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Nanny Ogg @nanny-ogg.bsky.social · 1h

*This one's NSFW folks. it's immature, rude, childish and immature. You have been warned*
MerriamWebster were asking for words from where you come from which immediately identify people as tourists when they try to pronounce them.

People of Penistone, I salute you😂

www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Ff...

The Ballad Of Peniston

YouTube video by Rathergood

www.youtube.com

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Rouleur @rouler.bsky.social · 52m

Just the other side of the M1 is...Wombwell.😁

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Rouleur @rouler.bsky.social · 1h

Thought leader?

Bit snappier than paid shill.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 1h

For GB News' ideological backers, it's money well spent.

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

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

www.business-live.co.uk

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 2h

Asking people to pay for goods would kill the shoplifting industry ...

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Rouleur @rouler.bsky.social · 1h

Hard agree.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1h

"I'm one of the people that went to university for free and I honestly believe that if the country is to be the country we want it to be then it should be free for British people and we should be finding ways to support our young people". (Prof Graham Galbraith, VC Portsmouth) 1/2

University boss wants 'free' education for British students

The University of Portsmouth vice-chancellor says many students

www.bbc.co.uk

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1h

No 10 blocks report on impact of rainforest collapse on food prices

Downing Street has vetoed release of an assessment that says the loss of the Amazon ecosystem could drive up food inflation as well as lead to mass migration

www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

No 10 blocks report on impact of rainforest collapse on food prices

Downing Street has vetoed release of an assessment that says the loss of the Amazon ecosystem could drive up food inflation as well as lead to mass migration

www.thetimes.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1h

I see Reform UK are on #BBCQT again tonight, would one of the other panelists kindly ask

Is it fiscally responsible for Nathan Gill to make anti EU, pro Russia statements in exchange for bribes

But for Nigel Farage to make anti EU, pro Russia statements, without bribes?

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Rouleur @rouler.bsky.social · 2h

Not just Nursing.

I had an MRI scan yesterday, the Radiographers were all from the Subcontinent.
Really lovely, friendly and knowledgeable.

Unlike the grumpy, rude, local receptionist.

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 3h

Woe betide they should hand back the money looted down the years to pay for infrastructure they failed to upgrade www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Water bills to rise further for millions after appeal

Five water companies win permission for higher bills as they seek more investment to fix outdated infrastructure.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Rouleur @rouler.bsky.social · 2h

I'm thinking of stopping my subscription.

It's not the New European, which is why l subscribed in the first place when it started.

Too many opinion pieces and they have published some highly questionable articles.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 3h

Is the government blocking the publication of a report into the national security threat posed by the climate crisis?

If so, why?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/08/national-security-threatened-climate-crisis-uk-defence-chiefs-warn

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

www.theguardian.com

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 3h

One from the archives. Back in January BBC News apologised for the error of calling Israeli hostages 'prisoners'.

But they never apologise for calling the thousands of Palestinian hostages 'prisoners', do they? Of course they don't because that's not an error, its deliberate.

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Pilar redalphababe #fbpe 🇪🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺 @pilargomez.bsky.social · 3h

The only poll that matters is the real election and Lib Dem’s have many more mps than reform. It seems like the bbc are making all the rules up and changing them as they go along, as long as it fits with their political analyst’s love affair with Farage.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3h

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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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3h

Water bills for England households to rise even higher.

Bills already up by 36%. Competition regulator permits another 1%-5%, £556m hike

No curbs on exec pay, dividends, sewage dumping as companies raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns.

End the Scam. Nationalise water

Five water firms provisionally allowed to raise bills by further 1% to 5%

An independent group appointed by the competition watchdog rejected nearly 80% of increases sought by companies.

www.independent.co.uk

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Rouleur @rouler.bsky.social · 2h

All bar one screams 'Incel'.

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PhunkyPunk Ⓐ @phunkypunk.bsky.social · 13h

I'm not saying that Nigel Farage DOES strangle puppies I'm just asking the question,
"DOES NIGEL FARAGE STRANGLE PUPPIES?"
"HAS ANYONE SEEN NIGEL FARAGE NOT STRANGLING PUPPIES?"
"ARE PUPPIES TOO STRONG FOR NIGEL FARAGE TO STRANGLE?"
"DOES NIGEL FARAGE PREFER TO STRANGLE KITTENS?"

We need answers!

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8h

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13h

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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Rouleur @rouler.bsky.social · 3h

Nice,but the original 916 is still a stunner.

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Rouleur @rouler.bsky.social · 3h

Typical.

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Life Is Amazing publisher @lifeisamazing.bsky.social · 4h

A continued breaking down of UK English into international Blandlish = the disappearance of irregular nouns by simplification of plurals: "aircrafts, staffs, sheeps, deers, crafts..." the list goes on. In the long run it's small beer, but I resist globalisation in favour of localism as a principle.

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Goldy @goldy.horsesass.org · 7h

Turning Point USA is a domestic terrorism organization, and unlike "Antifa," it's an organization that actually exists, with leaders and funders and members and everything—people who can eventually all be tracked down and prosecuted for their crimes.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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