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Progressive & socialist principles, NHS, education, child development, literacy, history & art 📚 Rejoiner ⭐️

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 23/02/2025
Can't wait to discuss The Story of a Heart at @favlit.org this Tuesday evening - a few tickets still left. The perfect antidote to current global turmoil is surely considering the radical altruism that underpins every organ NHS donation... 🫀🫁💗 www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/programme/20...
Rachel's book cover (The Story of a Heart) and a photo of Rachel for Faversham Lit Fest
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak. The agency said it is now trying to quickly reverse the firings www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Top Tory Richard Holden has accidentally exposed his party’s shocking record on increasing prison capacity, revealing the Conservatives increased jail spaces by just 455 places in 14 years - fewer spaces than Labour has created in its seven months in office www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Top Tory accidentally exposes party’s shocking record on prison spaces
Exclusive: Responding to a written question from Tory MP Richard Holden, a justice minister revealed that the Conservatives increased the capacity of the prison estate by less than 500 spaces in fourt...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
"There will come a moment where the West has to say to Donald Trump, sorry, you're just spouting what Putin thinks, and we can't allow this to happen." But when will that be? articles.globalplayer.com/2GXqC8zftyQ7...
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Trump blames Ukraine for Russia invasion: ‘These are the Kremlin’s talking points’
In a press conference from his Mar-a-Lago home, Donald Trump has said Ukraine is to blame for Russia’s invasion, and that it shouldn’t be represented at peace talks with Vladimir Putin.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Bluesky is now a refuge from X for us all With individuals and large organisations leaving X in droves, Bluesky seems to be the social media platform of choice to emigrate to centralbylines.co.uk/opinion/blue...
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Bluesky is now a refuge from X for us all
With individuals and large organisations leaving X in droves, Bluesky seems to be the social media platform of choice to emigrate to
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Strandvogel @strandvogel.united-for-democracy.com · 19/02/2025
Agenda for #boycotts and economic blackouts. First #economicblackout is on February 28th #resist
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20/02/2025
You know this is 100% going to happen…
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 19/02/2025
Trump calls Zelensky “a dictator without elections” having lauded Putin, a man who hasn’t had a free or fair election in years and who has prevented elections in Ukraine because he invaded.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
It is time to end the special relationship with Trump. We stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦
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It is time to end the special relationship with Trump
Donald Trump in the White House: a relationship with a dishonest sexual predator and convicted criminal isn't a relationship. It's abuse
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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Why it is time to say goodbye to Germany as an oasis of stability, and why ironically it was JD Vance in Munich who might have helped the centrist parties to get a grip now after all. My take on the most important elections in a generation on Sunday in Berlin. 👇👇
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The far right rising
Ahead of a historic German election, the AfD is courting the global right – and threatening to upend European politics.
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British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"New British Future research out this week suggests that the public is more positive about student migration than they [the government] might think." Our @heather-rolfe.bsky.social for @ukandeu.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/the-public-s...
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The public sees international students as good for Britain and so should the government - UK in a changing Europe
Heather Rolfe examines new research that suggests that the public is more positive about student migration than the government may think.
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Jodie 🇦🇺 @jodie.sheshed.rocks · 20/02/2025
😂😂😂😂
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, "President Donald Trump lives in a Russian disinformation space"
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Simon @gigsandgrounds.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social You've hit the nail on the head. Trump depends on being liked/respected/revered (however false). He's had that all his life due to his inherited wealth and status. If important people with a large platform call out his lies, it could see him wither away. It's his Kryptonite
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Professor Gilbert Hayes @profgilberthayes.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
I've gotten my travel insurance with Staysure for the last 2 years. Just asked to be removed from their mailing list and sent them this... www.thenational.scot/news/2478417...
thenational.scot
GB News is an 'anti-Muslim hate channel', two-year study into output concludes
GB News “accounted for almost 50 per cent of all mentions of Muslims or Islam on UK news channels” in a two-year period, a study has found ...
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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
In the UK there are approx 20,000 council seats across various local authorities. Reform UK holds around 54 of these seats. That's 0.3%. They have 5 MPs out of 650. That's 0.8%. If the media stopped promoting them they'd die out. Why do the media promote hate?
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CritterLife 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🐈‍⬛🇨🇦🇺🇦 @slewsky.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
@msnbc.com why aren’t you at the Department of education with your cameras?
