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Charlotte

@spriteacus.bsky.social
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Chronic lurker, people at work message and ask me for ‘a hammer and sickle chat’ when they want to check something or get info on our policy. I’m in a union, byline times subscriber for years, my social media is very angry politics and some hobbies.

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This gets said constantly, but it worth reiterating: Games Workshop being bigger than fishing is important to shout about because you wouldn't know it from government talking points, which are rarely about anything creative or artistic. Growth won't involve fish or steel, it will involve goblins.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 24/09/2026
Oh yeah, all these attacks are definitely just accidents and not PR opportunities and/or threats. This is in no way linked to Australia taking a strong line on copyright and training data, obviously not. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world first
Australia criticised OpenAI for taking "too long" to tell them about the breach which happened in June.
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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What a fucking world where I find myself writing letters like this to my MP.
Letter to my MP:

Dear Fleur Anderson,

I am writing regarding the shocking scenes of masked far-right thugs blocking ports in Dover and, somehow more shockingly, forcing a Portsmouth RNLI station to close.

These scenes are horrific. Equally horrific is the rhetoric from some MPs and the press that these people have "reasonable concerns".

Just Stop Oil protestors have been swiftly stopped and arrested. The crux of their campaign is to ensure that the planet remains in a condition that is livable for humans. The existential threat of climate change is one of the most reasonable concerns one can imagine. Yet they were arrested and decried in the press.

Protestors opposing the genocide in Gaza have been equally swiftly arrested, with some even being proscribed as terrorist organisations. For opposing an ongoing genocide that has killed over 69,000 people - including 17,000 children - according to The British Red Cross. Stopping this appalling violence is another incredibly reasonable concern. Yet they are arrested and decried in the press, while others are proscribed as terrorists.

Preventing saving the lives of desperate people fleeing unsafe conditions is in no way a reasonable concern, yet MPs and the press talk about these masked thugs, preventing lives from being saved and swarming areas of key infrastructure, as having reasonable concerns. This is a shocking stain on this country.

Continued in next imageLetter continues: Migration is a net good for the country, even before you take into account the ageing workforce. The anti-migrant rhetoric comes from dangerous and violent men, and is spurred on by a press that thrives on outrage.

All human lives have equal value. Anyone preventing a lifeboat station - a lifeboat station! - from operating and saving human lives should be arrested and charged far more quickly than an elderly vicar sitting quietly and holding a sign.

I urge you to use your power as an MP to speak out on this. To call these balaclava-wearing men what they are: violent, masked thugs who speak only for a tiny, hateful minority. These are not reasonable concerns of patriots. These are the words and deeds of vicious people who want to fracture this country.

By way of reply, please confirm that you will raise this issue in parliament, and use your power to speak out against this disturbing rise of fascist violence.

