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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 9h
Thanks I’ll have a read of that. It’s endlessly fascinating and disturbing to me that people can take something and twist it to their own agenda. Religion no exception; the Inquisition, slavery or witch trials a case in point. I’m likely in the ‘know nothing’ camp too, every day a sad school day 😢
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 11h
Well worth a read, very depressing tho
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 11h
I’m just reading Nerd Reich, all about the tech sociopaths & how their plans. A lot in there about ‘Christianity’ with ppl like Peter Tiel and his ilk talking about peace being the message of the ‘antichrist’ and war being a good thing, Trump being the messiah. Some v strange views on Christianity
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
it is such a great book, I hope many many more people will read it.
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I have found it such a depressingly good read. I feel like I'm banging on about it to everyone...like Gil has given me the behind-the-scenes info, and every news article reads differently now.
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
So much great research and joining of the dots...so you don't have to. @gilduran.com is a brave, thoughtful and passionate man speaking truth to power. www.thenerdreich.com
thenerdreich.com
The Nerd Reich | Silicon Valley Tech Extremism
Silicon Valley tech billionaire politics: authoritarianism, fascism, plutocracy, weirdness
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
@gilduran.com this is the most depressing and important book I've ever read, thank you for writing it.
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I can't recommend this book enough; I may post about it every day till I'm sure you have all got a copy. I have had so many 'aha' moments, 'so that's why Trump did this,' 'so that's why that contract happened', 'so that's why the world is going to shit'. Not by accident or stupidity; there is a plan
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Please share with any men you know.
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ah nostalgia is a wonderful thing. I so loved this period in history and particularly all things Grunge, great to revist it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HWV...
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Hype! | FULL MOVIE | Sub Pop, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden | Seattle Grunge Music Documentary
YouTube video by Shout! Studios
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I once worked in a bereavement service on my 1st day looking at the resources, saw the book ‘Goodbye Mog’, I wasn’t prepared & was found sobbing by a bookcase…true story. ❤️ Mog
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Cheapy, creepy, pervert glasses now available! FFS do these people not have daughters or care a jot about women’s safety…apparently not 😡
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There was a nice piece in a recent @barryseconomics.bsky.social that talked about lower class people getting benefits they (and others) can see, but higher class people still get plenty of benefits they are just less visible…tax breaks, pension tax relief, etc.
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I heard a rat expert talking about how clever they are, he described footage of rats going up to rat-trap, taking a look, going off and coming back with a stick, setting off the trap and making off with the cheese. Clever, lovely creatures.
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Grabbed, Shoved, Crated. Humans really can be unbelievably cruel...and all in the name of sport. protectthewild.substack.com/p/grabbed-sh...
protectthewild.substack.com
Grabbed, Shoved, Crated.
What ‘de-pop’ looks like on a so-called ‘game farm’
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.thepetitionsite.com/476/810/208/...
thepetitionsite.com
Sign Petition: Colombia's Proposed Law Would Protect Octopuses from Cruel Commercial Farming
Intensive farming of octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish is so stressful to these should-be-wild animals that they begin attacking and eating each other. (25061 signatures on petition)
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Up to half of sexual crime in the UK is carried out by children and young people. This website has some excellent resources if you are concerned about a young person's behaviour. www.lucyfaithfull.org.uk/advice/conce...
lucyfaithfull.org.uk
Concerned about a child or young person's sexual behaviour - Lucy Faithfull Foundation
There is a range of sexual behaviour expected for a child’s age and stage of development. Up to half of sexual crime in the UK is carried out by children and young people.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 08/10/2026
“If the police do indeed give certain protests sympathetic treatment, then it’s the political right, not the left, who benefit from those double standards.” DK Renton on Patriot Platform: goodlaw.social/7cal
goodlaw.social
DK Renton: Patriot Platform can't spread fear and call it protest
If you want the right to speak up, you can't try to shut other voices down, says DK Renton
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
More depressing reading about the 'ethics' of Reform councillors, but good news as more are forced to resign...it seems many of them cannot manage their hateful thoughts and often self-destruct by sharing them on social media. hopenothate.org.uk/2026/10/07/r...
hopenothate.org.uk
Reform Watch 36: Yet another scandal in Kirklees – HOPE not hate
Since Reform UK won a plurality on Kirklees Council in the May local elections, the party’s councillors have kept coming under the spotlight for the...
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’m running out of exasperated comments to fully express what i feel when I read regressive policies like these!
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fun times ahead 😭😭😭
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
...and here's where all the carnivores look away and continue to imagine bucolic fields, full of happy animals, who dies a peaceful death before being made into sausages!! #GoVegan #AllEarthings
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
OK so I keep ranting on about this book, but I'm reading Nerd Reich by Gil Duran, all about the tech bros inspirations, ideologies, and warped perspectives...and tbh...I am now utterly convinced they want to destroy the planet, kill most of us and set up weird tech-cities run by billionaires 😱
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
'cos deregulation has always worked so well! and clearly the climate crisis is a myth!!! She says, sitting here in 25° heat in shitting October!!! Vote Green for goodness sake 💚
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I couldn’t love @barryseconomics.bsky.social more. If you want insightful, thoughtful, well researched (and hilarious) insight into these curious animals that we people are. This one on meritocracy, inequality and the oppression of the working classes. youtu.be/mt0jf2VdCdQ?...
