Marge von Marge
@margevonmarge.bsky.social
🏳🌈 RSD, AuDHD, FMS, MDD, PCOS, ACAB etc.... 🏳️🌈
If I happen to block or mute you, please don’t take it personally. It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s just that I never want to hear from you again. Ever.
If I happen to block or mute you, please don’t take it personally. It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s just that I never want to hear from you again. Ever.
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I support trans rights, I believe that black lives matter. I believe in science and socialism and that animals lives are worth saving. I'm an atheist but I believe in freedom of worship but I do not believe in people using their faith to attack others. Misanthropic antifascist world-weary pacifist.
"“Trump’s plan to end the war in Ukraine exposes the failure of the EU’s appeasement strategy. Giving in to his demands on military spending, tariffs, digital deregulation, multinational taxation and energy supplies has achieved nothing." - Josep Borrell www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The week Europe realised it stands alone against Russian expansionism
Washington’s Putin-appeasing plan for peace in Ukraine has failed, but many heard death knell sounded for European reliance on US protection
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"“Trump’s plan to end the war in Ukraine exposes the failure of the EU’s appeasement strategy. Giving in to his demands on military spending, tariffs, digital deregulation, multinational taxation and energy supplies has achieved nothing." - Josep Borrell www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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On Nov. 24, the UN called for aid to be allowed into Gaza, humanitarian corridors created, sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel, full media access to occupied Palestinian territory, investigations into violations of international law and the considerations of a UN-led intervention.
November 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
On Nov. 24, the UN called for aid to be allowed into Gaza, humanitarian corridors created, sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel, full media access to occupied Palestinian territory, investigations into violations of international law and the considerations of a UN-led intervention.
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A question for police in Bristol: How big does a paper sign need to be exactly to be considered terrorism? 🤔
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A question for police in Bristol: How big does a paper sign need to be exactly to be considered terrorism? 🤔
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My letter in today's Financial Times
#DisabilityRights #Discrimination #Equalities
@disabledgreens.bsky.social
#DisabilityRights #Discrimination #Equalities
@disabledgreens.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Today is International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. On this day every year, the UN urges immediate action in an effort to grant Palestinians sovereignty and independence from the Israeli Occupation. #palestine London March: Hyde Park Corner to Whitehall. noon-5pm shorturl.at/begyB
November 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Today is International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. On this day every year, the UN urges immediate action in an effort to grant Palestinians sovereignty and independence from the Israeli Occupation. #palestine London March: Hyde Park Corner to Whitehall. noon-5pm shorturl.at/begyB
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Russia writing US policy. For discussion of the implications of this please listen to my conversation with Michael Weiss on Thinking Live:
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
New: @theins.press saw the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan six months ago in draft form—except it was all Dmitriev. Bloomberg reports now Dmitriev told Ushakov he’d pass along a Russian plan and the Americans “can present it as their own”: theins.press/en/politics/...
Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev
Since it was first published on Nov. 20, the much-discussed 28-point plan for ending the war in Ukraine has borne all the signs of a Kremlin information operation. In fact, many of its most controvers...
theins.press
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Russia writing US policy. For discussion of the implications of this please listen to my conversation with Michael Weiss on Thinking Live:
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
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Happy Gävlebocken season! Every year since 1966, Gävle, Sweden, has erected a massive version of Scandinavia's traditional straw Yule goat. It is so attractive to vandals—particularly arsonists—that in the previous 59 years, only 17 goats have survived fully intact. Good luck in 2025, Gävlebocken!
The Gävlebocken cam is live folks, this is not a drill
The Gävle Goat LIVE 2025 | Lofi Christmas mix
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November 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Happy Gävlebocken season! Every year since 1966, Gävle, Sweden, has erected a massive version of Scandinavia's traditional straw Yule goat. It is so attractive to vandals—particularly arsonists—that in the previous 59 years, only 17 goats have survived fully intact. Good luck in 2025, Gävlebocken!
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NEW: Our DEFRA FOI reveals the budget for local councils to tackle #AirPollution has gone from £225 million a year to just £1.5 million in the last five years.
Cutting air pollution budgets by 99% at a time when children are still breathing illegal & toxic levels of dirty air is indefensible.
Cutting air pollution budgets by 99% at a time when children are still breathing illegal & toxic levels of dirty air is indefensible.
Funding for air pollution cut 99%, campaigners raise alarm
Mums for Lungs warned the cuts will significantly delay efforts to reduce emissions to levels recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO). New research from the parent campaign group shows fund...
airqualitynews.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
NEW: Our DEFRA FOI reveals the budget for local councils to tackle #AirPollution has gone from £225 million a year to just £1.5 million in the last five years.
Cutting air pollution budgets by 99% at a time when children are still breathing illegal & toxic levels of dirty air is indefensible.
Cutting air pollution budgets by 99% at a time when children are still breathing illegal & toxic levels of dirty air is indefensible.
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Books & films by artists who back Palestine Action may disappear from Britain, Sally Rooney tells High Court
Author Sally Rooney told a judicial review that books may be withdrawn from sale after Downing Street said she risked committing a terrorist offence
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/book...
Author Sally Rooney told a judicial review that books may be withdrawn from sale after Downing Street said she risked committing a terrorist offence
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/book...
Books and films by artists who back Palestine Action may disappear from Britain, Sally Rooney tells High Court
ARTISTS who support Palestine Action may no longer be paid for works published in Britain in “a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression,” the High Court heard today....
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Books & films by artists who back Palestine Action may disappear from Britain, Sally Rooney tells High Court
Author Sally Rooney told a judicial review that books may be withdrawn from sale after Downing Street said she risked committing a terrorist offence
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/book...
Author Sally Rooney told a judicial review that books may be withdrawn from sale after Downing Street said she risked committing a terrorist offence
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/book...
Labour run Southwark Council x Mayor of London slashing affordable homes requirement on new builds from 35% to 20% Developers are pushing for even lower 12% So few council homes getting built too. Only 7% living in here can afford market price homes! #inequality 🤬 www.35percent.org/posts/mayor-...
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Labour run Southwark Council x Mayor of London slashing affordable homes requirement on new builds from 35% to 20% Developers are pushing for even lower 12% So few council homes getting built too. Only 7% living in here can afford market price homes! #inequality 🤬 www.35percent.org/posts/mayor-...
This is mint!
A Christmal Carol.. of HOPE. 😂
PS: includes a cameo by an iceberg lettuce... 🤣
A Christmal Carol.. of HOPE. 😂
PS: includes a cameo by an iceberg lettuce... 🤣
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This is mint!
A Christmal Carol.. of HOPE. 😂
PS: includes a cameo by an iceberg lettuce... 🤣
A Christmal Carol.. of HOPE. 😂
PS: includes a cameo by an iceberg lettuce... 🤣
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AI weapons are being used in ongoing conflicts — reducing people to data points that match target profiles. Right now, people make the final choice to strike in conflict, but without regulation soon that will be another decision made by machines. We must #StopKillerRobots now.
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
AI weapons are being used in ongoing conflicts — reducing people to data points that match target profiles. Right now, people make the final choice to strike in conflict, but without regulation soon that will be another decision made by machines. We must #StopKillerRobots now.
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BREAKING: The EU watchdog just replied to our complaints. And she stands with us.
She has found that the @ec.europa.eu committed maladministration when it prepared its Omnibus I and 2024 CAP proposals to roll back key environmental protections.
Here are the findings:⬇️
She has found that the @ec.europa.eu committed maladministration when it prepared its Omnibus I and 2024 CAP proposals to roll back key environmental protections.
Here are the findings:⬇️
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
BREAKING: The EU watchdog just replied to our complaints. And she stands with us.
She has found that the @ec.europa.eu committed maladministration when it prepared its Omnibus I and 2024 CAP proposals to roll back key environmental protections.
Here are the findings:⬇️
She has found that the @ec.europa.eu committed maladministration when it prepared its Omnibus I and 2024 CAP proposals to roll back key environmental protections.
Here are the findings:⬇️
next event: @pscupdates.bsky.social International Day for Palestine. 29th Nov. Hyde Park Corner to Whitehall. 12noon - 430pm. @friendsofalaqsa.bsky.social @cnduk.bsky.social @bdsmovement.bsky.social #palestine #solidarity @stwc.bsky.social details of travel: shorturl.at/zWum8 #endoccupation #peace
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
next event: @pscupdates.bsky.social International Day for Palestine. 29th Nov. Hyde Park Corner to Whitehall. 12noon - 430pm. @friendsofalaqsa.bsky.social @cnduk.bsky.social @bdsmovement.bsky.social #palestine #solidarity @stwc.bsky.social details of travel: shorturl.at/zWum8 #endoccupation #peace
Incredibly interesting insight on the real issue with carbon capture as a means of meeting climate goals. Like the trade in carbon credits it's not a sustainable long term solution but another "fix" that keeps oil and gas at the centre of energy policy. Just using imported sources of fossil fuel...
3/ ... so the plan is not climate friendly at all. It transfers most of the problem away from UK sources of O&G, but massively increases it via ex-terriorial supply chains.
Read more here: scrapcc.org/BLOG
Read more here: scrapcc.org/BLOG
Autumn 2025 update: Scrap Carbon Capture when it is based on gas
Time for Governments to review the science and remove CCS from its climate plans
scrapcc.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Incredibly interesting insight on the real issue with carbon capture as a means of meeting climate goals. Like the trade in carbon credits it's not a sustainable long term solution but another "fix" that keeps oil and gas at the centre of energy policy. Just using imported sources of fossil fuel...
c.org/4H5DW4NMXM JCWI x Action Against Detention and Deportations (AADD) #petition to put pressure on Air France, one of the airlines complicit in the cruel deportation of people seeking asylum on board their commercial flights, as part of the new ‘one in, one out’ scheme between the UK and France.
We Can Make an Impact.
Boycott Air France: Stop cruel deportations // Mettez fin aux expulsions inhumaines
c.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
c.org/4H5DW4NMXM JCWI x Action Against Detention and Deportations (AADD) #petition to put pressure on Air France, one of the airlines complicit in the cruel deportation of people seeking asylum on board their commercial flights, as part of the new ‘one in, one out’ scheme between the UK and France.
London doggo at #1 spot!!! If you ever need a palate cleanser, WeRateDogs is the best! So glad they're on Bluesky.
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
London doggo at #1 spot!!! If you ever need a palate cleanser, WeRateDogs is the best! So glad they're on Bluesky.
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This Budget is yet another episode in the long running saga of failures to seize opportunities to support Grassroots Music Venues. The Government’s rhetoric on their support for this vital sector is completely undone by the reality of their business rates decision.
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This Budget is yet another episode in the long running saga of failures to seize opportunities to support Grassroots Music Venues. The Government’s rhetoric on their support for this vital sector is completely undone by the reality of their business rates decision.
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25 years ago, the Palermo Protocol provided the ‘gold standard’ definition of human trafficking & mandated governments to protect & support victims.
But countries, including the UK, are falling behind in meeting those commitments.
Read more: www.helenbamber.org/resources/la...
But countries, including the UK, are falling behind in meeting those commitments.
Read more: www.helenbamber.org/resources/la...
November 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
25 years ago, the Palermo Protocol provided the ‘gold standard’ definition of human trafficking & mandated governments to protect & support victims.
But countries, including the UK, are falling behind in meeting those commitments.
Read more: www.helenbamber.org/resources/la...
But countries, including the UK, are falling behind in meeting those commitments.
Read more: www.helenbamber.org/resources/la...
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As the govt considers further changes to support for people seeking asylum, it’s vital they consult survivors and experts & consider the impact on vulnerable groups. We hope this challenge helps ensure that happens.
Please support us, donate here: www.crowdjustice.com/case/fight-t...
Please support us, donate here: www.crowdjustice.com/case/fight-t...
Fight to protect survivors in harmful asylum accomodation
The Helen Bamber Foundation is a specialist clinical and human rights charity that works with survivors of trafficking, torture and other forms of extreme human cruelty.
www.crowdjustice.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
As the govt considers further changes to support for people seeking asylum, it’s vital they consult survivors and experts & consider the impact on vulnerable groups. We hope this challenge helps ensure that happens.
Please support us, donate here: www.crowdjustice.com/case/fight-t...
Please support us, donate here: www.crowdjustice.com/case/fight-t...
A Birmingham based national demo noon Sat 13th December for migrants and refugee rights. #nooneisillegal #weareheretostay Organised by
@migrantsrights.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social
@migrantsrights.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A Birmingham based national demo noon Sat 13th December for migrants and refugee rights. #nooneisillegal #weareheretostay Organised by
@migrantsrights.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social
@migrantsrights.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social
A massive fire has devastated Dhaka’s largest slum, Korail, on Tuesday night, destroying about 1,500 homes and leaving thousands of residents homeless. Sajida Foundation works locally. #bangladesh www.sajida.org/engage-with-... Donations will help provide food, blankets, hygiene packs, dignity.
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A massive fire has devastated Dhaka’s largest slum, Korail, on Tuesday night, destroying about 1,500 homes and leaving thousands of residents homeless. Sajida Foundation works locally. #bangladesh www.sajida.org/engage-with-... Donations will help provide food, blankets, hygiene packs, dignity.
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The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report all products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report all products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Eat less meat. Waste less food.
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Eat less meat. Waste less food.