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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
jfc why don’t they just make it pay-per-view already. maybe start out with an mma fight or two.
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Fort Hood Shooter's Firing Squad Execution Will Stream Live For Public Viewing
Pete Hegseth wants the public to be able to see the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan ... and a War Department official tells us it will be livestreamed.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026
Honestly live streaming an execution for the clicks feels like a natural consequence of not regulating the tech industry
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piquet-bluesky.bsky.social @piquet-bluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social just listened to the Origin Story podcast on Ayn Rand, and couldn't help wondering if she'd been raised on Twitter as opposed to Aristotle and Nietzsche, does that explain Kemi Badenoch?
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"The Speak 'n' Spell is structurally related to a child's Speak 'n' Spell, but it costs thirty billion dollars in hardware, is housed in one of the largest factories on Earth, and uses half the voltage in an American State" *Okay, now maybe we're at better grips with it
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.
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NikkSinc 📚 @nikksinc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Microsoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!
Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.
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Little Green Space 🐝 @lgspace.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Seen a fox, squirrel or hedgehog in an urban green space? The Living with Mammals survey needs your sightings! The @ptes-org.bsky.social survey helps monitor changes in wild mammal populations, identifying those in most need of urgent conservation action. littlegreenspace.org.uk/news/living-...
Fox sitting on a roof
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Companies pay employer national insurance (ENI) on director pay. Partners in limited liability partnerships (LLPs) share profit, instead of salary. LLPs don't pay ENI on that. £150k ENI for every £1m of profit shared is avoided. Big four law firms alone avoided paying £4bn. Must end this perk.
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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I've managed to organise direct orders for The Wolf That Chews Rocks, which means you don't give a penny to Bezos, and it's a lot cheaper too. Go here and click the link. Or don't. I'm not your bloody mother, make your own mind up. russelljonesauthor.com
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The Wolf That Chews Rocks by Russell Jones
Dogs, science and chaos. Buy the illustrated hardback direct for £18.99.
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Not sure who created this but 😂
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AliceK @coalisdead.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“The book of revelation predicted this. It just didn’t expect the Four Horseman to arrive on golf carts” 💥
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Derbyshire Wildlife Trust @derbyswildlife.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Peak District looks thriving, but nature is surviving in isolated pockets. We know how to fix it! Help us reach £100k to restore the missing pieces of the #WildPeak. Donate: www.derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/…
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Jonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Anxious about the news? Has your daily routine of doom-scrolling socials destroyed your sense of self-worth? Join me for an evening of guided mindfulness… where the only mantra is: “Seriously, what the fuck is happening?” Book your session: JonathanPie.com
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 14/09/2026
You don’t need to be a programmer to use code as an investigative tool. Bellingcat’s upcoming webinar will help researchers get started with the command line and AI coding assistants, using them for research, data analysis, visualisation and automation. www.bellingcat.com/workshops/co...
Learn our methods... Uncover the █████. bellingcat.com/workshopsLearn to use AI research assistants and command line tools
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Republicans in Texas and beyond know they can’t overcome Trump’s historic unpopularity to win in November — so they’re resorting to one of their favorite tricks. Watch.
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GateCrashers @gatecrashers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Join @jpenjoyscomics.bsky.social as he figures out where to get started with his 2000 AD reading, from Judge Dredd to Rogue Trooper, at the link below 🔗⬇️ @2000ad.bsky.social gatecrashers.fan/2026/09/01/w...
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Where to Start with 2000 AD?
From Judge Dredd to Rogue Trooper, 2000 AD has long been famous, but maybe daunting to get started with, so join us for a handy How-To!
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Alistair King @alistairking.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Struggling to work out why Jenrick would single out these three Commonwealth countries rather than, say, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, whose citizens have exactly the same rights. It’s a head-scratcher.
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I would love to breathe new life into this little gem… but I NEED funding! I may well eventually turn to you good people, but if there’s an arts-loving benefactor out there who fancies putting their shirt on a passionate, highly-qualified player, then do give me a shout.🙏🏻 Please RT, folks! x
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
We've been working hard to expose the grifters cashing in on the hate economy. Want to help us go further? www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/exposingth...
crowdfunder.co.uk
Expose the people profiting from hate
Power our investigations into the Hate Economy: help us expose the people profiting from spreading hate and division.
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The Economist @economist.com · 23/08/2026
If an experiment to reduce the number of persistent contrails over a swathe of the North Atlantic works, a worldwide application of the same techniques might cut the climate effects of air travel by as much as half
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Fewer contrails would be good for the climate
It could take care of at least a little global warming
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Piers Morgan “Mohammed, do you condemn the Hamas attacks on October the 7th?” Mohammed Hijab “Yes, I do. Do you condemn Israel killing over 1000 kids?” Piers Morgan “I believe Israel has a right to defend themselves” That answer should be on the tombstone of his career.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
What is happening in Gaza summed up perfectly in 2 minutes while a stunned Piers Morgan sits in silence.
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
www.thenation.com/article/soci... “This consolidation, unprecedented in Hollywood, would irreparably reshape the media industry by combining multiple massive studios underneath one roof, placing the power to shape culture and Hollywood in the hands of an unprecedented few.”
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The Hollywood Gerrymander
The proposed Paramount/Warner Bros. merger does not just represent media monopoly—it is another form of gerrymandering, of rigging the rules to limit who has power.
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
‘The UK’s richest 0.001% – about 200 families – held wealth worth 5% of GDP in 1989. Today, those families command an astonishing 25% of the country’s GDP’ - As the Guardian says: ‘Extreme wealth threatens our democracy’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on global inequality: extreme wealth threatens democracy | Editorial
Editorial: New York mayor Zohran Mamdani shows Britain’s Andy Burnham that confronting billionaires need not mean the end of cooperation with Donald Trump
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The Economist @economist.com · 19/08/2026
AI prose is distinguishable by word and punctuation choice as well as sentence and paragraph structure. But its hallmarks are not what you might expect. Read our full investigation
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How to spot AI writing
Large language models like long words and em-dashes—or do they?
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 16/08/2026
People are searching for simple, effective ways to get out of a perpetual fight-or-flight mode. And as it turns out, spending just 10 minutes with a pencil and a piece of paper might be one of the easiest ways to do it.
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How 10 minutes of drawing can reset your nervous system
Experts break down the science behind why putting pencil to paper can have such a calming effect.
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The Economist @economist.com · 16/08/2026
AI prose is distinguishable by word and punctuation choice as well as sentence and paragraph structure. But its hallmarks are not what you might expect. Read our full investigation
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How to spot AI writing
Large language models like long words and em-dashes—or do they?
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 16/08/2026
“The demolition of the Corporate Transparency Act is just the latest and most dramatic move to cater to the president’s deep-pocketed buddies and fellow cronies,” @cjcmichel.bsky.social argues.
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A Green Light for Crooks
The Treasury has made the American economy a safe space for corruption.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This work of genius by @paulnoth.bsky.social in the NYT has always been the perfect summary of people like Farage and their voters.
A couple of sheep looking at a campaign poster of a wolf in a suit, with the slogan "I AM GOING TO EAT YOU"; one says: "He tells it like it is."
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 16/08/2026
A former director of BBC News speaks:
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 15/08/2026
First I was banned from X/Twitter. Then Facebook banned my newsletter. Then X/Twitter banned me permanently. Now YouTube disables my channel the week of my book launch. Was it something I said? 👉 www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
Stack of books. The nerd Reich, Gil Duran.
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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 15/08/2026
All you need to know as BBC seeks to subpoena Trump family members trib.al/Fcb2bFT
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All you need to know as BBC seeks to subpoena Trump family members
The corporation is stepping up its attempts to compel the US President's son Donald Trump Jr, daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner to give evidence as part of the ongoing lawsuit over a 2024 Panorama episode
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Steve Walter #FBPE🌻🇨🇦🎾 @stevewalts.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Don't forget it's Bin day, Thursday!!
Count Binface pointing at Westminster tower
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
People in Europe: if you’re watching the solar eclipse please remember this lesson from America:
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James Graham @jamesgraham.theliberati.net · 01/08/2026
This reminds me of the bit in Nick Clegg’s recent book where he evangelises about having an AI agent which can talk to his wife’s AI agent so they never need to talk with each other ever again.
