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Penny D.X. (she/her)

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Researcher. My views are my own - do not represent organizations. NIHR School for Primary Care Research @Exeter Justice and Violence Studies @Exeter #Qualitative #mental-health #SocialJustice #ClimateActionNow #StopArmingIsrael 🇬🇧 🇬🇷💚 #PalantirOut

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Natural feedbacks will warm world an extra 20 per cent this century Ecosystems like wetlands emit more carbon as temperatures rise. By 2100, such feedback loops will increase warming by 20 to 30 per cent more than anticipated www.newscientist.com/article/2588...
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Natural feedbacks will warm world an extra 20 per cent this century | New Scientist
Ecosystems like wetlands emit more carbon as temperatures rise. By 2100, such feedback loops will increase warming by 20 to 30 per cent more than anticipated
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Irritated Llama @irritatedllama.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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South Tyneside Council nursery closures decision 'devastating'
Councillors confirm that all 10 Stanley's nurseries in South Tyneside will close by July 2027.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I had a massive bust-up over North Sea gas and oil with Lord Jackson on Politics Live today. "It shocks me to the core that sopmeone so ignorant, so ill-informed, sits in the House of Lords." I just wish I could figure out how to clip it. From 20'47" www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Two - Politics Live, 23/09/2026
The big political issues of the day.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 23/09/2026
In 2024, nearly 2,400 women were killed by men, according to the Violence Policy Center. Of these, 86.9 percent knew their killer—nearly nine out of 10.
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A Restraining Order Is Not Enough When an Abuser Has a Gun
Nearly 2,400 women were killed by men in 2024, according to a recent Violence Policy Center report. Nearly nine out of 10 knew their killer, and firearms were used in 63.4 percent of these homicides. ...
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Things that aren't patriotic: - Racism - Moving abroad for tax purposes Things that are patriotic: - A love and sense of duty to your country, including paying taxes that contribute to it
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UK Politics News // Papernaut @ukpolitics.papernaut.co · 21/09/2026
FINANCIAL TIMES: Five UK police forces have ended a Palantir project after two years - a setback for the US tech company’s bid to become a key supplier to British law enforcement.
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Five UK police forces end Palantir project after two years
Significant setback for US technology company’s bid to establish itself as key supplier to British law enforcement UK politics
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 21/09/2026
The correct answer to hate ♥️
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is the biggest lie you’ve been told. You’re told the West is falling apart because of migrants and minorities. But who closed the factories? Crashed the banks? Launched the wars? Here’s what really happened 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hdp...
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The Biggest Lie You've Been Told
YouTube video by Owen Jones
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump is forcing Data Centres on communities to enrich himself as he personally invests millions in data center industry firms To take just one example February 10 he bought between $500,000 - $1 million of shares in the data center operator. www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/us-p...
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US President Donald Trump personally invests millions in data center industry firms
President's portfolio could be conflict of interest, critics claim
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 20/09/2026
Well done again 🇪🇸 Spain’s new weapon against drink spiking: an ice cube that traps the drug as evidence euroweeklynews.com/2026/09/19/s...
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Spain’s new weapon against drink spiking: an ice cube that traps the drug as evidence
A Madrid startup has built an ice cube that turns blue, bitter and solid the instant a drink is spiked, trapping the drug as evidence for police.
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 20/09/2026
This is shocking!! Exclusive: #BylineTimes has identified seven Reform councillors who are listed as members of the masked anti-migrant groups that gathered in Dover and other coastal towns in early September. bylinetimes.com/2026/09/16/t...
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The Reform Councillors Embedded in Britain’s Masked 'Patriot' Anti-Migrant Network
A Reform councillor and campaign co-ordinater urged his followers to join and support the masked group
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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New from me. Union nurses warn 🚨 Big Tech and Big Brother are invading our healthcare system, which was already in crisis. I speak with a panel of @nationalnurses.bsky.social from Maine, Missouri, and Illinois. This is a must-listen! @therealnews.com therealnews.com/palantir-nur...
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'Purge Palantir!': Union nurses warn Big Tech and Big Brother are invading our healthcare system
“Palantir has no place in our hospitals, no place in our community... Nurses are advocates first. We're trained to advocate and to speak up when something is wrong, and that's what we're doing.”
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We shall grant Piddington independence. Then we will colonise it and civilise its inhabitants until they achieve the kind of maturity required to govern themselves inews.co.uk/opinion/pidd...
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Piddington, you're welcome to leave the UK. Don't let the door hit you on the way out
Ian Dunt: The village that ‘roared’ has swallowed the far-right’s lies
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 16/09/2026
Ed Sheeran’s entire tour quitting in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore proves the logic of BDS.
