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Meg @roaringmeg.bsky.social · 17m

I’m sad you can’t use the restaurant at the top of the Post Office Tower ( as it used to be known)

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 2h

I am thinking of you because I am sad.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2h

GB News pay party political leader Nigel Farage over half a million pounds. The TV channel pays him five times his MP salary - and as much as his other 11 further external jobs put together
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

www.mirror.co.uk

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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 1d

On Monday, Oxford City Council near-unanimously supported the Green Party motion which made clear our city stands against the far right and against regressive migration policy - from banning asylum seekers from working to scrapping family reunion.

Oxford City Council backs city's minority communities in vote

A Green party motion called on Oxford City Council to oppose far right rhetoric.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Meg @roaringmeg.bsky.social · 19m

Bring it on!!

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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 2h

Don't threaten us with a good time, Daily Express.

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Meg @roaringmeg.bsky.social · 20m

Wow!!

Colossal @thisiscolossal.com · 16h

From Parth Kothekar's M.C. Escher-inspired series of papercuts

www.thisiscolossal.com/2022/10/part...

a hand holding a trippy white paper cut to distort perspective

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 18h

PHOTO OF THE DAY. A woman posting letter in London during the Blitz for a photo shoot for Vogue magazine (1940). 📷 Cecil Beaton

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 18h

Relief for World Of Glass museum in St Helens as funding saves it from closure. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

St Helens World of Glass museum saved from closure

The World Of Glass in St Helens will receive £286,000 government funding after fears it could shut.

www.bbc.co.uk

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 16h

A rare moth that mimics the appearance of a wasp has become the 10,000th species of wildlife recorded at Wicken Fen...

Source: BBC
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Rare moth becomes Wicken Fen's 10,000th recorded species

The National Trust believes the site is the

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 23h

An amazing miniature portrait of the #Roman empress Agrippina Minor (15-59 AD), made from chalcedony. Agrippina was the mother of Nero, and married to her uncle, emperor Claudius. It was rumoured that she poisoned her husband with a dish of mushrooms.

📷me

On display at British Museum

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A green stone bust of a woman displayed in a museum. The sculpture features an elaborate hairdo and a solemn expression. The bust is mounted on a clear stand, with a blurred background showcasing other artifacts in the exhibition.

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Meg @roaringmeg.bsky.social · 12h

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13h

Imagine how high the Green Party would be polling if they got the same 24/7 coverage as Reform.

It would be much higher than Reform.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Wayne 🏀 Tennessee 🏈 Vols.🍊 @volswayne.bsky.social · 19h

The War looks so Bad in Portland.😁😱

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Meg @roaringmeg.bsky.social · 12h

Just watched three episodes of the Renaissance films by Waldemar Januszczak on YouTube to prepare for trip to #Italy . Excellent reminder of the wonders of #Art we will see.

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 18h

PERSON OF THE DAY. 8 October 1967, Clement Attlee died (aged 84). As Labour Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951 his governments introduced a range of social and economic reforms that transformed Britain. With Churchill concentrating on military matters Attlee had led domestic policy since 1940.

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mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 1d

do people still think we're gonna talk them down? appeal to their better nature?

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Diane Tucker @dianetucker.bsky.social · 1d

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡

Winter is coming. The earth is turning a brownish-red. Snow-filled clouds hover over a tree.

Will the tree survive the brutal cold?

Klee's flat planes of violet and green give us comfort by reminding us of both autumn and spring.

Paul Klee “Before the Snow” (1929) • More in ALT

Paul Klee “Before the Snow” (1929) • Klee calls his unique painting style “abstract, with memories.” • Pictures like this one inevitably evoke the ephemeral quality of existence. “We only pass by, like a passing breath of air,” Rilke says in a poem. Klee considered Rilke a friend and was inspired by his poetry • Short link to my feature article on Klee: https://wp.me/pdQwQ8-1O

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 20h

if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees

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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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Meg @roaringmeg.bsky.social · 13h

Wow! Is that the best she can come up with?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18h

My secret evil plot to ‘destroy Britain’ has been unveiled by (checks notes) the same paper that endorsed Liz Truss.

If I don’t know better I’d say we’ve got them entirely rattled.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Greens who want to save the world by destroying Britain.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 13h

‘We need infrastructure, people and peace in Gaza’ says returned trauma surgeon

In his role at one of the busiest trauma centres in Europe, Professor Martin Griffiths has spent years operating on the victims of gun and knife injuries in London. But nothing prepared him for what h...

www.channel4.com

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Paul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 1d

This is the result of Farage and Jenrick’s far-right, divisive rhetoric. Hard working, responsible people feeling afraid for their future.
Disgraceful.

Doncaster chippy owner 'scared for his children' after vandalism - BBC News

Poseidon's Fish Bar had the word "England" painted on its front, says Iraqi-born owner Darin Ahmed.

www.bbc.co.uk

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