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🇬🇧 Liberal. Scientist. Empiricist. Bearist. Atheist. Child of the Enlightenment. Democrat. Believe in objective reality not subjectivity. The Rule of Law is Central to Democracy. 🇪🇺 European 🇺🇦

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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 6h
CRYPTO IS A BAD IDEA BBC News - Crypto thieves attack man in home and threaten to kill pregnant wife's baby in 'horrific' robbery www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Crypto thieves attacked man in home and threatened to kill pregnant wife's baby in 'horrific' robbery
The man was beaten with hammers until he transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds of cryptocurrency.
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 6h
Anti-migrant nutjob, Dim Daniel Thomas, has appeared in court charged with entering a restricted zone at a migrant processing centre in Dover. BBC News - Daniel Thomas in court accused of entering migrant site www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Daniel Thomas in court accused of entering Dover migrant site
Thomas, also known as Danny Tommo, is accused of multiple offences in Dover in the spring.
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 7h
Notre Salut focuses on the role of ordinary people in the Vichy regime that, under Marshal Philippe Pétain, collaborated in the deportation of 76,000 Jewish people to Nazi concentration camps. Vote far right and get nasty outcomes. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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‘We swept a lot under the carpet’: Vichy regime film hits home in France of 2026
Movie about Nazi-collaborating administration strikes chord during what director calls ‘time of great uncertainty’
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11h
"It’s no accident, Umberto Eco further points out, that 'All the Nazi or Fascist schoolbooks made use of an impoverished vocabulary, and an elementary syntax, in order to limit the instruments for complex and critical reasoning.'"
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Not To Alarm You, But Trump’s Brain Is Melted
And Hegseth’s neo-fascism is out in the open.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 9h
The Democratic base is eager to see Trump held accountable for some of his actions, and congressional investigators are quietly preparing for next year, @mviser.bsky.social reports:
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The Democratic Playbook for Investigating Trump
Congressional oversight committees are quietly preparing for next year.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 8h
The cryptocurrency industry, which spent heavily to defeat Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in 2024, is spending millions of dollars more to prevent him from returning to the Senate this year.
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Crypto industry spends big to try to stop Sherrod Brown from winning in Ohio
The industry also worked against him in 2024.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 8h
“Government can’t fix everything, but it’s the tool we have to hold the private sector accountable.”
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Burned cattle, drought, smoke-choked pastures—and the SCOTUS case to make Exxon and Suncor pay
“Government can’t fix everything, but it's the tool we have to hold the private sector accountable.”
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 7h
Climate Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes People wade through a flooded street in Bangkok. Photograph: Patipat Janthong/Reuters With 40 dead and a disaster declared across all 50 city districts, experts warn extreme flooding will only worsen across south-east Asia
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Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes
With 40 dead and a disaster declared across all 50 city districts, experts warn extreme flooding will only worsen across south-east Asia
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🏳️‍🌈Joan🐾3DogMom💙UConnWBB🏀 🐾 🫶🏽WNBA 🇩🇰🇺🇸♀in NewEngland💪🏽🇨🇦♥️ Hygge ོ⋆☀︎𓂃ᨒོ @joan3dogmom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thoughts?😊
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
⚡️⚡️⚡A Russian Su-35 fighter jet shot down its own Mi-8 helicopter in the Voronezh region, mistaking it for a drone, according to Russian telegram channels. Three people were killed.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 02/10/2026
The jobs report was so weak Fox may need to hire a grief counselor.
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BenB 🇺🇦 @benborges.xyz · 01/10/2026
Ukrainian Armed Forces hit a factory in Russia: it supplied 7 missile programs at once #shorts
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Ukrainian Armed Forces hit a factory in Russia: it supplied 7 missile programs at once #shorts
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nigel & Donald....
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MingTheMerciless @mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And he didn't do it alone.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
UAE officials have warned the UK that a severe punishment for Man City could hurt future Emirati investment in Britain, Bloomberg reports. This is the perfect argument for keeping foreign money out of football.
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
1 Currently, governments are caged and the markets are free. It is a classic case of the tail wagging the dog. 2 Once, a while ago, markets were caged to ensure that governments could pursue domestic economic goals. The financialisation of everything started with Thatcher. Time to curb that.
