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Tim Barraclough @timrb60.bsky.social · 14m

If you’ve never read this, then go out and buy it- it’s an amazing read.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1h

CNN reports Israel will not release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya as part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas. The eminent pediatrician was detained in Dec. during Israel’s raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital, after he refused to abandon patients under siege.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 8h

Quid Pro Qatar Quo

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h

The Trump administration is REALLY allowing Qatar to build an air base in the US after they did a $5.5 billion golf resort deal with Trump and gave him a jet.

MAGA can take their ‘America First’ flags and wipe their asses with them. He is Trump First, and you are suckers.

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Tim Barraclough @timrb60.bsky.social · 11h

He did at least find time to remember that he did know Nathan Gill quite well after all 🤪

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20h

The Nobel Peace Prize was won by María Corina Machado.

Venezuela's opposition leader.

Her biggest policy, privatising Venezuela's Oil Reserves, the largest in the world, worth nearly $100tn.

Hmm... I wonder why she won?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13h

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 · 15h

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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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 22h

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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Tim Barraclough @timrb60.bsky.social · 22h

Cat reading The Telegraph.

a black and white cat is sitting on a toilet holding a roll of toilet paper .

ALT: a black and white cat is sitting on a toilet holding a roll of toilet paper .

media.tenor.com

Tim Barraclough @timrb60.bsky.social · 23h

Not many misty autumn mornings so far this year, but here’s one today.

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: SJ to discontinue successful Stockholm-Hamburg/Berlin sleeper train after 31 August 2026, a month after Swedish government subsidy ends.

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Tim Barraclough @timrb60.bsky.social · 23h

I don’t like Queen, but this popped straight into my head. Let’s all just get back on planes and forget about any climate crisis 😡😡

youtu.be/rY0WxgSXdEE

Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (Official Video)

YouTube video by Queen Official

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 1d

That England has had its three worst harvests on record inside the past five years really should be being treated as a much bigger cause for concern than is currently the case. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520171...

'This is what farming with climate change looks like': England endures second worst harvest on record

New analysis confirms three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred in the past five years on the back of extreme heat, drought, and rainfall

www.businessgreen.com

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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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Tim Barraclough @timrb60.bsky.social · 1d

Now playing. Ahead of tomorrow’s ticket sales.

Tim Barraclough @timrb60.bsky.social · 1d

I woz there. She dislocated her knee- ouch, at least I think that’s what she said.

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Tim Barraclough @timrb60.bsky.social · 1d

He’s got an inexhaustible reservoir of cuntishness

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 1d

Ieyasu-kun, the mascot of Hamamatsu City, is modelled on Tokugawa Ieyasu, a shogun who once lived there. He has piano keys on his hakama skirt (Hamamatsu is home to keyboard manufacturers Yamaha, Kawai, and Roland).

A round-headed mascot with a helmet and a hakama with piano keys decorating it stands on a stage.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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Tim Barraclough @timrb60.bsky.social · 1d

I thought I loved Ron enough already, but this is a fantastic selection.👏👏

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 1d

The implacable Ron Mael talks Jeremy Allen through his 13 favourite albums, from fiery free jazz to cutting edge J-pop, via militant hip hop and Bach

#RonMael of #Sparks’ Favourite Albums

buff.ly/Aj85PWB

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 3d

Not so efficient ...
'#EDF EPR #nuclear limited power output until 2031.'
The reason: 'Reduced efficiency of the Normandy reactor, leading to a curtailment of its electricity production.'
www.latribune.fr/article/entr...

EPR de Flamanville : EDF anticipe une puissance bridée jusqu'en 2031

www.latribune.fr

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 1d

✈️ A UK-contracted US spy plane that took off from the RAF base on Cyprus was in the air when Trump announced the Gaza ceasefire deal.

During the last ceasefire, the RAF continued its spy ops for Israel.