Sam Buca
@sambuca45.bsky.social
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It’s very painful to see the mainstreaming of truth-telling as division-stirring.
The line of questioning is so horrendous I could hardly bear to finish watching this short clip but I’m glad I did manage to get to Zack’s sharp answer.
The line of questioning is so horrendous I could hardly bear to finish watching this short clip but I’m glad I did manage to get to Zack’s sharp answer.
#bbclaurak asks @zackpolanski.bsky.social, doesn't opposing genocide stir up division?
February 1, 2026 at 10:52 AM
It’s very painful to see the mainstreaming of truth-telling as division-stirring.
The line of questioning is so horrendous I could hardly bear to finish watching this short clip but I’m glad I did manage to get to Zack’s sharp answer.
The line of questioning is so horrendous I could hardly bear to finish watching this short clip but I’m glad I did manage to get to Zack’s sharp answer.
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#BabyFormula - so long a product of massive exploitation, profiteering and #PublicHealth threat.
“The companies have demonstrated appalling negligence.”
www.ft.com/content/3711...
“The companies have demonstrated appalling negligence.”
www.ft.com/content/3711...
Nestlé and Danone hit by backlash over contaminated baby formula
Toxin traced to Wuhan laboratory has led to product recall and growing crisis for consumer groups
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:16 AM
#BabyFormula - so long a product of massive exploitation, profiteering and #PublicHealth threat.
“The companies have demonstrated appalling negligence.”
www.ft.com/content/3711...
“The companies have demonstrated appalling negligence.”
www.ft.com/content/3711...
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The maternity home in Zaporizhzhia after the Russian attack.
Welcoming a new life into this world should be about joy. Instead, Russia turns this into horror for the women and doctors helping them.
Welcoming a new life into this world should be about joy. Instead, Russia turns this into horror for the women and doctors helping them.
February 1, 2026 at 10:46 AM
The maternity home in Zaporizhzhia after the Russian attack.
Welcoming a new life into this world should be about joy. Instead, Russia turns this into horror for the women and doctors helping them.
Welcoming a new life into this world should be about joy. Instead, Russia turns this into horror for the women and doctors helping them.
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Videos from Gaza show huge explosions as Israeli air attacks hit a building in Gaza City and tents in al-Mawasi.
Gaza’s Government Media Office says more than 500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect on October 10.
Gaza’s Government Media Office says more than 500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect on October 10.
January 31, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Videos from Gaza show huge explosions as Israeli air attacks hit a building in Gaza City and tents in al-Mawasi.
Gaza’s Government Media Office says more than 500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect on October 10.
Gaza’s Government Media Office says more than 500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect on October 10.
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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4) moreover — “The study found no increase in the risk of deaths from cancer, heart disease, accidental injury or any other major category: in every case, vaccinated individuals had equal or lower rates of death.” www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
Massive four-year study finds no increase in deaths linked to COVID-19 mRNA vaccination
Data from 30 million French adults suggests COVID-19 vaccines did not lead to higher death rates. Instead, they reduced them.
www.gavi.org
January 29, 2026 at 2:32 AM
4) moreover — “The study found no increase in the risk of deaths from cancer, heart disease, accidental injury or any other major category: in every case, vaccinated individuals had equal or lower rates of death.” www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
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📉25% LOWER ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY! Wowzers—one of the largest long-term safety studies ever undertaken: “Among 28 mil adults, those who received an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine were less likely to die in subsequent 4 years than unvaccinated, corresponding to a 25% lower risk of death from all causes.”
January 29, 2026 at 2:32 AM
📉25% LOWER ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY! Wowzers—one of the largest long-term safety studies ever undertaken: “Among 28 mil adults, those who received an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine were less likely to die in subsequent 4 years than unvaccinated, corresponding to a 25% lower risk of death from all causes.”
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“With student loans the UK government has become a loanshark. Trapping poorly paid graduates in decades of “debt” that they can realistically never repay. If it were a commercial deal the government would be trying to regulate the company out of business.”
Lewis Goodall
Lewis Goodall
January 29, 2026 at 9:38 AM
“With student loans the UK government has become a loanshark. Trapping poorly paid graduates in decades of “debt” that they can realistically never repay. If it were a commercial deal the government would be trying to regulate the company out of business.”
Lewis Goodall
Lewis Goodall
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Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraception
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
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❌ ‘The longer we accept this as normal, the greater the damage it does’
Our Chief Analyst @statspeter.bsky.social gives an overview of the numbers in #UKPoverty2026 of children, working-age adults and pensioners living in poverty, and what the lack of progress means for society 🔽
Our Chief Analyst @statspeter.bsky.social gives an overview of the numbers in #UKPoverty2026 of children, working-age adults and pensioners living in poverty, and what the lack of progress means for society 🔽
January 29, 2026 at 7:57 AM
❌ ‘The longer we accept this as normal, the greater the damage it does’
Our Chief Analyst @statspeter.bsky.social gives an overview of the numbers in #UKPoverty2026 of children, working-age adults and pensioners living in poverty, and what the lack of progress means for society 🔽
Our Chief Analyst @statspeter.bsky.social gives an overview of the numbers in #UKPoverty2026 of children, working-age adults and pensioners living in poverty, and what the lack of progress means for society 🔽
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Sorry ... what the actual fuck?!
January 29, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Sorry ... what the actual fuck?!
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January 28, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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You see ICU Nurse Alex Pretti assisting veterans learning to walk again. Donald Trump sees a domestic terrorist and suckers and losers.
January 28, 2026 at 10:31 PM
You see ICU Nurse Alex Pretti assisting veterans learning to walk again. Donald Trump sees a domestic terrorist and suckers and losers.
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Your water bills are going up, again.
Why? Because private companies think you should pay the price for their negligence and greed.
