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Christen Rexing, PhD, MPH @christenrexing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Happy Wednesday!
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That thug sabotaging rescue efforts, racist riots, flags on lampposts, pink ladies wanting to burn down hotels, doxxing charity workers, ICE-style deportation plans, threats to scrap the Equality Act and leave the ECHR… “legitimate concerns” No. A tornado of hate and prejudice set off by Farage.
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they made gooseworx @gooseworx.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
dunno if this is a hot take or not but room temperature water is > ice cold water because I can drink it faster
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rain-singer.bsky.social @rain-singer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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slynnw.bsky.social @slynnw.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There is too much money in professional men’s sports. There’s too much worshiping as well.
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Tiger Pournelle, Furious Irish🏳️‍🌈 @tigerpournelle.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Assholes who make fun of people eulogizing their dogs: There aren't many places for folks to do that, and it's a big moment in some people's lives they weren't exactly ready for. So shut the hell up and let them do it.
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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @warringtonruncorn.com · 04/08/2026
Cars is another one. I’d much rather have a mid sized hatchback compared to a sports car or a Chelsea tractor.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 04/08/2026
We’re not even at the peak of El Niño yet, but the wildfires across Europe and the floods in South Asia are already devastating. Will we ever see real and urgent climate action from our world leaders?
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 04/08/2026
BP's quarterly profits more than doubled to £4.2 billion in the three months to the end of June. These are the profits of war and climate chaos. It's time to make the biggest polluters pay.
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BP's PROFITS IN 3 MONTHS

