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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 2d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Nolan Jazimreg @nolanjazimreg.bsky.social · 3d

Share if you agree with this book's narrative that #Brexit is Nigel #Farage's massive tax-dodging scam.
www.amazon.co.uk/BREXIT-Great...

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 4d

A Portland judge blocked Trump’s latest power grab — but America’s guardrails are collapsing. Black Hawks over Chicago. ICE raids in hospitals. “FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT” coins with his face. We ran from a king in 1776. Now he’s back — crowned in red, white & fear. Pls read & share ↓

PORTLAND PUSHBACK: ONE JUDGE STOOD UP — BUT THE PILLARS OF OUR DEMOCRACY ARE FALLING

Black Hawks over Chicago to the death of healthcare and the rise of “FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT” coins, America is watching the Founders’ guardrails collapse — and the making of a modern-day king

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@Spookerleggera - evil incarnate, for one month only!🧛🦇⚰️👹 @superleggera.bsky.social · 4d

They should really try and find out who was behind the #FarageRiots and maybe fine them? Might help towards the cost of policing future #FarageRiots , if only they could work out who is really responsible for inciting them... 🤔

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 7d

We are in the foothills of a solar-wind-battery civilisation. This is our best chance of avoiding catastrophe. But it threatens the profits of fossil fuel companies & nations - so these are pouring money into right-wing populism to stop the transition. This seems to me the biggest story in politics.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5d

war-ravaged

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 6d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 6d

Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.

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AK @akondakor.bsky.social · 5d

Absolutely right
Governments often use a false credit card analogy to justify spending cuts on the poor but this is wrong.
The economy is a £ circulation system the key is to keep £moving and not let it leak out or sit in one place too long.
The poor spend, most £ will go back to treasury

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 5d

Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury.
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity | George Monbiot

Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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AK @akondakor.bsky.social · 6d

I'm mostly on WiFi so only use about 1.5Gb
on Lebara so £4.50/month for 5Gb cheap as..

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td12212.bsky.social @td12212.bsky.social · 9d

Exactly....took the words right out of Hitler's mouth....

AK @akondakor.bsky.social · 9d

Straight out of the fascist playbook -
"The enemy within"😔

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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 6d

🤡😂🤣🇷🇺Tomsk, Russia — everything is going according to plan. I like the safety rope, very useful.

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AK @akondakor.bsky.social · 7d

Don't let the stupidity and incompetence distract from the racism, malice and contempt for the very principles that underpin all democracies.

AK @akondakor.bsky.social · 9d

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AK @akondakor.bsky.social · 9d

Straight out of the fascist playbook -
"The enemy within"😔

AK @akondakor.bsky.social · 9d

Straight out of the fascist playbook -
"The enemy within"😔

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AK @akondakor.bsky.social · 9d

Yes! bollox! bloody autocorrect.
Enemy obviously thanks for spotting it

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 9d

An unprecedented violation of our civic and Constitutional traditions. Calling every military leader in the world back to the U.S. to hear a wildly inappropriate partisan campaign speech followed by a fascist call to use the military against Americans.

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AK @akondakor.bsky.social · 9d

Straight out of the fascist playbook -
"The energy within"😔

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10d

What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?

Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.

It undermines police and the law.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10d

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.

I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.

Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 10d

Gosh, what a mystery. Whatever could have happened to them?

No bodies, no tags, no prosecutions, no accountability, no deterrent. This will continue.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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Two Golden Eagles ‘disappear’ in south Scotland – Police appeal for information

Press release from Police Scotland, 29 September 2025: APPEAL FOR MISSING GOLDEN EAGLE Detectives are appealing for information after a satellite-tagged golden eagle disappeared in the hills to the…

raptorpersecutionuk.org

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AK @akondakor.bsky.social · 13d

Unfortunately they can both be right.
33% of the vote could be enough for a majority in parliament.
That's "first past the post"

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The SNP @snp.org · 14d

Farage built Brexit, and Brexit broke Britain.

Nigel Farage is the cause of the mess we’re in - not the solution.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 14d

Labour’s plan for compulsory digital ID risks creating a more authoritarian state.

Under constant surveillance, we would have to pass through digital checkpoints just to live our daily lives — with even more barriers for minorities, migrants and the digitally excluded.

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Maile @maile.bsky.social · 17d

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