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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 1d

A new study in @nature.com shows the world’s biggest oil and gas companies contribute less than 1.5% to renewable energy capacity — despite claiming for years to be leading the energy transition.

one law prof said it "could influence a jury" in climate lawsuits

www.exxonknews.org/p/study-oil-...

Study: Oil companies are not ‘part of the solution’

New research in the journal Nature reveals oil and gas companies own a “marginal” share of global renewable capacity, years after claiming they would lead the energy transition.

www.exxonknews.org

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4h

They know they won't be in power forever. So, they're breaking as much as they can right now, in the hope that whoever follows them won't be able to put it all back together.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Dan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social · 4h

This isn’t funny. Judges only speak to the press when they’re in extreme distress

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 7h

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4h

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3h

So “antifa” is really “inflata” and is a bunch of people protesting in blow up costumes.

Tweet from Meidas_Charise Lee: “THIS IS THE COOLEST WAR ZONE EVER! Portland’s strategy… maybe if we act weird enough they’ll leave!”
Attached is a photo of people in colorful inflatable costumes dancing or moving playfully at night.

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Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · 3h

If you don’t foster kittens for your local animal shelter, you’re missing out.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 3h

Plans for the base started in 2017. Who was president then? 🤔

SMITE! MAGA Melts Down Over New Qatari Air Force Base In Idaho

Dear Humans,

www.thegodpodcast.com

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 3h

Strong 'bald men squabbling over comb' vibes to this attack line. Yes, Nigel Farage drove the economy into a cul de sac with Brexit. But the dude who refused to reverse it out is Keir Starmer.

Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 20h

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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Peter Kay @theonlypeterkay.bsky.social · 8h

In any normally functioning democracy, Farage’s political career would now be over. You would have to invoke unbelievable levels of naivety and stupidity for Farage to dodge this one - and sadly for him such qualities are not on the person specification for the job of Prime Minister.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 4h

A man born in Pretoria, 1971, left for Canada in 1989, might want to wind his neck in (though apartheid South Africa was not necessarily too traumatic place for those who could benefit from apartheid if could manage to resist being too troubled by the racist principles of the state and society)

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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 2h

Brummy condemns racist Robert Jenrick on #BBCQT but accidentally uses racist language!

It was a PERFECT illustration of how the concept of racism is distorted by conservatives to help them get away with it.

Well done Zack Polanski!

Zack Polanski calls out "white faces" Robert Jenrick on Question Time

YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11h

Let's make hope normal again.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 21h

“Britain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers — and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.”

Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.

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umsonst.bsky.social @umsonst.bsky.social · 10h

No shit!

"New research warns that modern agricultural methods are placing the global food supply at increasing risk by weakening the natural resilience of the world’s soils."

#climate #earth #food #uöäü1soils

Agricultural practices can threaten soil resilience through changing feedback loops - npj Sustainable Agriculture

npj Sustainable Agriculture - Agricultural practices can threaten soil resilience through changing feedback loops

www.nature.com

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Louise Crossley @candidepeel.bsky.social · 6h

Again, an MP with some balls needs to use their Parliamentary Privilege to skewer Farage, when he's next in the Commons chamber, over his disavowals of Gill's activities and his connections with both him, and his Russian paymasters.

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 8h

Most people seem to have missed who retweeted this picture of Farage in Gill’s office a few days after Gill began receiving his first bribes from Oleh Voloshyn (Oleg Voloshin). None other than…

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 12h

Farage doubles down on lies about Nation of Sanctuary spending

nation.cymru/news/farage-...

Farage doubles down on lies about Nation of Sanctuary spending

Martin Shipton Reform UK has doubled down on false claims that the Welsh Government’s Nation of Sanctuary programme is spending £55m on asylum seekers, in a signed letter from party leader Nigel Farag...

nation.cymru

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Cotswoldy @ni-gel.bsky.social · 11h

The Times is in the hands of TTT

🤔Think Tank Twats💭

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 12h

To be fair, the government doesn’t talk nearly enough about the economic fallout from Farage’s pet project, Brexit - either what it’s already cost us or what’s still to come.

In both cases, the answer is pretty much the same: a bit shit.

This feels well overdue.

THE 2
TIMES
THE SUNDAY TIMES
Keir Starmer's plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises With Reform UK threatening the end of' two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 15h

Another sign that Marjorie Taylor Greene is starting to make sense.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 12h

Eight Reform UK councils likely to raise tax next year

Despite Nigel Farage’s promises to cut waste and ‘save a lot of money’, senior officials have now admitted they will likely have to resort to tax rises

www.thetimes.com

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 12h

Oh look - Farage.

In the US - again. This time slagging off UK teachers. Next thing you know he’ll be there having a go at our vicars, doctors and nurses.

This man seriously, seriously dislikes Britain, doesn’t he?

This feels like a guaranteed entry into next week’s issue of Bearly Newsworthy.

Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage accuses teachers of
'poisoning our kids' on race issues
Exclusive: Reform UK leader's remarks at event for private US college criticised as 'grossly irresponsible' by NEU leader

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 12h

Morning.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 11h

Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.

He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing.

No one believes you, Nigel.

Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 11h

Where’s Freud when you need him?

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 20h

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.

www.thepinknews.com

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Healthcare was the other bright factor but now the GOP has destroyed it.

Tweet from Bryce Greene reads: “Knew the economy was bad and fake but this is really just insane.” Below is a tweet from spike with the headline: “Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says.”

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