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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2h

A lot of the people you see arguing against food assistance are actually on food assistance. They work at Walmart or a convenience store and think they are deserving, but others are not.

This is projection and the way that the 1% keep poor people pitted against poor people so they don’t look up.

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brokenmarrow.bsky.social @brokenmarrow.bsky.social · 2h

Crazy that he actually looks like one of the defendants in the Nuremberg photos.

Gauleiter Bovino.

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Philippa Banks @phil510.bsky.social · 3h

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...

Petition: Ban public sale of fireworks!

Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of ...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 4h

If you were not alive in the 90's, you don't realize that no one back then drank water. The idea of hydration didn't exist yet, if you were thirsty there was soda or some kind of very bright blue sugar water and that was it

Every kid was extremely dehydrated and close to organ failure at all times

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 5h

A painting of a bird beside the text "in the old days we let smart people run shit"

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brokenmarrow.bsky.social @brokenmarrow.bsky.social · 4h

observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Pussy Riot’s guide to Putin’s Russia | The Observer

A defiant new memoir by the exiled activist Maria Alyokhina shows how years of small humiliations hardened into a brutal doctrine

observer.co.uk

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 6h

💥NEW: Across the UK, vigilante groups are on the rise, patrolling UK streets in the name of “public safety”.

In reality, many of these self styled "guardians" are little more than bullies with violent pasts.

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/11/04/p...

Patriots on the Prowl: the rise in anti-migrant vigilantism – HOPE not hate

The far right have long framed hate as “protecting the community”. The spate of anti-migrant protests that commenced this summer is no exception, with organisers...

hopenothate.org.uk

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brokenmarrow.bsky.social @brokenmarrow.bsky.social · 6h

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

‘We’re not rightwing thugs’: How Epping became the new vo...

After a summer of unrest, protesters tell Innes Bowen that it was driven not by hardcore outsiders but by locals fighting for their town

observer.co.uk

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6h

Not sure how many Cheney obits will mention this murderous legacy of his.

Post-9/11 wars have contributed to some 4.5 million deaths, report suggests

Researchers attempt to calculate the number of deaths attributable to the war on terrorism, across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.

www.washingtonpost.com

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 10h

URGENT: 6 WEEKS LEFT - We're 743 signatures away from forcing a Government response
The UK Government is rolling out freeports and free zones nationwide with billions in taxpayer money, yet operates with an alarming lack of transparency. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts

To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money

petition.parliament.uk

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brokenmarrow.bsky.social @brokenmarrow.bsky.social · 7h

Beer-gutted, bald, middle-aged white men wearing incredibly tatty templar costumes seem to have been omitted from this list of heroes.

Feels like censorship.

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Andrea Chalupa @andreachalupa.bsky.social · 7h

The Bush/Cheney years were dark. Their corruption and criminal lack of accountability for oil wars in the Middle East, not to mention failing to stop 9/11 despite warnings, were as destructive as Trump. But the difference is they committed atrocities without the nouveu riche reality TV show antics

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Lu 💙 @ladyinred50.bsky.social · 7h

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 8h

So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.

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Doug Aoki @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 7h

America 2025.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 9h

Contact your MP using our handy tool to end fox hunting for good - protectthewild.org.uk/endhuntingnow/

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 9h

My wealth has increased by 25% since June. I have done absolutely nothing to earn this. I just put it in a tracker fund. I will be taxed on that gain at a lower rate than during the Thatcher government.
I’d pay more tax to make this country better and stop Putin in his tracks.

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brokenmarrow.bsky.social @brokenmarrow.bsky.social · 9h

The damage he and his fellow travellers have inflicted on the world, is vast. We can all choose what kind of people we want to be and if we choose not to be like Dick Cheney, that's a good thing.

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brokenmarrow.bsky.social @brokenmarrow.bsky.social · 10h

RW parties everywhere.

Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 1d

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 12h

This speech from Rachel Reeves is kind of frustrating because it shows that the Government can command the airwaves when it wants

That's something it has almost totally failed to do so far - over challenging racism, boosting the laws it has passed, tackling Reform, rebutting Tory ILR plans, etc etc

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brokenmarrow.bsky.social @brokenmarrow.bsky.social · 11h

While Putin is alive, it gets blamed on his underlings.

When Putin dies, it will be blamed on Putin.

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brokenmarrow.bsky.social @brokenmarrow.bsky.social · 11h

Alternatively: only 56%.

Oof.

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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 12h

72% do not feel that they can influence decisions affecting the UK.

Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.

And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...

The UK's Failing Democracy

The Carnegie Foundation's Life in the UK report shows the weakness of UK democracy, and the suffering caused as a result .

graceblakeley.substack.com

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brokenmarrow.bsky.social @brokenmarrow.bsky.social · 11h

"And I find that the wealthy should not be taxed, but everybody else's tax os going up."

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brokenmarrow.bsky.social @brokenmarrow.bsky.social · 11h

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