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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Strange Days at Blake Hol(e)sey High 👻 🍑 @reactionordinary.bsky.social · 11h

The RIAA was suing teenagers. We had to sit through ⬇️ this shit anytime we wanted to watch a DVD. A whole generation shamed for using Limewire and torrents. Only for these silicone valley assholes to now find copyright infringement a necessary evil they shouldn’t have to answer for

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 11h

the answer to the trolley problem is not to pick who to sacrifice, it’s to dismantle the system that led to an unsafe trolley crossing.

if any part of your morality strategy involves picking a group to let die on a hill, throw the entire strategy out. it’s wrong.

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 21h

Let's spell it out then. The motivation is
1/ empathy for our fellow human beings
2/ to raise the political cost of the British government's complicity to the point where London is forced to withdraw its support, thereby increasing the international pressure on Israel to cease its genocidal acts.

Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 22h

James Cleverly: "I cannot understand the motivation for protests of this type so regularly"

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 20h

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 20h

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 21h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 20h

Really looking forward to having to migrate from the centralised social platform faking federation to the federated social platform faking centralisation

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Sean of the Dread @sheepbop.bsky.social · 19h

I love London for this reason.

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 19h

Exactly. As you know, I'm very fond of Manchester. A while back there was an analysis of UK demographics and it came back with the datum that Manchester was the most cosmopolitan city in the country, with more varied ethnicities than anywhere else. I was delighted. A homogenous city is a dull city.

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RJ Barker @rjbarker.bsky.social · 19h

Saying 'I went to X place and saw no white faces' is the same as saying 'only white people can be British' and should get you hounded out of politics. The absolute ghouls.

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Sean of the Dread @sheepbop.bsky.social · 20h

Cow Lane

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 22h

Not one government has told Israel to stop kidnapping their citizens in international waters and let them bring baby formula to starving babies. What a shameful time to be alive

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22h

Israel intercepts another Gaza aid flotilla amid criticism over treatment of activists

Israeli foreign ministry confirms interception and says those on board will be deported A new Gaza-bound aid flotilla has been intercepted by the Israeli army, days after the detention of activists on board vessels bound for the war-torn territory caused international outrage and widespread protests. The Israeli military was jamming signals with at least two boats being boarded, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition said on Instagram. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Sean of the Dread @sheepbop.bsky.social · 20h

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vrichards50.bsky.social @vrichards50.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so embarrassed to be British. We have attacks on Muslims. Attacks on Jews and Jenrick with his vile rhetoric attacking everyone. I’m so sorry for everyone. We are so lucky in our country can’t we just be kind?

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.bsky.social · 21h

5 times I've been through the 'break / ban encryption' debate.

1st time was late 90s, trying to get encryption to use AT ALL.

Imagine what progressive tech could have built if we didn't have to drop everything to fight this BS off every few years.

Support your local digital rights org. Please.

Robin Wilton 🇱🇧 @komadori.bsky.social · 1d

At some point, you'd think they ought to conclude that *there isn't an acceptable, mandatory alternative*, and put the resources into other, more practical ways of addressing the *societal* problem of child abuse instead. But they'd rather have the means of mass surveillance and censorship. 🤷‍♂️

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On Her Majesty's Rail Replacement Bus Service 🔞🦀 (Crab Verified) @ipsumlorem.bsky.social · 22h

I grew up in the UK in the early eighties. Every time I see this flag, I am reminded it was used by members of the NF shouting racist slogans and beating people up.

I too feel fear when i see this flag. Not because of the flag itself, but because of people who brandish it as an excuse for violence

MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 1d

A friend of mine who no longer lives here posted this on Instagram just after the anti-immigration march and this was exactly my experience and that of countless other non-white folk I know.

Please don’t use these stickers - they’ll just add to the racist noise.

A screenshot of the headline “Tens of thousands attend anti-immigration march in London” with a photo of people on that march waving England flags.

My friend’s caption says:

Growing up in uk, I learned to fear this flag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

If i got lost and ended up in a place where these flags appear, i knew to get away FAST.

I know i am not the only one. And seeing this on the news is terrifying. I sent messages to friends saying "be safe"

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Sean of the Dread @sheepbop.bsky.social · 21h

Blipverts

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.bsky.social · 21h

Two Irish novelists have now done more to break the blockade and end man-made famine in Gaza than the entire UK government.

(Naoise Dolan on the flotilla and Sally Rooney with her words and deeds)

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 22h

Author and TD among five Irish people on board latest Gaza flotilla intercepted by Israel
#speirgorm #stopthegenocide
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Author and TD among five Irish people on board latest Gaza flotilla intercepted by Israel

There were five Irish citizens aboard boats in the flotilla.

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 23h

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 22h

I do not think "tolerant" means what they think it means.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

I'm never actually going to need to write another comment piece again am I?

The right wing shit rags are just going to keep recruiting for us.

Folks - want a better country?

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The party even more dangerous than Starmers labour - UK's answer to Putin's communists

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Sean of the Dread @sheepbop.bsky.social · 21h

Although Stool Pigeon was good

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Still touring on the back of that song

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Meredith McClaren at ROMICS Oct '25 @iniquitousfish.bsky.social · 1d

Oh hey.
This is nice.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Sean of the Dread @sheepbop.bsky.social · 1d

But I can see the argument against, Especially if you live in a country where they were introduced from outside the ecosystem and quickly become apex predators. E.g. Australia

Sean of the Dread @sheepbop.bsky.social · 1d

Oh just fuck off

Catalina Fernandes @catalinafernandes.bsky.social · 2d

Conservatives Pledge To Create UK "Removals Force Based on ICE"

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has announced her party's intention to create a UK ICE-style force tackled with removing 150,000 people per year from the country.

Badenoch said the taskforce would be given

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Sean of the Dread @sheepbop.bsky.social · 1d

What, Brexit? Oh whoops.