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The Rich Think You're Jealous. The Science Says You're Not
YouTube video by Barry's Economics
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
And you wonder why we all have a sense of existential dread all the time. FFS humans are clever until they are dumb and dangerous 🤦🏽‍♀️
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.thepetitionsite.com/201/622/990/...
thepetitionsite.com
Sign Petition: Iceland Might Finally Ban Commercial Whaling, Protecting Animals From Horrific Suffering
Only 3 countries in the world still allow companies to hunt and kill whales for profit. A change in Iceland's laws would bring that number down to 2. (30055 signatures on petition)
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Unite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Banned Books Week starts today! This year’s theme is: #LetBooksBe What do you think books should be? Share your answer in the comments: ✨ Let Books Be Free 🎉 Let Books Be Fun 🌎 Let Books Be Diverse 💡 Let Books Be Thought-Provoking ❤️ Let Books Be Themselves
Drawn image of a woman reading, surrounded by books, birds, flowers, clouds, vines, stars. Text reades: Protect the Freedom to Read - Let Books Be - Banned Books Week, Oct. 4-10, 2026. American Library Association. ala.org/bbooks
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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Why is Nigel Farage back on air? Ofcom bans politicians from presenting news programmes, but GB News claims Farage's show is just 'current affairs' despite him using it to defend Reform's £72m in donations. Close the loophole now.
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We deserve clean waterways secure.avaaz.org/en/campaigns...
secure.avaaz.org
Bring Our Rivers Back to Life
Sick of sewage and pollution scandals? A Clean Water Bill is coming to Parliament. Let's ensure it's as ambitious as our lakes and rivers need it to be.
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
100% Renationalise, no compensation and maybe a couple of prison sentences for CEOs who have committed gross mismanagement and destroyed ecosystems all for profits.
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Really trying not to despair. I feel like I’ve been ranting, protesting, pointlessly writing to MPs for decades and yet here we are…on the edge of catastrophe 🌎💔😢
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
One reason I support @goodlawproject.org thank f*ck someone is doing the work of holding the govt to account.
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Thankfully the mainstream med is are calling him out on this…oh wait…my mistake…tumbleweeds out there! There racism endemic in our media continually horrifies me 😢
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Labour just don't get it. They don't get how scared people are with extreme weather becoming our new normal. We need voices in parliament that will force them to take wildfires seriously, not quietly shirk responsibility.
Revealed: government quietly dropped plan to orepare England for wildfires
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Words matter 🏳️‍⚧️ Love this 😍
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 03/10/2026
Farage is a sitting MP and yet he is allowed to have his own show on GB News. More than 8,000 people have signed the petition to demand that Ofcom take immediate action. Help us reach 10,000 signatures. 📊
bestforbritain.org
Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
How's that trickle-down economics working for you?
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’ve asked my MP to a Line We Crossed event in Parliament on 16 November: clips from the film and a panel discussion. For two years they documented how the right to protest in the UK is under threat & how eco protests are esp targeted. Add your name & ask yours too: thelinewecrossed.com/parliament/
thelinewecrossed.com
Invite your MP: The Line We Crossed in Parliament
An afternoon of film clips and panel discussion in the Houses of Parliament on 16 November 2026, hosted by Clive Lewis MP. Add your name and we'll invite your MP.
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.thepetitionsite.com/558/173/971/...
thepetitionsite.com
Sign Petition: 'Morning Death Walk': Thousands of Sea Dragons Wash Up Dead As Algae Bloom Spreads
With climate change and oceanic warming only worsening, the Australian government must prepare to protect marine animals and ecosystems in the future. (1423 signatures on petition)
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#BigTech's data centres use as much power as millions of homes and guzzle our water. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Zero water waste 🗣️ Local community consent Sign Foxglove's petition to stop data centres harming our communities & environment now. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Ban data centres that harm our communities and climate
Big Tech’s giant data centres swallow as much power as millions of homes, guzzle our water, and risk driving up our energy bills - all with zero limits. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Ze...
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Let’s add destroying there NHS, stripping away state pensions and giving huge tax breaks to the richest too! If mainstream media did its job Reform would have never got off the ground.
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philip-goddard.bsky.social @philip-goddard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The road to fascism begins with lies, gaslighting & suppressing the press to control the narrative.
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We are creating a world that serves no one but the mega rich. When ppl imagine paradise (or heaven if u are that way inclined) they picture wildlife & glorious nature…not data centres, drones and bots!
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Well I for one needed a little glimmer of hope today ❤️‍🩹
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This one is my fave, there are so many stories in her images. I love that I was so focussed on the girls (and baby)at the front, I totally missed the boys up-tipping the car when I first saw this.
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Amazing artist utterly failed by the art world for being a woman and, even worse, a working class one! Some of the best social commentary I’ve seen, her images capture the feel of the NE in the 70s. The wonderful doc about her still on iplayer. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
bbc.co.uk
Tish
Tish Murtha used her camera to celebrate overlooked working-class lives and to fight for social change in 1980s Britain. Her daughter, Ella, uncovers her poignant story.
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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
One from last yr but still supa-relevant as our societal despair increases. Always good thought-food from @graceblakeley.substack.com My fave quote from this article “Work No Longer Pays – but Wealth Does” a society will never flourish on those terms no matter how many migrants u blame.
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