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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 4h

Every day he's showing up the class vs "idpol" debate for the facile nonsense that it is. One for all the amateur strategists to consider. As he wins by a massive margin.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 12h

#Pinks 🍂

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Greymane @greymane54.bsky.social · 1d

@labourhame.com Labour is no longer the labour of Aneurin Bevan, Ernest Bevin and Ramsay MacDonald. If you truly believe in the original Labour values stop supporting these imposters at WM. Support the Scottish people join the SNP and use your talents for them.

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 16d

Lord Glasman "sought out, and was sought after, by some of the most important Trumpworld movers and shakers" JD Vance, Steve Bannon... Curtis Yarvin and "as @bylinetimes.bsky.social can reveal – the tech baron and Palantir data firm founder, Peter Thiel"

bylinetimes.com/2025/09/25/b...

'Blue Labour' and the Thiel Effect: How MAGA Is Making In-Roads Into British Politics

The ideology of the ‘Make America Great Again’ movement, which has transformed politics in the United States, is having an impact in the UK. But how is this influence being transmitted?

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National Yes Network @nationalyesnetwork.bsky.social · 1d

Scotland voted Remain, and were dragged out of the EU because our domineering neighbour forced us to leave, despite all the promises made in 2014.

For real change, we need #ScottishIndependence and a return to the EU.

European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 1d

From Sunday, travelling into Europe gets tougher for Brits.

New EU border rules mean fingerprint scans, photo registration and longer queues.

This is the real-world cost of Brexit - more hassle, more red tape, more delays.

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enuffsaysv.bsky.social @enuffsaysv.bsky.social · 21h

DHS’s Kristi Noem targets country singer over song with lyrics about ICE
When the federal government, including the White House, starts leaning on artists over song lyrics, there’s a problem.
Read in MSNBC: apple.news/A1B8756WoT-6...
👉dog killer has nothing better to do with her time?

DHS’s Kristi Noem targets country singer over song with lyrics about ICE — MSNBC

When the federal government, including the White House, starts leaning on artists over song lyrics, there’s a problem.

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🌻Sheila 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺✌️ @sheilzz.bsky.social · 22h

It’s undisputed that the Labour government has continued to supply arms to Israel and to train Israeli soldiers here in the UK, therefore it is complicit. FM @johnswinney.bsky.social has been calling on the UK government to stop this since the beginning of the genocide but was ignored as usual.

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Lesley McG @lesleymac.bsky.social · 20h

Hey while we're all busy fighting about politics they hardly anyone is talking about the collapsing climate. Don't look up!

Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 1d

Record high temperatures are currently being set across the northernmost portions of the #Arctic. In fact, it is effectively ice-free on the Atlantic side of the Arctic all the way up to about 85°N latitude! This includes record low sea ice around Svalbard.

Graphic by zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...

Line graph time series of 2025's daily 2-m temperature in the Arctic compared to each year from 1958 through 2024. There is a long-term warming trend for every day of the year. There is also large interannual variability and a clear seasonal cycle.

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Gerry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🍀 @gerryr.bsky.social · 1d

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 1d

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 1d

Proportional Representation is the radical idea that a party that gets 30% of the vote should never have 100% of the power.

In most stable democracies, this is already obvious. Why not here?

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Lesley McG @lesleymac.bsky.social · 1d

Don't look up

Media Tell The Truth @mediatellthetruth.bsky.social · 1d

The planet is on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster, but we’ve run out of time to discuss that I’m afraid.

#bbcqt @zackpolanski.bsky.social

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Iris Cook @montrose.bsky.social · 1d

10 Names

Who?

youtu.be/toUfk5mPGkY?...

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT! Tommy 10 Names' Invite To Israel Turns Sour As He Gets Angry! (Surprise)

YouTube video by Political CUSTARD

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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James FBSI 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺 (Extremist) @toplandscaper.bsky.social · 1d

There is a solution to this inequality. Obviously, wealthy powerful ppl aren't going to vote for it, but I think the vast majority would after the shit show we're witnessing b4 our very eyes daily!

#Limitarianism

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limitar...

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Mike Gow 高英智 @mikeygow.bsky.social · 1d

Survived injuries in bombing in Homs, Syria

Arrived in UK as a refugee. Wanted to be a doctor after seeing so much suffering in his home country.

Only to be stabbed by a drugged up cretin over absolutely nothing.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Man jailed for at least 23 years for murdering Syrian boy in Huddersfield

Alfie Franco, 20, stabbed Ahmad Al Ibrahim after taking ‘petty exception’ to teenager brushing past his girlfriend

www.theguardian.com

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The Indy Poet @theindypoet.bsky.social · Jun 10

You can say what you like about this young woman but she's got more guts than that complicit bastard Starmer and his pussyfooting media.

Iris Cook @montrose.bsky.social · Jun 10

Kidnapped 🥶

Greta Thunberg

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Lesley McG @lesleymac.bsky.social · 1d

Thats what happens when government has the power to appoint the leadership of a public broadcaster . The Tories appointed cronies accross the uk establishment and its coming home to roost for Labour.

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James The Good @sirjamesdouglas.bsky.social · 1d

They want to go after "Antifa" because it has no leader, no organization, no bank accounts, etc...

This way they can say anyone is Antifa.

This way they can do anything they want.

That's it. That's the whole Tooth Fairy/Santa Claus/Antifa fantasy.

It's to go after YOU.

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Richard Hull @richhull.bsky.social · 1d

This has never been more important than now. I’m pretty sure I remember the Labour membership voted that PR should be policy, when will Keir take action?

Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 1d

Proportional Representation is the radical idea that a party that gets 30% of the vote should never have 100% of the power.

In most stable democracies, this is already obvious. Why not here?

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 2d

Public services in public hands. 🙌

Scotland has a lower cancellation rate than every English region.

We must now invest in expanding the network, increasing capacity, and ensuring a reliable, affordable service is available for all. 🚆

Public ownership pays off. Cancellation rates 24/25. Scotland: 2%. England: 3.5%. Cancellation rates have been falling in Scotland since ScotRail was taken back into public ownership.

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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 1d

Five people sharing one room, mould and damp - asylum seekers and charities reveal the conditions in some hotels

➡️ Read more: trib.al/jfnNu1h

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Iris Cook @montrose.bsky.social · 1d

When they say, you cannot

Scotland, aye you can

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 3d

Rising bills. Falling living standards. The UK economic model is broken.

Independence is the fresh start for Scotland - so we can build a wealthier, fairer nation shaped by the people who live here.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👉 yes.scot/decide

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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 1d

Huge congratulations to Maria Corina Machado who has won the Nobel Imperialism Prize for steadfastly supporting Israel's genocide and calling on the US to invade her own country so she can be installed as puppet leader while Trump takes Venezuela's oil ♥️

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