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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 8d

So horrifying. Both the terrible violence in Manchester and the fear this creates for Jewish people everywhere, especially as they mark Yom Kippur. My thoughts with everyone affected

The Independent @the-independent.com · 8d

Manchester stabbing latest: ‘Multiple people’ attacked at synagogue as police rush to serious incident

Police rush to scene of reported stabbing at Manchester synagogue

www.independent.co.uk

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Mark Sutton @marksuttonbike.bsky.social · 10d

Anod supercapacitor e-bike battery delivers fast charging and energy efficiency
www.cyclingelectric.com/news/anod-su...

Anod supercapacitor e-bike battery delivers fast charging and energy density

Every now and then an electric bike comes along that promises to make good on a non lithium-ion-based battery technology

www.cyclingelectric.com

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Bright Green @bright-green.bsky.social · 17d

How do we deliver strategic adaption for emergency resilience? @rupertread.bsky.social sets out the campaign from the Climate Majority Project.

How we deliver strategic adaptation for emergency resilience

Rupert Read sets out the new campaign from the Climate Majority Project

bright-green.org

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16d

Fascism picking up speed

Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social · 16d

DOJ preparing to ask grand jury to indict Trump political foe, former FBI director Comey

www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/b...

DOJ preparing to ask grand jury to indict ex-FBI chief Comey | CNN Business

Maggie Haberman talks to CNN’s Jake Tapper about federal prosecutors preparing to ask a grand jury to indict former FBI Director James Comey on perjury charges.

www.cnn.com

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 20d

Don’t buy the hysteria. Ignore the right-wing propaganda. Buy the facts. The UK’s problems are no more being caused by immigration than they are by a group of charity fundraisers rowing past Great Yarmouth. @timharford.ft.com

The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration

It’s not hard to see how so many came to worry about the issue. But the data isn’t there

www.ft.com

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 23d

Welcome to the United Kingdom! 🇬🇧

Never before in U.S. History has a President been acknowledged by another country in this unique way! 🇺🇸

At Windsor Castle, in London & all across the land, people are United! ✊

They all want to see the #EPSTEIN_PedoFiles, ASAP! 👀

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Ben Crystall @bencrystall.bsky.social · 28d

Enjoyable afternoon at The Fielder Center in Hatfield for the Annual meeting of Hertfordshire Parish Town & Community Councils with local clerks and cllrs to discuss the challenges and opportunities of Local Government Reorganisation

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · Aug 31

Why on earth do the Tories want to keep people locked into high energy bills? And, come to that, why is the BBC citing Reform but saying nothing about climate science or renewable alternatives?
Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course

Tories pledge to get 'all our oil and gas out of the North Sea'

The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would "only accelerate the worsening climate crisis".

www.bbc.com

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Ben Crystall @bencrystall.bsky.social · Aug 30

Ehc is aware…

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Ben Crystall @bencrystall.bsky.social · Aug 23

Happy birthday BEAMHertford! One year old… watch out for it on ITV Anglia!

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Ben Crystall @bencrystall.bsky.social · Aug 16

I think they may have brought it forward a tad but Id expect it to be complete in 2026 (perhaps a few months earlier?). Still years too late sadly…

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Kathryn Brown @kathryn-brown.bsky.social · Aug 8

This is so exciting. Very proud of my husband Dr Andrew Brown, who is an air quality scientist but has teamed up zoologists in the UK and Canada to undertake this important work.
#interdisciplinary 🧪
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Air pollution filters help scientists produce first UK wildlife survey using eDNA

Social media post led to discovery that samplers measuring toxic particles in air can also detect fragments of DNA

www.theguardian.com

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · Jul 26

Helsinki (pop 657,000) has not had a single traffic death during the last twelve months.

poliisi.fi/-/helsingin-...

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · Jul 23

I can offer suggestions - @kateraworth.bsky.social @annpettifor.bsky.social @dhnnjyn.bsky.social @timjackson.org.uk

New ideas instead more of the old failed ones of #austerity and making the disabled, ill and young pay as the have-yachts coin it

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Help wanted: Reeves seeks heavyweight economic advisers as budget looms

Chancellor under pressure to recruit new experts as John Van Reenen and Anna Valero return to academia

www.theguardian.com

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · Jul 23

Are Private Eye jokes now... criminal?

PALESTINE Solidarity campaigner Jon Farley was arrested during a silent march in Leeds last weekend. What egregious act had prompted the police to act? He was, er, carrying a Private Eye joke piece as a placard!

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · Jul 17

Scarborough Town Council faces scrutiny over 600% increase in Reform UK Mayor’s allowance

www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/politic...

Scarborough Town Council faces scrutiny over 600% increase in Mayor’s allowance

Scarborough Town Council has faced scrutiny for increasing its mayor’s allowance by 600 per cent despite a ‘cautious’ spending commitment.

www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk

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Ben Crystall @bencrystall.bsky.social · Jul 17

Huge congratulations on a fantastic result Drew - so well deserved! 👏🏻💚

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about HERTFORD @abouthertford.bsky.social · Jul 17

Green party wins in Sele by-election | Local News | about HERTFORD

Local news from the town of Hertford, including local government, housing and development issues, business, education and entertainment and what's happening in the county town of Hertfordshire, Englan...

www.hertford.org.uk

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Molly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · Jul 17

Reform means fascism

Don't buy the con

Sharepic showing Farage with a pint of beer

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · Jul 16

Love me a bit of Blue On Blue

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · Jul 16

Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds

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Exposing Reform’s Oil Ties Significantly Reduces Party Support, New Research Finds

Reform UK’s oil industry interests are a major turn-off for voters, new research reveals. The think tank Persuasion UK tested five anti-Reform messages on 6,000 adults. According to the research, “by ...

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Mark Sutton @marksuttonbike.bsky.social · Jul 15

We are edging ever closer to unsurvivable short term conditions. Longer term, agriculture impossible under these conditions.

Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · Jul 15

INSANE HEAT IN MIDDLE EAST

Crazy MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 38.3C Tuz IRAQ

Dozens of stations allover Middle East (Iran,Iraq,Kuwait,Emirates) with Minimums >35C

Max. temperatures expected up to 52C. Nights up to 40C !
Historic heat wave,one of the worst ever seen anywhere worldwide
it 'll last weeks

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Jul 14

Ed Miliband to tell MPs who reject net zero policies they are betraying future generations

Energy secretary’s ‘radical truth-telling’ comes as Reform plans net zero bonfire and Tories also ditch targets

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ed Miliband to tell MPs who reject net zero policies they are betraying future generations

Exclusive: Energy secretary’s ‘radical truth-telling’ comes as Reform plans net zero bonfire and Tories also ditch targets

www.theguardian.com

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Ben Crystall @bencrystall.bsky.social · Jul 11

Update from #Network Rail re the lift at Platform 1 at #HertfordNorth:
“BAM Nuttall has been awarded the contract for this project, and we currently anticipate starting work on-site before the end of 2025.”

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