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Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 1h

Evil

Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 11h

MDH has been a President that had made me so proud. I wish he could stay on.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 4d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

What is it going to take to light the match of rebellion? Asking for the rest of the world. TBH I thought the Generals had the perfect opportunity when they were all together. 🤷‍♀️

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Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 6d

It is hard enough to watch from afar on TV so it must be soul destroying to live through it. The number of men in power who just folded has been quite astounding.

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 8d

Please let this be true.

Have we passed peak social media? - on.ft.com/4pTb1Di via @FT

Have we passed peak social media?

As platforms degrade into outrage and slop, users are turning away

on.ft.com

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Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 8d

For a man who supposedly loves free speech, he really hates free speech. I think he (and we) would be happier if he hopped onto one of his rockets and found himself a planet with no wifi where he could live alone in silence.

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 9d

An eyeshadow palette produced by the Irish beauty brand SOSU Cosmetics has been recalled due to the unsafe presence of arsenic in the product
https://www.thejournal.ie/sosu-cosmetics-6833563-Oct2025/

Eyeshadow palette from Irish brand SOSU Cosmetics recalled over arsenic content

The palette has been withdrawn from the market.

www.thejournal.ie

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Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 10d

Such a dickhead. How much did that meeting cost? Where is the efficiency chainsaw now?

Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks Alan.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 11d

Republicans don’t need a single democratic vote to fund their regime. Here’s why. Please share widely.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11d

💥SOUND ON!!💥

Take a minute to watch this with some of our heroes & the people who’ve inspired us to have NERVE!

Launching TODAY!!!

The Nerve @thenerve.news · 11d

NOW MORE THAN EVER
WE NEED NERVE.

Welcome to The Nerve News.
Fearless, independent journalism.

#TheNerve #TheNerveNews

www.thenerve.news

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Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 11d

And this is why we suddenly have movement on Gaza. Don’t look here, look over there.

Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 12d

There are large parts of the UK that refer to that newspaper as The Scum. Just so you know.

Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 13d

their 🙄

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Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 13d

I agree. I often watch it to get news from countries we rarely hear mentioned on more western news media. And there coverage of Gaza is as thorough as is possible in current conditions.

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Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 13d

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 13d

Dublin City Council is investigating how a small Palestinian flag came to be placed near the top of the Spire in the city centre
https://www.thejournal.ie/palestinian-flag-the-spire-dublin-6829630-Sep2025/

Council investigating how Palestinian flag was placed on the Spire and how to remove it

The flag appeared near the top of the 120m tall sculpture on Friday.

www.thejournal.ie

Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 15d

“Misconceptions” or weaponised blame of women? We know what we heard.

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Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 15d

Bit of an own goal for the English government.

Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 15d

Excellent!

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Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 15d

Should be jail time.

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · 18d

To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.

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Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 18d

The UN needs to find a new home. A place where civility and intelligence still prevail. Preferable a place that would grant visas for Palestinian reps and refuse visas to orange buffoons and their minions.

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Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 18d

Blaming the individual mother is exactly what you’d expect from christian fascists.

But they’ll also see it as a way to refuse to provide health and educational services. “It’s your fault, you deal with it on your own”.

Idiots voted in by idiots.

Fiona @coffeeandpolitics.bsky.social · 18d

I hope he gives Dump hell. I hope he triples down on the fascist nonsense.

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