Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 7hTrump banned CNN, MSnow and Politico. The rest of the US media stood with them. Why is this not happening in the UK? 111
Reposted by SomersetchrisProf 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/...theguardian.com‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five yearsAlpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution 410457
Reposted by SomersetchrisWinderful @winderful.uk · 8hRight now #wind is meeting 25% of the National Grid's electricity demand. winderful.uk 031
Reposted by SomersetchrisRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just 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. 13502123
Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Can I suggest that you sit back with an open mind and read this three post thread 111
Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I assess how good people are by how they treat animals 000
Reposted by SomersetchrisMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today, in Russian propaganda: 48945345
Reposted by SomersetchrisNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026At 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.ukSpaceX’s Starship dramatically explodes after first orbital tripMission was hit by technical problems as it flew around Earth 1941795976
Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Released on bail or pardoned by Trump? www.itv.com/news/2026-09...itv.com 000
Reposted by SomersetchrisGerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Nigel 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. 99805195
Reposted by SomersetchrisUnion Thug™️ @theunionthug.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Good morning #BlueSky from the nor’easter soaked NYC. 🌧️ 1344291888
Reposted by SomersetchrisDavid @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 26917
Reposted by SomersetchrisWalking Pete @walkingpete.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Pink 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...counterfire.orgPink Ladies: a soft front for the far-rightThe far right continues to develop with the emergence front organisations posing as concerned community groups. 042
Reposted by SomersetchrisRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Trump 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. 631657770
Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I 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...desmog.comUAE Influence on Reform Should be Investigated – ReportThe 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... 020
Reposted by Somersetchrisflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The 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. 2522469
Reposted by SomersetchrisGreenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 25/09/2026Just thinking out loud here. Maybe billionaires should NOT be allowed to silence free speech? 14613
Reposted by SomersetchrisJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026will 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. 211134388
Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reform are protecting women and children - from nurseries 120
Reposted by SomersetchrisBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 15/09/2026They live in a false reality they have built around themselves….. 23984573019
Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Can I assume that no one was arrested in Basingstoke this evening because none of them were a pensioner or carrying a hand written sign? 060
Reposted by SomersetchrisRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I 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. 454138384315
Reposted by SomersetchrisRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026These guys are protesting about 'groups of fighting age men threatening local areas'. You've got to admire the irony. 491118302
Reposted by SomersetchrisWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Have the BBC forgotten how to do proper reporting? The arrest isn't "over video", it's over the dinghy slashing. 1527761
Reposted by SomersetchrisSpooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Please can someone call the burns unit? 🔥🔥🔥🔥 36979177
Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I 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...independent.co.ukFar-right activist Danny Tommo charged after dinghy slashed in the ChannelThe 37-year-old, of no fixed abode, was remanded into custody to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on Friday 1103
Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Are there any laws stopping organised groups demanding that the state release prisoners? Asking for a friend 010
Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Tonight, live in Basingstoke - Captain Thugwash with support from The Legitimate Concerns 040
Reposted by SomersetchrisPeter 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...democracyforsale.substack.comReform and the UAE – a threat to British politicsNigel 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. 10351222
Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If the President of the USA is not a Russian asset, why does he keep acting like a Russian asset?thehill.comTrump extends invite to Putin to attend Miami G20The 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… 030
Reposted by SomersetchrisMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Sánchez: “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.” 312926
Reposted by SomersetchrisBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Two 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. 26329171
Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Could we do this and claim “legitimate concerns”? 041
Reposted by SomersetchrisMayhemMel! @melindameyer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026x.com/HunterBiden/... I hate GOP it's no secret. But sometimes they do the stupidest shit that I love. 🤪😂😂😂😂 246162653754
Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This 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/...facebook.com 000
Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Has Nigel Farage condemned this?theguardian.comFar-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboardThomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover 000
Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Isn'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 020
Reposted by SomersetchrisEmma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/20266. 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. 14964155
Reposted by SomersetchrisEmma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/20265. 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. 40808259
Reposted by SomersetchrisAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026a journalist trolls Trump, who has spent the last year whining about the UN's escalators: "Be careful with the stairs!" 1983141558
Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026What the interviewer should have said next - "Name those ships? Name just one of those ships? Just name any one of those ships?" 010
Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A 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.socialtheguardian.comUK to give support to Saudi jets in attempt to counter Houthi fightersAndy Burnham seeks stability in Middle East to bring down prices at home as first meeting with Trump looms 1115
Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I think that James O'Brien’s Burnham Barometer could start falling @mrjamesob.bsky.social 121
Somersetchris @somersetchris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Headline correction. Should be ‘Middle class, snobby, right-wing racists do not want working class, thuggish, right wing racists in their village’theguardian.comUnease in ‘newly independent’ Piddington as world media and Danny Tommo descendAs villagers take stock following symbolic vote, some fear far-right weaponisation of asylum dispute and influx of ‘masked people like in Dover’ 042
Reposted by SomersetchrisAgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 20/09/2026When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊 494157143824