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Karl Stanley @karlstanley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

When my daughter was in 5th class we switched from driving to school to cycling (about 4km) with a group. Took her about 2 weeks to get into it but she would not go back. Being in the back of a car is boring, being on a bike having the chats with your pals is fun!

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Burnham actually says what everyone knows: Russia was the force behind Brexit. The 2016 Brexit vote was targeted by Russian “state-sponsored interference”, Andy Burnham has said, as he warned voters in France and Germany about Kremlin-backed attempts to influence their countries’ politics. The UK

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Russia ‘interfered’ in 2016 Brexit vote, says Andy Burnham

UK prime minister calls for European voters to be better informed about efforts to disrupt democratic process

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 11/10/2026

No country has ever walked this path as a former member, already closely aligned and sharing the EU’s values. With the political will, Britain could be back at the table within a single parliament.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A friend of mine years ago was on a minibus travelling into deepest Cavan, famous at the time for its bad roads (though it was not alone in this). An American tourist on the bus asked how the roads had become so damaged and she told him it was because the English bombed them.

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Roderic O’Gorman TD @rodericogorman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In last years budget, SEAI was allocated €640 million to support home retrofit. Min Chambers has just announced that SEAI will get €654.5 million in 2027 for retrofit. A €14.5 million increase. A 2% increase.

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Claire Mitchell @clairemitchell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We have nearly 1500 names now. Last day to sign

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

So many people already dealing with parents/grandparents with the toxic combination of diminishing mental faculties, online radicalisation via social media and AI slop, and chatbot seduction. Unfortunately we are now all getting to see what happens when one of those cases is the president of the USA

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Patrick Meier @patrickmeier.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

Residents of Berlin are using the app ”Water your Neighborhood“ to save urban trees from heat stress. The open-source platform tracks hydration needs for 900k+ trees, turning street care into a community win 🌿💚 www.giessdenkiez.de/map?lang=en&...

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Well Done Germany! =============== The Cornell University case has highlighted the need to better protect women from rapists. This is a great idea for remote/hidden areas. ----------------------

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Is this really just about protecting the human consciousness behind it from legal liability?

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Great stuff from Adam, and thanks to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for being pretty much the only non-Byline journalist to pick this story up

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 02/10/2026

I have signed and would encourage anyone of a protestant background to do the same.

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Emma Howard @emmahoward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

After a poultry plant shut down in July's heatwave, the UK's meat industry trade body called for processing sites to have "continuous access to water, irrespective of wider pressures on local supplies". When those sites use more water than Brighton, that matters. www.grilled.media/data-meat-in...

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Data: Meat plants use more water than the population of Brighton

As meat processors demand priority access to water during drought, exclusive data reveals the industry's water use

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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"But Alternative Parade Route Wouldn't Allow Us To Pointlessly Create Tensions" Orange Order Confirm waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/09/2…

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Comment on Reddit about this: "My mum tried to send a gift card to someone at the council who had helped her quit smoking. They turned it down because she wasn't allowed to accept gifts." And yet some MPs (and the authorities) think it's totally normal and fine to do this...

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Jooooohhhh No! @josefoshea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A Better Future - Together #UnitedIreland #Flegs

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Have to say there's something a bit ironic about writing a while piece about how the new cartographie representation reminds us how small Ireland is and how it is not tve centre of the world but then only talking about the maps implications for Ireland. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

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Fintan O'Toole: The new map of Earth is a wake-up call for Ireland

On the Equal Earth map, Ireland suddenly looks a lot more northernly and a lot less central - no longer the much-vaunted ‘island at the centre of the world’

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🔥 Fantastic work everyone! And if you’ve not sent one yet, here’s the link —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...

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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 10/09/2026

Whenever we see someone post that they're stopping their donation to the RNLI, like some right-wing virtue-signalling flex, we can't help but think of this. You can donate to the RNLI here: buff.ly/bsku22S

Only 1.2% of RNLI calls are for asylum seekers in the Channel — red poster arguing that cancelling RNLI donations equates to saying "I hate migrants... I'm willing to jeopardise the lives of the other 98.8% of rescues," followed by the sarcastic "Lovely people, right?"

