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Nettlecake

@nettlecake.bsky.social
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Lover of nature, trees, animals, friends, food and laughter. Green. Political. Arty and techy in equal measure. Ex-teacher.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15h
NEWS: New York City just recorded the fewest shootings, shooting victims, and murders in recorded history through the first nine months of the year. Major crime is down 6.6% citywide, the largest year-to-date drop in 17 years, with declines in all five boroughs. 1/
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 1h
FT exclusive: UK tax authorities probed Manchester City in 2018 over whether it used complex arrangements to underpay tax, nearly a decade before the club was found to have breached the Premier League’s financial rules. www.ft.com/content/796e...
ft.com
HMRC opened probe into Man City’s tax affairs in 2018
Investigation into whether English football club was underpaying tax began after its internal emails were leaked
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 23h
Maybe they thought islanders supported their attacks on RNLI "I'm not quite sure what the residents of the Isle of Wight have done to upset the #flagshaggers & #NonceBonnets in Southampton but they all turned out at the ferry terminal asking for them to be sent back yesterday" via Fibbymcfibface
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'Newcastle City Council has confirmed plans to light up the Tyne Bridge and the Civic Centre to support Show Racism the Red Card, after two Reform-led neighbours pulled their backing for the charity' www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
chroniclelive.co.uk
Landmarks to be lit up for Show Racism the Red Card after Reform pulls support
Newcastle City Council has confirmed plans to light up the Tyne Bridge and the Civic Centre to support Show Racism the Red Card, after two Reform-led neighbours pulled their backing for the charity
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 22h
Scandal unfolding in Germany: Police has arrested the former head of the BND, Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, August Hanning, on suspicion of espionage. Hanning was the agency's chief from 1998 to 2005. www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
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(S+) August Hanning: Ex-BND-Chef verhaftet – Verdacht auf Landesverräterische Ausspähung
Nach Informationen von SPIEGEL und SPIEGEL TV haben Fahnder den ehemaligen BND-Präsidenten August Hanning festgenommen. Der frühere Spitzenbeamte soll jahrelang privat Geheiminformationen von seinem a...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22h
The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 05/10/2026
Standing up to the balaclava nonces. Inspiring.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Spindle leaf palette in October, complete with Barbie pinks:
Spindle, Euonymous europeaus leaves in autumn, arranged on a wooden table and with a hand written label
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Jaz @jazzycatbristol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Artist calls in lawyers after Tories use his Burnham portrait without consent
Stanley Chow’s cartoon was put on water bottles at party conference with the slogan ‘Bottler Burnham’
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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 23h
Brits want to tax private jets, polls suggest.
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Low private jet tax 'fuels climate crisis, inequality'
Andy Burnham, the prime minister and leader of the Labour Party, wants cheap, popular policies. Well, only seven per cent of voters support the current low tax on private jet fuel.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you just substitute the words 'working age' for 'fighting age', suddenly the arrival of youngish men and women doesn't sound threatening. Rather, it sounds like exactly what we need for an ageing population.
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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
From the depths of my weary soul, we won't tackle the climate crisis if we accept that there are sacrifice zones and 'inconvenient' human populations that we can ignore, allow to be exiled or eliminated.
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Beach Buoy @12bbytheseaside.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
5 OCTOBER.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Lula (president of Brazil) “asked the court to investigate possible support from the Rockbridge Network, a [Peter Thiel-backed] conservative U.S. donor network co-founded by…JD Vance. It said a political organizer tied to the group works at Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign headquarters...” 10/4/26 …1/
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Lula seeks probe into possible US election interference
Lula’s coalition asked Brazil’s top electoral court to investigate actions benefiting Flávio Bolsonaro, while the Workers’ Party sought a Federal Police inquiry from the Supreme Court.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion has passed at Green Party conference. While there are many parts of the motion I can agree with, there are some that I could not, so I did not vote for it. Here is a joint statement from the Green Party leadership team and all of us Green MPs:
Joint statement: 

As Greens, we will always uphold universal human rights.
We will never tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment.
We will continue to stand in opposition to genocide, ethnic cleansing, apartheid and the illegal occupation.
We will continue to call out the heinous crimes of the Netanyahu government.
And we will continue to work to ensure that the Green Party is an anti-racist party in every way. 
