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AnthonyF272 @anthonyf272.bsky.social · 1h

Where I live the council is spending a fortune of the Levelling up fund on things that don't need levelling up. The side roads they want to take back to the Victorian times.

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NPR @npr.org · 19m

Israel carried out airstrikes on southern Lebanon early Saturday, killing one person, wounding seven and briefly cutting a highway that links Beirut with parts of south Lebanon, the Health Ministry said. n.pr/4h9qVFO

Israel strikes south Lebanon, killing 1 and wounding 7

Israel carried out airstrikes on southern Lebanon early Saturday, killing one person, wounding seven and briefly cutting a highway that links Beirut with parts of south Lebanon, the Health Ministry said.

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fairshare.help @fairshare.help · 16m

Please contribute if you're able or share if you're not.

Directly asking people you know is most effective

Donate to URGENT : Save my children from the genocide in Gaza, organized by Aya Shamala

Hi, my name is Qossay, I am a Belgian citizen living in Antwerp. I am … Aya Shamala needs your support for URGENT : Save my children from the genocide in Gaza

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Democratic Women of South Orange County @dwsoc.bsky.social · 8h

Save this image on your phone and read it to any voters who will listen. This is describing the man who hid the 7 year old and her mom in Chicago.

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Ecoanarchist @ecoanarchism.bsky.social · 15m

The 2008 Crash was caused by banks. But working people suffered as wages, welfare, public services were cut. Those who caused the Crash just got richer. When the next crash comes (maybe v soon), the left will have to fight much harder to have the powerful carry the can. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3h

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 3h

Yeah, I’m sorry, these black shirt clad evangelicals can fuck right off.

Evangelical, right-wing 'King's Army' group disrupts traffic in historic LGBTQ+ London
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3h

Let's make hope normal again.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 12h

“Britain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers — and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.”

Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.

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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 2h

“We’ve initially lauded some mysterious tech Pied Piper as a brilliant, unconventional altruist, then belatedly realised he is not as he seemed and that his technology is more dangerous than imagined, then still failed to regulate, and are now being victimised by it.”

It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde

His AI video generator Sora 2 has been reviled for pinching the work of others. One giant leap for Sam: for everyone else, not so much, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

www.theguardian.com

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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 2h

Thought so from anecdotal stories of people having it

Luckily, I’ve been masking for a few weeks, primarily to protect aunt

Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 20h

"Well it was nice while it lasted. We had an unprecedented 10 months of low and stable Covid levels in England - but this is now over. We are seeing a definite, significant wave of Covid infections across England."

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2h

Greens growing. Reform ratttled.

PS - I changed my name back to my family's original Jewish name because I'm proud of being Jewish. If Tice think that makes me a weirdo, I think that makes him an antisemite.

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Tice "green party leader Zack Polanski is a weirdo. Changed his name, claimed hypnosis could increase women's breast size, thinks me should compete in women's sport, thinks women can have a penis. Other than that he's fine. Vote Green. Get weirdo."

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1h

Remembering Jean Alexander, born this day in 1926.

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Steph Petrie @stephpet.bsky.social · 2h

Bit late & you didn't mention the hundreds & thousands of bodies under the rubble. Your ending comment suggests that the only viable future is beach front casino development under Trump & Kushner
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Channel 4 report shows ‘unprecedented’ destruction in Gaza

YouTube video by Middle East Eye

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1h

Happy Birthday Nicola Bryant, born this day in 1960.

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archivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 1h

Happy Birthday John Nettles, born this day in 1943.

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Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social · 1h

If the story of her teens and early 20s was of service to others, her late 20s are about Yousafzai choosing happiness for herself. I think she deserves it.

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‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her — The Guardian

The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen wi...

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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 1h

This is all down to Farage, Johnson, Gove and the others who told lie after lie - and Farage is still doing it!!!

Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 23h

"Brexiteers boasted that leaving the EU would be worth hundreds of billions a year. Cambridge Econometrics estimates that over the next decade Britain's economy will be £300bn smaller than if we had not left the EU. This is self-harm on a heroic scale."
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it | Simon Jenkins

With British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1h

Farage seeks divine intervention against National Trust vegan tampons

Farage's latest dab on his culture wars bingo card does beg the question: how meaty do Reform want tampons to be?
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Farage seeks divine intervention against National Trust vegan tampons

Farage's latest dab on his culture wars bingo card does beg the question: how meaty does Reform want tampons to be?

www.thecanary.co

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 1h

For #BookWormSat, here's a shelfie of vintage paperback and 1930s anthologies of short stories; most of which, of course, come under the ghost, strange, weird and creepy categories.
Most of them stumbled upon by luck, a few sought out. The 30s omnibuses have great charm and hide a few scarce nuggets

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 56m

stop thinking right now

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socialistnan123 @socialistnan123.bsky.social · 50m

Don't stop talking about Palestine 🙏

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 43m

Bad Lads: a harrowing story of how Thatcher's government sent boys to hell

Bad Lads is a play based on the testimonies of men who were held in Medomsley Detention Centre in County Durham in the 1980s as teenagers. @rachelcdailey.bsky.social reviews:
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Bad Lads: a harrowing story of how Thatcher's government sent boys to hell

Bad Lads is a play based on the testimonies of men who were held in Medomsley Detention Centre in County Durham in the 1980s as teenagers

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Exposing the Labour Right 🥀✊🇵🇸 @labourrightwatch.bsky.social · 43m

Lord Jonathan Mendelsohn is one of Labour's most prolific donors. He invests in BlackRock, social care, gambling and private equity; his wife is a top exec at Facebook/Meta for 12 yrs; and he was at the centre of one of Labour’s worst lobbying scandals.
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Lord Mendelsohn connects Labour to the gambling industry, BlackRock, Intel, Meta, Rupert Murdoch, a free market think tank and a major lobbying scandal

Labour peer Lord Jonathan Mendelsohn has investments in BlackRock, social care, gambling and private equity; his wife has been a top executive at Facebook/Meta for twelve years; he’s a patron…

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 43m

Sixty years ago, Harold Wilson’s government secretly conspired with the Indonesian military as it conducted one of the postwar world’s worst bloodbaths.

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‘Ruthless terror’ – When Labour aided genocide in Indonesia

Sixty years ago, Harold Wilson’s government secretly conspired with the Indonesian military as it conducted one of the postwar world’s worst bloodbaths.

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 41m

Pearson Engineering is owned by the Israeli government. Now, it has hired a lobbying firm run by the husband of Hollie Ridley, Labour’s general secretary.

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Top Labour official married to lobbyist for Israeli arms firm

Pearson Engineering is owned by the Israeli government. Now, it has hired a lobbying firm run by the husband of Hollie Ridley, Labour’s general secretary.

www.declassifieduk.org

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