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Gina de M @ginad.bsky.social · 16h

Great idea

Nancy Thompson @thmpsnnancy.bsky.social · 16h

Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?
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Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?

Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

In any discussion of food and farming, unless your solution can be scaled to feed 8 billion people, you shouldn't be taken seriously. Unfortunately, cottagecore fantasies that would feed only the richest consumers, leaving billions to starve, are all too common.
www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...

The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People

The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death

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Just George Oh🦇🎃👻🐈‍⬛🕸️ @timmytwoshirts.bsky.social · 23h

On this day, 1977:

Anita Bryant (singer, Christian propagandist, and anti-LGBTQ+ figure) received her famous public pie in the face from gay rights activist Tom Higgins while speaking at a press conference in Des Moines, IA

anita bryant receiving her famous public pie in the face from tom higgins in des moines, iowa, in 1977

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h

Tomorrow is a critical day for democracy in court. Compare how the Washington Post framed it vs Democracy Docket.

Right now, fearless, pro-democracy media is more important than legacy media platitudes. Sign up now to say informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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AntRingo @antringo.bsky.social · 3h

Put the blame where it lies....on FARAGE'S BREXIT

Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 6h

What is ridiculous is to conclude correctly that Brexit is the source of economic pain and then do nothing to reverse it.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 6h

Climate Change Committee warns we aren’t doing enough to stem/plan for global warming.

Meanwhile, in response to proposed solar farm,Tice says they “will do all [they] can to stop investors and developers; nothing is off the table”
Reform: a constant whining drag on progress, prosperity and sanity.

UK must prepare for 2C of global warming by 2050, climate advisors warn
CLIMATE GLOBAL WARMING WEATHER
• Wednesday 15 October 2025 at 6:53am
Martin Stew
Science Correspondent
Credit: i-Stock
The UK must prepare for a 2C rise in global temperatures by 2050, according to new analysis from the Climate Change Committee (CCC), commissioned by the government.
The report forecasts that risks from heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires could double over the next 25 years, with some peak river flows increasing by as much as 40%.
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The Times:

Reform vow to fight 'crazy Miliband over solar farm

Miliband has approved plans for Britain's biggest solar farm, prompting Reform UK to say it would fight to reverse the decision.
The Tillbridge Solar project, in Lin-colnshire, would cover an area equivalent to about 2,000 football pitches.
Farage's party said the scheme would destroy valuable agricultural land, but Labour said it was needed to meet green energy targets and reduce dependency on energy from abroad.
Tillbridge Solar is the tenth large solar project Miliband has approved since taking office. Half of them are in Lin-colnshire, prompting opposition from local Reform and Conservative MPs.
Tillbridge Solar aims to generate electricity for 300,000 homes and the scheme would cover about 1,400 hectares of mainly agricultural land
Michael Shanks, the energy minister, said: "Solar is one of the cheapest and quickest power sources we can build. It is crucial in our mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower, giving us energy security, good jobs and growth across the country."

A report by the Planning Inspectorate said that the project would lead to the loss of about 1,200 hectares of farm-land, including 11l hectares of the highest grade land, and acknowledged the cumulative impact of other solar arrays in Lincolnshire. However, it concluded that this would not be nationally "significant" , with solar taking over less
than 1% of UK farmland.
It added that the biodiversity would benefit from the end of intensive farming on the land and that crop planting
"could be restored should it be needed in the future" for food security.
In a blunt warning to companies behind the schemes, Richard Tice, Reform UK's deputy leader and the MP for nearby Boston & Skegness, said: "We will do all we can to stop investors and developers; nothing is off the table."

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Jennifer Shin @jennifershin.bsky.social · 22h

Aww, poor man-baby. They got a clear picture of his vagina neck and his bald head under the comb-over. Kudo's to the photographer and Time for shooting it and using. His fragile ego can't handle being mocked, so you know what to do 😉

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Michael O' @socratesxxx.bsky.social · 3h

Palestinians say no change in lives unless Israel allows unrestricted aid aje.io/zyn1zz

Palestinians say no change in lives unless Israel allows unrestricted aid

Only handful of aid convoys enter Gaza so far today, our team reports, after Hamas hands over four more captives bodies.

