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Rose of the Shire

@roseshire.bsky.social
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Interests include politics, history and the natural world. Love travelling. Procrastinatrix extraordinare.

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Lysander @lysander1945.bsky.social · 14h
I wonder when the 'experts'out there will figure out that the UK Ministry of Defence's (& therefore also NATO's) new Skynet 6A secure comms satellite (due to be launched by Musk/SpaceX in 2027) is likely to suffer the same problems of being compromised👇 www.polarisintelligence.co/forecasts/la...
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Skynet 6A Launch Forecast (2027) | Polaris Intelligence
Skynet 6A is forecast to launch in 2027 on SpaceX's Falcon 9 FT5 to GEO. Launch window, payloads, operators, and source evidence.
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Rose of the Shire @roseshire.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@wulfhelm.bsky.social Almshouse, Frome, The Shires. #shitbirdphotos
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Dan Thomas @itsdanthomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most disappointing video you’ll see today.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: ‘It’s an implicit threat’. Lord Tom Watson of Palantir writes to one of its biggest critics -Labour MP @labourlewis.bsky.social - to tell him the surveillance firm is watching him. www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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Carmen Harris🇿🇦 @carmenharris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Olive trees aren’t just crops in the West Bank-they can represent decades, sometimes generations, of a family’s livelihood and connection to the land. Destroying mature trees right before harvest makes the loss especially cruel.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Rich assholes like this grind my teeth. Earned his billions off the petrochemical industry Backed Brexit squeezing the UK into a poorer less powerful corner Doesn’t admit that HE is one of the reasons we are in the state we are in Not worth the steam off my coffee www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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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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Anna H @athenepallas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
An RNLI lifeboatman is taking part in the Great North Run tomorrow, wearing his full kit. Please donate here if you can: fundraise.rnli.org/fundraisers/...
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I'm taking on Great North Run 2026 - please help me reach my fundraising goal of £1000!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The question that keeps occurring to me is this: If a group of people had taken office with the deliberate intention of destroying the global standing, democratic claims, credibility and power of the United States, what would they do differently? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump says every adult American will get $5,000 if Republicans win midterms
Speaking at a party convention, the US president gave no details on how the plan would work or where the money would come from.
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Patrick Seurre @patrick.seurre.com · 08/09/2026
Mandate publishing annual statistics on data centre water & electricity usage Please sign. We need to know the impact of data centres
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Petition: Mandate publishing annual statistics on data centre water & electricity usage
Parts of the UK have experienced a drought, and residents have been asked to conserve water. We are concerned that the concerted efforts to build new data centres could place a huge strain on our wate...
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 05/09/2026
Is there an open police investigation?
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 01/08/2026
Ceuta is in Africa. The Moroccans have been returned but on X & elsewhere ReFuK is still spouting Russian destabilisation propaganda. Given one of their lot is in prison as a traitor for Russia you’d think they’d be careful about spreading Russia’s BS. Questions should be asked.
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Rose of the Shire @roseshire.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Bird on a stick. Whitstable. @wulfhelm.bsky.social
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 27/06/2026
One problem with tackling Climate Change denial has been that it is very difficult to imagine people who are so venal that they would knowingly advocate for what will harm future generations because some more money could be made now. It’s a struggle to envisage someone thinking like that.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
A leaked May 2026 briefing confirmed Palantir staff have UNLIMITED admin access to identifiable NHS patient data,BEFORE pseudonymisation The S.254 direction overriding the National Data Opt-Out has never been published‼️ Send a UK GDPR complaint to NHS England, an ask to the National Data Guardian &
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Rose of the Shire @roseshire.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I wasn't expecting that whilst I was eating my dinner... Made me cry.😥 #TheArchers
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
They removed CD/DVD drives from PCs. -Made physical media harder to buy and use. -Removed expandable storage from phones. -Pushed us into streaming subscriptions. -Made always-online normal. -Made unlimited internet necessary. -Slowly raised the price of everything. Ownership quietly became renting.
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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Ground to a halt in school run traffic and happened to glance lazily out of the window. … … … What the fuck is wrong with this country.
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Richard Appleby @rmappleby.uk · 23/05/2026
Personally: Concentrate regulation of media & publishing in one place Declare social media companies as publishers Disallow owners that don’t live and pay tax in the UK Give the regulator f*uk-off fangs Fire the BBC board and senior mgrs in BBC news For starters.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened. Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah. (h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
We should start removing the citizenship of weasels like this. If you don’t like paying your taxes and want to live in another country, fine, go, but you won’t be getting back in
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👣Coco👣 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Northern Lights over Greenland 🇬🇱
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Dissident Jen @beyond-hope.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
A message from Carl Sagan from 1995—some of his last prophetic words.
