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Catalyst Catalyst @catalystcatalyst.bsky.social · 11d

Reform UK = Brexit Party = UKIP

#FACTS

The Nathan Gill Russian bribery case: "Nothing to do with Reform"?

The bribery started the day Nathan Gill quit UKIP and continued under Farage’s leadership. The press have barely said a word… Nathan Gill, once Farage’s ally and Reform UK’s Welsh leader, has admitted...

westcountryvoices.co.uk

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Catalyst Catalyst @catalystcatalyst.bsky.social · 46m

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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 4h

Is the Conservative Party now more racist than Reform UK?

Will Reform UK Councillors be defecting, back to the Conservative Party?

I think they should sponsor the Darts, in Leicester.

Gerry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🍀 @gerryr.bsky.social · 9h

Catalyst Catalyst @catalystcatalyst.bsky.social · 47m

So folk still buy Tefal stuff? I thought they died off in the 70s 😆

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Freida @freidaoctothorpe.bsky.social · 51m

My reaction to any and every comment from frage and the other guy

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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #FBR #NAFO @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 16h

Why isn't this news getting more attention? An attack was being planned on the Prime Minister of a European country!

A suspected terrorist cell was dismantled by Belgium's federal prosecutor's office on Thursday, believed to have been planning an attack on Prime Minister Bart De Wever.

Suspected terror cell said to be planning attack on Belgian PM broken

Local media reported that investigators discovered a homemade explosive which the suspects were reportedly planning to attach to a drone to carry out the attack.

www.euronews.com

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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 4h

Scotch Whisky is a 200-year-old, secret society.

We have DOUBLE the reserves the UK Government tell us, through the London-founded Scotch Whisky Association.

They lie.

Scotch is only 2% of the Indian Whisky Market, the largest in the World.

Scotch is 25% of ALL UK Food and Drink Exports.

Keir Starmer's India visit: Scotch whisky delegation aims for £1 billion sales target

english.mathrubhumi.com

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Ville Kostian @kostianv.bsky.social · 1h

#EU - "Von der Leyen won’t suspend #Hungary ’s commissioner amid spy affair allegations"
www.politico.eu/article/ursu...

Von der Leyen won’t suspend Hungary’s commissioner amid spy affair allegations

European Commission president will raise Hungarian spying report with Olivér Várhelyi directly “at the earliest opportunity,” spokesperson says.

www.politico.eu

Catalyst Catalyst @catalystcatalyst.bsky.social · 1h

THIS is how the English government LIED to Scots before the 2014 independence referendum.

Blatant lies and deliberate disinformation to manipulate the vote.

Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 4h

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/10/p...

Please tell us Sir Ian will there be any oil left next year?

Professor John Robertson OBA Remember Sir Ian Wood back in 2014, doing his best to get a No vote in the referendum by telling us, with only days to go, that the oil would soon run out? Sir Ian is b…

talkingupscotlandtwo.com

Catalyst Catalyst @catalystcatalyst.bsky.social · 1h

#NHS 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 in #England is 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 and shockingly 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 #Wales, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 in #Scotland”

Catalyst Catalyst @catalystcatalyst.bsky.social · 6h

“Why is Reporting #Scotland still headlining the three-day-old news of ‘hundreds’ of #operations cancelled in one #NHS board when it never tells us of the month after month 𝟗𝟖% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲?”⁣
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#Englandwashing #BBCbias #EnglishBroadcastingCorporation

Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 6h

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/10/w...

Why is Reporting Scotland still headlining the three-day-old news of ‘hundreds’ of operations cancelled in one NHS board when it never tells us of the month after month 98% of thousands completed acro...

with faulty sterilising equipment that’s led to the cancellation of hundreds of operations, is fixed. Professor John Robertson OBA BBC Scotland’s insert in BBC Breakfast this morning op…

talkingupscotlandtwo.com

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PKs Powerfromspace1 @powerfromspace1.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 9h

@DarthPutinKGB

What do you call a Russian mother who buys her mobilised son a carton of long life milk for the train ride?

An optimist.

Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 20h

What do you call a Russian mother who buys her mobilised son a carton of long life milk for the train ride?

An optimist.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 18h

More than 150 Russian Shahed attack drones are simultaneously in Ukrainian skies, monitoring channels report.

Even during large-scale strikes, such a number in the air at once is unusual — typically, additional waves are launched later.
📷 TG/PPO Radar; info by TG/war_monitor

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 17h

Farage couldn't care less about the safety of teenage girls.

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Catalyst Catalyst @catalystcatalyst.bsky.social · 17h

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Angelica Shalagina🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 17h

‼️Kyiv is under attack right now
The main target - energy infrastructure

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An Irredeemable Heretic outlawed by donOld drumpft @furfaced1.bsky.social · 18h

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 18h

New Reform UK councillors in Kent promised efficiency, but have taken just a few months to go back on their pledges. And the embarrassing mess is yet another sign that the posh-boy hatemongers have nothing positive to offer ordinary people.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Reform's embarrassing council mess shows the posh-boy hatemongers have nothing to offer

Reform blunder into a mess of their own making at Kent County Council as they realise their DOGE style cuts aren't feasible

www.thecanary.co

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 20h

Discord says hackers stole government IDs of 70,000 users

As more sites require IDs for user age verification, expect more such breaches to come.

arstechnica.com

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 20h

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 19h

the big problem with the inevitable ID verification data thefts is that it won't be the actual main org getting their stuff swiped; it'll be endless third parties nobody has ever really heard of, and the accountability chain will never, ever reach back to ukgov. the buck will stop with blorko ltd

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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Oh, ONLY 70,000 IDs stolen, that' all.

BleepingComputer: Hackers claim Discord breach exposed data of 5.5 million users

"...Discord says they will not be paying threat actors who claim to have stolen the data of 5.5 million unique users from the company's Zendesk support system instance […]

Original post on ai6yr.org

m.ai6yr.org

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 20h

🇷🇸🤔 Serbia provided "financial humanitarian assistance" to Kursk region in the amount of 5.8 million dollars, - Russian Foreign Ministry

‼️ Serbia did not officially report this.