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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 7h

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MAGA Senator Stunned Into Silence After CNN Host Brutally Fact-Checks Him On Trump Funding Cuts

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 6h

California leads the way!

A tweet from FactPost reads: “Gov. Newsom has announced California will be the first state to sell insulin through a state-backed program. It will cost just $11.” Below the text are two images side by side: on the left, California Governor Gavin Newsom standing in front of an American flag; on the right, a close-up of a gloved hand holding a vial labeled “INSULIN (rDNA origin)” with dosage and storage instructions.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 8h

Assuming Jenrick supported his home town team, Wolves. His team were only in the same division as Villa in 1981, 82 and 89. The first two were before he was born.
Would a dad take his 7 year old son to a local derby? Away from home?

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Ted Smith 🇪🇺 @tedsmith.bsky.social · 8h

I’ve had enough. I tried. But Elon Musk and his mendacious site - X has tried my patience far too far.
They are now suppressing comment. This is certainly true.
He is a snake in the grass and does NOT support free speech at all.
I did try at least.
Hello again.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 8h

NHS staff receive thousands of parking fines at hospitals
www.channel4.com/news/nhs-sta...

NHS staff receive thousands of parking fines at hospitals

Thousands of NHS workers across England have been issued car parking fines while they're at work, according to exclusive data obtained by this programme.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

Plus ça change …

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8h

Another case where you need an act of parliament...

The Windsors are adept at self-preservation and that's what this is about.

Far too late

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Prince Andrew gives up his title as Duke of York

Prince Andrew is giving up his titles, including the Duke of York, he has announced in a personal statement.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8h

Prince Andrew to give up his royal titles apart from his one royal title, which is "prince."

And I'm not even joking.

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Chris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 17h

Column on.ft.com/4nXfXWA No need for a moral panic about the welfare system

Letter on.ft.com/4hlzYUm Letter: Only a strong economy can address Britain’s worklessness crisis

You decide

No need for a moral panic about the welfare system

[FREE TO READ] It’s far from perfect, but the UK’s spending is broadly controlled and employment is high

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10h

This is hilariously Badenoch.

Chris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 17h

My column annoyed somebody this week

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 10h

Like a mum going “8, 9…9 and a half….9 and three quarters…I’m serious, no pudding…9 and seven eighths…”

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

He first threatened sanctions on Jan 19 if Russia didn’t cease fire. He has threatened to impose them many times since then. It is now Oct 17. He has done nothing.

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The Guardian Climate News (unofficial) @guardian-climate.bsky.social · 10h

Shipping emissions levy shelved as countries bow to US pressure: Long-planned charge on greenhouse gas emissions postponed as Trump officials accused of intimidation tactics Under intense pressure from Donald Trump’s government, countries have postponed plans to force shipowners to start ...

Shipping emissions levy shelved as countries bow to US pressure

Shipping emissions levy shelved as countries bow to US pressure: Long-planned charge on greenhouse gas emissions postponed as Trump officials accused of intimidation tactics Under intense pressure from Donald Trump’s government, countries have postponed plans to force shipowners to start ...

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 10h

🔴Russell Jones's Week Moment: The Ghost of Margaret Thatcher Haunts Us All

“The problem with socialism,” Thatcher once said, “is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” The problem with Thatcherism is that it’s run out of ours, argues @russincheshire.bsky.social

Russell Jones's Week Moment: The Ghost of Margaret Thatcher Haunts Us All

“The problem with socialism,” Thatcher once said, “is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” The problem with Thatcherism is that it’s run out of ours, argues Russell Jones

www.bylinesupplement.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

He first threatened sanctions on Jan 19 if Russia didn’t cease fire. He has threatened to impose them many times since then. It is now Oct 17. He has done nothing.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 9h

Reform rocked as Cambridgeshire councillor quietly quits the party

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Reform rocked as Cambridgeshire councillor quietly quits the party - News for Peterborough and Cambridgeshire

The fortunes of Reform UK in Cambridgeshire have taken a sharp downturn following the quiet departure of county councillor Des Watt, just three months after his election victory. Watt, who won the Yax...

www.cambsnews.co.uk

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mikegeolhorton.bsky.social @mikegeolhorton.bsky.social · 9h

I suspect he actually never went to a game......

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Doing Asbestos I Can @geologist.bsky.social · 11h

"Speak your mind? What can you say now that you couldn't say before the Republicans took over?"

"You know what."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Mike Johnson: "The last time I checked, Americans have more freedom right now to express themselves and speak their minds after Republicans took over ... it is the Republicans who restored your right to share and speak your mind."

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder how often they met with climate scientists

Labour ministers met fossil fuel lobbyists 500 times in first year of power, analysis shows

Lobbyists attended 48% more meetings than Tories, as Labour accused of giving them ‘backstage pass’

www.theguardian.com

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Mr Peter Lyall @missedmycue.bsky.social · 14h

Why is the Reform Party's Russian links not a major news story?

Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 15h

Given how much the China spy case has dominated headlines, it really does beg the question: why is our political-media class so uninterested in Nathan Gill, his Russian bribes, his once close associate Nigel Farage, and Reform UK?

Our new Byline Times edition investigates what the media won't 👇

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14h

"Advertising teaches people not to trust their judgment. Advertising teaches people to be stupid."

-Carl Sagan, Contact

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Adam L. Cox @adamlcox.bsky.social · 14h

Proposal: instead of giving ChatGPT tens of billions of dollars to fail to create artificial intelligence, give me, an Actual Intelligence, a mere $10 million and I will gladly do a spreadsheet wrong for you from time to time for a modest fee.

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 15h

Last month was the 3rd warmest September on record for the average global sea surface temperature... 🌊

Graphic using NOAA ERSSTv5 data (psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...). Methods detailed in doi.org/10.1175/JCLI....

Green line graph time series of average sea surface temperature anomalies for each September from 1900 through 2025. There is large interannual variability, but an overall long-term increasing trend. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1981-2010 baseline.

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 20h

Zohran Mamdani is the ethical power empath the world has been waiting for.

MeidasTouch has put together this excellent power clip of the best moments of the NYC mayoral debate between the clear moral leader in the race and the corrupt genocidal moral failures he is running against.

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 1d

Why does Nigel Farage want us to be like Argentina?

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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 18h

@elpinchbeck.bsky.social: "Over 80% of the rise over the last 10 years in energy bills has been about the price of gas"

@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org interview here
www.carbonbrief.org/the-carbon-b...

The Carbon Brief Interview: UK Climate Change Committee’s Emma Pinchbeck - Carbon Brief

Emma Pinchbeck has been the chief executive of the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) since...

www.carbonbrief.org

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