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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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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 4h
My “Tree of the Week” comes from Sheffield Park, the National Trust’s jewel in East Sussex:
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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 10h
Taken from another platform! #GreenpeaceUK
Greenpeace UK cartoon - two women looking at some washing on a line reminding us that wind and solar is free.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9h
"Since he has been in power, he has exhausted the world.
He grabs after everything like a little child. He is not a leader. He is vermin."
- Morrissey on Donald Trump
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 16/10/2026
Allowing this dead-company-walking to be bailed out again, instead of taking it into Special Administration and then permanent public ownership, would be a disgrace and a betrayal by the Andy Burnham government Enough is enough.
Graphic with quote from Feargal Sharkey that says "“Thames Water is due to run out of money (again) over the next few weeks. A year and half ago, it was given a £3 billion bailout. Now it is asking for another 2.4 billion. We really are being taken for mugs”
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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 4h
I confess! I am a glutton for the BBC’s excellent coverage of top quality indoor cycling. They are doing the usual great stuff with the World Indoor Championships, currently happening in China. Apologies in advance for delayed response or reaction to your social media posts over the next week!
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 9h
I mean it’s not a vetting problem, is it? It’s that it’s a racist party, run by racists, with racist policies, for the benefit of racists. The fact that it turns out to be full of racists is not a glitch
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Reform faces questions over candidate vetting after undercover filming
Reform UK says the party has "improved and prioritised its vetting procedures".
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15h
Brexit and Russia… “I think you would have to start with Boris Johnson. “The reason why there is still this confusion is there was no public attempt to establish with confidence what actually happened because successive British governments declined to look closely at what was going on.” (Times)
Russia's Brexit meddling: the evidence

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SOCIAL MEDIA
In November 2017, The Times reported that Russian Twitter (now X) accounts had posted almost 45,000 messages about Brexit in 48 hours during the referendum campaign.
More than 150,000 accounts based in Russia that had previously posted about other topics, such as Ukraine, switched their attention to Brexit in the days before the vote, according to data scientists at Swansea University and the University of California, Berkeley.

Russian activity spiked on the day of the referendum and on June 24, when the result was announced. Many of the messages appeared to have come either from fully automated “bot” accounts or from “cyborg” profiles, which have some human involvement.

Most of the posts seen by researchers encouraged people to vote for Brexit, an outcome President Putin would probably have favoured, given that it destabilised the European Union.


PUTIN’S ‘LITTLE GREY MEN’
Russian political technologists operate as a middle tier between state strategy and information warfare, turning politics into managed theatre, fake opposition movements or statedirected social engineering.

One such individual, Yevgeny Minchenko, was “on the ground” in London during the Brexit referendum and shared a photo of a London polling station with his Russian followers on the day of the vote.

A passage in one of Minchenko’s own reports said that, while researching the referendum, he was provided with material from YouGov, the BBC, IpsosMori and Lord Ashcroft Polls.



Minchenko later used his findings to inform a master’s degree course in Moscow aimed at training “specialists in information warfare” — the next generation of election engineers.