It’s time to end the privatisation rip-off and bring water back into public ownership, now!
Why? Because private companies think you should pay the price for their negligence and greed.
It’s time to end the privatisation rip-off and bring water back into public ownership, now!
January 29, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Your water bills are going up, again.
Why? Because private companies think you should pay the price for their negligence and greed.
It’s time to end the privatisation rip-off and bring water back into public ownership, now!
Why? Because private companies think you should pay the price for their negligence and greed.
It’s time to end the privatisation rip-off and bring water back into public ownership, now!
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"3 mn litres of drinking water are lost every day through leaking pipes + not a single new major reservoir has been built since privatisation...
"The public has paid through rising bills – now water companies must invest" ~ James Wallace of @riveractionuk.bsky.social
www.itv.com/news/meridia...
"The public has paid through rising bills – now water companies must invest" ~ James Wallace of @riveractionuk.bsky.social
www.itv.com/news/meridia...
January 28, 2026 at 11:39 AM
"3 mn litres of drinking water are lost every day through leaking pipes + not a single new major reservoir has been built since privatisation...
"The public has paid through rising bills – now water companies must invest" ~ James Wallace of @riveractionuk.bsky.social
www.itv.com/news/meridia...
"The public has paid through rising bills – now water companies must invest" ~ James Wallace of @riveractionuk.bsky.social
www.itv.com/news/meridia...
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🤩 Well done @freddievanmierlomp.bsky.social for taking a stand against illegal sewage
If you're in the Thames Water region, ask your MP to join him here weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
If you're in the Thames Water region, ask your MP to join him here weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
January 29, 2026 at 9:56 AM
🤩 Well done @freddievanmierlomp.bsky.social for taking a stand against illegal sewage
If you're in the Thames Water region, ask your MP to join him here weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
If you're in the Thames Water region, ask your MP to join him here weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
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‘All Scottish children need extra help, not just babies’
The Scottish Child Payment increase for babies is welcome, but costs of childhood do not end when they turn one, writes @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and Ilona Pinter for @scotnational.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
The Scottish Child Payment increase for babies is welcome, but costs of childhood do not end when they turn one, writes @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and Ilona Pinter for @scotnational.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
All Scottish children need extra help, not just babies
EVERY day, around 125 babies are born in Scotland. Each new life represents a new beginning but also significant, and often scary, changes for their…
www.thenational.scot
January 28, 2026 at 8:55 AM
‘All Scottish children need extra help, not just babies’
The Scottish Child Payment increase for babies is welcome, but costs of childhood do not end when they turn one, writes @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and Ilona Pinter for @scotnational.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
The Scottish Child Payment increase for babies is welcome, but costs of childhood do not end when they turn one, writes @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and Ilona Pinter for @scotnational.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
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Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Writing with @rupertread.bsky.social about just how devastating the Government- suppressed security report is, particularly its conclusions about our food insecurity. Ministers should be helping to build our resilience to these threats, not burying the report that contains them 👇
It's ecological breakdown that should put us on a war-footing: official
Admissions of extreme, eco-caused national security threats foreground importance of climate adaptation to bring much needed urgency and agency.
www.resilience.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Writing with @rupertread.bsky.social about just how devastating the Government- suppressed security report is, particularly its conclusions about our food insecurity. Ministers should be helping to build our resilience to these threats, not burying the report that contains them 👇
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BREAKING: ‘It is simply untrue to say that I was told that I would be blocked,' Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says, adding that 'it doesn't stack up'.
He says he spent 'the whole weekend having conversations with people at No. 10' to 'discuss the pros and cons'.
He says he spent 'the whole weekend having conversations with people at No. 10' to 'discuss the pros and cons'.
January 27, 2026 at 5:35 PM
BREAKING: ‘It is simply untrue to say that I was told that I would be blocked,' Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says, adding that 'it doesn't stack up'.
He says he spent 'the whole weekend having conversations with people at No. 10' to 'discuss the pros and cons'.
He says he spent 'the whole weekend having conversations with people at No. 10' to 'discuss the pros and cons'.
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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This means that almost half of everyone in poverty in the UK has less than 40% of the median income adjusted for their household type - the highest since records began.
📢 We found that Britain's poorest people are getting poorer. And poverty is hardening, not easing.
📢 We found that Britain's poorest people are getting poorer. And poverty is hardening, not easing.
January 27, 2026 at 7:54 AM
This means that almost half of everyone in poverty in the UK has less than 40% of the median income adjusted for their household type - the highest since records began.
📢 We found that Britain's poorest people are getting poorer. And poverty is hardening, not easing.
📢 We found that Britain's poorest people are getting poorer. And poverty is hardening, not easing.
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The data shows us that children suffer the highest rates of poverty within the different sections of the population.
📈 At the time the Labour government came to power, there were 4.5 million children in poverty, up 600,000 on pre-pandemic levels.
This is a damning statistic.
📈 At the time the Labour government came to power, there were 4.5 million children in poverty, up 600,000 on pre-pandemic levels.
This is a damning statistic.
January 27, 2026 at 7:54 AM
The data shows us that children suffer the highest rates of poverty within the different sections of the population.
📈 At the time the Labour government came to power, there were 4.5 million children in poverty, up 600,000 on pre-pandemic levels.
This is a damning statistic.
📈 At the time the Labour government came to power, there were 4.5 million children in poverty, up 600,000 on pre-pandemic levels.
This is a damning statistic.
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On Holocaust Memorial Day, we remember the millions murdered and honour the survivors. We must learn from the past to build a future free from hatred, discrimination and antisemitism.
January 27, 2026 at 10:31 AM
On Holocaust Memorial Day, we remember the millions murdered and honour the survivors. We must learn from the past to build a future free from hatred, discrimination and antisemitism.