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David Mitchell @davidalanmitch5.bsky.social · 17h

More calls for Trump’s removal.

As JB Pritzker said, here reported by @farronbalanced.bsky.social, if the behaviour of the current US government were witnessed elsewhere, then usually the US government itself would step in to stop a dictator.

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Pritzker Calls For Trump To Be Removed Using 25th Amendment

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17h

President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have created new obstacles for many people seeking Covid vaccines. But it has been particularly difficult to secure shots for children, including infants and toddlers, who are at higher risk of severe illness from Covid even if they are healthy.

Parents Struggle to Find Covid Vaccines for Their Children Amid Regulatory Confusion

Children under 12 need different versions of Covid vaccines, but many pharmacies and pediatricians’ offices aren’t stocking them.

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Patrick - Here for the craic 👍🏼 @patrickopatrick.bsky.social · 18h

It’s amazing how many senior Reform creeps Tice, Farage never met Nathan Gill the Russian stooge..

But then I guess they were told by Moscow to deny it because let’s face it, lying is like breathing for them.. no effort at all 🤷🏼‍♂️

Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 19h

Richard Tice told The Times in March he had “never met Nathan Gill”
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 18h

A paean to privatised public transport.

Today I had to go from Stockport to Salisbury. So I bought a ticket

Stockport > Bristol > Salisbury

The drive to Stockport should have taken 35 minutes. Satnav said it would take 2 hours, and I'd miss my train.

So I went to Macclesfield, where I found...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18h

Utterly beholden to lobbyists, staggeringly ignorant and dismissive of the natural world: Rachel Reeves might not look or sound like Donald Trump, but she is behaving very much like him. This government is even more of an ecological hazard than the Tories were.
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Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 1d

Full story on our website > www.nls.uk/collections/...

From Matilda to Buffy: Libraries in pop culture | National Library of Scotland

Writer Katie Goh explores how fictional libraries offer mystery, romance, and transformation—echoing the magic of real ones we love.

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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 1d

A place for self-discovery, dancing, school-rule-breaking, romantic meet-cutes (oh, and *the* hot location for finding out the secrets of the universe). Yes, it’s the library in pop culture!

Writer and editor Katie Goh explains everything from Buffy to Matilda in our latest long-read.

A graphic-style illustration of Matilda walking home with a pull-trolley full of books.

A graphic-style illustration of Breakfast at Tiffany's scene in the library.

A graphic-style illustration of the Scooby Gang in the library in 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'.

A graphic-style depiction of the Breakfast Club sitting on the bannister in their library.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 23h

This 'mesmerising' Scottish museum has been named one of Europe's quirkiest and oddest

The 'mesmerising' Scottish museum that is one of Europe's quirkiest and oddest

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Journeydude @scottishinsider.org · 23h

🪬🧿 Hate is taught ... we are all the same :) Spread love, no Hate

#grocery #twins #kids #daughter #perception #childhood #innocence #alttext #nohate

A photo taken at a grocery store shows two little girls standing side-by-side, with the caption, "At the grocery store. My daughter yelled at me: "Look. Dad, I have a twin." And there we understood that the world would be better if we saw it as a child sees it." The girl on the left has dark skin and hair and is wearing a pink and white dress and gold shoes. The girl on the right has fair skin and light hair and is wearing a pink and white shirt with a unicorn on it and a pink and white skirt.

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 1d

EXC from @annaisaac.bsky.social

The finances of one of Nigel Farage’s key confidants are being examined by the UK’s tax and revenue authorities amid questions over his income from wealth and business activities, the Guardian understands.

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Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally

Exclusive: HMRC conducts scoping exercise into Reform UK backer ‘Posh George’ Cottrell’s income from business and wealth

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 2d

Ducks for cover....

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

I think I’ve got part of that postcard

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 3d

Answers on a postcard. Farage - who is currently in line to be the next Prime Minister of the UK - won't explain this mounting ties to a hostile foreign power. We need more investigation and public inquiry before its too late 12/12
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‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1d

‘Killer in the Kremlin’ author @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social touches a nerve.

