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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8h

"They need us more than we need them"

EU Council @consilium.europa.eu · 16h

Today, the entry/exit system gets underway.

This new digital border system will streamline travel, enhance security, and improve the efficiency of border controls for non-EU nationals entering or exiting the EU.

Full implementation is planned for 10 April 2026.

More info → link.europa.eu/mnYbcy

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 7h

the inflatable costume thing is an extremely smart tactic

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 7h

my father (a retired white engineer who has been in oklahoma for 40 years) is my weathervane for what normal people who just watch the news periodically think, and he was like “so, they want to call the guard out on a bunch of kids wearing frog suits? is that true?”, the admin is losing the PR war

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 11h

whole thing is even worse than the headline when you think about what 'play' means here

“I’m just as concerned for you! Don’t worry about me! It would seem we are in this together and will have to rise above it. Otherwise keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!!”"

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 11h

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010

www.theguardian.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10h

Left: Pete Hegseth, "We're building a Qatar Air Force facility in Idaho"

Right: JD Vance, "The reporting there is going to be a Qatari base on US soil, that's just not true"

If you can't trust the United States Secretary of War, who can you trust 🤷‍♂️

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Matthew Stadlen @matthewstadlen.bsky.social · 9h

Clarkson on Farage:

“Nigel Farage rarely talks about the economy and when he does, his numbers don’t add up. He says he wants to cut taxes and increase spending by £150bn. Huh? But before anyone can question his logic, he scuttles back to his safe space and starts raging about small boats.”

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 9h

No they don't.

https://inews.co.uk/opinion/tories-need-stop-apologising-mini-budget-3969099

The Tories need to stop apologising for my mini-Budget

Playing defence all the time is not the right way forward

inews.co.uk

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Anthony @antmcd7.bsky.social · 9h

Yuk

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13h

Former Tory Minister Michael Gove says the post-Brexit Tory trade deals with Australia and New Zealand were bad for UK farmers.

Why did he/Tories Tories sign them?

Brexit hasn't yielded any economic benefits. UK gave up the best trade deals and now scavenges for whatever it can get.

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Anthony @antmcd7.bsky.social · 13h

Am I missing something too?

It’s not the fact that it’s illegal that should be stopping people from viewing this

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 13h

Dear Auto Correct, are you trying to get me sacked? I often sign off e-mails with, "I look forward to your thoughts." In a recent message to a female associate, I almost sent, "I look forward to your thighs." Always re-read before sending.

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Anthony @antmcd7.bsky.social · 13h

Ask all the “expats” in Spain whether they consider themselves Spanish

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 7d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 15h

"I'm not surprised the personal attacks have started. They've got loads of lines: about my teeth, about my history as an actor, about my name change... the right just don't actually have a line of attack against me that's political"

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 17h

THE LONDON ECONOMIC

"We should all be angry that we had 14 years of Tory austerity. They shut our libraries, they shut our community centres. And then to say integration is a problem - how do you expect people to integrate if you've taken away their services?"

-ZACK POLANSKI, GREEN PARTY LEADER

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16h

Contrast the scale of impunity for corrupt profiteering fron inside information in the US with Rayner's stamp duty mistake & the election date betting scandal

Daniel A Collier, PhD @dcollier74.bsky.social · 1d

Man what a lucky guess.........

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16h

Useful reminder on volatility, four years on, onto our third Prime Minister since this realignment tweet. Nb, "tight on immigration" in Oct 2021 after most of the decisions (bar Ukraine) that would quadruple net migration in 2022: commentary is based much on vibes/words than major policy choices

James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 20h

It's almost exactly four years since Tim Shipman's notorious "Boris Johnson squats like a giant toad" tweet.

Seems like important context given how we often talk as though the next election – four years away – is a done deal.

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Anthony @antmcd7.bsky.social · 16h

Perfection. I would just add either a giant mushroom or button mushrooms

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 2d

Same day. Same plenary session. Same visit to Gill’s office. Same Farage, Same Gill, same wife of sanctioned pro Russian agent.

Six days after the first bribery charge

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Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · 22h

Great. Fuck him off . And by the way every UK business should never use Revolut on that basis

Same as that cunt Dyson , all these twats that profess to love the country and then do everything they can to betray that

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out it was a middle aged white man. Awks.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Dr. Sandy B @drsandyb.bsky.social · 1d

Now ICE is attacking Chicago PD! Gassed them, why aren't these "federal agents" being held accountable for THEIR reckless violence⁉️
youtube.com/shorts/onCvj...

ICE tear gassed 27 Chicago police officers, Superintendent Snelling says

YouTube video by FOX 32 Chicago

youtube.com

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

“The Biden FBI”

Who was President on January 6?

Donald J. Trump * © @reaDonaldTrump • 1m
THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT

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Steve Brennan @sidgaff.bsky.social · 1d

Farage took money to spout pro Russian and anti EU statements before and after Brexit.
The only difference between Farage and Gill is Farage was employed by RT, so it's not a bribe?
Time has shown Brexit a disaster for the UK.
Farage is today's Moseley!

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 1d

OUR tax dollars are being used to bail out Argentina, OUR troops are being put on the ground in Israel & OUR soil is being used by Qatar for a military base of their own.
While OUR government is shutdown.
Anyone who believes OUR so-called “president” when he says he is “America first”, is an idiot.

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