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Volewica

@nigel-purchase.bsky.social
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Lapsed neo-liberal, economist, former fund manager, fantasy & SF author, loves Ancient Greek, indifferent clarinettist & sax player. #Xitter exile. Deeply worried about #ClimateChange. Mastodon: mstdn.social/@Nigel_Purchase **No** DMs, please

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Larry @larrymilly.bsky.social · 14h
Yes!!! They need your support to pass things so they should negotiate constructively with you
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 17h
Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to tax gas? Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to build public housing? Why doesn't Labor work with the Greens to end AUKUS? Greens are happy to be constructive about things that materially benefit the public. We are not a rubber stamp.
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whattheactualf.bsky.social @whattheactualf.bsky.social · 19h
😂😂😂👇🏼
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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 14h
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 18h
Trump continues blaming Ukraine for the global fuel crisis, despite the US-Israeli war against Iran being a the main driver of the energy crisis. Trump explicitly claimed, “This isn’t done by the Middle East,” instead blaming Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19h
MAGA says they only want judges born in the US. Fine. Start with Trump’s BFF, Aileen Cannon, who was born in Cali, Colombia. Let’s see how long that rule lasts.
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Volewica @nigel-purchase.bsky.social · 14h
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza
Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 30/09/2026
Breaking News! The preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly for Sept. 29th came in at 3.18°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. This marks yet another record all-time high and the 123rd consecutive record daily high at 1.1°C above the previous daily record set in 1997.
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Louisianastan.bsky.social @louisianastan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When I worked with Greenpeace decades ago warning influencer grandparents cops beat the shit out of us back then too.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 23h
People die unnecessarily because of this Corrupt Supreme Court!
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Volewica @nigel-purchase.bsky.social · 14h
insidestory.org.au/the-age-of-h...
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The age of Hobsbawm • Inside Story
The Alexandria-born British historian, raised in prewar Vienna and Berlin, straddled the decades like a colossus
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The Lever @levernews.com · 30/09/2026
North Carolina just secured a historic $590 million settlement over PFAS pollution. But Chemours is still making forever chemicals. And when regulators clamp down, the pollution doesn’t just vanish - it gets moved somewhere else.
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ArnFinnArneson @arnfinnarnesson.bsky.social · 15h
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Minerva47874627.bsky.social @minerva47874627.bsky.social · 15h
This👇.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h
25th Amendment? We can’t even get network news to air it or even mention it. It’s a massive national media coverup to hide the fact the we have an addled president.
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 15h
Note to Andy Burnham - any referendum on EU membership will not only suffer foreign and self-interested billionaire disruption but also be turned into a referendum on how much people can be made to hate immigrants/yourself/the poor/greenies, etc. Just do it #RejoinEU #NoFuckingReferendumNeeded
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Volewica @nigel-purchase.bsky.social · 15h
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The green light for the largest coalmine in NSW history is shocking proof that our governance systems are betraying Australians | Georgina Woods
There is no greater treachery than this failure to face up to the climate crisis. How can we now fend off despair?
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DevinCow @devincow.bsky.social · 20h
Lost my best girl tonight. Please give yours an extra snuggle for us 💔
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Another fossil fuel con job. Any savings on the front end get eaten up and spat out by excess costs of fuel, which go to — oh, right — Trump’s big corrupt fossil fuel donors. Fuel economy standards have saved drivers hundreds of billions of dollars. www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
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Trump says new fuel economy rules will cut car prices. Analysts are doubtful.
In rolling back fuel efficiency standards, the administration said the average new vehicle price in 2031 should be reduced by $1,300.
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Ben Barclay @benbarclay.bsky.social · 16h
The last five years of glacier loss in the Alps are a good example of a step-change in the impacts of climate change. Although we know the underlying trend, it’s hard to predict, but when it happens it very visibly changes our natural environment in just a few years.
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Hal @heyfriend-1.bsky.social · 15h
#ClimateEmergency. ”You are running out of time get off the f****** coastline, your family's will not be saved, your properties will be worthless, run run as fast as you can you're all gonna f****** die if you do nothing. . @everyone” www.facebook.com/share/r/1Bx2...
I”You are running out of time get off the f****** coastline, your family's will not be saved, your properties will be worthless, run run as fast as you can you're all gonna f****** die if you do noyhing.
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https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Bx2owK7Aa/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The evidence mounts that Trump picked Hegseth because he knew he was mentally disturbed enough to order American troops to fire on American citizens.
