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Somersetchris

@somersetchris.bsky.social
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My cat is called Kedi. Brighton based tofu eating wokerati. Never voted Tory. Voted Remain. Atheist. #AirbnbSucks. Scuba diver. Prolific gig goer. Grungy shoegazer. He/him

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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 7h
Trump banned CNN, MSnow and Politico. The rest of the US media stood with them. Why is this not happening in the UK?
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 8h
“What we are seeing now is a complete explosion of these melt rates, leading to the disintegration of glaciers. They’re really just falling apart" Europe's glaciers are accelerating even faster on the road to oblivion www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution
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Winderful @winderful.uk · 8h
Right now #wind is meeting 25% of the National Grid's electricity demand. winderful.uk
The winderful.uk dashboard showing that wind is generating 6,641 MW. That's enough to keep 2.2 million tea urns on
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just tax the compute. Datacentre? Cool. Fund your own power generation and water reservoirs, and then pay tax for every computational act your datacentre does. And we'll use the tax income to offset societal and job damage. Overnight, AI becomes something AI giants are desperate to restrict.
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Can I suggest that you sit back with an open mind and read this three post thread
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I assess how good people are by how they treat animals
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today, in Russian propaganda:
Schaeffer Marlyse. @Schaef... • 6h
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I am a French mother with beautiful children.
I did not give birth to them for them to be sent to the trenches.
French and Russian mothers do not want their children to fight against each other.
We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemyEls van Veen O
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I'm a Dutch mother with beautiful sons. I did not give birth to my children to be sent into the trenches. Dutch and Russian mums don't want their boys fighting each other. We are not enemies. #RuslandIsNotMyEnemyNadja @EuropaNormal • 9h
• Translated from German Show original
I am a German mother with a beautiful son. I didn't give birth to my child to send him into the trenches. German and Russian mothers do not want their boys to fight against each other. We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemyDday @DdayohneZiffern • 12h
I'm a German mother with beautiful sons. I did not give birth to my children to be sent into the trenches. German and Russian mums don't want their boys fighting each other. We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemy
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
At what environmental cost? "Spacecraft is being landed in the sea with no plan to recover and recycle it...exploded in a huge fireball once it had hit the water" #PlanetaryBoundaries www.independent.co.uk/tech/spacex-...
independent.co.uk
SpaceX’s Starship dramatically explodes after first orbital trip
Mission was hit by technical problems as it flew around Earth
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Released on bail or pardoned by Trump? www.itv.com/news/2026-09...
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Nigel Farage is now a desperate man. Chasing every headline; no low too low; the politics of the gutter, racism and fear embraced. His pronouncement on Fairford trying to link with ZERO evidence to asylum is beyond pathetic.
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Union Thug™️ @theunionthug.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good morning #BlueSky from the nor’easter soaked NYC. 🌧️
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David @zero-4.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Why are people having to pay for successive governments failure? A sentence Kuenssberg never uttered under a 14 year Tory government, which consisted of 5 Prime Ministers and 3 General Elections #bbclaurak
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Walking Pete @walkingpete.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pink Ladies: a soft front for the far-right: The story of a women’s group in Stainforth, Doncaster which could have been emancipating and community led but was usurped by far right segregation and hate… www.counterfire.org/article/pink...
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Pink Ladies: a soft front for the far-right
The far right continues to develop with the emergence front organisations posing as concerned community groups.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump invited his billionaire pals to the state dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping last night. Since he’s been back in office, the wealthiest households have gained 8,000 times more wealth per household than the bottom 50% of households. It’s clear who he governs for.
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
But, but, but Starmers glasses
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I wonder what attracts that great patriot Nigel Farage to the far right, authoritarian petrostate run by billionaire Arab Muslims? www.desmog.com/2026/09/23/u...
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UAE Influence on Reform Should be Investigated – Report
The ties between Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been described as “extensive and troubling” in a new report. The analysis by FairSquare, a non-profit which researches...
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Times continues to push on scything public pensions, a thing they can do because they do not have to worry about public opinion. Their audience is the country’s ruling class, not you.
Juliet Samuel • @CitySamuel • 21h
My @thetimes column:
In 1908, the Daily Express asked: "Is Britain going to surrender her maritime supremacy to provide old-age pensions?"
Pensions and old age benefits now soak up three times as much as defence.
Serious countries don't behave like this.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 25/09/2026
Just thinking out loud here. Maybe billionaires should NOT be allowed to silence free speech?
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
will say it again: the most effective way to curb far right agitators like Lowe, "Tommo" et. al. would be to stop their ability to earn money for it from social media or live streaming. So much of it is grifting for revenue, not attention.
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reform are protecting women and children - from nurseries
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
They live in a false reality they have built around themselves…..
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can I assume that no one was arrested in Basingstoke this evening because none of them were a pensioner or carrying a hand written sign?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I was told by a guy on Truth Social who wears orange makeup that leaking to the press was treason and people should be prosecuted for it.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
These guys are protesting about 'groups of fighting age men threatening local areas'. You've got to admire the irony.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Have the BBC forgotten how to do proper reporting? The arrest isn't "over video", it's over the dinghy slashing.
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Please can someone call the burns unit? 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Has Ahmed @HasAhmed_20h

