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@tompowell01.bsky.social
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Coming over from TwiX. If I follow you here it's because I follow you on there & learn a lot from you (or you're in a starter pack I like the look of) Opposing the arms trade and all complicity in the occupation of Palestine. Action is necessary

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Tom (he/him) @tompowell01.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Policy 1: establish what people would quite like us to believe.
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Tom (he/him) @tompowell01.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
skywriter.blue/@georgemonbi...
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Page by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: p...
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Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The fact something as fundamental and superb as the RNLI is a charity is one of the most magical and strange things about Britain. You can support them here. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's such an obviously good institution, that it becomes the clearest possible dividing line in politics. If someone doesn't like the RNLI, I don't like them.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 31/03/2026
Hilarious how for years serious people have said that you can't rely on renewables because they are prone to disruptions in supply www.ft.com/content/19f1...
ft.com
UK to receive last tanker of jet fuel from Middle East this week
Industry warnings of disruption contrast with government calls for calm
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The government has launched a consultation to ban trail hunting — help us and the Hunt Saboteurs Association to end it for good.
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Help us to finally end fox hunting for good
The government has launched a consultation to ban trail hunting — help us and the Hunt Saboteurs Association to end it for good
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Tom (he/him) @tompowell01.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Not sure Greens are fighting with Labour. From what I've seen, Greens have largely been ignoring Labour - apart from calling out the nonsense Labour MPs have been spouting on TwiX for the last few weeks.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
She is correct
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
So why is it that major unions refuse to organise seasonal farm workers? 👇
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Why major unions refuse to organise seasonal farm workers
Farm workers go on unofficial strikes as their temporary visas create barriers to union membership
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Phil Free @philfree.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
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Coral collapse and the dialectics of climate change - MR Online
“Nature is the proof of dialectics,” Friedrich Engels wrote. The accelerating climate crisis brings us more proof of that assertion.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Darren knows that come the next election, Bristol is turning even more Green. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 06/11/2025
"I’m pleased Keir Starmer is going to COP — but Rosebank’s emissions are equivalent to 28 of the lowest-income countries combined, and this government still won’t rule it out.” Zack Polanski calls for real leadership from the government ahead of #COP30.
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hunterhmcintosh.bsky.social @hunterhmcintosh.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Seaweed Farming offers a sustainable win for climate, oceans, and food security. It absorbs carbon, creates marine habitats, and boosts local economies—proof that conservation and innovation can thrive together. #SustainableAquaculture
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Seaweed farmers changing the world
Follow the lives of three seaweed farmers working to restore oceans, fight climate change, and uplift coastal communities through their farms.
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Tom (he/him) @tompowell01.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
OpenAI just unveiled Sora 2, AI that makes hyper-realistic video from text. Not progress for people, it’s corporate AI deepening mistrust, monetising loneliness, handing power to tech oligarchs. We need democratic control, not faster deepfakes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1n9...
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The Information Apocalypse Has Arrived
YouTube video by Novara Media
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury. My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity | George Monbiot
Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸 @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
We have been warned… Israel is going to attack our unarmed convoy!! bhttps://youtube.com/shorts/SqRa_o5Gb_E?si=gUuZ-7fD8S5urjAL
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‘Israel likely to direct escalated attacks at GSF within 48 hours’ says Greta Thunberg
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
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Pete Apps @peteapps.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Can't think of many better illustrations of how badly we have botched housing policy than the fact that our bill for housing homeless families (£2.8bn pa) is now higher than the money we spend each year on new affordable housing (£2.3bn) www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/english...
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English councils’ temporary accommodation bill rises to £2.8bn
Councils in England spent a record £2.8bn on temporary accommodation last year, with the annual bill rising by 25% as the homelessness crisis deepens.
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HT4Ecosocialism @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Support these heroes! They will be remembered. #FreePalestine! ✊ 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸
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We are sailing to Gaza. Here’s why | David Adler
Governments have failed the people of Gaza. Now, ordinary people are taking humanitarian matters into their own hands – and putting their lives on the line
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MaggieShayne.com @maggieshayne.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
There's no correct amount of fishing, folks. Hate to break the news. We're emptying the oceans and courting extinction.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The full documentary Climate Extremes: Extreme Weather is now out on YouTube:
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Climate Extremes: Extreme Weather (Full Documentary)
Share Climate Extremes with your friends and followers! Learn about extreme weather, climate adaptation, and planetary behavior from leading global scientists! Click the "share" button above for sharing options! Subtitles include: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkis
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 23/09/2025
Once again, US social media platforms do not care about the negative social consequences that arise from their decisions about what information is allowed on their platforms and how it spreads. The sooner we rein them in, the better for society.