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Status-6 (Military & Conflict News) @archer83able.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Kyiv after Russian attack tonight.
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Shocked by the BBC plans to 'Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output'? Just another reason to call for major updates to how we regulate our media. Please sign and share my petition calling for this. It's more important than ever! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Petition: Review traditional and social media regulation
Review media regulation, including social media, to consider the introduction of stricter regulations to ensure truthful reporting, accountability and integrity across all platforms, including newspap...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Resolution Copper is blocking comments and hiding replies from anyone calling out what they’re doing at Oak Flat. They’re trying to mine on sacred Native American land, with the government’s help, and don’t want the public to push back.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe.
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RELEASE EPSTEIN FILES Fella 🇺🇦 🇺🇸📎🦋 @thehillshaveayes.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
#holodomor My father was appointed as a guard in charge of the collective farm. There was a harvest, and he guarded grain. And he took a bottle of water from home. There where he worked. Leaving work, he poured wheat into a bottle of half a liter. 1/
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Something fishy about this sob story (1) The photos are stock shots taken in 2012 and 2014, available from Shutterstock and Alamy—links below. (2) There’s no trace of bankers Al and Alexandra Moy anywhere other than the Telegraph 🤔 www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/... www.alamy.com/stock-photo-...
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
It’s bold and I like it. When our enemies are no longer faceless, then we see there’s probably more that unites us than divides us.
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Rose of the Shire @roseshire.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Beautiful article.💕 And a similar story to many teams in the English leagues, including my home team... Good luck, Armina Bielefeld!!🍀
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The UK-EU summit agreement covers the following 12 areas: 1. Sanitary & Phytosanitary 2. Energy cooperation 3. Emissions trading 4. Steel 5. Law enforcement & judicial cooperation 6. Irregular migration 7. Defence, security & development 8. Fisheries 9. Youth & educational mobility 1/16
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Ally @hamiltown.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Top streamed 2025 Eurovision songs this past week. I don’t even have to say what I want to say. But you know what I want to say, right? We can all agree we’re looking at this and thinking the same thing right? #Eurovision 🎶
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Denys from Ukraine @glushko.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
⚡️ Decision to close the last functioning hospital in the city was made to save the lives of doctors and patients, head of the district administration Andriy Kanashevych said to Suspilne. Russia has repeatedly targeted civilian and medical facilities in the city since its liberation in Sept. 2022.
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 29/04/2025
My family found a home here after fleeing the pogroms in Ukraine. This country accepted us as refugees when we had nothing except the shirts on our backs. We've seen what can happen when we don't speak up about the dangers — it's time to raise the alarm now.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Man, YouTube has been feeding me workout videos recently. And it starts out, like, hey here's how to work out your back and your legs best. Some of the guys seem nice, even liberal. And then within... I don't know, three, four days? Trumpland
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
The Have Your Say survey about the future of the BBC is invite only, to people with BBC accounts. Please take a few minutes to fill it out if you can, and ask them to keep doing everything they do well. #DefendTheBBC click.e.bbcmail.co.uk?qs=e0d08f509...
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Our BBC, Our Future - The BBC - Send - BBC
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Ukraine Advocate 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.eurosky.social · 05/05/2025
In London Ukrainian soldiers being clapped the whole way today Glory to Heroes Victory and justice for #Ukraine Слава Україні, Slava Ukraini #ve80 #glorytoheroes #veday80 SupportUkraine uk / Instagram
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Sunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
#ReformUK want to scrap the NHS. Reform Chairman Muhammed Yusuf is another privately educated multimillionaire member of the elite who wants to abolish the NHS. He has millions in the bank to pay for private healthcare, have you? #GMB
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Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
There’s no point correcting this. There’s no reason to expect this travesty of a human to be any less ignorant on history than he is on every other fathomable topic. So as a 20th Century military historian I’ll just say that those Americans who serve in both wars would be ashamed of this.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Labour needs several million buckets of ice-cold water poured over their head and the nation's church bells ringing in unison as a very loud wake-up call. Hopefully, this is it. People voted for hope and change and vision not Reform lite and the same old Tory shite.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
He's won three councils and he thinks he's Donald Trump. What an absolute fucking turnip.
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Rose of the Shire @roseshire.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Amazing stuff... and that tell at the end. "why dont you just say 'yes' and move on." Essentially, "just let me lie like you are paid to."
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