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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · May 11

All of us are creatures of a day; the rememberer and the remembered alike. All is ephemeral-both memory & the object of memory. The time is at hand when you will have forgotten everything; and the time is at hand when all will have forgotten you.

Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12h

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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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 11h

#nowplaying Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana youtu.be/Z0e2G32f3IU?...

Poinciana (Live At The Pershing, Chicago, 1958)

YouTube video by Ahmad Jamal - Topic

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 12h

WARNING: This video does not contain politics. ⚽🐶🏆

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This dog really wanted to play football 🤣 (🎥: ViralHog)

YouTube video by LADbible Shorts

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Luke Taylor MP @luketaylorld.bsky.social · 16h

British Transport Police's decision to not investigate bike thefts outside train stations where bikes have been left for more than two hours is really concerning. It could effectively decriminalise it.

Together with Lib Dem colleagues I've written to the BTP to get clarity.

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 13h

Coz people are that stupid... 🙄

'The European Parliament has voted to ban words like "burger" or "steak" to describe their plant-based variants. The 355-247 vote is seen as a victory for livestock farmers who say the labels threaten their industry and livelihoods.'
www.bbc.com/news/article...

EU parliament votes to ban meat names for plant-based foods

Pressure to ban meat labels for plant-based products comes from Europe's livestock farmers.

www.bbc.com

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 14h

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Telegraph article: Jacob Rees-Mogg: scourge of the Establishment and champion of the poor

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 14h

As a general point, I am always amused when I hear the Spectator complain about 'the governing class‘.

I mean.
Really?

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 15h

'The judge found Hamit Coskun's protest to be "disorderly" because it provoked "serious public disorder". That is, because HE was attacked by two passers-by while protesting. In other words, the violent reactions of others were treated as proof of his guilt.'
www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/07...

NSS backs Hamit Coskun appeal

Coskun lodges appeal with Crown Court following public order offence conviction for Quran-burning protest Read More »

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 17h

Who could've predicted Robert Jenrick's crack about seeing no white faces in Handsworth would lead to takes like this? Never heard of this racist but he's got a hundred thousand followers. X in a nutshell.

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 18h

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 18h

Donald Tusk is right. In my opinion, Germany's obsession to prosecute those involved in sabotaging the 'Nord Stream 2' pipeline is an attempt to divert attention away from their own role in enabling the project, which undermined European security as it enabled Russian fascists to fund their war.

Tusk says extraditing Nord Stream suspect 'not in Poland's interest'

Volodymyr Z — a Ukrainian man wanted in Germany in connection with the Nord Stream blasts in September 2022 — was detained near Warsaw last month.

www.euronews.com

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 20h

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

- Fossil fuel donors poured $96m into Trump’s 2025 presidential campaign and affiliated action committees

Story by @dharna.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy

www.theguardian.com

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 1d

📢 🚨New Report - How the UK oil and gas industry spent 15 years pushing for subsidies & incentives for Carbon Capture and Storage rather than regulatory accountability or science-based emissions reductions; maintaining a funding pipeline for a technology yet to deliver on its promises 👇

The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...

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International Energy Agency @iea.org · 20h

Global renewable capacity is on course to more than double by 2030.

Solar PV is set to lead – making up about 80% of the rise over this period.

In addition to growth in established markets, it’s also surging in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan & Southeast Asia 👉 iea.li/48SwFS4

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

On the one hand, medical science is beginning to get a handle on the very complex physiological basis of this disease. On the other hand, we can expect the greatest medical scandal (so far) of the 21st Century – the mass mistreatment and neglect of ME/CFS sufferers – to continue.

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 20h

Can I just say "Thank you" from the bottom of my heart, George, for your support and solidarity with the much maligned sufferers of this pernicious condition. CFS hit me like a bolt out of the blue in the 90s and it took the best part of a decade to recover. In that regard, I count myself fortunate.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

This commission points to where the government is heading. If the problem is “overdiagnosis” – which appears to be its foregone conclusion – then large numbers of people with horrendous conditions will be put through an even more punishing regime of tests and obstacles to qualify for benefits.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

In the firing line, as ever, are the UK’s hundreds of thousands of ME/CFS patients. As a practitioner once remarked, “the bastards don’t want to get better”. If there is one characteristic all the ME/CFS patients I’ve come across have in common, it is a desperation to get better.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

Just as we are beginning to understand the biochemical basis of this horrendous condition, the government appoints the man perhaps most responsible for the mischaracterisation of ME/CFS – Simon Wesseley - to its *overdiagnosis* commission. www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...

Controversial professor to investigate overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence for Labour

Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
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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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 20h

Tbf, they did have Nadhim Zahawi and Matthew Syed on #politicslive.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 20h

BBC Radio 4's World at One is currently platforming far-right columnist and Reform member Tim Montgomerie, for his views - and his views alone - on the political conference season.

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 20h

Every little helps...

'The ONS has revised down UK government borrowing figures for the current fiscal year by £2bn following an error in the tax receipts used to calculate the data. It also reduced the borrowing figure for the previous fiscal year by £1bn.'
www.ft.com/content/b4ef...

ONS revises down UK government borrowing by £2bn after VAT error

Statistics agency reduces estimate for current fiscal year weeks ahead of Rachel Reeves’ Budget

www.ft.com

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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 21h

Good!

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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 22h

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Buuurrnnn 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

🇷🇺A massive fire is raging at the “Zavod Pripoev” electronics factory in Novosibirsk — a plant that produces microchips and equipment for Russia’s defense industry.

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