We know there is no conflict between supporting the rights of Palestinians and the rights of Jewish people.

Zack Polanski
Rachel Milward
Mothin Ali
Siân Berry MP
Ellie Chowns MP
Carla Denyer MP
Adrian Ramsay MP
Hannah Spencer MP
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What does it mean to be a member-led party when the Greens have 230,000 members but only 1835 voted on the Zionism Is Racism motion? Doesn't seem like you can claim the result as the iron-clad democratic will of the membership while dismissing the concerns of actual democratically elected MPs
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Amazing to be out on the doorsteps of Holborn & St Pancras for our final Sunday! Speaking to voters today about rent controls, Thames water nationalisation and keeping oil & gas in the ground. Just 4 days until people vote on Thursday! Join us: linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
Arianne, Zack and Ross with lots of green party members and volunteersHuge crowd of green party members and volunteers
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There is no politician in America delivering more for his constituents than Mamdani. Small and large actions, he is showing people that Government can work for them, if the politician is committed enough. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy youtube.com/shorts/szxH7...
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Mamdani turns vacant storefront into jobs center, connecting NYers with public service opportunities
YouTube video by 1010 WINS
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 04/10/2026
End the genocide. Drop the charges. De-proscribe Palestine Action.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brazilian intelligence says it confirmed interference from both the US and Russia ahead of Sunday’s presidential election, rated the risk of US influence on the vote “critical.” Brazil is now investigating foreign interference.
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Brazil votes as intelligence agency finds US and Russian interference; US backs the right wing
In the final week before Brazil votes, the US government put money behind opponents of the Supreme Court, closed its consulates over a threat Brazilian police could not find and was reported to have t...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 04/10/2026
Two dead in flooding in Spain's Catalonia region reut.rs/4hZzTaC
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Two dead in flooding in Spain's Catalonia region
Two people have died and another was missing after heavy rains and flooding in Spain's Catalonia region, ​authorities said on Sunday.
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s Korvapuustipäivä in Finland and Kanelsbullens Dag in Sweden, which is to say Cinnamon Bun Day! I happen to have a recipe for Swedish Cinnamon Buns, so of course it has to be #RecipeOfTheDay www.nigella.com/recipes/swed...
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Swedish Cinnamon Buns
Swedish Cinnamon Buns are not radically different from other cinnamon buns (and do see my Norwegian Cinnamon Buns), but they do diverge in one fundamental way: rather than having the fluffiness of, sa...
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Fonsi Loaiza @fonsiloaizap.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hoy, la ciudad de Bilbao está completamente inundada. Mientras, la multinacional Glovo sigue explotando a sus trabajadores, y clientes miserables siguen pidiendo comida en plenas inundaciones.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 03/10/2026
This morning, Natalie Bennett joined NGOs and Green volunteers on Brighton beach to help clear the waste polluting our coastline. But beach clean-ups alone won't solve this crisis. Multinational corporations creating plastic pollution must be held accountable.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Eyewitness: Spain’s revolt over housing crisis grows ⭐️Protests exploded after cops forcibly evicted an 87 year old disabled woman socialistworker.co.uk/news/eyewitn...
socialistworker.co.uk
Eyewitness: Spain’s revolt over housing crisis grows
The revolt in the Spanish state against landlords and speculators is growing, despite the authorities’ attempts to contain it.
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Burnham scraps controversial Starmer plan to axe jury trials www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/polit…
independent.co.uk
Burnham scraps controversial Starmer plan to axe jury trials
The move is a U-turn on radical plans to cut thousands of jury trials across England and Wales in a bid to tackle the court backlog
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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is getting serious. Downing Street is reportedly gathering evidence on public support for rejoining the EU, as Labour considers its options for Britain's future relationship with Europe. The political taboo around reversing Brexit is disappearing.
theguardian.com
No 10 gathering evidence on public support for UK rejoining EU
Senior Downing Street officials reach out to thinktanks and pollsters as they look to test backing for reversing Brexit
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 03/10/2026
“I’m proud to announce our Youth Jobs Guarantee. Meaningful work for young people who need it. A proper job, a proper wage, proper rights at work.” Mothin Ali on our Youth Jobs Guarantee announcement at Green Party Conference.
