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Darran McLaughlin @mcdarran.bsky.social · 1d

I just learnt that over £100,000 of NHS funds have been wasted on defending bullying instead of paying frontline staff fairly.

Sign the petition to demand that Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust investigate how their CEO, Kevin McNamara, treats NHS staff. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Say no to bullying of NHS staff

Treatment of striking NHS staff This helps to explain the treatment of NHS workers on strike in Gloucestershire in recent months.  A small but mighty group of workers have been on strike since...

www.megaphone.org.uk

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Darran McLaughlin @mcdarran.bsky.social · 1d

Did we see the Gursky exhibition at the white cube bermondsey together?

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Marianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #BookshopDay! I popped down to @bookhaus.bsky.social where I’ll be discussing Britain’s energy past & future with @dominicmhinde.bsky.social on 29 Oct (tix available!) - just 1 of loads of talks they do. My book is out Tuesday @manchesterup.bsky.social - ask your local bookshop to order it ☺️

A woman stands in front of bokkshelves holding a book called Electric Wind

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 6d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 9d

On the 1st of October 1965, the US collaborated in initiating a coup against Sukarno, the first president of independent Indonesia. The coup-makers installed a brutal right-wing dictatorship that systematically exterminated up to one million people with the direct support of the CIA.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 11d

Extraordinary stuff.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13d

Videos show torrents of water gushing through the streets of Spain’s Valencia after heavy rainfall, raising fears of a repeat of last year’s floods, the deadliest in decades.

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Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · 18d

🌱TODAY🌱

@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance

🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...

:events – bookhaus:

Bookhaus, 4 Rope Walk, Bristol BS1 6ZJ. Opening hours. Mon & Tues 9am – 6pm, Wed – Sat 9am – 8pm, Sun 10am – 6pm

www.bookhausbristol.com

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Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · 19d

🌱TOMORROW🌱

@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance

🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...

:events – bookhaus:

Bookhaus, 4 Rope Walk, Bristol BS1 6ZJ. Opening hours. Mon & Tues 9am – 6pm, Wed – Sat 9am – 8pm, Sun 10am – 6pm

www.bookhausbristol.com

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Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · 21d

🌱BOOK EVENT🌱

@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance

🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...

:events – bookhaus:

Bookhaus, 4 Rope Walk, Bristol BS1 6ZJ. Opening hours. Mon & Tues 9am – 6pm, Wed – Sat 9am – 8pm, Sun 10am – 6pm

www.bookhausbristol.com

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Darran McLaughlin @mcdarran.bsky.social · 23d

Where is Alan Partridge on that list? Ridiculous

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Rob 🏳️‍🌈 @rotster.bsky.social · 24d

TRUMP JUST PATTED STARMER LIKE A PET DOG!

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Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · 25d

🌱BOOK EVENT🌱

@kmilb.bsky.social and Frances Northrop discuss Radical Abundance

🗓️Wed, Sept 24
⏰6 pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e136...

:events – bookhaus:

Bookhaus, 4 Rope Walk, Bristol BS1 6ZJ. Opening hours. Mon & Tues 9am – 6pm, Wed – Sat 9am – 8pm, Sun 10am – 6pm

www.bookhausbristol.com

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 26d

You know how I hate to harp on about this, but nothing is ever going to change until we address it: How can this have happened when all our loudest political commentators stridently agreed *for years* that the public were crying out for these Serious people and these Sensible policies?

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 26d

Government approval falls to its lowest level since Labour took office, with a net score of -61 (fieldwork 13-15 Sep 2025)

Approve: 11% (-1 from 6-8 Sep)
Disapprove: 72% (+3)
Net: -61 (-4)

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 26d

New Tyler Robinson posts leaked to me tell a very different story than you've heard before:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...

Exclusive: Leaked Messages from Charlie Kirk Assassin

Accused shooter’s “politics” is not what government and media say

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 27d

New research published in The Lancet finds that Western unilateral sanctions have caused 38 million deaths since 1970. The average death toll ranges from 400,000 to over 1 million per year.

Staggering levels of violence. This system is intolerable and must be replaced.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · Sep 2

This will be good! Miranda Kaufman with her new book…

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Darran McLaughlin @mcdarran.bsky.social · 28d

Join me this evening as I discuss Indignity with @leaypi.bsky.social

bookhaus @bookhaus.bsky.social · Sep 10

Come and join us next Monday the 15th to celebrate the publication of Indignity by @leaypi.bsky.social! Tickets are available here hdfst.uk/e132120

Darran McLaughlin @mcdarran.bsky.social · 28d

Here's the group. Everyone loved the book!

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 29d

Where is Keir Starmer? Where is the leadership?

Fascists marched on our streets yesterday and he hasn’t said a single word.

Instead the Prime Minister spends his time defending the “best pals” of paedophiles.

He is a coward. He should resign.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · Sep 12

Republican Flip Flop

4 panel comic

Panel 1: silhouette of a hooded figure

Panel 2: Republican screaming “ KILL THAT TR*NNY F*GGOT”

Panel 3: hooded figure turns to reveal that he is a Republican

Panel 4: First Republican falls to his knees. He grips the shooter’s hand and looks to the heavens. He says “God forgive this young man. He knows not what he did”

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Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · Sep 7

🚨 BREAKING | 1,339 people have now been arrested on "terrorism" charges in 2025, with almost all of them busted for holding signs at pro-Palestine protests.

This is more than any year on record, by far.

(Source: Home Office)

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · Sep 10

Newly released emails from Mandelson to Epstein - “I think the world of you and I feel hopeless and furious about what has happened.

"It just could not happen in Britain... fight for early release and be philosophical about it as much as you can."

www.thesun.co.uk/news/3665359...

Epstein’s pal Mandelson COACHED paedo through arrest, leaked emails reveal

PETER Mandelson coached “best pal” Jeffrey Epstein through his “years of torture” over teen sex allegations, leaked emails suggest. While the predator was facing charges in June 2008 over solicitin…

www.thesun.co.uk

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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · Sep 10

EXCLUSIVE: @bloomberg.com has obtained more than 100 previously undisclosed emails between UK Ambassador Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein from 2005 through 2010 that reveal Mandelson's steadfast support for Epstein after Epstein was charged with sex crimes

🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

UK Ambassador Told Epstein ‘I Think the World of You,’ Emails Reveal

Peter Mandelson, the prominent Labour politician who was named British ambassador to the US this year, expressed steadfast support and offered to discuss Epstein’s now-infamous 2008 case with his cont...

www.bloomberg.com

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bookhaus @bookhaus.bsky.social · Sep 10

Come and join us next Monday the 15th to celebrate the publication of Indignity by @leaypi.bsky.social! Tickets are available here hdfst.uk/e132120

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