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@sloneranger.bsky.social
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Big up to science, rationalism and humanism. Duck Brexit and the forces behind it (looking at you farage and your financiers!)

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Steven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Receipts have been kept.
cnn.com
McDonald’s is ending some of its DEI practices | CNN Business
McDonald’s is the latest US corporation – and among the largest – to back off some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices, as a Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action and cons...
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Public executions were not abolished out of tenderness towards the criminal. They were abolished because of the effect on the people watching, and the dangers of making human death a source of commercial entertainment. Here's Charles Dickens in The Times, after witnessing an execution in 1849.
"I have seen, habitually, some of the worst sources of general contamination and corruption in this country, and I think there are not many phases of London life that could surprise me. I am solemnly convinced that nothing that ingenuity could devise to be done in this city, in the same compass of time, could work such ruin as one public execution, and I stand astounded and appalled by the wickedness it exhibits. I do not believe that any community can prosper where such a scene of horror and demoralization as was enacted this morning outside Horsemonger Lane Gaol is presented at the very doors of good citizens, and is passed by, unknown or forgotten. And when in our prayers and thanksgivings for the season we are humbly expressing before God our desire to remove the moral evils of the land, I would ask your readers to consider whether it is not a time to think of this one, and to root it out.

I am, Sir, your faithful Servant.
Charles Dickens".
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sloneranger.bsky.social @sloneranger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This correlation seems about right (he consistently has a core of voters that accounts for about 30% of the population)
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Illustration by Badiucao
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The first Russian diesel shipment is reaching the US East Coast barely 24 hours post announcement, indicating the pact preceded its public reveal as the tanker Minerva Zen departed St. Petersburg back on September 22.
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🎻 🇺🇦 E @fiddledeedum.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
for love of $$$$$. "One TOR exemption that allows the rocket fuel chemical perchlorate to be used in grain bags dramatically increased the amount of the compound found in kids’ cereal, which advocates say could cause brain damage." "RFKJr and the FDA claimed victory and declared “promises kept”
theguardian.com
FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed
Regulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump's plan to disrupt the election is already underway, with troops standing menacingly at a DC ballot drop box. Under 18 U.S. Code § 592, it is illegal for armed troops to be "at any place where a general or special election is held," yet there they are.
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sloneranger.bsky.social @sloneranger.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
…. I simply don’t have the words
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Romans called such efforts to distract a restless public “Bread and Circuses.”
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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Germans should revoke the citizenship of this abhorrent traitor. "Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder took part in the celebration of the birthday of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was reported in the Kremlin[...] The president invited his old friend to his home,” the Kremlin said"
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Putin celebrated his 74th birthday with former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. No wonder he wanted Schröder representing the EU in peace talks. The man would sell out Ukraine and the entire EU.
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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh no. So freakin' sad! 😭
theguardian.com
World’s largest penguin colony suffers ‘enormous population crash’
Chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island in Antarctica down by two-thirds since 2011, probably due to climate crisis
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Euronews @euronews.com · 08/10/2026
“Biodiversity continues to be degraded at an alarming pace, yet amid these steep declines there are grounds for hope.”
l.euronews.com
Why wildlife populations have declined by 73 per cent in just 50 years
“Biodiversity continues to be degraded at an alarming pace, yet amid these steep declines there are grounds for hope.”
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It’s the mad Kremlin midget’s 74th birthday today. Either the butcher saved up missiles himself to murder Ukrainian families in their beds, or his sycophants leveled those apartment buildings as a birthday gift. At least 18 people are killed, including children, and the toll will keep
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
​A mother grieves over the body of her son, who was killed today in a russian strike on Kremenchuk. Russia is a terrorist state! Monsters.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The death toll from the russian attack on Pryluky in region has risen to 18, including 4 children‼️ Another 55 people were injured, 7n of them children.
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Steve Frankham @lacandongringo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
theguardian.com
New Zealand greenhouse gas levels hit record highs threatening catastrophic glacier melts
Government report finds the country could be hit with more frequent and intense heatwaves, as well as damaging storms and cyclones
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sloneranger.bsky.social @sloneranger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is how my views compare with the political parties in the upcoming New Zealand general election according to @votecompass.bsky.social. Try it for yourself! share.votecompass.com/f76c87dc33f1... Got to say it’s bang on
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My Vote Compass Results - 2026 New Zealand election
Vote Compass calculated my alignment with the parties running in the 2026 New Zealand election. Try it for yourself!
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes. If Putin is lucky, the plague won't spread any farther and his cover-up will have worked to stop embarrassment. If Putin is not lucky, then neither are Russian since Pneumonic plague is highly contagious and very deadly.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A reminder of the sort of society Larry and David Ellison want to build in America. And with the acquisition of Warner Bros/CNN, they'll be well on their way.
