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Tomsprints

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Long time social media user. Anglo-Irish by birth. Ex local government. Retired to some good years as freelance photographer until the pandemic. Been a successful Masters sprinter, but injuries have called time on that. Always a “weather nerd” too.

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Fourfoot @fourfoot.bsky.social · 14h
All of it or just a boner part?
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13h
Brittin so far absolutely fucking hopeless. There are countless tech and discussion podcasts in the private sector. You and Yours was exceptional public interest journalism.
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 9h
Kemi Badenoch’s new booklet ‘The Right Way’ claims Labour extended the Energy Profits Levy to 2028 and 2029. But a Conservative government made the first of these extensions, and announced the second. (Labour’s since extended it again, to 2030.)
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The Conservatives - not Labour - extended the Energy Profits Levy to 2028 – Full Fact
Kemi Badenoch’s new party booklet says Labour extended the Energy Profits Levy to 2028 and 2029, but a Conservative government made the first of those extensions, and announced the second.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
GDP don't mean shit.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Badenoch speech: The Tory leader is having an argument with herself and she's losing inews.co.uk/opinion/bade...
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 07/10/2026
Well done to @privateeyenews.bsky.social for calling the Tories out on this utter hypocrisy.....
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 06/10/2026
A post shared thousands of times supposedly shows Elon Musk warning us that billions of people could die by 2030 due to water shortages. This is a deepfake made using AI to change what Mr Musk was saying in the original footage.
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Video of Elon Musk warning of water shortage deaths is a deepfake – Full Fact
A viral video uses AI to make it look like Elon Musk recently said over a billion people could die by 2030 due to water shortages.
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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Completely genuine photo, taken from near where we were staying a few days ago. When I was at Primary school, we didn’t have luxuries like our own “industrial estate”!
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Svetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Well, that's a hell of a thing to leave next to a statue of Joan of Arc.😏
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Lisa Carey @msleedy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Genuinely concerned about what's happening to the space-time continuum in this toilet.
A toilet door with a sign saying "Temporally Out Of Order"
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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m wondering whether the press is mis-quoting here? Sounds more to me as if Badenough actually borrowed the name “Iran Doom” from Trumpy at some point.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
400 years? That’s astonishing. And not sexually mature until 150 years old? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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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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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So, Tories would cancel Erasmus and youth mobility, scrap the SPS deal that reduces red tape, lowers costs and eases backlogs for goods trade and renege on our new energy, defence and security arrangements… Ridiculous threat, ridiculous party, ridiculous people…
Tories would reverse steps to undo Brexit
Alex Burghart, the deputy leader, also says his party is wedded' to triple lock and electoral reform is doomed
Ben Riley-Smith - Political Editor

Photo of Burghart, arms folded, looking absurdly self important
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. And Brexit was, it’s now clear, a terrible, terrible mistake inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the Convention [ECHR]. It is whether, in an increasingly dangerous world, we can afford not to” Political liars and lightweights, like Badenoch and Farage, must never be allowed to take that risk. www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a...
The Law Society
Gazette

