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sky @iamspacegirl.bsky.social · Jun 11

the Lord is my shepherd, He shaves my entire body to make sweaters

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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David @daverino.bsky.social · 2d

Some good news among all the horrible shite

“The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system, according to research”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 9d

finally people are speaking out as -don’t-want-to-watch-videos-Americans

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 9d

just guess

cait (and adonis)
@cait.bsky.social
i'm sorry to say this but if you send me a tiktok of a person telling a story into the camera for 3 minutes i'm not fucking watching it. just in general ever. people need to start typing things up again because i can read so much faster than you can talk and i'm not wasting my precious time on this
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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Helle Abelvik-Lawson @drhelleal.bsky.social · 2d

Bristol!
Come see the Fires & Fascism doc, Fri 10/10 in BS3, +Q&A w/ director, who says it's not just another climate film but "about how wildfires in Europe link with fascist attitudes of past & present & how we can be inspired to craft a safer & more united future."

www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticket...

Fires and Fascism @ Bedminster

Watch the trailer here.This new documentary shows extreme wildfires are more than just a consequence of climate change, but also involving big business, organised crime, and the rise of the far right....

www.zeffy.com

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2d

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

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Helle Abelvik-Lawson @drhelleal.bsky.social · 2d

Late capitalism, with no effective regulation of the most powerful and monied interests (and boy are they monied) is gonna break all hell loose.

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social · 2d

Climate change disasters as a matter of personal responsibility. "The advisories emphasize the importance of increased personal responsibility in preventing wildfires" www.newsweek.com/wildfire-ris...

Warning issued as entire state faces wildfire risk

National Weather Service meteorologists have issued warnings for Maine amid dry, windy weather.

www.newsweek.com

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Blackstar☆ @blackstar1976.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting isn't it that the neoliberals are now openly redefining the meaning of democracy to be: you vote and we ignore you.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 4d

Being passionate about Taylor Swift is like being passionate about Bed, Bath & Beyond. There's nothing there. Just marketing and brand identity and hollow, acquisitive greed.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 4d

Different strategies and wording, but same outcome, people denied rights. You cannot in reality condemn the Tories, or Reform, plans for leaving the ECHR and support Labour's plan of restricting it for certain groups. All that shows is you don't care about human rights, you only care about yours.

Hanniba-LINA Lecter 💀 @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 4d

So, the Tories want to remove us from the ECHR, Labour aren’t much better by wanting to ‘reform’ it

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Francesca Fiorentini @franifio.bsky.social · 4d

Not a single Greta hater could do what she has done, face what she's faced, bear abuse and humiliation at the hands of the most psychotic and genocidal army. They haven't an ounce of her bravery and that's what drives them crazy. Free Greta, free Palestine🇵🇸

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 5d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 4d

Any time a politician says we should leave the ECHR, the very next questions any interviewer should ask are
🚨Which human rights are you willing to lose personally
🚨Which methods of torture are you going to allow people to be sent to face
🚨Which family members would you be willing to lose

#r4today

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 6d

Tech wythout heart ys hollow.

For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of languages, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.

We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:

H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski

Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

www.theguardian.com

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Nix Rust @nixrust.bsky.social · 6d

Kemi Badenoch has vowed to repeal the UK’s Climate Change Act, a move so reckless it demands more scrutiny than polite debate. This matters not just for polar bears or coral reefs, but for our people, our economy, our very future.

#ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act

Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate

www.theguardian.com

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Ardath Whynacht @ardathjean.bsky.social · 7d

There are two Indigenous women from (so called) Canada on the Sumud Flotilla. It was just illegally intercepted by the IDF and they are kidnapping humanitarians from the boats.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 6d

This comment nails it. Frankly it’s none of anyone’s business who else is in a public lavatory, even if they consider someone is in the “wrong” one. If you’re upset by the mere presence of somebody else for reasons of your own beliefs, that’s your problem.

Life is too short to waste @somethingnewforyou.bsky.social · 6d

genuinely insane we are at point "a person was afraid of someone who caused NO harm, so latter person needs to be segregated" rather than genuinely if YOU are so terrified of others on this level YOU are A PHOBE of some stripe and it is YOU who needs to leave. it IS bigots who need a third space imo

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Helle Abelvik-Lawson @drhelleal.bsky.social · 7d

Big up the perinatal mental health teams!! Exemplary mental health care, a literal life-saving service 🛟 Having babies is crazy-making, but then so is so much of life these days... Wholeheartedly agree it should work like this for everyone.

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Dr J. M. Wall @cemeteryresearcher.bsky.social · 7d

Perinatal Mental Health Services are so good. I really wish everyone struggling had access to high quality help as quickly and compassionately. A real model of how incredible the NHS can be when the resource level matches the number of patents using the service.

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 7d

BREAKING: Israel Begins Intercepting 44-Ship Global Sumud Flotilla: zeteo.com/p/global-sum...

BREAKING: Israel Begins Intercepting 44-Ship Global Sumud Flotilla

The massive flotilla, which Italian and Spanish ships shadowed until it approached Gaza, is the fourth one attacked in the last year.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 7d

How it started, etc.

The Evening Standard piece is from TWO WEEKS ago. 😂

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Niall Ferguson: Milei’s Man-made Miracle

Javier Milei announces reforms to the Argentine Federal Police on June 17, 2025, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Tomas Cuesta via Getty Images)
Can a broken economy be fixed? Argentina’s president proves it can. Politics is another story.
By Niall Ferguson
07.22.25 —
International
Sir Niall Ferguson, MA, DPhil, FRSE, is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. He is the author of 16 books, including The Pity of War, The House of Rothschild, and Kissinger, 1923–1968: The Idealist, which won the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award. He is a columnist for The Free Press. In addition, he is the founder and managing director of Greenmantle, a New York-based advisory firm, a co-founder of the Latin American fintech company Ualá, and a co-founding trustee of the new University of Austin.

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Milei has transformed the Argentinian economy — if only Labour would take note
A long-term economic basket case, the country has been revived by the radical policies of its controversial president. So what can we learn from them?
Javier Milei
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15 September 2025
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Milei’s Argentina rocked by fresh sell-off as investors fret over US bailout
Buenos Aires sees peso drop 6pc against the dollar, despite Trump’s $20bn rescue package

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Donald Trump and Javier Milei
Javier Milei says he will not give up his $5bn swap line with China as part of a deal with Donald Trump Credit: Alexander Drago/Reuters
Hans van Leeuwen
International Economics Editor
01 October 2025 5:23pm BST
Hans van Leeuwen
Javier Milei is battling to calm markets in Argentina as investors grow increasingly wary over his ability to secure a bailout from Donald Trump.
A fresh bout of market volatility has led to the peso dropping almost 6pc against the dollar over the past two

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 7d

Israel surrounded the Global Sumud Flotilla, turned on jamming devices and is now 'probably' taking them as prisoners

Of course no one knows what's happening if Italy/Spain had stayed they could have monitored the situation

But the West don't care, Israel does whatever it wants

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