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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 7h

#OtD 9 Oct 2014 the Guardian reported that Greek 'riot dog' Loukanikos ("sausage") died peacefully in his sleep. He was the most famous of the Athens strays who joined riots against police violence and later against austerity. More info and merch here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collec...

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 8h

Today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight... the Fieldfare! 🍒

Flocks arrive from Scandinavia, filling UK hedgerows and fields with their speckled breasts and blue-grey heads, feasting on berries and insects.

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Emily @millyrose.bsky.social · 9h

One of the richest countries in the world:

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 9h

Urgent winter clothing appeal for UK baby banks.

In 2024 charity distributed 6,752 coats, 14,163 pairs of shoes, 2,857 blankets, 1,472 items of bedding and 45,220 pairs of socks to families in need.

Low wages/benefits; high energy, water, grocery costs; unchecked profiteering take toll.

London baby banks appeal for urgent donations ahead of winter

Baby banks in London say supplies are running low due to more families facing increased financial pressures.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Emily @millyrose.bsky.social · 21h

The research, the considerations, the ethics, the discussion all over buying a winter duvet.

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Stone Cold 𓅃 @bisexualmorpheus.bsky.social · 1d

Yer da’s been decorating the zafira

POV: you are stuck in London traffic behind a 2008 Vauxhall minivan adorned with various right wing slogans including “RIP LONDON KHAN AND STARMER GAVE FCUKED YOU! HONK IF YOU HATE EM!” & “Starmer stop the boats”. The license place is “RIP BE” and there are pictures of a demonic looking Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan adorning the bumper and rear window. England and Union Jack flags fly from the rear windows

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Emily @millyrose.bsky.social · 1d

the cat is furious at me because I cleaned his ear after he got into a fight.

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao this is fucking wild, how much cash do we reckon European politicians got chucked from the meat industry for this one

EU lawmakers push to ban term 'veggie-burger'

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -EU lawmakers voted on Wednesday to ban the use of the term "veggie-burger" and limit food descriptions such as steak, escalope and sausage to products containing meat, part of a pr...

uk.finance.yahoo.com

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Emily @millyrose.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you :)

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Emily @millyrose.bsky.social · 1d

very pretty

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Emily @millyrose.bsky.social · 1d

This is incredible work:

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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Emily @millyrose.bsky.social · 1d

First day of my secondment in a specialist service ✨

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

AI data centres are gobbling up environmental resources.

Billionaires are flying around on private jets.

Endless amounts of money & resources spent on wars around the globe.

But inhalers are the real threat to the climate?

They really will blame disabled people for everything

Screenshot of a post from local 12 WKRC TV which reads “inhalers contribute significantly to global warming study finds” and then a photo of two blue inhalers

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The Spectre of Potatoism 👻 @kootenaymarxist.bsky.social · Aug 22

A fucking Holocaust survivor is saying that him witnessing the Western world cheering on a genocide is the darkest thing he's ever seen in his whole life.

Think about that for a second.

The Spectre of Potatoism 👻 @kootenaymarxist.bsky.social · Aug 22

‘Israel’s daily cruelty in Gaza that we’re witnessing, and the political class in most of the Western world just cheering it on, is the darkest thing I've seen in my whole life.’

-Holocaust survivor Dr. Gabor Maté

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 2d

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Emily @millyrose.bsky.social · 3d

It was during her time in Blackwell’s Island Penitentiary where she started her work in nursing, euth little training being placed in charge of a 16-bed women’s ward. She later formally trained in Vienna as a Nurse and Midwife.

Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 5d

#OtD 4 Oct 1893 Jewish anarchist immigrant Emma Goldman began her trial in NYC. Found guilty of incitement to riot, she was sent to the Manhattan's city prison and later sentenced to a year in Blackwell's Island Penitentiary shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

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Emily @millyrose.bsky.social · 3d

Tibetan yaks are being used to get people stranded in various areas of Mount Everest down.

-'the reason for that is because during dangerous conditions, where there is deep snow, the yaks can not only carve a path but potentially reveal dangerous chasms.'

such perfect little angels.

An image from the BBC website of a group of Tibetan Yaks.

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Emily @millyrose.bsky.social · 3d

Ooft!

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Emily @millyrose.bsky.social · 3d

First day back at work after a weeks of annual leave. My god.

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Emily @millyrose.bsky.social · 4d

Quick someone mention about cats going outside!

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Netpol @netpol.org · 4d

If the state wants to avoid cumulative protests, maybe the answer is to stop its cumulative support for injustice, its cumulative inaction on the climate crisis and its cumulative complicity in genocide.

It won't: and so, no matter how many new laws ministers create, protests are inevitable

Netpol @netpol.org · 4d

The Home Office sham "consultation" on cumulative protests closed on 29 September, so this immediate announcement shows Labour had already decided – yet again – to expand public order powers, well before the Manchester attack that is now used to justify it
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

www.theguardian.com

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Emily @millyrose.bsky.social · 4d

Having the best time at a polish wedding 💒 🇵🇱 🥒 🥂

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CMJohnston @cmjohnston.bsky.social · 5d

Your timeline is hereby thoroughly cleansed.

Daniel O’D with t-shirt with a photo of CMAT wearing a t-shirt with his face on it!

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Gary Alexander @garyalexander.bsky.social · 5d

Holding up a sign that says "human nature is contingent" and all the tech bros and evo psych clowns hiss like vampires seeing a cross.

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 5d

Did you know that Kookaburras are a species of Kingfisher? I didn't, but now I do. I'm quite fond of them, but I also kind of think they are stupid assholes. It just goes to show you that even the simple and beautiful can be a stupid asshole, and isn't that something that is true?

A kookaburra, probably preparing to be a stupid asshole

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