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 31/07/2026
“We're at this inflection point where – and I hate to say it – but the oligarchy has taken over. “Policies are being driven by big money, and who's got the money? The wealthiest in the country.”
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dylan @pinkponysub.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I want 4 day work weeks, free universal healthcare, and a livable wage to meet my basic needs!!
Anne Hathaway as Penelope in her soon to be Oscar winning performance screaming I want odysseys in the odyssey 2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Let me get this straight... Trump is blocking $1B in Medicaid payments to blue states over spurious accusations of mass fraud. Meanwhile, he's literally pardoned over 70 convicted fraudsters — including a nursing home owner who stole over $1.3B from Medicare and Medicaid. Hello?
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/07/2026
A GOP senator blocked a Democratic bill that would bar the Defense Department from spending more money to retrofit a luxury jet given to the U.S. by the Qatar government. President Trump ordered and modified the plane to serve as the new Air Force One.
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Republican blocks bill to halt retrofit of Qatari-gifted Air Force One
Democrats have been trying to stop the Pentagon from spending more money on the luxury jet, which they call an "illegal" gift.
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The Economist @economist.com · 22/07/2026
Eliminating hunger by 2030 is one of the UN’s “sustainable-development” goals. “If there is a region in the world that can potentially achieve that, it’s South America,” says one expert
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South America is eradicating hunger
Thank central banks and savvy handouts
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CNN @cnn.com · 22/07/2026
President Trump has approved a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia that could lead to the kingdom enriching its own fuel for civilian reactors without adopting the "gold standard" of international oversight, according to two US officials and a source familiar with the matter. cnn.it/4hmjbCs
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
PS2/ So the answer to the question, "Are US soldiers dead, and America in the second year of a forever war, and US taxpayers out tens of billions, and thousands of innocent civilians overseas dead because Trump cut a corrupt deal with foreign business partners years ago?" is YES.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Over-MAGA, over Trump, and now over HERE! @therickwilson.bsky.social & The Lincoln Project come to London next week to talk to @quietriotpod.bsky.social , hosted by me and @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social - come and help counter the authoritarian playbook www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/show/the-aut...
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The Authoritarian Playbook: What Britain Can Learn From America - Leicester Square Theatre
With the Lincoln Project, Quiet Riot & Byline Times.  MAGA: overbearing, overreaching, and over here. The authoritarian playbook is no longer just an American story. Trumpism, populism, media capture,...
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
#GoodNews #CampaigningWorks "The new rule will force brands to choose between carrying higher inventory costs, expanding tightly controlled discount channels or producing fewer goods in the first place." www.ft.com/content/2578...
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Luxury groups face inventory squeeze under EU destruction ban
Ban particularly sensitive for industry that keeps products desirable by maintaining their scarcity
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Good. Now uphold the right to choose a jury trial, restore protest rights, and curb mass live facial recognition. The toolkit for tyrants Labour is building is a huge risk to democracy and must be reversed. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham to scrap Starmer’s digital ID scheme in ‘reset of priorities’
Incoming PM will reallocate unspecified resources from unpopular plan to helping with cost of living
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 19/07/2026
Andrew Tate @Cobratate
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Florida I will be flying back tomorrow and look forward to getting arrested if you have probable cause.
Because everyday you don't arrest me proves you're clowns talking lies for political points.
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Come get me if I'm guilty and charge me in a COURT OF LAW.
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MsBlueWednesday @msbluewednesday.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
And a big part of that diagram gave birth to this … www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
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Vote Leave's targeted Brexit ads released by Facebook
The social media ads that helped Vote Leave win the EU referendum are published in full for the first time.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Reps. Pramila Jayapal, Chris Deluzio, and Pat Ryan have introduced a bill to break up meat monopolies. Good. Right now, 4 meat processing corporations control 80% of the market, allowing them to squeeze customers and farmers alike. Minimal competition means maximal price gouging.
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How Farmers Are Getting Shafted By Monopolies | Robert Reich
Just 4 firms control 85% of the beef market, 66% of the pork market, and 54% of the poultry market.The result?-Lower pay
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ScottChe @scottche.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 19/07/2026
FIFA frantically changing the rules so if you go to full time at 0-0, the team with the most red cards wins #WorldCupFinal
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