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Aggy @aggykins.bsky.social · 13h

Immigration is being used as a distraction

#TechBros
#Blackrock

#KnowYourEnemy

EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 14h

The real seismic shift
Britain isn’t being changed by immigration.
It’s being transformed into an authoritarian corporate client state
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Andrew Sinclair @bluesprints.bsky.social · 13h

Just a reminder

Israel is still evil.

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 18h

All 45 bodies of Palestinians returned by Israel arrived with their hands and legs cuffed, CNN reports. They were transferred to Nasser Hospital tagged with numbers, not names, and have yet to be identified.

“Some are blindfolded, and there are signs of gunshot wounds in some cases, while others...

⭕️ Breaking: All 45 bodies of Palestinians returned by Israel arrived with their hands and legs cuffed, CNN reports. They were transferred to Nasser Hospital tagged with numbers, not names, and have yet to be identified.

“Some are blindfolded, and there are signs of gunshot wounds in some cases, while others have been run over by tanks,” Nasser Hospital officials told CNN

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Drop Site’s full post, linked below, details how Israel is violating the terms of the deal while falsely accusing Hamas of doing so

The bodies of 45 deceased Palestinians transferred from Israel to the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis have not been identified, the hospital’s forensic department told CNN on Tuesday.

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-gaza-ceasefire-deal-hostages-10-14-25?post-id=cmgr3l8su0000356oqp7oci4i

All of the bodies arrived at the facility with their hands and legs cuffed, the hospital said.
The remains were being held in refrigerators in Israel and came with numbers marking them, rather than names, according to the hospital.
"Some are blindfolded, and there are signs of gunshot wounds in some cases, while others have been run over by tanks," Nasser hospital said.

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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 1d

For 28 years, NPR’s Tom Bowman has held a Pentagon press pass.

Today, he is handing it in.

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Tim Shaw @wdncnu.bsky.social · 1d

"Today, NPR will lose access to the Pentagon because we will not sign an unprecedented Defense Department document... Signing that document would make us stenographers parroting press releases, not watchdogs holding government officials accountable."

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Andrew Sinclair @bluesprints.bsky.social · 16h

The epitome of smooth jazz-pop. Brilliant. Thanks for reminding me of how good it is

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 17h

Donating directly to political parties is so YESTERDAY when you can directly control the news and the organisations that are fed into the news cycle.

Paul Marshall (money man, Brexit backer, GB News - with Legatum Institute Holdings- , Spectator and Unherd and so much more);

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 1d

From courtrooms to chaos: how the far right is turning lawlessness into a badge of honour

The far right thrives on defiance, turning convictions into credibility and chaos into a rallying cry against justice

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/opinion...

From courtrooms to chaos: how the far right is turning lawlessness into a badge of honour

The far right thrives on defiance, turning convictions into credibility and chaos into a rallying cry against justice

northeastbylines.co.uk

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Andrew Sinclair @bluesprints.bsky.social · 18h

Yes, I'm lucky enough to own a Parker Fly Deluxe. It's an amazing guitar. Ken Parker (RIP) was a great designer.

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Andrew Sinclair @bluesprints.bsky.social · 19h

Be well, take care, and do what the docs tell you to do

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21h

Coffee in the US is now 40% more expensive than before Trump.

The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight — The Atlantic

Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose.

apple.news

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Andrew Sinclair @bluesprints.bsky.social · 21h

As others have said, who are Hamas supposed to hand over their weapons to? Give them to the IDF? Yeah, that's realistic. Not.

This is the excuse Netanyahu (and his lap-dog Trump) is going to use next, to continue his genocide isn't it?

Andrew Sinclair @bluesprints.bsky.social · 22h

I'm glad your covering the importance of the "rowie". (also known as a "buttery") . Good luck in your search! 🙂🙂

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 22h

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/15/a...

As 800 playgrounds close in England, SNP Government invests £50 million in only 3 years on new ones

By Brenda Robb A UK wide report heavily focused on what happens in England, why are we not surprised? Just a brief scan of the further reading reports listed in the appendix backs up the notion th…

talkingupscotlandtwo.com

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 22h

It certainly could, as our eight-page SPECIAL REPORT sets out in full, financially unsound detail in the new Private Eye, out now.

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Andrew Sinclair @bluesprints.bsky.social · 23h

Excellent!!

Well done Cassetteboy.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 23h

Great work from @cassetteboy.bsky.social . Hilarious parody executed with perfection. "It's just Keir Starmer!"

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youtu.be/C8uOPrU4B9s?...

Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer

YouTube video by cassetteboy

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 1d

Day 1330 of Russia's war. Remember Putin's aims were to take Kyiv, install a puppet "president", take all Ukraine's ports, energy fields, and leave a rump 'state' next to Poland.

How well and bravely Ukraine has fought. We MUST see this through to a just peace.
Here's today's🧵

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1d

Scotland's world-renowned Celtic Connections festival has released a packed programme with 1200 artists taking part in more than 300 events 👀

Celtic Connections 2026: Programme released with more than 1200 artists

www.thenational.scot

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Andrew Sinclair @bluesprints.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmmm, we don't have A Levels in Scotland. (in general). So how's this going to work in Starmer's 'United' Kingdom?

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Just when you thought it was impossible for American corporate media to fail any harder than it already has for a decade now, it went and called a peace deal worthy of celebration something that was neither a peace deal nor even actually a deal nor really anything that meant anything lasting at all

'It's Not A Peace Deal': BBC Expert Delivers Brutal Reality Check To Donald Trump Over Gaza

Jeremy Bowen said the accord signed by the president was "almost devoid of content".

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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Andrew Sinclair @bluesprints.bsky.social · 1d

Watching all the joyous reunions in Israel being plasteted all over our news.

Where's the images of the Palestinians going back to the armageddon and utter ruin of Gaza ?

Oh wait...... Israel still isn't letting western journalists into Palestine.

(drone images do seem to be being used)

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 1d

"a quarter of the typical energy bill in 2024 was profit. That is equivalent to every household paying £416 a year so other people can grow rich."

Excellent piece by Mathew Lawrence of the @Cmmonwealth thinktank

How the government keeps you poorer

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Soaring bills are the gift that keeps on giving for Reform. Shame Labour doesn’t have the guts to do anything about them | Mathew Lawrence

A cost of living crisis is not inevitable if there is the will to stop companies extracting profits from Britain’s essential services, says Mathew Lawrence of the Common Wealth thinktank

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 1d

#Microplastics are everywhere
We can’t avoid them.
But we can lessen the amount we take into our bodies,
Into our hearts, brains, lungs, reproductive organs and worryingly placentas, sperm & newborn babies.
DON’T MICROWAVE FOOD IN PLASTIC.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 1d

And they say the perfect cartoon doesn’t exist.

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