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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Trump’s presidency is comparable to the pandemic in terms of killing tourism to the US. Another astonishing own goal, destroying a major US industry”

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MBlue.Bsky.social 🌺MB🌺 @mblue.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thank you for sharing! We have energy "black out times" 4-9pm here. Solar, ecar. Even so, during "normal months" our monthly bill is over $300. I am RP 🌀

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Excellent article by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social Why aren’t men leading the charge against rape? Every female rape victim & every male rapist has a father. Most fathers would do anything to prevent the destruction of their children’s lives. So why aren’t they doing more to prevent boys/men raping?

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After rape allegations at Cornell University, why are women again being urged to talk to their sons? Why not men? | Gaby Hinsliff

Boys learn by watching how the men they respect treat their partners, female colleagues, women on the street. Now is the time for those men to step up, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@lewisgoodall.com @jonsopel1.bsky.social can’t tell you how much I enjoyed your interview with Heidi Alexander, or more precisely your summary of it. I was cheering you on. Next time, please include me in your glass of Malbec, in fact make it a bottle!

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Robert Del Naja is arrested for peaceful protest against genocide whilst gangs of balaclava clad racists rampage whilst police look the other way. The UK’s gone mad and Burnham is nowhere to be seen.

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Nick Burdett @nickburdett.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Buying flags to support the RNLI during WW1. How times have changed.

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Damn right! When will all decent people flirting with racism dressed up as patriotism wake up & take a real look at what their new leaders are doing to the country they love? The country their parents & grandparents fought & died to protect against fascism in black shirts? #ProtectTheRNLI

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Let’s stop short term financial gain for the few robbing us of a much loved institution which represents everything great about British multiculturalism. PLEASE SIGN Brixton Market is being sold.. the.organise.network/campaigns/ne...

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Protect Brixton Market and its traders!

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

oh my god they're gonna kill their own bounce in under a month aren't they

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Farage gets caught red handed with ‘American donors’ and now every Reform talking head is shouting “fake news” and demanding we believe alternative facts. What’s next “shut up piggy”? #Reform #Farage #Trump

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Ian H @ians.chat · 20/08/2026

Nigel Farage wants to end "Something for Nothing Britain". Ironic that he is absolutely adamant that the £5m from Harborne was something for nothing.

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Superb interview! Amongst all the ridiculous denial and posturing here’s some good old fashioned common sense delivered in a way everyone can understand. Thank you @owenjones.bsky.social @drellafox.bsky.social #climate

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Catastrophe Grips Britain - Finally The Government WAKES UP

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

So the phenomenally wealthy King and Prince are both massive environmental hypocrites and slum landlords raking in tax free rent on properties they probably wouldn’t allow their dogs to sleep in. Not a good look is it? Thank you for having the guts & integrity to report this @theguardian.com

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Royal estates rent out homes that fail to meet legal energy efficiency standards

Exclusive: More than 100 homes on King Charles and Prince William’s inherited estates have EPC ratings of F or G

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk Forget Hyacinth Bucket mispronouncing her surname to sound posh what about Nigel Farage?

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

So US have turned up to illegally drill in a conservation area without permission and #Greenland are too scared to act. This is terrifying for #democracy & #climate. World leaders must respond with strength & solidarity immediately We ignored Putin when he invaded Crimea and look what happened.

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Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill

Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Amazing hopeful news for democracy and antifascism 👏👏👏👏👏 Thanks @novaramedia.com Would be great if you also posted here on bluesky 😀 #michigan #AbdulElSayed

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Cancelling ‘vertical drinking’ is a breathtakingly stupid recommendation from Westminster Council. Have they ever been in a pub or do they all drink horizontally like emperors lounging with Jacob Rees-Mogg in a subsidised House of Commons bar? #VerticalDrinking 👍 @london.gov.uk

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Council wants pubs in London’s Soho and West End to ban standing

Sadiq Khan criticises Westminster council’s ‘anti-growth policies’ after it recommends stopping ‘vertical drinking’

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I wonder if the tories would have given such a warm embrace to a 3 years jailed former neo-nazi if he wasn’t a double barrelled former public schoolboy from Somerset but a working class lad from an inner city council estate? Performative politics, old boys network or a new faith in redemption?

