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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 1d

I love people who put in so much effort to ridicule the orange sack of protoplasm.

This is top tier. The Witch-king of Angmar at the end is just perfect.

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Spicybee @spicybee.bsky.social · 1d

The return of Brassic. I bloody love that series!

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Spicybee @spicybee.bsky.social · 1d

Is there a reason why the 1 million from the kings charity didn't go to the Samaritans? They deserve it

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Spicybee @spicybee.bsky.social · 1d

Look how low the vote was for blue labour. I'd like to say that they should be taking notice of this but they probably won't

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 1d

With the IBC Excluded Voices report making for sober reading this week, let’s use #KidsBooksFriday to celebrate brilliant books from global majority writers.
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/excluded-voi...

Book cover for Spirit Warriors by Ashley Thorpe

Book cover for Nush and the Stolen Emerald by Jasbinder Bilan

Book cover for Nate Yu’s Blast from the Past by Maisie Chan

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 1d

It's time for the EU to set up its own defence group. One not tied to America and one not tied down by the snail pace the EU generally moves at.

EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 1d

Trump suggests Spain should be 'thrown out' of NATO over defence expenditure disagreements

Trump suggests Spain should be 'thrown out' of NATO

The US president’s clash with Spain began in June ahead of the NATO summit, where just days before leaders convened in The Hague, Spain announced that it would not comply with Trump’s demands of raising defence spending to 5% of GDP.

www.euronews.com

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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 1d

All Zack does is say, "You're talking shit - explain yourself."

And somehow that simple act dismantles entire fortresses of fascist bluster. It's wild that other media outlets can't emulate it.

Oh wait they could.
They just won't.

Because they're owned by billionaires and billionaires love chaos.

Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · 1d

I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.

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Indy lass @pixie11.bsky.social · 1d

And so they should the child murdering vile pieces of 💩

British citizens serving in the IDF can now be tried for war crimes in the UK
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

British citizens serving in the IDF can now be tried for war crimes in the UK

Now that the UK has recognised Palestine as a state, this opens legal routes for British members of the IDF to be charged in the UK

www.thecanary.co

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 1d

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 23d

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 23d

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

www.yahoo.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16d

The head of the UK's leading anti-racism campaign group Hope not Hate wrote to Keir Starmer to complain about his "silence" in the face of a rising far-right threat.

"At the time when people needed leadership there was silence.

“And for the far right, that silence just emboldened them further"

Nigel Farage's Reform a Bigger Far-Right Threat Than the BNP, Says UK’s Leading Anti-Racism Campaigner

Hope not Hate's CEO Nick Lowles says Reform's rise is mainstreaming ideas that were previously taboo even on parts of the far-right

bylinetimes.com

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10d

John Archer was the first Black man to hold senior public office in London when he was elected Mayor of Battersea in 1913.

Black History Month is about rediscovering our history, the stories of Londoners like John Archer and paying tribute to those who came before us.

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Spicybee @spicybee.bsky.social · 1d

The man of the people went to a private school. Unsurprisingly behaved like someone in a 1930s brown shirt rally

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10d

Reform say it is "disgusting and libellous" to suggest that Nigel Farage flirted with Hitler Youth when he was young.

Here's how a former teacher at his school remembers it

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5d

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

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Spicybee @spicybee.bsky.social · 1d

His character in the Good fight would be a great fit

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Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · 1d

Hilary Cass: Gender-affirming care is scarce, and young people are suffering because of that

Hilary Cass' Recommendation: Tighten those screws - make life harder for young Trans+ people - restrict puberty pausing, oestrogen, and testosterone therapies

Sketchy 'evidence' + gender-critical ideology

Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 1d

The Cass review into children's gender services in the UK continues to be terrible.

A new report from Australia led by the fantastic Dr. Julia Moore - and featuring me - looks into the issues in detail.

My new piece.

gidmk.substack.com/p/the-cass-r...

The Cass Review Continues To Be Severely Flawed

A new paper from an Australian team shines a light on the problems with the review

gidmk.substack.com

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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 1d

The supporters of the guy who wants to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

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lesleybruce @lesleybruce.bsky.social · 1d

Why is the MP for Clacton in the US lying about and running down UK education and wanting to promote the curriculum of a private Christian school for UK schools?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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

www.theguardian.com

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Spicybee @spicybee.bsky.social · 1d

Farage doesn't give a shit about the public, he's just there to get money and shit stir

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

Twelve Jobs Nigel has earned over £1 million in additional income since the general election.

To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

www.mirror.co.uk

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UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 1d

It's two and a half years since Scotland tried to introduce their reformed Gender Recognition Act. (Jan 2023)

And they were swiftly put in place by Westminster, had their First Minister discredited and silenced with a dubious lawsuit, and then had some bland 'yes man' put in to replace her.