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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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spockresists.bsky.social
America will fail because of the Republican Party. America will fail because there is now an international lack of trust. America will be looked upon as similar to Russia. A country not to be trusted. Why? Because a large proportion of American citizens have not a clue how things
November 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
So when Farage rails against the latest migration figures, he's railing against a monster of his own making. The EU didn't impose uncontrolled immigration on us; it offered a framework that reflected geography, economics and reality”

ie - control.

www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...
People are just realising that we had a better grip on immigration within the EU
They gave us bar staff and builders - we gave them sunburnt pensioners and seaside property booms. It was win-win.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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kylegriffin1.bsky.social
Police in the U.K. arrested four people after photos of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto Windsor Castle. tinyurl.com/3za976ba
September 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
some heroes have capes. others have projectors.
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Sep 17
Police in the U.K. arrested four people after photos of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto Windsor Castle. tinyurl.com/3za976ba
September 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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logicallyjc.bsky.social
Good morning, all.

What nonsense awaits us today?
August 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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jessicacalarco.com
Trump doesn't seem to see that some people are still immune to his threats.

Jack White criticized Trump's Oval Office decor. The White House then called White a "washed-up, has-been loser... masquerading as a real artist." And White, undeterred, posted an absolutely blistering takedown in response.
officialjackwhite "Jack White is a washed up, has-been loser posting drivel on social media because he clearly has ample time on his hands due to his stalled career," wrote Cheung. "It's apparent he's been masquerading as a real artist, because he fails to appreciate, and quite frankly disrespects, the splendor and significance of the Oval Office inside of The People's House."--White House Communications Director Steven Cheung Listen, I'm an artist and not a politician so I'm in no need to give my answer or opinion on anything if I'm not inspired or compelled, but how funny that it wasn't me calling out trump's blatant fascist manipulation of government, his gestapo ICE tactics, his racist remarks about Latinos, Native Americans, etc. his ridiculous "wall" construction, his attacks on the disabled his attempted coup and mob insurrection and destruction of the sacred halls of congress, his disparaging sexist and pedophilic remarks about women, his obvious attempts at distraction about being a close personal friend of Jeffrey Epstein and his inclusion in the Epstein files, his ignorance of the dying children in Sudan, Gaza, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, his lack of empathy for military veterans and those struggling with poverty, his attempts to dismantle healthcare, his obvious wimpy and pathetic kowtowing to the dictators Putin and Kim Jong Un, his nazi like rallies, his attempts to sell merchandise and products like Goya beans through the office of the President, his fake "gunshot to the ear" that he showed no medical records or photographs of his constant, constant lying to the American people, etc. etc. No, it wasn't me calling out any of that, it was the fucking DECOR OF THE OVAL OFFICE remarks I made that got them to respond with insults. How petty and pathetic and thin skinned could this administration get? Masquerading as a real artist? Thank you for giving me my tombstone engraving! Well here's my opinion, trump is masquerading as a human being. officialjackwhite He's masquerading as a christian, as a leader, as a person with actual empathy. He's been masquerading as a businessman for decades as nothing he's involved in has prospered except by using other people's money to find loophole after loophole and grift after grift. His staff of professional liar toadies like Steven Cheung and Karoline Leavitt have been covering up and masking his fascism as patriotism and "ample time on at golf than helping ANYONE in the country. Improve. Anything. There progress with him, only smoke and mirrors and tax breaks for the ultra wealthy. So maga folk, enjoy your concrete paving over of the rose garden, your 200 million dollar ballroom in the White House, and your gaudy ass gold spray painted trinkets from Home Depot, cause he ain't spending any money agenda. on helping YOU unless you fit into his white supremascist country club rich idiot. No intelligent person can defend this low life fascist. This bankrupter of casinos. This failed seller of trump steaks, trump vodka, trump water, etc. This man and his goon squad have failed upwards for decades and have fleeced the American people over and over. This professional golf cheat, this grifter who has hundreds of thousands of deaths from his inaction of the pandemic on his hands, this man that the majority of the country somehow were fooled into supporting and voting into office (through the flawed electoral college) and their love of reality television stars. Being insulted by the actual White House that this particular conman leads is a badge of honor to me, because anyone who trump supports and likes is a villain who gives nothing to their fellow man, only takes what can benefit themselves. And no I'm not a Democrat either, I'm a human being raised in Detroit, I'm an artist who's owned his own businesses like his own upholstery shop and recording label since he was 21 years old who has enough street sense to know when a 3 card monte dealer is a cheap grifter and a thief.
August 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
"ChatGPT, show me on a map where most of the crimes are being committed in Washington, DC."
August 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
"Everything has a price in Trump’s America, including AI dominance against China."