Yours sincerely,

Guy Kelly
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/09/2026
I don't think we disdain the center-right enough. First, they rode nativist populist tigers to power to get their tax cuts and deregulation; Then, they lost control of their own parties to those tigers; Now, they sit in lucrative jobs as columnists writing about how it's all the left's fault.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 18/09/2026
if you EVER get called for a meeting and they say “don’t bring a union rep” bring a union rep
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Farage’s basic message is that the country is fucked, that its immigrants’ fault and if we just get rid of them and take away everyone’s human rights and consumer protections to do so, then it’ll be great again. All cynically sponsored by foreign, crypto & fossil-fuel money. It’s a losers’ message.
To run on patriotism from the left is audacious, but there are successful precedents.
Mark Carney in Canada and Anthony Albanese in Australia did it, with some unwitting help from Donald Trump. Burnham is a more natural demagogue than either. He could stigmatise Reform as the plaything of Trump-smitten exiles and bitcoin bros whose first
loyalty is to their purses. It is crude stuff and might arouse primal emotions among voters, but he is not going to win the next election with a flutter of those eyelashes alone. "Love it or leave it," jingoes used to say to critics of their country. We love it, you left it, Burnham can say to at least a few Reform donors.
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Burnham knew this would be the result of dropping his pledge to cap political donations, but he did it anyway. Labour are determined to midwife a Reform government, like plenty of other centrist parties before them whose weakness paved the way for right wing extremists.
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Charlotte @spriteacus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
@wolct.bsky.social Hey, I’m just checking if there is a reason Google Maps thinks a part of the walkway is closed near Kinauld Dell? I feel like that part was closed for a short period of time but that was a while ago?
Google maps route that takes a baffling detour, presumably because Google Maps believes a part of the water of leith walkway is closed. Several stops have been used to attempt to force Google maps to not detour but non have worked.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Hellrosser @rosserford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
@gilduran.com: "They haven’t won yet, and they haven’t thought of everything. They aren’t expecting the degree of pushback they’re going to get." You can listen to Movement Memos wherever you get your podcasts. You can find a transcript + audio here: truthout.org/audio/silico...
"Fascism thrives on fear, on making people afraid to speak out or to imagine a better future. And right now, the billionaires are monopolizing our visions of the future. And if they can imagine a world without us, we can imagine a world without them." - Gil Duran
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Why isn’t there a total moratorium on all reporting on Reform until after the multiple investigations into their finances have been completed? Free propaganda for potentially corrupt liars should be banned. It might make them think twice before breaking rules and taking the piss out of all of us.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Headlines: Such-and-such technology may someday be as smart as human brains! Reminder: *We already have human brains.* Billions of them. Most of them living in poverty and being exploited for the obscene benefit of a tiny number of the worst people in the world.
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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
UK: Fuck off foreigners. Do not come here. We will treat you appallingly. We will blame you for everything. We will charge you a fortune for impossible admin processes. There is nothing for you. Do NOT come here! Also UK: Why will no one come to our universities? www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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UK universities face ‘financial crisis’ amid collapse in international students
Higher education figures call on Labour to reverse tax on fees and warn institutions at risk of ‘going under’
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Charlotte @spriteacus.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Long thread the history of statistical dice, very detailed. Surprisingly interesting even if it’s not something you’ve considered before!
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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Crops grown underneath solar panels produce more, require less water and are more resistant to extreme weather, even during a hot, dry summer. We need agrivoltaics to be rolled out asap, for both the electricity and the better growing conditions. microgridmedia.com/solar-panels...
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Solar Panels Are Helping Crops Grow Better, Global Studies Show - Microgrid Media
For farmers worried about losing land to solar energy, new research brings surprising news: many crops actually produce more food when grown beneath solar
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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
So Reform have now lost Caerphilly, Makerfield, Manchester… Their G/E polling has collapsed behind Labour in TWO major polls (YouGov, BMG) “I want the ppl to decide if I should go” M8, are you listening? Bcuz “the people” are telling you loud & clear to fuck off.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 30/07/2026
Over 5,000 people have emailed the Charity Commission to ask them to hold Sex Matter's transphobic hate to account. Will you join them? action.goodlawproject.org/sex-matte…
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Stop Sex Matters spreading transphobic hate
The anti-trans pressure group Sex Matters are running a campaign of hate, spewing abuse online and in the media – and putting trans people in danger. Sex Matters say they work to “protect everybody’s ...
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Æthelred the UnPreddy @ready4preddy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Printers are finicky because they are portals between a digital world and a physical world which defies all of God's will and should never have been built should never have been built so yet require constant and consistent sacrifice to satisfy the weak bonds that tether the two planes.
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I actually think the trillionaire saying his AI tool will remake a movie without the Black and trans actors in it should be a bigger story because it’s a perfect example of why the ruling class wants AI to succeed: so they can remake reality without those they deem undesirable - every nazi’s dream.
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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Being a leftie in 2026: *right wingers threaten to deport your mum* *right wingers shoot protestor in the face* *right wingers fuck your mortgage, energy bills and the Climate* YOU: not sure I’ll particularly miss this dead right wing person tbh? Them: HOW COULD YOU BE SO FUCKING CALLOUS
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 10/07/2026
Over 1,000 people have emailed their MP to ask them to stop billionaires influencing our politics and support the cap on donations. The vote is THREE DAYS AWAY. Message your MP now 👇 action.goodlawproject.org/donations…
action.goodlawproject.org
Stop billionaires influencing our politics
Tell MPs to back Stella Creasy's amendment
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I really feel like this got lost during COVID but the animation code from Frozen helped provide evidence that the Dyatlov Pass Incident was caused by an avalanche
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‘Frozen’ Animation Code Helped Engineers Solve a 62-Year-Old Russian Cold Case
The Dyatlov Pass incident left nine Russian hikers dead in 1959. Now thanks to "Frozen," the mystery has been solved.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 27/06/2026
PSA to people on Instagram: people who don’t have Instagram can’t see your posts! They see a login prompt. That information about your business or your event? Literally inaccessible
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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.
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DAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
What I can’t get over is: The government are happy to cut off a method kids used to socialise during the pandemic and force all of us to use digital ID over forcing these tech fuckers to actually protect users. It’s actually pathetic.
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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 15/06/2026
"Under-18s to be banned from accessing 'romantic companion' chatbots under government's crackdown" You know who the primary demographic at risk from romantic chatbots is? It's not 16-17 year olds. But the Government is absolutely refusing to have a conversation about adults at risk from tech.
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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 14/06/2026
Bluesky overrun by British teenagers at night because it's the one place the Labour government will never check.
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
If I was a trillionaire I'd invest in food security, green energy, water, education, health. And fun things too. Playgrounds, libraries, swimming pools for as many kids as possible around the world. But I'd still take my own snacks to the cinema. No amount of wealth is making pay for cinema food
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People's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
it's actually way overdue to start being unfathomably nasty to racists
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Lindsay 🎃 @broadwell.eu · 11/06/2026
I've had an idea: the van needs new tyres and they're €80 apiece. Plus fitting is €100. Would anyone like to receive a consultation on how to improve their commuter bicycle in exchange for sponsoring a tyre? Four spots for four tyres, drop me a DM or an email to lindsay [at] broadwell [dt] eu
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SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk · 06/06/2026
🙋 #WaterOfLeith survey 🚶👩‍🦼🚲.🦆🌼🌳 --> forms.office.com/pages/respon... & public mtg June 18 --> theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/06/wate... HT @edinreporter.bsky.social @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @wolct.bsky.social @gregorsteele.bsky.social @sw20.info
Start of the online survey, with picture of the acqueduct
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 03/06/2026
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 MPs call for government to kick Palantir out of the NHS goodlawproject.org/mps-call-for-gov…
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MPs call for government to kick Palantir out of the NHS | Good Law Project
Cross-party committee identifies Palantir’s ‘clear mismatch with UK values’ and calls on ministers to bring the spy-tech firm’s data contract with the NHS to an end
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Oliver Brackenbury @obrackenbury.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Tumblr screenshot of a post by abbiistabbii that reads:

