Mandoline Blue 🕸️
@mandolineblue.bsky.social
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Paint addicted poet, playful philosopher artist on bugs. (Butterflies for preference.) 🛺 I love oddness and snippets, my mind was born as a rat run, now branching out into highways & sacred places. Often to be found hanging out in or near reality.
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mandolineblue.bsky.social
Just nine arrests at the Unite the Kingdom march so far. And Elon Musk broadcasting to the crowd live from the US calling for the downfall of the UK Govt. Last week saw 900 arrested at the Palestine Action ban protest.

Labour has to get a grip. They are giving this country away to the extremists.
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maddow.msnbc.com
"El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz, who attended the meeting, said Chicago-born Pope Leo was visibly moved after being handed dozens of letters from immigrants describing their fears of arrest and separation under Trump’s enforcement policies..."

www.thedailybeast.com/pope-leo-ram...
Pope Leo Ramps Up His Trump Feud With Order to American Bishops
The Chicago-born pontiff has sharpened his criticism of the Trump administration and reportedly decided to take action.
www.thedailybeast.com
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atrupar.com
Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
mandolineblue.bsky.social
I see the article quotes sources suggesting Downing Street is blocking the publication of this report, which was due to launch tomorrow but the launch has been cancelled. That's the
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nebriefing.bsky.social
The age of warnings is over.
The climate and nature crisis is already here, threatening our food, health and national security.
On 27 Nov, top UK experts deliver the official briefing our leaders urgently need. Make sure your MP attends❗️

#TimeToStepUp
www.nebriefing.org
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mikebernerslee.bsky.social
This is one of the critical questions for humanity right. We have to learn how to contain persuasive and manipulative psychopaths instead of promoting the to top leadership positions.
tgspodcast.bsky.social
Forensic psychologist Dr. Reid Meloy is a widely cited authority on psychopathy, personality disorders, and targeted violence. He knows a thing or two about what we do with these "dark triad" individuals.
mandolineblue.bsky.social
I'm very polite when I ring up :)
mandolineblue.bsky.social
I send in meter readings every month
mandolineblue.bsky.social
Might be helpful...They need to justify every element of the bill, and be clear about what is a price rise on their part.... (I always put off calling corporates too, but sometimes operatives are very helpful.)
mandolineblue.bsky.social
Did you question it, Ger? I spent half an hour on the phone to my water company... Some of it was slightly increased use on my part, some was a govt subsidy being withdrawn, some of it - the larger part - an increase in the company's charges.
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bladeofthes.bsky.social
Greta Thunberg “I'm not scared of Israel. I’m scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity.”

Stand with Greta, stand with humanity.
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carolecadwalla.bsky.social
What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.

Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social

We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.

Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
pressgazette.co.uk
Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla.bsky.social launch new title The Nerve with redundancy payouts

After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...
Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts
Five former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.
pressgazette.co.uk
mandolineblue.bsky.social
No. Don't even think about it!

My frugal little water bill has gone up by 33% in a single year already. If Ofwat legalises this robbery, we should do what the French do and get out onto the streets, in force.

www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
Water bills: millions of households in England could face even bigger rises
CMA poised to give verdict after appeal by five firms for permission to increase bills higher than allowed by Ofwat
www.theguardian.com
mandolineblue.bsky.social
dearie me. he's totally off his bonce. (As we say across the pond)
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chadbourn.bsky.social
Gaza protest in Amsterdam now.
dadabsky.bsky.social
It's starting to look like it.
15 minutes ago:
Stop the genocide protest in Amsterdam. Protesters all wear red, we ask our government to stop being complicit to the bloodshed.
mandolineblue.bsky.social
@mikebernerslee.bsky.social Hi Mike, will it be recorded? I'm guessing not? I'd *really* like to see this! (PS I'm deep in your book A Climate of Truth - first book of yours I've read. Wow 🥇)
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mikebernerslee.bsky.social
This briefing has an amazing, top line up. Even those who think they already know all the essentials of climate and nature are likely to gain transformative insights. Please press your MP to be there .
sioldridge.bsky.social
This November, 8 top experts, chaired by Prof @mikebernerslee.bsky.social will deliver an essential briefing to politicians and influential people on the climate and nature emergency—outlining threats & solutions.

Has your MP confirmed yet? Enter your postcode to find out:
www.nebriefing.org