THE RUSSIA REPORT
It was only after the hack and leak operation that the British government woke up to the threat Russia could pose to the democratic process, a report concluded in 2020.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19h
Trump tells Congress he doesn't care about what they think and lifts Russian energy sanctions www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...
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Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Law (Gift Article)
The sanctions were part of a measure that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Jenrick on #r4today trying to downplay the raging racism of Reform… by saying “Farage has done more than anyone else to stand up against racism and the far right”. Farage the schoolboy Nazi. Farage the ‘breaking point’ Brexiter. Farage the mass-deportations champion. Farage the far right racist.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
He absolutely should be impeached and tried for treason, along with his many enablers in the White House and Congress. It's unfuckingreal that it hasn't happened yet. 🤬
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 11h
Where’s Harvey? Mammal Society launches annual Harvest Mouse Survey National survey encourages everyone to join the search for harvest mouse nests and help gather data about the UK’s smallest rodent | Louise Balint-Kurti
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Where’s Harvey? Mammal Society launches annual Harvest Mouse Survey
National survey encourages everyone to join the search for harvest mouse nests and help gather data about the UK’s smallest rodent
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North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 16/10/2026
Barack Obama on what he considers to be 'one of the biggest dangers of our time'  | North West Bylines Reports
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Barack Obama speaks at Co-op Live in Manchester
Barack Obama on what he considers to be 'one of the biggest dangers of our time'
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Classic British old man's post coming up... This was the UK album chart, almost 55 years ago. With few exceptions, what an amazing list of great music! Why don't we have anything like this today? Mutter, mumble, moan groan, "When I was a lad", "Young folk today", etc, etc...
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 16/10/2026
Has swapping to the winter duvet been on your mind lately? Tonight may be the night, with temperatures expected to fall close to or below freezing in prone rural spots 🥶 Staying that bit milder in many coastal regions and more generally in eastern England 🌡️
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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
And I understand there’s been a promise that these will not be on the menu:
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
FAKE NEWS! Jihadi Morris dancers are infiltrating communities and people are livid. Follow Byline Times for the latest from the frontline. Watch and Share Now: youtu.be/EWMD7Ysb83k #leverington #wrongplanwrongplace #satire
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FAKE NEWS! Defending women and children in sleepy Cambridgeshire village
YouTube video by Byline Times TV
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 15/10/2026
A fake image supposedly showing a tiger attack at Yorkshire Wildlife Park is circulating online. A man died as a result of the incident, and police asked people not to share footage of the attack - but this image isn’t real and was made with AI.
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Fake image of wildlife park tiger attack circulates online – Full Fact
An image widely shared on social media after a man was killed by a tiger is not genuine and was created using AI.
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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
The National Trust’s Sheffield Park, in Sussex, photographed a couple of days ago. Colours maybe not quite as dramatic as in mid-October in recent years. It was pretty clear that this summer’s bizarre combination of drought, and record-breaking summer heat has had a significant effect.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
There's been a lot of discussion since Burnham called for a new 'national conversation' on Brexit but this is one of the most helpful interventions. 'National conversation' is such a nebulous term so I think @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social is right to argue for a structure within which it could occur.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Superb point. Where the Brexiters failed is in durable consent. Who benefits from it their project & wants to carry it forward? Who in the next generations are thanking them for Brexit and championing it? No-one. If we get the UK into EU membership, it must be underpinned by durable consent.
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Joining Europe again: first, we need durable consent
Britain is reopening the question of Europe. This time, we need an honest debate before choosing again
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 15/10/2026
NEWS! ‘Statistics on asylum seeker crime are eye-wateringly bad,’ insists leader of party where 25% of MPs had a conviction for beating a woman newsthump.com/2026/10/15/s...
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‘Statistics on asylum seeker crime are eye-wateringly bad,’ insists leader of party where 25% of MPs had a conviction for beating a woman
Nigel Farage has described asylum seeker crime statistics as “eye-wateringly bad”, despite leading a party which, statistically speaking, is more likely to be a danger to women than any other group…
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
One big down side of reopening the Brexit debate is that there will be more vacuous and misleading articles like this that say since the UK has trade deals then Brexit must be working, that don't notice the EU still has more... labourlist.org/2026/10/reop...
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'Reopening the Brexit debate would be a mistake' - LabourList
If we were to rejoin, we would not be joining a progressive trading bloc, but one dominated by the hard right.