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The only Muslim bothered about you eating this much bacon is your cardiologist.

Lee Anderson MP

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@LeeAn....

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It's all about choices!

I've made mine.
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I have legitimate concerns that a lot fighting age men can take a day off of work on a Friday, to go to Basingstoke to demand the freedom of a man who has been charged with criminal damage before his hearing which would mean that there is two tier policing www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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Far-right activist Danny Tommo charged after dinghy slashed in the Channel
The 37-year-old, of no fixed abode, was remanded into custody to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on Friday
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Are there any laws stopping organised groups demanding that the state release prisoners? Asking for a friend
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tonight, live in Basingstoke - Captain Thugwash with support from The Legitimate Concerns
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
‘What is emerging is not simply a relationship between [Reform and Farage] and a wealthy Gulf state, but a channel through which an authoritarian government can cultivate political influence here, and abroad.’ Would really recommend a read of this democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reform-and...
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Reform and the UAE – a threat to British politics
Nigel Farage's embrace of the UAE is part of a wider effort by the Gulf petrostate to build alliances with the far right across the West, says Alex Carlen.
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If the President of the USA is not a Russian asset, why does he keep acting like a Russian asset?
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Trump extends invite to Putin to attend Miami G20
The Trump administration has issued a formal invitation for Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the Group of 20 summit to be held in Miami in December.  “We’ve invited President Putin to the…
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sánchez: “The situation of the far right is not coming from a specific content but from a specific tool, which is social media and the algorithm. “Because it is poisoning the public debate. It is contributing to dehumanise many political actors. I’m also a victim of it.”
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Two Tier Policing. Just Stop Oil got 21 years for planning to block a road. The Far Right block emergency vehicles they don't even get arrested.
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Could we do this and claim “legitimate concerns”?
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MayhemMel! @melindameyer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
x.com/HunterBiden/... I hate GOP it's no secret. But sometimes they do the stupidest shit that I love. 🤪😂😂😂😂
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is getting ridiculous. Pett Level Independent Rescue Boat has idiots turning up now after they have been trying to rescue someone @mrjamesob.bsky.social www.facebook.com/20531316728/...
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Has Nigel Farage condemned this?
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Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Isn't it about time King Charles got involved? Not only is he the patron of the RNLI, but the R stands for Royal. Something needs to be done to stop these idiots
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
6. As far as we can see, the rescuer was okay - though this is bordering on attempted murder. RNLI then headed towards the Solent, AIS off and chased by the far-right. Authorities in Portsmouth likely were warned that people would be offloaded and processed at Gosport, so Thomas rallied activists.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
5. After around 30 hours at sea, the dinghy was intercepted by the RNLI and those on board transferred to two lifeboats. Two lifeboat personnel tried to secure the empty dinghy. Thomas yelled abuse and knifed the dinghy to deflate it - with a rescuer still on board.
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Can the US Government use AI to do this?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
a journalist trolls Trump, who has spent the last year whining about the UN's escalators: "Be careful with the stairs!"
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What the interviewer should have said next - "Name those ships? Name just one of those ships? Just name any one of those ships?"
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A shame that the UK Government did not wait until next week to announce this. Then they could have done it on the 8th anniversary of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi @mrjamesob.bsky.social
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UK to give support to Saudi jets in attempt to counter Houthi fighters
Andy Burnham seeks stability in Middle East to bring down prices at home as first meeting with Trump looms
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I think that James O'Brien’s Burnham Barometer could start falling @mrjamesob.bsky.social
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Quiet Piggy!
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Headline correction. Should be ‘Middle class, snobby, right-wing racists do not want working class, thuggish, right wing racists in their village’
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Unease in ‘newly independent’ Piddington as world media and Danny Tommo descend
As villagers take stock following symbolic vote, some fear far-right weaponisation of asylum dispute and influx of ‘masked people like in Dover’
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AgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊
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Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I love karma
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