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Teddy TC @allthebears.bsky.social · Apr 24

Can we turn from US politics, and have some focus on the apparent rise of Reform UK? It's the Trump team, but with British accents.

Remember that Farage's fascism was noticed when he was in school. He hasn't changed.

#StopTheFarRight #ImmigrantsWelcome #VoteGreen

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · Mar 29

Did you know? Chromosome testing in sports has been done before and was stopped because cisgender people repeatedly learned that their chromosomes didn’t match their assigned sex. — Something the “XX and XY only” crowd seems to have forgotten.

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Teddy TC @allthebears.bsky.social · Mar 30

They're actively targeting other countries as well. South Africa, U.K., those in the EU, Canada, Mexico... we need a global alliance against him and Trump. We're stronger together.

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MSI Reproductive Choices UK @msichoicesuk.bsky.social · Mar 30

We know that having an abortion when you are already a mum is common; yet these stories are often overlooked. All abortion stories matter.

Read a story from one of our UK clients, who explains why she felt that having an abortion was the right decision for her whole family shorturl.at/y0PQH

My story: Choosing an abortion as someone who’s already a mum - MSI Reproductive Choices UK

A client's experience of having an at-home abortion (telemedicine), as someone who is already a mum of two children.

www.msichoices.org.uk

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Teddy TC @allthebears.bsky.social · Mar 30

I wouldn't be surprised if at least some of them of being paid to actively troll left spaces in an attempt to further division

Teddy TC @allthebears.bsky.social · Mar 30

Don't get started on the Great British Bake-off, or the Great British Sewing Bee.... they're infectious 🤦‍♀️

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Boredwalk @boredwalk.com · Mar 26

We haven’t seen this many white people saying “people make mistakes” since Brock Turner.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · Mar 26

Guys, guys, guys, you see, it wasn't war *plans* that they texted. It was war *crimes*. Important distinction.

Sam Klug @samklug.bsky.social · Mar 26

It is obviously bad that they were texting this on Signal and bad that they let a journalist into their group chat.

But the actual act they’re talking about—intentionally bombing civilians, a war crime—is the far more fundamental wrong.

Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · Mar 26

The Vice President and the National Security Advisor discussing how they pre-targeted a building housing civilians.

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Teddy TC @allthebears.bsky.social · Mar 25

It seems the Lib Dems and the Greens are our only hope.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Mar 25

Was waiting to see what she thought.

A tweet from Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) includes an eye emoji followed by "You have got to be kidding me." Below is a link to The Atlantic, along with a screenshot of an article headline that reads, "The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans." The subheading states that U.S. national-security leaders mistakenly included the author in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen, which he initially thought was a mistake—until the attacks began. The article is by Jeffrey Goldberg.

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Old Tehanu, Dragons to Bees @oldtehanu.bsky.social · Mar 24

Abortion is healthcare. Withholding healthcare when an emergency with happening is a violation of a person's rights.

ProPublica @propublica.org · Mar 24

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.

As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · Mar 21

The UK is supplying weapons to a country whose leader is wanted for war crimes.

How much simpler can we put it?

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Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · Mar 21

Britain and Germany issuing travel warnings to the US is the kind of thing Americans might not be aware of, but it’s poison to tourism and international economic activity. The perception of the US as dangerous due to gun violence is widespread; now the government is chaining up British tourists.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · Mar 21

“Serial perpetrators harm generation after generation of students and junior colleagues.”

Too many professors are pursuing their students and causing untold harm, says @annabull.bsky.social of @the1752group.bsky.social:
goodlaw.social/xsix

Sexual misconduct strikes at the heart of university life | Good Law Project

Too many professors are pursuing their students and causing untold harm, says Anna Bull.

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WIRED @wired.com · Mar 4

Human rights organizations say the cuts have undermined years of global democracy-building and free speech initiatives, and put the lives of their staff at risk.

DOGE's Foreign Aid Cuts Have Sparked 'Total Chaos' Around the World

Human rights organizations say the cuts have undermined years of global democracy-building and free speech initiatives, and put the lives of their staff at risk.

