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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 2h

Zack Polanski just crushed the Spectator like a bug over wealth taxes

Polanski has brilliantly exposed why our billionaire-owned media is pushing back against wealth taxes.

We're here for this.
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Zack Polanski just crushed the Spectator like a bug over wealth taxes

Zack Polanski explained why our billionaire-owned media is attacking wealth taxes (you may not be surprised by the the answer)

www.thecanary.co

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2h

BREAKING: ALEX JONES.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 2h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 3h

Watching people being brutalized by the state, secure in the knowledge that I'm safe because I don't do anything wrong. And the best part? The state can't suddenly and arbitrarily redefine what "wrong" means

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 3h

Ta Nehisi Coates went to a country that imposed a military dictatorship onto five million people on the arbitrary basis of race and came away thinking that that's bad and some people are still angry with him because of that

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 3h

Starving two million people in Gaza — including a million children — is a war crime.

We’ve witnessed hundreds starve to death from Israel’s manmade famine; countless more will die unless Gaza is flooded with aid.

Keir Starmer must demand Israel’s lifts its illegal siege NOW.

Screenshot of Reuters headline:

Gaza's Rafah border crossing will remain closed through Wednesday, Israel says
By Reuters
October 14, 2025 2:55 PM GMT+1 • Updated 52 mins ago

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 3h

It’s almost like billionaires and strong vibrant institutions of civil society can’t coexist

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 3h

This is what Elon Musk looked like before he took hormones, had a hair transplant and plastic surgery.

All stuff that he wants banned for Trans people.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 3h

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 3h

Why would a billionaire want a functioning paper? Functioning papers cover shit like “did you know this billionaire makes his workers pee into bottles instead of taking a break” and “you pay way more tax than a guy with ten yachts”

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 20h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 4h

Important to note that this isn’t a problem for the billionaire buying media properties. If they make them into successful rightwing propaganda? Cool more money. If it fails? Cool they’ve destroyed one of the few outlets with the resources to investigate them. Either way they achieved their goal

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 20h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 4h

they dont need subscribers, the value in owning the post is getting to say “according to the washington post the only hope for civilization is tax cuts for the rich and private prisons and charter schools”

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 20h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

Donald Trump thinks he’s all powerful. It’s up to us to remind him on October 18th that he’s not.

We will show him who really has the power in this country — and we will do it peacefully. nokings.org

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4h

Employees in the EPA’s Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division received an internal email notifying them that the agency plans to carry out a workforce reduction. The division oversees programs that assist states with recycling and composting initiatives.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 20h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 4h

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4h

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors.

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 8h

Sacked eight years ago for secret 'Israel' meetings, Priti Patel is still shilling for Zionism

Former Tory minister and permanent sociopath Priti Patel has been on the BBC repeating standard Zionist fictions about Palestine marches
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Sacked eight years ago for secret 'Israel' meetings, Priti Patel is still shilling for Zionism

Former Tory minister and permanent sociopath Priti Patel has been on the BBC repeating standard Zionist fictions about Palestine marches

www.thecanary.co

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Áine ☽𖤐☾ @whoa-magic.lol · 8h

"Asked whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu should face trial, Sánchez replied: “Those who have been the main actors in the #genocide in #Gaza must answer to #justice. There can be no impunity.”

Spain has backed an #arms #embargo on Israel,..."

www.euractiv.com/news/spanish...

Spanish PM Sánchez calls for 'no impunity' over Gaza | Euractiv

Sánchez was also pressed on comments by US President Donald Trump, who suggested Spain should be expelled from NATO

www.euractiv.com

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♿ hiding from plagues - Always masked - N95 or bust @smollestbunny2.bsky.social · 9h

Im currently on day 3 of having to use mobile data and its costing me $6 every 24 hours. If you can spare some bucks this is adding up to quite a lot atm and i need to last until i get the modem (i ended up having to do a 12 month plan which i was trying to avoid) please help or share if you can

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 11h

Why are both the UK’s major political parties running out of talent? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10... Why, in other words, are our politicians useless?

Why are both the UK’s major political parties running out of talent?

People know that the politicians they are now being presented with, most especially by Labour and the Tories, are, by and large, useless, without an iota of talent for the tasks they take on in the ab...

www.taxresearch.org.uk

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11h

Holding govts to ransom.

Goldman Sachs warns Rachel Reeves against tax rises on banks.

Banks happy to be bailed out, take QE, mis-sell products, not to be prosecuted for frauds, hike charges, pay lousy rates on savings.

Need windfall taxes. Raise top rate of income tax.

Goldman chief delivers warning to Reeves over bank tax hikes

David Solomon urged the chancellor during a private meeting last week not to hit the industry with savage tax rises in her crucial budget statement next month, Sky News learns.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11h

To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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socialistnan123 @socialistnan123.bsky.social · 11h

This👇

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