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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 10h

Upon his release from an Israeli prison, Naseem al-Radee tried to call his wife, only to find her phone out of service. He then learned that his wife & all but one of his children had been killed in Gaza during his detention.

Radee was never charged with a crime

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Cruelest forms of torture’: freed Palestinians describe horrors of Israeli jail

Men who were held in Nafha prison say they were brutally beaten, bound at the hands and feet, verbally abused, allowed to contract fungal and skin diseases, and assaulted with loud music for up to two...

www.theguardian.com

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 3d

Quote: I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember this too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick. Stewart Lee

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 4d

stop thinking right now

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 6d

Plumes of smoke from Israeli attacks were seen rising over Gaza hours after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire plan, brokered by Donald Trump.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 7d

If you had written this as a fake news headline a year ago, you would be called hysterical.

Reuters today. Fascism.

Reuters story headlines:

Trunp calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 8d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 9d

She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

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Jim Jepps! @jimjepps.bsky.social · 9d

fair enough - I knew you'd left but hoped you might know as I can't seem to find whether they could attend or not in the end

Jim Jepps! @jimjepps.bsky.social · 9d

I am glad to see Polanski praising Standing Together but I wasn't clear from the article whether they were allowed to attend in the end or not. Do you know?

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Sharon Graham @unitesharon.bsky.social · 12d

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This is an exceptional pay deal, which was only won by workers standing firmly together in the face of their very profitable employer.

It is proof once again that being a member of Unite pays for itself. We will always support every member in their fight for better pay – and we deliver.

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 13d

People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children.

This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights

People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’

www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13d

Surreal moment for America. Needless to say, if the normal police ever pulled something like this — pulling every single person out of an apartment building and handcuffing them to run warrant checks — they would be sued into oblivion.

Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.

"It was scary, because I had never had a gun in my face," Fisher said. "They asked my name and my date of birth and asked me, did I have any warrants? And I told them, 'No, 'Ididn't."
Fisher said she was handcuffed before being released around 3 a.m., and she was told that if anyone had any kind of warrant out for them, even if it was unrelated to immigration, they would not be released.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 14d

I spent some time with OpenAI's new AI video app Sora. Not just slop but ragebait, fake crimes and women splattered with white goo. The implications of all of this are horrifying.

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Jim Jepps! @jimjepps.bsky.social · 17d

The Island of Strangers guy hates racism this week. I wonder what his team will have him believe next week?

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Jim Jepps! @jimjepps.bsky.social · 18d

Tony Harrison's V. Still gives me chills.

RIP to Leeds' finest poet.

youtu.be/FA3AL14d05k?...

'V' by Tony Harrison

YouTube video by spartakirk109

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Jim Jepps! @jimjepps.bsky.social · 18d

"we are plagued with hope"

chilling.

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 19d

Ok. They’ve pissed me off.

I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:

1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

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Jim Jepps! @jimjepps.bsky.social · 19d

I don't sign petitions very often but I like the idea of this one getting to a million pretty much as the policy is announced.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20d

The polio immunisation program started in the USA in 1955.

Look what happened next.

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 21d

A 7% decline in English birds in just 5 years is astonishing

The web of life is unravelling fast

Wild bird numbers continue to fall in UK with some species in ‘dramatic freefall’

Species index fell by 4% between 2019 and 2024 – although data shows woodland populations beginning to stabilise

www.theguardian.com

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · 21d

Zohran Mamdani’s win in the Democratic primary for New York mayor demonstrates the strength of organised socialist campaigning. Samuel Kelly speaks with NYC-DSA organisers about the work that made it possible.
revsoc21.uk/2025/09/24/i...

Interview | Behind the Zohran Mamdani campaign

rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century

revsoc21.uk

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Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 21d

As I was saying…

Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Adam Turner 🏳️‍🌈 @awjt.bsky.social · 23d

Just a little observation, but today we have the SNP arguing in favour of continued oil and gas exploration while Labour gives the green light to another runway at Gatwick—and still media types will ask Greens what makes them unique "now that all the other parties have adopted climate policies".

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 23d

NEW: SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has called for changes to Westminster’s oil and gas regime

Stephen Flynn calls on Ed Miliband to change Westminster oil and gas regime

www.thenational.scot

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 25d

“Prompting people to actively notice birdsong, plant textures and smells can significantly improve wellbeing…”

Interesting study that suggests simple and small interventions, eg signage, that encourage people to notice nature can boost people’s wellbeing.

Open access article below.

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Jim Jepps! @jimjepps.bsky.social · 26d

Grim. They're not even opening a tree museum.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ministers tell Environment Agency to wave planning applications through

Exclusive: Officials say they have been told to do as little as legally possible to prevent approvals for housebuilding

www.theguardian.com

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