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Kirsten Bayes @bayes.org.uk · 3h

They all are. Absolute trash.

Kirsten Bayes @bayes.org.uk · 3h

When the going got tough, they got em out.

Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 11h

And this is how you professionally troll a puritanical Christian Nationalist. BUTTS AND BOOBS!

Portland: 10
Johnson: 0

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U.S. House Speaker calls Portland naked bike ride ‘most threatening thing I’ve seen yet’

Kirsten Bayes @bayes.org.uk · 3d

Love me a Nancy Meyers. Need to fish out the DVD for this and give it a watch.

🎬 ScreenMedia 🎞 @screenmedia.bsky.social · 3d

Diane Keaton seen here in her Academy Award nominated role in the 🇺🇸American romantic comedy drama film “SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE” (2003) directed by Nancy Meyers with co-stars Jack Nicholson, Keanu Reeves, Amanda Peet, Frances McDormand, Paul Michael Glaser and Jon Favreau

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 3d

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Kirsten Bayes @bayes.org.uk · 5d

Joined up with the fash is what they did.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 5d

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 7d

David Graeber on the police.

From an interview he gave a few years ago with the Scottish publication called Bella Caledonia. davidgraeber.org/interviews/t...

"The police don’t actually end up spending their time
fighting violent criminals. Instead, they enforce
administrative regulations and endless rules. So
rather than protecting us against violence, police
actually bring the threat of violence into situations
where it would have never occurred otherwise.
Most incidents of violence —domestic violence,
a drunken brawl, or gang fights— the police don’t
get involved. On the other hand, try driving down
the street with no license plates: how long will it
be before you are surrounded by people with weapons."

- David Graeber

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Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 8d

When the shadows grow long,
when our names turn to dust,
what we loved, what we hated,
will spoil to rust.
All will be forgotten,
save one truth, unshaken…
What did we do
when the children were taken?
- The Shepherd King in One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig,

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Kirsten Bayes @bayes.org.uk · 8d

😯

Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 8d

Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values. The only thing I can say to the British government is this, how can I believe what you say but I see what you do?
www.channel4.com/news/israels...

Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values

Last week, our FactCheck team exclusively revealed that Israel’s imports of UK arms hit a record high value in June. Now, we can reveal new figures showing September was the second highest month on re...

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 9d

If any Government can just snatch basic human rights away from any section of society when it pleases then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11d

Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to change how judges interpret the European Convention on Human Rights – a move that risks weakening everyone’s protections.

The ECHR has become a convenient scapegoat for challenges around migration and sovereignty.

WE MUST PROTECT IT
youtu.be/Lmad4kujRhQ?...

🚨THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTS US ALL. WE MUST PROTECT IT

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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James Graham @semajmaharg.bsky.social · 9d

Once again I am begging people to stop demanding reforms that would make being an MP *even more* a preserve of the rich.

sexy ludovician @beardynoise.bsky.social · 9d

I think that community volunteering idea could have some merit but instead of immigrants it should be MPs.

You want to be an MP? Volunteering time. You want to stand as one? Volunteering time. You want to keep your post-mp benefits? Volunteering time.

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Kirsten Bayes @bayes.org.uk · 9d

They eventually started moving again!

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Kirsten Bayes @bayes.org.uk · 9d

Thank you! Though I confess that at the time I was thinking, "am I ever going to get on any of these trains...?"

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Kirsten Bayes @bayes.org.uk · 9d

Paddington Station in London at night, last month: trains on stop.

#stunday #photography

Trains in Paddington Station at night, watched by station staff.

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Kirsten Bayes @bayes.org.uk · 10d

The Russian regime uses Farage and his pals in the same way as they use insurgencies in other enemy countries. To create chaos and division and preoccupy the Government of the target country.

P'eed off old woman @lesleyak.bsky.social · 13d

And him and his pal Nathan Gill made practically the same pro-Russia speech at the EU.
Someone needs to do some deep dive investigations on this crook.

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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 10d

Typical Labour bring in a disproportionate stupid law and when people protest it, make the protest illegal.

Guardian front page , photo of a group of cops in hi viz and wearing blue surgical gloves somewhere in central London. Headline reads “police to get new power to crack down repeated protests, says Home Secretary.

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Kirsten Bayes @bayes.org.uk · 10d

The enthusiasm of self-defined centrists to pave the way for fascism is still shocking.

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Kirsten Bayes @bayes.org.uk · 10d

Probably not a coincidence.

Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · Jun 8

Your daily reminder from me that this administration operates like someone who abuses their partner.

They use hurt and fear to maintain power and control. They cannot tolerate pushback and refuse to take any responsibility for their actions.

And they always blame the victim for their violence.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10d

Stop lying. Your state cops attacked protesters alongside ICE yesterday. I was there. I and others were violently attacked by ICE agents. Your state cops acted in concert with them during the attack.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10d

State, county, and local law enforcement have been working together and coordinating to ensure public safety around the Broadview ICE facility, and to protect people’s ability to peacefully exercise their constitutional rights.

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Kirsten Bayes @bayes.org.uk · 10d

It's a whole lot of "forget about the Epstein files".

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 11d

Oh he can just unilaterally pass unconstitutional laws now huh ok

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 10d

Hospice care is vital, but right now, it’s a postcode lottery.

@AlisonEBennett.bsky.social explains the Lib Dems’ new policy to guarantee fair funding and make sure hospices have what they need to give everyone the care they deserve.

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Kirsten Bayes @bayes.org.uk · 11d

Yeah, fash like to create and live in their own fictional world. We all do, to some extent (viz. video games, D&D). It does get pretty delusional for them, though.

Kirsten Bayes @bayes.org.uk · 12d

I wish to report a murder. Ouch.

Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 12d

I don't know why everybody is suddenly throwing a wobbler about Tilly Norwood being an entirely artificial actor, when Tom Cruise has had a 40 year career.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14d

Mahmoud Darwish trans. by Mohammed Shaheen

black text on white background

"As you prepare your breakfast, think of others
(do not forget the pigeon’s food).
As you conduct your wars, think of others
(do not forget those who seek peace).
As you pay your water bill, think of others
(those who are nursed by clouds).
As you return home, to your home, think of others
(do not forget the people of the camps).
As you sleep and count the stars, think of others
(those who have nowhere to sleep).
As you liberate yourself in metaphor, think of others
(those who have lost the right to speak).
As you think of others far away, think of yourself
(say: “If only I were a candle in the dark”)."

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