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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Jul 10

Twice President Macron explains the relationship between Brexit and small boat crossings which began after Brexit

First, he says that the British people were sold a lie with Brexit

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David Baxter Ⓥ @hisdarkmaterial.bsky.social · Jul 11

Irish government is blocking these children's visas. #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine my.uplift.ie/petitions/le... @uplift.ie

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Irish government is blocking these children's visas. #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine

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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · Jul 6

In this month’s Teach Secondary column I wonder whether the bit of history I was taught at A Level ought to be put in the part of the curriculum everyone does before year 9 so the population would better understand what populism and propaganda looks like…

All this begs the question of whether history simply isn't being taught well enough to enable the general population to notice it repeating itself.
My brilliant history teacher, Mr
Biggins, went into a great deal of depth about the period between the two World Wars. I left school knowing that Germany had been in a period of economic decline during the 1930s, and that when working people feel resentful, they can be easily manipulated into turning their anger on 'immigrants' whilst those in power seize on opportunities to engage in serial corruption and self-enrichment.
It was only recently, whilst pondering why everyone else didn't remember being taught that at school, that I actually realised we did the topic at A Level. Though even if it had been at GCSE, pupils had the option of choosing to ditch history from Y9 onwards.

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DeeCee @gadjobeen.bsky.social · Jul 6

Courtesy of @declassifieduk.org

Did the Israel lobby get Palestine Action banned?
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Did the Israel lobby get Palestine Action banned?

YouTube video by Declassified UK

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Jul 6

One year into Keir Starmer's Labour

Arresting 83 year old reverends

Reverend Sue Parfitt, "I know that we are in the right place doing the right thing. As my friend Ruth always, we cannot be bystanders"

Shame on Labour

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Mar 16

Making economic growth the overriding purpose, to which all else must be sacrificed, not only trashes ecological and social values. It's also spectacularly bad politics. Governments can't control growth, but when it dips, this government, by its own criteria, fails. A rod for its own back.

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Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · Mar 4

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Joanna @miyuschmiyu.bsky.social · Mar 3

If you're still not ashamed of being American, start now.

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Ruprecht Polenz @polenz.bsky.social · Mar 3

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Trifid Duane of Canada🍁🇨🇦 @trifidofcanada.bsky.social · Mar 5

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Mar 5

This is the way. Write your pension fund, school, city comptroller and demand divestment from Tesla.

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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · Mar 5

This is the first page of this morning’s edition of the Globe and Mail (arguably the English Canadian paper of record)
I don’t remember seeing anything like this before

A mostly blank page with the words Strong and Free, from the English version of the Canadian national anthem )
Below the fold of this newspaper sheet , in smaller type, news and editorial references to the trade war

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David Baxter Ⓥ @hisdarkmaterial.bsky.social · Mar 5

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Plant Based Newsletter

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Melissa @nitenitemelissa.bsky.social · Jan 22

Send a note of support

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Jan 23

UK will not accept EU offer to join pan-European customs union 'at present time', minister says

Heaven help us

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UK will not accept EU offer to join pan-European customs union ‘at present time’, minister says – UK politics live

Housing minister shoots down idea floated by Maroš Šefčovič designed to help reset UK-EU discussions

www.theguardian.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jan 23

The joke is on us.

World map with all countries in green except for the United States, symbolizing U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization. Caption from '@IdiotBenevolent' says "The updated World Health Organization map is a sick joke."

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · Jan 16

was mostly keeping it together until I read Kyle MacLachlan's tribute to David Lynch

"Forty-two years ago, for reasons beyond my comprehension, David Lynch plucked me out of obscurity to star in his first and last big budget movie. He clearly saw something in me that even I didn’t recognize. I owe my entire career, and life really, to his vision.

What I saw in him was an enigmatic and intuitive man with a creative ocean bursting forth inside of him. He was in touch with something the rest of us wish we could get to.

Our friendship blossomed on Blue Velvet and then Twin Peaks and I always found him to be the most authentically alive person I’d ever met.

David was in tune with the universe and his own imagination on a level that seemed to be the best version of human. He was not interested in answers because he understood that questions are the drive that make us who we are. They are our breath.

While the world has lost a remarkable artist, I’ve lost a dear friend who imagined a future for me and allowed me to travel in worlds I could never have conceived on my own.

I can see him now, standing up to greet me in his backyard, with a warm smile and big hug and that Great Plains honk of a voice. We’d talk coffee, the joy of the unexpected, the beauty of the world, and laugh.

His love for me and mine for him came out of the cosmic fate of two people who saw the best things about themselves in each other.

I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear. My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that he’s gone.

David, I remain forever changed, and forever your Kale. Thank you for everything."

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Jan 16

DWP's 'misleading and unfair' consultation on disability benefit reforms unlawful, High Court rules

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DWP's consultation on disability benefit reforms unlawful, High Court rules

The DWP's consultation into plans to slash billions from disability benefits has been ruled unlawful in a damning High Court judgement.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Jan 15

The Government’s own shocking data shows a staggering 97% of new patients who try to get an NHS dental appointment fail to get one

We all need to back the @thebda.bsky.social in its call for urgent action to save NHS dentistry

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People having to pull out their own teeth with pliers is not Victorian - it’s medieval

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Jan 15

🔥 Youth Mobility Scheme debate today!

Please write to your MP right now.

Or if you have already- send a follow up to chase or to argue their reply.

This is the beginning of the campaign.

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · Jan 15

Reform want to base the UK economy on gold not fiat currency, this will bankrupt the UK. Reform want to pass the Quantitative Easing Prohibition bill. Govt is the only agency that can create money. Reform's policies are death + feudalism + shrinking Big govt= Anarchy
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Reform wants to destroy the UK by destroying its money and its economy

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Jan 15

Word of the day is ‘depooperit’, from 18th-century Scots: ‘enfeebled both mentally and physically’.

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Jan 15

Housing association Places for People has finally agreed to meet with ACORN Cambridge after they travelled to the London to demonstrate outside their offices over mould, fire safety, compensation for residents' stress...
Aidan Baker joined them and reports on the community action that made it happen

Mould and fire-risk in Cambridge and a blockade in London

A community union's reasons for demonstrating outside the London office of a housing provider – and where it got them

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · Jan 15

11-year-old chimney sweep George Brewster was forced up a flue measuring just 12x7.5 inches.

His death, after becoming jammed inside, finally galavanised parliament to act.

Never forget what cruelties would be inflicted by greed were it not for “red tape”.

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Chimney sweep whose death changed child labour laws honoured with blue plaque

George Brewster, youngest to get plaque, died aged 11 in 1875 after getting stuck in flue, leading to law banning ‘climbing boys’

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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · Jan 15

Hey Mike Graham, a friendly challenge - what have you got to lose?

#Veganuary

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