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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The brown shirt is on point. (Yes, these are unidentified individuals blocking congresspeople from entering a department Trump and Musk want to illegally shut down. It’s a coup.)
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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Sick people often make other people sick too
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Pamela Fiore... and live alone in the bee-loud glade @pfiore8.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
this is treason. Trump, Musk et al are committing treason. They are waging war against the United States of America via cyberwarfare, espionage, sabotage, and are aiding our enemies by compromising and making vulnerable our infrastructure, our readiness both nationally and internationally.
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Katie Holten @katieholten.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Right?! If you know anyone in NYC please invite them to our party. THIS IS A COUP. RESIST THE DICTATORS! JOIN US IN NYC FOR A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION ON PRESIDENTS DAY. If you can’t join us in NYC, organize a Presidents Day action wherever you are. #resist actionnetwork.org/events/resis...
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Resist The Dictator
Join Rise and Resist and other activists in Union Square to mark Presidents Day. This day we resist the current Trump administration, the GOP Congress, and the unelected oligarchs. Make no mistake, th...
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I still don't get how anyone is walking around going about their day.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
NEW: Episode 7 - Chemical Attacks. This episode should actually blow your mind. There’s been a lot about Boris Johnson & Evgeny Lebedev but it’s the meeting with his father, the ex-KGB colonel that you need to pay attention to… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
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Chemical Attacks
Podcast Episode · Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring · EP7 · 45m
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Everyone reading this undoubtedly has scores of interactions each week with people who don't understand what's going on and therefore—intentionally or not—make you feel like you're overreacting or losing the plot. But again: _you_ are correct. What you perceive to be happening is really happening.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I know all of us who understand what is happening are experiencing mental health challenges because of that. The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct. What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.
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Kathy Mortensen 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇺🇸 💙 @kathyswords.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Day # 14. Equality Matters Overcome the narrative. Female copilot of the helicopter crash was: In the top 20%, a fierce warrior, the best leader, excelled at flight school, recruited in college (due to reputation). DO NOT LET REPUBLICANS TARNISH AN EXCELLENT SERVICE MEMBER because she was a girl.
Pictures of persons who lost lives in the DC plane/helicopter crash.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Well put by Naomi Klein in Doppelgänger. (Even before Trump 2)
. This is the playbook used by Trump and the other pseudo-populist strongmen the world over: throw some minor economic concessions to the base (or at least claim to do so), unleash the dogs of race and gender-based hatreds, and preside over a rapid upward transfer of wealth, alongside an authoritarian concentration of power.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Mood.
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Don’t Run With Scissors @bsky-sam.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
I’ve long held the belief that any apology, retraction or clarification must be done in the same typeface size and take up the column inches as the original error was printed and on the same page. Front page lie? Front page apology. Should fix things fairly quickly.
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
We have small, independent media & the platforms that we build for ourselves through endless work to speak on social media, they ARE the media. They are a small handful of billionaires & they are working to ferment violent hatred bylinetimes.com/2025/01/30/h...
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How Right-Wing Media Spread the False Claim That One in Twelve Londoners Are 'Illegal Migrants'
There is a deliberate attempt to mislead the public, in order to push for Trump-style mass deportations, argues Zoe Gardner
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The @Telegraph, @thetimes, @MailOnline & @TheSun publish corrections to their scaremongering on undocumented migrants in London. Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers. The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Oh myyy, they are the very letter of it!
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Defend The Vote @wedefendthevote.org · 01/02/2025
While the Trump Administration is trying to cancel Black History Month, we believe it’s a time to celebrate and honor the legacy of Black Americans who fought for justice and opportunity. We must carry forward their legacy by combating attacks on civil rights and the freedom to vote.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Can’t believe the updates from The US… Two emotionally detached narcissists engineering what appears to be a mass looting of the country Triggering culture, tariff and diplomatic wars …while rolling out orders that will hurt the pockets, safety & health of its citizens.
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Paul @fucktheracists.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
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martinbarrow.bsky.social @martinbarrow.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
One in four children in England need social care services by 18, study reveals www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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One in four children in England need social care services by 18, study reveals
New research shows scale of crisis, sparking fears over impact of poverty and funding cuts on young people
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Oh. www.cityam.com/brexit-has-l...
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Brexit has left the UK aviation sector up in the air
Since Brexit, UK pilot's qualifications are no longer recognised in the EU and planes have to fly to America or Brazil for maintenance. If the government is serious about resetting Britain's relations...
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