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Martha Dark @marthadark.bsky.social · 18h
📣 26 Oct @foxglovelegal.bsky.social & friends will host: The AI Data Centre Fight: Big Tech's hyperscale building spree. Limited tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ai-dat... @meadwaj.bsky.social, @sarahljaffe.bsky.social, @parismarx.com, @globalactionplan.bsky.social, Bug Life & more.
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The AI Data Centres Fight: organisers social, book launch, panel & podcast
Who pays for the AI boom? Join campaigners, lawyers, activists and journalists for an evening on all things Big Tech data centres
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 18h
If it feels like ordinary people can’t win in the UK, it’s because mega‑corps, & the mega‑rich have stitched us up. How? They lobby Westminster every day for loopholes, opt‑outs & giveaways. We need a People’s Lobby to take them on. Be a part of it. bit.ly/4hZ0THh
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Join the Tax Justice Movement - Tax Justice UK
Sign up today to receive all the latest news, analysis and opportunities to get involved in the fight for tax justice, from Faiza & the team.
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Positive Money UK @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social · 22h
🚨 HAPPENING TODAY 🚨 "Chancellor John Healey has summoned the chiefs of the UK’s biggest banks for a meeting ahead of his autumn Budget": www.independent.co.u... Momentum is building to #TaxTheBanks but we need to stay louder than the lobbyists! Sign the petition 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks
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Chancellor summons UK bank chiefs amid industry calls not to hike taxes
The prospect of lenders being targeted with tax hikes has prompted industry leaders to voice concerns.
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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The public should not be paying for the social and environmental costs of Big Tech's data centres. Join our call on Andy Burnham to stop the construction of data centres that will harm the climate or the local community: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
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Ban data centres that harm our communities and climate
Big Tech’s giant data centres swallow as much power as millions of homes, guzzle our water, and risk driving up our energy bills - all with zero limits. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Ze...
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vivamusic.bsky.social @vivamusic.bsky.social · 18h
How one eviction pushed Spain to a snap election www.opendemocracy.net Vamos!
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How one eviction pushed Spain to a snap election
Ten days ago, an 87-year-old woman was forcibly removed from her home. The fallout may shape national politics
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Media Tell The Truth @mediatellthetruth.bsky.social · 22h
Dear Brazilians, please don't vote for the destruction of the Amazon and therefore of human civilization. ------------- Caros brasileiros, por favor, não votem na destruição da Amazônia e, consequentemente, da civilização humana.
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon graphed against recent presidential terms
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cable Street 1936-2026: Not Then Not Now roughtradebooks.com/products/cab...
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
More than 20 NHS trusts in England have stopped using Palantir’s waiting list tools, according to FT analysis that casts doubt on widely cited claims about the success of the controversial data project led by the US software giant Great coverage on #palantir from @financialtimes.com (behind paywall)
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Over 20 NHS trusts have ditched Palantir waiting-list tools, analysis shows
FT findings prompt fresh probe by statistics regulator into health service claims over controversial data project
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Positive Money UK @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When bank CEOs moan about the possibility of higher taxes in the lead up to Burnham & Healey's first Budget in a few weeks time, remember 👇 www.mirror.co.uk/mon... Sign + share to #TaxTheBanks today 💰👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks
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Banks dish out £16.4billion bonuses - highest since financial crisis of 2008
Trade union body the TUC claims soaring profits and bonuses among Britain's big banks is evidence of why a windfall tax is needed to help hard-up families - calling it “common sense and long overdue”
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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Our history. We keep marching on 💚 #CableStreet90 #TheyShallNotPass
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vivamusic.bsky.social @vivamusic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.noemamag.com/let-the-peop... Interesting... A Global Citizens’ Assembly on AI, what's not to like 🙏
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Let The People Set The Pace Of Frontier AI | NOEMA
Slogans won’t slow the rapid development of dangerously powerful AI. But a citizens’ assembly representative of humanity’s diversity and independent of frontier labs and national governments could.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 03/10/2026
If water companies cannot survive without hiking our bills, let them GO BUST and bring them into public ownership Support for this message is HUGE at Green Party conference and across the country Sign up to support our campaign to bring our water into public ownership: vist.ly/5kvdj
Image with We Own It campaigners carrying posters that say "if water companies cannot survive without raising our bills, let them go bust and take them into public ownership"
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt
Photo featuring three rectangular vertical wood sculptures with blue and green inlayed stained glass, side by side on a wet beach with reflections
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vivamusic.bsky.social @vivamusic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Big Oil makes € 3.000 every second. While Europe burns, Shell, BP, and Total rake in billions. ACT NOW to #MakePollutersPay action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-08...
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Make Polluters Pay for Climate Disasters
Share the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: Make Polluters Pay for Climate Disasters
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vivamusic.bsky.social @vivamusic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Say no to Palantir ✊️🙏
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 03/10/2026
🚨BREAKING Green Party calls for Thames Water and South East Water to be taken into public ownership WITHOUT COMPENSATION by Christmas Thames Water is insolvent, and South East Water has repeatedly failed to supply water to thousands of homes This is wonderful from the Greens
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vivamusic.bsky.social @vivamusic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#BigTech's data centres use as much power as millions of homes and guzzle our water. We need basic rules ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Zero water waste 🗣️ Local community consent Sign Foxglove's petition to stop data centres harming our communities and environment now. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Ban data centres that harm our communities and climate
Big Tech’s giant data centres swallow as much power as millions of homes, guzzle our water, and risk driving up our energy bills - all with zero limits. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Ze...
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 02/10/2026
Yesterday, people at 40+ hospitals across England said: no Palantir in the NHS. Palantir works with the Israeli military and ICE, and holds a £330m contract for NHS patient data. It can be scrapped within weeks. Share this and tell the government: back the break clause.
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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Encouraging news: UK Govt is reportedly considering alternatives to Palantir in the NHS: www.ft.com/content/9a6e...
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Andy Burnham searches for UK alternative to Palantir
Prime minister’s ‘Buy British’ push triggers hunt to find replacement for controversial US tech group awarded health service and defence contracts
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vivamusic.bsky.social @vivamusic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📣 The power is in your hands… request an Activist Pack and be a part of the change you want to see… it’s never too late to make a difference! musicdeclaresemergency.hq.fan/post/nmoadpi...
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NO MUSIC ON A DEAD PLANET Issue #1
The power is in your hands… request an Activist Pack and be a part of the change you want to see… it’s never too late to make a difference!
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vivamusic.bsky.social @vivamusic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
No Palantir in the NHS Tomorrow rally 👇
No Palantir in the NHS
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vivamusic.bsky.social @vivamusic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
diem25.org/palantir-doe... #SayNoToPalantir 🙏
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Palantir doesn’t need new data, it needs a new question - Julijana Zita
We can’t keep regulating technology only after we have already implemented it and wait for courts to tell us years later where the limits should have been.  Palantir’s software doesn’t need new data w...
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vivamusic.bsky.social @vivamusic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tracking... no really... #NoMorePalantir
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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What if getting older or needing care didn’t mean worrying about whether you could afford it? Andy Burnham has announced plans for an NHS-style National Care Service, free at the point of use and funded by everyone. It could be a huge step towards fixing England’s broken social care system.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes
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Do the British Museum’s links with Palantir and BP bring it into disrepute? | Letter
Letter: Dr Chris Garrard responds to an article about George Osborne assuming that Palantir founder Peter Thiel’s visit to view the Bayeux tapestry would remain secret
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Positive Money UK @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💰#TaxTheBanks in The Times newspaper again! 📰 4 weeks out from Burnham & Chancellor John Healey's first Budget, momentum is building 💪 we're closer than we've ever been to higher taxes on banks' windfall profits and *every* extra* name* helps. Please add yours & share now👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks
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Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New polling: climate change is back in people’s top priorities
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New polling: climate change is back in people’s top priorities
Persuasion UK has released polling on climate salience following the UK’s hottest summer to date. Climate is now in people’s top five issues.
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
120+ organisations across Europe say it's time to #KickOutPalantir ! ❌ Great coverage of our joint open letter today in @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/kick-ou...
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Kick out Palantir, trade unions tell European governments | Euractiv
Call to eject US data analytics giant on democratic grounds
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vivamusic.bsky.social @vivamusic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🏞💚
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‘Contract between humans and river’: Bristol Avon’s rights enshrined in charter
River charters part of wider movement establishing ‘moral’ framework to protect nature and hold institutions to account
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WE SAY NO TO PALANTIR 🙅‍♂️ We and 120+ organisations and unions across Europe are calling on our governments and the European Commission to scrap all existing public sector contracts with Palantir. Read the open letter here: www.globaljustice.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Text reads: 120+ organisations and unions across Europe call on governments and the European Commission to SCRAP Palantir contracts. Palantir provides support to warmongers, drains our public wealth, deepens our dependence on tech billionaires. WE SAY NO TO PALANTIR.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 28/09/2026
“Same goes for the claims that these companies are already profitable… [essentially] the companies are claiming that they are so cool that their profitability can only be measured using a novel, secret form of mathematics.” www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
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Cory Doctorow: AI’s big beasts aren’t really scared of their products. They’re scared of their competition
The US giants would love to stop battling each other and be protected from China – and they might have hit on just the narrative to make that possible, writes our tech columnist
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 27/09/2026
Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'
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Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'
From Bordeaux to Paris, organizers say 120,000 people took part in 260 demonstrations 'for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice.
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Foxglove Legal @foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Is Palantir hoping that Lord Watson can provide the Labour connections they previously relied on Lord Mandelson for? Foxglove's @marthadark.bsky.social writes for @techpolicypress.bsky.social: www.techpolicy.press/palantirs-ne...
