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Simon Ferrigno

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Dad Writer Editor Researcher Sustainability (esp cotton) Some history Long 'sanity' project "The Charge of the Lightweight Brigade", a satire on the idiots of Brexit ('C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c'est de la folie') Rejoiner Liberal

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · Nov 13

Dismantling of the state and its accountability mechanisms means dismantling of citizen's recourse against abuse by the state

Screenshot about Trump appoint Musk as 'efficiency' tsar

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 2h

#31DaysOfHalloween #Gothtober

A vintage Halloween greeting card featuring a witch flying in a skeletal "aeroplane" that is being pulled by a large, grinning pumpkin. A black cat is sitting behind the witch in the plane. In the background, a crescent moon with a face is visible, and three owls are flying towards it.
The card has text that reads:
Top: "Hallowe'en Greeting"
Bottom: "'Tis Hallowe'en and I'm here again from the man in the Moon in an Aeroplane My charms are new and right up to date Go tell by the Cards your fortune and fate."

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 2h

Oh very good find, thank you

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YMcL #FBPE #RejoinEU Remainer @ymclj.bsky.social · 5h

I've just signed the Liberal Democrats' 'Save our Hospices' petition and think you should too. Add your name here: www.libdems.org.uk/hospices

Save Our Hospices

Back our campaign to protect hospice services and ensure they always have the funding and staff to care for anyone who needs their support.

www.libdems.org.uk

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Just_LookingK @justlookingk.bsky.social · 6h

A reminder: For those who didn’t realise…
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TrumpFile.org @trumpfile.org · 6h

Today in 1973, Nixon's Justice Department sued Fred and Donald Trump for refusing to rent apartments to black people, violating the Fair Housing Act.

The Dept. of Justice sues Fred & Donald Trump for discrimination (October 15, 1973)

The Dept. of Justice sues Fred and Donald Trump for refusing to rent apartments to black people. The case was referred to the Justice Department by the New York City Commission on Human Rights. The Department of Justice, charging discrimination against blacks in apartment rentals, brought suit in Federal Court…

trumpfile.org

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 6h

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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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 6h

Gosh. Who'd have thought it?

RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 6h

www.thedailybeast.com/furious-maga...

Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 9h

Farage and foreign influence. He is not working for Britain, but for the highest bidder

Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 9h

How a Democracy for Sale story about US Christian Right funding prompted a @nytimes.com investigation into the links between Nigel Farage, Reform UK and the Alliance Defending Freedom.

So good to speak to the peerless Jane Bradley:

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/nigel-fara...

Nigel Farage and the foreign influence threat

How US anti-abortionists are supporting Reform, and why we need to talk about Russian influence, with the New York Times’ Jane Bradley.

democracyforsale.substack.com

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 10h

Yep.

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Lost in History 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇵🇦 @devonianmatthew.bsky.social · 11h

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 12h

I realise there is already a queue to buy a drink for the long-suffering local government official who wrote this. Please consider me part of that queue.

(The weight of the sigh on "We do not apply admiralty law" alone could tear a hole in the fabric of the universe.)

zuzak 🦭 @zuzakistan.com · 1d

Glasgow City Council has a whole sovereign citizen FAQ

whoever wrote this was so very tired

glasgow.gov.uk/whyyouneedto...

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11h

Quite

Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 11h

My gender rarely fails to fall below its already low standards of behaviour. Men, talk to your sons, brothers, fathers, cousins, and friends. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sexual offences on trains have risen more than a third since 2015

A BBC investigation reveals a 37% increase in reports of sexual offences across England, Scotland and Wales.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 12h

Yep, I know - they endlessly platform Reform, uncritically

Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 12h

Slap an anticipatory tax on all individuals and companies who have denied or delayed climate action to pay for compensation, adaptation, and mitigation www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050

The Climate Change Committee said the UK should make climate change adaptions beyond the Paris Agreement.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Helen Salmon @bristolgal.bsky.social · 14h

Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities.

secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk

Take the Pledge: “I’ll never vote for Nigel Farage”

Join thousands across Britain taking the Never Nigel Pledge. Say no to hate and division and help stop Reform UK from tearing apart our communities. Let's show there is strength in standing together f...

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 14h

Me too

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 17h

Not debating a return to the SM and CU is a dereliction of duty by our government. Maintaining the downwards spiral the UK is currently on is not in our best interest.

a blue flag with yellow stars on it is waving in the wind

ALT: a blue flag with yellow stars on it is waving in the wind

media.tenor.com

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 17h

Europe (UK included), be more Spain www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Spain-Africa: Madrid's radically different approach to African migration

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government is kicking against the prevailing mood among Western nations.

www.bbc.co.uk

Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 17h

If you're not paying the right price for your cheap goods, someone else is www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bangladesh garment factory fire kills at least 16

The dead have been burned beyond recognition and officials have warned that the toll could rise.

www.bbc.co.uk

Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 17h

Because what the world, and the onwards march of human civilisation, needs is a climate wrecking porn delivery mechanism www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...