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Badenoch defends decision to allow man jailed for antisemitism to stand as councillor

Tory leader praises Joshua Bonehill-Paine’s ‘contrition’ but says she has higher thresholds for MP candidates

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I do find it rather pathetic when right wing tax dodging millionaire politicians claimed to be christian. I’d have far more respect for them if they said ‘selfishness and cruelty work for me so take your religion and shove it’

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/08/2026

"Kew Gardens has had a weather station since 1871. This July was, based on third party analysis of Met Office data collected at the site, the first calendar month on record where no rainfall was measured at Kew."

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London's first month without rain

Plus: There's nowhere to bury the dead • London wants to keep its money • When will it stop being so damn hot • Who is to blame for turning off the air conditioning in the tower block?

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Hi @lewisgoodall.com Great j@lbc.co.uk show this am as always 😀 Can I make a request? We heard from Peter Lilley about climate this week so how about @carolinelucas.bsky.social next week? As you probably know she’s recently met with climate experts and is possibly even better informed than Lilley 😉

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

#BBC presenter was sent & read anonymous Reform party emails live on air during interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social which made serious allegations against Zack. Allegations which police later dismissed Taxpayers paying for @bbc right wing propaganda is something POLICE SHOULD INVESTIGATE!

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Even @countbinface.bsky.social couldn’t have put it better than these kids 🤣🤣🤣

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Geoffrey Lean @geofflean.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

May seem counterintuitive, but solar parks above fields can actually boost crops, as here. In another case it increased yield by 30% through providing shelter. Sheep and panels can also go well together. Doesn’t apply universally, of course, but still good news. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

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Mixing solar power and agriculture: A blueberry farm does a test run

A farmer in Maine has teamed up with a solar developer and university researchers to find out how his berries fare when partially shaded by solar panels.

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I literally couldn’t believe my ears when I leant that we are being told to take short showers whilst data centres can guzzle & waste as much water as they like to power AI. Do we really value computers thinking for us more than avoiding thirst, growing food, washing and saving our wildlife?

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Cannot agree more. When Andy Burnham took on the role of PM he also took on a moral responsibility for protecting the citizens of a country which is (literally) on fire He has to have the balls to say no to Trump, the oil industry & oligarch owned media & and create a new UK we can be proud of

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This is scary. As if UK Gov’s (possibly illegal) arrests/jailing of peacefully protesting pensioners wasn’t enough now they seem to be coming after the barrister protecting their legal rights. This smacks of authoritarianism and must be challenged. What say you? @alexjjnorris.bsky.social

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We are shocked that Palestine Action barrister faces contempt proceedings | Letters

Letters: Former clients of Rajiv Menon KC, including Tariq Ali and Hillsborough family members Margaret Aspinall and Sue Roberts, say the charges against him must be dropped. Plus a letter from Andrew...

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Just listened to RestisPolitics brilliant series ‘When nature becomes a security threat’ with @carolinelucas.bsky.social Under discussion is a British Intelligence report with facts so shocking that No10 tried to bury it Podcasts are short, easy to understand and compelling. Highly recommend 👏👏👏

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Infantino plans to sell off #WorldCup to the Trump/Kushner family. QUELLE BLOODY SURPRISE! “Thrive Eternal, a company launched in April by Joshua Kushner, the brother of United States President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, would lead the proposed investor group for FFE” #FIFA

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Infantino losing support as 90 nations reject Fifa President's plan to sell off World Cup to private investors | LBC

Both the North American and European football confederations have expressly rejected the spin-off, with Uefa saying they would boycott tournaments should the plans go through

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Notice how incredibly silly it is that we have the police warning people not to commit terrorist offences, waiting quietly for them to reveal a t-shirt or something, and then arresting old people under anti-terror powers, who quite placidly accept being arrested.

