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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

It really is bizarre to me that every single member of GOP House leadership & the admin has decided their coordinated talking point this week is that the No Kings demonstrations this Sat are essentially acts of domestic terrorism. Are they that afraid of free & peaceful assembly?

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Alan Falconer @alanfalconer.bsky.social · 12h

🚨Boris Johnson’s secret cash grabs exposed.

An official watchdog confirms he broke the rules with his shady deals, but he’s still pocketing £115,000 of OUR money every year. Sign the petition to suspend his ex-PM allowance⏬
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Suspend Boris Johnson's taxpayer allowance

I’ve just signed the petition to suspend Boris Johnson’s £115k ex-PM allowance until they’ve finished investigating his dodgy deals. Leaks show he was using his old office for private business, meetin...

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WWF UK @wwf.org.uk · 2d

The Global Tipping Points Report is clear: without urgent climate action, damage to nature could be irreversible. 🚨

But it's not too late to stop the destruction.

Tell your MP we need action at #COP30 - for the Amazon, for nature, for our world. 🌎👉 https://ow.ly/C9nB50X9Fjg

Image collage depicting key impacts of climate change: bleached coral reefs in shallow tropical waters, a massive whale swimming through a warming ocean; melting polar ice sheets breaking into the sea; barren stretches of land showing severe deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. The accompanying text reads: “Warm water coral reefs are suffering more damage than ever before. Polar ice sheets are melting. Atlantic Ocean currents are heading toward collapse. The Amazon rainforest faces devastation.”

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WWF UK @wwf.org.uk · 15h

We're putting more money into destroying forests than protecting them.

We are losing our precious ecosystems for short-term financial gains.

This needs to stop. It's time our world leaders step up, and what better time to do it than #COP30 in Brazil.

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns

Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

www.theguardian.com

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 15h

📣URGENT more than 14,000 people have signed our petition calling on Ofwat to REJECT Thames Water's latest ridiculous proposal.

🤑Their creditors want to pollute our rivers & seas illegally for the next 15 years.

✍️Ofwat makes its decision next week. Add your name, 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 & 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 today!

Thames Water wants to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.

Thames Water wants to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years

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Alan Falconer @alanfalconer.bsky.social · 12h

“That’s 27 lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law,” said one critic of the boat strikes."

'These Are Murders': Trump condemned after bombing yet another boat off Venezuelan coast ⏬
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-v...

'These Are Murders': Trump Condemned After Bombing Yet Another Boat Off Venezuelan Coast | Common Dreams

President Trump orders lethal military strike on boat off Venezuela coast, claiming it was involved in drug trafficking. Legal experts condemn the action.

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Alan Falconer @alanfalconer.bsky.social · 12h

Petition - calling on Volvo and Daimler to stop roadblocking the transition to 100% electric trucks.
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Volvo and Daimler: 100% electric trucks now

This Big Trucks lawsuit could be a landmark case: if the truck companies back out of their own agreement to cut pollution and emissions to protect our future, what’s to stop them from dropping future

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✌️Bob ☮ (Old Man Hippy)💙 @oldmanhippy.com · 14h

Happy Wednesday!
Foxy’s 🦊 🦋 Meet and Greet 🦋

“There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!”- Abbie Hoffman

As Foxy says…
We will be okay! ✌️

#StrongerTogether #BlueCrew

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 23h

Netanyahu announces Israel will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite it being a key ceasefire agreement clause.

Didn't take long, did it?

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Kinley 🦋 Brenda @bluthrunthru.bsky.social · 14h

Good morning #BreakfastCrew

Happy Wednesday!🐫

A Tree House in the woods with a wrap around deck for today’s Virtual Meet & Greet!🏡🪾🌳

The bar is open & breakfast served till 11am ET. After that, it is self-serve!

Come meet some new friends.👫👭👬 Everyone welcome!

Comment ✍️ & say Hi!👋
#BlueCrew🦋

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Colin Oreilly @colin0reilly.bsky.social · 22h

Venezuela is 3,000 miles away and this boat had a range of 250 these were likely fisherman or a family killed to appease our Pedophile dictator who is mad that a Venezuelan got a prize he is way too stupid and evil to ever be qualified for. Pedophiles are always pathetic.

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US kills 6 people in strike on boat accused of carrying drugs near Venezuela, Trump says

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 19h

“The UK stands at a crossroads. Are we going to be a nation that respects its human rights obligations, or are we going to abandon them whenever the rightwing press demands it? First immigrants, then trans people – who next, Sir Keir?” – Jo Maugham (@goodlawproject.org)
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European human rights chief warns against trans exclusion in the UK

Human rights commissioner calls on parliament to make sure guidance following the Supreme Court’s decision in April promotes inclusion.

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

If you want to meet a true believer in global heating, talk to an insurance actuary...

You can't fight the facts. Time for Keir Starmer to step up on the climate crisis.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/14/millions-more-homes-in-great-britain-at-risk-of-flooding-investigation-finds

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds

www.theguardian.com

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Alan Falconer @alanfalconer.bsky.social · 1d

(Via @MintPressNews & @LatuffCartoons)
"Having in the past said it would be 'cool' to invade Venezuela & referring to the country as 'really part of the U.S.' the Trump administration is now escalating efforts to invade Latin America – targeting a nation with the largest oil reserves in the world"

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