In short, if Britain were to leave the ECHR, it would not be
'taking back control. It would be surrendering influence over the rules and institutions that help keep us safe.
The debate about the ECHR is too often conducted as though it were a choice between national sovereignty and international law. That is a false choice.
The Convention advances British interests because it reflects British values: liberty under law, democratic government and the accountability of power.
Walking away would not make Britain freer. It would make Britain weaker.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 30/09/2026
Humanists UK mourns Dame Esther Rantzen (1940–2026) Esther was a great champion of human dignity. She approached her final years with the same fearless determination that defined her career of advocacy, using her own experience to shine a light on the suffering caused by our outdated laws.
Esther Rantzen smiling wearing a blue-and-red feathered fascinator and red coat, with headline text noting her years (1940–2026).
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pathetic…..
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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is bizarre. No reason is given for the decision by the tories’ “media team”, so any appeal against it is handicapped from the outset.
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Netweather @netweather.tv · 30/09/2026
Low pressure in the Atlantic on the looking impressive on the satellite picture this afternoon. It's still pulling up mild air from the south as well, with temperatures reaching 26c in the east.
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Orcadian Gothic A Neolithic couple stand before the chambered cairn of Wideford Hill #Orkney Painting by Brian Lee, spotted on the Historic Scotland site interpretation board, in homage to Grant Wood's famous 1930 painting Well played 👏 📷 Aug 2024 #TombTuesday #Archaeology
A woman with yellow hair and man with grey, both dressed in Neolithic textiles and furs, the man holding a shovel, stand infront of a stone built structure with thatched roof. Neither look happy
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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’ve yet to hear anything seriously assessing what’s in it for the EU to take Britain back under its wing. Rejoining is not (imo) a foregone conclusion, so why are we not giving rejection equal screen time to Burnham’s plans? It’s not a done-deal, is it? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Andy Burnham: UK could ‘go all the way’ by rejoining EU
PM says he is looking at all options and ministers will examine ‘what is doable’ and the ‘pros and cons’
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Ed Douglas @calmandfearless.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sheesh, the plod with the camera in her face. Meanwhile masked thugs can close Dover with impunity.
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 30/09/2026
NEWS! Trump administration quits European corruption group after discovering members are actually trying to ‘stop’ corruption newsthump.com/2026/09/30/t...
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Trump administration quits European corruption group after discovering members are actually trying to ‘stop’ corruption
The United States has withdrawn from a European corruption group after an increasingly uncomfortable meeting revealed that members viewed corruption as a problem rather than a shared professional i…
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Every month of 2026 has been warmer than average in the UK. #climatecrisis
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UK weather: Temperatures to hit 26C in burst of late September warmth
Temperatures are expected to rise well above the late September average on Tuesday with a very warm night to follow, as Simon King explains.
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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reminds me of the old adage that: “The optimist believes we live in the best of all worlds. The pessimist fears this is so.”
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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 29/09/2026
Sometimes I see one of these and marvel at the ingenuity of idiots.
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Netweather @netweather.tv · 29/09/2026
Temperatures reach 28C this afternoon in a very warm end to September, before a cold front sweeps east overnight with intense downpours and strong gusts. A ridge of high pressure then builds from the south-west to bring fresher, quieter conditions.
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Late-September warmth displaced by overnight front before high pressure builds from south-west
Temperatures reach 28C this afternoon in a very warm end to September, before a cold front sweeps east overnight with intense downpours and strong gusts. A ridge of high pressure then builds from the south-west to bring fresher, quieter conditions.
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Rick Gaehl @rickgaehl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
But Trumps 'people' have been watching them closely for months... 😂
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'Water is a symbol of what has gone wrong with Britain. A service where the shareholders never lose and the public never win' PM Andy Burnham announces plans for a law change to allow public ownership of water companies 👏
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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So, is Rubio actually hinting that Fairford was a false flag operation, by the US? Imo, he needs to put up or shut up. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford plot
US secretary of state, who offered no evidence for claims, also says many people ‘disturbed’ that five suspects released on bail
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 29/09/2026
NEWS! Nigel Farage named Terrorist PR Professional of the Year for repeatedly terrorising Britain before anyone knows what happened buff.ly/fdSRuyj
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Nigel Farage named Terrorist PR Professional of the Year for repeatedly terrorising Britain before anyone knows what happened
Nigel Farage has been named Terrorists’ PR Professional of the Year after once again demonstrating that people can be made to fear a terrorist attack without terrorists even having to organise one.…
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Netweather @netweather.tv · 28/09/2026
