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Rosamund Gravelle @rosamundgravelle.bsky.social · 14d

If you’re able to, it would be wonderful
if you could support/ donate me to support my creative work - it’s still so important to still keep producing work in these times, and if you could buy me a coffee that would be awesome! buymeacoffee.com/rosamundgrav...

Thank you 🙏 🤩💃

Rosamund Gravelle

I am a passionate writer and poet, as well as creating a podcast (which I co-host and co-produce); things are still tough out there especially as I mainly write plays - it takes a lot to keep going an

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 1h

If you are watching the Reform Party controlled Councils with their endless mishaps, resignations, fallouts, scandals, mismanagement and sheer comedic idiocy, but still thinking of making these clowns a national government, representing the UK on the global stage, you are literally insane.

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Jay Lionel @jaylionel.bsky.social · 6h

Day 267

The Trump regime continued to murder people yesterday.

They blew up another boat of ‘suspected’ drug dealers.

Suspected.

They killed them.

There was ZERO immediate damage to life.

They could have boarded the boats.

This is a CRIMINAL act.

Utterly disgusting

You are all caught up.

Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.

Terry Pratchett

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

reasonsvoice.bsky.social @reasonsvoice.bsky.social · 1d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

FLORIDA now requires public schools to share space with charter schools, and “one charter operator intends to occupy space in more than 100 public schools (!)” 🤔

Privatizing public schools at breakneck speed, filling their pockets with taxpayer funds. www.fox13news.com/news/charter...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Brexit is Farage and his fellow Brexiters' shitstorm to own. He/they can't be allowed to just pivot from heckle to heckle and bad idea to worse - while blaming everyone else - without consequences.

So the suggestion that Labour are going to amplify that truth is to be welcomed.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Nathan Gill will be sentenced on 21st November for 8 charges of taking Russian Bribes.

It’s essential that the European Parliament carries out an investigation in to UKIP, Brexit Party and Reform UK and their connection to Russia.

Investigation now!

#InvestigateReformUK #ReformRussianBribes

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Go on then Nigel Farage, keep telling us you know nothing about Russian influence…

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

Worker for Farage’s group in EU parliament was ‘frequent visitor to embassy’ and accused of role in propaganda stunt

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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

“An essential condition today for entry into the upper echelons of Conservative party politics is being willing to at least pretend that you think taking Britain out of the EU was a good idea. This is a never-ending lobotomy for the Tories”

Brexit will always ruin you in the end.
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How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

on.ft.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

"Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God's children." —MLK Jr.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

BREAKING NEWS

In a move that has shocked absolutely no one with basic arithmetic skills, populist right wing party trying to win votes with fantasy economics traipses around in fetching hair shirt after all their policies are found to be economic fantasy.

Reform UK
Reform UK abandoning manifesto pledge of £90bn in tax cuts, deputy leader admits
Richard Tice says party will concentrate on cutting civil service and scrapping net zero once in government

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 3d

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...

www.desmog.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

As ICE terrorizes communities, remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies that will make bank off his budget bill.

And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.

Cashing in on cruelty.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown

From the US to Europe and Asia, grievances are being exploited to gain power. But moderate voices are still in tune with the majority, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 5d

IEA: #Renewables have cut #fossilfuel imports for more than 100 countries
#climate
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...

IEA: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries - Carbon Brief

More than 100 countries have cut their dependence on fossil-fuel imports and saved hundreds of billions of dollars by continuing to invest in renewables

www.carbonbrief.org

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Soho Theatre @sohotheatre.bsky.social · 5d

Get those apps in, only 9 days left ✍️

sohotheatre.com/project/soho...

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Scott Immordino @scottimmordino.bsky.social · 6d

Bill Gates: $106B | Microsoft: $3.9T
Jeff Bezos: $232.5B | Amazon: $2.3T
Larry Page: $204.2B | Google: $2.84T
Mark Zuckerberg: $243.5B | Meta: $1.8T

Can someone please explain why on earth we’re paying the power & water bills for their data centers?

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5d

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.

Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

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Rosamund Gravelle @rosamundgravelle.bsky.social · 5d

An amazing scheme that should also be set up in this country- UBI for artists to be able to create & generate work, which fuels a huge industry & the economy, & of course make sure to have art in all our lives + for that art also not be created just by 1 segment of the population

Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 8d

Incredible news!

If the scheme stays the same, seems like it would apply to any creative workers paying taxes and living in the Republic of Ireland.

Uses a broad definition of arts that covers a lot of work too.

Basic Income for the Arts Eligibility:

Practising artists, Creative arts workers (see definition below), or recently trained applicants (within the last 5 years).

For the purposes of the BIA scheme a Creative Arts Worker is defined as follows:

“A creative arts worker is someone who has a creative practice and whose creative work makes a key contribution to the production, interpretation or exhibition of the arts. “Arts” means any creative or interpretative expression (whether traditional or contemporary) in whatever form, and includes, in particular, visual arts, theatre, literature, music, dance, opera, film, circus and architecture, and includes any medium when used for those purposes”.

All applicants must be: 18 years of age or older, in a position to evidence their creative practice or career in the arts, based in the Republic of Ireland, tax compliant

The following list provides examples of the types of artists and creative arts workers who are eligible. This list is for illustrative purposes only and is not exhaustive.

Visual Arts: The following list provides examples of the types of artists and creative arts workers who are eligible. This list is for illustrative purposes only and is not exhaustive.

Visual Arts: All media including fine-art photography, Visual Arts Curator, Illustrator, Art Writer

Theatre: Actor, Artistic Director, Comedian, Costume Designer, Director, Hair Designer, Librettist, Lighting Designer/Engineer, Make-Up Designer, Mime artist, Set Designer, Stage Designer, Sound Designer/Engineer, Playwright, Projection Designer, Prop Designer, Puppeteer

Literature: Writer – Children’s/Young Adult, Novelist, Short-Story, Poet, Novelist, Illustrator, Art Writer, Non-Fiction writer

Music: Composer, Conductor, Singer/Musician – all genres, Lighting Designer/Engineer, Lyricist, Sound Designer/Engineer, Musical Director, Writer

Dance: Artistic Director, Choreographer, Dancer, Repetiteur

Opera: Actor, Artistic Director, Costume Designer, Librettist, Lighting Designer/Engineer, Lyricist, Director, Singer, Sound Designer/Engineer, Stage Designer, Repetiteur

Film: Actor, Animator, Artistic Director, Cinematographer, Costume Designer Director, Editor, Screenwriter, Film Designer, Filmmaker, Film Editor, Lighting Designer/Engineer, Hair Designer, Make-up Designer, Prop Designer, Production Designer, Sound Designer/Engineer, Script Writer, Scenographer, Set Designer, Special Effects Designer, Scenic Artist, Visual Designer, Voice Over Artist, Writer

Circus: Circus Artist - traditional and contemporary, Acrobat, Street Arts and Spectacle Artist

Architecture: Architect

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 6d

Twelve Jobs Nigel has earned over £1 million in additional income since the general election.

To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

www.mirror.co.uk

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d

"The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote"

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine to limit absentee voting & impose voter ID requirements.

Important reporting from Zeteo's new political reporter @andrewperez.bsky.social

The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.

zeteo.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 7d

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 8d

Installing someone like Bari Weiss as the head of a major news organization isn’t even about profit or longevity. In effect it’s about continuing to shrink the traditional news industry smaller and smaller and weaker and weaker and less and less journalism based until it ceases to exist

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 9d

More austerity you say? This is the kind of bold outside-the-box thinking that will surely turn things around for the Tories 🙃
pa.media/blogs/pa-edi...

Tories to set out plans to cut £47bn from government spending

PA Media

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