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🦋❄️🍁Baron🍁❄️🦋 @baron333.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
🇨🇭🇵🇸 Hundreds protest in Zurich, Switzerland, marking three years since Israel’s genocide in Gaza began
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
🇺🇾🇵🇸 Hundreds protest in Uruguay marking three years since Israel’s genocide in Gaza began
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Any fool can see the absurdity of culling an animal that lives for 400 years and only reaches sexual maturity at 150.
theguardian.com
To cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest shark
As trawlers compete with Greenland sharks for halibut and cod, conservationists and fishers clash over what to do about misunderstood species
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Funny how these errors always seem to head in the same direction. A bit like Richard Tice's tax mistakes.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
bbc.com
Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
These deaths are on Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sign the petition. Let water companies go bust. Ofwat approved 36% bill increases for 2025-2030, companies want more. Prices doubled - in real terms - since privatisation. We got sewage in rivers, water outages, hosepipe bans. Need public ownership.
weownit.org.uk
We're telling Ofwat: let water companies go bust!
consultation to reject proposed water company bill increases. Ofwat.
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Two Minnesota solar farms turned the ground beneath their panels into habitat, and native bee abundance rose more than 20-fold www.ecoticias.com/en/two-minne...
ecoticias.com
Two Minnesota solar farms turned the ground beneath their panels into habitat, and native bee abundance rose more than 20-fold
Minnesota solar farms planted with native flowers saw native bees rise 20-fold, with bees also pollinating nearby soybean fields.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just 4 months after the local elections, Reform UK (RefUK) have lost 158 of their local councillors: -55 resigned -42 went Independent -28 defected -24 were kicked out -5 lost their seats -2 disqualified -2 suspended. Appalling record - and a waste of taxpayers’ money!
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swiftuck.bsky.social @swiftuck.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It explodes the myth that “we can’t afford it” –exposing it as a political choice, not an economic fact. Hostage Nation lands before a 1st Burnham Budget. It challenges his government to invest in the British people and break with the failed economic consensus. northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
northeastbylines.co.uk
Hostage Nation: Britain’s escape plan
Major new report argues that Britain is a "Hostage Nation," trapped by a set of rules we wrote ourselves
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Guardian joins the campaign to abolish the state pension triple-lock. Portrays it as a old v young, social security v defence spending issue. Silence on corporate welfare, tax perks of the rich, maldistribution of wealth, low govt spend on state pension, how future retirees will survive.
theguardian.com
Britain needs cash and everyone knows we should break the pensions triple lock. Where is the courage? | Gaby Hinsliff
The issue cannot be avoided any longer. Andy Burnham and his chancellor must face the fear of a pensioner backlash, and find a fair solution, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Neoliberals want to end the triple-lock on state pension They inflict low wages, consign millions to poverty. Govt spending on state pension as % of GDP in G7 countries. Italy 12.8 France 12 Germany 9.8 Japan 8.9 USA 6.6 Canada 4.7 UK 4.7 UK has one of the least generous pensions in the G7.
adviserservices.fidelity.co.uk
How does the UK State Pension measure up globally?
A global comparison of State Pension provision highlights the onus on individuals in the UK to build pension savings for their retirement, rather than leaving
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you add in £130m losses on “Reform TV” (aka GB News) the effective subsidy of Farage’s party from just four men tops £200m. You just have to join the dots app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/75017/...
app.prospectmagazine.co.uk
Farage and the £130m even his detractors have missed
GB news has provided relentless positive PR for Nigel Farage while racking up tens of millions in financial losses. And now there is a new channel in the offing
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
lrb.co.uk
Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In 2024-25 HMRC failed to collect £59.2bn of tax; £500bn since 2010. £12.8bn lost through profit shifting by multinational corporations. Promoters of a business rates avoidance scheme boasted that they have deprived local councils of £500m. Billions can be raised by ending abuses.
