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Rev Peter W Nimmo

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Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social · 9d

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"For the sake of your risen Son, grant, O God, that we might live as thankful people".
#LectionaryPrayers for Sunday October 12 2025 (Proper 23)
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Opening Prayers for Proper 23 Year C (October 12, 2025)

Opening Prayers for Sunday 9 October 2022 (Proper 23)

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Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social · 49m

Thanks, Martin. I feel today I'm on the mend!

Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social · 49m

GB News isn't just a publicity vehicle for the far right- it's a funding mechanism. Why is it still broadcasting?

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1h

Nigel Farage is paid £3,600 an hour to work for GBNews.

It’s a racket.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1h

Nigel Farage is paid £3,600 an hour to work for GBNews.

It’s a racket.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 57m

Staffordshire Reform UK Councillors have voted to spend taxpayers’ money on political assistants…

www.facebook.com/share/r/1JV8...

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Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social · 51m

Trump is not even paying his troops

HuffPost UK @huffpost.co.uk · 53m

A military spouse calling in to C-SPAN pleaded with Republican Speaker Mike Johnson to pass a standalone bill to pay troops during the shutdown.

Johnson Grilled On Shutdown Troop Pay

A military spouse calling in to C-SPAN pleaded with Republican Speaker Mike Johnson to pass a standalone bill to pay troops during the shutdown.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 1h

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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Andrew Reeves @andrewsshi.bsky.social · 1h

Somehow I don't think that ProQuest's AI is quite ready for prime time...

An article on penance an the Inquisition in Languedoc that has an AI-generated list of "related articles." These related articles have to do with financial accounting and monetary fines in modern times.

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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 2h

The social teaching of the Catholic Church is the largest - or the last global organization - left to speak about the poor, and in this way, about their dignity, hope, liberation and aspirations.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1h

Attitude Awards 2025: Russell Tovey warns about the rise of Reform UK as he wins this year’s Man of the Year Award

The celebrated actor was honoured for his continued impact on screen and his outspoken advocacy for LGBTQ+ representation.

www.attitude.co.uk

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your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · 3h

having read the actual discussion thread, Framework have made their decision, and I believe they are who they say they are

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Framework supporting far-right racists?

Congratulations on the controversy that could have been avoided with a few minutes of research. Especially since if you had just done nothing (without condemning this or that project or person, but w...

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David Sword @david-sword.bsky.social · 5h

Vote Reform. Get resignations.

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Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social · 3h

Another Reform UK Ltd councillor bites the dust

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 5h

Reform UK’s Councillor Rowland O’Connor, St. Columb Major, has resigned from the party.

A conspiracy theorist who claimed 17m people have died from the COVID vaccine, among many other claims.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 5h

Further concerns raised in Senedd over Reform’s links to Russia

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Further concerns raised in Senedd over Reform's links to Russia

Emily Price Members of the Senedd have raised further concerns about Reform UK’s links to Russia. During Questions the the First Minister on Tuesday (October 7), Baroness Eluned Morgan said the integ...

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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 4h

the most interesting part of "Dilexit te" published by Pope Leo XIV today - for me, as a message to the debate on the role of Vatican II in the church today

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 3h

Reform UK are out of step with the British public.

The public are opposed to withdrawing from the ECHR by 46% to 29%

What do Britons really think about leaving the ECHR? | YouGov

The public are opposed to withdrawing from the Convention by 46% to 29%

yougov.co.uk

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Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social · 3h

Tories, too, are out of step

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 3h

Reform UK are out of step with the British public.

The public are opposed to withdrawing from the ECHR by 46% to 29%

What do Britons really think about leaving the ECHR? | YouGov

The public are opposed to withdrawing from the Convention by 46% to 29%

yougov.co.uk

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Anna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social · 4h

The redesignation of greenbelt land for other uses happened in just 6 authorities - as shown below

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Anna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social · 4h

The stats show that 0.04% of greenbelt land was released for other uses last year - we could go on releasing greenbelt land at this rate for the next 100 years, and still have more than 90% of the greenbelt untouched.

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Anna Clarke @annaclarke.bsky.social · 4h

Latest stats on greenbelt land published today - I think people are always surprised by this map, which shows that the large majority of land across England is neither built up, nor greenbelt. Most of it's just ordinary, unprotected farmland. www.gov.uk/government/s...

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 4h

Keir Starmer is to examine India’s digital ID system on his visit to Mumbai as a potential model for the UK, praising the system as a “massive success”.

Once considered impossible, it now reaches almost all its 1.4bn citizens

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Keir Starmer to look at India’s digital ID system during visit to Mumbai

Prime minister hopes to learn from success of scheme rolled out to most of country’s 1.4bn citizens

www.theguardian.com

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Ricardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 4h

Here's the one in the middle, Jake Thurman, with one Nigel Farage.

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Evangelische Akademie zu Berlin @eaberlin.de · 4h

Nach 1945 gab es für Sinti* und Roma* in Deutschland keine Stunde Null. Die Überlebenden des Holocausts wurden weiter verfolgt, ausgegrenzt und diskriminiert. Der Bundeskongress des Kooperationsverbunds gegen Antiziganismus nimmt diese Kontinuitäten in den Blick. www.eaberlin.de/keine-stunde...

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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 4h

‘Race hate up 6% to 82,490 offences, near-record level
Asian victims 33%
White 30%
Black 23%
Mixed race 8%
(Where ethnicity is known)

Hate crime data comparing 2024/25 with previous years exclude @metpoliceuk because counting methods changed. Analysis of 2024/25 include Met data’

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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 4h

‘Police-recorded religious hate crime figures show that Jews are more likely to be victims than any other religious group: 106 crimes per 10,000 Jews. Muslims next: 12 per 10,000 Muslims.

Source: @ukhomeoffice’

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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 4h

Via Danny Shaw: ‘NEW Religious hate crime in England/Wales increased by 3% to record 7,164 offences, 2024/25.
Police data from @ukhomeoffice shows 19% rise in anti-Muslim crime.
Muslims+Jews are targets of 74% of religious hate.
Jews are targeted more than any other religious group, per head.’ 1/

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