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Palantir's New Senior VP Swaps Lords Pass for Labour Leverage
Lord Tom Watson’s new position contrasts starkly with his public views a decade ago, writes Foxglove's Martha Dark.
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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s hard to believe it’s been six months. From firefighters and teachers to politicians, trade unionists, and families — chanting, dancing and filling the streets with hope. The biggest anti-racist march in UK history. We must keep marching on.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Labour are planning to extract more oil and gas from the North Sea despite the thousands of deaths from excess heat this summer. We cannot allow them to win in Holborn & St Pancras and think that they can get away with this. Vote Green. For our communities and our planet.
Labour are planning to extract more oil and gas from the North Sea despite the thousands of deaths from excess heat this summer.

We cannot allow them to win in Holborn & St Pancras and think that they can get away with this.

Vote Green. For our communities and our planet.
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vivamusic.bsky.social @vivamusic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Andy Burnham: no new gas power stations for data centres www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...
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Andy Burnham: no gas power stations for data centres
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil. Both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Harvest Moon (Golden Hare) by Tamsin Abbott, English stained glass artist. #HarvestMoon is the #fullmoon closest to the autumn equinox #WomensArt
Stained glass artwork in gold and black featuring a hare lying down amonst grasses under a golden full moon
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Music Declares Emergency UK @musicdeclares.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Summer 2026 memories with our group of volunteers at Leeds Festival. 🌞 Join the Movement to find out more about our volunteering opportunities: NOMUSICONADEADPLANET.ORG 📸 Alex Norcross #NOMUSICONADEADPLANET
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vivamusic.bsky.social @vivamusic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#PauseAI 🙏
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 20/09/2026
Good morning @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social Your journey from MP who most understood the Cambridge Analytica scandal to paid-up Palantir apologist is really quite the journey. Hope the pay packet is worth it. 💰 Here’s some background reading ahead of your first day 🧵👇
A throwback to Tom Watson’s days as the MP fighting back against Facebook after the Nerve team published the Cambridge Analytica investigation at the Observer 
(Tom’s standing, with investigative reporter Carole Cadwalladr on right and whistleblower Chris Wyler 2nd from left)🏁
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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Why won’t the Government share this secret climate change report when the findings show it’s a critical threat to national security? 👀
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vivamusic.bsky.social @vivamusic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Britain needs to see real change from Burnham's first Budget! It's time to tax the super-rich, and back our communities with the investment they need to thrive. I wrote to the PM to demand better. Will you add your name? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich
Britain needs to see real change from Burnham's first Budget! It's time to tax the super-rich, and back our communities with the investment they need to thrive. I wrote to the PM to demand better. Wil...
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vivamusic.bsky.social @vivamusic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 25/09/2026
Instead of keeping hate and misinformation off our airwaves, Ofcom is allowing TalkTV to serve as a megaphone for dangerous, far-right rhetoric. We can’t let this stand, so we’re suing Ofcom. But we can only do it with your help: goodlaw.social/a9im
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Force Ofcom to stop TalkTV broadcasting misinformation and hate | Good Law Project
Ofcom is letting Rupert Murdoch’s TalkTV poison public discourse with transphobic lies and fake climate news, so we're taking the regulator to court
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vivamusic.bsky.social @vivamusic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Resistance to AI gathers strength
Awareness of the extraordinary dangers of the technology is fueling a growing, multifaceted movement of opposition and sabotage against it
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Right to Roam @righttoroam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Right to Roam Print Shop is closing soon! Every print helps fund our campaign to open up more of the countryside and improve access to nature. If you’d like to support the push for a Right to Roam, now’s the time to grab yourself a print. www.righttoroam.org.uk/category/all...
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General Federation of Trade Unions @gftu.org.uk · 25/09/2026
In 1936, working-class communities, trade unionists and anti-fascists stood together to stop Mosley’s march through East London. Mark the anniversary 👉 togetheroncablestreet.com/events #GFTU #CableStreet90 #CableStreet #AntiFascism #TradeUnions
Historic photograph depicting police officers escorting an individual through a crowded street. Several officers are mounted on horses. The scene appears tense, with people lining the sides of the street.
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vivamusic.bsky.social @vivamusic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Manchester Greens block Palantir from NHS as Labour-run Camden complicity is exposed www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/... Yes #SayNoToPalantir
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Manchester Greens block Palantir from NHS as Labour-run Camden complicity is exposed
Manchester Green Party councillors have claimed a momentous victory against notorious US 'End Times Fascist' tech firm Palantir
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38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We’re launching our biggest anti-Palantir tactic yet: a mass legal objection to keep spy-tech out of our NHS. You have a legal right to object to your health data being used in Palantir’s national database - and by law, NHS England must reply to every single submission. See below for the link.
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