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Neil Wain

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Dad. Husband. Cycling. Walking. Engineering steel by any means. Equality & kindness is everything. 326.77 PPM 🇬🇧

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
So they're at it again 🙄 Torturing valid HMRC data to create wildly misleading headlines, designed to invoke fear and anger about immigrants. Same old, same old... (and you'll see just how old shortly!) 🧵1/28
Daily Mail Front Page headline:

4 out of 5 new jobs went to foreigners in the past decade. 

Monk debunks Stamp over the headlne
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 22/09/2026
⚖️ NEW ⚖️ The latest High Court judge appointees are all white, and nine out of ten are men – no wonder the legal system fails to deliver justice: goodlaw.social/ac7w
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The new High Court judges: 90% male, 100% white | Good Law Project
The latest High Court judge appointees are all white, and nine out of ten are men – no wonder the legal system fails to deliver justice
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Stop calling it a climate problem. Call it what it is: organized greed. The planet isn’t dying. It’s being killed for profit. The killers have names. And boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide
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WEFAIL @wefail.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Portrait of Trump
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15/09/2026
Unless governments act now, we’ll face much worse. My piece in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan
Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In the 25 years since 9/11, the United States has spent $8 trillion+ on wars that have taken millions of lives in the name of fighting "terror." Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds here on climate, health care, housing, and education?
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Philosophy Quotes @philosophors.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
“And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.” — Khaled Hosseini
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Philosophy Quotes @philosophors.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.” — George Orwell
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 23/08/2026
I've heard thousands of climate denial arguments over the last few decades. But do you know they all fall into one of 5 categories? 1. It's not real 2. It's not us 3. It's not bad 4. We can't fix it 5. You can't trust the info/experts Source: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A classification tree showing the breakdown of climate denial arguments.
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Killed Women @killedwomennw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
'The UK’s first nationwide anonymous domestic abuse survey has launched in a bid to uncover the true scale of abuse hidden from official figures.' www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news... You can take part in The Real Count survey via their website: therealcount.org/pilot-page
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Hidden domestic abuse victims given anonymous voice in groundbreaking UK survey
The nationwide survey aims to uncover domestic abuse missing from official figures, giving survivors a way to share their experiences anonymously without reporting to officials
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
UK climate breakdown ‘coming faster and harder’ says economist
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UK climate breakdown ‘coming faster and harder’ says economist
We spoke to the economist Professor Matthew Agarwala, who's the chair of sustainable finance at the University of Sussex Bennett Institute, and asked him what advice he would give to Prime Minister An...
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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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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 10/08/2026
The Nino 3.4 sea surface temperature (preliminary) is at 29.65°C, as of August 9th, the 72nd consecutive record daily high, on its way to crushing the previous record high of 29.82°C, set November 17th, 2015. The Nino 3.4 anomaly currently sits at 2.77°C above the 1991-2020 average.
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Yellow Dot Studios @yellowdotstudios.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"There is one type of rare, gargantuan, towering lie that makes all the other mass lies throughout human history seem like frightened, scurrying, little adorable fibs. This massive lie can best be summed up as 'when it comes to climate change... we have more time.'" - @ghostpanther.bsky.social
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The Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing The World’s Climate
Thinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat...
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
When I was a kid we were taught that emissions were warming up the atmosphere, increasing the probability of things like wild fires, even in chilly old Britain. We drew pictures. We wrote to MPs. This was my neighbourhood yesterday My anger at the deniers, obstructionists & shills knows no bounds
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 06/08/2026
It’s easy to underestimate how much the world can change within a lifetime. Considering how dramatically the world has changed can help us see how different it could be in a few years or decades. Read more in the article by @maxroser.bsky.social: ourworldindata.org/technology-l...
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
£18.5 billion - the cost of free social care for everyone paid through taxation £30-50 billion - annual lost tax revenue from reduced trade with the EU because of Brexit Rejoin the EU to fund social care 🇪🇺🇬🇧 😃
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 26/07/2026
My thoughts are with everyone affected by the horrific attack in Berlin and their families. This appalling act of violence has no place in our society. London stands in solidarity with Berlin’s LGBTQ+ community. This is why Pride matters. Those who seek to spread hatred and division will never win.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 29/06/2026
This is the future Big Oil built for us. Fossil fuel companies knew decades ago that their products would drive increasingly severe and frequent heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires, but lied to protect their own profits at the expense of public health and safety. The public deserves accountability.
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Dangerous, record-smashing heat wave to scorch millions
A prolonged, dangerous heat wave will intensify across most of the central to eastern U.S. this week, the National Weather Service said.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/05/2026
Let it be clear: you are wanted here.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Of course, the fact we call it "inequality" is itself a smokescreen. This is the result of wage theft and exploitation on a global industrial scale.
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading
One of our woodland paths
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
New poll just dropped! The only poll that matters is tomorrow. Please vote and if you can - get involved with your local campaign! Some of these seats are going to come to a handful of votes. Replace Labour. Stop Reform. Vote Green. 💚