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YouTube to allow creators banned for Covid-19, election misinformation to apply for reinstatement
YouTube on Tuesday said it will allow previously banned accounts to apply for reinstatement, rolling back a policy that had treated violations as permanent.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
"The question you have to ask Farage is, why is he deliberately lying about the facts?" x.com/GBNEWS/statu...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Aviation expansion is a disaster for the climate crisis. Anyone who's been paying any attention to this shambles of a Labour Govenrment knows they don't care about people in poverty, don't care about nature nor for the planet. Just big business & their own interests. #Gatwick
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
This Republican Senator - a pro-Israel zealot and Trump ally - is openly threatening the life of Greta Thunberg and others on the Gaza aid ship. Why? Because they're trying to bring aid to a Gaza starved by a key US ally. The world is run by gangsters.
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Ray Casey's Truth on Teesside account @raycasey.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Pathetic sabre-rattling from tinpot warmonger Keir Starmer Lining the pockets of defence contractors while cutting disability payments to millions of people news.sky.com/story/uk-to-...
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UK to build weapons factories and buy thousands of missiles in £6bn push to rearm
The plan will form part of Sir Keir Starmer's long-awaited Strategic Defence Review, which will be published on Monday.
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Tom (he/him) @tompowell01.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Bluesky urged to review 'punitive' policies towards Palestine content Social media users say Gaza accounts and pro-Palestinian voices are disproportionately 'censored' by the platform www.middleeasteye.net/trending/blu...
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'Palestinians must be heard': Bluesky urged to review 'punitive' policies towards Gaza content
Social media users say Gaza accounts and pro-Palestinian voices are disproportionately 'censored' by the platform
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Most important arrival on BlueSky for a while right here 👇👇👇👇
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Tom (he/him) @tompowell01.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Not usually saying positive things about Wetherspoon but £2.25 for a #vegan #veganuary breakfast? I'm getting five!!
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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
A starter pack for people studying how human affect biodiversity and ecosystem functioning at global scale, across terrestrial and marine realms & conservation challenges. Sounds like Global Ecology ! sure I missed many people, reply to be added, and share to spread ! go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv 🧪🌍🦤🦑🪴
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Over $420 billion a year is lost to global tax abuse. The UK and its Overseas Territories are responsible for a third of this. With Tax Justice Network Africa, we’ve written to the Chancellor and Foreign Secretary asking them to end this. Find out more: taxjustice.uk/blog/the-uk-...
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The UK is the leading enabler of global tax abuse. This must end.
Tax Justice Network Africa and Tax Justice UK have written to the Chancellor and the Foreign Secretary demanding action to curb global tax abuse.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 13/11/2024
National Press Club’s Press Freedom Award Goes to Wael al-Dahdouh for Gaza Coverage
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National Press Club’s Press Freedom Award Goes to Wael al-Dahdouh for Gaza Coverage
The National Press Club has handed its top award for press freedom to Wael al-Dahdouh, Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief, for continuing to report on Israel’s assault on the besieged territory despite…
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 14/11/2024
Thank you to everyone who has followed us Here you will find Bylines Network's Starter Pack. A comprehensive list of our founders, directors, editors, contributors and writers. We are a group of 10 non profit news publications passionate about powerful citizen journalism go.bsky.app/8Qd7r8m
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Hello! Looking for new bluesky gang who care about the NHS! Twitter is a truly terrible place and I’m sure many of us were connected on there. Could you like and share this, and I’ll follow you back? Ju🤞💙
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Tom (he/him) @tompowell01.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so... No Other Land: powerful documentary about Israel’s occupation of the West Bank asks questions of us all
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No Other Land: powerful documentary about Israel’s occupation of the West Bank asks questions of us all
Filmed by media activists from both Israel and Palestine, this eloquent documentary captures the reality of a land struggle between resident Palestinians and the occupying Israeli forces seeking their...
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Phil Free @philfree.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
No Route For Renewal tribunemag.co.uk/2024/10/no-r...
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No Route for Renewal
Thatcher's anti-union laws have brought misery to workers by restricting their ability to fight. If Labour's Employment Rights Bill fails to scrap them and empower working people, its efforts to chang...
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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Permafrost (frozen ground) is hidden from sight, but look what can happen when it warms and thaws. Erosion, landslides, sinkholes and flooding wreak havoc on ecosystems and the carbon stored in the biosphere.
Erosion and trees collapsing into a river experiencing permafrost thaw along its banks near Fairbanks Alaska. Drunken tilting trees near a flooded and subsided area where the ground surface has sunk because of permafrost thaw
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Double Down News @doubledown.news · 14/11/2024
EXPOSED: What REALLY Happened in Amsterdam
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EXPOSED: What REALLY Happened in Amsterdam
The Video The Media Doesn’t Want You To See
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Tom (he/him) @tompowell01.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so... No Other Land: powerful documentary about Israel’s occupation of the West Bank asks questions of us all
bfi.org.uk
No Other Land: powerful documentary about Israel’s occupation of the West Bank asks questions of us all
Filmed by media activists from both Israel and Palestine, this eloquent documentary captures the reality of a land struggle between resident Palestinians and the occupying Israeli forces seeking their...
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