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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 4h

So, right wing Twitter are screaming about graffiti in Canterbury Cathedral (it’s an exhibit of decals) but a few weeks ago they were crying about the Banksy being removed from because of free speech.

a man in a suit says " you have to choose " in front of a stack of dolls

Alt: a man in a suit says " you have to choose " in front of a stack of dolls

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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 6h

What is your point?

Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 11h

Laura Loomer having a hissy fit regarding Trump giving Qatar permission to build an airbase on U.S. soil.

There are reasons that Qatar gave Trump a $400 million jet.

QUID PRO QUO.

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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 12h

That paper is nothing to do with the vaccines.

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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 12h

Nigel getting all upset that they’re putting vegan tampons in the men’s bathrooms in Sizergh Castle.

It’s fine, Nige, there’s nothing stopping you from bringing in your own Tampax Perle.

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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 2d

This is very well played by Zelenskyy. “Give me tomahawks & we’ll nominate you for the Nobel until the cows come home. Bravo.

Zelenskyy offers to nominate Trump for Nobel in exchange for Tomahawks.

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 How resilient are the UK' scientific and medical and their core functions to potential political pressures?🚨

TLDR? Shockingly vulnerable to a malevolent government, without serious attention now. Natural England is particularly so and it's already being dismissed by Labour.

Important🧵and report

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

PS I also wrote a substack post on it which you can read here:
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-uks-in...

The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

My newly launched report on how we can safeguard the independence of our important scientific and evidence-generating institutions - not least so they can hold government to account

christinapagel.substack.com

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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 2d

I voted Green in the last election (though some of that was due to my MP) & don’t see it changing going forward. It’s sad, my father came back from WW2 to vote for Attlee at 20. He’d be devastated. Still, onwards!

Attlee.my

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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 2d

He really needs to stop saying “I think …

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I think they're afraid. I think Pritzker is threatened by people ... we can solve the problem very quickly and we're doing that anyway regardless if he doesn't want or it he does want it, we're doing it anyway."

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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 2d

I really don’t care, do you?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Any guesses?

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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 2d

This is the organisation that RJKJr headed until late last year. Children’s Health Defence. And no, there is no world where Andrew Wakefield was right. None.

A picture showing 2 films - vaxxed, & Andy Wakefield was right.

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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 2d

In a world where RKJr is HHS there will be a Surgeon General who didn’t even finish her residency yet is somehow a world class Dr. Of course she practices Functional Medicine & has written a diet book.

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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 2d

As someone who worked in clubs in London from the mid 80s, I can only say that this is not a shock.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood charged with four counts of rape

Metropolitan police say Westwood, 68, has been charged with sexual offences against seven women

www.theguardian.com

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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 2d

I joined up late last year. I have nothing in common with today’s Labour Party & I’m glad that more people on the left are realising that they don’t either.

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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 2d

The sad thing is that these people have never once acknowledged the role that the vaccines played in preventing a rising death toll & them saying “it’s just a cold.”

I’ve had pneumonia about 8 times in 3yrs. I’ve never had Covid.

Congress should be deeply ashamed of confirming Kennedy.

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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 2d

I’ll be very happy to be wrong if that’s the way of it. They have my vote regardless. Maybe feeling despondent with world politics is making me over cautious.

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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 2d

The Green Party are the only functioning left wing party. Momentum (not the Labour one) needs to start now. Corbyn’s party have already publicly bickered & buggered up membership & haven’t even got a name.

Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 2d

And you can say I'm being a defeatist or antiCorbyn all you want. But unless you can explain how that guy is the future of the left, I don't think I'm being remotely unrealistic. It's a daft move for the left to cling to him, when Polanski is standing RIGHT THERE.

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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 2d

There are a lot of people who are feeling politically homeless & helpless. I’d love the Greens to have a Reform type surge but sensible decisions will ultimately have to be made.

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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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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 2d

Vaccines work.

A boy with smallpox versus a vaccinated boy.

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Ladyilene @ladyilene.bsky.social · 5d

First Amendment Protections:
1. Peaceful Assembly- Right to gather with others to express views on public issues.
2. Free Speech- Right to express opinions and beliefs, including through protest.
3. Petitioning the Government- Ability to ask government to address grievances or make changes.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 2d

At the time where the U.S. has an anti-vaxxer in HHS it becomes more & more important to yell that the mRNA vaccines do exactly what they are meant to do & a recent study confirms it.

Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 2d

“A study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29%, their risk of hospitalizations by 39% & their risk of death by 64%”

Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors

Soren Larsen (SEGL) @sorenlarsen.bsky.social · 2d

Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

"The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says."

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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 2d

He is barely coherent in English so Latin is going to be a real push.

a man with a beard has the words speak words we can all understand

Alt: A dwarf has the words speak words we can all understand

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Sally - @theouroboros36.bsky.social · 2d

Miller is more like Claudius pouring a “leperous distillment” into King Hamlet’s ear.

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 2d

1. Today, I have a few things to say about that putz Stephen Miller. First, he’s been on TV a lot lately, because that’s how he pours more poison into the president’s already-poisoned brain.

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