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@sazzle35.bsky.social
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Retired nurse, moved to Caithness. Scotland. Like books and animals. No DMs.

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Bob @psychobob4q2.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Hope he bombs them all!
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Anonymous @opdeatheaters.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
ICE and CBP agents have been convicted of rape and accused of shootings, sexual assault, and shackling pregnant women to beds while they miscarried. Congressional investigators documented hundreds of reports as DHS gutted oversight offices. #OpDeathEaters www.yacnews.com/ice-and-cbp-...
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ICE and CBP officers raped, shot and abused women as DHS charged the victims; cut oversight offices
US Federal immigration officers have been convicted of rape and accused of shootings, sexual abuse and mistreating pregnant detainees. Congressional investigators documented hundreds of abuse allegati...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
UK drivers forced to use parking apps can pay up to 40% more. Hidden charges, full price not shown until the payment page. Neoliberals complain about regulation but silent on daily fleecing of people by predatory capitalism. All done to boost profits, exec pay.
theguardian.com
Drivers forced to use parking apps can pay up to 40% more
Council car parks have switched away from ticket machines to cut costs, leading to extra fees for users
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
THE FERRET: The company behind Scotland’s biggest data centre proposal – and one of the largest in the world – is owned by the treasurer of the UK Conservative party via a Caribbean tax haven
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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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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Tories have given a “VOW” to their base in England, that they’ll strip powers from The Scottish Parliament in order to build Nuclear power stations in Scotland, for the purposes of powering England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 NOTE: From renewable sources alone, Scotland already produces more electricity than it uses
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Bacteriological chemist & refrigeration engineer Dr. Mary Engle Pennington, the "Ice Woman," revolutionized food safety by inventing the "cold chain." Her groundbreaking work on continuous refrigeration kept perishable food fresh from harvest to consumer. She was born #OTD in 1872. 🧵 #WomenInSTEM
A black-and-white photograph of Dr. Mary Engle Pennington (1872–1952), the pioneering American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer known as the "Ice Woman." Shown from the chest up, she poses at a three-quarter angle, facing left while turning her gaze calmly toward the camera. Her expression is serene, intellectual, and confident, marked by a slight, knowing smile. Her wavy, light-colored hair is parted down the middle and neatly pinned back, framing her face and her thin, round wire-rimmed spectacles. She is elegantly dressed in a textured, small-checked pattern blazer over a collared blouse with a delicate, ornate pendant hanging from her neckline. Pinched to her left lapel is a prominent corsage featuring two light-colored, lifelike fabric flower blossoms complete with subtle leaves. The overall composition uses classic soft studio lighting that creates a gentle gradient across her face against a dark, featureless backdrop, capturing a dignified and scholarly mood that honors her monumental contributions to global food safety.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Concerns have been raised over the emergence of a new far-right group holding weekly training sessions in the south of Scotland led by a former military trainer 👇
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Concerns over new masked Scottish far-right group 'trained by ex-military'
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We should focus on the fact that Kemi Badenoch has *made this up out of thin air.* Opposition parties do not commission innovative defence systems. This is all bollocks. Either some lobbyist has slipped her a pack of lies, or she asked Claude.
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Kemi Badenoch says proposed £10bn air defence system would be 'specific' to UK threats
Asked by the BBC how the plans would be paid for, Badenoch says the Conservatives have already announced savings in areas such as welfare and net zero.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ofwat appoints Grant Thornton to help improve South East Water performance l £6m wasted. Similar exercise at Thames Water yielded zilch. SEW has £1.7bn debt, can't raise new money, loses 100m litres of water a day to leaks, customers fleeced for decades. End the scam. Nationalise water.
