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LGBT+ Liberal Democrats 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @pluslibdems.bsky.social · 18h

Thank you to @tomgordonld.bsky.social, Lib Dem MP, for speaking up for Trans+ people.

"The Council of Europe has warned that the UK gov's treatment of trans people may well breach human rights law. This must be a wake up call. We've seen an increase in hostility towards trans in recent years. Everyone deserves dignity, safety, & respect - that includes trans people." - Tom Gordon, MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough

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Holyrood @holyroodmag.bsky.social · 10h

Liberal Democrats call for MI5 to 'assess threat' posed by Elon Musk www.holyrood.com/news/view,li...

Liberal Democrats call for MI5 to 'assess threat' posed by Elon Musk

The Liberal Democrats in Westminster have called for an MI5 investigation into Elon Musk’s alleged funding of Tommy Robi...

www.holyrood.com

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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 17h

My daily challenge is to go on Mail Online, find a contentious story and make an inflammatory comment about it to see how many downvotes I can get from the simpletons who read that shitrag. If I have a good day my mailbox overflows with gammons frothing at the mouth in reply.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 18h

JD Vance when people makes jokes about Charlie Kirk: "call their employer."

JD Vance when Republican staffers say "I love Hitler" and fantasize about throwing political opponents in gas chambers: "that's what kids do...we're not canceling kids because they did something stupid."

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 6d

Is antifa in the room with us now?

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Jonty @fairless.xyz · 1d

Windows 10 goes out of support today. My fave useless fact about w10 is that the iconic blue desktop background is a *photograph* - not CGI.

Tiny 'making of' vid here - youtu.be/_2RacX9DgWM...

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BleepingComputer @bleepingcomputer.com · 1d

Spanish fashion retailer MANGO is sending notices of a data breach to its customers, warning that its marketing vendor suffered a compromise exposing personal data.

Clothing giant MANGO discloses data breach exposing customer info

Spanish fashion retailer MANGO is sending notices of a data breach to its customers, warning that its marketing vendor suffered a compromise exposing personal data.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

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Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 21h

Call for MI5 probe into Elon Musk 'funding' Tommy Robinson legal fees

LibDem deputy leader Daisy Cooper called for MI5 to investigate Robinson’s claim and argued that if he had said the same about Russian president Vladimir Putin, the Government would act.

www.thenational.scot/news/2554481...

Call for MI5 probe into Elon Musk 'funding' Tommy Robinson legal fees

THE Security Service should investigate claims that Elon Musk is funding Tommy Robinson’s legal costs, Keir Starmer has been told.

www.thenational.scot

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🔶️ Shyamali Rodrigues @shyamalirodrigues.bsky.social · 1d

Do all MPs and members of the cabinet have an A-Level in English? I imagine not. (I don't - I studied engineering)

Labour Gov this is clearly discriminatory and an absurd policy.

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 1d

I will bet my bike that close to zero of the British racists that this law is pandering to could pass A-level English.

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 21h

"Another Reform MP has been accused of being in breach of Parliamentary rules, after its deputy leader Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality he received from Lubov Chernukhin – wife of a former Russian deputy finance minister"
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/refo...

Reform’s Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister’s wife

'Tice and Oakeshott stayed at the Chernukhins’ “turreted villa” with “a stunning view of the Mediterranean” and had supper with them at a Michelin-starred restaurant'

leftfootforward.org

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Kelly Welles @kellywelles.bsky.social · 1d

So weird how the Daily Mail get these mad obsessions about players before major tournaments. I wonder what it is about Bellingham that they can't stand... 🤔

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Catio Miles @catiomiles.bsky.social · 1d

This is good.

But what is missing is how would Labour “make #Brexit work”.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: “There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting” says Chancellor Rachel Reeves

It’s about time!

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Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 2d

Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int

Strasbourg 14/10/2025

www.coe.int

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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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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Department of State v
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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
5:55 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 34.1K Views

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 1d

*Stares in European food safety standards*

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 1d

R.I.P. ICON D’Angelo 🙏🏾🕊️

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Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 2d

Rising ocean temperatures mean coral reefs are facing irreversible decline.

This is an urgent wake up call. The Government must swiftly ratify the High Seas Treaty and take decisive steps to safeguard our oceans and preserve these vital ecosystems.

The world has reached its first climate tipping point

Milestone signals stark new reality for the planet – and raises the alarm about impending catastrophes

www.independent.co.uk

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Tom Gordon MP @tomgordonld.bsky.social · 2d

The Council of Europe has warned that the UK gov’s treatment of trans people may breach human rights law.

This must be a wake up call.

We’ve seen an increase in hostility towards trans in recent years.

Everyone deserves dignity, safety, & respect - that includes trans people.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 2d

The hospice sector is in crisis. Families are terrified for their loved ones, yet the government continues to look away.

Our new campaign demands urgent action to fix this broken system.

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Cameron Thomas MP 🔶 @libdemcam.bsky.social · 2d

I was honoured last week to meet with the Ukrainian Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture, and the Deputy Minister of Economy.

Alongside @helenmaguiremp.bsky.social and @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social, we spoke at length regarding the value of de-mining to Ukraine's economic output.

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Amanda Jeyaretnam 🔸 (she/her) @liberalisms.bsky.social · 2d

Why are you still all on Twitter? Explain it to me like I’m five years old. @libdems.org.uk

Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 2d

Tommy Ten Names Robinson (a British national who travels on an Irish passport but rails against non-white UK migrants) is supported for his legal proceedings financially by Elon Musk (a South African born migrant to the USA), but that's all totally normal, right?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Rob Blackie @robblackie.bsky.social · 2d

This morning I stumbled on the Google Maps reviews for the Lib Dem HQ - and it does not disappoint.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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