£4.2bn

MAKE POLLUTERS PAY

Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales, c/o PO Box Green Party, London, SE1P 6YL
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Ben McKennaaaargh @benmckenna.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I'm begging the British right to have ANY OTHER historical reference than WWII, which I should add saw all of yerp come together with Soviet Communists, to beat the far-right.
Pity the French did not show the same resolve in
defending their sovereignty in June 1940.
Politics UK © @PolitlcsUK • 5h
NEW: The French Government has attacked
Reform UK's plan to use the Royal Navy to take
small boat migrants back to France
"This would be a violation of French sovereignty as...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The Jeep Rubicon Childkiller. Celebrate the climate emergency and mow down pedestrians with 5,000 pounds of pointless metal.
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Northern & proud 👊 @gazlancs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story. It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war. These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The same people who have been telling us "we can't stop climate change, instead we must adapt" have been hammering our capacity to adapt, through their promotion of austerity. What they're really saying is "keep burning fossil fuels for the sake of our donors". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Crop yields down, our countryside scorched and over 2800 people are dead due to this summer's heatwaves. Meanwhile fossil fuel giants are raking in record profits. We must end this rampant profiteering, and cut fossil fuels from our energy mix as soon as possible.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Climate science denial in physical form. The Land Rover Defender X (yup - they've gone full Musk). Price: £103,460, plus a few kids' lives. 🧵
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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 03/08/2026
Earth is now warming faster than at any point in recorded geological history - around 10 times faster than the extreme warming event 56 million years ago and 20 times faster than at the end of the last ice age. We are almost certainly in a new extinction event.
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Even if Farage is done that doesn't mean that racism, immigrant scapegoating, hate and the far right in general have gone away.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We should never forget how the BBC has changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage and other rightwing extremists, while shutting out progressive voices.
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Helen @helenmaryme.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This man caring for his elderly dog is one of the sweetest things I've ever seen 🥹😍❤️
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"It's clear that there's a rampant dumbing down in progress in which not knowing things is considered a virtue. I don't throw my hands up in despair, but I do try to indicate that it's a very serious problem." - Carl Sagan
Sagan in a suit speaking on a microphone.
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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
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David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Just loving how John Cleese, now reduced to one of his own caricatures, rages about immigrants coming to the UK and failing to accept "our" culture, from his home in ... (checks notes) ... Nevis in the Caribbean.
Telegraph article: John Cleese: I trust Rupert Lowe more than any other leader
Monty Python star backs the Restore Britain founder in a series of social media posts
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The stranglehold the rightwing and far right have on our politics is absurd. Not a single policy or idea that benefits the country. A wild aversion to tax, immigration, NetZero, the EU.. trapping us in a dismal dead-end, unable to make progress for fear of the DailyMail demographic losing its shit.
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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Just obscene to come home safe from pride celebrations in London and know there are people who won’t in Berlin. Our fight is global and united, and it’s wrong that we need to fight at all.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The continuing claims by the police that all this is the work of a "rogue unit" or a "few bad apples" are yet more lies piled on top of 50 years of lying. The state surveillance, state rape and state cover-ups are institutional and systemic. It's not over. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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How the Met police spent £2.5m hiding spycop from former partner
Spycops inquiry has revealed how Helen Steel was secretly monitored in her search for undercover officer who deceived her into relationship
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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
“It's a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other.” Aldous Huxley, born on this day in 1894
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The decision of so many people to keep using X in its race-war phase has made me a bit more cynical overall about the ability to draw moral red lines. It’s beyond disappointing.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Terrifying to see wildfires raging through Scotland. The climate crisis isn't a distant threat - it's right here and right now. How many warning signs and alarm bells until Andy Burnham takes action to end oil and gas drilling?
Person trying to put out wildfires in Scotland
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Fake passports. A money laundering conviction. A mystery casino fortune in Montenegro... There's yet more revelations about who Farage chooses to surround himself with. Let’s start with George Cottrell. A man Farage describes as "like a son," and his former chief of staff 👇
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Here we are in 2026 and this song is just as relevant now as it was when it was created. ‘Stop, Hey What's That Sound’ Buffalo Springfield Released December, 1966
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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The official government response to London Trans Prides message to Andy Burnham from the end of various articles: A Government spokesperson said: ‘The Government is committed to protecting the rights, dignity and safety of all LGBT+ people. 🧵 (me- this is simply insulting)
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Day 1 saw Burnham back the US in using UK bases to carry on its war of aggression. Day 2, we've heard his plans to saddle low-income countries with more debts. New face, old politics. We need real change: standing up to Trump and showing real leadership on the world stage.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This is an appalling lack of judgement and the surest sign yet that Britain will continue to be Trump's lackey. The war in Iran has cost countless lives, and breached international law - yet we continue to support it. Very, very concerning. Very, very continuity Starmer.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I strongly believe in giving the man a chance. But keeping Shabana Mahmood as Home Secretary suggests the vicious attacks on immigrants and refugees, and self-defeating attempts to outrun the far right, are likely to continue. Which is pretty damn depressing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot
Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot
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ChristianG @mryeswecan.eurosky.social · 20/07/2026
Airbus is putting its data beyond America's reach. They will run on Scaleway, a French provider, instead. A US law lets American authorities request data held by US firms, including data stored in servers outside the country. Europe is slowly trying to lean less on American technology.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
It's fascinating to watch commentators who sat completely silently for a decade as the Conservative Government changed its leader four times in a row mid-term, now suddenly discover such a keen interest in the concepts of 'mandates' and 'legitimacy'
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Andy Burnham opts to keep Shabana Mahmood as Home Secretary. A big mistake
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Deeply irresponsible. We're in a climate crisis. This is such a terrible start. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling
Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
So Andy Burnham has repeatedly committed to sticking to Labour's 2024 manifesto, yet we're now told that his first major announcement will be breaking its commitment not to drill for new oil and gas in the North Sea.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The Times reporting that Andy Burnham succeeded in persuading Shabana Mahmood to become Chancellor because it would give her more control over cutting immigration
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
So, as Chancellor, actively pursuing policies that harm the country’s economy, NHS and social care. They have all lost their minds in their anti-immigration populist frenzy.
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Our planet has two lungs: trees and oceans are the lungs of the Earth. Plant more trees, don't cut them down, and reduce plastic waste in the sea. Protect our forests and oceans to preserve the health of our planet.
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This, if true, will be the end of Labour. No one who gives a damn about human security, national security and collective security can support a government that ADDS to climate change. Not when there are cheaper, safer, proven alternatives. @andyburnham.bsky.social
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Hard to think of a more deeply damaging start to Burnham’s premiership than giving green light to new oil & gas in N. Sea, if true. It won’t lower bills or lead to greater energy security but will drive an even hotter planet. What a terrible signal to give to rest of the world #ClimateVandalism
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BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) on X
Andy Burnham will announce plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea when he becomes prime minister on Monday, the BBC has been told. The announcement will form part of a flurry of policy m...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I'd challenge anyone to read this outstanding book and come away telling me that the Royal Family are a force for good. An in depth and shocking expose not just of the grubby money grabbing dim witted Yorks but the whole Firm and it's acts of self preservation.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Reform UK national leaders - who now pretend shock at threatening messages - have for years condoned Reform UK local leaders inciting violence among far right supporters '“Shoot him and his fellow parasites”: Wigan Reform councillor’s shocking online activity' hopenothate.org.uk/2026/07/06/w...
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The Lucasfilm Collector @lucasfilmcollector.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
From the Visual Effects Society: As Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey arrives in theaters today, it's a fitting moment to look back at one of the filmmakers who helped define cinematic mythology.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I wish I I didn’t understand the world - sadly, I think I’ve come to understand it and I don’t like it - but whatever little corner I can find , I will battle to make it a little better whenever I can
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