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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 1d

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 1d

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Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 @andreasor.bsky.social · 2d

Brittlestar: Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!! We have pumpkin pie.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 4d

A video being shared online is claiming that a new monthly £27 WiFi charge is being introduced for all households across the UK to fund ‘digital infrastructure’.

But this isn’t happening. The government confirmed this is “completely false”.

A £27 monthly ‘WiFi charge’ is not being introduced in the UK – Full Fact

Contrary to a video being shared on social media, the government is not bringing in the fee for UK residents.

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Oliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 5d

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phil52.bsky.social @phil52.bsky.social · 6d

Street art in Naples doesn't really need any comments

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Daniel Bastiaanse @indodragon.bsky.social · 8d

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 7d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 21d

The cost of car insurance in Wales has dropped as much as £116 (-17%) over the past 12 months, on average, new data

Wales car insurance prices fall by £116 annually

The cost of car insurance in Wales has dropped as much as £116 (-17%) over the past 12 months, on average, new data reveals. The average price of car insurance in Wales is now £555 – though some drive...

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 25d

I think he means Brexit was worth it even though it made OTHER people poorer. Twat.

Headline says 'Sir James Dyson says brexit was worth it, even if it's made people poorer'

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 29d

These two both got it Right.
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Reuters @reuters.com · Sep 13

Over 100,000 anti-immigration protesters march in London reut.rs/48hcs8d

Over 100,000 anti-immigration protesters march in London

More than 100,000 protesters marched through central London on Saturday, carrying flags of England and Britain, in one of the biggest right-wing demonstrations of modern times in the UK, organised by the anti-immigrant activist Tommy Robinson.

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The Onion @theonion.com · Sep 13

U.S. Citizenship Test To Include 4-Year Imprisonment Section
https://theonion.com/u-s-citizenship-test-to-include-4-year-imprisonment-section/

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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · Sep 12

Yep

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · Sep 9

Bravo @libdems.org.uk @eddavey.libdems.org.uk hold BBC to account for using licence fees to run Reform propaganda and depict Farage as a mighty political force..

When he’s really just a #PlasticMP with no viable policies just a mouth that won’t stop bloody flapping

We’re all sick of it❗️😡

BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End 'Wall to Wall' Farage Coverage

They accuse the BBC of "following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage

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Reuters @reuters.com · Sep 11

Gold slips on dollar recovery, eyes on US CPI data reut.rs/4glkTkX

Gold slips on dollar recovery, eyes on US CPI data

Gold dipped on Thursday, but held near record-highs above the $3,600 mark, as a modest recovery in the dollar and profit-taking pressured prices, while investors waited for U.S. consumer inflation figures due later today.

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · Aug 31

The President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa called the orange felon a Russian asset in a live televised speech.

Well done, this is how you do it. 👏

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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · Aug 30

Old Soviet joke for today:

A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.

After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”

“I’m looking for the obituaries.”

“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”

“Not the one I’m looking for.”

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Aug 27

Far-right protesters in Perth opposing asylum seekers in a local hotel were outnumbered 2-to-1 by anti-racism campaigners

"The far-right protesters claimed they were there to “protect women and children” .... However, tensions rose when we witnessed one man harassing a woman called Charlotte"

Perth stands up: refugee backers outnumber far-right protesters

Far-right protesters in Perth opposing asylum seekers in a local hotel were outnumbered 2-to-1 by anti-racism campaigners

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Aug 25

TRUMP: “A lot of people are saying maybe we’d like a dictator.”

He’s saying it. Are you listening? 🇺🇸

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · Aug 24

All these right wing patriots fervently putting flags up everywhere seems somehow familiar...

photo showing Street lined with nazi flags

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · Aug 23

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Aug 21

Art of the deal.

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phil52.bsky.social @phil52.bsky.social · Aug 22

Even if he loses in court, what happens if Trump decides to ignore the court? The law and the constitution are only relevant when enforced. If the enforcer decides to ignore them, then they are not relevant.