After a quiet Monday, real warmth arrives on Tuesday where London could reach 28C. An unusually warm night follows before strong Atlantic winds and frontal rain move in, bringing temperatures back to average for the start of October.
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Brief September heat with a bizarrely warm night before midweek cold front rain
After a quiet Monday, real warmth arrives on Tuesday where London could reach 28C. An unusually warm night follows before strong Atlantic winds and frontal rain move in, bringing temperatures back to average for the start of October.
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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The sunset thisevening, at the end of my mid-Kent street, is a bit special. This was at 6.50. (Completely un-edited):
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The speculation and hyperbole has gone into overdrive in some quarters... particularly on X-crement and right wing channels. Given they've been released I suspect there might be a few red faces in the coming days. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
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RAF Fairford suspects to be released on bail, head of counter-terror police says
Laurence Taylor says the five men arrested on Sunday are still under investigation as police consider multiple lines of inquiry, including the possible involvement of a foreign state.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Trump’s engine of extinction For several months the US administration has been ripping up the Endangered Species Act. The consequences could be cataclysmic | Ross McNally @rossmcnally.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk
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Trump’s engine of extinction
For several months the US administration has been ripping up the Endangered Species Act. The consequences could be cataclysmic
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Does the truth matter any more? Truth, facts, and reality don’t seem to matter to a number of people northeastbylines.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Does the truth matter any more?
Truth, facts, and reality don’t seem to matter to a number of people…
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 27/09/2026
Sadiq Khan wants Britain to start preparing to rejoin the EU now: return to the customs union, pursue associate membership, consider the single market and put a clear rejoin pledge in Labour’s next manifesto. His message to Andy Burnham: start making the case to voters today.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pope Innocent III,who died in 1216, spoke of a certain kind of older man, who is "easily provoked", "will believe anything and question nothing", is "stingy and greedy" and "praises the good old days and hates the present." Reform UK's voter base has been knocking around for a very long time.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You've massively cherry picked the data in all your replies. Yes, low skill immigrants cost more. What you don't show is that they are a tiny % of immigrants, and that on average immigrants are a net benefit to UK economy, and drive down debt. migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
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The Fiscal Impact of Immigration in the UK - Migration Observatory
This briefing gives an overview of research on the impact of immigration on government finances in the UK and explains the main issues related to estimating the fiscal impact of immigration in the UK.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Change the fucking record, Tories. We know you believe in austerity. That’s all you do. Ruin our public services, fail to invest and threaten to remove our rights. It doesn’t work. You failed for 16 years. You’ve learned nothing. Why the hell would we ever vote for you to do that again?
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Gary Davies (not a DJ or a Rev) @propanegary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you'd like more background to the film the Met Office have a good page with lots of information... www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/who...
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D-Day - the most important weather forecast in history
Find out how the Met Office played a crucial role in the timing of D-Day that became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history, and how our services to the armed forces has evolved ...
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not. Photo: AP News
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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@ashroplad.bsky.social In case you missed this. Tom
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Where do Farage’s loyalties lie? Let’s ask Nathan Gill. Farage needs misinformation for power. He distorts, pays for biased polling, works for crypto billionaires/foreign money… He wants chaos and rage. This is a sulky footstamp at having his toys taken away. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-...
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Nigel Farage Has Attacked The Government's Plans For A New Russia Misinformation Unit
The Reform UK leader claimed it is “targeted directly” at his party.
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LordSteveyPofStoke @lordsteveyp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

OSWALD MOSELY  NIGEL FARAGE
THE SAME STORY, SEPARATED BY 80 YEARS... WEALTHY FAMILY, PUBLIC SCHOOL
EX-TORY, PART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT
POPS UP DURING A RECESSION CAUSED BY BANKERS 
FORMS NATIONALIST AUTHORITARIAN POLITICAL PARTY 
CLAIMS TO SPEAK FOR THE MAN IN THE STREET
BLAMES MINORITIES AT THE BOTTOM FOR THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY PEOPLE AT THE TOP
Anti-
REFORM
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 23/09/2026
NEWS! Reform UK claims victory after 'mass exodus of undocumented immigrants' as migratory birds depart for the autumn buff.ly/VND4xWs
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Reform UK claims victory after ‘mass exodus of undocumented immigrants’ as migratory birds depart for the autumn
Reform members across the country have taken a break from shouting at hotels and RNLI lifeboat stations to celebrate a mass deportation of undocumented migratory birds.
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