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Des@CambsCustomCycles @des-cccycles.bsky.social · 6h

Should have done this a long time ago really, get on and join everyone!

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Hannibal Lecter's Active Cowper's Gland @felixffern.bsky.social · 16h

If you're wondering how things are going in the UK right now, a load of people want this man to be Prime Minister.

Tweet by Nigel Farage:
The National Trust has put vegan tampons in men's toilets. God help us.

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Adam Fare 🖤🤍💜 @adamfare1996.bsky.social · 8h

This incessant focus on employment, even for people who can potentially work, is ridiculous in my view.

The primary focus for any disabled person should be supporting them to maximise their quality of life before anything else is even considered.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7h

Greens growing. Reform ratttled.

PS - I changed my name back to my family's original Jewish name because I'm proud of being Jewish. If Tice think that makes me a weirdo, I think that makes him an antisemite.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Tice "green party leader Zack Polanski is a weirdo. Changed his name, claimed hypnosis could increase women's breast size, thinks me should compete in women's sport, thinks women can have a penis. Other than that he's fine. Vote Green. Get weirdo."

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7h

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 19h

This is it exactly.

For a century, we've had too many dudes at the table designing our infrastructure. The result is a hostile environment built for people who are "comfortable being uncomfortable," which leaves almost everyone else behind.

A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 20h

At a transportation research conference that is still probably about 90% dudes. We miss so much in planning and engineering our communities when everyone in the room has similar experiences of how people interact with you in public space.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22h

What if you had to take your drivers test at least every 10 years?

A lot changes over time. Including knowledge/memory of the road rules, driver skills and ability, and the size and deadliness of vehicles.

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Owain Sutton @owainsutton.bsky.social · 20h

Yeeesh.

"A birth male" is the newest term to be forced on us by the bigots among the judiciary.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

A man gets a blowjob from a trans woman and his friends make fun of him so he goes to the police to claim she lied about being a woman. She was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to nearly 2 years in prison because of a man's shame.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Thornaby transgender woman jailed for deception sex assault

Ciara Watkin's victim says he would not have agreed to sex had he known she was biologically male.

www.bbc.com

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Harry @harry-is-human.bsky.social · 1d

Britain's 'justice' system is utterly fucked.

The 'victim' here is a POS for the record. And not a victim.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

A man gets a blowjob from a trans woman and his friends make fun of him so he goes to the police to claim she lied about being a woman. She was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to nearly 2 years in prison because of a man's shame.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Thornaby transgender woman jailed for deception sex assault

Ciara Watkin's victim says he would not have agreed to sex had he known she was biologically male.

www.bbc.com

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Owain Sutton @owainsutton.bsky.social · 20h

I especially love the way that "Mum, when are you EVER going to use that stupid costume again, why are you keeping it?" questions have matured.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 23h

Portland is doing well making clear the ridiculousness of the military takeover.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

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Owain Sutton @owainsutton.bsky.social · 20h

Having seen this happen over and over, my mum is very determined to do the clearing-out and down-sizing herself. The big challenge is taking dad along with the plan.

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lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social @lizzybeesoraya.bsky.social · 1d

There are many reasons to be concerned about the govt's digital ID scheme, but this is not one of them. Please do not spread this misinformation, it makes those opposing digital ID look like a bunch of conspiracy theorists.

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BBC airing false claim about Euan Blair blamed on young producers ‘marinated in social media’

Broadcaster apologised after Have I Got News For You falsely said former PM’s son had won digital ID contract

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

As @ProjectLiberal points out — it Seems Senator @MarshaBlackburn has no clue what doxxing is (or free speech)

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Owain Sutton @owainsutton.bsky.social · 20h

I sympathise - my violent stabbing is at 11.10am tomorrow.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22h

I called this out on #BBCQT last night and I'm calling it out again now.

He is gaslighting a nation.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Farage insists ex-Reform UK Wales leader convicted of bribery is ‘bad apple’

Farage said he was shocked by Nathan Gill’s admissions relating to pro-Russia statements Nigel Farage has insisted his party’s former leader in Wales who was convicted of taking pro-Russian bribes was a “bad apple” who betrayed him. The Reform UK leader was in Caerphilly campaigning for his candidate in a forthcoming Senedd byelection when he was asked about his links to Nathan Gill. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22h

Membership at record levels.

Polling at record levels.

Winning elections at record levels.

What a time to be in @greenparty.org.uk

metro.co.uk/2025/10/10/z...

Zack Polanski: I went on Question Time - I was blown away by the response

The response has been quite overwhelming.

metro.co.uk

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone in the country should know this name

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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 1d

Zack Polanski is a breath of fresh air, because he is exposing far right populism and all the lies. And everyone is listening because they've had enough. Labour , Tories and Reform are all the same now and that's why he stands out exposing all their hypocrisy.

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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 1d

Weird how immigration dominates every headline.

#BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime
@zackpolanski.bsky.social

Graphic. Cut out of Zack Polanski saying " Zia, do you ever think immigration is the number one problem because you spend a lot of time spreading misinformation and fear?" In speech bubble. Cut out of Zia Yusuf from Reform below.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

“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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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

It's never the comms. Labour's comms is grey because in the absence of a clear strategy for what the government wants to achieve, no-one can defend or articulate what the government says in an interesting or exciting way.

Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 1d

I do wonder if Labour might look at the sorts of people dominating the discourse and dominating the content wars and maybe, just maybe, rethink the sorts of grey figures they routinely put up for interviews, instructed at that to be as cautious as possible. Things have changed. Their comms hasn’t.

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Owain Sutton @owainsutton.bsky.social · 1d

Antisemitism, plain and simple.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.

Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCQT

Always bring the receipts.

Happy birthday to my friend and colleague Nigel Farage aka Mr Brexit.

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