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josephinebloggs.bsky.social
@josephinebloggs.bsky.social
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Psychologist, socialist, environmentalist, GSOH.
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implausibleblog.bsky.social
President Trump, "Smart people don't like me"

There's a reason for that...
September 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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liamthorp.bsky.social
PrOtECT ArE KiDs
September 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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marina-purkiss.bsky.social
Forgive us.
August 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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elizabethmay.bsky.social
Me five minutes ago: I'm not going to read the Prince Andrew biography, so I'll just read this article about it

Me after reading these two paragraphs: LMAO GOOD GOD
Here follows some claims Lownie makes about Andrew, backed up by testimony from people who knew the prince: He had a member of the royal staff moved from his job for wearing a nylon tie, and another because he had a mole on his face. He had 40 women brought to his hotel room in Thailand over a 5-day visit. Aged 26, he had dozens of stuffed animals on his bed, one of which wore a vest that read “It’s tough being a prince.” He missed his daughter’s 12th birthday party to hang out with Epstein at his Miami beach house. He ran up a bill of £325,000 on helicopters and planes in 2005 alone. He let a Libyan gun smuggler pay for a holiday he took to Tunisia and accepted a present of a bugged MacBook Pro from an attractive woman who turned out to be a Russian spy; he later tried to get himself a free Fabergé egg on an official Kremlin tour. In his role as a special representative for the United Kingdom, he earned, in the diplomatic community, the nickname “His Buffoon Highness” by refusing to follow his briefs and perhaps even read them in the first place. Once, driving his £80,000 Range Rover to Royal Lodge in Great Windsor Park, he found that the gates’ sensor was broken, so, rather than taking a 1-mile detour, he rammed them open, causing thousands of pounds’ worth of damage. Name an undesirable trait a person might have, and this book will demonstrate Andrew having it. He is, in addition to being a sex offender, cruel, easily enraged, stupid, boring, naive, attention-seeking, unfunny, childish, arrogant, and out of touch, as well as a misogynist, a liar, a thief, a bully, a pervert, a bad lover, a bad husband, a bad father, a brat as a child, a brat as a teenager, and a brat as an adult. Just when you’re thinking every possible slight has been leveled at the prince, and that there can surely be no greater depth to which your opinion of him can sink, Lownie relates that staff at Buckingham Palace used to have to clear away collections of “soiled tissues” in his bedroom.
August 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
In case anyone is still wondering why Bolton was raided
August 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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lucillapiccari.bsky.social
I'm going to post this now everytime a new social media row starts on the theme of "legitimate concerns"

And, also, a rule of thumb: whose legitimate concerns are being listened to, platformed, turned into law?
Whose ideas and expressions are being made illegal?

Just a thought.
mattgreencomedy.com Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · Jul 26
Legitimate Concerns?
July 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
"currently, there’s a phrase that’s been doing a helluva lot of heavy lifting lately:

“Concerned Locals/Citizens/Communities/Residents.”"
‘I’m not racist, just concerned’
From Epping to Facebook groups, how fear is being repackaged and pointed downwards and never up
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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paulpettinger.bsky.social
The Daily Mail lead with a photo of triumphant Irish and Ghanaian heritage Lioness players + another anti-immigration story. What hypocritical graceless fuckwits.
July 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
The internet is very fast.
July 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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eastangliabylines.co.uk
Southend context: over 354,000 people are homeless in England, nearly half children.

Soaring rents and other factors make government promises for new social housing even more urgent.

