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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 1d

Noem called Portland's elected leaders "pansies," days after her ICE thugs did this to a local elderly couple. I hope I live long enough to witness America's post-MAGA lustration.

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Please join me in raising funds for medical cargo buses and trucks with electric jamming for brigades of Ukraine's Khartiia Corps. These automobiles make the difference between whether people survive or not. We can do something very specific and meaningful to help.
www.help99.co/patches/timo...

Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action

Professor Timothy Snyder – a prominent voice of freedom, teams up with NAFO to fundraise for ten trucks and ten cargo buses with anti-drone jamming systems. These will transport and protect those who ...

www.help99.co

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jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t like it myself. Anyway, it was some shte picked up on the cheap somewhere, about to go out of date.

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jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds like a total FU! Must have been really crap beer to throw it all away!

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 2d

It's properly unconscionable that the Home Office has created this situation. It should never have been allowed to happen and once it did happen it should have been immediately reversed.

The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 2d

🚨BREAKING: The metropolitan police
arrest a man for carrying a copy of our magazine. This is a threat to both journalism and freedom to protest

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 3d

Watch | A man was arrested in London for holding up The New World magazine, featuring the "sign of the times" with the words:

"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

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jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 2d

Waste of time learning English eh!

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2d

There should be a word for a huge but pointless event, such as a leader making announcements in a conference speech that will never be implemented and which not even the faithful will pay any attention to because the leader will be gone in a matter of months.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 2d

Banned by Reform Party, Conservative Party, sanctioned by the Russian Government six times - what is @bylinetimes.bsky.social doing right?

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 2d

Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist @davidhencke has attended the Conservative Party conference since 1987, but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke has attended Conservative party conference since 1987 but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

bylinetimes.com

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jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 3d

No longer free to read 🙁

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The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · 4d

UEFA has approved a landmark move to allow Italian and Spanish domestic league matches to be staged abroad while reiterating its “clear opposition” to the plans, which it has granted “on an exceptional basis amid regulatory gaps at global level”.

✍️ @colinmillar.bsky.social

🔗 bit.ly/3IZCRNJ

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jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 5d

Mia Italian Kitchen Dalry. Excellent quality cheap set lunch weekdays. (They also have a restaurant in Morningside but I’ve not been there).

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 5d

Russian strike in the Lviv region murdered a 15-year-old girl and her family. All four of them.

Anastasia Hrytsiv was a 10th-grade student at Lapaivka Lyceum.

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jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 5d

Well said!

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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 5d

A week before the invasion, my friend asked me:

- I don't believe there will be an invasion, but I have a question: maybe that's because I have my own house, car, and business, and I can't believe it could all end in one day? You don't have any of this - how do you assess the situation?".
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Martin Corner @martincorner4.bsky.social · 6d

What does it say about the UK that our 2 traditional parties of power with Reform are chasing this ugly politics of hatred to win votes. It’s nothing to do with making the country better. The billionaires are playing on innate bigotry like an old fiddle to keep their grip on power and money

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 5d

I'm in Manchester for the Conservative conference, where some of the views on show are likely to be fairly extreme. As one example, these quotes from a Kemi Badenoch interview in the Telegraph are the sorts of things which not very long ago would have only *ever* been said by the racist far right.

Tony Diver Associate Political Editor. Ben Riley-Smith Political Editor. Aaron Newbury
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Kemi Badenoch, Conservative Party Conference, Migrant crisis, Reform UK, Nigel Farage, Conservative Party

04 October 2025 9:00pm BST
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Kemi Badenoch arriving at the Conservative Party conference on Saturday
Kemi Badenoch, pictured arriving for the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Saturday, has unveiled a seven-point plan to tackle migration Credit: Eddie Mulholland for The Telegraph

Kemi Badenoch has pledged to deport 150,000 illegal migrants a year with new Trump-style immigration squads.

The Conservative Party leader will use this year’s conference in Manchester to announce how she would reform Britain’s migration system after leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Mrs Badenoch has unveiled a seven-point plan to “secure Britain’s borders”, including a commitment to deport small boat arrivals within a week, refuse any asylum claims by illegal migrants, deport all foreign criminals and remove immigration powers from judges.
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In an interview with The Telegraph, Mrs Badenoch pledged to stop “silly arguments” about human rights from preventing the government from doing the “right thing”.

She said she was “ashamed” Britain’s immigration system had allowed the emergence of grooming gangs, with “foreigners raping our little girls”.

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jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 6d

“ And we are on top of the league etc “. Pressure’s on Celtic 😂

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jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you. Yes, absolutely fantastic, and thoroughly deserved!

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jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 6d

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jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 6d

Thought that too, although seemed to be alone in that opinion with the folk around me!

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jobytheway.bsky.social @jobytheway.bsky.social · 6d

What joy at the final whistle. Scenes I haven’t seen and felt for a long time at Tynecastle. Pure joy! That’s why we support our team! Maroon over Edinburgh tonight 🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻

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Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 6d

Czechia, 74,17% polling places counted:

National parliament election

ANO-PfE: 36.98% (+9.9)
SPOLU-ECR|EPP: 21.52% (-6.3)
STAN-EPP: 11% (n.a.)
SPD-ESN: 8.15% (-1.4)
Piráti-G/EFA: 8% (n.a.)
Auto-PfE: 7% (new)
Stačilo!-NI|S&D: 5% (n.a.)
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+/- vs. 2021 election

➤ europeelects.eu/czechia

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 6d

Czechs finished voting today, likely returning populist billionaire Andrej Babis to power on pledges to raise wages and reduce aid for Ukraine. He's pledged to end an ammunition initiative that sends rounds to Kyiv, saying it's overpriced.

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Populist billionaire Babis seeks comeback in Czech election

Czechs voted on Saturday in the final day of an election likely to return populist billionaire Andrej Babis to power on pledges to raise wages and lift growth, while reducing aid for Ukraine.

www.reuters.com

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Giorgi Koberidze @koberidze.bsky.social · 6d

One of the largest demonstrations in recent months took place in Tbilisi. The majority of the population boycotted the municipal elections and took to the streets demanding the government’s resignation and Georgia’s accession to the European Union. Also, support for Ukraine is present too.

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 6d

Drones that forced Munich airport to halt operations were military reconnaissance drones, BILD reported citing a classified police report. A police helicopter failed to locate the operators.
www.bild.de/regional/mue...

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