leftfootforward.org
Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Brexity dude loses appeal against lifetime ban from financial services industry, for his attempts to frustrate sexual harassment investigations www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Crispin Odey loses appeal against lifetime ban from UK financial services industry
Judges uphold ruling that financier tried to ‘frustrate’ investigations into harassment claims against him
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
📌 ICYMI — Nigel Farage Funder George Cottrell’s Inner Circle Hosted Indicted Cocaine Trafficker — @nafeez.bsky.social Cottrell's partner is the sister of two men indicted over an alleged operation involving 5,670 kilograms of cocaine, who are tied to one of the most powerful organised crime…
bylinetimes.com
Nigel Farage Funder George Cottrell’s Inner Circle Hosted Indicted Cocaine Trafficker
Cottrell's partner is the sister of two men indicted over an alleged operation involving 5,670 kilograms of cocaine, who are tied to one of the most powerful organised crime groups in the Balkans
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The spirit of our dear departed Janey Godley is in Doonbeg, Co Clare, Ireland today.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The UK government ceasing automatically to support almost anything the government of Israel does is a major shift. The next step should be to rescind the ban on #PalestineAction, to stop treating protesters as terrorists, and to acknowledge that those seeking to disrupt a genocide may have a point.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
UK datacentres likely to directly employ 10,400 workers, compared with the 40,000 cited. 8.6 jobs per megawatt of power, compared to 400 in a car plant, 3,600 in a hospital or health facility. Huge consumption of electricity/water, emission of pollution. Need moratorium on expansion.
theguardian.com
UK datacentres will create just 25% of jobs predicted by tech sector, analysis finds
Facilities likely to employ 10,400 workers, compared with 40,000 in industry estimates, thinktank says
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What’s grimly fascinating about AfD support is it seems to be highest in areas of *falling* population
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 10/09/2026
This summer’s drought shows why we must rethink what we eat to cope with the climate emergency: some foods just aren’t sustainable, reports Jenny Canham. eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/fo...
eastangliabylines.co.uk
For food security our diets must change
This summer’s drought shows why we need to rethink what we eat to cope with the climate emergency - some foods just aren’t sustainable
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/09/2026
"SPAIN is leading calls for the EU to tax private jets and the profits of fossil fuel companies to bankroll a Europe-wide climate resilience fund, including extra money to fight wildfires" Excellent idea, and importantly, avoids the Norway problem where widespread fossil $$ makes us ❤️🛢️
theolivepress.es
Spain wants private jet and fossil fuel tax to fight wildfires
Spain has called for a permanent EU climate emergency response system after a summer marred by extreme heat and wildfires.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 10/09/2026
Data centers suck up a LOT of water. But you should also be worried about what's in that water when it is funneled back into rivers, streams, and public water systems.
motherjones.com
Data centers now facing backlash over contaminated wastewater
Locals are raising alarms over rare bacteria, forever chemicals, and other environmental concerns.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Perhaps, during his private education, fake bloke Daniel Thomas read PG Wodehouse's Code of the Woosters and thought "that Roderick Spode and his Black Shorts sounds like a spiffing fellow, and just the chap I want to be when I grow up." And there they are, black shorts and all. A dream come true.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Daniel Thomas / Danny Tommo has today marched his private army of blackshorts to Daily Mail HQ to demand a new house for his mum within 48 hrs, after they doorstepped her for a feature on him. Apparently he plans to blockade them + cry at them until they do Bet those lads are glad of the balaclavas
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I don't want to know any of this stuff, but I've been making notes on these far-right Tommyrotters for almost a decade I resent the amount of space they have in my head Here's Daniel Thomas (Danny Tommo) at a 2018 UKIP planning meeting with his former leader Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (Tommy Robinson)
[Telegraph article 01 December 2018]

