 160 MPH
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Leg Spinner🏏 @judeet44.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
3 women a week are killed by men in the UK. Some men are convicted, some are awaiting conviction, some will never be convicted or even identified or caught. As Jess Phillips said, imagine if 3 people a week were killed at football matches. Something would be done about it then wouldn't it?
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Amateur Renaissance Man @amrenaissanceman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Apropos, huh.
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CityofTrees2 @cityoftrees.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This sweet little boy is not a criminal,neither is his father. The criminals now are in the trump regime.💔
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C. Scott Smith @cscottsmith.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Communism!!!! How dare he create affordable housing when the city could have had a nice new data center!!!!!
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Barbara Rogoff @brogoff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Clown car
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