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Wonko the Sane

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We're not divided by politics anymore. We're divided by reality.

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Wonko the Sane @kernowmad.bsky.social · 2d

Being on social media has taught me a couple of things:-

FIRST: There are some incredibly brilliant and caring people in the world.

SECOND: They are VASTLY outnumbered.

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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 4h

NHS prices to skyrocket because Starmer caved to Trump www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

NHS prices to skyrocket because Starmer caved to Trump

Sensing the man's weakness, Donald Trump and big pharma have ganged up on Keir Starmer and the NHS - bad news for us all

www.thecanary.co

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Deniz Opal @selzero.bsky.social · 4h

AI isn't "taking our jobs"

It is doing "the" job.

If we think this is bad for civilisation it's because we have Stockholm Syndrome to the idea that we must be a part of the economic machine simply to exist.

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Wonko the Sane @kernowmad.bsky.social · 4h

"Some people say"

When we create a society that regards anecdotes, opinions and lies as equal to truth, evidence and facts. 🙄

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Wonko the Sane @kernowmad.bsky.social · 5h

Oh honey.

Are we still pretending the US constitution is anything but toilet paper at this point?

darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Wonko the Sane @kernowmad.bsky.social · 6h

The only thing I'm shocked about is that people are shocked.

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 19h

The level of destruction and erasure in the Gaza Strip is simply incredible. North Gaza, before and after:

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Wonko the Sane @kernowmad.bsky.social · 7h

#ACAB

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17h

A plainclothes officer sucker punches and violently arrests a man after he points out that another officer is deliberately stepping on a woman’s shoes while she is carrying her child.

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Native Plants @nativeplants1.bsky.social · 18h

Mrs. Bowers, please watch your language. I would not call him a president.

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jeff hunt#FBPE 🇪🇺 @jeff14.bsky.social · 7h

This dog seems to have invented his own game! ❤️

Have you ever seen a dog doing this? 🐶

Código X @elcodigox.bsky.social · 7h

Este perro parece haber inventado su propio juego! ❤️

¿Has visto alguna vez a un perro haciendo esto? 🐶

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Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 8h

A surprisingly large number of them think the way to connect with Gen Z is "dress like Sylvester McCoy's Doctor Who."

A screen grab of a Times article. The photograph depicts three men and a woman - according to the caption these are Charles Amos, Rhys Benjamin, Daniel Campbell and Glesni Reece.

Charles is in tweeds and a fedora, Rhys sports a combover and a question mark pullover as worn by the seventh Doctor Who. Daniel wears a blue "Make Britain Great Again" baseball cap. Glesni, unlike the others, is not wearing an outlandish costume, just a black tailored jacket over a white blouse.

Text reads:

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future
The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 21h

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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Mani Isna La 🇨🇺 🇵🇸 🕊️ 🪶 #IndigenousLivesMatter @maniisnala.bsky.social · 7h

Leading lord makes open threat to government in last ditch attempt to save hereditary peers www.electoral-reform.org.uk/leading-lord...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22h

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

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JP Collins @profjpc.bsky.social · 16h

“Who” is, objectively, the funniest possible response here

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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WorldFamous Jim @twfjom.bsky.social · 1d

Always loved this clip. It's right up there alongside Jeff Daniels' 'America isn't the greatest' speech from Newsroom.

BabadDoag @wowbagget.bsky.social · 1d

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Sameer Kankali Ⓥ☮🌈✌🏼🌱💚🐮🐷📚📖♟️✊🏼 @sameerkankali.bsky.social · 1d

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Thousands take legal action over ‘widespread pollution’ of three UK rivers

Environmental group seeks damages from Welsh Water and two chicken producers, alleging responsibility for pollution in Wye, Lugg and Usk Almost 4,000 people in England and Wales are taking legal action over what they allege is six years of sewage pollution that has devastated three rivers, including the Wye. In the largest environmental group action of recent times, 3,943 residents and business owners are seeking substantial damages from Welsh Water and the leading chicken producers Avara Foods Ltd and Freemans of Newent Ltd, alleging they are responsible for “extensive and widespread pollution” in the Wye, Lugg and Usk. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Wonko the Sane @kernowmad.bsky.social · 1d

An amazing moon last night.

#P1000

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 1d

❗️ First footage of UK-contracted spy plane taking off from Cyprus in aid of Israeli intelligence 👇

www.declassifieduk.org/gaza-spy-pla...

Gaza spy plane spotted leaving UK air base on Cyprus

Exclusive: Declassified captures first footage of an American spy plane taking off from a Royal Air Force base bound for Gaza.

www.declassifieduk.org

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵

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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 2d

Starmer must think that the Tolpuddle Martyrs, Luddites, Chartists, and Suffragettes etc are unBritish. I wonder how he thinks he went from council kid to a Sir without them.
Protests are a huge part of British history, they have changed legislation, society and united us (well some of us).

Leona Scream @editor.scot · 2d

I’ve always been unBritish m8

KEIR Starmer has urged students not to protest on the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks.
The Prime Minister branded protests planned at universities across the UK "un-British".
Around 1200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage in the deadly attacks on Israel by Hamas in 2023.
Writing in The Times, Starmer described protests set to take place at universities on Tuesday as "un-British", claiming they show a lack of respect for others.

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Wonko the Sane @kernowmad.bsky.social · 2d

This you?

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carljungfranz.bsky.social @carljungfranz.bsky.social · 7d

Google has blocked its AI-powered search tools from providing summarized answers for queries regarding Donald Trump’s mental acuity. This action contrasts with the platform’s handling of similar searches involving President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama.
dataconomy.com/2025/10/01/g...

Google AI blocks Trump dementia query summaries

Google has blocked its AI-powered search tools from providing summarized answers for queries regarding Donald Trump’s mental acuity. This action

dataconomy.com

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Wonko the Sane @kernowmad.bsky.social · 2d

Sadly we just lost one.

Jane Goodall, pioneering chimpanzee expert, dies aged 91

The award-winning primatologist and anthropologist championed chimpanzee protection for more than six decades

www.independent.co.uk

Wonko the Sane @kernowmad.bsky.social · 2d

Being on social media has taught me a couple of things:-

FIRST: There are some incredibly brilliant and caring people in the world.

SECOND: They are VASTLY outnumbered.

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