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Hoping to build a better future from the strands of present. Planner 🏘, archaeologist⚱️, 📚 lover, 🏕 finder, and 🍪 hoarder

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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 19h
People vs Palantir – International Day of Action 🌎✊ Thursday 1 October 2026. We are saying NO to Palantir! Find a UK action near you 👇🏽 www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/inter...
Activists at Parliament Square, London holding up a banner that reads NO PALANTIR in our public services
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17h
“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”
theguardian.com
How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets
Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 18h
Big news from Labour Conference: the PM has announced the government's plan to scrap first past the post. Seats that match votes would change British politics for good, but only if it happens. I've added my name. Join me? action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/201578/...
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The PM used his big speech to promise to fix Westminster's broken voting system.
We've heard promises before. I've signed to make sure this one is kept. It takes 30 seconds
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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 14h
As a scientist, I wish everyone knew that getting ‘bogged down’ isn’t actually a bad thing. Here’s why. 🧵 1/
Image of a scientist - me! - waist deep in peat.
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 6h
Eby says LNG Canada Phase 2 will generate 28 Billion in revenue, absolutely fantastical, delusional, bullshit number. This is the entirety of the BCNDP platform "we're going to get rich from LNG."
ctvnews.ca
B.C. New Democrats take credit for LNG expansion amid provincial election
British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby says the multibillion-dollar expansion of a liquefied natural gas export terminal off the northern coast will create jobs and change lives as his party takes cred...
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 6h
Shell, one of the richest companies on earth, paid nothing in royalties for LNG in 2019. The BCNDP tried really hard to keep you from knowing this.
thetyee.ca
BC’s Big, and Now Secret, Natural Gas Giveaway | The Tyee
Tax credits let companies pay little for resources. What do the parties say?
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 9h
A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 21h
So pleased to hear this confirmed in the PM’s speech. Big congrats to @makevotesmatter.bsky.social and all who’ve campaigned for it! At last we have a chance to restore trust in our politics with a system where “everyone’s views count and everyone’s vote matters” 👏👏👏
theguardian.com
Andy Burnham expected to say he will push ahead with electoral reform plans
Exclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representation
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 22h
"A common argument I hear in favor of wealth taxes is about the ability of wealthy people to leverage their assets as a form of untaxed income. … If it is true that the asset-rich are skirting taxes with loans, the obvious solution is to close the loophole." www.liberalcurrents.com/tax-the-weal...
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Tax the Wealthy, Not Wealth
Don’t miss the forest for the tallest trees.
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@amybisinthewoods.bsky.social 🍄🍄‍🟫 @amybdogsandfungi.bsky.social · 21h
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spaghettiarchitect.bsky.social @spaghettiarchitect.bsky.social · 16h
Christ, Chris Mason's coverage of Burnam's conference speech was whiney and unenthused, to say the least. Where's the excitement we get when Reform or the Cons get their conference coverage?
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spaghettiarchitect.bsky.social @spaghettiarchitect.bsky.social · 16h
Africa's oldest known defensive wall outside Egypt discovered, and it's 4,000 years old | Live Science share.google/Do4SNQIQOn5g...
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Africa's oldest known defensive wall outside Egypt discovered, and it's 4,000 years old
An elaborate 4,000-year-old defensive wall was discovered in Morocco, and it once protected a thriving farming hub, archaeologists say.
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spaghettiarchitect.bsky.social @spaghettiarchitect.bsky.social · 16h
But I thought Israel was a gay haven? www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
haaretz.com
For LGBTQ Israelis, four bad years could be followed by four more
Funding cuts, rising violence and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric marked the past four years. Most parties vying to replace Netanyahu won't say where they stand
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 20h
Access to culture is a right, not a privilege. Keeping museums free means millions can continue to explore, learn and be inspired, regardless of their background or income. That's good for London, and good for ensuring cost is never a barrier to discovery.
theartnewspaper.com
Culture secretary confirms free admission for all at England’s national museums will remain
The announcement by Lisa Nandy, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, came after recent discussions of introducing admission fees for overseas visitors
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 29/09/2026
France's biggest fire since 1949, which burned 42,000 hectares this summer, officially extinguished
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France's biggest fire since 1949, which burned 42,000 hectares this summer, officially extinguished
The blaze that erupted in southwest France had forced the evacuation of around 224,000 people in July.
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spaghettiarchitect.bsky.social @spaghettiarchitect.bsky.social · 23h
Wild. Especially somewhere like Peebles BBC News - Bank cash machines ripped out and taken away in horsebox www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bank cash machines ripped out in Peebles in early morning raid
Two cash machines are taken away in a horsebox from the Royal Bank of Scotland in Peebles.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Each week you think: Braverman will never outdo this. She'll never say something madder than what just came out her mouth. And each week, she proves you wrong. Just the maddest fool on earth.
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Very 🫘 @veryvaluable.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I spend a lot of time on Google Earth, especially using the historical image option. The color has been removed from Gaza. 10/19/23 - a vibrant Oceanside complex with a Mosque and swimming pool 11/24/23 - everything is destroyed, including the Mosque 7/7/25 - just tents and scorched earth
10/19/23 - a vibrant Oceanside complex with a Mosque and swimming pool in Gaza
11/24/23 - everything is destroyed, including the Mosque
7/7/25 - just tents and scorched earth where bombs have recently fallen
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Farage again proves he's as trustworthy as the Brexit benefits he promised ... 'Nigel Farage posted a video claiming the RAF Fairford plot proves [his] point "on Iran and the IRGC", just moments before the government confirmed the five suspects were British nationals' via We Demand UK
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 23h
No longer hiding anything. Netanyahu wants war for his political and personal survival. Netanyahu claims: "There are signs that ahead of the elections our enemies will try to attack us" x.com/kann_news/st...
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כאן חדשות (@kann_news) on X
נתניהו טוען: "יש סימנים שלקראת הבחירות האויבים שלנו ינסו לתקוף אותנו" @ItayBlumental (צילום: רועי אברהם/לע״מ)
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Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Removing bike lanes is not going to help congestion. This government is spending millions of dollars making roads less safe and removing infrastructure, rather than building for the future.
spacing.ca
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto's bike lanes - Spacing Toronto
After the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) shot down CycleTO’s legally innovative charter challenge that sought to stop Doug Ford’s attack on the city’s bike lanes, Queen’s Park wasted little time befor...
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nick Johnson: "While 24hrs ago it felt like some sort of major plot had been disrupted.. with the release of those men on bail it doesn't feel like the sort of major plot that maybe we initially thought it had been" Maybe we could start asking, who pushed that narrative & why?
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Free Press bravely challenging the orthodox belief that film criticism should involve watching the film.
A headline from Bari Weiss’s The Free [sic] Press:

