Colbobs.bsky.social "Col" he/him/his
@colbobs.bsky.social
Sonographer. MSK Trainee.
Sentientist - humanist.
Call me Col.
LGBTQIA+ he/him.
Science fan 🗿 Green Party member. Pro-EU and NHS. NW UK.
纯素 Vegan from '21
Posts include thoughts out loud, not always endorsements, or pinned to flags or employer.
Sentientist - humanist.
Call me Col.
LGBTQIA+ he/him.
Science fan 🗿 Green Party member. Pro-EU and NHS. NW UK.
纯素 Vegan from '21
Posts include thoughts out loud, not always endorsements, or pinned to flags or employer.
Pinned
@thegreenparty.bsky.social
"The Green Party completely rejects privatisation and fragmentation of the NHS. Private companies are focused on creaming off profits which can result in degraded services and more people not getting the treatment they need from the NHS. "
"The Green Party completely rejects privatisation and fragmentation of the NHS. Private companies are focused on creaming off profits which can result in degraded services and more people not getting the treatment they need from the NHS. "
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Nigel Farage made 90 times more Cameo videos than speeches in Parliament, records show
Nigel Farage made 90 times more Cameo videos than speeches in Parliament, records show | LBC
The Reform UK leader has filmed close to 2,000 fan videos in the last 12 months, which he sold on the US-based Cameo platform
www.lbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Nigel Farage made 90 times more Cameo videos than speeches in Parliament, records show
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Farage.
Grifter-in-chief. Racist. Russian asset. Trump groupie.
He gets an MP’s salary and spends his time doing anything but.
A professional piss-taker and national security (and sanity) threat, leading the polls to be the next PM.
Come on UK.
Get some sodding self-respect.
Grifter-in-chief. Racist. Russian asset. Trump groupie.
He gets an MP’s salary and spends his time doing anything but.
A professional piss-taker and national security (and sanity) threat, leading the polls to be the next PM.
Come on UK.
Get some sodding self-respect.
Nigel Farage made 90 times more Cameo videos than speeches in Parliament, records show
Nigel Farage made 90 times more Cameo videos than speeches in Parliament, records show | LBC
The Reform UK leader has filmed close to 2,000 fan videos in the last 12 months, which he sold on the US-based Cameo platform
www.lbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Farage.
Grifter-in-chief. Racist. Russian asset. Trump groupie.
He gets an MP’s salary and spends his time doing anything but.
A professional piss-taker and national security (and sanity) threat, leading the polls to be the next PM.
Come on UK.
Get some sodding self-respect.
Grifter-in-chief. Racist. Russian asset. Trump groupie.
He gets an MP’s salary and spends his time doing anything but.
A professional piss-taker and national security (and sanity) threat, leading the polls to be the next PM.
Come on UK.
Get some sodding self-respect.
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i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
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This is simply so awfully sad. It's soul destroying. I can't begin to imagine what life in the UK is like for my trans friends at the moment. Every day a fresh attack. A new exclusion. Another indignity. Bankrolled by the spite fueled mould addled wizard woman who wants wanging into the sun
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This is simply so awfully sad. It's soul destroying. I can't begin to imagine what life in the UK is like for my trans friends at the moment. Every day a fresh attack. A new exclusion. Another indignity. Bankrolled by the spite fueled mould addled wizard woman who wants wanging into the sun
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"Killing civilians who are not engaged in armed conflict against us is a war crime."
“A War Crime & Murder”: David Cole on U.S. Killing of Survivors of Boat Strike in Caribbean
As bipartisan criticism intensifies over U.S. attacks on alleged “drug boats” in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, the White House is defending a September 2 operation that killed 11 people. The Washington Post reports Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth or...
www.democracynow.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"Killing civilians who are not engaged in armed conflict against us is a war crime."
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Truth Matters statu 🗽
Never have the words of Jodie Foster been more relevant than they are today, as will they be tomorrow in Tennessee District 7.
It provides the people of Tennessee an opportunity to say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH and send a clear message to this administration that the people
Never have the words of Jodie Foster been more relevant than they are today, as will they be tomorrow in Tennessee District 7.
It provides the people of Tennessee an opportunity to say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH and send a clear message to this administration that the people
December 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Truth Matters statu 🗽
Never have the words of Jodie Foster been more relevant than they are today, as will they be tomorrow in Tennessee District 7.