Defend Our Juries @DefendOur... • 2h
NEW: Sir Jonathon Porritt, arrested under Terrorism law outside Westminster
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As police escorted him away he said "I am a supporter of Palestine Action, trying to save lives is not terrorism, exposing this Governments complicity in genocide is not terrorism."

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Should someone tell this dipshit from the Daily Telegraph that the Mediterranean lifestyle he wants us to embrace currently involves fleeing for your life to escape fires and then walking through ash and stepping over dead tortoises in what used to be your garden?

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Left: Nigel Farage says the police should act because Zack Polanski refuses to apologise Right: That time Keir Starmer asked Nigel Farage to apologise for when Reform UK's Deputy Council Leader in Lancashire shared a death threat against Natalie Fleet MP, he refused to do so

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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Kindness towards animals and kindness towards people come from the same place.

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

How fucked up is this headline and which sick fuck paid for this study? What’s next? Placing patients on life support machines has a worst impact on climate than letting them die? or Anaesthetising cows before slaughter has worst impact on climate than terrorising them?

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Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens

Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests

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ClientEarth @clientearth.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🔥The UK government is about to make a decision that will affect us all🔥 New oil and gas is incompatible with a liveable climate, and makes us LESS energy secure. 👉We must urge the government to make the right decision. Sign the open letter: act.clientearth.org/page/195992/...

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Simon & I moved from SW France to N Ireland this Jan. When we tell people this was largely for climate reasons, too hot & too heartbreaking watching rivers dry up & animals die they mostly look dubious & tell us we’re mad. Our old home’s surrounded by fire. I’ve never been so gutted to be right.

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Pedro Sánchez says Spain is suffering effects of climate crisis as firefighters battle wildfires in France

Blazes near Madrid coming under control but efforts to contain huge fire near Bordeaux hampered by windy conditions while another heatwave forecast

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

A voice of morality in the political cesspit that is Trump’s America. It’s a tragedy that arrest is impossible without Trump’s support but it’s highly unlikely Trump will be able to give Netanyahu the Putin style red carpet treatment in NYC. Thank you @mayor.nyc.gov

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Mamdani calls Netanyahu a 'war criminal and architect of horrific genocide' in Palestine

YouTube video by USA TODAY

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Rachel Lowe @rachellowe.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Just lost 2 hours of my life watching this. How the hell did Damon & Affleck start their career with Goodwill Hunting and end up here? #RIP indeed ☹️

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Jim 🔥 @jim.chat · 24/07/2026

Phew. I thought we were going to have problems... but, as the wise man once said... I take him at his word. See also: FFS 🤦‍♂️

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Leandro Paredes should be banned from international football for life viciously assaulting Spanish players after the final whistle. Indefensible thuggery and criminality.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Wayne Rooney speaking for the entire world on the half time show. "I thought it was crap."

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Laura Kuenssberg, Andrew Neil, and the BBC apparatus which gave Cambridge Analytica a chance to undermine @carolecadwalla.bsky.social’s investigation before it was published, called law breaking ‘rule breaking’, demeaned her as a mad cat lady, and fluffed Farage, deserve all the ignominy of history

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

One of my earnest hopes is that Emma Reynolds, the former City lobbyist whom Starmer appointed as yet another craven, spineless and utterly useless Environment Secretary, will be out of a job tomorrow. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Poultry sector growth plan risks UK national security, campaigners warn

Government’s food security push is said to rely on animal feed imports with vulnerability to supply chain shocks

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The White House spokesman is relaxed about the banner held by the Argentina team. It's a freedom of speech issue, apparently. Wonder if the US administration would be as relaxed if Lamine Yamal borrowed Janet's on Sunday?

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