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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 6h

Sign you live in a police state

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 10h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 7h

So impressive

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 8h

“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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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 7h

Rooting for salmonella at this point

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h

going by the decor, is this not TGI Fridays?

Someone on Twitter posted a photo of themselves doing a happy dance as they receive a hot plate of fajitas. Then "Raw Egg Nationalist" on Twitter retweets them, writing: It's incredible that these people exist, but they really do. These are the people who justify the demographic replacement of Western countries in terms of the variety of street food and how many different kinds of fried-meat-and-vegetables in flatbread they can buy.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16h

Lots of flag-botherers over on Facebook now suddenly demanding the council step in to take these down
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Signs of kindness put up along Nottingham road in place of flags

It is not clear who put up the signs, which have appeared on lamp-posts along a road in Nottingham.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 17h

tbc the Peace Prize has many nonsensical awardees (de Klerk, Kissinger, Obama), my point is the Committee is not exactly joining the #resistance here

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 16h

Palestinian poet Asmaa' Azaizeh grew up in the shadow of banned books. She joins #BannedBooksWeekUK to remind us what it means when authorities try to control the narrative by banning books. Pick up a #bannedbook today! www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 16h

'Recent appointments include Axel Heitmueller, a former senior associate at the Tony Blair Institute, while Harvey Redgrave, another TBI alumnus, has been put in day-to-day charge of the team.'

Starmer pushing out last progressive allies in No 10 shake-up www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Starmer accused of pushing out some of last progressive allies in No 10 shake-up

Exclusive: PM reorganising key parts of government to give chief secretary Darren Jones more Whitehall control

www.theguardian.com

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 18h

Reform narrowly hold a ward where their previous councillor had to resign due to toxic racism allegations, assisted by a split on the left between Labour and the Greens (who have over 50% of the vote here between them).

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 19h

Lloyds & Corby Village (North Northamptonshire) Council By-Election Result:

➡️ RFM: 38.5% (+2.1)
🌹 LAB: 32.4% (-11.8)
🌍 GRN: 18.9% (+9.7)
🔶 LDM: 5.8% (+1.5)
🌳 CON: 4.4% (-1.5)

Reform HOLD.
Changes w/ 2025.

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Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 18h

'As many as 40 academics have been dismissed in recent weeks, according to the American Association of University Professors. Many were targeted by rightwing campaigners, who seized on remarks they wrote or shared, and pressured their employers to take action.'
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts

As many as 40 academics have been dismissed in aftermath of shooting, allegedly without due process

www.theguardian.com

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 18h

Millions of Ukrainians have lost their homes — 4.6 million displaced within the country, 6.9 million forced abroad.

The struggle to rebuild lives and communities will last long after the war ends.

#Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

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Reuters @reuters.com · 20h

BREAKING: Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 reut.rs/42uh3Aw

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Progress Bar 2025 @progressbar202x.bsky.social · 2d

2025 is 77% complete.

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JuneSim63 💚 @junesim63.bsky.social · 21h

They ushered in Boris Johnson out of spite, so the latter.

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Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 21h

I think it's likely that Labour drop below the Greens in polls before the next GE, who'll clean up with younger voters, a huge part of the traditional Lab base.

Question is, if that happens, will Labour's RW suck it up and back the progressives, or will they stubbornly usher in Reform out of spite?

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 22h

The state should enforce its contractual rights against suppliers more often, writes @davidallengreen.bsky.social. Take, for instance, the purchase of PPE equipment during Covid via the so-called VIP lane...

Why the government was right to take PPE Medpro to court

The state should enforce its contractual rights against suppliers more often

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22h

It should be noted that this is part of the same overall ‘keep the kids off the net’ strategy as the age verification systems mandated by the Online Safety Act, trying to keep kids away from not only adult sites but *all* sites.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

What qualifies Kate Middleton to co author with Prof Robert Waldinger from Harvard Medical School on the subject of screentime and smartphones?

Her degree is in art history and her career was spent working for a clothing company.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kate warns too much screen time damages family life

The Princess of Wales says that smartphones and digital devices are causing an

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 1d

Today marks the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week.

This year, it comes as the UK is about to pass a law guaranteeing the right to bereavement leave for miscarriage, making us one of only 4 countries in the world to offer it.

My heart is with everyone who experiences the heartbreak of baby loss.

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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 1d

Oil and gas companies will often claim to be partners in the clean energy transition, when it is politically expedient to do so, but new research finds their actual contributions are marginal:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Oil and gas industry’s marginal share of global renewable energy

Nature Sustainability - The decarbonization of oil and gas companies may not be as speedy or robust as advertised. This analysis finds that renewable energies make up just a minor fraction of the...

www.nature.com

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TheBossRoss @thebossross.bsky.social · 1d

Professor Bray and his family are thankfully on their way to Spain now. I want to know who cancelled their tickets *after* they checked in & received their boarding passes.

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

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Nicki Lygo @drlygo.bsky.social · 1d

Well this felt pretty good

This year, for the first time since my teens, I felt utterly disillusioned with politics across the spectrum (with the exception of LDs)

But @zackpolanski.bsky.social has been so inspiring & so clear on his ethos, that he has rekindled some of my hope

#GreenParty

A screenshot of an email welcoming me as a new member of the Green Party

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Goose @phatcussy.bsky.social · 1d

the world: idk about this AI slop. we should maybe not do that

the sweatiest guy you've ever seen: you don't understand. it's inevitable. it's coming to kill us. we have to make more

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

"None of what Trump has done since retaking office should come as a shock... It’s a shame that many of the content creators who helped put him back in office only seem to be realizing it now."

Manosphere Influencers Who Boosted Trump Are Now Cooling on Him

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

bubble dance party

a person in an inflatable unicorn costume and a person in an inflatable peacock costume dance as a person holds a bubble gun shooting lots of small bubbles over them

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

#C4News: "Gaza has been reduced to ruins.. the ferocity of Israels assault on Gaza is unprecedented in modern times.. there's said to be 61 million tonnes of debris in Gaza that could take years to clear"

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