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Andy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 12d

Updating my LEGO White House

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John Bleasdale @www.johnbleasdale.com · Sep 15

If you go to a march or join a party where you spend a lot of time justifying it as not racist, it’s almost certainly racist.

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Mainstream @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social · Sep 9

We’re blown away by the response to Mainstream so far: thank you to everyone who’s joined us.

Labour's Mainstream is rising.

If you haven’t signed up yet, now’s the time.
mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved

Graphic saying: 700 Members - thank you!

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Karen Martinez @karenmmartinez.bsky.social · May 21

🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...

Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts

The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.

www.campaignforthearts.org

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Karen Martinez @karenmmartinez.bsky.social · Apr 18

Gaza has been the deadliest conflict for journalists in recent history, with more than 170 killed since 2023, though some estimates put it as high as 206.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike

Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family

www.theguardian.com

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Karen Martinez @karenmmartinez.bsky.social · Apr 10

Cool graphics!

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Karen Martinez @karenmmartinez.bsky.social · Apr 2

This man is a hero! #CoryBooker A record 25 hours standing and speaking, standing and speaking against injustice. As he says, “This is not a left right issue it’s a right wrong issue”. May he inspire more people to stand against tyranny ✊🏼

Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · Mar 31

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker

YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

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Karen Martinez @karenmmartinez.bsky.social · Mar 25

Unbelievable! 😡

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · Mar 5

@privateeyenews.bsky.social on top form as usual this issue.

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · Feb 28

I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · Feb 19

Trump calls Zelensky “a dictator without elections” having lauded Putin, a man who hasn’t had a free or fair election in years and who has prevented elections in Ukraine because he invaded.

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New School of the Anthropocene @nsota.bsky.social · Feb 9

A superb piece by Natasha Walter on the feminist-led Rojava revolution, arguably the most inspiring democratic project on the planet, right now.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

‘Woman, life, freedom’: the Syrian feminists who forged a new world in a land of war

In a society riven by conflict and misogyny, the autonomous region of Rojava has a government with perhaps the most complete gender equality in the world

www.theguardian.com

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · Feb 5

Trump's threats of ethnic cleansing in Gaza are abhorrent and the UK government must stand firmly against them

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Karen Martinez @karenmmartinez.bsky.social · Feb 2

Brilliant film, Black Dog

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Paul @fucktheracists.bsky.social · Jan 30

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Karen Martinez @karenmmartinez.bsky.social · Jan 27

This is such a powerful documentary.
#holocaustmemorialday

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jan 27

The Last Musician of Auschwitz review – an exceptionally moving film that will ring in your ears for years

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, now 99, escaped death in the concentration camp because she played the cello. As this intelligent, chilling and devastating documentary shows, music proved a curse and a comfort Auschwitz was a site of incomparable horror; people…

www.theguardian.com

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Karen Martinez @karenmmartinez.bsky.social · Jan 9

Thank goodness for proper news reporting and investigation @thenewsagents.com

The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · Jan 8

"For all the easy, cheap nonsense being peddled - changes 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 made."

Andrew Norfolk confirms Keir Starmer "completely changed the rules" as DPP to help prosecute grooming gangs - directly countering Musk's claim of a coverup.

@maitlis.bsky.social
@lewisgoodall.com

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · Jan 8

"For all the easy, cheap nonsense being peddled - changes 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 made."

Andrew Norfolk confirms Keir Starmer "completely changed the rules" as DPP to help prosecute grooming gangs - directly countering Musk's claim of a coverup.

@maitlis.bsky.social
@lewisgoodall.com

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Karen Martinez @karenmmartinez.bsky.social · Dec 6

You tell them 🔥

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Karen Martinez @karenmmartinez.bsky.social · Dec 6

Happy to be here 😎

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Karen Martinez @karenmmartinez.bsky.social · Dec 5

Doesn’t do it for me Brie pasta and ratatouille 😳but you go for it 😊

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · Dec 4

"I don't like the idea of 'understanding' a film. I don't believe rational understanding is an essential element in the reception of any work of art. Either a film has something to say to you or it hasn't. If you are moved by it, you don't need it explained to you."

- Federico Fellini

a man and a woman are dancing together in a black and white photo

ALT: a man and a woman are dancing together in a black and white photo

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Karen Martinez @karenmmartinez.bsky.social · Dec 3

How the climate crisis impacts small islands
#climatecrisis #climatejustice #globalwarming #smallislands #caribbean #caribbeanincrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

On the Grenadian island of Carriacou, even the dead are now climate victims

As ICJ hears landmark climate case, Grenada’s PM says vulnerable nations expect a long, hard fight for justice

www.theguardian.com

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Karen Martinez @karenmmartinez.bsky.social · Nov 24

Thanks for sharing