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Kenster
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carolinejmolloy.bsky.social
(many of Blair’s costly decisions only really came to fruition under Cameron, there’s often a policy lag as professionals are trained to “get with the programme” - same reason why my 80s education benefited from being the high point of 70s liberal teacher training in practice)
December 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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freeourfeeds.com
Our friends at @eurosky.social have been working on something cool: they're launching eurosky.social accounts that will be hosted on European cloud and governed by European law.

Register your account now: www.eurosky.social/register
Register for a eurosky.social account - one web identity, dozens of apps — eurosky
www.eurosky.social
December 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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atrupar.com
Sen. Jack Reed: "This is really outrageous. Mark Kelly is a veteran, he's fought in combat, he's an astronaut. And even was simply repeated what the law is. If a US senator can't do that, then this country is in profound difficulty."
December 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
All those private meetings between Witkoff and Putin are really paying off for the Kremlin.
December 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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scarr54.bsky.social
The US and multiple countries have what’s called A DEMOCRACY. America came into existence to escape a king. Why would we want another and one as completely ignorant to the people’s needs as this incompetent idiot? He’s in it for the grift and destruction. To hand us over to his rich oligarchs.
December 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
Someone on twitter writes: "You could move to Aplington, Iowa and get a job at the post office making $25 an hour to start, meet a nice girl at the First Reformed Church and take her on a date to Stinky's Bar and Grill, and get married and raise up seven children in this house but you will not do it." There's a screenshot of a Zillow listing showing a rundown 8 bedroom, 1 bathroom home for $95,000.
December 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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bylines.scot
Previously on Bylines Scotland...
China and Russia’s ‘useful idiots’ – espionage, bribery, and populists - Bylines Scotland
A look at how autocracies like Russia and China use corruption and infiltration to undermine their democratic rivals
bylines.scot
December 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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ff-preobrazhensky.bsky.social
But, but Dermot Murnaghan had such a good pitch for Bliar ...
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ff-preobrazhensky.bsky.social Wear ≥Filip Filipovich Preobrazhensky 2 respirator Do Not Follow @ff-preobrazhensky.bsky.social · Sep 26
I should post the full clip from Mark Taverner's Series 2, Episode 6 of Absolute Power, in the interests of, as they say nowadays, clarity and the avoidance of doubt ... lol I'd hate for anyone to get the wrong idea ...
December 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Why is Keir Starmer so hellbent on digital ID? Two words: Tony Blair.

At @thenerve_news we’ve tracked Blair’s influence - & his billionaire backer Larry Ellison - behind a policy that nobody asked for & almost nobody wants.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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carladenyer.bsky.social
Eight people who took action in solidarity with Palestine have been on hunger strike since 2 November in protest at their prolonged pre-trial imprisonment, censorship of communications and alleged mistreatment in custody.

Five have now been hospitalised. David Lammy must respond.
elliechowns.bsky.social Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 3d
Alongside fellow Green MPs and Peers, I have written to the Justice Secretary to express my serious concern about the wellbeing and conditions of the hunger strikers.

Five of the strikers have now been hospitalised - it is clear Lammy must take urgent action to prevent tragedy.
Dear David, We are writing to express our concern about eight prisoners who took action in solidarity with Palestine in August 2024. Amu Gib, Qesser Zuhrah, Heba Muraisi, Jon Cink, Teuta Hoxha, Kamran Ahmed, Muhammad Umer Khalid and Lewie Chiaramello are all being held on remand: none has been convicted. They are all on hunger strike, some since 2 November, in protest at their prolonged pre-trial imprisonment, censorship of communications and alleged mistreatment in custody. We share concerns about the length of time they have been detained without trial. Some of the protestors have already been imprisoned for over a year and we note the assessment by UN human rights experts that terrorism powers were misused to circumvent normal legal protections, with this being a potential cause of excessively long pre-charge detention (ref). We are also worried by reports about their treatment and support the call on you made in Early Day Motion 2386 (ref) to intervene urgently to ensure their treatment is humane and their human rights are upheld. To that end, would you: • ensure the hunger strikers are not denied clinical monitoring or hospital access; • instigate an immediate review of the remand/bail decisions in these cases; • confirm that counter terror powers are not being misapplied to protest activity. These protestors must also be guaranteed their right to a fair trial – the decision since their arrest to proscribe Palestine Action puts this seriously at risk. We would therefore like to know what measures you are putting in place to ensure such a vital cornerstone of our justice system is upheld, both in relation to the charges brought against these specific prisoners and more broadly in relation to offences committed by others acting in solidarity with Palestine. Lastly, we urge you to meet with the families and loved ones of the prisoners on hunger strike – we understand you have not responded yet to representations they have made, and trust you will be o…
December 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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naomiaklein.bsky.social
So… big news.