The Nerve @thenerve.news · 2d

Read John’s piece here: www.thenerve.news/p/john-sween...

INSIDE THE CHURCH OF NIGEL FARAGEOLOGY

John Sweeney, our Reform UK correspondent, previews his new series reporting on every county council controlled by the party - an organisation that, as its leader proudly claims, welcomes public scrut...

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The Nerve @thenerve.news · 2d

Read John’s piece here: www.thenerve.news/p/john-sween...

INSIDE THE CHURCH OF NIGEL FARAGEOLOGY

John Sweeney, our Reform UK correspondent, previews his new series reporting on every county council controlled by the party - an organisation that, as its leader proudly claims, welcomes public scrut...

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The Nerve @thenerve.news · 2d

NEW FROM THE NERVE

Inside the church of (Nigel) Farageology!

We’ve signed award-winning investigative reporter @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social as our Reform UK correspondent. Here he previews a new series in which he will report on every UK county council now controlled by the party ⬇️

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 1d

When Harlow Shapley received a letter from Hubble containing the evidence that the spiral nebulae were separate "galaxies", he said: “This is the letter that destroyed my universe."

Shapley had believed the Universe contained just one "Big Galaxy" - our Milky Way. Now we know there are ~2 trillion!

Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 1d

VAR!

In the early morning hours #OTD in 1923, Edwin Hubble took a photo plate of M31 that showed a Cepheid variable star.

Using Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s distance-luminosity relationship, Hubble concluded that M31 is another galaxy outside the Milky Way. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️

Image: Carnegie Observatories

Photo plate of Hubble's famous "VAR!" discovery. This is a photonegative plate of an image of the Andromeda Galaxy, with several small annotations made in grease pencil. One of them was previously marked "N" for "nova," but the N has been crossed out and replaced with an excited "VAR!" to indicate a Cepheid Variable.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally

Exclusive: HMRC conducts scoping exercise into Reform UK backer ‘Posh George’ Cottrell’s income from business and wealth

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 1d

Over the weekend Kemi Badenoch claimed unemployment has gone up “every single month” since Labour took office, and that it’s been left higher by “every Labour government in history”.

Neither of these claims is quite right—our fact check has the figures 👇

Kemi Badenoch’s claims about Labour’s unemployment record aren’t quite right—here’s why – Full Fact

The Conservative leader has repeated two claims about Labour’s record on unemployment, neither of which is quite right.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 2d

🇨🇳 Three Chinese reconnaissance satellites flew over the Lviv region 9 times today from 00:00 to 11:30. The satellite was also detected in the morning over Dnipro.

Earlier, intelligence had already warned that China was providing Russia with satellite data for missile strikes.

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 2d

🚨🚨 "The ECHR is not some foreign imposition that curtails our sovereignty. It was born of British leadership after the horrors of the Second World War, drafted with heavy British influence, and championed by Winston Churchill himself". Great stuff by Sir Robert Buckland KC:

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Ungagged! @ungagged.bsky.social · 2d

Superb messaging here. Scottish (and UK) politicians take note. #ZohranMamdani

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Gary Neville, "Brexit has had a devastating impact on this country"

"The messaging is getting dangerous"

"All these idiots out there spreading hate speech in any form, abuse in any form, we must stop promoting them"

"And get back to a country of love, peace and harmony"

"And become a team again"

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 1d

the english also seem to have forgotten that the EU single market was, largely, a british design with an englishman, Arthur Cockfield, famously playing a key role.

Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 2d

🚨🚨 "The ECHR is not some foreign imposition that curtails our sovereignty. It was born of British leadership after the horrors of the Second World War, drafted with heavy British influence, and championed by Winston Churchill himself". Great stuff by Sir Robert Buckland KC:

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

BBC now suggesting they didn't interview Zack Polanski on Laura Kuenssberg when he was elected because they weren't on air then. Which is technically true because he was elected on a Tuesday. However, they did air just days later on Sunday and featured interviews with Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

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Brian O @proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social · 1d

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

It’s simple really.

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