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Andy Birss @andybirss.bsky.social · 5h

The joint salaries of Amol Rajan and Emma Barnett amount to over £600,000 and for that we get this rubbish? I'm sorry but the 'flagship news programme of the BBC' isn't worth listening to anymore. It's just a vehicle for presenters to make money-Not to speak truth to power. #r4today

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7h

We can’t pay air traffic controllers during the shutdown, making us less safe, but we can send $40 billion to bail out Argentina.

Make it make sense.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 4h

On what date do we expect the government planning decision on the Chinese "super-embassy" in London?

But the BBC daily mind-wipe means no connection will be made between a collapsed trial and a planning decision with security implications.

#r4today

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RandomWhiteGuy @thereelrandom.bsky.social · 11h

So,
- $20,000,000,000 going to Argentina plus another $20B as a bribe from sovereign wealth funds…
- The Dept of Education cut its special education division…
- The press has been locked out of the Pentagon for the first time in history…

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Andy Birss @andybirss.bsky.social · 3h

I know it seems to confuse the '£600,000 Team' of Amol Rajan and Emma Barnett but outside their very comfy bubble things are not easy-Austerity and its consequences will be felt for decades by people who only get a token voice on this show. #r4today

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3h

Please read my column today in conjunction with Aditya's. The government pretends to be delivering housing to those who need it, but is in fact just appeasing the big corporations. Then it blames nature protections, and rips those down at their behest as well.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal | Aditya Chakrabortty

Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

www.theguardian.com

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 4h

Amol Rajan: You can always email us on this programme... We look closely at what you write.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 5h

Email just sent to today @ bbc . co . uk

Links:

www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of...

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

#r4today

Text of an email dated 16 October 2025

The agreement that Israel and Hamas signed in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 9, 2025 recognises, particularly at 5 e, that some of the hostage remains may not be retrieved within 72 hours.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-oct-9-israel-hamas-deal-on-trumps-plan-for-comprehensive-end-to-gaza-war/

This fact doesn't seem to inform your reporting of "anger in Israel" about delays in returning the bodies, though the BBC has reported on it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgyr8e0gl2o

I wonder if the Israeli government is being open about this part of the agreement.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 5h

Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot

The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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🐟 Northern Do Gooder @missfairhurst.bsky.social · 3h

It's exactly what the Nazis did, although they also actively trained girls to be subservient wives and mothers.

encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...

Hitler Youth | Holocaust Encyclopedia

The Hitler Youth and the League of German Girls were developed as Nazi Party youth groups to indoctrinate children and youth in Nazi ideology and policy.

encyclopedia.ushmm.org

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9h

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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Perth lass @perthlass.bsky.social · 2h

End of days, mate. End of days. 😂

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Perth lass @perthlass.bsky.social · 2h

Good grief. That's a factlet i didn't think I'd learn today. 🤫😚

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Perth lass @perthlass.bsky.social · 2h

I wish you were overthinking this, but that's a valid question that you wouldn't imagine needed asking! 🤷‍♀️ Talk about fools' and their money soon parted. Poor fish!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

There is no place for partisan political videos from the govt being blasted in airports attacking the opposition party. That is what authoritarian regimes do. This should not be a partisan issue - it is fundamentally un-American.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Jeffries: "The effort to mischaracterize the rallies that are gonna take place all across the country is part of the continued right-wing disinformation machine that is failing to persuade the American people."

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Kaine: "We should not be allowing the president to create a secret enemies list and make the unilateral decision about whether to kill people without sharing that information at least with the Armed Service and Intel committees. So this is very troubling."

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14h

Not “we,” but he who is stealing the taxpayers’ money while stiffing the public that’s struggling to survive in his oligarchy economy.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 16h

What the fuck are we doing?

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 16h

Hey Mike Johnson – the more you facilitate a cover-up and do everything in your power to prevent the release of the Epstein files – the more your constituents, the American public, and the whole world are going to believe you are guilty of the exact same types of crimes as Jeffrey Epstein.

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ltlging.bsky.social @ltlging.bsky.social · 16h

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BassRck67 @bassrck67.bsky.social · 15h

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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 15h

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h

Meta has removed a Chicago ICE-tracking Facebook page.

The move follows Apple and Google removing ICE activity tracking apps from their app stores.

The removals came after a demand from Trump’s DOJ.

Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

It really is bizarre to me that every single member of GOP House leadership & the admin has decided their coordinated talking point this week is that the No Kings demonstrations this Sat are essentially acts of domestic terrorism. Are they that afraid of free & peaceful assembly?

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monasmanager.bsky.social @monasmanager.bsky.social · 14h

MAGA: Make Argentina Great Again

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