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Alfred Wickens

@wickens.bsky.social
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Emigre from Twitter. Brexit was always going to be a disaster. Joined Bluesky 8/10/23.

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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 2h
Russians killed over 30 people in Kramators'k today when they bombed two busses. There is no negotiating with this. The russian terrorist state must be destroyed. 📷 State Emergency Service of Ukraine
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 14h
The refinery in Salavat, Bashkortostan, currently Russia, has been hit and is burning. This video footage shows the moment of an explosion on site.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2h
Could Asda or Morrisons vanish within a decade? It will be a blow to many. Both owned by private equity, loaded with debt, cut staffing/wages, low investment, strangled by asset-stripping, struggling to compete, losing market share. What future for others being devoured by private equity?
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Supermarket shake-up: why Asda or Morrisons could vanish within a decade
Talks between Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have set industry tongues wagging, with analysts saying the market is ripe for change
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 5h
Oooo guys!!! Omsk oil refinery in russia is on fire🔥 It is one of the largest and most distant ones from Ukraine, located about 2500 km from the border.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 7h
My oldest daughter, who is also an attorney, has said these things to me as well. When your life is built around the law, all of these blatant criminal acts must be even more frustrating.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 6h
❗️❗️The Omsk Oil Refinery has reportedly been hit after a drone attack lasting around four hours. The facility, Russia’s largest oil refinery, is more than 2,500 km from Ukraine. Earlier reports said Ukrainian FP-1 drones were targeting the site. #Russia
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h
The Russians are barbarians and should be treated as such, not as people to negotiate new business deals with to benefit corrupt oligarchs in the US.
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 14h
Ukrainian long-range drones struck the machine-building plant "Sasta" in Sasovo, Ryazan region, in Russia. "Sasta" specializes in the production of CNC metalworking machines, including 5-axis machining centers, turning and milling complexes, and heavy-duty machines.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 8h
Absolutely 👇 This.......
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 8h
1/ While attention has been focused on the elimination of the Russian salient north of Liman, Russian warbloggers are reporting an increasing number of setbacks for their forces elsewhere in Ukraine. "Autumn will bring many unpleasant surprises," one predicts gloomily. ⬇️
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Alfred Wickens @wickens.bsky.social · 3h
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Would Another 9/11 Be Trump’s Ultimate October Surprise?
Trump is escalating Iran while talking about American cities as collateral damage. History shows just how dramatically an attack can reshape both an election and a presidency…
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 20h
Elon Musk is a russian asset and an enthusiastic Nazi. Musk supports Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan separatism because the Putin regime and the Kremlin-backed Trump regime prefer to carry out aggression against small and weak statelets rather than a strong and united Canada.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This needs to happen 👇
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump: "Today is Vladimir Putin's birthday. I'm sure you're going to celebrate it. Are you going to celebrate his birthday? I have a call set up." What the hell is wrong with you?! Celebrate? You sure? The birthday of a butcher responsible for murdering 25 people in Ukraine today?
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Samara oil pipeline hub is on fire in russia. Notice how it’s not an apartment building, kindergarten, school, or hospital like when russia attacks Ukraine, but the aggressor’s economy, attacked to limit the aggressor’s ability to wage war, not to murder kids in their beds.
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TopCat @tiffinjames.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This. It’s not so much the fact we elected this man in the first place. It’s that we elected him AGAIN and have refused to remove him EVEN AFTER WE FOUND OUT HE WAS TRYING TO BE A DICTATOR.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.
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Caolan Robertson @caolanrob.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My Kherson report is going viral on TikTok and a huge amount of people say they had no idea the human safari was happening. This is why reporting on the ground is so important. Thank you for sharing my reports 🙏0
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Russia’s sham Duma elections were an insult to Ukraine, to the Russian people, and to democracy itself. Putin hates democracy because he is threatened by it. That is why – along with destroying civil society and repressing political opposition – Russia meddles in the democratic space of others.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Russia's Urals Oil has hit $128 a barrel thanks to Trump's war against Iran. Even though Russia is getting a record price for their oil exports, their revenue is down 17% because of Ukraine's drone attacks.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🔥 @katiephang.bsky.social (With Deniro behind her): “I’m suing A.G. Todd Blanche — Trump’s cosplaying personal lawyer — for the unredacted Epstein files… as an independent journo 🗣️ I don’t have a corporate oligarch telling me what to say… Trump has been violating federal law every day.”