“Hold Your Applause for the New Gaza Documentary

There may yet be hard truths in 'NAZA,' including evidence of Israel's systemic failures. But the reporting around it treats flimsy claims as proof of criminality.”

First line: “i haven't seen the film,”
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
More good news coming out of #Lab26 this morning ... Let's see how far that watering down goes - it needs to be homeopathic levels - but pressure works, so keep it up! inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk
Indefinite leave to remain reforms set to be watered down, Mahmood signals
The Home Secretary's hardline migrant settlement reforms have faced a backlash
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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Well done Sadiq ..took you 11 years after I suggested it at the first mayoral hustings in Chelsea
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The president has repeatedly exhibited bizarre conduct in the public eye. Not only does that include taking naps during public events, but also erratic behavior, slurred speech, appearing lost or disoriented, and sporting mysterious bruises.” newrepublic.com/post/215938/...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Russia escalated its attacks on Ukraine’s civilian centres. Hospitals, offices, data centres, railways, warehouses and publishers hit. 90% of retail food-logistics capacity has been destroyed; millions of books and hundreds of locomotives lost or damaged.
yacnews.com
Russia declares total war on Ukraine's economy, from data centres to school textbooks
Warehouses, locomotives, internet providers, publishers and now the national science academy have become targets. Ukraine's economy ministry puts the cost at up to $10 billion this year, and growth fo...
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Over 120,000 people marched across France calling for action to halt global heating. www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
lemonde.fr
Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'
From Bordeaux to Paris, organizers say 120,000 people took part in 260 demonstrations 'for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice.
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Derek gendvil @derekbshelby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Italy Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its Distribution truthout.org/articles/ita...
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Italy Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its Distribution
Amazon is huge and powerful, but Italian workers have shown it can be forced to negotiate. Could US workers do the same?
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 28/09/2026
Three national retailers—Target, Amazon, and Books-A-Million—have hosted dozens of titles from Antelope Hill Publishing, an entity designated by hate-group monitors as a primary distributor of racist and antisemitic books. 1/ www.confrontthehate.com/p/exclusive-...
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SPECIAL REPORT: How a Neo-Nazi Publisher Exploited Target, Amazon, and Books-A-Million
Following an inquiry by ConfrontTheHate.com, Target quickly removed an extremist publisher's catalog—while Amazon and Books-A-Million keep titles active for now.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The U.S. owes $40 trillion in debt. Everyone has an opinion about why. But there’s one question you almost never hear asked: Who’s actually getting paid?
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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spaghettiarchitect.bsky.social @spaghettiarchitect.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Decades of fossil fuel influence paved way for Trump’s assault on university research, study says | Environment | The Guardian share.google/3Kr66nobd9Xp...
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Decades of fossil fuel influence paved way for Trump’s assault on university research, study says
Fossil fuel firms have spent years trying to regulate climate research by donating to US universities, study authors argue
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn. Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all. There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.
Patrick Maguire
Chief Political Commentator Oliver Wright Policy Editor

Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.
Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana
Mahmood's
reforms, which have cut net migration to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
thebetter.news
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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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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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Someone from Reform & their shrill harridan who live as tax free exiles in Dubai have been entertained by the wife of a former minister of state of a country hostile to the UK and he failed to declare it to Parliament he's elected to sit in? You couldn’t make this up" via We loathe Reform UK Ltd
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 27/09/2026
India's Cockroach Party denounces crumbling schools: 'Children are treated worse than animals'
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India's Cockroach Party denounces crumbling schools: 'Children are treated worse than animals'
Founded just a few months ago, the Cockroach Janta Party, a Gen Z-led movement, has visited several schools and conducted an audit to expose the extent of their dilapidation and unsanitary conditions. Authorities have tried everything in their power to prevent the group from carrying out these inspections.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If only we'd had someone like Chis Philp in government for fourteen years, including being Minister for Immigration...
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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In a Cornell University fraternity house and in the empty silence of phone screens, Jane Doe was being given the message that so many of our daughters hear every single day from their politicians, pastors, fathers, and peers: you just don’t f*ckin’ matter. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/cornells-j...
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Cornell’s Jane Doe Needed One Good Man In That House And That Group Chat. She Would Find None.
Warning: this piece includes references to sexual assault, as well as words many may find offensive.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Google maps has finally updated its Satellite photos of Gaza and it shows the most complete destruction of a city ever. A Genocide.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"In order to deliver the PM's promise to save social care we need a permanent class of indentured migrant workers without labour rights".
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Archaeology News Online Magazine @archaeologynews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Laser scans reveal 23 previously unknown ship carvings at Bronze Age temple in Cyprus Ancient ship carvings at Kition Kathari in Cyprus tell a longer story than archaeologists first thought. High-resolution laser scans made in 2024 revealed... More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/09/23-s...
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Laser scans reveal 23 previously unknown ship carvings at Bronze Age temple in Cyprus | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Laser scans reveal 43 ancient ship carvings at a Cyprus temple, showing a seafaring tradition that lasted from the Bronze Age into the Iron Age.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Personally, I’d rather have healthy kids than mollycoddled millionaires
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Civil.ge @civil.ge · 27/09/2026
"Abkhazia is Georgia. Glory to heroes. Russia is enemy" - crowds march to mark the anniversary of Fall of Sokhumi. 📹 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You take our bike lanes, we take the road. Toronto showed up Friday night. 📸 @geoffreybercarich via Instagram
Cyclists taking the lane stretching kms of a city street
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Mairi Damer @marzid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In other news, I just wrote a piece about the lack of robust resistance to the far right. If you’re looking for neutrality, jog on ✊ www.wordupscot.co.uk/2026/09/cour...
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yet again Farage goes absent from Parliament absent from his Clacton constitueny this time to campaign for an imminent general election which isn't going to happen ... "Anything to avoid doing his taxpayer funded job… " via Reform Are Not Your Friends
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