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Moi c’est Glenn @oldest40yearold.bsky.social · Mar 4

That is awesome. Also anyone who has T-mobile should switch cellular providers because they now have a partnership with Starlink.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Mar 4

Eutelsat, the owner of OneWeb, a satellite rival to Starlink, said today that it was “actively collaborating with European institutions and business partners,” adding that it had equipment that could be “deployed swiftly in Ukraine to connect the most critical missions and infrastructures.”

Starlink rival in talks to boost satellite services to Ukraine

Eutelsat shares surge as investors bet that European competitor could replace Elon Musk’s company

www.ft.com

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Teddy TC @allthebears.bsky.social · Mar 4

When will enough be enough?

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Teddy TC @allthebears.bsky.social · Mar 4

Haven't we had enough yet?

Creating a stronger relationship between Canada, Mexico, the EU, Ukraine, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa would be in everyone's best economic & security interests right now. Cut the U.S. out & let the Tangerine Felon & Apartheid Edison have their little tantrums.

a woman says enough is enough in front of a tv land sign

ALT: a woman says enough is enough in front of a tv land sign

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Teddy TC @allthebears.bsky.social · Mar 4

It's time to start cutting out the U.S. instead of pandering to Trump.

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Teddy TC @allthebears.bsky.social · Mar 4

Haven't we had enough yet?

Creating a stronger relationship between Canada, Mexico, the EU, Ukraine, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa would be in everyone's best economic & security interests right now. Cut the U.S. out & let the Tangerine Felon & Apartheid Edison have their little tantrums.

a woman says enough is enough in front of a tv land sign

ALT: a woman says enough is enough in front of a tv land sign

media.tenor.com

Teddy TC @allthebears.bsky.social · Mar 4

It's only going to get worse. We need to start isolating the U.S.

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Teddy TC @allthebears.bsky.social · Mar 4

Haven't we had enough yet?

Creating a stronger relationship between Canada, Mexico, the EU, Ukraine, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa would be in everyone's best economic & security interests right now. Cut the U.S. out & let the Tangerine Felon & Apartheid Edison have their little tantrums.

a woman says enough is enough in front of a tv land sign

ALT: a woman says enough is enough in front of a tv land sign

media.tenor.com

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Teddy TC @allthebears.bsky.social · Mar 4

Haven't we had enough yet?

Creating a stronger relationship between Canada, Mexico, the EU, Ukraine, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa would be in everyone's best economic & security interests right now. Cut the U.S. out & let the Tangerine Felon & Apartheid Edison have their little tantrums.

a woman says enough is enough in front of a tv land sign

ALT: a woman says enough is enough in front of a tv land sign

media.tenor.com

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Teddy TC @allthebears.bsky.social · Feb 24

Right now, the executive class and the millionaire/billionaire class knows we are pissed at them. And they are going to use every tool at their disposal to propagandize us back into thinking other people are our enemies.
Don't you dare let their message win.
Stay angry at the right people.

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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · Feb 23

Attacks on free speech, book banning, forcing companies to drop DEI, not allowing people to study history, these are what the radical right MAGA people are doing. They blame the left for what they do. The proof is in the pudding. This too is an attack on free speech.

Fossil fuel firm’s $300m trial against Greenpeace to begin: ‘Weaponizing the judicial system’

Experts warn victory for Energy Transfer, whose CEO is a Trump donor, could have a ‘chilling’ effect on free speech

www.theguardian.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Feb 23

National, regional, and global economies with billions of transactions?
So simple.

The labyrinthine Rube Goldberg US healthcare system?
So simple.

Hemisphere-wide migration movements?
So simple.

The most straightforward act of unprovoked military aggression in decades?
Well, it’s complicated.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Feb 23

"Camps." The word you're looking for here is "camps."

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

Trump Plans to Use Military Sites Across the Country to Detain Undocumented Immigrants

The move would be a drastic escalation by the White House to militarize immigration enforcement.

www.nytimes.com

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