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Toria Banks

@toriabanks.bsky.social
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Probably posting about socialism and disability. Some theatre and opera, but more of that @wearehera.bsky.social. She/her.

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Kieran Hurley @kieranhurley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
the most powerful men of our era are arguing with the Pope over whether their calculators have souls
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@davetuller1.bsky.social, a great champion of patients, interviewed me about the massive, ongoing scandal of the neglect, abuse and mistreatment of people with ME/CFS www.youtube.com/watch?v=Maae...
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Interview with George Monbiot about Guardian column on ME/CFS
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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Here's a handy guide. If the media are saying a politician is doing socialism, they're not doing socialism. If a politician is doing socialism, the media is telling you they're doing islamic terrorism, destroying western civilization, turning your kids gay and in league with china.
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James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Think it's important to grasp that when people like Ovenden use phrases like "rapidly medicalised layabouts" they get a little thrill like they're daring to break taboos, but actually they're repeating the tiresome but orthodox belief of their coterie. (Cf his treatment of Diane Abbott.)
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
“It is Macklemore, not Sheeran, who has been barred from performing. Yet somehow the story is about Sheeran’s freedom to be apolitical.”
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Lorna Finlayson | Public Positions
Given much of the coverage of the Ed Sheeran-Macklemore debacle, you could be forgiven for thinking that Sheeran had...
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Toria Banks @toriabanks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Oh my. This man is setting a high bar.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ten years ago ... the Labour leader called for a suspension of arm sales to Saudi Arabia because of the atrocities being committed in Yemen
Evening Standard headline from 27 October 2016 reporting that Labour, then led by Jeremy Corbyn, was calling for the suspension of arms sales to Saudi Arabia
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Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Make a way for me, I know you, I know your name, I know the name of the god guarding you. (BDQ)
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Millions of Chopped Landlord Pieces @thirteentwelve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Charlotte Church roasting Ed Sheeran over a Dead Kennedy's cover
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
If you really hate it when music and film stars do politics, here’s the answer: give us politics that works | Nesrine Malik
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If you really hate it when music and film stars do politics, here’s the answer: give us politics that works | Nesrine Malik
The problem is not famous people speaking out, as they always have. It is the feeling that leaders have failed, obliging celebrities to fill the vacuum, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Toria Banks @toriabanks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Artists and arts organisations must take this seriously and not just blithely continue to worry about being ‘good on socials’
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Toria Banks @toriabanks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
May never recover from Bill Nighy saying ‘Ravishing. Ravenous. Edible. It’s all working’. If you’ve really got it, you never lose it, huh?
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour. This is the statement they published on Instagram:
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Kieran Hurley @kieranhurley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
You misunderstand. "The voters are never wrong" is when the party's left loses elections. "The voters are hipster wankers" is when David Lammy might lose a job.
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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Me too bitch, you're not special.
A Guardian headline which reads "Indonesian forager may have sucked on mond-altwring nuts 25,000 years ago,  research finds"
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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026
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I co-founded an orchestra 18 years ago. Since then, I’ve seen doors close for working-class musicians | Robert Ames
I have lost patience with the sector’s talk of diversity when it refuses to acknowledge those people who can’t afford to keep playing, says conductor and composer Robert Ames
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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...
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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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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Important to recognise that "legitimate concerns" is performative, not descriptive. People are not saying "you are justified in being concerned about this real problem." They are saying "these are the things we are prepared to treat as legitimate."
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If it cost *twenty grand a year* just to send you to high school, do you even live in the same reality as 90% of the country? I would say: No.
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Anyone who talks about climate mitigation in terms of affordability isn’t a serious politician. This is going to be a perpetual crisis situation for the rest of everyone’s lives, and the cost of the damage will be incalculable. Anything spent on effective mitigation is a good investment.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is true of all parties and it’s what I mean when I say: the press decide. If they decide your party is great and it should be booming in the polls, it’s plain sailing. If they decide you should fuck off, they suddenly start noticing your scandals.
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Green Elects @greenelects.world · 03/09/2026
🚨 HUGE DEVELOPMENT: (UK) Andrew Feinstein, the left-wing independent who ran for Holborn & St Pancras in 2024 and earned 18.9% of the vote, has said he WON'T be standing in the by-election for the seat. 👀 A KEY piece of the puzzle for Zack Polanski's hopes of winning the seat for the Green Party. ✅
Green graphic with NEWS ALERT written, and pictured: UK politician Zack Polanski standing looking straight ahead: this image is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 one point zero Universal Public Domain Dedication.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Labour only got rid of Starmer because they felt electoral pressure from the left, they only went with Burnham because of that pressure & they'll only deliver left wing policies if they continue to feel that pressure. Donate to Zacks campaign here: donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/london-by-el...