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Paul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Far-right propaganda platform GBN continues to haemorrhage money but is apparently gaining viewers
cityam.com
GB News extends losses despite revenue jump
In new accounts filed for the year ending in May 2025, TV and radio broadcaster GB News said its loss amounted to just over £22m.
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sloneranger.bsky.social @sloneranger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A good impartial summary of the science.
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sloneranger.bsky.social @sloneranger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
They know something
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The US is demanding more information from Russia regarding a potential plague outbreak, with Rubio stating that it might be more serious than previously thought.
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sloneranger.bsky.social @sloneranger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You’re probably right however I’m a bit perplexed by the absence of information on what type of lab this was. And also why the first person succumbed questions why didn’t they respond to antibiotics? I’m sure there’s arational reason but we don’t appear to be living in a rational world at present
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sloneranger.bsky.social @sloneranger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ohh stink
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God @thegodshow.com · 05/10/2026
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sloneranger.bsky.social @sloneranger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Please paint it like a Christmas present
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sloneranger.bsky.social @sloneranger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Pity I’d expect better off them
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No middle between freedom & fascism. @desertrat77.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Alito considering retirement. Another reason you MUST vote for the Democrat for Senate. #inners www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement
The conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
According to Suella Braverman not one of these ENGLAND players are English. FUCK HER 🖕🖕🏾🖕🏿🖕🏽🖕🏼
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Matthew Bradford @matthewbradford.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Who would have guessed? ‘The effect of high screen time on children is as significant as parental behaviour and premature birth, if not greater, a global study has found’.
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High screen time can hurt children’s learning and language skills, study suggests
Effect of elevated screen exposure could be as significant as parental behaviour and premature birth, report says
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
youtube.com
Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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NRDC Action Fund @nrdcactionfund.org · 26/09/2026
After fossil fuel companies bankrolled Trump’s re-election campaign, Big Oil secured about $190 billion in benefits over the next decade. @epw.senate.gov’s new report details the payoff—and how families are left behind.
theguardian.com
Fossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call
Senators’ report says taxpayers face higher bills after ‘bargain’ between president and major polluters
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sloneranger.bsky.social @sloneranger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There are a lot of evil dictators that were surprisingly effective at ‘things’, so looking for moral equivalence an d saying theses efficacy’s make you good is pulling on strings a bit. I doubt (mostly) they believed they were bad people too (other then Stalin he realised it)
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”
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sloneranger.bsky.social @sloneranger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
645 and 96% for rejoin
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sloneranger.bsky.social @sloneranger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Reposted without comment. Just not enough words
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When farms stop yielding, hunger does not knock — it breaks the door. Across the Horn of Africa, soils that once fed nations are turning barren. This is not “bad weather.” This is climate change rewriting our food systems in real time.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Think-tank linked to Reform Party suggests abolition of state pension to fund tax cuts for wealthy people www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension
‘Radical’ report likely to influence party’s platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxes
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
something has gone very, very wrong with the UK
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Both say they're patriots while dissing the UK One difference - Public Order Act 1936 banned political uniforms & quasi-military organizations, effectively targeting the BUF’s Blackshirts, while Patriot Platform aren't proscribed ...yet! "Not a fag papers width between them!......" via We Demand UK
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LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 20/09/2026
But 'diminishing the voter stupidity quotient' is always going to be tough. ~ To clean up politics we have to start with the voters ~ eastangliabylines.co.uk/opinion/to-…
eastangliabylines.co.uk
To clean up politics we have to start with the voters
It’s the voters who put the politicians where they are, so shouldn’t we begin there?
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sloneranger.bsky.social @sloneranger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
@andyburnham.bsky.social , don’t know if you’re still on Bluesky but the people have spoken. The question persists are you the prime minister we hope for?
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sloneranger.bsky.social @sloneranger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I have 0 dams to give to companies or organisations that still operate in Russia
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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Incredible scientific advances that make people's lives better are possible because of funding and the space to pursue ideas. Learn about #science, protect it and demand fair access to the applications of its discoveries because your life wouldn't be as good without. 🧪
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a frightful hobgoblin stalking throughout Europe @supermathskid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I really need a job, if anybody knows of somewhere looking to hire a good writer with connections in scientific academia and a few random folks in government please lemme know
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Amos Goldberg, Professor of Genocide Studies at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem "Yes, it is genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. Jewish history will henceforth be stained" Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I can’t believe how little media coverage any of this is getting. Russia is escalating across Europe, Poland is warning of possible Russian strikes on NATO countries, and Lithuania is preparing evacuation routes in the event of a military attack. You wouldn’t know it from our media
olgalautman.substack.com
Lithuania Prepares Evacuation Route to Poland in Case of Russian Attack
With warnings growing that Russia could launch a military attack against NATO countries, Lithuania and Poland are getting ready.
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