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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 22h

Zack Polanski is starting to pick up some real cut-through over the last week.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 4d

Sunday's actions were all about trying - and failing - and trying - and failing to deploy the National Guard to Portland and Oregon. It's really confusing, so I break it down in this video...

youtu.be/v4ZP_DJKkvE

Trump's authoritarian actions Sunday 5th October 2025 - all about the National Guard

YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel

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GlisGlis @glisglis.bsky.social · 1d

Important report given our current political environment.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 1d

🇪🇺 The European Parliament supported a resolution authorizing the downing of Russian aircraft and drones in the EU airspace.

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Helen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 1d

That would be brilliant!👏👏✨
🇬🇱 🇮🇸 🇨🇦 🇪🇺🤝✊
(I just wish the UK🇬🇧 was in that group too!🥺)

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 1d

👏👏👏 Greenland to join the EU alongside Iceland & Canada please. 🙏

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European Parliament @europarl.europa.eu · 2d

"Greenland needs the European Union, and the European Union needs Greenland." 🇬🇱🤝🇪🇺

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen spoke at the European Parliament today, emphasising the potential of broader and stronger cooperation with the EU.

Read more: link.europa.eu/wwffTf

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Json Momoa @jotatx.bsky.social · 1d

@chrischirp.bsky.social is doing a fantastic work here
www.trumpactiontracker.info

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Christopher @czdenman.bsky.social · 1d

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 6d

The Trump Action Tracker is a British academic’s answer to Trump “flooding the zone” with anti-democratic and anti- rule of law behaviours.

It’s a one-stop-shop for logging thd lot. And the neta-analysis of what is happening is very enlightening… darkly.

See TrumpActionTracker.info

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 1d

👏👏👏 Greenland to join the EU alongside Iceland & Canada please. 🙏

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European Parliament @europarl.europa.eu · 2d

"Greenland needs the European Union, and the European Union needs Greenland." 🇬🇱🤝🇪🇺

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen spoke at the European Parliament today, emphasising the potential of broader and stronger cooperation with the EU.

Read more: link.europa.eu/wwffTf

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North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 2d

My people are brave, but our dreams are shattered - A look into the struggles faced by the Al-Madhoun family in Gaza
northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/hu...

‘Our daily life is like hell’: A look into the struggles faced by the Al-Madhoun family in Gaza

The Al-Madhoun family in Gaza are struggling to stay alive, and really need our help

northwestbylines.co.uk

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 2d

Having a major attraction in close proximity can affect house prices, in most cases increasing them, like is the case with Chester Zoo
northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/eco...

House prices in Chester soar due to Chester Zoo

Having a major attraction in close proximity can affect house prices, in most cases increasing them, like is the case with Chester Zoo

northwestbylines.co.uk

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

I see Reform UK are on #BBCQT again tonight, would one of the other panelists kindly ask

Is it fiscally responsible for Nathan Gill to make anti EU, pro Russia statements in exchange for bribes

But for Nigel Farage to make anti EU, pro Russia statements, without bribes?

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 2d

A Toby Carvery cut down a living 500-year-old oak.

Now, a Suffolk resident is making sure his village’s own ancient oak doesn’t meet the same fate.

Interview by Aidan Baker

The lesson of the lost oak: why one Suffolk man’s mission matters

Suffolk tree-lover David Hopkins talks about the work of adding to the Woodland Trust's 'Ancient Tree Inventory'

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 2d

The road to Net Zero or more pollution? Energy from waste incineration on Teesside

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/...

The road to Net Zero or more pollution? Energy from waste incineration on Teesside

Incinerators are posed as one of the solutions to reach Net Zero. However, there are concerns

northeastbylines.co.uk

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MrWtr0102.bsky.social @mrwtr0102.bsky.social · 1d

Tracking the administration…

Undermining Democracy
Suppressing Dissent
Civil Rights & Corruption
Science & Academia
Foreign Policy

www.trumpactiontracker.info

Screenshot from webpage that tracks the behavior of the current administration.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

Standing Together (Israeli-Palestinian group) responds to Trump’s Gaza peace plan.

US unveils Gaza peace plan proposing an end to the Israel-Hamas war, hostage releases, and a new path to lasting coexistence

Standing Together responds to Trump’s Gaza peace plan

US unveils Gaza peace plan proposing an end to the Israel-Hamas war, hostage releases, and a new path to lasting coexistence

northeastbylines.co.uk

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

The Al-Madhoun family in Gaza are struggling to stay alive, and really need our help.

‘Our daily life is like hell’: A look into the struggles faced by the Al-Madhoun family in Gaza

The Al-Madhoun family in Gaza are struggling to stay alive, and really need our help

northwestbylines.co.uk

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ChayBristol @chaybristol.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, watch this.

(and the replies saying it's unfair on the plod. He's just following orders.... bollox, he is knowingly helping the UK gov harm its own people to compound its complicity in genocide, apartheid and war crimes. He could have refused, but did not).

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 4d

Just keep watching.

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Mother Mayhem 🍉 @isabella-cortese.bsky.social · 2d

Bluesky bans Palestinian accounts

Support Sakher here:
GFM: gofund.me/f116bf44
#Gaza 💕💸🍉
#mutualaid #maboost

Donate to No Food, No Medicine, No Safety - Help Us Survive Gaza, organized by Jennifer M

My name is Sakher, a young man from Gaza. Since the beginning of th… Jennifer M needs your support for No Food, No Medicine, No Safety - Help Us Survive Gaza

www.gofundme.com

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

Local government in the East is changing – with elected mayors next year & new unitary councils by 2028.

Nine different proposals are now on the table.

What happens next?

Transforming local government: what next in the East?

Local government reorganisation in the East took a step forward in September, with nine proposals submitted to government. So what happens now? Local government reorganisation in the East took a step ...

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

Standing Together (Israeli-Palestinian group) responds to Trump’s Gaza peace plan.

US unveils Gaza peace plan proposing an end to the Israel-Hamas war, hostage releases, and a new path to lasting coexistence

Standing Together responds to Trump’s Gaza peace plan

US unveils Gaza peace plan proposing an end to the Israel-Hamas war, hostage releases, and a new path to lasting coexistence

northeastbylines.co.uk

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

The Al-Madhoun family in Gaza are struggling to stay alive, and really need our help.

‘Our daily life is like hell’: A look into the struggles faced by the Al-Madhoun family in Gaza

The Al-Madhoun family in Gaza are struggling to stay alive, and really need our help

northwestbylines.co.uk

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 3d

Reform UK’s rise isn’t just bad news for the right.

It’s an existential test for Labour – and they’re failing it.

Analysis by Dr Seth Thévoz

On the Reform problem, Labour faces a serious strategic dilemma

Labour has long been divided. But these are not normal times, and arguments between factions may hand power to Farage

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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