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A reminder that Liam Ramos, the son of legal residents in Minnesota, is still being held in a Texas prison.

A five year old little boy - and America’s global reputation - now scarred for life.

(📸 Ali Daniel’s/AP)
Little Liam Ramos stood facing an ICE vehicle with his cartoon blue wooly hat. A state-sponsored terrorist ICE agent is holding him by his rucksack.
January 27, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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willcooling.bsky.social
A crunchy socialist and very busy friend of mine called me to talk how the world was seemingly ending, and the key thing he had noticed about Minnesota was the evil treatement of this poor child. An image that haunt and shame everyone responsible for decades to come.

FREE LIAM! NATURALISE LIAM!
magaziner.house.gov Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 1d
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.

His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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barak-har-elkin.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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Chiantifa
January 26, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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fightingliberal.bsky.social
Very touching tribute by Billy Bragg...

To the brave people of Minnesota who have suffered through the ICE invasion ordered by Trump...

youtu.be/IKOW2ZikGW8?...
BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
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January 27, 2026 at 12:17 AM
winter02.bsky.social
Thank you @nationaltheatre.org.uk for a wonderful NT Live production of Hamlet in my local cinema. What an outstanding cast and brilliant direction that made everything make complete sense. Sensational.
January 27, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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orkneylibrary.bsky.social
If you've been joining in with our Audio Waves Book Club then you've still got a couple of weeks to send us your review of The Wall of Life by Shirley MacLaine.

Audio Waves is our newest Book Club where we are listening to Audiobooks instead of reading printed books. 🎧
The cover of The Wall of Life by Shirley MacLaine
January 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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ayoub.bsky.social
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be… The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 12:27 PM
winter02.bsky.social
Oh!
dailyherald.bsky.social Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 1d
Reform candidate retracts claim of being Cambridge alum

Fife Council candidate Romano Valente has now deleted all references to the University from his social media

t.co/fX8EQk3mmv

#Refibs
https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/31005
t.co
January 26, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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dailyherald.bsky.social
Nigel Farage Has a Serious Problem With His Good Friend

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Nigel Farage Has a Serious Problem With His Good Friend
Donald Trump made so many appalling remarks during his 48 hours in Europe last week that it seems strange to single out only two. But for those wanting to know whether fellow right-wing populist Nigel...
www.bloomberg.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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csav55.bsky.social
I'm seeing posters saying Starmer is clinging on as if he'd been party Leader and PM for over 10 years. He's not even been PM for 2 years, he took the party from zero to number 10 in just over 4 years. Perspective is missing from many posters who seem to have slept through the Tory years.
January 25, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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reverendgenes.com.au
What will it take for genuine #ClimateAction? Why risk an epic, planet sized disaster? We say we're smart. It's telling we don't say we're wise. This "heatwave is also notable ... seven to eight consecutive days above 40°C ... the longest stretch since the 1930s in parts of NSW." 💔 🇦🇺 🌏 🔥 #HeatDome
'Heat dome' to shatter records as south-east soars to nearly 50C
A record heatwave across south-east Australia will peak during the coming days, leading to extreme fire danger and temperatures close to 50 degrees Celsius in multiple states.
www.abc.net.au
January 26, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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warrenoates1.bsky.social
If you are bored of the media obsession over Andy Burnham, why not take a read about the progress our Labour government made this week in improving our country.

Third week of the year and third week of achieving so much!

open.substack.com/pub/warrenoa...
January 25, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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ahistoryinart.bsky.social
Painted in 1913, Paul Nash gave this picture the ultimate simplicity of a title, 'A Drawing.' The elm trees marked the boundary of his family's home at Wood Lane House, Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire. Trees always held a spiritual quality for him.
January 26, 2026 at 8:18 AM
winter02.bsky.social
Fantastic Burns Night! Selkirk grace, delicious haggis doused with whisky, neeps and tatties, followed by pavlova on shortbread rounds with Tunnocks tea cakes ice cream.
January 26, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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Andy Burnham blocked: Keir Starmer made the right decision for the country, the party – and himself www.independent.co.uk/voices/andy-...
Andy Burnham blocked: Keir Starmer is ruthless but right
The prime minister made the right decision for the country, the party and himself, writes John Rentoul
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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bucksarchives.bsky.social
They don't make playgrounds like they used to, mainly because launching a bunch of kids down a slide into what looks like girders probably stopped being fun after the first few times.

#MKMonday
A black and white photo of a playground in Clailey Court, 1976. Lots of children are climbing up a slope to go on a slide. In the background there is a lean-to swing, and a bizarre structure that might be a climbing frame that looks like a bunch of girders just welded together. In the distance are houses with sloped roofs.
January 26, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
Hellebore and Snowdrop
‘Wild Flowers’ (1957)
Artists: Edith Hilder, Rowland Hilder
Botanical study of the flowers for an identification guide with a loose watercolour backdrop of winter trees and ploughed fields
January 26, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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I once read a thread on sexism in international relations/spying where women were instructed to make wrong claims about X whenever they wanted to get secret information on X; a man would just disclose the key info by means of mansplaining
January 26, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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barnsleymuseums.bsky.social
#PuzzleMonday 'Domestic Interior with Still Life' by Esaias Boursse

🧩Let us know how long it takes to complete this #MuseumJigsaw 🧩

🎨 bit.ly/BlueskyJigsaws

Boursse was born in Amsterdam in 1931, the son of a textile worker and bookbinder from Valenciennes

#jigsaw #puzzle #game #art
A rustic interior scene with an empty woven chair draped with striped and red cloths, a large plate with food scraps on the floor, scattered shoes, a jug, and a person crouched by a fireplace—capturing the charm found in UK artists' artworks.
January 26, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.
January 26, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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viviane49.bsky.social
Starmer and Carney were in unity last week.

Both put their country first and both following the mantra:

‘Elbows up’

Proud of them both.
January 26, 2026 at 8:00 AM