The Bagus
@thebagus.bsky.social
Retired, gardener, walker, loves nature, environmentalist. Left leaning/green politics, feminist
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French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that high school students would "likely" be banned from using cell phones in school starting next year.
Macron backs push to ban cell phones in French high schools
France’s Education Minister is looking at outlawing phones in all schools starting with the 2026-2027 school year.
www.politico.eu
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that high school students would "likely" be banned from using cell phones in school starting next year.
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Yay!! I couldn’t be there but Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring just won gold at the APA podcast awards!!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Yay!! I couldn’t be there but Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring just won gold at the APA podcast awards!!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
Whole thing was crowdfunded by @the-citizens.bsky.social to highlight 5-year legal case to get an investigation into Russian interference in UK politics. Power to the people!
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Been playing with QGIS. Loving these colours and how they show intricate geology, like the long band of magnesian limestone running from the midlands to the north. #Archaeology #Geology #Data
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Been playing with QGIS. Loving these colours and how they show intricate geology, like the long band of magnesian limestone running from the midlands to the north. #Archaeology #Geology #Data
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European governments struck a deal today that clears the way for new rules protecting kids from child sexual abuse online.
EU races to pass new law to combat online child abuse
Talks unblocked after countries agree Signal, WhatsApp won’t be forced to scan messages through ‘Chat Control.’
www.politico.eu
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
European governments struck a deal today that clears the way for new rules protecting kids from child sexual abuse online.
If this man (Peter Thiel) wasnt so dangerous, this would be funny
Heads up @quietriotpod.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social (congratulations!) and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social...
The Pope is not only a tool of the antichrist, but he is also...drumroll... Wait for it, wait for it...
WOKE!
#WokeyDokey
The Pope is not only a tool of the antichrist, but he is also...drumroll... Wait for it, wait for it...
WOKE!
#WokeyDokey
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If this man (Peter Thiel) wasnt so dangerous, this would be funny
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CPS to train staff on ‘spectrum of abuse’ in violence against women and girls
CPS to train staff on ‘spectrum of abuse’ in violence against women and girls
Five-year strategy aims to improve casework after analysis finds domestic abuse in more than third of rape cases
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will train its staff to recognise the “wide spectrum of abuse” in cases of violence against women, after new data found that domestic abuse was present in more than a third of rape cases, and in more than eight out of 10 cases of stalking and image-based abuse.
Launching its five-year Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy, the body said its main aims were to increase casework quality and increase trust in the CPS. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
CPS to train staff on ‘spectrum of abuse’ in violence against women and girls
Ffs
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Ffs
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🔴Nigel Farage’s ‘Project 2029’: The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
Nigel Farage's 'Project 2029': The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage's meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising the Reform leader while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agen...
bylinetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🔴Nigel Farage’s ‘Project 2029’: The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage’s meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising him while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agenda into Britain
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
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And so it begins...
Maybe/hopefully.
Maybe/hopefully.
Malaysia plans to bar children under the age of 16 from social media starting next year, with a close eye to how Australia implements and enforces a similar ban that takes effect next month. Here's what to know.
Malaysia to Ban Children Under 16 From Social Media, Echoing Australia
The announcement on Sunday, which was light on details, came weeks before a similar action takes effect in Australia.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
And so it begins...
Maybe/hopefully.
Maybe/hopefully.
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Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
Boris Johnson took four days off from official government business during a key period in the UK’s Covid preparation when the NHS was bracing to be “overwhelmed” by the virus.
Official disclosure for the period in February 2020 – described by the Covid inquiry as a “lost month” in the country’s crisis response – reveal Johnson enjoyed an extended break during the half-term holidays at Chevening, a governmental estate in Kent, where he spent time walking his dog and taking motorcycle rides. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Terrifying
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Terrifying
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Not only is Nathan Gill a Mormon... he's a former Mormon Bishop.
I feel a musical sequel coming on.
I feel a musical sequel coming on.
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Not only is Nathan Gill a Mormon... he's a former Mormon Bishop.
I feel a musical sequel coming on.
I feel a musical sequel coming on.
Proud Samsung Android owner here...
The brutal reality of life as an Android owner in London: First you’re shocked as you’re mugged. Then you’re humiliated as the thief returns the device. www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
"Don't want no Samsung"
Plus: Scroll down to see what might be the strangest new artwork in the capital and read more on our investigations into the capital's landlords.
www.londoncentric.media
November 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Proud Samsung Android owner here...
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Denmark, 77.3% of votes counted:
Local election
A (S&D): 24.2% (-4.2)
V (RE): 19.8% (-1.4)
C (EPP): 12.4% (-2.8)
F (Greens/EFA): 10.2% (+2.6)
O (PfE): 6.3% (+2.2)
Æ (ECR): 5.5% (+5.5)
I (EPP): 5.4% (+4.2)
Ø (LEFT): 5.1% (-2.2)
...
+/- vs. 2021 election result
➤ europeelects.eu/denmark
Local election
A (S&D): 24.2% (-4.2)
V (RE): 19.8% (-1.4)
C (EPP): 12.4% (-2.8)
F (Greens/EFA): 10.2% (+2.6)
O (PfE): 6.3% (+2.2)
Æ (ECR): 5.5% (+5.5)
I (EPP): 5.4% (+4.2)
Ø (LEFT): 5.1% (-2.2)
...
