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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 6d

The new 10-shot #Taser 10 has just been authorised for use by UK police.
Omega staff are experts in different law enforcement equipment & you can learn about #Taser10 & use in the UK on our website: omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/taser-1...

Taser 10 – new 10 shot Taser weapon authorised by Home Office for use by UK police - Omega Research Foundation

The National Police Chiefs Council, together with the Home Office Policing Minister, held a Taser 10 Media Event on 2nd October 2025, demonstrating the TASER 10 Conducted Energy Device to internal and...

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Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · 10d

a cartoon character pointing with the word ha-ha behind him

Alt: Nelson, a cartoon character from the Simpsons pointing with the word ha-ha behind him

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Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · 11d

No interest in golf but watching the Ryder Cup hoping to see the US lose. Can no longer stand the moronic chanting though so it’s back to NGAF (unless Europe crush it obvs)

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Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · 11d

I ❤️ homegrown chilis!

Selection of green, yellow, orange, and red chilis arranged in a heart shape - includes Trinidad Moruga Scorpions, Carolina Reapers & Chili Armageddons

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Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · 12d

Yet again some crappy company upstream has fucked up a huge section of Beverley Brook for wildlife and Wimbledon Common users alike. Investigate & prosecute!

Sign on a wooden post in Wimbledon Common telling you to keep your dog out of the water (Beverley Brook) due to contamination

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Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · 14d

En dash vs em dash vs hyphen….

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Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · 14d

err, great visual BBC…

Untitled and unlabelled map showing the West coast of Africa and the East coast of South America with the South Atlantic between them in an article on immigration that covers Eswatini, Jamaica and the US on BBC News website (none of those countries are shown)

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Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · 27d

優勝!

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Sep 4

So Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives, who have repeatedly pledged to fight for "free speech" and a free press have just banned me and Byline Times from attending their conference.

Has never happened before under any previous leader

bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...

Kemi Badenoch's 'Free Speech' Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Party Conference

The ban on covering the party's annual gathering came despite Badenoch's repeated commitment to "fight" for free speech and a free press

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Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · Sep 4

@alexpodyssey.bsky.social meant to tag you! Awesome series thanks so much!

Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · Sep 4

Just spell-binding - the whole series. Most enjoyed Narcissus and Medusa. ‘…the most frightening thing one can combine with lions and dragons and snakes….is a woman’s intellect’. open.spotify.com/episode/67sR...

MEDUSA - Here's Looking at You, Kid

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Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · Sep 4

And ‘There’s no getting away from the Medusa myth’s sexual dimension - she turns men rock hard for pity’s sake’!

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Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · Sep 4

Just spell-binding - the whole series. Most enjoyed Narcissus and Medusa. ‘…the most frightening thing one can combine with lions and dragons and snakes….is a woman’s intellect’. open.spotify.com/episode/67sR...

MEDUSA - Here's Looking at You, Kid

open.spotify.com

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Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · Sep 3

🔥🔥🔥🔥

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 3

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

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Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · Sep 1

Make it make sense…arresting pensioners with placards protesting what a London-based surgeon documents as appalling levels of malnutrition and starvation, severe burns, shrapnel wounds and tellingly huge numbers of gunshot wounds in Gaza.

Screen grab of consecutive BBC News online headlines. The first reads ‘Met charge 47 more over alleged support for Palestine Action’. The second says ‘London plastic surgeon’s life-saving Gaza mission’ in which London-based surgeon Victoria Rose documents ‘appalling’ levels of malnutrition and starvation.

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Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · Aug 27

Pointless headline BBC - maybe of interest what Blair is trying to insert himself/AGI into given his/their atrocious record but the article doesn’t even mention him.

BBC headline reading ‘Blair joins White House meeting with Trump in post-war Gaza with a picture of destruction

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Anna Stavrianakis @annastavrianakis.bsky.social · Aug 21

I wrote a short, open-access account of how the High Court ended up accepting the UK govt's argument that protecting "international peace and security" means arming genocide in Palestine: please read and share - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

When ‘Peace and Security’ Means Arming Genocide

On 30 June 2025, the High Court refused a judicial review of UK arms export policy towards Israel. This article examines the government's claims in the case and the judges’ ruling, arguing that the l...

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · Aug 18

On the recognition of Palestine

A close look at an unconvincing letter from "distinguished" UK lawyers

By me

Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/on-the-rec...

Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/08/on-t...

On the recognition of Palestine

A close look at an unconvincing letter from "distinguished" UK lawyers

emptycity.substack.com

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · Aug 13

The first politicised human rights reports by the US have been published. I won’t link them. I am appalled. No longer a serious document. See the conclusion on El Salvador by the US - and compare to that of Amnesty International.

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Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · Aug 11

I ❤️ Japan & I ❤️ Gojira

Close-up of the giant Godzilla/Gojira model on a rooftop in Tokyo

Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · Aug 9

BBC News online headline ‘At least 200 arrests at protest against ban on Palestine Action’ next to BBC News online headline ‘Eleven more die from malnutrition in Gaza’

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Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · Aug 5

Nuke Free Now!

The Atomic Bomb Dome - a preserved ruin in Hiroshima with blue sky and white clouds above.

Close-up of colourful chains of origami cranes made by Japanese school children at the children’s peace memorial in Hiroshima

Colourful peace mural with two hands holding a dove made from origami cranes at the Hiroshima peace memorial

Picture in the Hiroshima peace museum depicting a clock face at 08.15 and the date August 6, 1945 marking the time the atomic bomb was dropped on the city.

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Escape Collective @escapecollective.bsky.social · Jul 21

If you like cycling and you like music, this article is for you. It's the story of how one musician turned his ride up Mont Ventoux into a fascinating new album. escapecollective.com/a-soundtrack...

A soundtrack to suffering: One musician’s ode to climbing Mont Ventoux

Pascal Gabriel (aka Stubbleman) used his data from a ride up the 'Giant of Provence' to create the sonic underpinnings of his new album.

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Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · Jul 18

www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc... But….but….Diane Abbott

Israel levelling thousands of Gaza civilian buildings in controlled demolitions - BBC News

Investigation by BBC Verify using satellite images and verified footage to show the extent of destruction in Gaza, where the Israeli military have carried out demolitions to raze entire towns and subu...

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Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · Jul 17

OMG I ❤️ the TDF 🔥🚴🔥🗻🔥🍾

Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · Jul 14

But…but…pensioners with placards!

caatuk.bsky.social @caatuk.bsky.social · Jul 14

In September, the UK government will welcome Rafael and other Israeli weapons companies to London to sell weapons like this drone.

Israel uses murder as marketing.