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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 4m

Alberto Giacometti, The Artist's Mother, 1950
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134582

Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)

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Daisy Cooper MP 🔶 @libdemdaisy.bsky.social · 12h

Great meeting of our new @libdems.org.uk Economy & Business team yesterday. Alongside myself as Treasury Spokesperson, we are:

🔸 @joshuareynoldssl6.bsky.social Trade
🔸Sarah Olney MP Business
🔸 @stevedarlingmp.bsky.social DWP
🔸Charlie Maynard MP Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury

…and Jennie 🦮

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Cosmoiselle @cosmoiselle.bsky.social · 15h

A good start but more needs to be done. The vet industry equates to a complete racket - massively stressful for people, particularly in context of cost of living pressures, and also putting animals at risk as owners despair at their £ capacity to help them.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Vets could be made to publish prices after UK watchdog investigation

Market ‘not fit’ for purpose and must be modernised, CMA says, with pet owners paying 16.6% more at large groups

www.theguardian.com

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Cosmoiselle @cosmoiselle.bsky.social · 15h

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told

Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate

www.theguardian.com

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 15h

“There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long-lasting." Says Rachel Reeves. It’s become convenient for the Chancellor to tell the truth about Brexit, at long last…

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 15h

Williamson slagging off Johnson at the Covid inquiry - a stark reminder of how these miscreants failed us so badly at a time of national crisis.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

Boris Johnson gave parents 'false hope' over schools reopening, Gavin Williamson tells Covid inquiry

Watch as the former education secretary gives evidence at the inquiry, which is focusing on the impact of the pandemic on children and young people.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

I really just once a reporter would reply “oh are you gonna cry about it”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't take questions from ABC fake news after what you did with Stephanopoulos to the vice president of the United States."

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Stephan Lewandowsky @lewan.bsky.social · 1d

Knock me down with a feather. What a surprise.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 1d

Anxiety about unpredictable hours isn’t just limited to people working very few hours.

Around a quarter of workers on 16-25 hours a week report being either ‘very’ or ‘fairly’ anxious about unexpected changes to hours worked.

Read Low Pay Britain 2025 👉 buff.ly/0OSArrI

Chart showing anxiety about unexpected changes to hours worked, by usual number of hours worked per week: UK, 2017

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Cosmoiselle @cosmoiselle.bsky.social · 1d

Latvia national anthem quite beautifully melancholy 🎶 ⚽

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Proportional Commons @propvoting.bsky.social · 1d

2025-10-14: Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41

The 164 MPs voting 'Aye' represented 10,293,880 voters.
The 331 MPs voting 'No' represented 9,336,985 voters.

Aye majority = 956,895

But result was No because seats don't match votes. See ALT text and 🧵

This chart is a proportional recount of a vote in the House of Commons.

The top two bars show the number of MPs from each party who voted Aye or No in the division.

The bottom two bars show the number of voters those MPs represent. For example, if a party won two million votes in the general election and half of that party's MPs voted in the division, that would represent one million voters.

2025-10-14: Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41

The 164 MPs voting 'Aye' represented 10,293,880 voters.
The 331 MPs voting 'No' represented 9,336,985 voters.

In many cases, more voters are represented by the MPs on the losing side. This is because seats don't match votes with First Past the Post (FPTP). Recounts are shown in terms of ideal MPs who all represent the same number of people.

The method is not a simulation of a PR elected Commons. It is intended to highlight the distortion of FPTP.

For more details, see the FAQ: https://tinyurl.com/4hxyc8e7

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Proportional Commons @propvoting.bsky.social · 1d

2025-10-14: Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40

The 163 MPs voting 'Aye' represented 11,153,820 voters.
The 335 MPs voting 'No' represented 9,511,306 voters.

Aye majority = 1,642,514

But result was No because seats don't match votes. See ALT text and 🧵

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1d

It’s funny how black people are expected to reach across the aisle to voters like these, while no one ever expects them to reach across the aisle to black people. Amazing who gets to be human, and who doesn’t.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 1d

Saturday. Find the protest where you are and make your voice heard!

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

On Saturday, the American people will rise up again for a truly historic day of defiance. Make your plan to be part of the biggest day of peaceful protest in modern US history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Cosmoiselle @cosmoiselle.bsky.social · 1d

Good luck getting to sleep tonight 🙂

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 1d

I bet Miliband treated himself to a new parker pen for this one. Then posted it as a gift to Andrea Jenkyns. With a bow.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ed Miliband approves UK’s biggest solar farm at Lincolnshire site

Tillbridge solar farm will be built in county where Reform UK’s anti-renewables agenda has rising support

www.theguardian.com

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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Eileen @eileenrod.bsky.social · 1d

Amphiba

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 1d

Deep breath. My publisher @johnmurrays.bsky.social informs me that my book about 🇬🇧,
"Fantastic Kingdom“
which will come out in June 2026,
is now available to pre-order, and that @waterstones.bsky.social is offering a 25% preorder discount this week.
www.waterstones.com/book/fantast...

Fantastic Kingdom by Helene von Bismarck | Waterstones

Buy Fantastic Kingdom by Helene von Bismarck from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

www.waterstones.com

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Cosmoiselle @cosmoiselle.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, as an A-level literature tutor, I can't believe my luck 👌 😁

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Rob Blackie @robblackie.bsky.social · 1d

The cowardice, or incompetence, of the British government on Elon Musk is incredible.

We have the power to stop him interfering in our politics - we just need to do it.

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka ”Tommy Robinson,” says Tesla CEO Elon Musk is paying his legal bills.

Robinson says Musk is paying his legal costs in counterterrorism trial

Far-right activist accused of refusing to give his mobile phone pin to police

www.ft.com

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 1d

Wild honeybees have been officially listed as endangered in the EU – the first time their decline has been formally recognised.

Dr Arrigo Moro tells us why their survival matters for biodiversity, agriculture, and food security. ⤵️

Wild honeybees now officially listed as endangered in the EU

The wild cousins of beehive honeybees are disappearing – here’s why that matters

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Cosmoiselle @cosmoiselle.bsky.social · 1d

I'm all for 3.5 million trickling down to Mr Clarke. Maybe Chairman Osborne, himself, could have a quick rummage behind the sofa (although, god knows, he's never come across as the cultured type).

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Cosmoiselle @cosmoiselle.bsky.social · 1d

I've got a tendency to panic. Perhaps my knighthood's in the post 👍

Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 1d

Gavin Williamson has described the decision to open, then close, primary schools on 4 January 2021 as “panicked”.

I would describe it as idiotic.

Boris Johnson gave parents 'false hope' over schools reopening, Gavin Williamson tells Covid inquiry

Watch as the former education secretary gives evidence at the inquiry, which is focusing on the impact of the pandemic on children and young people.

www.bbc.co.uk

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