It provides the people of Tennessee an opportunity to say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH and send a clear message to this administration that the people
Never have the words of Jodie Foster been more relevant than they are today, as will they be tomorrow in Tennessee District 7.
It provides the people of Tennessee an opportunity to say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH and send a clear message to this administration that the people
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Richard Gere speaks his mind on Trump and Netanyahu.
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Richard Gere speaks his mind on Trump and Netanyahu.
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Unity is stronger than division.
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Unity is stronger than division.
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
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Delighted to be supporting the launch of @togetheralliance.bsky.social
Together we need to take on the far right.
Togetheralliance.org.uk
Together we need to take on the far right.
Togetheralliance.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Delighted to be supporting the launch of @togetheralliance.bsky.social
Together we need to take on the far right.
Togetheralliance.org.uk
Together we need to take on the far right.
Togetheralliance.org.uk
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Good morning lovely phone family. How's everyone? Just popping in to say how overwhelmed I was by all the wonderfully supportive comments about my cancer diagnosis. I love you guys. In a bid to make me chuckle, it seems Tesco have given me a tough choice 😆 Have a fab day ❤️
#HaveCourageAndBeKind
#HaveCourageAndBeKind
December 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Good morning lovely phone family. How's everyone? Just popping in to say how overwhelmed I was by all the wonderfully supportive comments about my cancer diagnosis. I love you guys. In a bid to make me chuckle, it seems Tesco have given me a tough choice 😆 Have a fab day ❤️
#HaveCourageAndBeKind
#HaveCourageAndBeKind
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@dr-faraz-harsini.bsky.social is a biomedical and food system scientist, and founder & CEO of Allied Scholars for Animal Protection (ASAP). We are creating the next generation of young, thoughtful, and committed leaders to lead the vegan movement in Universities!
@dr-faraz-harsini.bsky.social is a biomedical and food system scientist, and founder & CEO of Allied Scholars for Animal Protection (ASAP). We are creating the next generation of young, thoughtful, and committed leaders to lead the vegan movement in Universities!
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@dr-faraz-harsini.bsky.social is a biomedical and food system scientist, and founder & CEO of Allied Scholars for Animal Protection (ASAP). We are creating the next generation of young, thoughtful, and committed leaders to lead the vegan movement in Universities!
@dr-faraz-harsini.bsky.social is a biomedical and food system scientist, and founder & CEO of Allied Scholars for Animal Protection (ASAP). We are creating the next generation of young, thoughtful, and committed leaders to lead the vegan movement in Universities!
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Labour council ignores ‘safeguarding concerns’ in care homes privatisation push.
Profit vs safeguarding.
Brought to you by a Labour council.
Profit vs safeguarding.
Brought to you by a Labour council.
Labour council ignores ‘safeguarding concerns’ in care homes privatisation push
Labour-led council stands by litigious private care home provider — placing, once again, profit over public interest
www.thecanary.co
December 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Labour council ignores ‘safeguarding concerns’ in care homes privatisation push.
Profit vs safeguarding.
Brought to you by a Labour council.
Profit vs safeguarding.
Brought to you by a Labour council.
Bailiff resistance training
Bailiff Resistance Training | ACORN Manchester
Learn how to stop a bailiff on your doorstep! In this session we will learn: • how we - ordinary people - can take back power; • how we can do that as part of…
app.zetkin.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Bailiff resistance training
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Not enough folks know that the Foo Fighters are massive AIDS denialists and ran fundraisers for proto-RFKJ types that refused to treat children with HIV.
FWIW: Courtney Love and Pearl Jam have both worked extensively with responsible AIDS orgs. #noalternativescience
FWIW: Courtney Love and Pearl Jam have both worked extensively with responsible AIDS orgs. #noalternativescience
World AIDS day is important to me as I have lost people to it and I know people living with HIV.
It is a disease I wouldn't wish on anyone, but hell with the power of medical science, people can now live normal lives thanks to medication.
Also fuck Dave Grohl. Man was only good in Nirvana.
It is a disease I wouldn't wish on anyone, but hell with the power of medical science, people can now live normal lives thanks to medication.
Also fuck Dave Grohl. Man was only good in Nirvana.
December 2, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Not enough folks know that the Foo Fighters are massive AIDS denialists and ran fundraisers for proto-RFKJ types that refused to treat children with HIV.