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026

Politicians and commentators have talked London down for far too long. Today’s research from Kings College shows just how far lies about our city have spread. But Londoners know the truth and we’re fighting back.

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London has fallen? The truth is revealed in major new study

‘Protecting a shared view of reality of London is crucial – we’re all entitled to our own opinions but not our own facts,’ says Professor Bobby Duffy

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Top ten combined European PISA scores for reading, maths, science and other education at age 15: 🇪🇪 Estonia — 511 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — 498 🇮🇪 Ireland — 493 🇨🇭 Switzerland — 490 🇵🇱 Poland — 487 🇫🇮 Finland — 482 🇦🇹 Austria — 480 🇧🇪 Belgium — 479 🇨🇿 Czechia — 478 🇹🇷 Turkey — 476

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This is the first time that I've seen the equal-earth map overlayed on the Mercator. It really makes the point clear - including the diminution of the US size! It wouldn't be "big and beautiful" any more, so no wonder the orange wouldn't approve it at the UN vote to accept it.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Nigel Farage and Reform foreign donations scandal excluded from all but one national newspaper front page this morning. No sign of it at all on the front pages of the two papers which splashed the polls secretly funded by a Reform donor earlier this year

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Steven Goldsmith 🦋 @stevengoldsmith.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I truly believe that everyone gets what they deserve. I really hope that Trump gets exactly what he deserves.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It doesn’t get any cuter than this, folks. 😍

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Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"their hydronyms" 😂 Textbook bathos from @mark-carney.bsky.social

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👻 Dead Chachra 💀 @debcha.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang. ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...

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KING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKS

Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

1/3 I have written to the Energy Secretary, urging her to uphold Labour’s manifesto pledge not to issue new licences for North Sea oil and gas fields.

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"Marlboro Reds for Teens is 'an experience designed to help teens learn to smoke without a filter, safely encounter the joys of nicotine and tar, and use Marlboros with the savoir-faire befitting a proficient smoker,' Phillip Morris said in a blog post published Tuesday."

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"AI prompts are discoverable" is going to lead to so many funny lawsuit outcomes, my god

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"Scaling back the exercise is, of course, an insane decision, which does nothing but hurt an ally, and tempt an adversary to think—correctly—that American leadership is feckless." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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Trump Will Make South Korea Pay For His Iran Humiliation

His rage is driving him to make irrational policy choices.

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Old Oakie @markingall.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This is why Count Binface has already won the Clacton by-election.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Do you want to hazard a guess at what this “jaw-dropping” list of freebies included? What luxuries asylum seekers might be being given “for free” in Thetford? Xboxes? Plasma TVs? iPhones? Ferraris? Let's take a look👀 🧵 1/22

Express headline: The jaw-dropping list of everything asylum seekers in Thetford were 'given for free'.

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acommonblackbird @acommonblackbird.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

thank you @monkemma.bsky.social ❤️‍🔥 having been homeless and worked in homelessness, this made me rage... at the media. could you pls promote petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...? it's not even reached 25k sigs and closes next month. we need the violence-inciting parasite-media onslaught to end.

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Petition: Ban foreign media ownership, enact a social media levy & new regulatory reform

Pass law to ban foreign & offshore ownership of UK media, enact a social-media levy to distribute media ownership across society & fund independent, local & cooperative-owned media. We believe democra...

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 08/08/2026

Another superb thread by Emma. As ever, a clear and comprehensive demolition of a right wing scare story

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 08/08/2026

A customs union would deliver a £14–19bn economic boost, and we’d be ceding control of at least part of our trade & tariff policy. EU membership, however, would boost our economy by at least £92bn and give us the power to shape decisions. Rejoining the EU is the best way to grow the UK economy.

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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I can't come up with one positive reason for these data centers to even exist.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 07/08/2026

If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 30, the number is 98.5%.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I can’t believe we’re still having a debate about whether there’s a trade off between job creation and measures to green the economy. There isn’t. The evidence was clear years ago - a green economy creates far more jobs than the fossil fuel economy it replaces. Come on Labour, catch up …

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Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules

Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It's true that Tice isn't a big deal (although he is an MP) and that The Telegraph isn't admired for its journalism. We could spend all day minimising it. But it's fair to say if a TD made a remark like this about Britain, it would be a big story and consequences would be expected.

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