Report by Christine Sexton & Jenny Rhodes
#UKHousing #Homelessness
Homelessness is surging in Southend
Domestic violence, evictions and family breakdowns account for the surge in homelessness in Southend, estimated to cost £100m to remedy
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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asifkapadia.bsky.social
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aiannucci.bsky.social Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · Jul 20
Don’t want to worry you unduly, but it’s very hard to find any footage of the techbros and datagarchs saying they really like people. Sure, ‘humanity’ as a concept gets positive reviews but nothing really warm and memorable about people. youtube.com/shorts/LXpc1...
Why Is a Man Unsure About Humanity’s Worth Helping Design Its Digital Future?
YouTube video by NowThis Impact
youtube.com
July 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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tobyontv.bsky.social
BBC headline: unquestioningly repeating a Farage claim about pesky people making life hard for Reform

Actual story: Farage says he has no clue about a 600% allowance rise for a Reform mayor
Reform councillors obstructed by officials, Farage says Farage was also challenged over spending decisions in Scarborough, where the town council has approved a 600% increase in the Reform mayor's allowance, from £500 to £3,500 a year. The mayor has defended the move, saying the allowance helps to cover his expenses and allows him to carry out his duties efficiently. Farage said he had "no idea" about the situation in the Reform-run council, adding: "Is he doing it or she doing it as a full-time job? I've no idea."
July 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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asharangappa.bsky.social
In my research on complicity one thing is clear: It is VERY hard for people to backtrack on rationalizations and self justifications, i.e., to admit they were wrong. People coming to a realization that they were scammed is a big deal; no one likes to admit they were fooled 1/
July 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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orynski.eu
It has been 8 years now. I keep hearing about how unfair the Brexit deal is to Britain.

Have the EU been crushed yet?
July 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
"With the passage of Trump's death bill, we face the prospect of many great harms, including an archipelago of concentration camps across the United States."
snyder.substack.com/p/concentrat...
Concentration Camp Labor
Cannot Become Normal
snyder.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social
Nobody needs artificial grass. Help to stop it being sold and share this petition. Nature will thank you for it!
Petition: Ban the residential use of artificial grass
We urge the Government to introduce a ban on both the use and sale of artificial grass in residential settings. This should include prohibiting its installation in private gardens and outdoor spaces, ...
petition.parliament.uk
July 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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eastangliabylines.co.uk
Her brother needed more help.

What he got was months of delays, dead ends – and a growing burden on the people who love him.

Jane Horrex tells a moving story with a sharp point to make about our inadequate care system:
Does my vulnerable brother need health care or social care?
Down's Syndrome can exacerbate health challenges, and it's becoming clear that the current funding models aren't fit for purpose
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
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June 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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ayoub.bsky.social
The death toll of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza is now estimated at 100,000

The list is 1,227 pages long.

The first 11 pages are names of babies dead before the age of 6 months.

The first 381 pages are all children.

archive.is/2025.06.28-0...
On Monday of this week, Hamas' Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip published an updated list of those killed in the war, a 1,227-page chart, arranged from youngest to oldest. The Arabic-language document includes the deceased person's full name, the names of the father and grandfather, date of birth and ID number. Unlike previous lists, this compilation notes the precise age of children who were under the age of one year when they were killed. Mahmoud al-Maranakh and seven more children died on the same day they were born. Four more children were killed on the day after they entered the world, five others lived to the age of two days. Not until page 11, following 486 names, does the name appear of the first child who was more than six months old when he was killed.
June 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Christian Nationalism is religious rule, too.
June 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
josephinebloggs.bsky.social
I've never understood why everyone doesn't just think he's a prick
jessicaelgot.bsky.social Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · Jun 27
Quite a bold move to do this just before playing Glastonbury
June 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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markavery.bsky.social
Sunday book review: Urban Plants by @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social
Publisher: @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Review: bit.ly/402ICiU

'A great pleasure to browse, an even greater one to read'

'Book of Year contender'

@bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscience.bsky.social @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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natashadevon.bsky.social
The thing is, I don’t think anyone ever suggested Israel didn’t have a right to defend itself did they?
June 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
Israel's favourability rating has plummeted across European nations.

"Fewer people likewise now ‘side’ with the Israelis in our sympathy tracker. Between 7-18% say they sympathise most with the Israeli side..."

Reference: yougov.co.uk/internationa...
June 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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fesshole.bsky.social
I'm a dad bringing up a family on their own. I have leaned this: hobbies are dominated by men because women are just too busy. If men did their fair share they'd be too busy to meet up and argue over whatever bullshit passion they have.
June 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM