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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Report about @london.gov.uk allowing a Harry Potter light display in Oxford Circus, when the proceeds of it are being used to inflict serious harm on trans people including children.
attitude.co.uk
Thousands sign petition urging Sadiq Khan to block Harry Potter Christmas lights in London
Backed by the Good Law Project, the petition calls on the Mayor of London to stop the Oxford Street display from going ahead.
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
To everyone in the trans+ community: your existence is not something to be debated. These words come from cis women who simply want you to know that your lives matter, and that you deserve joy, safety, dignity and belonging. Love is a doing word. All our love, NION women 💜
I am so sorry that life is so tough right now.
Sadly it seems that the world has become filled with hate and division. People who have never had the wonderful opportunity to meet you or any of your trans siblings are only hearing from the noisy, hateful ones.
I want you to hear from some of the other people on this planet who don't use social media to shout and spread hate.
#WithTheTDear beautiful you...please know that in this crazy world there are folk who cheer you, love you and embrace you.
Hold tight to who you are, and know that you are beautiful, are worthy, and are seen and heard. May the winds of time bring quietitide to your world and fan the wings of peace so that you can keep being you... beautiful! Xx
#WithTheTThank you for enriching our world and teaching us that there are many ways to be fully human. I'm sorry you have to endure the misunderstanding & mistreatment of those who can only imagine life in narrow lines of conformity. I remember, not so long ago, those of us who knew we were lesbians were afraid to say it, watching in silence and fear as we were punished for our difference.
I promise you, these times will pass. The LGB community survived - we are here and proud.
For the T community suffering right now - you already belong with us, and I know that broader acceptance will follow. Until then, please know that you have our love, acceptance and support.
- MD
#WithTheTI want you to know that I support you unequivocally and you must believe me when I say that there are many many people that share this view. Put simply - YOU matter, YOU are loved and YOU are supported.
Please, if you can, turn down the volume on those negative voices and amplify those who want you to hear messages of love and support. YOU are enough. YOU are valid.
YOU matter!
Best wishes,
Jacqui
#WithTheT
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If the Greens has lost Holborn & St Pancras by one vote, the media would have called it a “crushing defeat”. The media is not neutral in its reporting, it is consistently and deliberately trying to destroy the Green Party because we are a threat to their power.
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Analysis: How close was the Holborn and St Pancras by-election?
Labour’s victory was not the ‘crushing defeat’ for the Greens that the media is making it out to be
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Though, cards on the table, in my ideal world we would have shifted those interceptor stocks and then told Ukraine to absolutely keep blowing the crap out of Russian oil infrastructure until every last Russian soldier was either off Ukrainian soil or buried in it.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This summer: Thousands of deaths from extreme weather. This weekend in the media: What's the point of the Green Party? This morning from the Labour party 👇
Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending
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God @thegodshow.com · 10/10/2026
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Nagasadri @nagasadri.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Cisformers ! No more than meets the eyes 🎶
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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If Sadiq Khan is a trans ally, why is he allowing JK Rowling’s Harry Potter to take over the Christmas lights in Oxford Circus? Email him now and ask him to pull the plug on transphobia. goodlaw.social/e1ae3f
goodlaw.social
Sadiq Khan: Pull the plug on transphobia
Tell the mayor of London to switch off JK Rowling’s Christmas lights
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
One of the lessons of Athens must be that democracies can inflict atrocities just as well as autocracies. Our democracy does not make us moral; we must make moral our democracy.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You won’t see this graph in mainstream media. Change in vote share in Holborn & St Pancras. Only one party increased its vote share…
Lab - 4
GRN + 22
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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 09/10/2026
Text is a quote from Blindboy Boatclub: Things that were once accessed collectively and affordably are now being run privately for profit. Some billionaire has set up a toll booth between your taxes and that public service. Billionaires are stealing your taxes and using the money to fund far-right influencers who tell you that immigrants are stealing your taxes.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We're into the final 100 hours of the campaign for Holborn & St Pancras! Every leaflet & conversation can make the difference between Greens narrowly missing out or electing our 6th Green MP. Any time before Thurs you can help can make the difference. linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Flying is officially on course to account for *almost all* the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Heathrow expansion alone would cause more carbon emissions by 2054 than *any other sector of the economy*. So why is it being contemplated? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
New blog: Leaving the UK with a heavy heart. growinguptransgender.com/2026/10/02/l...