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Feargal Sharkey, "Water companies... The fines don't work, it's time we actually started upholding the law, and sending some of these executives and directors to jail"
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 05/05/2026
Carbon dioxide averaged nearly 431 ppm in April 2026 (new record high) 10 years ago April averaged about 408 ppm. Preliminary data from gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/... This is really concerning, and it isn’t going away. The longer we wait, the worse the impacts get and the harder they are to address.
Red line graph time series of monthly carbon dioxide abundance from January 1959 through April 2026. There is a seasonal cycle and long-term increasing trend. Current levels of CO2 are at 431 ppm. This is the Keeling Curve graph. A line for CO2 10 years ago is also annotated.
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
So there you go, my first proper lotsanumbers racist. Bluesky is evolving into twitter.
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I can‘t figure out why, but I have never seen news stories about how oil rigs hurt whales. Only wind farms do that. And only solar panels have a recycling problem. Gas stations are fine.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
He's not your representative. He represents the oligarchs. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Revealed: Nigel Farage was given undisclosed £5m by crypto billionaire in 2024
Reform leader changed his mind about standing as MP after gift from Thai-based crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 05/05/2026
Nigel Farage takes his orders from Donald Trump and cash from Elon Musk. It’s time to cut the strings on foreign interference in our politics.
A political graphic showing Donald Trump holding a marionette puppet of Nigel Farage, controlling it with strings. Above them, bold text reads: “Who’s really pulling the strings, Nigel?”
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 04/05/2026
This should be illegal. 60% of Wes Streeting's donations come from people and companies linked to private healthcare, according to @goodlawproject.org research. Our NHS should be protected from these private interests - not left defenceless against them. End privatisation in our NHS.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 24/04/2026
Oil wars serve to make billionaires and their buddies even richer while we pay the price. Your food and energy bills shouldn’t depend on geopolitics. REMEMBER: Oil markets react to conflict and speculation. Wind turbines react to wind as solar panels react to sunlight.
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
What if the whole country saw the full picture? This is a national emergency. The impacts are already here. But the solutions exist. Communities are watching the People’s Emergency Briefing and discussing what to do next with neighbours and MPs #EarthDay Screenings www.nebriefing.org/screening-map
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
If you're sick of water companies being allowed to pump s**t into our rivers with no accountability: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public sh...
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WEFAIL @wefail.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Evil
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WEFAIL @wefail.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
We already knew Richard Tice aggressively avoided tax. Now we’re told his company just plain failed to pay tax that was legally due. For someone supposedly in public service he goes to extreme lengths to avoid paying his fair share towards public services www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 10/04/2026
Now more than ever, we urgently need to switch to renewables. This is about more than saving the planet; it's about peace and stability - renewables are cheaper and provide greater energy security.
 We urgently need to switch to renewables.
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WHO @who.int · 07/04/2026
Science shows what is possible. From breakthrough medicines and clean air to life-saving vaccines and new discoveries — science works for all of us, every day. This #WorldHealthDay, let's come together and #StandWithScience. 💙
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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
It cycles because working class history isn’t taught. Most of us know about the fucking Tudors but aren't told about Britain inventing the camps in the Boer War, nor the Battle of Lewisham. We’re told what to remember and groomed to be the reverent divided minions of poshos. Fuck that.
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Larry & Paul @larryandpaul.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
#BrokenNews
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/03/2026
Please enjoy this message from the Norwegian consumer protection council www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...
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A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Extraordinary that in these fractious & divided times, so many of us can unite around the single, simple fact that Matthew Goodwin is an irredeemable twat.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I'm old enough to remember when people were saying we were being "alarmist" about Project 2025 in the US. Britain is sleepwalking into an ultra-violent, white supremacist, technofeudalist necrostate, and no one in a position of power appears to have a problem with that fact.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Loved speaking to the brilliant @faizashaheen.bsky.social about all things tax, inequality and our communities. Check out our conversation on @boldpolitics.bsky.social youtu.be/Wl5U_MyTfZY?...
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Why The Rich Get Richer | Faiza Shaheen | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Fighting age man flees his homeland to seek asylum on overcrowded island.
Far-right thug Tommy
Robinson flees UK after police
warning over terror threat
Far-right thug Tommy Robinson took to social
media this evening to proclaim himself a 'priority
target' for ISIS, adding he had fled the UK after
receiving a call from Bedfordshire Police
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 12/02/2026
“Jim Ratcliffe’s comments were outrageous. They are offensive and they were deeply wrong. We do have a problem in our country, and that problem is inequality. It’s not immigration.” Ellie Chowns on #BBCQT, rejecting attempts to blame migrants for country's problems.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Elliot Stanley... founder of Raise the Colours
Eliott Stanley is a former director of Sex Doll
Official, which sold and rented out sex dolls. [18]
Stanley ran the company with his wife and
teenage son from their home in Bromsgrove, but
it failed during the COVID-19 pandemic.[19[17]
According to Birmingham World, the company
provided "the industry's first rental service and
[its] long list of customers included bereaved
men who wanted a replica of their late
partners".20] According to The i Paper, Stanley
"currently runs a tanning business".[18]
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Ned Boulting @nedboulting.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Jim Ratcliffe is a prick. I always thought he was. He has done nothing to suggest that he is not a prick. I loathe Jim Ratcliffe and as a result I find it very hard to get behind his cycling team. He was a prick before he got into cycling. He’s always been a prick. I hope that clears things up.
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