+/- vs. 2021 election result
➤ europeelects.eu/denmark
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Denmark, 77.3% of votes counted:
Local election
A (S&D): 24.2% (-4.2)
V (RE): 19.8% (-1.4)
C (EPP): 12.4% (-2.8)
F (Greens/EFA): 10.2% (+2.6)
O (PfE): 6.3% (+2.2)
Æ (ECR): 5.5% (+5.5)
I (EPP): 5.4% (+4.2)
Ø (LEFT): 5.1% (-2.2)
...
+/- vs. 2021 election result
➤ europeelects.eu/denmark
Local election
A (S&D): 24.2% (-4.2)
V (RE): 19.8% (-1.4)
C (EPP): 12.4% (-2.8)
F (Greens/EFA): 10.2% (+2.6)
O (PfE): 6.3% (+2.2)
Æ (ECR): 5.5% (+5.5)
I (EPP): 5.4% (+4.2)
Ø (LEFT): 5.1% (-2.2)
...
+/- vs. 2021 election result
➤ europeelects.eu/denmark
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‘The job of a lifetime’: Line of Duty to return for seventh season
‘The job of a lifetime’: Line of Duty to return for seventh season
The hit BBC crime drama is coming back to screens for the first time since its record-breaking 2021 finale
BBC hit crime drama Line of Duty has been confirmed to return for a seventh series. A new six-part season following police anti-corruption investigations was today announced by the BBC.
“We couldn’t be more delighted to be returning for a seventh [series],” said creator Jed Mercurio. “Corruption in this country is supposed to have come to an end while Line of Duty was off air so I’ve been forced to use my imagination.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
‘The job of a lifetime’: Line of Duty to return for seventh season
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The climate crisis is a crisis mostly of the fossil fuel industry's own making – and one they do not want to fix nor be held accountable for
The presence and involvement of oil, gas and coal lobbyists at the #COP30 UN climate summit is like tobacco lobbyists at a lung cancer summit: unacceptable
The presence and involvement of oil, gas and coal lobbyists at the #COP30 UN climate summit is like tobacco lobbyists at a lung cancer summit: unacceptable
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The climate crisis is a crisis mostly of the fossil fuel industry's own making – and one they do not want to fix nor be held accountable for
The presence and involvement of oil, gas and coal lobbyists at the #COP30 UN climate summit is like tobacco lobbyists at a lung cancer summit: unacceptable
The presence and involvement of oil, gas and coal lobbyists at the #COP30 UN climate summit is like tobacco lobbyists at a lung cancer summit: unacceptable
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Exclusive: Trump approval falls to lowest of his term over prices and Epstein files, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Exclusive: Trump approval falls to lowest of his term over prices and Epstein files, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Covering Jamal Khashoggi's murder was one of the most disturbing things I've worked on. Hearing Trump say he was "extremely controversial" and people "didn't like him" is chilling. Hard to take any other way than he thinks there is moral ambiguity in the murder of a journalist.
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Covering Jamal Khashoggi's murder was one of the most disturbing things I've worked on. Hearing Trump say he was "extremely controversial" and people "didn't like him" is chilling. Hard to take any other way than he thinks there is moral ambiguity in the murder of a journalist.
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Take a listen back to @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social's epic story of the British Broadcasting Corporation — the BBC - play.megaphone.fm/s74mbfkfsnep...
#TheBBC #BBCNews #BritishBroadcastingCorporation #originstory
#TheBBC #BBCNews #BritishBroadcastingCorporation #originstory
The BBC – Part one – Inform, educate, entertain
So far this season we’ve had to deal with Russell Brand and Benjamin Netanyahu, and we’ve got the Daily Mail coming up, so we all deserve a more uplifting tale. This week we commence the epic story…
play.megaphone.fm
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Take a listen back to @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social's epic story of the British Broadcasting Corporation — the BBC - play.megaphone.fm/s74mbfkfsnep...
#TheBBC #BBCNews #BritishBroadcastingCorporation #originstory
#TheBBC #BBCNews #BritishBroadcastingCorporation #originstory
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What @txsharon.bsky.social says
“We have to stop burning things. We just don’t need to burn things for energy anymore.”
“We have to stop burning things. We just don’t need to burn things for energy anymore.”
"I do feel like what we’re doing now, what Oilfield Witness is doing, is making a difference.” Still, for Wilson, the ultimate goal isn’t tighter methane rules—it’s an end to the age of combustion itself. “We have to stop burning things. We just don’t need to burn things for energy anymore.”
This Former Oil Worker Is Now Exposing Its Dirty Methane Emissions | Atmos
After fracking fouled her air and water, Sharon Wilson devoted her life to documenting the emissions fueling the climate crisis.
atmos.earth
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
What @txsharon.bsky.social says
“We have to stop burning things. We just don’t need to burn things for energy anymore.”
“We have to stop burning things. We just don’t need to burn things for energy anymore.”
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NEW | if the BBC *is* biased, it’s not against the right…
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
The resignation of Tim Davie as BBC Director-General is the next stage in the corporation's collapse into cowardice.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NEW | if the BBC *is* biased, it’s not against the right…
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...
Arsonists cosplaying as fire fighters: Why the right-wing war on the BBC is succeeding
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/arsonists-...