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Sam Whimpenny 🌱🇺🇦💙

@porvariman.bsky.social
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Dad, Granddad, Husband, #Vegan (42 years and counting), Songwriter, Bassman #StandwithUkraine #RejoinEU #PR #renewables

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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 21h
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 20h
The sculpture I saw today evoked so many emotions. It’s the strongest image of Ukrainians I’ve ever seen. TIRED, BUT NOT BROKEN 🇺🇦 Yurii Myrko Ceramics, artist’s own technique
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This looks like a crucial investigation to me, building on an essential body of work by @bylinetimes.bsky.social Please help to support it. subscribe.bylinetimes.com/lightuptheda...
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#LightUpTheDark – Byline Times
Dark Enlightenment: The US Far-Right War on British Institutions Help Byline Times Fund aN URGENT New INVESTIGATIVE SERIES #LightUpTheDark What is the Dark Enlightenment? The extraordinary anti-DEI me...
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pretty Awesome 👍
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
1-year-old Sashko, his 37-year-old mother Kateryna, and his 58-year-old grandmother Viktoriia were killed today in a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in Pryluky, Chernihiv region 💔🕯
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sarah Pochin raised "concerns" in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Two days later she purchased an £800,000 second home on Anglesey. Remarkable stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
For Americans voting from abroad www.votefromabroad.org/request/your...
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Vote from Abroad: Step-by-step instructions to assist a voter to produce a Federal Post Card Application form suitable to send to the Local Election Official.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Putin’s fascination with the medieval takes the next step. www.newsweek.com/suspected-pl...
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Suspected Plague Death at Russian Lab Sparks ‘Anti-Epidemic’ Lockdown
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Love this 👇
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Since the Hormuz crisis, EU gas prices are up 132% and oil 52%. Electricity is up 44%, after falling through spring. Every boiler, car and furnace that switches to electricity is less exposed to the energy crisis. Electrification is increasingly energy security.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Before the week begins, I have a specific request: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A rare glimpse inside a Ukrainian FPV farm. Operators feed their flock a balanced diet of grain and lithium batteries. A few more weeks and they’ll be ready to leave the coop and hunt Russian equipment.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
People in Oleshky have no food and are surviving on grass and weeds, a desperate measure that won't even be an option in the winter. Real pressure must be applied to Russia to allow people to evacuate!
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Soapbox Sam @soapboxsam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When a court instructs Epstein files be released, and they are not, and when a court instructs media be allowed into White House, but they are not, then your courts are irrelevant. You have no law, not for those in power. When a court says "Accept this vote" and it is not, what are you gonna do?
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Natalka @natalkakyiv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🇷🇺 While ordinary Russians keep dying for their piece of shit president, Russia could be on track to set a record for Lamborghini purchases. In the first 8 months of the year, 141 new Lamborghinis were registered in Russia. That’s 48% more than during the same period in 2025 (95 cars).
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Mike in the Box @mike-in-the-box.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Reminder: President Xi is currently supplying targeting coordinates to Iran so that they can kill American soldiers.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026
Please stop overestimating what a democratic Congress can do. The oligarchs are spending money to make you think a Dem Congress can arrest people and hold trials and pass laws without a POTUS signature so that you’ll be disappointed when they don’t do stuff they can’t do. Don’t fall for it.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
​This is 2-year-old Tymofii and his 39-year-old mother, Nataliia Horbachenko, russia killed them both on September 19 with drone strike on their home in a village of Hlevakha in Kyiv Region 💔🕯 ​Nataliia leaves behind her husband and two young daughters. Little Tymofii would have turned 3 on Oct 17.
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Xenta @xenta.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This video shows why it's better to stay indoors and not go outside during a drone attack on the city It was filmed today Please share it Stand with Ukraine ❤️🇺🇦❤️
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Over the last few months these guys made me proud to be British: kind, practical, profoundly moral, a testament to this island. Now they're targeted by the very worst of us. I just gave them a bunch of money. You should too. Show those fascist clowns what's what. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A Russian jet-powered drone crashed and exploded on the outskirts of Moldova’s capital Chișinău today, roughly 42 km deep into countries territory.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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brutusdavis99.bsky.social @brutusdavis99.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Here’s the thing and this is a microcosm what’s wrong with the country. Not everyone on this thread assumed the worst in me. But there are ones who did too. For those who did, I just say why the hostility?
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
... mutually exclsusive? There is a name for being genuinely worried that foreign, dark-skinned people are dangerous. In fact, all phobias are genuinely felt. It's part of the challenge. But "genuine" does not equal "legitimate". And it just does not seem a great strategy for a state broadcaster...
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GinniesDaughter @ginniesdaughter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Batteries not included" electrek.co/2023/07/20/t...
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This $2,000 kit from China will convert a classic VW Beetle to electric
Have an old VW Beetle from the 1960s or 70s laying around and want to convert it into an electric...
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Kharkiv sits close to the Russian border and is hit almost daily, so classrooms have been built inside metro stations. Other schools are fully underground, where young children learn to read three stories deep.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Regenerative grazing" is a greenwashing scam, nothing more. Here's why. Please don't be taken in. drawdown.org/insights/eig...
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Eight reasons regenerative grazing can’t make beef climate-friendly
An influential regenerative grazing movement continues to grow. But here's why the science doesn't back up the purported climate benefits.
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Jessica Berlin @berlinbridge.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Drones over Lithuania, flares fired at Danish aircraft, the Polish border strike. These attacks are a direct result of Europe’s weak response to Leipzig & all other provocations. It’s past time. The EU must ban Russian tourists. NATO must help defend western Ukrainian airspace.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
European gas is above €82/MWh - the highest since late 2022. Hormuz remains largely shut and gas storage is at 68% going into winter. None of this started in Europe but we pay for it. The only exit is using less gas. Heat pumps, electrified industry, insulation.
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Ed@Retired In CrazyTimes @ed-retired.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states with abortion bans. floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/14/r...
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Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states with abortion bans. • Florida Phoenix
The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn littl...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Tomorrow's the big day. Celebrate democracy by helping us get your eligible friends and neighbors registered for their next trip to the ballot box! Go to www.vote.org and visit handsoffourvote.net to learn more about how to make sure the will of the people prevails in November. #handsoffourvote
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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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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/09/2026
This is a major escalation - Russian drone attacks on trains right at the Polish border
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I hope everyone is paying attention to Yemen. If the Houthis are able to hold Mokha and significantly impede Bab al-Mandab, this gets really, really bad.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026
Carney standing by Zelenskyy: "Ukraine will never submit"
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ukraine’s cause — freedom, democracy, sovereignty — is our cause. When peace comes, and it will come, Canada will be there.
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Sam Whimpenny 🌱🇺🇦💙 @porvariman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know these thugs do not speak for the rest of us. Add your name?
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 09/09/2026
Why would we not want Europes help? Are we… protecting someone? www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Europeans investigating Epstein say DOJ has not agreed to requests for help
Some European law enforcement agencies chasing leads spurred by information in the so-called Epstein Files say the U.S. Justice Department has not responded to their requests.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
9/ Cooling and heating are one challenge. Handled as one system, keeping Europe cool need not strain the grid. Full briefing here: www.janrosenow.com/uploads/4/7/...
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Mother and her child escaping fire in Kyiv this morning after russian attack‼️ Video by Yan Dobronosov
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Let me show you something beautiful. Awakening, 1993 by Ivan Marchuk. It’s exhibited in Ukraine for the first time. Came from New York, where it remained for many years as part of Ukraine’s cultural presence. There are several versions of the painting. But all mean the same: awakening of Ukraine.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 05/09/2026
There's an argument for calling them masked thugs, because that is factually true. There's an argument for calling them pathetic cosplaying loser incels, also true, and laughing at them damages their tough-guy self image and hurts recruitment. There is no argument for calling them protesters.
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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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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 03/09/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/09/2026
A couple days ago, Mike Johnson mocked Thomas Massie for suggesting House leadership could keep Congress out to avoid the new Epstein Files Transparency Act, calling the idea “stupid” and “nonsensical.” Now he has canceled the final two weeks of September.
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Kyiv is adapting to constant drone attacks. New alert levels coming: yellow – drones; businesses and institutions can keep working; red – missiles or large-scale attack. The Green metro line over the Dnipro will be allowed to run during yellow alerts. Goal: keep Kyiv working during drone attacks.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In country after country we start to see EV sales up and ICE down. The lines cross in an X typical for transitions. Norway in 2019. Sweden and Nepal in 2023. Denmark and Singapore in 2024. Belgium and the Netherlands in 2025. Finland is crossing now. janrosenow.substack.com/p/the-car-in...
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