The Germans really cooked making "Hobbyless behaviour" an insult. It is both devastating, applicable to a wide range of people and behaviours, and doesn't resort to swearing.

Man ranting on the internet about the Superbowl halftime show or complaining that something is "woke"? Hobbyless Behaviour. Girls mocking another girl for not looking right? Hobbyless Behaviour. Mindless vandalism? Hobbyless Behaviour.

It is more powerful than "get a life" or the English "You're Sad" because it gets to the central point of the matter, and that is wonderful. Danke, Deutsch.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
when u tax the rich
4 panel comic

Panel 1:
An irate rich husband in a tuxedo is screaming at his rich wife, who is freaking out in a fancy dress.
Rich Husband: Darling, they’re TAXING US
Rich Wife: NO

Panel 2:
Rich Husband (looking disgusted): The bastards are TAXING US
Rich Wife (fists clenched, looking mad): NO

Panel 3:
The rich couple are now hugging and weeping.
Rich Husband: We’ll only have enough money to live in luxury for the rest of our lives
Rich Wife: Oh God

Panel 4:
Close up of Rich Husband, eyes huge, tears streaming. He whispers: Now I know how the slaves felt
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Charlotte @spriteacus.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
@drscottarthurmp.bsky.social, love to see you reposting the Labour MPs calling for PR! I see you’ve been tagged by them, does this mean you are one of the MPs who has already put name to it?
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Charlotte @spriteacus.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Really great thread on why menopause is hidden in our culture, absolutely worth your time!
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
So, Labour tears itself apart to try to stop Farage being our next PM just as he finally faces scrutiny in a monumental corruption scandal which could… and really should…end his political career. I’d go hard on that rather than each other right now guys. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Farage says £5mn gift was ‘reward’ for Brexit campaigning
Reform UK leader had previously claimed the money had nothing to do with politics
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I don't want a battle of ideas. I want wealthy people and businesses to pay a fair share of taxes because the wealth does not trickle down and we're all poorer for it, and I want racists and transphobes to stop having undue influence of government policy.
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Chris Baker @chrisbaker108.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I've just posted about this. The labour line of "we're doing the right things but too slowly" is so far off the mark isn't it? The punching down is a red line for me. I don't care how good "the economy" is whilst minorites are being attacked. It's crap this isn't being discussed wider.
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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 11/05/2026
It's not a coincidence that the people issuing sad and morose posts about the downfall of Starmer are overwhelmingly straight white English dudes. "He just wasn't up for the moment, his main issue was not being a good speech-marker" Sure, lad. That's why everyone viscerally hates him. Bad speeches
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aidThompsin (live, fridays @ 19:30) @aidthompsin.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
What is obvious at this point is that Reform UK (with their racist, Holocaust denying woman beater MPs and their £5m crypto donation leader & his mysterious £800k house) get a significantly easier ride in the Press than Labour. The question is why? And why is that question itself never asked?
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Lindsay 🎃 @broadwell.eu · 09/05/2026
Something doesn't sit right with me about predicting megadeath events of predominantly poorer, non-white people as though that'd cause any kind of wake-up call in the global West, where political powerbrokers still don't really see them as human anyway.
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Grumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I'd just like for things to stop becoming shittier and shittier, globally and locally, before I die of old age
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A please @labouruk.bsky.social, stop saying that it's up to us to stop Reform. YOU could stop a Reform government in 2029, by introducing the proportional representation so many in the country have been clamouring for. The only way Farage can win is through our crazy first-past-the-post system.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This deserves to be circulated. A former Red Cross staff member got in touch. She testifies about @zackpolanski.bsky.social's role. For transparency: her name is Brea Thibodeau. The whole thing is a desperate smear.
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DAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
BREAKING: Zack Polanski once held a door for someone who was unacceptably far away. The greens are yet to comment. Starmer has said that “walking slowly is not a crime” and that Polanski should “consider his position”. Farage was unable to comment as he was devouring gold bullion on TikTok live.
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