FWIW: Courtney Love and Pearl Jam have both worked extensively with responsible AIDS orgs. #noalternativescience
FWIW: Courtney Love and Pearl Jam have both worked extensively with responsible AIDS orgs. #noalternativescience
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Precisely. With the vaccine-hesitant, I’m very careful and respectful However, it’s no quarter for antivax influencers and grifters who spread (and profit from) the disinformation that fuels vaccine hesitancy. bsky.app/profile/tara...
To be clear, there’s a big difference between criticizing the anti-vaccine movement & discrediting their influencers/leaders vs shaming vax-hesitant or quietly vax-refusing parents. The latter backfires; the former is essential. But SciComm folks often conflate them. Cc @ryanmarino.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Precisely. With the vaccine-hesitant, I’m very careful and respectful However, it’s no quarter for antivax influencers and grifters who spread (and profit from) the disinformation that fuels vaccine hesitancy. bsky.app/profile/tara...
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Yes, I’m talking about Vinay Prasad. In 2019, a few months before the pandemic, he told me that homeopathy, jade eggs, and antivax (for example) are such obvious nonsense that it’s a waste of my training to bother refuting them. Six years later, he’s a poster child for why it’s not a waste.
December 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Yes, I’m talking about Vinay Prasad. In 2019, a few months before the pandemic, he told me that homeopathy, jade eggs, and antivax (for example) are such obvious nonsense that it’s a waste of my training to bother refuting them. Six years later, he’s a poster child for why it’s not a waste.
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In a powerful moment, Governor Josh Shapiro just slammed Donald Trump for being a bully who picks on the weakest among us. This is real leadership.
December 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
In a powerful moment, Governor Josh Shapiro just slammed Donald Trump for being a bully who picks on the weakest among us. This is real leadership.
Trump's indifference and hate, vs true national service
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Trump's indifference and hate, vs true national service
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Andre Hopkins lived in the woods after a no-fault eviction made him homeless. But now he has turned his life around.
I lived in the woods for a year after being evicted. I thought I'd be there forever
www.bigissue.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Andre Hopkins lived in the woods after a no-fault eviction made him homeless. But now he has turned his life around.
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A district councillor facing criticism over her alleged involvement in the renovation of Wang Fuk Court has called the deadly blaze a "man-made tragedy." In full: buff.ly/PfSgdVN
Tai Po fire: Local rep. criticised over HK$330m building renovation calls blaze a ‘man-made tragedy’ | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
A district councillor facing criticism over her alleged involvement in the controversial HK$330 million renovation of Wang Fuk Court has called the deadly blaze a “man-made tragedy” and suggested...
buff.ly
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A district councillor facing criticism over her alleged involvement in the renovation of Wang Fuk Court has called the deadly blaze a "man-made tragedy." In full: buff.ly/PfSgdVN
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Stupid ass performative cruelty government. What does this achieve, other than dehumanising refugees more? It doesn't help Labour, it treats refugees (even children!) like criminals...Like???
Children reaching UK by small boat face sim card mouth searches
Children reaching UK by small boat face sim card mouth searches
Home Office accused of putting criminality before dignity with rule seeking intelligence on people-smugglers
Children who arrive in the UK on small boats could be searched to check if they are concealing phone sim cards in their mouths under new Home Office rules.
New measures will allow immigration enforcement officials to seize phones at the border if it is believed they contain useful intelligence about people-smugglers. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Stupid ass performative cruelty government. What does this achieve, other than dehumanising refugees more? It doesn't help Labour, it treats refugees (even children!) like criminals...Like???
You are less wealthy, so can you afford air con in extreme heat summers, or heating in extreme cold winters?
You might be reasonably wealthy; could you cope, do you want to cope, with climate extremes?
How about your parents? Friends, siblings, kids?
Punish big corporations AND change yourself.
You might be reasonably wealthy; could you cope, do you want to cope, with climate extremes?
How about your parents? Friends, siblings, kids?
Punish big corporations AND change yourself.
December 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
You are less wealthy, so can you afford air con in extreme heat summers, or heating in extreme cold winters?
You might be reasonably wealthy; could you cope, do you want to cope, with climate extremes?
How about your parents? Friends, siblings, kids?
Punish big corporations AND change yourself.
You might be reasonably wealthy; could you cope, do you want to cope, with climate extremes?
How about your parents? Friends, siblings, kids?
Punish big corporations AND change yourself.