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Rightwing economic myths could derail Burnham’s project – to destroy them, look to Keynes | Larry Elliott
Borrowing can be good, there is no such thing as the ‘nation’s credit card’, and, yes, you can buck the markets – as previous governments have shown, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Farage is probably overjoyed that a UK-Iran national was arrested under Terrorism Act over RAF Fairford incident. However an Iranian from a boat would make him a lot happier. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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UK-Iran national arrested under Terrorism Act over RAF Fairford incident
Counter-terrorism police arrest 25-year-old in Westminster and search two properties in central London
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 02/10/2026
⚡️Ukraine urges US sanctions on Russia’s Starlink knockoff amid drone threat Ukraine’s officials are seeking U.S. sanctions to hinder Russia’s development of the Rassvet satellite network that would allow Moscow to control attack drones across Ukraine.
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Ukraine urges US sanctions on Russia’s Starlink knockoff amid drone threat
Kyiv will provide Washington and Congress with details of companies and individuals supporting the Rassvet network, Ukraine’s acting ambassador to the U.S., Denys Sienik, said, Reuters reported on Sep...
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 02/10/2026
Russian losses per 02/10/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff +1520 men +7 ACVs +37 artillery +1 MLRS +1470 UAVs +7 GRCs
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 02/10/2026
Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 108 UAVs, including 47 jet-powered Shaheds, as well as Gerbera and Parodiya drones. Ukrainian air defenses downed or suppressed 88 UAVs. Impacts were recorded at 11 locations and debris fell at five more. #Ukraine
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 02/10/2026
Explosions were reported overnight in Volgograd, with a fire visible near Lukoil’s Volgograd Oil Refinery. The plant is one of Russia’s largest refineries, processing roughly 14.5-15.7 million tonnes of crude annually and producing gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel. #Russia
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It remains a genuine mystery to leading luminaries of international relations like @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social Chomsky and @dipshitbunchofnunbers as to why NATO is so popular amongst all the people we did things like this to. Totally.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
OTD in 1951 *2nd* wave of Operation Osen's deportations began. Over 16000 Lithuanians were forcibly sent to Siberia as USSR continued to liberate them from fascism & also their freedom 6 years after WW2 ended. Imagine mass deportations happening today?
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump having a diesel panic. Probably linked to a Hormuz Houthy Hegseth panic. Then there is the Bessant panic. Canada panic? US pressures Europe to release diesel reserves as Trump threatens export ban www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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US pressures Europe to release diesel reserves as Trump threatens export ban
President Donald Trump has threatened to ban diesel exports in a bid to ease prices in the US ahead of the November elections.
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Reform Fail Derbyshire County Council's Reform leaders block local reporter - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Derbyshire County Council's Reform leaders block local reporter
Party bosses said the move followed what it called "a prolonged period of concerns".
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
THE FAR RIGHT 'We are witnessing the poisoning of an entire society, and as a democracy we should ask ourselves whether criminal law shouldn’t apply when political parties communicate that way. ' Is that 1 USA? 2 UK? 3 GERMANY? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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‘Hitler was a lazy criminal who slept in until noon’: why most of what we think we know about the rise of the Nazis is wrong
In a new book, German artist and writer Philipp Ruch argues that viewing the ascent of Hitler’s NSDAP through the prism of the Third Reich has distorted our understanding of fascism’s electoral breakt...
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
'In 1930 Hitler wasn’t even on the ballot, because he wasn’t a German citizen: he was a foreigner who had a criminal record for trying to mount a coup and was at risk of being deported' This reminds me of someone.....??? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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‘Hitler was a lazy criminal who slept in until noon’: why most of what we think we know about the rise of the Nazis is wrong
In a new book, German artist and writer Philipp Ruch argues that viewing the ascent of Hitler’s NSDAP through the prism of the Third Reich has distorted our understanding of fascism’s electoral breakt...
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Explosion of melt rates: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution. Reformuk: Richard Tice clueless on this, one supposes. Vote Net Zero www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you self fund social care it will cost you 40% more than the council pays for people who have no money. That 40% is a TAX and cross subsidy paid by individuals out of savings. BBC News - Andy Burnham proposes NHS-style social care system for England - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Andy Burnham proposes NHS-style social care system for England
The prime minister told the BBC that social care in England is "as unfair as American healthcare".
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fairford Incident When I listen to the British police I get a sense of calm professionalism. Trump, Rubio and Farage are just grifting. They create noise and a lot of me, ME, ME, ME, me, me, me, ME..... OH... did I mention ME?? Its all deep intel, boats, Iran, we know all about it, blah, blah...
