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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽

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Coder, Councillor, Activist, Active Travel Enthusiast Green Socialist, GreensOrganise, Unite / UTAW member, standing for Stonehouse in Stroud. Join a Union. Let's GO! “Shock them into focus with clarity of intent” — Kae Tempest, cf Ian Rickson

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2h
NEW: Meta found a way to turn massive data centers into “pilot models” and cash in on a 1980s tax credit. The result? Meta avoided nearly $4 billion in taxes last year alone. Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽 @robinlayfield.bsky.social · 59m
Let's face it. It's all about the diesel now. It's like a sledgehammer about to smack into us all.
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Dr. Froggy Banjo @froggybanjo.bsky.social · 3h
You know, can't fault his arguement.........
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Lindsay Owens @lindsayowens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Gouged" is OUT! I started this book angry about all the ways corporations are ripping us off. I finished it hopeful, because once you know how they're doing it—you can start to fight back. Thanks to everyone who has been part of this. Now go read it.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15h
Burnham could change tax relief on pension contributions for his projects. Gross tax relief in 2024-2025 was £83.9bn. 71% went to 7.7m additional & higher rate taxpayers. 29% to 30.4m basic rate taxpayers. Giving relief to all at 20% leaves £14.5bn spare for social care. But equality/equity?
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Jennifer 🦋🐶☕️🦋 @jenelliot.bsky.social · 21h
#NOMORE
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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 17h
Ofcom rules say broadcasters cannot use politicians as newsreaders, interviewers or reporters in any news programmes. Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action.. bestforbritain.org/petition/far...
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 15h
Force more pensioners into poverty to fund care, that more pensioners will need because they are in poverty. "Fiscal rules" logic strikes again.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14h
Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This Labour government could have responded to the genocide in Gaza in so many ways, instead they cut aid. This is a dereliction of duty.
Stuff of nightmares UK cuts aid to Un Gaza food operations by 78%
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Kate Cox @kcoxdc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And this is why I want to keep my 2014 car until roughly the end of time, if possible. www.theverge.com/transportati...
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Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think
“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Agree With Abdul El-Sayed 💯%....
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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽 @robinlayfield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After spending half a decade trying to persuade Labour to embrace Electoral Reform, it is refreshing to hear this commitment albeit still a "second term" one. I bet @rickgaehl.bsky.social and Mary Southcott are delighted to hear this at Conference from the leaders not just the members
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Blasphemous Jones ↙️ @blasphemousjones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Politico cartoon from October 2022 By Matt Wuerker. More here: www.politico.com/cartoons/202...
Image shows old man Plumpie running over farmers with red hats on with farming equipment while spitting shreds of them out the back and spitting out dollars using a far-reaching arm to a Plump branded truck with a GOP truck in the middle getting nothing.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
These people would have voted Reform, expecting change. Not realising that the billionaires are paying Reform to strip what’s left on the bones, off the carcass of the country.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@unitesharon.bsky.social is spot on, we should own the national grid & run it for our benefit. It's crazy that we don't. At the moment its owned by the likes of Black Rock & Abu Dhabi & they run it for their benefit, not ours.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My opinion: the proscription of Palestine Action was done almost entirely for political reasons, to sound tough on the issue, without really thinking the consequences through. Another example of Labour thinking like an opposition, not like a government.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
More "balance" crap from the BBC. It's well known now that 20mph: Reduces pollution. Reduces collisions and casualty rates as well as deaths. Reduces insurance costs. But they "balance" against some impatient drivers who "get frustrated". That's just bad driving. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Why are more towns and cities moving to 20mph?
Many councils are turning to 20mph limits, but questions remain over the benefits across the UK.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So why don't politicians who argue that Britain can't afford benefits advocate putting up the minimum wage to the point where universal credit no longer has to subsidise low-wage employers?
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meta muse saying why would I deceive you?
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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page of @scotnational.bsky.social
“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page headline of The National, Scotland
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In 2021, UK income tax personal allowance frozen at £12,570, 26.6m paid income tax at the basic rate of 20%. 2026-27: 31.4m liable to pay income tax at 20%. In 2021, 6.47m pensioners paid income tax. 2026-27: 9.58m pensioners liable to income tax. Govt must relieve poverty. End stealth tax.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A cash-strapped rural police force struggles to deal with Red Diesel gangs. Until its chief inspector realises can get the Met Police to deal with the problem... ...if he pretends they're Iranian. A new six part comedy starring Toby Jones.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second. TW infrastructure has average age of 79 years. Industry average is 56 years. 40% of TW assets are over 100 years old. Profits siphoned-off, investment neglected, execs rewarded, customers fleeced
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Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second’
Leak causes outages and low pressure in parts of London and Surrey, affecting 6,000 properties and leaving some without water
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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"so my job is to create that fairness. In our immigration system" lmao we dealt with *ten* home secretaries and never once saw any of this "fairness". and some of the worst nonsense we experienced was under mahmood. this is what i like to call a massive lie
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why women choose the 🐻
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
UK median pay of employee is £31884 a year, net £26476. Working-age adult needs to earn £31500 to reach minimum income standard . Lone parent with 2 children needs £67600. Couple with 2 children needs £77400. Can't get growth without redistribution. Chancellor must cut tax on the poorest 50%.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This also sums up the American healthcare experience pretty well. American healthcare is a travesty. This is the bad place.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This 👇 💙
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Still wondering why people are fed up with the system?
