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Blue Poppy Publishing @bluepoppypub.bsky.social · 19h

On the eleventh day of Halloween,
My true love gave to me,
11 werewolves prowling,
10 hyenas howling,
9 vultures singing,
8 nettles stinging,
7 harpies screaming,
6 villains scheming,
5 angry trolls,
4 vampire bats,
3 dead rats,
2 smelly cats,
And a whatsit in a thingamy!

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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 1d

I won't be getting a flu jab this year after all because I missed my appointment (ADHD). There was no text or email reminder except the confirmation of the booking days before, and now, there's nothing available unless I drive ten miles to the next town.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Not only are we at record numbers of members and growing every day - this is our highest ever poll rating.

We're just getting started.

This is the politics of the 99% Vs the 1% for a country we can all afford to live in - plenty of room to grow.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 2d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 32% (-3)
LAB: 17% (-2)
CON: 17% (+3)
GRN: 15% (+4)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 8 Oct.
Changes w/ 1 Oct.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for all the really amazing support from Question Time tonight!

You heard it several times (including even from Reform!):

@greenparty.org.uk are surging.

Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk

#BBCQT

Join the Green Party

Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.

join.greenparty.org.uk

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Steve Lucas @steve-lucas.bsky.social · 2d

INKTOBER 2025
Day 9 Heavy

#Inktober #Inktober2025 #Sketch #ink #Art #Day9 #Heavy

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 3d

Omar Yaghi, the new Nobel Laureate, was born to a Palestinian refugee family.

NPR @npr.org · 3d

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi will share the prize. Their structures can "capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyse chemical reactions," the committee said. n.pr/4nOvwQs

Research on metal-organic frameworks gets the chemistry Nobel Prize

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi will share the prize. Their structures can "capture carbon dioxide, store toxic gases or catalyse chemical reactions," the committee said.

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Blue Poppy Publishing @bluepoppypub.bsky.social · 2d

This amazing talented funny artist illustrated three of my own books before becoming much more successful and famous than me.

Amii Illustrates @amiiillustrates.bsky.social · 2d

Heavy 🎈 inktober day 9

Funny comic strip.
“Our top slimmer this week is… Tim”
*tim stands on scales with a bunch of helium balloons lifting him up* *rest of group looks on angrily*
Illustration drawn in simplistic cartoon line art style. By Amii Illustrates.

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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

I laughed long and hard at this when I saw it.
Btw, I've lost over four stone this year with slimming world, no balloons though. 😂

Amii Illustrates @amiiillustrates.bsky.social · 2d

Heavy 🎈 inktober day 9

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johnsoonaye.bsky.social @johnsoonaye.bsky.social · 2d

"We've had 14 years of Conservative austerity. They shut our libraries. They shut our community centres. And then to say integration is the problem. How do you expect people to integrate if you've taken away their services?" ~ @zackpolanski.bsky.social

#JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

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Diana @ditotts.bsky.social · 2d

Emma in the #BBCQT audience thinks some people use benefits as a ‘lifestyle choice’.

I wonder if Emma has tried to live on benefits?

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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Same, and I'm a bloke

Diana @ditotts.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting allegations flying around on #BBCQT tonight…
Personally, given the choice I’d rather have bigger breasts than be a fascist.

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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

I love it when a politician speaks the truth without fear

chiller @thechiller.bsky.social · 2d

He called Yusuf a fascist to his face. 🤣 #bbcqt

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Natalia Kubica @nataliakubica.bsky.social · 2d

Feeling inspired by @zackpolanski.bsky.social's performance on #BBCQT?

Join a growing movement of over 95,000 working together for a fairer, greener society ⬇️

join.greenparty.org.uk

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 2d

This #bbcqt audience is from the West Midlands & isn't taking any of the bullshit dogwhistling about Handsworth from Zia Yusuf (or Robert Jenrick).

They know it's designed to polarise & enrage, & - as @zackpolanski.bsky.social says - to distract from the real causes of poverty & inequality.

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Natalia Kubica @nataliakubica.bsky.social · 2d

"Why is it always hard choices for our working class communities, for people living in poverty?... Why are these not tricky choices for multimillionaires and billionaires? We need to tax wealth, not work. It is time for a tax on the super-rich." ~ @zackpolanski.bsky.social on #BBCQT 💚

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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

He really is, isn't he.
The Labour guy is making some sense too; credit where it's due, but I am fully committed to voting Green anyway.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2d

“You can’t blame austerity on one hand, but then say it’s the immigrants. The immigrants haven’t caused austerity.”

Zack Polanski takes on Reform’s Zia Yusuf over spreading of misinformation on #BBCQT

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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Zack's killing it already.
"Do you ever think immigration is the number one issue because you spread misinformation and fear?"
Brilliant.

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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

Remember all of the ghouls who denied this was happening and did everything they could to make the problem worse from JK Rowling to Wes Streeting. The NHS who did a stitch up report to hide the growing number of suicides from trans youth on the waitlists. They should never be forgiven.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2d

⏰ Don't miss @zackpolanski.bsky.social on BBC Question Time tonight.

💻 BBC iPlayer at 9pm
📺 BBC One at 10.40pm.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · Sep 2

Draw the line. Join the Green Party today ⤵️

join.greenparty.org.uk?utm_source=s...

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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

The website is going to crash tonight after Question Time, I just know it.

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 2d

Morgan McSweeney’s whole strategy just got blown up by a lad from Salford and his 90,000 friends

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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Better yet, universal basic income. Because who the fuck knows which artist will become the next big thing.
Sure as hell nobody in 1960 would have put money on John, Paul, George, and Pete!

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Liam Kirby @lkirbyradstock.bsky.social · 2d

Can we hit 100,000 while @zackpolanski.bsky.social is live on Question Time?

Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 2d

We're at 95,000!
What are you waiting for
join.greenparty.org.uk
Be part of the fastest growing movement for change!

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