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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 19h

Learning to play an instrument has long been linked to improved reading skills among children, and we may finally understand why

How playing a musical instrument helps children learn to read

Learning to play an instrument has long been linked to improved reading skills among children, and we may finally understand why

www.newscientist.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22h

Nigel Farage has finally admitted to it.

But now there's lots more questions especially considering Rupert Lowes intervention....

leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nige...

Nigel Farage finally admits to knowing Nathan Gill after senior Reform figure repeatedly claimed he didn’t

Farage has admitted he knew Gill for 'a very long time' but claims he didn't know anything about his pro-Russia activities...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20h

That New York Times story lots of people are sharing today about Farage's ties to US anti-abortion groups was first reported by @mc00.bsky.social on Byline Times a year ago bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19h

You'll be able to tell your grandchildren (or great grandchildren) about exciting things that used to exist.

Like things made by people and not AI, and this mysterious thing called retirement that you used to get before you are 120.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 19h

It was only ridiculous articles in places like The Times that suggested they would.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 1d

Private school VAT raid ‘did not drive pupils to state sector’

Local councils reject claims by the Scottish Council of Independent Schools that Labour’s policy has added to burden on taxpayers

Private school VAT raid ‘did not drive pupils to state sector’

www.thetimes.com

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 20h

Four areas in Scotland have been named the first of 30 designated nature sites in a bid to reverse habitat loss ⬇️

Four Scottish nature sites named in efforts to reverse habitat loss

www.thenational.scot

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

This goes even higher up. Forget Medvedchuk. Forget Medvedev

According to former Brexit Party MEP and defected Reform MP Rupert Lowe, the individuals at Gill's meetings claimed to be "close to Putin"

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 22h

Elon Musk funds Tommy Robinson.
Nigel Farage travels to the US to lick Donald Trump's boots once a month.

The Far Right isn't even British any more.

It is American, what a disgrace.

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 1d

"No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire"
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

'Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire

www.mirror.co.uk

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David Thompson @davesthompson.bsky.social · 23h

"everyone connected"... Er, not today folks! 😂😂😂😂

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David Thompson @davesthompson.bsky.social · 23h

#Vodafone... "everyone connected" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Really?

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Rowan Hooper @rowhoop.bsky.social · 1d

This is the “official” triggering of the first climate tipping point for one of Earth’s ecosystems. By @tinymaddie.bsky.social

New Scientist @newscientist.com · 1d

Record-breaking ocean temperatures have caused widespread bleaching and death among warm-water corals, which could have far-reaching consequences

Coral reefs are at a tipping point after surging global temperatures

Record-breaking ocean temperatures have caused widespread bleaching and death among warm-water corals, which could have far-reaching consequences

www.newscientist.com

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 1d

In case you missed it ...
We never had a ref to leave the Single Market. So we wouldn't need one to rejoin it. You can be in the Single Market without being in the EU. Leaving the Single Market was therefore a POLITICAL decision made by a previous government. Later governments are not bound by it.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 3d

⚡️Estonia closes border crossing with Russia over unusual military activity.

Estonia has temporarily closed the Saatse border crossing following heightened Russian military activity near the area, the Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported on Oct. 10.

Estonia closes border crossing with Russia over unusual military activity

Estonia has temporarily closed the Saatse border crossing following heightened Russian military activity near the area, the Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported on Oct. 10.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

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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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly this 👇

greyboy56.bsky.social @greyboy56.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone with a brain knows that Brexit is the underlying cause for lots of the problems facing the UK but while we still have politicians blaming everything on immigration and people who believe that the immigrants come here to eat swans then we will be shafted for many years to come

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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 3d

This is a major shift in Labour comms. It seems Brexit will be blamed for the budget.
But naming the issue is not enough. They now need to name the solution or be left behind parties that will.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 3d

This strikes me as a pretty major Brexit shift from Starmer.

Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 3d

Teesside’s freeport, initiated in 2021 under Rishi Sunak, has cost £560 million far exceeding the standard £25 million allocation (22 times the standard £25m).
90% profits go to the private sector.
This clearly shows the UK model of State aid post-Brexit is utterly corrupt.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 3d

Most people seem to have missed who retweeted this picture of Farage in Gill’s office a few days after Gill began receiving his first bribes from Oleh Voloshyn (Oleg Voloshin). None other than…

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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 〓〓 🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.bsky.social · 3d

Starmer blaming #Brexit for tax rises may be accurate but when only 37% of a now disproportionately dead electorate voted for it almost 10 yrs ago, based on undeliverable lies, the questions are why should the rest of us stomach it & where is Labour’s plan to change that? archive.ph/2025.10.10-2...

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 3d

Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.

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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 3d

Why does this tax exile 'foreigner' think our government should discuss policy with him? He should feck off back to Monaco. Made his choice based on his own interest, to avoid tax. Anything he has to say will be only in his own interests, again.

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Miliband refused to discuss North Sea with me, says Ratcliffe

Ineos owner urges policymakers to reform net zero taxes or risk ‘irreversible decline’

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Rowan Hooper @rowhoop.bsky.social · 3d

Must-catch show this week: 🧵
1/3) Primatologist Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, who works on tool use in chimps in Gombe, tells us what it was like working with Jane Goodall. 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/2QZk...

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 4d

Kudos to the subs. “Degrading practice” article is now the second most read on the Guardian site.

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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