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ME/CFS Science @mecfsskeptic.bsky.social · 6h

1) There's a new ME/CFS study that is getting a lot of attention in the media. It focuses on epigenetics: how genes are switched on or off by folding DNA in a different way.

You genetic code itself is fixed but the expression of genes can change by environmental factors.

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 10h

Imagine thinking the Tories are not vile enough for me, I think I’ll vote for Reform.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 6h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

VIDEO: anti-genocide protester reads poem about murdered child as he's being arrested

He was being arrested by the Metropolitan Police during today's protests to mark two years of Israel's genocide in Gaza
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

VIDEO: anti-genocide protester reads poem about murdered child as he's being arrested

He was being arrested by the Metropolitan Police during today's protests to mark two years of Israel's genocide in Gaza

www.thecanary.co

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

The face of Evil.

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mandascott.bsky.social @mandascott.bsky.social · 2h

Grand stuff from @greenparty.org.uk and @zackpolanski.bsky.social

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Zack Polanski Terrifies the Establishment — And They’re Panicking

YouTube video by KernowDamo

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see"

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 2h

Regulators are utterly failing to take seriously the effects of this #PoisonedPlanet on #PublicHealth, animal and environmental health

#NovelEntities #PlanetaryBoundaries
phys.org/news/2025-10...

Industry scientists reveal reluctance to test chemicals for behavioral effects, despite growing evidence

An international study led by the University of Portsmouth has revealed reluctance from industry scientists to test chemicals for their effects on human and wildlife behavior, despite growing evidence...

phys.org

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Markonthemaps (Mark Ovenden) @markonthemaps.bsky.social · 11h

Millions of people do not agree with these dreadful, divisive creatures. Embrace diversity!
Do share!

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Grenobob @grenowl82.bsky.social · 2h

Whenever somebody is overpaid or makes a false benefits claim, everything is thrown at them to recover every last penny. However, when billions get stolen by rich people, they don't go after them with the same vigour, and many times, the government just writes it off as 'unretrievable.' Yeah, right.

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Since Starmer came to power, NHS privatisation has increased by up to 71%

From July 2024-July 2025, the amount of firms leeching profit from the NHS has increased by huge amounts in London, Dorset, and other areas
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Since Starmer came to power, NHS privatisation has increased by up to 71%

From July 2024-July 2025, the amount of firms leeching profit from the NHS has increased by huge amounts in London, Dorset and other areas

www.thecanary.co

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3h

We just hit 93,000 members.

We're polling on average higher than we have ever before.

Over 1000 people joining a day!

Join our movement.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Join the Green Party

Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23h

Those that died served their country. They and their families deserve honesty, transparency and justice from this government

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

🚨I'm joining ChinookJustice in calling on Keir Starmer to hold a judge-led public inquiry.

The Prime Minister promised transparency & accountability in public office. His disgraceful decision to deny the families an opportunity to find out the truth is the opposite of that
youtu.be/qdGh2sB7mLw?...

October 7, 2025

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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 23h

People aren't flocking to the Tories' conference...

Tory conference ridiculed after rows of empty seats at key speeches

"It is completely dead. We are completely dead. But hey the white wine is chilled."

leftfootforward.org

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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 3h

Tories will abolish stamp duty to “revive the housing market”

First time buyers don’t pay it anyway (up to £300k) & the fact the average UK house price is 10x the average salary is the problem, not £5k stamp duty on a £300k house! And then there’s the £24bn lost tax revenue…

Totally deluded 🤦‍♀️

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3h

Jeffries: This is the second time it's been shut down under Donald Trump, and he's nowhere to be found. He's got time to be on the golf course, but apparently doesn't have time to sit down with Democrats to reopen the government.

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Ain’t that the truth.

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 1d

Greta Thunberg is not in the Epstein files, but Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump are.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 4h

🚨 This is protecting the American people. “Full force” is not defined by the military. More of this!

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1d

Sen. PADILLA: This Justice Department fired a 15-year career prosecutor who put away sex traffickers and transnational terrorists. She was marched out of her office. Why? Because she had the audacity to remind Border Patrol that it should follow court orders.

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Master Elrond [he/him] @inuyasha1953.bsky.social · 19h

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Bodycam footage from the Chicago ICE shooting shows a chilling moment that directly contradicts the agents' official story. Before opening fire, a Border Patrol agent taunted Marimar Martinez by saying, "Do something, b*tch," as he abruptly pulled over and immediately shot her 5-7 times.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 8h

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 10h

They have made it clear that they believe if they make it awful enough to be trans, people will stop being trans. In service of that, the assault of children is a welcome outcome for them.

Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 11h

When politicians like Trump, or Starmer, say & do transphobic things, parents talk about it in front of kids & then the kids bring it to school.

It’s horrific that these kids are being taught to hate & at such an early age.

It is critical we do not import this into Irish politics:

11-year-old trans child allegedly assaulted by fellow student

An 11-year-old trans child was allegedly assaulted by a fellow student over their gender identity, the student's father has claimed.

www.thepinknews.com

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 5h

The writing's on the wall. Overfishing is emptying our seas of life 🪝

We took to the streets of London to remind govt that #overfishing is a political choice, & they have the power to stop it 🎣

Help us call on PM Keir Starmer to end overfishing: act.oceana.org/page/178303/...

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barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · 6h

I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M WATCHING INTERVIEWS OF CITY MAYORS TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY ARE COORDINATING WITH OTHER MAYORS TO DISCUSS HOW TO PROTECT THEIR RESIDENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I KNOW WE ARE "USED TO IT" BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE.

- ASHA RANGAPPA

OCCUPY

DEMOCRATSX

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Andrew Lewin MP @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social · 5h

Kemi Badenoch appears to be getting plaudits for a speech in which she breezily claimed to have found £47,000,000,000 in savings.

The inconvenient truth is that these numbers are nothing more than a fantasy.

This really is Liz Truss's party now.

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