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OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 12h

bogtrotter46.bsky.social @bogtrotter46.bsky.social · 8h

I find this to be the case most of the time when someone is described as a "celebrity"; almost inevitably, I have never heard of them.

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Hannah Bourne-Taylor *Author*Bird Campaigner @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social · 13h

Exasperated. Gutted. Furious. Terrified. Sometimes swear words are the only ones that fit.
Our delightful government - who we put our trust in - is u-turning on THE easiest Nature action *ever*.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes

Housing minister Steve Reed refuses to back mandating measure, despite giving support while in environment job

www.theguardian.com

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 1d

"a kind of celebration of ignorance"

Sagan quote from "The Demon-Haunted World"

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 1d

"Hunts love their hounds"... Footage: North London Hunt Sabs

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

This is awful if correct. Chancellor preparing to save more than a billion pounds by targeting disabled people’s capacity to get cars through the benefits system

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Rachel Reeves takes aim at Motability scheme to save £1bn in budget

Chancellor is examining reforms that include scrapping tax breaks on cars for disabled people using the programme

www.thetimes.com

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 1d

This is beyond a joke!

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes

Housing minister Steve Reed refuses to back mandating measure, despite giving support while in environment job

www.theguardian.com

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bogtrotter46.bsky.social @bogtrotter46.bsky.social · 1d

The UK government promised to phase out animal testing. A promise isn't enough. We need an ambitious roadmap with firm deadlines, not more delays. Sign the petition demanding a real plan to bring UK science into the 21st century. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

A real roadmap to phase out animal testing

It's time for the UK to catch up and focus on modern, human-relevant science. Add your name to the petition calling on the government to create an ambitious and detailed roadmap to phase out animal te...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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Cholmondley Warner 🇪🇺🔶 @chumleyprelude.bsky.social · 2d

Forget the ECHR smokescreen, here is the real evidence that we haven’t truly brexited.

Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 2d

Needs answering

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bogtrotter46.bsky.social @bogtrotter46.bsky.social · 2d

We loved those shows!

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 3d

Disgusting behaviour. Please take action now: protectthewild.org.uk/lbc-petition/

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Áine Conghaile ńee Seanlaoich @longfordlass.bsky.social · 3d

Morning…..

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d

God doesn’t need any “saving” by the like of you, Eric.

Tweet by Aaron Rupar showing a quote from Eric Trump on “The Benny Show.” Eric Trump says: “We’re saving Christianity. We’ve saving God. We’ve saving the family unit. We’re saving this nation... You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell... We have a return to people going to church.” Below is a screenshot from the show with Benny Johnson and Eric Trump speaking side by side.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Seems the Narcissist-in-Chief is mad about the Time Mag cover neckgina pic so please don’t share it widely

Thank you for your attention to this matter

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 4d

I've worked with 'damaged' veterans: This is essentially true. If a veteran is homeless, it's certainly not because an immigrant has been given a place ahead of them.

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 4d

Damn right! This is the TRUTH nobody wants to admit!

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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 5d

Last month, parents in India noticed something wrong: their children weren’t recovering from ordinary colds and fevers – within days, their kidneys failed

By early October, 24 children died

The cause? Children's cough syrup contaminated with antifreeze

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 6d

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 5d

Tommy Robinson is going to go back to prison tomorrow.

He will scream he is a victim, but he has chosen to plead not guilty to something he is clearly guilty of, and his defense is that he is a journalist.

If he's a journalist, Nigel Farage lives in Clacton.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 5d

We said it was Fascism.

Now the President's 19 year old son will be put on the board of a $300bn company.

It's Fascism.

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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 5d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 5d

Crazy that we hear about Train Drivers who get £60,000 a year for driving a train.

But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.

Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.

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bogtrotter46.bsky.social @bogtrotter46.bsky.social · 5d

That's not a beard!

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5d

ICE has been deployed to *provoke* civilians, not to protect them. They want to throw tear gas canisters and get people on the streets riled up, all to create footage for Fox News and Newsmax, et al., that will be used as a pretext for imposing martial law to lower voting rates in Democratic cities.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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