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Ed Sheeran’s Craven “Neutrality” Is a Watershed Moment for Mainstreaming Palestine Solidarity
Ed Sheeran’s entire tour quitting in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore proves the logic of BDS.
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A new era for Byline Times goes to press! @peterjukes.bsky.social & I are proud to have worked on a print redesign with our new art director Sonny Dhamu. With your support, we continue to grow. This issue marks a story no one else can/will. Two Cambridge professors. Two very different narratives...
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Byline Times revealing a Tory donor’s firm used Farage aide George Cottrell as a front to place massive gambling syndicate bets exposes dark money links. When convicted fraudsters and party donors pool betting accounts, transparency vanishes. Why ignore this rot? (1/2) 🤔 #FBPE
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Conservative Donor Is Major Player in Gambling Syndicate That Used George Cottrell's Betting Accounts
Adam Franks' firm used the convicted fraudster and Nigel Farage aide as a stalking horse to place bets, according to court documents
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Molly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The hare is such an indescribably beautiful and sacred animal The fact that people might kill them for money or pleasure is one more indication that many are living in a death cult www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cruel hare coursers leave 22 dead animals at Kent farm
Farmers say more action and harsher punishments are needed to tackle the illegal sport.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
All the money in the world cannot save them FROM WHO THEY ARE. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform's Dan Thomas resigns as Wales leader after arrest
Gwent Police said he was arrested on suspicion of assault and controlling or coercive behaviour.
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🗃️ Women’s Screen Work in Archives Made Visible @womensscreenwork.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#CFP 'Doing Women's Screen and Media Histories 8' #DWSMH8 16-18 June 2027, Exeter. We are hosting in collaboration with @wfthn.bsky.social 'Archiving & Curating Women's Media Histories' Confirmed Keynote @britfilmmelanie.bsky.social Full details 👇 womensscreenwork.exeter.ac.uk/events/confe...
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Doing Women’s Screen & Media History Conference 2027 – Women’s Screen Work in Archives Made Visible
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Exeter Observer @exeterobserver.org · 15/09/2026
ON OUR RADAR // Two Moors Festival 2026 🎻🎹🎶 Chamber music festival returns for twenty-sixth year with poetry readings, workshops and performances across thirteen venues. 🗓️ Thursday 1 to Sunday 11 October 📍Dartmoor, Exmoor and surrounds exeterobserver.org/2026/09/15/t...
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Two Moors Festival 2026 - Exeter Observer
Chamber music festival returns for twenty-sixth year with poetry readings, workshops and performances across thirteen venues.
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Ekō @eko.org · 15/09/2026
We did it! A million signers at stoptheracetoreplace.org?bsky -- still time to add your name and share this campaign widely...
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Derek gendvil @derekbshelby.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Study Estimates Fossil Fuel Giants Have Inflicted $28 Trillion in Climate Damage Worldwide www.commondreams.org/news/pollute...
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Study Estimates Fossil Fuel Giants Have Inflicted $28 Trillion in Climate Damage Worldwide | Common Dreams
Fossil fuel giants have caused $28 trillion in climate damages, more than all goods and services produced in the US last year. Who will hold them accountable for the destruction they've caused? It's t...
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Give oil companies an inch and they will take the entire planet. No new drilling in the North Sea - we have better green technology and it is cheaper and more reliable. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK could 'unlock' 100 more oil and gas projects, say North Sea bosses
The UK could supply half of its oil and gas needs without imports if the government showed more support for the sector, an OEUK report claims.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The answer to our political funding crisis is simple and obvious. It would send our politics in the opposite direction to its current, disastrous trajectory. So why won't Labour MPs pick it up? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Political donations are poison to our democracy – but there’s an easy antidote to that | George Monbiot
As revelations about Reform UK’s donors emerge, it’s clear that increasingly complex forms of patronage can’t be regulated effectively. We need a clean sweep, says columnist George Monbiot
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 13/09/2026
Look up next time you're crossing Trafalgar Square. Perched above the crowds, Lady In Blue brings a fresh perspective to one of London's most recognisable landmarks. A bold new chapter for the Fourth Plinth programme.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"You are the problem" meme via Expose Racism
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform UK's record-breaking donor was accused of running “in effect a money laundering platform”. Prosecutors accused Delo of being the “leader of a criminal enterprise” who knew that his Bitmex platform had become a “magnet for money laundering and criminal activity”.
