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The Independent @the-independent.com · 3h

Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues Trump administration over First Amendment threats in Chicago

Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues over First Amendment threats

www.independent.co.uk

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jimspriggs65.bsky.social @jimspriggs65.bsky.social · 3h

It would be good to see Starmer thoroughly condemning this, and calling out the hate-mongers.

For sure, all anti-semitism is used to try - somehow - to condemn those protesting genocide.

But this? Crickets.

Just like when a Hounslow Imam was stabbed:

www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/2551999...

Imam in hospital after being stabbed in ‘unprovoked’ west London attack

An imam at a west London mosque is in hospital after allegedly being stabbed in an unprovoked attack.

www.thisislocallondon.co.uk

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Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology.bsky.social · 15h

Shrewbury & Telford NHS Trust reintroducing masks as of today.

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NRC @nrc.nl · 2h

Voor het eerst sprak een Groenlandse premier woensdag het Europees Parlement toe. Sinds de dreigementen van de Amerikaanse president Trump om het eiland in te lijven, zoekt Groenland toenadering tot de Europese Unie.
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De EU heeft Groenland nodig, en andersom. Maar lid worden is premier Nielsen niet van plan

EU-Groenland: Voor het eerst sprak een Groenlandse premier woensdag het Europees Parlement toe. Sinds de dreigementen van de Amerikaanse president Trump om het eiland in te lijven, zoekt Groenland…

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12h

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.

Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 12h

I'd Do Anything For Growth (But I Won't Do That)

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More UK visas for highly skilled Indian workers ‘not part of plan’, says Keir Starmer

British premier embarks on two-day trade trip with 125 chief executives, cultural leaders and university vice-chancellors

www.ft.com

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 12h

Bleak. "A former Sunday newspaper editor has reportedly been kidnapped by Israel while trying to help deliver aid to Gaza."

Yvonne Ridley was on the aid flotilla. Her whereabouts now is unknown.
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/fo...

UK journalist goes missing after being 'kidnapped by Israel' - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage

Journalist was on flotilla of ships delivering supplies to Gaza

www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 14h

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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IJsbrand van Veelen @ijsbrand.bsky.social · 13h

Kijk @vvdonline.bsky.social, dit is dus een echte liberaal:
‘Eerst was het wekelijks, maar nu zie ik bijna elke dag dingen die ik niet aan mezelf krijg uitgelegd, laat staan aan anderen. En als je dan blijft zitten en je mond houdt, dan ben je daar mede debet aan.’

VVD-senator stapt uit partij en gaat alleen door: ‘Ik zag steeds vaker dingen waarvan ik buikpijn kreeg’

Hij kan niet meer aanzien hoe de VVD de liberale principes verkwanselt. En dus zegt VVD-senator Cees van de Sanden zijn partijlidmaatschap op. Zijn zetel in de Eerste Kamer behoudt hij. ‘Ik blijf opko...

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 13h

"Growth is the number one priority of this Labour government."

Oh no, not like *that*.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 13h

More UK visas for highly skilled Indian workers ‘not part of plan’, says Starmer on.ft.com/4pY1hHY

More UK visas for highly skilled Indian workers ‘not part of plan’, says Starmer

British premier embarks on two-day trade trip with 125 chief executives, cultural leaders and university vice-chancellors

on.ft.com

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 1d

A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – it's time to fight back.

Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive - add your name 👇
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive

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Schadenfreude 🇺🇦⭐️🇬🇱🇵🇸 @tactanddiplomacy.bsky.social · 1d

A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – we’re fighting back goodlawproject.org/s/4860b3

Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive

A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – we’re fighting back

goodlawproject.org

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 1d

But at least Ofcom's going after the real troublemakers... right?

Right?? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 1d

I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.

Screenshot of an Express article; it says: Robert Jenrick lists 30 'activist judges' he vows to axe in war on UK's open border

In a bold move, Robert Jenrick is set to unveil a controversial plan targeting what he calls 'activist' judges, at the Conservative Party conference.

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SeaYou 🇪🇺 @seayou.bsky.social · 1d

Bien résumé.
#SlavaUkraini

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SEEN Police Official Open Public Network @seenpoliceuk.bsky.social · 1d

This is why Rob Jessel has such diseased mind. He carries lifelong guilt at being repeatedly raped as a boy, and by god, everyone else must carry Rob’s shame too. What a pathetic, laughable man.

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 1d

Am wondering if all of those suddenly deciding they’re against communities living “parallel lives” might reconsider their support of religious schools? Or indeed private ones?

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Erwin van der Stap @vanderstap.co.uk · 1d

Or around his Herefordshire manor

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Erwin van der Stap @vanderstap.co.uk · 1d

Well, I’m glad we got to the bottom of that mystery

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 1d

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 by @ember-energy.org finds

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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Erwin van der Stap @vanderstap.co.uk · 1d

A white racist politician, but yes

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Erwin van der Stap @vanderstap.co.uk · 1d

A lovely place too

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 The fire at the oil depot in Feodosiya continues after the drone attack on the night of October 6, - Dnipro Osint

The flame has spread to other tanks, there are 4 large tanks in total in the area.

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Erwin van der Stap @vanderstap.co.uk · 1d

I'll let you know what they say

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