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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 8h

Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 10h

This Roger Ailes... 'He is considered controversial due to the numerous allegations of sexual harassment against him throughout his career and for allegedly creating a misogynistic environment at Fox News'

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 1d

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UK Politics @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 14h

Refuk’s Kremlin r🐀t Farage: “Gill is a bad apple for taking bribes from terrorist state Russia.”
Also Farage: “The West ‘provoked’ Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by expanding the European Union and NATO eastwards.”
So, is he also a bad apple taking bribes from a terrorist state? #ukpolitics

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Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 15h

He's going to wake up one day, when Trump's dead / in prison / disgraced and think 'Oh god... did I really say that?' 😳

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Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 15h

Johnny Diamond, Paddy O'Connell & Chris Mason are lightweight, obsequious & in fear of Tim Davie & Robbie Gibb. No attempt to speak truth to power. "In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot". Maya Angelou.

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Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 16h

😂 He's surpassed himself this time!

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20h

They're going to put an enormous lawsuit magnet in the sky.
mastodon.social/@sundogplane...

Prof. Sam Lawler (@[email protected])

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disas...

mastodon.social

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Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 19h

Loopy idea of the year. Actually make that this morning, Trump isn't up yet.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20h

They're going to put an enormous lawsuit magnet in the sky.
mastodon.social/@sundogplane...

Prof. Sam Lawler (@[email protected])

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disas...

mastodon.social

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Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 19h

How come we humans have so much ingenuity but so little common sense?

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Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 19h

Exactly - peace is a philosophy not an act to gain a bauble. By this evening Trump will have forgotten it - he's not capable of coming up with that 20 point plan. I expect he'll have moved on to releasing the Epstein files in their entirety, unredacted...

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Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 19h

It would be obscene if Trump wins next year. He backed, & armed Israel in the conflict. Interesting he only turned against Netanyahu post the Qatar attack - after all they're giving Trump a big shiny plane & that might have been in jeopardy. Next year's winner Putin for not killing all Ukrainians

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Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 19h

At the end of Today this a.m. BBC's Amol Rajan talked over & distorted what Nina Græger of the Peace Research Inst. was saying - that Trump's other policies have to be considered. Rajan: (paraphrase) 'Of course other candidates would have to be considered as well'
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Today - 10/10/2025 - BBC Sounds

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 19h

3/3
instructed the crowd to march on the US Capitol
30/5/24 Jurors in a New York criminal trial against former President Donald Trump convicted him on 34 felony counts. This is the first time a former or sitting U.S. president has been convicted of criminal charges.'

Then there's the Epstein files

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Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 19h

2/3
to safety & then stated something suggesting that 'Pence should be hanged'. During the "Save America" rally, Trump delivered a speech filled with violent imagery knowing that some of his supporters were armed. He demanded that armed supporters be allowed to enter the rally and later

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Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 19h

1/3 Difficult to see how Trump could be nominated for a Peace Prize let alone win it.
'On Jan 6 21, the US Capitol was attacked by supporters of President Trump in an attempted self-coup.
White House chief of staff Meadows told coworkers Trump complained about (VP) Mike Pence being escorted

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 20h

The Tories are heading towards extinction because once you've fed voters with enough far-right poison, they vote for the real fascists, not your pale copy. They vote for the leaders, not the Tory followers scrabbling along after them.

You defeat fascism by fighting it, relentlessly, tooth and nail.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 22h

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 21h

I’ve always been clear that no one should have to sleep rough on our streets.

This additional funding from government will support our Rough Sleeping Action Plan and our work with London Councils to prevent people becoming homeless.

Poster from the Mayor of London announcing £36.5 million in government funding to help Londoners facing homelessness. The text reads: ‘GREAT NEWS – Government announces £36.5M to help Londoners facing homelessness.’ It details funding allocations: £28.4m to prevent and end rough sleeping, £7.1m to support families in temporary accommodation with essentials, and £960k for drug and alcohol treatment for people sleeping rough or at risk of homelessness. The background shows a dimly lit city street or alleyway.

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Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 21h

Now Trump's achieved peace (using Biden's plan) he can immediately release the Epstein files!
@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social @algreen.house.gov

Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 21h

Not so fast Trump. They don't often give Nobel prizes to criminals with 34 recent convictions & the 'peace' looks shaky at best as Israel continues air strikes.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...

Live updates: Israel approves Trump’s plan for Gaza ceasefire and hostage release

A ceasefire was due to come into effect once Israel had given its approval, but eyewitnesses tell the BBC there were strikes on Gaza overnight.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 22h

'Armoured vehicles and tanks remain stationed in several areas that were expected to be evacuated under the first phase of the plan, including parts of Khan Younis in southern Gaza and along the coastal road.'

Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 22h

Before the world gets over excited about the long overdue prospect of peace...

'A ceasefire was due to come into effect once the Israeli cabinet had given its approval - but eyewitnesses tell the BBC there were air strikes in parts of Gaza overnight'

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 23h

Israel will we hope stop bombing Gaza, maybe even stop extending their terror on the west bank. Russia is still bombing Ukraine. Sorry for the bad news. Worse as to the number of people for whom only one of these matters. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Massive’ Russian attack on Ukraine capital triggers blackouts and sets high-rise alight

Powerful blasts reported in Kyiv as missiles and drones target energy infrastructure, injuring nine

www.theguardian.com

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Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 22h

Minimum requirement - peace has to hold for 5+ years, Gaza rebuilt, & a Palestinian state in place, before Biden & Trump should even be considered for a joint peace prize.

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