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Mark O'Connell @markoconnell.bsky.social · 1d

Remembering my childhood hero, my childhood fashion guru & my childhood Bond on what would have been his 98th birthday.

The world is still a bit less fun, a bit less charming & a bit less sauve without Sir Roger Moore.

Art/Siegfried Groß.

#RogerMoore #JamesBond #SirRogerMoore #TheSpyWhoLovedMe

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AntRingo @antringo.bsky.social · 3h

This is exhausting, I was happy mocking just the one...

BIG D GRANDROYAL @bigdgrandroyal.bsky.social · 3h

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AntRingo @antringo.bsky.social · 3h

Typical Jeffries... leave action for some time in the future!
The danger is NOW!!! DO SOMETHING FFS!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Jeffries: "I remind all of these corrupt individuals, these sycophants -- the statute of limitations is five years. The American people want accountability, deserve accountability, and will get accountability."

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AntRingo @antringo.bsky.social · 3h

Absolutely!

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7h

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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AntRingo @antringo.bsky.social · 3h

Yes and call what it is: The Farage / Johnson Brexit disaster

Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 4h

“Make Brexit work” by raising taxes to stem the ongoing losses.
Slavish devotion to failed ideology has a very high price.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 7h

"There is no doubt that the impact of Brexit has been severe and long-lasting", Rachel Reeves tells Sky News, as she suggests that taxes will now have to go up as a result to "make sure the numbers add up".

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Jennifer Shin @jennifershin.bsky.social · 22h

The scumbag didn't get what he wanted, he got what he deserved. From the article:

The Supreme Court has rejected InfoWars founder Alex Jones's appeal against a $1.4 billion defamation judgment brought by families of Sandy Hook school elementary shooting victims after he called the massacre a hoax.

Alex Jones suffers Supreme Court blow in Sandy Hook shooting appeal

Alex Jones had said the Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.

www.newsweek.com

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AntRingo @antringo.bsky.social · 3h

She should be saying: "...Farage's Brexit..." just to get the point home that our financial malaise is largely his, Johnson and the rest of the Brexit brigade's fault, and that he cant be trusted with our votes

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: “There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting” says Chancellor Rachel Reeves

It’s about time!

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 13h

This isn’t a peace plan. It’s a ceasefire. Why is the media calling it a peace plan?

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AntRingo @antringo.bsky.social · 3h

Incisive and realistic opinion post from Owen Jones

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home | Owen Jones

History shows the crimes of empire were later mirrored on European soil. Dehumanisation and militarised terror both seem normalised now, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 21d

Why don't people learn? Why can't they see?

Reform creates loads of drama about immigration, creating a false problem.

It then positions itself as the only solution to this imaginary problem so that people will vote for them.

It's one of the oldest tricks in the book damn it!

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AntRingo @antringo.bsky.social · 20d

Let them Leave!
And just before they do.....
SEIZE THEIR ASSETS!!!

Gina de M @ginad.bsky.social · 20d

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Let Them Leave: Why States Should Tax the Ultra-Rich - NewsBreak

Every time a state legislature considers raising taxes on the wealthy or large corporations, the same cries emerge: They’ll leave. Jobs will disappear. The

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · Aug 11

"Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals." - Donald Trump, bloodthirsty criminal whose violent gang has overtaken our capital city

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AntRingo @antringo.bsky.social · 20d

But the radioactive shrimp turned into Stephen Miller

Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · Aug 20

WORST SUPERVILLAIN ORIGIN EVER: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is bitten by a radioactive shrimp and stays exactly the same.

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · Sep 2

"I didn't vote for this." - people who absolutely voted for this but thought this would only hurt people they hate

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AntRingo @antringo.bsky.social · 20d

You dont need to re-heat him....
JUST GET A WHIFF OF THAT DIAPER 💩

Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · Sep 8

PHOTO: Donald Trump, looking like something that would stink up the break room if reheated in the microwave.

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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · Sep 14

Face it, MAGA, if your president's name weren't all over the Epstein files, they would have been released unredacted, printed, and bound in $500 special editions signed by Trump, recorded as an audio book by Mel Gibson, and tattooed on Laura Loomer's ass.

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AntRingo @antringo.bsky.social · 20d

Dont know why Kash insists on wearing those joke shop fake eyeballs

Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 27d

The second Trump administration continues his legacy of finding the worst person for every job and giving it to them.