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@Comradess Nan @socialistnan123.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This💯🎯
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
By Suella Braverman's definition of Englishness as being "a lineage, an ancestry, a connection to the heritage of this country which dates back a few generations," I'm no longer English. So where shall I go and live when Reform comes knocking?
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Zack Polanski praises the RNLI volunteers 👏 "From The Green Party, we want to say to the RNLI, you are the very best of us, thank you"
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 03/10/2026
'A powerful buffer': How solar saved the EU €37.4 billion since the war on Iran began
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Solar has saved the EU €37.4 billion since the war on Iran began
Europe's solar boom is cushioning households from the crippling costs of gas, as the war on Iran continues to highlight the dangers of fossil fuel reliance.
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🏳️‍🌈 🍉 Chuck Hamilton (he/him/his) 🏴‍☠️ @natty4bumpo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.euronews.com/2026/10/02/n...
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New severe weather alert issued for Crete as heavy rain recorded
Disruption caused by the recent bout of severe weather continues, with authorities warning that further problems may arise as conditions remain unsettled. #EuropeNews
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Cllr Nick Hartley - Green Party @nickhartleygreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Doorknocking in what was thought to be solid Labour territory around King’s Cross station, and it’s clear @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s message is cutting through. Green campaigners have been working hard and residents are asking: what’s the point of another Labour MP? Exactly! Vote Green.
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have said before and will again: any electoral reform commission must NOT rule out a change of system BEFORE the next election if needed. We cannot risk a minority vote handing a huge majority to any party that would take a shredder to democracy itself.
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Dementia Community @dementiacommunity.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📢 Latest News! 👉 Alzheimer’s Society and @@thekingsfund.bsky.social call for ‘cancer style’ revolution for dementia buff.ly/r4PMGfg 👉Researchers in Bristol discover potential Alzheimer’s gene therapy buff.ly/jDY2HUd #news #dementia
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer. She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide. The least we can do is to listen.
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Richard Burgon MP @richardburgon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My solidarity with everyone joining the protests this week to kick Palantir out of our NHS. As I said in Parliament recently: from serious concerns over its handling of patient data to its human rights record, this US tech giant should have no role in our NHS.
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Steve Cornforth @stevecornforth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a huge shadow over Burnham's effort to make #Labour look reasonable. Mass arrests for wearing T Shirts and carrying placards... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
More than 50 Palestine Action support rally protesters arrested
More than 250 protesters sat outside Labour's party conference in Liverpool to support the banned group.
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WildDartmoor @tonydartmoor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"For now, though, let us allow ourselves a small celebration of an ordinary summer." Ordinary summer? Well done Mel Stride MP for writing this whole article without once mentioning climate. www.themoorlander.co.uk/opinion/a-qu...
themoorlander.co.uk
A quiet summer on Dartmoor worth celebrating
After one of the driest summers on record, Dartmoor escaped a major wildfire – a quiet success worth recognising and not taking for granted
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Time and time again when I'm knocking on doors people tell me they've still got their kids living at home with them. The extreme cost of housing is putting lives on hold across this country. We need an emergency brake on rents. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Zack Polanski to call for three-year cap on private rent rises
In his speech to his party's conference, the Green leader will frame housing as a key issue of generational fairness.
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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 02/10/2026
Chili
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@greenparty.org.uk "Environmental campaigners and Zack Polanski have both separately written to Andy Burnham and the foreign secretary to raise concerns about Rosebank's links to an Israeli company, Delek Group." Vote Green on October 8th and help Stop Rosebank. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Burnham warned Rosebank oil field could breach West Bank sanctions
Campaigners and Green Party leader Zack Polanski raise concerns about Rosebank's ties to an Israeli firm.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
if true this is bonkers for a party supposedly committed to defending free speech
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My father had fire in his eyes, and watching the flame extinguished as I held him will hurt until my last breath. Ten years later I can still feel his hand Everything I do is because of his guidance. He is with me now in our woodland
One of our oaks
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Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Looking forward to talking with members about my work on animal protection in Parliament. If you're in Brighton on Sunday, please do come along.
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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I will try to follow your lead 😊
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026
The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.
techcrunch.com
Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s a 9️⃣.5️⃣ from the #WorldBollardAssociation
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