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Helen @helenmaryme.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Michael and Barbara Shetterly lost their 23-year-old son Matthew to an overdose in 2014. His heart was donated to Erv Basdon. Two years later, they met him and listened through a stethoscope as their son’s heart continued beating inside another man. ❤️‍🩹 🥹😭
A crying man and woman stand on either side of a larger man, holding a stethoscope to his chest.
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Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When you die, please don't take your organs with you. They will be of NO use to you. Please sign the back of your driver's license and be an organ donor. This is the highest form of "charity" because the recipient can do nothing for you except be grateful for your selfless gift.
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Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocide💔💙 @philildo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What is this nonsense article from the BBC, suggesting young people can save to afford a house deposit, whilst at the same time stating that it would take 30 yrs to save £51k at £50pcm? Good luck saving whilst paying rent! The housing market is broken + we need more council houses!
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You need £17,000 for a first home - here's how to save it
Here are four ways you can put money aside to save enough for a deposit on your first home.
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More Movies @moremovies.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Another week on Bluesky 🎬 #filmsky #moviesky #cinema
Kurt Russell as R. J. MacReady in The Thing (1980) - "Nobody trusts anybody now. And we're all very tired."
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We have enough food, technology, and money to save the planet. We just have a system where destroying it is more profitable. That's not a climate problem. That's a greed problem. #ClimateJustice
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fresh on the heels of similar complaints about OpenAI from mathematicians, a biologist says Anthropic’s Claude “discovered” the same system his team has spent years researching while sharing their unpublished work with Claude. It’s no longer just publishers & artists accusing AI labs of plagiarism.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
UK Chancellor can easily increase income tax personal allowance by £3,000 a year. It will boost basic rate taxpayers by £600 a year. Millions will be helped. Benefit to higher rate taxpayers can be clawed back. The cost of £30bn can be met by ending bank subsidies, £100bn over the last 3 years.
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This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship
Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population
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Robin Layfield (he/they) 💚 🌈 ✊🏽 @robinlayfield.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is what I'm talking about! I often wonder as I'm scanning my purchases and packing them in my own bags: why am I working for the supermarket when they are gouging me on prices and pushing down on their workforce? It just seems patently wrong to deny someone work and charge more for doing less
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David Lynch's Worlds @davidlynchsworlds.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
49 years ago, #Eraserhead premiered: #DavidLynch
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Eraser Head
ALT: Eraser Head
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Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocide💔💙 @philildo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The witness who reported the suspects is angry that the police/authorities did nothing to alert local residents or evacuate them for hours. Lives put at risk for an illegal war - again
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't know where to begin with a Prime minster with years left on his term and a huge majority saying he won't do anything until the next general election. Is he intending to just not govern until 2029?
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Caitlin Cooper @caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It looks as though LeBron has not released this week’s NFL picks per his Polymarket partnership. Good for him if he’s had a change of heart.
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Dcmfox @dcmfox.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
WTF? Japan is trialing a drug that regrows human teeth by blocking USAG-1—a protein that keeps dormant tooth buds switched off. Phase I is done. Phase IIa in children with congenital tooth loss is next. If it works, dentures and implants could become obsolete.
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Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocide💔💙 @philildo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dear DonOld It was a farmer and residents who thwarted the alleged attack on Fairford. The MOD didn't even answer the phone. You knew NOTHING about the suspects, you buffoon (and neither did UK security agencies) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Late-night drive and a 999 call: farmer’s chance encounter that led to terrorism arrests at RAF base
Local people say members of WhatsApp group noticed suspicious activity around vans in Whelford overnight
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 27/09/2026
Meta unsure why women not buying pervert glasses
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Meta unsure why women not buying pervert glasses
MENLO PARK, CA — As Meta’s totally cool, definitely-not-creepy smart glasses become more popular with tech bros and straight-up pervs, the tech company is reportedly baffled as to why their glasses wh...
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