growinguptransgender.com
Leaving the UK with a heavy heart
Today, as a family, we have booked our flights and our one-way ticket out of the UK. This has not felt like a choice. This feels like fleeing to protect ourselves. For the past 7 years we have look…
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Labour are planning to extract more oil and gas from the North Sea despite the thousands of deaths from excess heat this summer. We cannot allow them to win in Holborn & St Pancras and think that they can get away with this. Vote Green. For our communities and our planet.
Labour are planning to extract more oil and gas from the North Sea despite the thousands of deaths from excess heat this summer.

We cannot allow them to win in Holborn & St Pancras and think that they can get away with this.

Vote Green. For our communities and our planet.
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unloveable stupid bad woman ⚧️Ⓐ‍☭ @trannyflora.myatproto.social · 24/09/2026
"parents know whats best for their kids"
US measles cases in 2026
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 22/09/2026
“While the great recession of 2008 resulted in global GDP reducing by around $2tn, the 1997–98 super El Niño resulted in losses of $5.7tn.” That El Niño has already been surpassed by the current one. - @profbillmcguire.bsky.social via @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak
‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 17/09/2026
6/ The sole appropriate response is to restore the services at once, launch disciplinary investigations against those responsible, and then have the committee members resign in shame.
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Matt Weiner @mattweiner19.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Beckstead/Musk line that poor people can just die because they aren't going to contribute to the far future, if not stopped, will most likely mean that in the far future we still have a huge majority of people suffering for the luxury of a privileged elite. Maybe with the same rationalizations.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Remember the deal was: you give up collective bargaining and provisions to protect you in unemployment or ill health, and you gain cheap goods, social mobility and a house? And now nothing works, everything is expensive, the public realm is visibly degraded and about ten guys own the whole world.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/09/2026
A lot of people really have no idea what's coming with the energy crisis in the coming months. A lot of the crisis from the start of the war were postponed but those tricks can no longer work. We're about to see the worst energy crisis in 50 years.
Screenshot of an X post by The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) reporting breaking news about Saudi oil exports.
The post reads:
"BREAKING: Saudi Arabia has informed its European customers that late-September crude oil cargoes will be cancelled, due to the East-West pipeline being shut after last week's attacks and Yemen's Houthis taking over the entire Red Sea coast, per three sources to Reuters.
Yanbu had five to seven days of crude stocks left for export when the East-West line went down, per industry sources on Saturday, and cancelling late-September cargoes means Riyadh does not expect the line back before they run out. Europe has been taking Saudi crude through Yanbu because Hormuz has been closed since spring. On top of the pipeline, the Houthis appear to have struck the YASREF refinery at that same port this morning."
The post is dated 10:20 AM · Sep 15, 2026, with 155.9K views.
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She Guevara @sheg7.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Roses are red Violets are blue The singular "they" predates the singular "you"
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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Seattle and Tacoma! THE PRINCE is on September 10-27 at Dukesbay Theatre! The show is already getting great reviews. Screaming Butterflies Theatre are doing an awesome job! Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-prince...
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The Prince by Abigail Thorn
Have you ever been trapped, playing a role that doesn't suit you? Jen and Sam are also trapped … in a multiverse of Shakespeare's works.
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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Why do BBC headlines always seem to be "What Reform says about what's happening", not "What is actually happening"?!
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Protester: “He’s just everything that is wrong in this kind of society, and he’s here. It’s just not right. I don’t know why we welcomed him here… We are a peaceful nation and he’s coming over here with blood on his hands from all the wars he’s doing.” 📍Ireland
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 12/09/2026
You’ve got priests, pensioners and disabled people who’ve been arrested for terrorism charges for peaceful protest, while the national public broadcaster is glazing a uniformed paramilitary for launching a campaign of attacks on infrastructure. Forgive me for seeing a scale and a thumb.
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I don't care about fairness in sports nearly as much as I care about fairness in bodily autonomy.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
When you're constantly just trying to keep the lights on and put food on the table, you don't have the time or energy to fight the system. Keeping people hanging on by a thread isn't a policy failure; it's how they keep us too tired to push back.
