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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

No, it's not. It's all a lie. The blunt truth is across the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them.

Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social · 1d

Outstanding piece by Stephen Daisley.

Ethnicity is no barrier to Britishness - it's culture and integration.

That means 'smaller cohorts and aggressive integration policies' - and tackling the institutions that 'have amplified grievance narratives and radical anti-Western ideologies'.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 7h

“It’s far too soon to predict how the next election will shape up. We are roughly the same distance from Labour having to call a General Election, as we are from the last pandemic lockdown. Try to conceive of that amount of stuff still to happen.”

Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 7h

🆕 Anti-Woke Wake: It the Tory Party dead or just resting? ☠️

💥 Tory Conference debrief
💥 France latest political soap
💥 A deal on Gaza - but antisemitism on the rise

An amazing episode with special guest @samfr.bsky.social.

🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/5JQF...

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Anti-Woke Wake: Is the Tory Party dead or just resting?

Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 09/10/2025 · 1h 13m

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James Barišić 🇭🇷 @james.barisic.fr · 6h

I want to be wrong but this feels like a massive trap is being set for the state of Palestine by two people who could not care less about the existence of Palestine or the people of Palestine.

Netanyahu's genocide cannot be ignored. He must face trial.

#FreeGaza #FreePalestine

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Nick Hedley @nickhedley.bsky.social · 2d

In numbers: Renewables have turned Spain into one of Europe’s cheapest electricity markets
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/10/02/i...

In numbers: Renewables have turned Spain into one of Europe's cheapest electricity markets

Wind and solar met almost half of Spain’s electricity demand in the first half of 2025 (46%), up from 27% in the same period in 2019.

theprogressplaybook.com

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heleninsomerset.bsky.social @heleninsomerset.bsky.social · 6h

‘they rediscovered all of the old species, often in areas that were either protected or used for biodiversity promotion – an indication that political measures to preserve nature are working.’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Century-old papers saved from the bin reveal changes in Europe’s plant life

Plant inventories dating back to 1884 and nearly thrown away enable unique time-lapse study of biodiversity in Swiss meadows

www.theguardian.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11h

Just one grifter winking at another.

Remember, Musk is the largest GOP donor in American history.

He donates 1000% more money to the GOP than a man (George Soros) who Republicans preposterously claim is the puppeteer of the Democratic Party rather than just a donor.

So what does that make *Musk*?

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 11h

“He’s incredible at everything he does. We need 200 Elon Musks,” the president’s 41-year-old son said.

Eric Trump Insists U.S. Needs ‘200 Elon Musks’

The president’s son also weighed in on the volatile relationship between his father and the tech billionaire.

trib.al

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 13h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 1d

The attack on Mark is another stunt by right-wing grifters to victimize a random person in an effort to use MAGA fear mongering to justify their existence. It should go without saying we should do anything possible to support his family.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10h

I hope/pray this very flawed ‘deal’ from Trump that Hamas & Israel agreed to ends the genocide & famine & leads to a real ceasefire.

But my biggest fear is there is nothing and no one to stop Netanyahu from resuming the genocide once they get all the hostages back and Trump has his Nobel Prize.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: There's compelling proof that antifa did infiltrate on January 6 dressed up like Trump supporters and incited violence. Is that something you'd like the new J6 committee to look at?

TRUMP: Well I've heard that. Yeah. We will be acting on some of that.

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Sandy B @sandy-joon3.bsky.social · 14h

Wait a minute. I thought (according to Trump) either there was no violence or the violence was OK - hence the pardons. So… now not OK, if those (supposedly) involved were not MAGA? I can’t keep up with the fickle, disorganized, vindictive amorality of this administration.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 16h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9h

The @washingtonpost.com is now no more than a tabloid. Absolute tripe from the editorial board here.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 12h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 14h

Not how I remember it

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 16h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Andy HP @andyp8424.bsky.social · 14h

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blane @blaney22.bsky.social · 14h

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Green Hombre @greenhombre.bsky.social · 14h

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jack @roddyceramics.bsky.social · 13h

the anti-anti-fascists sure do sound a lot like fascists

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 8h

“Senior military leaders should have stepped in to prevent Trump from turning addresses at Fort Bragg and Norfolk into political rallies; the silence of the Army and Navy secretaries, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and some top generals and admirals is appalling…”

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Chris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social · 8h

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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 8h

The Brexit-supporting Spectator owned by Brexit-supporting Paul Marshall publishes an article on why EU tariffs (possible now because of Brexit), mean we should let the British steel industry die....without a single mention of the word "Brexit"

www.spectator.co.uk/article/its-...

Britain's steel industry must die

It already faced tariffs in the United States, and it has been struggling to cope with some of the highest industrial energy prices in the world. Now what remains of the British steel industry faces w...

www.spectator.co.uk

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 18h

Don't care about the massive damage done to native ecosystems by the constant release of vast numbers of invasive pheasants for shooting?

Maybe you'll care about catching Lyme disease instead.

British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 11d

Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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Jacob Grier @jacobgrier.bsky.social · 15h

Reading this post from a recently opened coffeeshop enclosed by surprisingly transparent plywood.

View from a coffeeshop with wall-length windows

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 14h

He’s so cooked. Anyway about that “routine visit” to Walter Reed tomorrow…

Devin Nunes' Alt-Mom @nunesalt.bsky.social · 16h

He just said it. 100% unironically and unmistakably.

“We took the freedom of speech away.”

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14h

On the one hand, Trump doesn't deserve the Nobel Peace Prize even if this 'deal' happens, as we've seen these deals, ceasefires, come & go - & be violated by Israel with US support. Will it even hold?

On the other hand, Kissinger got an effing Nobel Peace Prize so might as well give one to Trump.

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