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Emeritus Grump WC, CD, GF, RTFM, 💜 @suzman.bsky.social · Nov 18

Important reading for every man
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prostatecanceruk.org

Prostate Cancer UK

We want to stop prostate cancer being a killer. We fund groundbreaking research, drive improvements in treatment, and fight injustice in care.

prostatecanceruk.org

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 13h

PPE Medpro will be pursued
'with everything we've got'
Wes Streeting says

news.sky.com/story/steeti...

PPE Medpro will be pursued 'with everything we've got' Wes Streeting says

PPE Medpro says it is yet to hear from the government on its offer of settlement talks but ministers signal they are not interested in a deal, only full repayment.

news.sky.com

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 14h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Gareth Newnham @garethnewnham.bsky.social · 16h

It's time we just rejoined the EU. It was an awful idea it's wrecked everything, and by the way it was comrade Farage and the Tories that caused this mess. It's so simple. You wonder how Labour could fuck this up.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 18h

🔴Keir Starmer’s ‘Brexit Is Bad, Let’s Make It a Bit Worse’ Strategy

The Chancellor just admitted that Brexit has been an economic disaster. It’s time the Government stopped making it even worse by imitating Nigel Farage’s damaging anti-migration agenda, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social

Keir Starmer's 'Brexit Is Bad, Let's Make It a Bit Worse' Strategy

The Chancellor just admitted that Brexit has been an economic disaster. It's time the Government stopped making it even worse by imitating Nigel Farage's damaging anti-migration agenda, argues Adam Bi...

bylinetimes.com

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 17h

He would rather shut down our government than have you see the truth. It's not complicated.

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Full of Contempt @m-theory3.bsky.social · 1d

This is the nation that we are now. This nation is unbelievably sick.

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NanC Lo @freethinker65.bsky.social · 1d

Um, Biden sent Red areas of the country subsidies for their healthcare, money for their hospitals/schools/infrastructure, aid for disasters. Trump sends in Federal agents in full military gear, with zip ties, gas canisters, and rubber bullets to harass Blue areas.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 23h

Labour is telling you VERY LOUDLY who to vote for if you value human rights. And it's definitely NOT LABOUR.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 2d

Quick Tip: Don’t want people getting pinged when you post or reply?

You can turn that off by heading to: Settings → Privacy and Security → Allow others to be notified of your posts and toggling it off.

A screenshot of “Allow others to be notified of your posts” with “No one” selected

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kenmunn.bsky.social @kenmunn.bsky.social · 1d

More…
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Go on then Nigel Farage, keep telling us you know nothing about Russian influence…

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

Worker for Farage’s group in EU parliament was ‘frequent visitor to embassy’ and accused of role in propaganda stunt

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The Prime Minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

It’s about time

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The prime minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

www.independent.co.uk

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Emeritus Grump WC, CD, GF, RTFM, 💜 @suzman.bsky.social · 1d

makevotesmatter.org.uk/sign-the-pet...

Tell your MP PR matters to you! - Make Votes Matter

Edit with Bricks

makevotesmatter.org.uk

Emeritus Grump WC, CD, GF, RTFM, 💜 @suzman.bsky.social · 1d

If we're being silly...
Wot about kipper paté and mango?

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 1d

Members of the Ukrainian community in Caerphilly, Wales have submitted a formal complaint accusing Reform UK of disinformation - accuses the party of publishing "false & misleading" statements about Welsh Labour's Nation of Sanctuary scheme in the upcoming Caerphilly Senedd by-election.

Reform UK faces formal complaint of 'false and misleading' statements

The Ukrainian community in Caerphilly accuse Nigel Farage's party of publishing 'false and misleading' statements about Welsh Labour's Nation of Sanctuary scheme

www.walesonline.co.uk

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry, but if he didn't have the courage to speak what he knew to be the truth about Brexit to the people who elected him, then he's been putting his career above the country all along. How are we supposed to trust him on the NHS or any other issue now? He lost all credibility.
#BlueLabour

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The prime minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

www.independent.co.uk

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: President Obama comes out in favor of Prop 50 in California.

California, help protect democracy and return your ballots today!

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly right: it's real violence, but a performance at the same time

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Emeritus Grump WC, CD, GF, RTFM, 💜 @suzman.bsky.social · 1d

Then I resent being referred to as disingenuous.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 2d

This is evil

Jesse Mermell @jessemermell.bsky.social · 3d

He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.

How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Dr Dan Jones @hookean.bsky.social · 2d

Physics teachers. The latest issue of Classroom Physics is now available to download
#PhysicsEd
#iTeachPhysics

spark.iop.org/sites/defaul...

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Emeritus Grump WC, CD, GF, RTFM, 💜 @suzman.bsky.social · 1d

🤔 maybe watch Monty Python's "Life of Brian".

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark

For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.

www.theatlantic.com

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 1d

Hate has no place in London.

Now more than ever, we must unite to build stronger, kinder communities. My London – the London I’ll keep standing up for – is a city where diversity is a strength to be celebrated, not a weakness to be hidden.

All beliefs are welcome in London – we cannot allow extremists to divide us | Sadiq Khan

Attacks against Jewish and Muslim communities are on the rise, and some politicians are exacerbating tensions by appealing to our worst instincts, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

www.theguardian.com

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Emeritus Grump WC, CD, GF, RTFM, 💜 @suzman.bsky.social · 1d

You mis-read me.
IMHO everyone is looking for a "messiah". Someone who will solve all their problems at a stroke and usher in a new age. People are happy to project this hope on their preferred politician regardless of where they stand on the political spectrum.
Are we agreeing or disagreeing?
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