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 29/09/2026
Another railway bridge was damaged in Russia’s Bryansk region, this time on the Rzhanitsa-Trosna section. The incident follows damage to another railway bridge in the region yesterday. #Russia
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Insurance will be the financial cutting edge of climate change and global heating. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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New English homes in flood-risk areas could become uninsurable, says Aviva boss
Amanda Blanc says flooding threat is ‘absolutely increasing’, as she also warns ministers over ‘kite flying’ before budget
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 29/09/2026
The rush to speculate that asylum seekers are responsible for every crime in the news is a sort of opportunistic informational terrorism. Until it’s disproved it stokes fear and hatred. When it is disproved there are no adverse consequences and they know that they only have to be lucky once.
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MFCarter @mfcarter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Here’s a truth that lands harder every year.
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Stupid A British man was preparing to sabotage a UK drone factory on behalf of Russia, a court has heard. Joshua Cammidge, 31, allegedly researched four drone manufacturing sites in Swindon along with a Wi-Fi jamming device, and carried out reconnaissance. news.sky.com/story/britis...
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British man 'prepared to sabotage UK drone factory for Russia', court hears
Joshua Cammidge allegedly communicated with an individual believed to be linked to the GRU Volunteer Corps , a group controlled by Russia’s intelligence services
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Farage is non stop about Iranian agents in boats. Has one ever been found? He chucks out a rain of irrelevance. Fairford was uk nationals. He address specifics with a wall of vague generalities about boats. news.sky.com/share/13592970
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'We have a massive problem with national security': Farage challenged on Fairford speculation
Reform UK leader told his social media followers the five men arrested after an RAF Fairford situation were "Iranian nationals". Sky's Rob Powell spoke to him after it was confirmed the men arrested a...
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Farage blither re Fairford. youtu.be/ZX24sBcFvAY?...
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Farage, Fairford and the Facts
YouTube video by Professor Tim Wilson
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas remanded in custody The 37-year-old, known as Danny Tommo, faces trial accused of criminal damage to a boat in the English Channel. news.sky.com/story/anti-m...
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Anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas remanded in custody
The 37-year-old, known as Danny Tommo, faces trial accused of criminal damage to a boat in the English Channel.
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1 Humans destroy forests 2 Humans destroy oceans 3 h Humans destroy biosphere 4 Humans destroy Humans [they won't need AI] www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests
Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority
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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Soldiers of the 1st Separate Assault Battalion destroyed a Russian "Buk-M1" air defense system. The system, worth approximately $10 million, was completely destroyed.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 28/09/2026
⚡️Russia beginning 'additional mobilization' of troops, North Korean recruitment, Zelensky warns. North Korea is also preparing to deploy another 10,000 troops against Ukraine, in addition to the more than 8,000 military personnel currently stationed in Russia, Zelensky said.
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Russia beginning 'additional mobilization' of troops, North Korean recruitment, Zelensky warns
The president said that Russia is looking to "increase the involvement of foreigners" in its armed forces. North Korea is preparing to deploy another 10,000 troops against Ukraine, in addition to the ...
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hot Air 'Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford bomb plot The US secretary of state offered no evidence for his claims, and also said many people were ‘disturbed’ that the five suspects had been released on bail' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford bomb plot
The US secretary of state offered no evidence for his claims, and also said many people were ‘disturbed’ that the five suspects had been released on bail
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 28/09/2026
The Golden Age is going so well, Americans are nostalgic for 2008.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What fantastic news
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I said they were Iranians arriving in small boats, I meant British nationals living in London.
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Pooh 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 @poohbearcorner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Is Canada working with the EU the big geopolitical story of 2026. Canada + EU makes sense. Europe needs Canadian energy. Canada needs to move away from Trump. EUROPE can offer Canada capital. This changes a lot for America.
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pattyanne49.bsky.social @pattyanne49.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WHAT?? Planting trees in a park? Oh the horror!
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Classic Horror Scream Scene
ALT: Classic Horror Scream Scene
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Michael DiTullo @d2lo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Imagine getting 12 gallons of gas for about $8? 🚗⚡️🔌 Right now it costs about the same as a single gallon of gas to charge this EV at home and it has more range than my last gas car… the charger came with the car & EVs like this one cost about $20k -$25k used. Not bad. ☺️ #ev #electriccar
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bruce MacKinnon, Halifax Chronicle Herald
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