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lightrays.bsky.social @lightrays.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Our founders grew up in the Age of Enlightenment. The Dark Ages were recent history, the Inquisition, the murderous Crusades, then the Salem Witch Trials in our own continent. No surprise that they decided that religion should be given freedom, but not the power of government. So:
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lightrays.bsky.social @lightrays.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In the FIRST Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;”
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lightrays.bsky.social @lightrays.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In Article Six of the US Constitution: : “...no religious Test shall ever be Required as a Qualification To any Office or public Trust under the United States.” Note the words “no,” and “ever,” and “any.” No ambiguity there. And:
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 20h
Trump: "We have now, I think, under construction probably 97 car plants. For 48 years we had none." The fact of the matter is, there have been 17 new car assembly plants built in the USA over the last 40 years. Trump is an uneducated, clueless man; facts are meaningless to him. 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
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Roblee14 @vegasdude83.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's insane that we would allow someone who orchestrated a coup to stay in office last time to run for president again knowing full well the only way he leaves peacefully next time is in a coffin
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Mercy For Animals @mercyforanimals.org · 30/09/2026
Chickens raised for #Costco are bred to grow unnaturally large and fast, leaving many struggling to walk or even stand. Alicia Silverstone is helping expose the heartbreaking reality for chickens uncovered by our investigation. Take action: CostcoExposed.com
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Mercy For Animals (@mercyforanimals) on Threads
Chickens raised for #Costco are bred to grow unnaturally large and fast, leaving many struggling to walk or even stand. @aliciasilverstone is helping expose the heartbreaking reality for chickens unc...
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Ellenⓥ🌱☮︎ @ennievegan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A report in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that eating even small amounts of eggs daily significantly raised the risk for both cardiovascular disease and premature death from all causes in nearly 30,000 participants." www.pcrm.org/news/blog/ne...
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Volewica @nigel-purchase.bsky.social · 21h
To all my new followers, Bluesky has a (temporary?) glitch which won't allow me to follow back. I'll do it when I can.
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Bluesky has a glitch where it won't allow me to 'follow back'. So all you new followers (welcome!), I'll follow back when I can.
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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Many people still blame the dinosaur extinction on an asteroid. Poppycock!
Two dinosaurs balanced on a little bit of remaining land in a huge flood, the ark is sailing away full of animals, one dinosaur saying to the other "oh crap! Was that today?
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Spooky Slot Canyon is an extremely narrow, shadowy, and winding sandstone slot canyon located within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Kane County, Utah
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Democracy USA @oilgaschemicals.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hey Texans ... How many homes do you own? Paxton...has 15 Talarico.... Has 1.. Vote Talarico...
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
James Talarico walks out to a standing ovation from 50,000 Texans at the State Fair Classic.
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 30/09/2026
Does the EU want Britain back? Yes, @sandrogozi.bsky.social tells Andrew Marr.
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GaⓋen Kind. 🌱 🌱 🌱 @gavenkind.bsky.social · 21h
And to be abundantly clear, this isn’t unique to Canada. Pretty much every country on the planet has its own set of torture and killing methods. Don’t be fooled…they’re all anything BUT humane!
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Beth Humphreys 🌺 @producrgrl.bsky.social · 21h
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h
Will it actually make any difference if Democrats take control of Congress after the midterms? Historian and expert on authoritarianism Timothy Snyder shares his thoughts.
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Dump Drumpf the pedo rapist, racist. @minnlion.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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💙💛 J. Larriand 🫘🇺🇦🌻 Stand With Ukraine 🌍 @larriandj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Secretary of Balloon Doggies @secballoondogs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Jesus fucking Christ. Have they run out of people to hate, so they’re going after the furries now?
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Window through water and time-sculpted limestone caves to an Irish rainforest beyond.
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Rachel Armes-McLaughlin @mother-poet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
even this - maybe especially - is reprieve an evening vesper a moment of peace before the despair of a darkest night #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt #night #vss365 #reprieve #bloomscrolling #photography
Dahlias I saw yesterday
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Seriously #SickOfIt 😡
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Imagine the front page outrage if 7 gay men drugged and raped a straight man for 7 hours. I expect the victim in that case would be believed without question. #Cornell7 #CornellUniversity #sexism #misogyny #VAW
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Michaël Zemmour @michaelzemmour.cpesr.fr · 29/09/2026
La répression violente du mouvement lycéen est indigne, dangereuse et doit cesser. C'est irresponsable de prendre le risque de blesser des mineurs pour lever un blocage. Les lycées bloqués ne feront jamais perdre aux jeunes autant d'heure de cours que les classes sans profs qu'ils dénoncent.
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