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ethelredaunready.bsky.social @ethelredaunready.bsky.social · 7h

I wonder how he knew there would be war in Ukraine. Did Putin tell him?

Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 7h

I've had the pleasure of being interviewed by Mishal Husain three times. One of the most intelligent and accomplished people I've ever met.

Here's Nigel Farage trying to shut her down with the words "Listen, love ..." like it was still the 1970s. I'd say it was unbelievable, only it isn't.

Nigel Farage says"gotta shoot" down Russian jets | The Mishal Husain Show

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

The people running this country have zero respect for the Constitution, laws, rules of ethics and professional responsibility, traditions or norms. They are lawless gangsters drunk on power and nobody in their party outside the admin has the courage or integrity to stop them.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 7h

Finland will provide Ukraine with its 30th military aid package estimated at $60,6 million,the country's defense ministry said

The aid will mainly consist of new orders from Finnish defense companies,it said in a statement.For security reasons Finland is not disclosing details
Thank you,Finland! 🇺🇦🇫🇮

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Elseagee 🟧 🌊 🌊 🌊🎨 🎸 @elseagee.bsky.social · 1d

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 18h

The Santos commutation is a prelude to a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon.

Mark my words.

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ethelredaunready.bsky.social @ethelredaunready.bsky.social · 7h

Who gave that order? Insanity.

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 14h

This is a profoundly absurd show of force that could put Californians directly in harm's way.

Flying live rounds over a busy highway without coordination between state, federal, and local partners isn't just wrong — it's dangerous.

New York Times: "Military Plans to Fire Artillery Over California Freeway on Saturday"

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

M.I.T.
Brown.
Penn.
USC.

Now UVA — “the fifth school to rebuff a White House proposal to give universities preferential treatment if they uphold a set of White House demands.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 7h

Remember just because you are peaceful it doesn’t mean the regime will be.

The protests are expected to be peaceful however the regime wants to crackdown with or without an excuse, don’t give them the satisfaction of arresting or terrorizing you. Be cool, be brave, and be strong. #3E #NoKings

Tips for Preparedness, Peaceful Protesting, and Safety

Safety and preparedness are essential in uncertain times. Whether you're preparing for an emergency or participating in a peaceful protest, these…

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ethelredaunready.bsky.social @ethelredaunready.bsky.social · 7h

When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your name: 38d.gs/72vc?utm_cam...

Save Britain’s hedgehogs: make hedgehog highways law!

When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your n...

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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️☕️🍰 @stephaniejane.bsky.social · Aug 20

It comes as no surprise that the far right playbook that tried to portray trans women as predators and rapists of cis women, is now being employed against immigrants.
The emotive “Won’t you think of our white women and children being attacked by these foreigners!” is very seductive.

Jess Gill @jessgill03
We've won the battle against trans ideology.
Now, it's essential that the gender critical community speaks up about the dangers of mass immigration for women.
Women and girls are being raped and harassed across the country. If you truly care about women's safety, you need to speak out against this.
COURAGE
CALLS TO
COURAGE EVERYWHERE
SECURE BORDERS
=
SAFER WOMEN
PUT OUR WOMEN
1 IN 4
FIRST
I SEX CRIMES
ARE COMMITTED BY FOREIGN NATIONALS
WHEN WILL OUR WOMEN COME FIRST?
HASS
IMMIORATION
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

For generations, people around the world have used color to show collective strength in the face of oppression. The #NoKings movement is no different. Yellow is our shared signal, bright, bold and impossible to ignore, a reminder that America's power belongs to our people, not to kings.

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MEDxyz @medxyz.bsky.social · 22h

There is a stink emanating from the House of Reps created by the refusal of Johnson to swear in Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva. Very reminiscent of the stench that rose from the Senate in 2016 when McConnell refused to hold a hearing re Obama’s nominee for Supreme Court.Someone please file a law suit.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 10h

fish & chips is Jewish street food. it's well-documented Victorian Jewish immigrants started selling it.

I well remember my grandmother doing a big batch of 'fried fish' in matzo meal every Friday to eat cold for Shabbes lunch. I'm willing to bet 'white English' people don't have that memory.

James Ball @jamesrball.com · 11h

(The chicken tikka masala thing is backed up by opinion poll after opinion poll. I suspect its popularity might be slipping a bit largely because lots of people’s taste in curries is no longer quite so basic.)

Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 11h

The British Right are just in total freefall into savagery at this point

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 18h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

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ethelredaunready.bsky.social @ethelredaunready.bsky.social · 8h

Hope you got his number. Sue him for assault.

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Chevron @lachevron.bsky.social · 19h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

The war zone in Portland is out of control.

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ethelredaunready.bsky.social @ethelredaunready.bsky.social · 8h

Mike Johnson appears to be blind- to anything he doesn't want to see or that is difficult to explain. .

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

To be unaware of one thing you don't wish to talk about is convenient.

To be unaware of *everything* you don't wish to talk about is either lying or incompetence. Or both.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: What's your message to the 170 US citizens who have been detained by ICE? About 20 of them are children

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.

I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 8h

fish and chips, the native British dish invented by sephardic Jewish migrants in the 18th century using a vegetable no one on this island had encountered before the 16th

Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 11h

The British Right are just in total freefall into savagery at this point

Jess Gill
@jessgillO3

I've never had curry or a kabab and don't intend to.
British food is the best. English breakfasts, Sunday roasts, fish and chips, pies, pasties, scones.
Also, our national dish isn't a chicken tikka masala we only think that because a Labour MP said it decades ago to push multiculturalism.
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Elseagee 🟧 🌊 🌊 🌊🎨 🎸 @elseagee.bsky.social · 1d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

Be safe and have fun out there at those peaceful patriotism parties today, y’all.

Don’t forget to tag us in your pics of the best signs. #NoKings 🇺🇸

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 15h

It's so hard to tell if they're awful or idiots.

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