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Messing up the environment messes up the economy. Moving slowly on climate change isn't common sense it is a sure route to a common disaster. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
World must reject climate culture wars or face economic ruin, says UN’s Stiell
Warning by United Nations climate chief comes as EU data shows August 2026 was joint hottest month ever
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Steve (low effort Halloween name edition) 👻 @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Fried tofu in chilli garlic sauce. (I'm trying to eat less meat)
Shiny orange lumps of tofu in a sticky red-orange sauce, with a garnish of sesame seeds
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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My beauties looking for homes 💕 all available on my website www.roseschmits.com Free UK shipping, worldwide shipping available
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
*takes a bite of Pringle* *nods at waiter* "Yes, I'll have the whole tube."
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This government is still sitting on parts of a buried report laying bare catastrophic risks facing us from ecosystems collapse. My message to @andyburnham.bsky.social: tell the truth. Release the report in full. And prepare the country for what's coming. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full
Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis
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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 08/09/2026
This is what Ben Shapiro and his ilk are missing. Expanding compassionate self-love endlessly outward is the rational and logical thing to do! It feels the best and produces the best results!
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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The US has neglected their industrial infra for so long they can't even manufacture consent anymore
Aug 31, 2026 at 12:52:21 PM
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 07/09/2026
Yelling "stop the boats!" as I charge in to rob this NatWest at gun point so that I can later call the Home Secretary as a character witness and the BBC will spend two weeks telling all my potential future jurors how legitimate my concerns were.
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The phrase "children's lunch debt" cannot be sustained in a just society.
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Keri @keriqbaum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Irikaj ➡️ Home @irikajmtg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"All models are wrong, some are useful" to quote the statistician George Box
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 02/09/2026
Well, it finally happened.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/09/2026
According to a new UN report, global warming will reach at least 1.8 degrees Celsius, even in the best-case scenario. The authors warn that "there are no good outcomes above 1.5 degrees Celsius."
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It is always the same betrayal: the public interest is sacrificed for the sake of immensely wealthy people. And Andy Burnham has already gone and done it. My column on how Burnham needs to defy the ultra-rich if he's not to follow Starmer out of the door. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Andy Burnham has already made a mistake that will cost him his premiership: he lost his nerve over political donations | George Monbiot
Being subservient to the interests of the wealthy now means that his hands are tied, and he will be unable to tackle Britain’s most pressing issues, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
And still the UK gaslighting continues. Keep people furious about immigration. Keep them fighting each other. Keep them looking anywhere but up. Meanwhile, the climate is screaming. 42%: immigration 13%: climate & env Distraction. Division. Demoralisation. It works. www.ipsos.com/en-uk/immigr...
ipsos.com
Immigration remains Britain’s biggest issue as concern about climate change and the environment rises
The August 2026 Ipsos Issues Index shows that immigration continues to be seen as the biggest issue facing Britain. Forty-two per cent of Britons name immigration as an important issue facing the coun...
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Albasoup @albasoup.itch.io · 29/08/2026
Was walking past this building and through the window saw this backrooms-ass room, so I accidentally took the coolest picture ever due to the window's reflection
A backrooms-ass room with a twilight sky and trees seemingly imposed over it in a dream-like fashion (it's the reflection of the window)
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Hahaha. We need so much more of this Private Eye style ridicule when it comes to Farage. No one should be taking him seriously any more.
Wildfire in Clacton
AS temperatures soared on Friday, Essex fire authorities reported things were so bad that a man's pants had caught fire.
The individual, identified as Nigel Farage, had claimed Essex police had told him to keep away from his by-election declaration.
"We've never seen such an enormous fire coming from a single pair of Union Jack Y-fronts," said a police spokesman. "We urge members of the public to avoid pants on fire by at least coming up with a half-decent excuse for their cowardice."
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"biological sex is multidimensional" so glad that this is being said! It's foolish to try to sacrifice our wonderful variety in the name of an overly simplistic model.
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jane fae #facciamorete #antifa @janefae.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Utterly shocking. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t... #Arday #Cofnas #FreeSpeech
bylinetimes.com
The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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