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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 22h

Turns out it was a middle aged white man. Awks.

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Frances Taylor @mosaicmania.bsky.social · 1d

Briefly misread that as “feral” judges …

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 2d

It's weird. There were just no clues that this is what he was like.

Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 2d

Johnson refused to answer specific questions or to provide factual denials to allegations of rule-breaking, while insisting all the rules had been followed at all times. His responses led Acoba’s chair, Isabel Doverty, to find him in breach of the rules.

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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Frances Taylor @mosaicmania.bsky.social · 2d

Tbf, although it’s insane, the US has military bases in many other countries

Frances Taylor @mosaicmania.bsky.social · 2d

Oh no! You’ll give all of Antifa autism!!!!!

Frances Taylor @mosaicmania.bsky.social · 2d

Jesus H Christ

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 2d

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."

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MrsVB @mrsivb.bsky.social · 4d

Fucking loathed Hezza in Thatcher's reign. Shows how far right things have pulled, that he's positively benign now.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 5d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Frances Taylor @mosaicmania.bsky.social · 5d

I could see his lips moving. Rod Hull was loads better

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 5d

Nearly 300 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since October 7, including 10 from Al Jazeera, according to the Shireen Abu Akleh Observatory.

🔗: aje.io/r00cl2

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 6d

These guys look adorable and their demand is very reasonable

Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 6d

Say hello to literally the only protesters outside Tory conference this year

Two protesters holding up a sign saying “pedestrianise the M6”

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Frances Taylor @mosaicmania.bsky.social · 6d

No social media posts not in English should not be allowed, not ….

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moondoggus.bsky.social @moondoggus.bsky.social · 6d

No songs in English should not be allowed?

Are we sure that English is her first language? Or even second?

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Frances Taylor @mosaicmania.bsky.social · 6d

“Woke Wars”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6d

Someone needs to tell MAGA the pedophilia calls are coming from inside the White House.

JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 7d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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Frances Taylor @mosaicmania.bsky.social · 6d

Although I agree it’s a stupid fucking law

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Frances Taylor @mosaicmania.bsky.social · 6d

Nah. It’s the cops

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Frances Taylor @mosaicmania.bsky.social · 6d

I have never watched Bake Off, Strictly, Pottery Throw Down, MAFS, or Downton Abbey. And I don’t want to

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7d

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

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Frances Taylor @mosaicmania.bsky.social · 6d

Tbf it’s police, not government, and they’ve used this tactic for years. Arrest protesters, detain for a few hours, then release, probably never charge but bail conditions not to attend protests in the meantime. That way they can’t protest and others intimidated/scared they’ll be next

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 8d

ICE thugs are spraying innocent people with Pepper Spray in the USA now.

Even the US Law says it should only be used on dangerous criminals.

This is fascist America.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 7d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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IS HE DEAD YET? ..Dave hater of racism , ignorance and hypocrisy @davehaterofracism.bsky.social · 7d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

USA 2025

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 7d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 7d

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