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Bouvier Mom @bouvierdogmom.bsky.social · 1h

Jane didn’t play !!! Send those mofos to outer space !

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 10h

“Put them all on that spaceship and send them off.”

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 1h

Spain opts for just a single flight for start of new EU entry-exit system

The Spanish government says: “During the six-month trial period for the EU EES, it will be implemented gradually at Spanish border crossings, first at airports, then at land borders, and finally at sea borders.

Spain opts for just a single flight for start of new EU entry-exit system

Exclusive: UK’s most popular overseas destination will only gradually roll out EES plan across airports, road frontiers and sea ports

www.independent.co.uk

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1h

New polling by YouGov, commissioned by Best for Britain, shows: Potential Conservative voters are now more than twice as likely to consider Brexit a failure for the UK (46%) compared to a success (22%).

Here’s what else we found: https://bit.ly/46LZq1G

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crypttext.bsky.social @crypttext.bsky.social · 23m

Let’s bring Cameron back to explain…

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1h

New polling by YouGov, commissioned by Best for Britain, shows: Potential Conservative voters are now more than twice as likely to consider Brexit a failure for the UK (46%) compared to a success (22%).

Here’s what else we found: https://bit.ly/46LZq1G

crypttext.bsky.social @crypttext.bsky.social · 23m

…yet the Russian Stump says nothing about the death of 298 innocent people on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

…sooner this clown gets clipped the better.
Murdering little scumbag.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1h

Putin & President Aliyev are meeting in Azerbaijan

Putin said he made apologies that "the tragedy with the plane of AZAL company happened in the sky over Russia" &expressed "the most sincere condolences" to the families of those killed in the crash

"The tragedy" is Russia shooting down the plane

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 1h

⚡️Russian soldiers are fleeing the Kherson front in growing numbers, partisans report.

Russian Army Faces Growing Desertions in Kherson, Partisan Group Reports

A rising trend of desertions is evident among Russian troops in Kherson, as morale declines and resistance to deployment grows.

united24media.com

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 1h

The vanishingly swift exit of HarperCollins’ UK CEO Charlie Redmayne from his role would not be out of place in one of Jilly Cooper’s books, says Philip Jones in this week's editor's letter 👇 #BookSky

Comment: Sometimes publishing provides the best plots

ebx.sh

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crypttext.bsky.social @crypttext.bsky.social · 28m

Yet, Netanyahu ignored it and commenced firing on muslims returning home…

Newsweek @newsweek.com · 1h

Trump brokers Israel-Hamas ceasefire with hostage release, Gaza aid, and phased troop withdrawal. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

Trump’s Hamas-Israel Peace Deal: Ceasefire to Begin, Aid Trucks to Gaza—Live Updates

www.newsweek.com

crypttext.bsky.social @crypttext.bsky.social · 28m

…hope the other three have brought their gum-shields

crypttext.bsky.social @crypttext.bsky.social · 34m

Surprised this idiot wasn’t seconded to the MET

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Lady Wicket @ladywicket.bsky.social · 1h

Jeez 😞 this person should be prosecuted for endangering lives apple.news/AO40xZmgwQu2...

Woman almost killed after police staffer failed to give details of her abusive partner in Clare’s Law application — LBC

A former staff member at Wiltshire Police put a ‘significant number of women’ at risk of abuse, LBC has heard, by refusing to give them information about their violent partners.

apple.news

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 1h

Steve Reed says he’s going to abolish Ofwat – let’s hope whatever he replaces it with protects the public more than this 📈
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/water-bills-price-ofwat-b2842240.html

Millions of households face jump in water bills after watchdog’s ruling

Five companies have been granted permission to increase their charges

www.independent.co.uk

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socialistnan123 @socialistnan123.bsky.social · 1h

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1h

Three representatives of the reactionary right, one centrist, and one person from the left. Not even the pretence of balance or journalistic professionalism from the BBC. Good luck to Polanski in this set up.

Cllr Nick Hartley - Green Party @nickhartleygreen.bsky.social · 17h

The first time I’ve been looking forward to watch Question Time in quite a while!

Go on @zackpolanski.bsky.social!

#bbcqt

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crypttext.bsky.social @crypttext.bsky.social · 42m

Absolutely LUSH!

Outstanding…

Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 1h

Impressive Holm Oak, Known as The Umbrella Tree, Italy.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1h

When my kids were little the media used to trot out exactly the same headlines about TV.

In my childhood it was heavy metal, walkmen and pacman that were going to kill us all. Although not necessarily in that order.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1h

Religious hate crime recorded by police in England and Wales has reached a record high, new figures have shown

news.sky.com/story/hate-c...

Hate crime rises in England and Wales with religiously-motivated offences at record level

Hate crimes targeted at Muslims rose by almost a fifth, with the Home Office noting a “clear spike” in these offences after the Southport murders and riots that followed last summer.

news.sky.com

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crypttext.bsky.social @crypttext.bsky.social · 50m

Politicians - after the Royal Family, the biggest beneficiaries of taxpayer subsidies/funding

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1h

Reminder there are 1.53m unemployed people in the UK.

There are 0.11m jobs, and most of these are part time.

They are screaming at people to get jobs that don't exist.

crypttext.bsky.social @crypttext.bsky.social · 52m

‘Jack Whitehall and Jimmy Carr’

Industrial strength W⚓️ers.

In 2011 both jumped at the chance to appear on ‘Red Nose’ day events…

…Now they crave the ‘unearned’ coin of the most repressive regime in the Middle East.

…must be hard times, to pawn your principles

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1h

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punitive amputation, jail for satirists … these are the human rights abuses fuelling the fury now being directed at the likes of Louis CK and Dave Chappelle. How have they reacted?

www.theguardian.com

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crypttext.bsky.social @crypttext.bsky.social · 1h

‘Turki Al-Sheikh, is a big fan of culture. Indeed, he reposted a song on X that celebrated the lead suspect in Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.’

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1h

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punitive amputation, jail for satirists … these are the human rights abuses fuelling the fury now being directed at the likes of Louis CK and Dave Chappelle. How have they reacted?

www.theguardian.com

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George @retiredsurgassist.bsky.social · 1h

We should all be embarrassed.

shirlee111.bsky.social @shirlee111.bsky.social · 1h

Weak, weak misfit.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 1h

#WATCH | Israeli tanks targeted Palestinians who were celebrating the ceasefire agreement and attempted to return to Gaza City via the Al-Rashid Street. As Israeli PM Netanyahu announced the postponement of the ceasefire's start, Israeli warplanes, drones, and tanks continued to strike Gaza

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crypttext.bsky.social @crypttext.bsky.social · 4h

Boycott Israeli products

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 5h

Daniel Levy: "Netanyahu has reneged on these deals in the past & may well be looking for the first opportunity to be able to resume hostilities when he can in Gaza. In the meantime one should expect the destruction, displacement, killing in the West Bank will continue"

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