(Keep reading.)
December 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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naomiaklein.bsky.social
The fight for the living world is upon us... back to writing!! 😰
Four paragraphs of dark blue text on a bright kelly green background. A squiggly line touches the left and right edges near the bottom of the image. Text reads: But, Klein and Taylor reveal, the new supremacist survivalists are far from impregnable. They have no vision of a shared future. All they offer are remixes of a bygone past: the nihilistic, sadistic pleasures of domination. If we're to meet this critical moment and defend what's left of democracy before it's smashed up beyond repair, we must break the doom loop, and find a new way of living together, rooted in our existence on this earth, in the here and now. A story not of end times - but of better times. This book shows us how.
December 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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gideonrachman.bsky.social
Does the World Cup tickets row highlight a broader clash between US and European way of looking at things? In the US you have no “right” to anything you can’t afford - see healthcare. European instinct is more based around “fairness” to all.
December 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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countzerorepeat.bsky.social
Robbie Gibb rot throughout the news and political departments of the BBC.
Get them out.
Contact your MP.
Not our BBC at the moment.
Don't defund it, make it honest again.
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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edwardluce.bsky.social
"Trumpian populism may be the story of our age but I'm increasingly convinced that we're underplaying the tech-authoritarian elephant in the room." My Swamp Notes newsletter. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/199e371f-8...
Big tech’s ‘elite victim complex’
[FREE TO READ] Acolytes of the broligarchs have a grip on key nodes of Washington’s power ministries
as.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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edconway.bsky.social
📽️Donald Trump wants you to know he's targeting Venezuela because of illegal drugs.
But what if this were really about something else altogether...?
Dig into the murky world of crude oil refining and you find another, even more intriguing explanation...
Full primer 👇 youtu.be/Pgwny1BiCYk?...
The real reason Venezuela matters
YouTube video by Sky News
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December 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
New Statesman reporting Reform politicians are avoiding head to head debates with me.

Their lies come crumbling down when confronted with the truth.

Let's keep building the movement to take on Reform:

Join.greenparty.org.uk
Farage confided in a Westminster mover and shaker that Polanski is dangerous in head to heads.
December 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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jimmykent.bsky.social
And yet we allow a convicted American felon to own golf courses and other properties in Scotland.
December 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
I used to work for an American company and there was always the possibility of moving out there.

You honestly couldn't pay me enough to even try to visit there now
newseye.bsky.social News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 4d
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.

The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.

Below is the full, mind-blowing list.

🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨

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- All social media accounts from the last 5 years - All your biometrics: face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris - All your phone numbers from the last 5 years - All your email addresses from the last 10 years - IP addresses and metadata from your submitted photos - Names of your family members (parents, spouse, siblings, children) - All your family members' phone numbers from the last 5 years - Your family members' dates of birth - Your family members' places of birth - Your family members' residencies - All your business phone numbers from the last 5 years - All your business email addresses from the last 10 years
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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leastactionhero.bsky.social
all i'm saying is that there were better options
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December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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jeremycorbyn.bsky.social
The Justice Secretary is refusing to meet me to discuss the well-being of my constituent, Amu, who is 40 days into their hunger strike.

I have written to express my dismay over the government's lack of urgency, care and humanity toward people at risk of death.
December 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
In the age of President Trump, the UK needs reality-based politics
December 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 WATCH — @mrjamesob.bsky.social: “I’m going to say this slowly… The President of The United States of America has sided with Putin against the United Kingdom. He has put the whole of Europe in the crosshairs.”
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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bobbyllew.bsky.social
I've just opened an account on Monnett, a European built social media app with a very different approach to the vomit inducing billionaire tech twats in the USA.
I can't find a way of linking to it, I thhink it's very new, I may be the only user......
December 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM