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Lee Spracklen @leespracklen.bsky.social · 5h

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‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance

Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines

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Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 6h

The Washington Post deserves to go out of business.

Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 6h

Reminder that a billionaire owns what is now this rag outlet & his only goal is to stroke Trump's ego so Trump helps him become a trillionaire.

Cancel these rag media outlets & invest in people committed to actual justice. No paywall. Paid sub is entirely optional:
www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 9h

Of course Peter Mandelson introduced Epstein to Blair ... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in No 10 on advice of Peter Mandelson, documents reveal

National Archives papers show how then MP pushed for 2002 meeting between PM and ‘young and vibrant’ financier

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Tom Sutcliffe @tds153.bsky.social · 11h

Is it possible for a country to die of embarrassment?

@realDonald Trump
Thank you to President Putin!

Above a Putin quote about President Trump not winning the Nobel
Peace Prize:
"This award lost credibility. The committee discussed the prize for people who have done nothing for the world."
"He solves complex problems, crises that last for decades."

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DIE ZEIT @zeit.de · 1d

Versinkt Frankreich vor unseren Augen im Chaos? Daniel Cohn-Bendit, der grüne Europäer, ist auch französischer Staatsbürger. Ein Gespräch über unser schönes Nachbarland

Frankreich: "Die Republik ist nicht am Ende, sie muss nur lernen"

Versinkt Frankreich vor unseren Augen im Chaos? Daniel Cohn-Bendit, der grüne Europäer, ist auch französischer Staatsbürger. Ein Gespräch über unser schönes Nachbarland

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 20h

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you?

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Sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates speaker appearance in N.J. canceled over security reasons

Organizers canceled a sold-out Ta-Nehisi Coates event in Montclair citing undisclosed security concerns.

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Lucien Ey @pollhereford.bsky.social · 19h

Those whom the gods would destroy they first make mad, red and nude online.

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 15h

Where’s Freud when you need him?

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Really not good at all that the Christian Right feels emboldened enough to parade in Soho in paramilitary uniforms. www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...

Evangelical 'King's Army' group disrupts traffic in historic LGBTQ+ London district

A right-wing, evangelical group calling itself the King's Army blocked traffic on Old Compton Street in Soho while chanting anti-LGBTQ+ slogans.

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Zach Elsbury @zachelsbury.bsky.social · 19h

Starmer's approach to China is as ironic as it is contemptible.

Yet again, the human rights lawyer PM finds himself in the company of and advancing the interests of those who act contrary the principles he used to defend ... or acting contrary to them himself.

A contemptible idiot.

Labour’s softening stance towards China reinforced by dropped spy case

In an attempt to reset the relationship the government is refusing to describe China as a national security threat despite evidence to the contrary

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 15h

Why people don't trust mainstream politics is a mystery...

Two headlines in a row

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

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Lee Spracklen @leespracklen.bsky.social · 15h

‘Krapp’s Last Tape’ Review: Stephen Rea’s Duet With His Younger Self www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/t...

‘Krapp’s Last Tape’ Review: Stephen Rea’s Duet With His Younger Self

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Lee Spracklen @leespracklen.bsky.social · 15h

Happy 100th Mirthday, Robert Rauschenberg www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/a...

Happy 100th Mirthday, Robert Rauschenberg

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Lee Spracklen @leespracklen.bsky.social · 1d

The Pleasures of Reading Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Master of Doom www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...

The Pleasures of Reading Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Master of Doom

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Martin Rowson @martinrowson.bsky.social · 1d

Latest Graun toon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Martin Rowson on the Gaza ceasefire coming into effect – cartoon

The US-sponsored agreement between Israel and Hamas puts a stop to the fighting for the first time in six months

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Lee Spracklen @leespracklen.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Colm Tóibín: Why I set up a press to publish Nobel winner László Krasznahorkai

The Irish novelist discovered the Hungarian writer two decades ago, and was excited by the verbal pyrotechnics of a rule-breaking storyteller

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Lee Spracklen @leespracklen.bsky.social · 1d

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Martin Rowson on the Gaza ceasefire coming into effect – cartoon

The US-sponsored agreement between Israel and Hamas puts a stop to the fighting for the first time in six months

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1d

Guy who is zip-tying American children and shooting pastors on the head with pepper balls wants Peace Prize.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The Speaker of the House is telling the Fox News audience that a peaceful demonstration by Americans on the National Mall will actually be a gathering of organizations the administration has designated as violent terrorists.

Seems bad?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

The Rutgers TPUSA chapter — whose characterization of a historian there as a “outspoken, well-known antifa member” led to death threats and moving his family to Europe — think *other* people are being “blatantly defamatory.”

Not them, though. They’re doing politics the right way.

Rutgers TPUSA officers slam petition to shut down chapter, ‘Blatantly defamatory’

Alexander Di Filippo accuses Turning Point USA of inciting violence against Antifa handbook author Mark Bray.

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 1d

Michael Longley, from 'Ghost Orchid'

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Pubs could stay open longer under Starmer plan to revive British night out

Who will provide extra police, staff, public services?

Nights out restricted due to cost of living crisis

Govt can help hospitality industry by cutting energy/water bills, rents, improving public transport.

Pubs could stay open longer under Starmer plan to revive British night out

PM’s initiative, which could lead to ‘bonfire’ of old licensing rules, aims to ‘bring the buzz back’ to high streets

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

I am watching otherwise intelligent people talk themselves into thinking Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize in real time

The world has gone fecking mad

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 2d

The Israel-Hamas peace agreement “grew directly out of Trump’s desperate thirst for the Nobel,” Jonathan Chait argues. “If dangling the award in front of Trump encourages him to work hard to end conflicts,” we must wonder what will happen if he gets it:

Trump’s Nobel Thirst Is Actually Great for the World

The president’s ego inspires plenty of bad choices, but his desire for a Peace Prize is proving useful.

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David J. Loehr @djl.bsky.social · 2d

Fucking delusional.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Chris Ames @christoframes.bsky.social · 2d

Stewart Lee described participants as “evil, amoral, grifting bastards”.

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‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punitive amputation, jail for satirists … these are the human rights abuses fuelling the fury now being directed at the likes of Louis CK and Dave Chappe...

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Martin Rowson @martinrowson.bsky.social · 2d

Latest Graun toon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Martin Rowson on the Gaza ceasefire – cartoon

Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the initial phase of a ceasefire plan in Gaza

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