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Let's get our sixth Green MP elected - Green Party
We have a chance to elect our 6th MP - London's first Green MP! But we have just 5 weeks to raise over £200k. Will you help us get there?
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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
A far less established and powerful actor has decided he cannot appear alongside a very vocal bigot. So he has decided to decline what is probably a very important opportunity for him. And now Lipman is berating him in the mainstream press. Who's the bully here?
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Mike Wasson @mikewasson.net · 30/08/2026
“My marriage ended when I refused to stop fighting for the rights of my wife” is one of those things that should make you check yourself
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Damaging a golf course is not terrorism. We've lost the plot in this country www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’
Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
in a world of JK Rowlings be a Dolly Parton
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
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Toria Banks @toriabanks.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This is the guy that started the campaign against Arday, which was apparently necessary for scholarly integrity.
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Toria Banks @toriabanks.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Fucking hell, sometimes the consequences of your own actions really suck.
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Ulez has delivered remarkable public health gains in a short period. Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Andy Burnham says the bigger questions of oil and gas will come "at the right moment in time." On the eve of another heatwave when thousands of people have died already, when is a better time to rule out drilling for new oil and gas?
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 11/08/2026
Britain is burning through its fifth heatwave of the summer. And the government is considering drilling for MORE oil and gas. Rosebank and Jackdaw must be stopped.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Good. Now we need action. Tax fossil fuel giants to pay for firefighting helicopters. A cool space in every community. A maximum working temperature. And no new oil and gas extraction in the North Sea. We cannot negotiate with the science. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
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UK weather: Burnham to chair Cobra meeting on extreme heat as temperatures surge again
The Government will meet to discuss this summer's record-breaking heat as the tally for days above 30C in the UK is broken.
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Toria Banks @toriabanks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It is genuinely weird that the Guardian article about Banks doesn’t mention this at all.
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Andrew @andrewt.net · 06/08/2026
Kathleen Stock standing outside a women's bathroom thinking "well my work here is done," then moving one door down the hall to the disabled loos and just starting over
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Paul Marshall, the co-owner of GB News, has tripled his hedge fund investments in fossil fuel companies in the first quarter of 2026 to £2.1bn. They're a propaganda channel cashing in on destroying our future. Always follow the money.
Zack Polanskis four biggest climate claims explained and why experts disagree
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Steve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Every Green elected makes a difference. This is objectively funny.
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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Explains a lot about why all the lads are out praising the racist wife beater for his irascible wit, doesn't it?
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Toria Banks @toriabanks.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Turns out this is 2 months old. How is it not 40 years? Jesus Christ.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Two things. One of the main exploitation methods of those spreading misinformation is to take normal scientific arguments over details and suggest they imply doubt over an entire subject. The second, what is ‘at best’ supposed to imply other than that the idea that long covid itself is a lie?
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Toria Banks @toriabanks.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
What is it ‘at worst’ then? What’s the range of opinion on the health of millions of affected people you’re willing to entertain? Because this is very much not just saying it’s not yet adequately understood and treated.
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Toria Banks @toriabanks.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Often anger at where money *is* spent, like MPs perks and pay rises, seems symbolic - the sums involved are pocket change in governmental terms. But whole essential parts of research, and all of the arts, are run on pocket change. Or are lost to save it.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Steven Methven: "Whether clapping is now supporting a terrorist group is a really good question" That this question even has to be asked - whether just clapping makes you a terrorist, is a sign of how far our govt has gone in its efforts to protect a genocidal apartheid regime
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Toria Banks @toriabanks.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is some Villain-in-a-Children’s-Book behaviour. Do you think they can’t see it, or is that what they want?
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Current govt plans imply deporting over five thousand scientists, about eight thousand assorted engineers, 1600 vets... for no reason, at all, except the appeasement of unappeasable racism.
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Sacrifice! At the Harvest Festival @theharvestmaid.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Why is everything so transparently evil now?
"Print books from the pre-LLM era are structurally guaranteed to be free of this contamination. That alone is a significant advantage," it explains in an article on its website, as quoted by
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Once focused on helping libraries, distributors, and book shops find and sell books, ISBNdb now helps Al companies bulk-buy anywhere between 1,000 to one million books per order, according to 404.
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