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Reform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto Industry
As criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders
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Politics UK @dailycorruption.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Palantir’s AI NHS software was oversold on false data and benefits. It’s unsurprising that half of trusts aren’t seeing the benefit. Palantir now has unrestricted access to your health data putting everyone at risk. Get this toxic company out of our NHS www.lbc.co.uk/article/form...
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Former Labour health minister calls for 'forensic' review of £330m NHS contract with American tech giant Palantir | LBC
LBC found that half of the 16 NHS trusts in England using Palantir’s Outpatient Care Co-ordination Solution saw their backlogs rise between the national rollout of the technology in April 2024 and Jun...
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Green's Baroness Bennett points out that Palantir did not have any experience in health data and only got NHS contracts after being introduced by the now disgraced Peter Mandelson Making the case that data ownership should be with the NHS, not with external parties
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"We had the deployed military style Black and Tan and Oswald Mosley yobs marching at Dover, while at the Reform conference we had full on violent hysteria towards a female protester calling out Nigel Farage’s far right illegal donations" via Robert Bryson
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It’s great to see Zubir Ahmed MP speaking up about Palantir in this way. All politicians should be doing so in my opinion!🚨 Link to article: www.lbc.co.uk/article/form... jujuliagrace.substack.com
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The climate crisis isn’t “coming.” It’s here. Record heat. Deadly floods. Vanishing ice. Collapsing ecosystems. We don’t need more warnings. We need courage, systems change, and action at the scale of the emergency. #ClimateAction #ActNow
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Exeter Green Party @exetergreens.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🚰 We hope Exeter councillors will show some bottle and back a Green proposal to investigate where water stations can be put in across the city 🆓️ So free drinking water can be provided for all.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 09/09/2026
Every woman and girl should feel safe in London. That means listening to women about what makes them feel unsafe and taking action. My new £15.6m Safer Public Spaces Fund will put women and girls at the heart of improving public spaces, supporting practical changes that can make a real difference.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Someone worrying about their energy bill cannot donate £1 million, £4 million or £10 million to a political party. The tiny number of people who can inhabit a very different economic world.” ✍️ Kyle Taylor bylinetimes.com/2026/09/08/a...
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'A Cap on Donations Is Not Anti-Union — It Is Anti-Oligarchy'
New Electoral Commission figures show £14.2 million flowed into party coffers in three months, one day after ministers finally admitted mega-donations are a problem
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's quite striking how annoyed Tory MPs are getting at Burnham for taking the time to listen and actually answer questions. But then I guess for part-time MPs with so many other lucrative engagements, brevity matters more than content. #PMQs
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HotDog89 @hotdog89.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
what a utter pratt as well as psycopath this man is . It is unbelieveable that he is plateformed anyware. Lammy hopefully will be removed at next election
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John Brown @johnb123.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
GB News is a news channel until it comes to an OFCOM investigation into the misinformation they spew and then they are not a news channel at all - it's just opinion and entertainment, not to be taken seriously as 'news'. As for Farage I wish he'd stay in America; they're welcome to him
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LordWessenden123 @lordwessenden123.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Here we have a sitting UK MP promoting a news channel. Where are @ofcom.bsky.social ? Also apparently they aren’t a news channel but according to their own advertising on pic above they are?
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Here I am representing my Clacton constituents by talking bollocks in Washington DC to celebrate the anniversary of our GB News propaganda channel.
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Andrew Rait @andrewrait.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Or to put it another way KB is happy to support that a tax-dodging shyster is not paying anywhere near what he should: Basic rate of tax UK is 20% Highest rate of tax UK is 45% £330mil equates to 13.2% of £2.5bil....
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R1ch1e5 @r1ch1e5.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There is a simple answer to those who seek to avoid tax in this way. Apply a flee tax to all remaining UK assets such as mansions, land, yachts, supercars, homes, businesses, bank accounts, shares etc at twice the residential rate, or let them forfeit them all. #TaxTheRich
The Times list for Britain's highest taxpayers has left the UK amid speculation of tax rises
He is worth around £2.6bn and paid
£330m in tax last year
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
James Orr has been forced to step down from Reform UK for his unethical behaviour. Fortunately he still has his other job, which is teaching ethics at Cambridge University.
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Here is the full investigation published by Byline Times on 9 July 2026 👇
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Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Now James Orr has stepped down as Reform UK's Head of Policy after C4's report, questions remain for Cambridge – where he is Associate Professor. Byline Times revealed serious concerns about his activities there months ago. We all know there won't now be 200+ articles on him and his life don't we?
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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
OK, when is James Orr going to leave his role with Cambridge University? Are we still doing that?
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
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