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Lonely Joe Parker @lonelyjoeparker.bsky.social · 6d

The Orchid buzz is amazing (was straight onto the waiting list).. But scary to contemplate the best ways to be a financially sustainable touring musician in 2025 are:

1. Launch a line of hardware synths, attach Matt Berry and Germaine to the promo campaign

2. Dole office

3. Be Taylor Swift

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 6d

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

bylinetimes.com

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Lonely Joe Parker @lonelyjoeparker.bsky.social · 6d

Also: police in balaklavas with no personal ID is authoritarian AF

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 6d

It breaks my mind that two British political parties have seen scenes like this and decided to try and replicate it in Britain. Thuggary, lawlessness, state brutality. Farage and Badenoch decided they liked the look of it.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 7d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 8d

The Bakerloop is a brand-new express bus service connecting Waterloo with Lewisham.

There’s still time to try out the BL1 free of charge this weekend, until Sunday 5 October.

See more:

New Bakerloop bus route launches between Waterloo and Lewisham

The BL1, which links Waterloo and Lewisham, launches with free fares for its first week of operation.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Lonely Joe Parker @lonelyjoeparker.bsky.social · 8d

Question: who's using Seaborn? Thoughts? #python

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kristinfo.bsky.social @kristinfo.bsky.social · 12d

Gravy Seals

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 12d

"Fwee speech, fwee speech!" squeaks that champion of British values, Nigel Farage. *

* Disclaimer: Reform UK Ltd does not believe in free speech when exercised by:

The Prime Minister.

Reporters who don't kowtow to power-mad local nobodies.

Anyone they disagree with.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nottingham Post launches legal challenge over Reform press ban

Council leader Mick Barton has not spoken to journalists from the Nottingham Post since August.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ken Bardsley @kenbar.bsky.social · 11d

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 9d

analysts and investors always watch their words when it comes to politics but this is... not that. strange times.

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 9d

Trump’s attacks are casting a chill on what Wall Street says - important column here from @katie0martin.ft.com here. Market participant say fear of retribution from the president is leading to signs of self-censorship. www.ft.com/content/2f34...

Trump’s attacks cast a chill on what Wall Street says

Economists and investors say there are scattered signs of self-censorship

www.ft.com

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 9d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 9d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

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Lonely Joe Parker @lonelyjoeparker.bsky.social · 8d

Good riddance

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 9d

Which whale species did I see? Leatherwood et al. (1982, p. 10) is hard to beat...

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Lonely Joe Parker @lonelyjoeparker.bsky.social · 8d

Yawn, golf is for boring yuppies and their spawn..

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 9d

"For the next 15 years, give us a subsidy from public money, and remove the disincentive for us to stop dumping raw sewage, so our creditors are rescued from the consequences of their own greed" is not, I have to say, the world's most appealing pitch. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Thames Water creditors ask for up to 15 years’ leniency from river pollution rules

Lenders say a ‘full return to legal, regulatory and environmental compliance’ under new rescue plan would not be completed until at least 2035-2040

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10d

"I'm here to talk about what others won’t. To tell the truth about what makes our country great and what makes it not so great. While others thrive on creating scapegoats, I am here to tell you a different story."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski

Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

www.theguardian.com

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 8d

This #WorldFungusDay meet the gut mycobiome, the fungi living in our gut 🔬

What fungi live in the gut? Meet the gut mycobiome - Quadram Institute

Our gastrointestinal tract is teeming with microbes. The fungal component of the microbiome is known as the mycobiome.

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 9d

This family-friendly social ride by the LCC Women's Network is in just over 3 weeks! 👀

It's an easy ride on Sun 26 October through central London parks, for all abilities, supported by @forestbike_uk

Sign up for your free place 👇

lcc.org.uk/events/wn-fa...

Two people of colour share a tandem bike. The front rider is a child and both are smiling

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 9d

Nigel Farage accuses Keir Starmer of "emboldening" anti-semites.

This Nigel Farage

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 9d

Rattled, much?

A speech about unity, community and cohesion.

About the 99% Vs the 1%.

I'm not surprised the Labour Party didn't quite get that....

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Labour party response to Zacks speech. Guardian.com/livefeed

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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 9d

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 9d

The sad thing about the owners' contempt towards the userbase is that Bluesky is genuinely a far better Twitter alternative, from a user experience the lack of an algorithm that only seemed to push conflict and suppress people I was following is a staggering difference. You got a good thing here!