www.thebulwark.com/p/et-tu-jd-v...
Et Tu, JD?
The president’s dutiful sidekick already seems to be planning for life without Trump.
www.thebulwark.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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phillipspobrien.bsky.social
Hi All, @alanderminna.bsky.social is back with her latest European Dispatch. She breaks down what European states have and are doing for Ukraine. It’s more than you might realize. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Pessimism As a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
In this week's the Europe Dispatch, Minna Ålander reflects on the dangers of demoralising elite pessimism.
open.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
NEW

Constitutional law during a carnival of cruelty

Protecting rights when causing pain is the point of policy

By me

Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/constituti...

Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/07/cons...
Constitutional law during a carnival of cruelty
Protecting rights when causing pain is the point of policy
emptycity.substack.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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whstancil.bsky.social
I have invented a machine to control the weather. It uses 825 oil refineries, 62,500 power plants, 10,000,000 factories, 14,000 flying machines, 100,000 ocean machines, and 1,750,000,000 land machines to turn 100,220,000 barrels of oil a day into chemicals that cause wildfires and hurricanes.
July 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
if english is your second language, please don't apologize if you can't speak it perfectly. it's a garbage language with inconsistent rules that make no sense and honestly it's a fucking miracle any of us can speak it at all. you're doing amazing, sweetie.
July 15, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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June 21, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Fox just giving air time again to the latest Trump family grift for a free infomercial. bsky.app/profile/atru...
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 16
"Now we're doing Trump Mobile. And Trump mobile is going to revolutionize cell phones" -- Eric Trump announces the new Trump phone
June 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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meidastouch.com
Watch it again here:
EXCLUSIVE: Governor Newsom ADDRESSES State and Nation LIVE
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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June 13, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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djrothkopf.bsky.social
Trump is destroying America in so many ways, it is sometimes hard to keep track of them all. But we need to. So, I've tried to help with that. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
Trump and MAGA Help Wreck a Strong Country 12 Ways
If you get the reference, you're old enough to remember a better America
open.substack.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
We need to stand up for @terrymoranabc.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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cwebbonline.com
State Rep @jamestalarico.bsky.social gives a master class in Republican hypocrisy 🔥

The Texas House passed the Ten Commandments bill in an 82-46 vote… on the Sabbath, breaking the Fourth Commandment in the process.
May 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
The biggest trick Trump ever pulled was making people think he is transactional.

There is never a ‘deal’ - just the constant manoeuvring for leverage.
henryjfoy.ft.com Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · May 26
The Art of the (self-) Deal
May 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
I have tried & failed to find appropriate words to describe this extraordinary article. Suffice to say that if you read it, you will never forget it. Or the little boy at its heart.
May 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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iandunt.bsky.social
This is outstanding on the vapid scientifically illiterate dreams of the tech overlord class

arstechnica.com/culture/2025...
Silicon Valley billionaires literally want the impossible
Ars chats with physicist and science journalist Adam Becker about his new book, More Everything Forever.
arstechnica.com
May 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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djrothkopf.bsky.social
This administration's first 100 days have been a debacle. But they have also produced vital insights into how Donald Trump can be stopped and his movement defeated. For that we have Trump himself to thank. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
The Donald J. Trump Plan to Stop Donald J. Trump
After 100 Days, the President Has Started to Make It Clear How He Will be Defeated
open.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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phillipspobrien.bsky.social
OK, sent out this free piece on the details of the Trump "final" plan for Ukraine that has been seen by Axios. The 5 points have basically been dictated by Putin. They set up a process which would allow Russia to expand into all of its neighbors.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The Trump "Final" Proposal For Ukraine
Phillips’s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication.
open.substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
I am no body language expert, but
April 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM