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Ethics in Bricks @ethicsinbricks.bsky.social · 10h

Narcissus anno 2025.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

Discovered near the ICE facility in Portland this morning.

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Alexander Brown @alexofbrown.bsky.social · 2h

Please won't someone think of the households with incomes over £100,000

"This tax tax trap is killing youthful aspiration"

A couple earning 131k are worried about costs

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 1d

Milei looks like all the cast of Are You Being Served in one

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Paul Signac @paulsignac.bsky.social · 2h

Antibes, thunderstorms https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-signac/antibes-thunderstorms-1919

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 2h

“This is also why we’re trying to fire anyone who made fun of Charlie Kirk or posted his own words verbatim.”

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Prestwick SNP Branch @prestwickbranchsnp.bsky.social · 6h

You have the power to ensure that if this result was to happen Scotland would be well clear of this toxic union. Don’t let them impose another government we did not vote for. Vote SNP in May ‘26.

#snp #nounion #vote #independence #SNP #scottish #scottishgoverment #yesyoucan

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The SNP @snp.org · 5h

We’re building a Scotland for all - an inclusive, welcoming, compassionate nation.

#SNP25 Conference was full of ideas and debate on achieving a fairer, more prosperous, independent Scotland.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5h

No doubt this de-banking will also be splashed across the front pages of every single newspaper in the country and lead BBC bulletins for weeks on end too? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Pro-Palestine activist couple have UK bank account closed without explanation

John Nicholson and Norma Turner’s joint retirement savings account was shut by Yorkshire Building Society

www.theguardian.com

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 11h

Yay! Finally the most oppressed and suffering of people in the world are getting some relief.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 11h

Breaking news: The Bank of England will cut the time senior bankers have to wait before receiving their full bonuses from eight years to four years on.ft.com/48xnmHm

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 23h

It’s not the UK’s Green Party.

And other parties have been doing this for years with spectacular success.

onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily

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Boothby Graffoe @boothbygraffoe.bsky.social · 23h

How long before Richard Tice & Nigel Farage deny they’ve ever met?

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 1d

Tbf mass lead poisoning of young men might explain *quite a lot* of what’s been happening in recent years.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 1d

Bit harsh on the rest of us.

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Reading that cretin Alex Jones was put on blast by the conservative Supreme Court and "Dr. Phil" has had to declare bankruptcy on the same day? What an embarrassment of riches! Only one other breaking news story about another odious man would make things better.
www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trum...

Dr Phil faces 'total collapse' after MAGA alignment backfires massively: report

Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure a...

www.rawstory.com

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1d

This is absolutely nuts. As well as racist, xenophobic, deeply offensive and entirely ineffective.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

www.independent.co.uk

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to recite Beowulf in its entirety in Old English, without notes, before being allowed entry to the U.K.

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 1d

Free tuition.
Free prescriptions.
Scottish Child Payment.
Lowest council tax bills in the UK.
Peak rail fares gone for good.
Child poverty falling.

That is our SNP record and proof that self-government works.

Imagine how much more we could do with the powers of independence.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 2d

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 1d

I've got a Higher.

It's been nice knowing you.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

www.independent.co.uk

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Tony Gurney @tonygurney.bsky.social · 1d

The far right Murdoch Times' normal schtick is to complain that Scotland doesn't slavishly follow English policies.

You know, like when they got all excited about the Tory Truss budget.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 1d

Doctors have criticised SNP plans to adopt English-style GP walk-in centres in Scotland, warning that they risked making the crisis in the NHS worse

Doctors cast doubt on Swinney’s plan for GP walk-in centres

The first minister used his speech at the SNP conference to unveil proposals designed to reduce waiting times for appointments. But only 15 centres are planned

www.thetimes.com

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