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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16h

Donald Trump is calling for the jailing of his political opponents in Chicago. His DOJ lackeys have already indicted a NJ Congresswoman for conducting ICE facility oversight and James Comey. John Bolton's house was raided.

We must treat these latest threats seriously and all stand up against them.

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Csilla Gal @cgal.bsky.social · 14h

Also, bsky.app/profile/nycs...

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 16h

This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17h

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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OldeNaturalist @oldenaturalist.bsky.social · 18h

Views of the house during the day

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OldeNaturalist @oldenaturalist.bsky.social · 18h

Would he be one of this year's babies? Looking at his size, he's significantly smaller than the female that's been visiting.

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OldeNaturalist @oldenaturalist.bsky.social · 19h

Exciting stuff. A young male hedgehog now building a nest in the hedgehog house I put out. I've put a lot of hay in there and then put hay around and he's been dragging extra in.

cc @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social

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OldeNaturalist @oldenaturalist.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah, you're not kidding with pay rates. I was on £40 an hour and the people coming in were on ten!

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OldeNaturalist @oldenaturalist.bsky.social · 19h

I'm uploading this again because I'd really appreciate some views and likes. 😄

This is some cliff diving and views of the beach as well as some Sussex countryside

youtu.be/pAOLryiNerg?...

GepRC Vapor D5 - Incredible 5" FPV Drone - First Flights

YouTube video by Clear Air Flying FPV

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OldeNaturalist @oldenaturalist.bsky.social · 21h

Oh dear, I think you're missing the point.

Hundreds of UK staff were put out of work overnight. The only money "saved" was by large corporations, many not even based in the UK, or paying little UK tax. It was a scam implemented by Blair to benefit his pals.

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 21h

❗️ 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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Joseph Wells @josephwells.bsky.social · 1d

We need your help! We need to hold Taxhel Reeves to account for destroying a protected species to please her developer friends! We need to send her a message that this isn't acceptable!

Please share and repost this! ⬇️

Credit: @danicapriest.bsky.social

#RachelReeves #Labour #Reeves #Developers

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

Pam Bondi is so transparent, you can see right through her

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OldeNaturalist @oldenaturalist.bsky.social · 21h

They came on short term contracts so the money goes into their Indian bank accounts. They were provided with accommodation by their company, so very little money is spent in the local economy.

Entire floors of banks were replaced. And this is the corrupt guy who wants to be in charge of Gaza

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OldeNaturalist @oldenaturalist.bsky.social · 21h

Well, we all said this would happen and it didn't even take a month for the first one to occur.

This is the result of the Online Safety (Surveillance) Act. And if you still think Digital ID is a good idea...

John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: breach of Discord age verification data.

Including some users passports & DLs

Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.

Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/

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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: breach of Discord age verification data.

Including some users passports & DLs

Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.

Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Update from the war zone in Portland.

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.bsky.social · 21h

5 times I've been through the 'break / ban encryption' debate.

1st time was late 90s, trying to get encryption to use AT ALL.

Imagine what progressive tech could have built if we didn't have to drop everything to fight this BS off every few years.

Support your local digital rights org. Please.

Robin Wilton 🇱🇧 @komadori.bsky.social · 1d

At some point, you'd think they ought to conclude that *there isn't an acceptable, mandatory alternative*, and put the resources into other, more practical ways of addressing the *societal* problem of child abuse instead. But they'd rather have the means of mass surveillance and censorship. 🤷‍♂️

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ThatIngrid @thatingrid.bsky.social · 22h

This should be front page news

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds

NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report finds

www.theguardian.com

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OldeNaturalist @oldenaturalist.bsky.social · 22h

I remember when Blair introduced Fast Track Visas, which I'm sure had nothing to do with his pals, the Hindujas.

It decimated the IT contracting community. And all the money goes straight back to India, very little is spent in the local economy.

I'm very much for immigration btw.

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 22h

"What I'm arguing for, is a return to the world it was before Tony Blair and the constitutional vandalism of new Labour."

Robert Jenrick tells Emily Maitlis why he wants 'activist', 'pro-migrant' judges' out of the profession

Robert Jenrick denies 'Trumpian purge' after conference attack on ‘activist judges’ | The News Agents

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick tells Emily Maitlis 'activist judges’ are bringing the UK’s legal system into “disrepute” and vows to make appointments a political decision under a future…

www.thenewsagents.co.uk

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Eleanor @eleanoralbaugh.bsky.social · 22h

Masking returns.
But only in specific areas because Covid respects certain doors, never travels to shops, canteens, loos, corridors and lifts.

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 23h

UK: Two hospitals — Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal in Telford — are reintroducing compulsory face masks in some areas from Wednesday, as Covid-19 cases rise. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust said the rule applies to specific parts of both facilities.

Source: archive.md/u5TQw

Hospitals to reintroduce face masks in Covid spike

38 minutes ago

Andy Giddings West Midlands

The face masks must be worn in parts of the hospitals, including cancer wards, children's wards and the emergency department

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 22h

Jaguar with gunshot wounds rescued from river in Brazil.

A wounded jaguar, reportedly injured by gunfire, is rescued by Brazilian military police and members of SEPET — the Animal Protection Secretariat for the Amazonas, in the waters of Rio Negro, Brazil

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

Just once I would like to hear someone, a reporter or a Dem senator, say, "Nonsense! No one believes that. You're lying, you know you're lying, we know you're lying, just stop lying! Do you really think your base is that stupid?"

(And yes, we know ... most of their base really is that stupid.)

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 1d

Further evidence that this supposed legal justification for lethal US strikes in the Caribbean is baseless backfilling:

1) Bondi refused to invoke this justification or any other when asked.

2) Trump himself doesn't invoke it, just jokes about "water drugs."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

www.nytimes.com

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