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Jacky
@jacky3344.bsky.social
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Concerns: climate change, food quality, equality & ecosystems of all kinds - physical, ideological, philosophical and (most of all) my compost heap - although is it mine or does it own me?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
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Jacky @jacky3344.bsky.social · 7h
Or is it the other way round?

Do either of them have any real claim to being "useful"?
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 12h
Tax Haven Tice has hinted that he would like to become Chancellor if Reform were in government.

It would be like Liz Truss on… well, whatever it is Liz Truss is on.
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 8h
Farage and his cronies aren’t the only ones with questionable connections to Russia…
Tommy Robinson’s ties to Russia
Elon Musk is promoting a far-right agitator who has regularly aped Putin’s propaganda.
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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 21h
🐀 Mike Johnson caught lying using the receipts he directed us to use. Jen Psaki for the 🎯
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bylinepodcast.bsky.social @bylinepodcast.bsky.social · 7h
"Palestinians in Gaza are celebrating the end of incessant bombing and two years of terror. My friends there are really pleased with this deal..."

Former UK diplomat @alexhh.bsky.social on #Gaza

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Byline Podcast: Trump's Gaza Peace Plan with Alex Hall Hall
Former UK ambassador Alex Hall Hall assesses the prospects for Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan.Produced in Birmingham UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices....
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Jacky @jacky3344.bsky.social · 7h
Complexity is what biology & economics have in common.
In both cases, people try to classify continuous variables into discrete groups & describe simple mechanisms for complex processes.
And then wonder why there are always exceptions...
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 8h
The #FinancialSector, a threat to the security of us all.

And I would add to this their oligopolistic control over the #FoodSystem, from seed to takeaway
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10h
Private equity wrecked UK high street, says Iceland Foods boss

PE model - low wages, cut staff/investment, high debt, profiteering, tax abuse.

PE devoured Debenhams, Maplin, Byron Burger, Cath Kidson, Comet, Flybe, Poundworld, Toys R Us.

Controls care homes, vets, supermarkets.
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Private equity has wrecked the high street, says Iceland boss
Richard Walker says private buyers take out costs and fail to invest then sell to the highest bidder in a cycle that makes retailers steadily worse
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 10h
Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com
Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election
Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...
www.desmog.com
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 8h
For more on Nadia Sass/Borodi's role at the heart of a pan-European Russian influence machine, read more here

desk-russie.eu/2024/09/08/n...
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Jacky @jacky3344.bsky.social · 7h
Usually, yes, they would. Particularly if that were part of their defence, for example, that they or their family had been threatened and this was the only way to protect themselves.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 9h
Making a mockery of the law: judicial treatment of non-volent direct action
Judicial refusal to allow people to say why they are protesting is both illegal and immoral

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Making a mockery of the law: judicial treatment of non-volent direct action
Judicial refusal to allow people to say why they are protesting is both illegal and immoral
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Together Against Sizewell C @sayno2sizewellc.bsky.social · 8h
"should we really be trying to expand high-cost skill-intense nuclear power? Even if the Labour government says it is needed to support its military twin, the bomb, and its delivery technology - or is the other way around?"
#SayNo2SizewellC
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8h
Gaza PhD student ‘heartbroken’ as family blocked from entering the UK
Gaza PhD student ‘heartbroken’ as family blocked from entering the UK
Manar al-Houbi’s husband and children refused entry despite her winning a scholarship to cover tuition fees, living costs and housing for them all
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10h
“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick”

Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.

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Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs
What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?
www.thenerve.news
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 9h
3 years ago today, I signed 3000 copies of my first book.

I'd been a bored software guy for 32 years, and never dreamed something like this would happen.

I owe so much to @johnmitchinson.bsky.social for taking a chance on me, and to all my followers for turning The Week In Tory into a phenomenon.
Me with a few hundred copies of The Decade In Tory
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nlwa.bsky.social @nlwa.bsky.social · 8h
When he was prime minister, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson issued his version of the ministerial code.

It included the very rules he has now been found to have repeatedly breached……no shock there then!

#GriftersGrift

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds
Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian
www.theguardian.com
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 20h
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 1d
I hope I won't be arrested for asking this question.

If we have peace in Gaza, and there are no hostages, and the UK recognises a Palestinian state, and we all support free speech ... will it still be illegal to use your free speech to ask for action for Palestine?
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 1d
Can we actually train ourselves to be more open-minded and harder to fool?

New research says yes. A short message warning us about closed-mindedness made people better at spotting misinformation, less likely to believe conspiracy theories, and more thoughtful about what they shared #MisinfoResearch
How to Train Yourself to Be More Open-Minded and Less Easily Misled
New research shows that cultivating open-minded thinking can be taught, and that this simple shift improves our ability to tell facts from falsehoods.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 23h
Reform UK’s Nathan Gill met with EU President Tajani to lobby him based on Russian Bribes.

Even then, Nigel Farage didn’t bat an eyelid.

Remarkable video. He had never shown an interest in free speech related to Ukrainian TV channels before.

#ReformRussianBribes
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Russell Scott @russellscott1.bsky.social · 23h
Before Nick Candy became a Reform donor - he was a Tory Donor, and guess what….

His firm Candy Capital were also referred onto the previous governments PPE VIP Lane - despite having no obvious experience procuring PPE.

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Reform UK treasurer Nick Candy’s firm was put in Covid ‘VIP lane’
Exclusive: Candy’s personal company among previously undisclosed Tory-linked businesses and individuals placed in controversial PPE VIP lane.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 1d
This Is The Real Reason For The
Chump/RepubliKKKan ShutDown !
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 1d
Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds

Voters recoil at Farage’s fossil fuel funding.
Via @desmog.com @writesbright.bsky.social
Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds
Reform UK’s oil industry interests are a major turn-off for voters, new research reveals. The think tank Persuasion UK tested five anti-Reform messages on 6,000 adults. According to the research, “by ...
www.desmog.com
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