Revealed: far-Right Ukip Brexit demo 'organiser' is a convicted kidnapper

[Photo: Gerard Batten, in the white shirt and blue tie, sitting to the left of Tommy Robinson, with Daniel Thomas to his right, at the Ukip demo planning meeting Credit: Gerard Batten/Twitter]

A far right activist who claims to be one of the organisers of a Ukip rally and who attended a top level meeting with the party's leader Gerard Batten has a conviction for attempted kidnap, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal.

Daniel Thomas, 29, has been instrumental in promoting "The Brexit Betrayal" march, a London demonstration in which the newly appointed Ukip advisor 'Tommy Robinson' is expected to speak on December 9.

archive.ph/0UoqVIn a picture tweeted by Gerard Batten on Friday, Thomas is photographed sat next to Robinson, the founder of the English Defence League, alongside the party leader.

Mr Batten tweeted: "Spent the afternoon planning Brexit Betrayal - Brexit Must Mean Exit March & Rally," adding that the event was a "leaver family day out".

It can be revealed Thomas, a father of four, was jailed two years ago for the attempted armed kidnapping of a man in Hampshire.

Daniel Thomas, also known as Danny Tommo, with Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, at a demonstration Credit: Daniel Thomas/Facebook

Last night, Ukip insisted Thomas was there purely as a Robinson's bodyguard, despite the photograph showing him sat at the conference table with note paper and having a proven record in organising political rallies.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
This is Danny Thommo / Thomas - well-established far-right thug.
mirror.co.uk
Britain's far-right faces of hate exposed at pro-Brexit yellow vests rally
Thugs Danny Thomas, who did time for an armed kidnap raid, and James Goddard, who was arrested over taunts to an MP, are among a wave of ugly pro-Brexit protesters
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I was quite shocked by what was going on outside Southampton Central Police Station, which had nothing to do with Henry Nowak. "Our nation has been invaded by people who care nothing for us, nothing for this country. Many of them bow down to the false god of Islam. This is a Christian nation."
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swiftuck.bsky.social @swiftuck.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Climate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Climate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds
Emissions of planet-heating methane and CO2 from natural sources are worsening the climate crisis, paper says
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This week's column is about the Starmer-like self-destruction of the impending decision to approve new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. It might appease certain lobby groups, but it sabotages Burnham's own project and drives voters away. Utter madness. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Is Burnham trying to appease Trump? Or Reform? What other reason is there for these North Sea oil plans? | George Monbiot
Climate catastrophe is on our doorstep – yet Labour’s impending approval of further drilling will bring more pain for negligible gains, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Research analysing more than 26,000 wildfires in Spain found that native broadleaf woodland had the lowest ignition risk and was less prone to intense fires” Rewilding - the smart approach to preventing fires & floods: rewildingeurope.com/news/rewildi...
rewildingeurope.com
Rewilding: the smart approach to preventing fires and floods | Rewilding Europe
Working with nature is one of our greatest opportunities to build a more resilient and prosperous Europe. As climate change fuels more frequent and intense wildfires, floods and droughts…
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Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster
Daniel Thomas and his Black Shorts in London today.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations. Allegations it broke foreign funding laws. Electoral Commission considering steps in parallel with the police inquiry. Parliamentary standards watchdog looking into Farage’s £5m gift from Thailand.
bbc.co.uk
Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations
The investigation, which follows a broadcast by Channel 4 News, is being folded into the inquiry that has been under way into other donations.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Police investigating Reform over potential foreign donations after channel 4 sting. I make that now *four* live police investigations into Reform over political finance. Which must be a record www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations
The investigation, which follows a broadcast by Channel 4 News, is being folded into the inquiry that has been underway into other donations.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This government is still sitting on parts of a buried report laying bare catastrophic risks facing us from ecosystems collapse. My message to @andyburnham.bsky.social: tell the truth. Release the report in full. And prepare the country for what's coming. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full
Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis
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swiftuck.bsky.social @swiftuck.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed but “For every £1 invested in protecting nature, you’ve got £30 spent trying to degrade it,” Smith said. “So that’s a political choice and it’s not a lack of finance. It’s where it’s used.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists
Global shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🧵CO₂ removal (CDR) is back in the news, but just because the UNEP report says we need CDR, it doesn't mean we'll have CDR. Many challenges will take decades of research and negotiation to solve. Here are some examples: Technological: We currently don't have any durable CDR method that scales.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness
fastcompany.com
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane
Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Well, this is a marmalade dropper
channel4news.substack.com
Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The legwork, and the sting, which seems to have caught out James Orr, Nigel Farage and Reform-UK was carried out by Verbatim Investigations who have dropped their own take on the story.
verbatiminvestigations.com
Dirty Money: A Year Undercover in Reform UK
A yearlong investigation into Nigel Farage’s fundraising operation reveals a plot to break the law by bringing foreign money into British politics
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Wow. Watch Channel 4 News now Nigel Farage discussing elicit funding for reform U.K. from a foreign donor All on secret camera
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Incredible moment in the doc when Farage’s right-hand man Dan Jukes lists several foreign donors who’ve given money to the party via their kids. It’s not just one or two backers - it’s a huge conspiracy cooked up by the party to break the law. It’s bigger than we even thought
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