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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Aside from the various greens of leaves, these are the only two two plant colours in my garden at present. One gorgeous yellow rose, and several clumps of vivid pink nerenes. But, hey, I’ll live with that in mid-October.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/10/2026
If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Hear hear, Zack! 👏👏👏 I'm an ordinary member and supporter of the Green Party, and of the RNLI. People can find them at www.RNLI.org, where they can make a donation or, even better, sign up for membership! 👍
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RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at Sea
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Eye Told You So… Ministers to send inspectors into Lord (Ben) Houchen’s Tees Valley authority over high debt, rising borrowing levels and its financial relationship with the publicly owned Teesside International Airport, according to the FT. Eye readers knew this already.
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 15/10/2026
Reform were entirely honest about having no room for racism...
A picture of Richard Tice and Nigel Farage at a Reform UK press conference speaking at microphones, pictured a caption which reads: "When Reform says 'There is no room for racism in Reform', they're absolutely right. There is no specific room for it. They just do it in every room they're in."
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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I recently spent a week on the Isle of Wight. Early years education seems to be developing in an unusual direction there!
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Mariekaren (not that Karen) @mariekaren95-55.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This isn't a deal. This is human life being desecrated for a power hungry asshole. You don't make deals on life and death
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
trickle down economics trickle down economic trickle down economi trickle down econom trickle down econo trickle down econ trickle down eco trickle down ec trickle down e trickle down trickle dow trickle do trickle d trickle trickl trick
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Elizabeth Edgett @elizabethedgett.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Zelensky bombed a Russian bot farm (aka data center) and 3/4 of the posts on Elon's X went silent. Hmm 🤔
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Pamela Chougne & Tiphaine Touzeil: Twitter to X
ALT: Pamela Chougne & Tiphaine Touzeil: Twitter to X
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 13/10/2026
Another day, another deepfake. This time it's Bill Gates who appears to warn that a billion people will die due to water shortages. The clip was edited using AI to make it look like Mr Gates discussed water shortages during a CNBC interview when he didn’t.
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Clip of Bill Gates discussing water shortages and ‘mass mortality event’ is a deepfake – Full Fact
A viral video uses AI to falsely claim Bill Gates said one billion people will die by 2027 due to water shortages.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Green Party has written to the Telegraph demanding an apology and retraction for publishing these two cartoons, which they say use "well known racist and antisemitic tropes in depicting Mothin Ali and Zack Polanski"
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The backstory: Ukrainian drones struck a Yandex supercomputer facility in Vladimir, taking it out. Suddenly, bot activity in US social media fell by 49%, confirming suspicions that this was the site of a massive Russian influence operation targeting US social media—mostly targeting MAGA.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
You don't fix one security crisis by creating another. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending
Exclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say
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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Me too, From ‘60 to‘72. I served Angie and him in Sainsbury’s in the High Street, where I had a school holiday/Saturday job 67 to 72, several times. My mother did house cleaning in the Foxgrove Road house Bowie lodged in, too. And went to the “pop concert” in Aug ‘69 Croydon Road rec. Long time ago!
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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
There’s not been much news about how the tiger is, but this piece seems to suggest it’s ok. That’s good to hear. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Man dies after jumping into tiger enclosure at Yorkshire zoo
Police say man was pronounced dead at the scene after being attacked by tiger
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Exactly what “standards” are those, Robert? You collude with pornographers over property deals. You take dodgy donations. You whore for racists and christofascists for personal gain. You betray your political allies, friends and your country to sniff at power. You have no standards. You’re poison.
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 10/10/2026
The most transparent political move of the year so far...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"I'm aware that Mr Farage's political judgement has been a bit off lately, to put it politely 🤭. But you'd think even he would've realised that Zia Yusuf has become a dangerous liability!" via Christopher Warner
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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ouch!
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Tomsprints @tomsprints.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Everyone needs a pair of wellies like these!
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Lightacandle @lightacandle.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
When the world, or rather certain people's actions in the world, are getting you down go search out some Blue-Footed Boobies who will take you off into a different world....where all is well.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“Well, I never did”, as my dad used to say.
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Fourfoot @fourfoot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
All of it or just a boner part?
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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 · 08/10/2026
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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