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Ofwat lines up independent monitor for troubled South East Water
The water regulator plans to appoint Grant Thornton to a multimillion-pound contract overseeing the utility's performance and turnaround plan, Sky News learns.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I love talking our country down While offering no solutions Because I’m a grifting gobshite Who likes to incite unrest Small boat crossings are down 44% Deportations are the highest in 10 years Immigration is 82% lower But who needs facts When you can make up lies
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Denmark has built so much wind power that its grid now regularly produces more than the country can consume, and on the windiest days the wholesale price of electricity falls below zero." via Amazing Maps
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Wow!! Tickets are selling VERY FAST for our live Beethoven concert episode of You’re Dead To Me on Nov 13th — if you wanna come, get your ticket 🔜 It’ll be a 2 hour special with the BBC Concert Orchestra and two fantastic guests 🎼🎻 www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/bbc...
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 03/10/2026
#OtD 3 Oct 1952 the UK conducted its first-ever atomic bomb test on the Monte Bello Islands off the coast of Western Australia. The government later admitted they gave no thought for the health of Aboriginal people living nearby stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1024...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dividends paid to UK citizens taxed at rates of 8.75% to 39.35%, lower rate than wages. Dividends mostly go to the top 1%. £6bn a year raised if dividends taxed at the same rate as wages. More if NIC levied. Unlike the US, France, Germany, no UK tax levied on dividends paid to foreign investors.
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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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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 01/10/2026
“How are you supposed to sleep when your whole flat is vibrating?”: Slough residents tell Brenna Spain about the unsettling noise pollution from the data centres next door www.thenerve.news/p/slough-dat...
Sleepless in Slough: the residents who fear for their failing health in Europe’s data centre capital. Red and yellow illustration of an under-construction Equinix data centre in Slough, England
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Bob @psychobob4q2.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Remember it was Trump and his Republicans responsible.
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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Well… The FC and I have just had a bit of a moment. 🥹🧡 After all the writing, photos, checking and pawing over every little detail… MY BOOK IS ACTUALLY LIVE ON AMAZON! 🐈📚 Just George: The Autopawography of a Station Cat 📚 amzn.eu/d/0dpaMVO7
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Massive news. Notorious is 99p on Kindle for just this month. HUGE bargain and people love this book www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2FHD18...
Book cover showing Eve, Capone, Mosley, Henry 8, Vladimir the Impaler and NOTORIOUS
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para-handy.bsky.social @para-handy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Burnham's English Personal Care Plan. It will be partly funded by scrapping the pension triple lock. This includes Scottish pensioners who already have a Personal Care Plan. On the face of it Scotland would get the appropriate Barnett fund adjustment. But! - 1/
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From Josh Helfgott: ICE detained a Los Angeles car washer and father of four for six months. His kids ended up in therapy, his family lost its income, and he is still fighting to stay in the country. José Padilla, 41, was detained by ICE on January 27 while he
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Warning more homes will be uninsurable due to flood risk. 6.3m homes & businesses in England at risk of flooding. 115,000 new homes will be built in flood zones in the next decade People will struggle to sell/insure property. Problems for years to come. Sue builders and planners.
bbc.co.uk
Aviva boss warns more homes will be uninsurable due to flood risk
Aviva boss Amanda Blanc said England was "for sure" building homes that might be uninsurable at some point in the future.
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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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Sunderland Lollipops @sunderlandlolly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Did you know that a Farage Reform govt intends to scrap the NHS? The private health care system he wants to introduce would cost you £10,000s, like the US, where getting ill can bankrupt you. #ReformUK #Labour #GreenParty #Newcastle #SAFC� #NUFC
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/09/2026
The roughly 5,000-strong crew on board the Lincoln were at sea for more than nine months with only one brief port stop.
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US Navy confirms ‘eight suicide attempts' on USS Lincoln: What we know
The roughly 5,000-strong crew on board the Lincoln were at sea for more than nine months with only one brief port stop.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 24/09/2026
A senator in Vermont has noticed who is buying Reform. Why have so few British front pages?
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Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández @fernandez.house.gov · 23/09/2026
My bill will make sure the Navajo Nation, Taos Pueblo, and the Pueblos of Nambé, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque are paid the money they are owed.
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A British water company unable to cope with rain. You couldn't make it up. And this was just one of a whole catalogue of cock-ups. Southern Water "apologised"... For the record, CEO Lawrence Gosden received a total remuneration package of £1.378 million for 2024–25. share.google/6YK0FjPoX8il...
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Water firm fined over pollution that killed dozens of fish and eels
The water firm says the pollution happened during ‘extremely heavy rainfall which overwhelmed our network’
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 19/09/2026
Child among three Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza aje.news/jde6pu
Child among three Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: AI data centre developers held a meeting aiming to reassure local residents - they failed. Go inside the room as the Larbert community confronted the people planning a 300MW hyperscale data centre in their area 👇
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING: We have updated the Court with the latest developments in Trump's apparent moves to demolish the Kennedy Center  The EXISTING INJUNCTION prevents demolition The Court has ordered the government to say what the hell it is doing by 10 AM @repbeatty.bsky.social, DDA & WLG will fight this!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A massive diesel spill at a New Jersey data center has dumped roughly 5,000 gallons of fuel into wetlands connected to the Meadowlands. Local officials say a “computer glitch” caused the backup generator system to keep calling for fuel. The diesel entered Anderson Creek,
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/09/2026
🚨NEWS: U.N.-backed investigators say they found “reasonable grounds” to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including one on a school in Minab. apnews.com/article/un-h...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Stock Trades by Presidents While in Office: Bill Clinton: ZERO George W. Bush: ZERO Barack Obama: ZERO Donald Trump (first term): 517 Joe Biden: ZERO Donald Trump (second term): 24,000+, averaging >60 trades per trading day. This is why the crook in the Oval Office manipulates the markets.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Believe in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🟦 The First Ministers of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have come together to demand their nations’ right to choose. ✍️ Will you? Sign the Petition now: www.believeinscotland.org/indyref_peti...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This happened at the intersection by the Home Depot in Everett, Washington. There was increased activity in Everett through the day today.
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Aida 🇵🇷🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🐾🌊🦋🗽💙🐸 @latina4jesusdshw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ireland 🇮🇪 being more American 🇺🇸 than US! #Pinks #USDemocracy
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A pro-Israel lobbying group has called on the Home Secretary to ban one of the world’s leading health charities under terrorism laws
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Fun fact"
Since Roe v Wade was overturned, more women have been prosecuted for miscarriages than men for being in the Epstein files.
Over 22 to O.
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Dave 86-47 @bulldogdemocrat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This time tomorrow I’ll start trying to run 3 marathons in 24 hours. It’s all to build a hospital for street dogs. If you would like to support me you can sponsor me here… www.happydoggo.com/tinas-hospit...
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/help-me-st... A Movers and Shakers listener makes a passionate plea for more help to make the homes of people with Parkinson’s safer
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Help me stop falling - one man’s plea
Should more of the health budget go into prevention?
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Stop the vote-buying far right "It’s not too late to stop this madness - the government has said UK mega donors are a problem. The lords can bring in a cap on UK donors to stop any attempt to buy the next election. Share this & ask your MP to join us protecting British democracy" via Stella Creasey
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Harborne has given Reform £36 million to match Delo's £36 million. The Telegraph describes it as a "show of force" from Reform's donors. The two men's £72 million is greater than all of the spending by all political parties on the 2024 GE www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
First-rate investigation into the Far Right mouthpiece who calls himself Tommy Robinson and how he managed to capture so many Americans with his made-up stories about Britain - from The Economist’s @georgiabanjo.bsky.social Worth a listen.
podcasts.apple.com
The Weekend Intelligence: Shire folk
Podcast Episode · The Intelligence from The Economist · 12 September · 49min
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We need to know if the BBC deliberately shafted Glasgow over the Commonwealth Games. First, we were told the BBC lost the bid to air the games in Glasgow. Now it’s claimed that there wasn’t even a bid. Something rotten is going on and people want the truth My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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'We need to know if the BBC deliberately shafted Glasgow over the Commonwealth Games'
First, we were told the BBC was outbid, then it was said the broadcaster only bid £900k, now it’s claimed there wasn’t even a bid. People need…
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