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/10/2026
Wrongly indicted, charges dropped, and now we learn prosecutors allegedly knew the Reflecting Pool renovation was failing and they charged David Hearn anyway. I hope he sues their asses off.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Things in Popeye, a Japanese menswear magazine: — Interview with a "freelance pie advisor" who claims to have tried every pie in London. He names the city's top three pies. — Recurring column from writer who updates everyone on his cats for some reason. — Feature on Parisian grandfather style.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why Jared?
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Leader of party - that sold its own shrivelled soul to the devils of austerity and Brexit - will use her conference speech to slag off Labour (yawn) and make the only promise the Tories ever make - cutting taxes… They have nothing new or credible… or just plain nice… to say any more.
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Badenoch promises tax cuts in 'battle for the soul of this nation'
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 06/10/2026
Russian losses per 06/10/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff +1540 men +3 tanks +7 ACVs +52 artillery +2 MLRS +1891 UAVs +7 GRCs
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
An ordinary evening in Sochi, Russia
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I thought Trump’s tariffs were specifically designed to dramatically reduce this number to zero.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch on Kemi Badenoch: “I never make gaffes or need to apologize or clarify my statements, as I think carefully about what I say.” Kemi Badenoch on her ‘Britannia Shield’ ‘plan’….
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🔥🚢A massive fire is burning near the Russian Black Sea port of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai after an oil tanker was hit.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sarah Pochin raised "concerns" in parliament about the impact of second homes on rural communities. Two days later she purchased an £800,000 second home on Anglesey. Remarkable stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Show me 😡
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ukraine is expecting another large-scale Russian attack tonight. Their planes are reported to be in the air already and on their way to bomb Ukraine. ​We are going to spend another night hoping that Russian missiles don't strike our home. It's a deadly lottery,
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Everything about her and everything about the way he interacts with her and everything about their relationship and everything about the US president going around the world with arm candy decades and decades younger than him is just thoroughly grotesque before you even consider that she's a cultist
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Paulette Donahue @9kittens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Use the 25th Amendment Now
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Brexit has been a Tory masterclass in ideological madness. It’s widely accepted by the country as a barrelling shitshow but *still* their entitled little reps strut about insisting we can’t be allowed to vote on it again. Who TF does this person think she is? And why TF should she decide anything?
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A span of the Chonhar Bridge linking occupied Crimea with mainland Ukraine has now completely collapsed. The bridge had already been critically damaged for around a month and was no longer being used by vehicle traffic, but the damaged span has now finally given way and fallen completely.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 06/10/2026
Ukraine struck the Volodarskaya LPDS oil products hub in Moscow region with drones, triggering a fire. The Transneft facility has 250,000 m³ of storage and is connected to fuel supply infrastructure serving Moscow’s Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports. #Russia
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pete Hegseth gave a speech in front of a backdrop that almost perfectly matches Nazi imagery. Meanwhile, Trump calls opponents “vermin” who he will “root out,” and says the blood of our country is being poisoned. We are far past left vs right. Our choice is democracy or fascism.
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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fact.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
💥🛩️Satellite imagery from Khanskaya miliitary airbase in Russia’s Republic of Adygea shows two aircraft positions completely burned out after the SSU strike overnight on October 4
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The 7 stages of Western "concern" 1 This is concerning 2 This is increasingly concerning 3 We are now deeply concerned 4 We are now gravely concerned 5 There will be consequences 6 We demand answers 7 It is important not to escalate the situation
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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
BINGO!💥
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Russia net lost 190 sq km on the battlefield last month.
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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