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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 11h

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Che des Goudes🇺🇦🇬🇪🇲🇩🇫🇷🇪🇺🇨🇦🎗️ #MélenchonChefDeMeute @chedesgoudes.bsky.social · 2h

Souviens-toi du Petit Clamart ! 🤔
#ExtrêmeDroite

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Léo @leoauteur.bsky.social · 37m

Un dormeur tout terrain, tant qu'il est avec son maître...

Un chien dort sur les genou de son maître

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Edzard Ernst @edzard.bsky.social · 1d

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Soviet Mole @edcarver.bsky.social · 2h

Dump him in a bin bag & throw it in the Potomac.

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Peter Timson @peterjohn.bsky.social · 2h

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...
Elite Madagascar military unit says it has seized power from President Andry Rajoelina - BBC News

Elite Madagascar military unit says it has seized power from President Andry Rajoelina

MPs have voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina, who has reportedly fled the country following anti-government protests.

www.bbc.co.uk

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ESA Space Transport @transport.esa.int · 1d

Connected! The upper stage and main stage for the next #Ariane6 launch were joined together in their assembly building at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

The two stages form the central core that will take the Copernicus Sentinel-1D Earth observer to orbit.

Ariane 6 upper stage in its assembly building before connection

A close up of the main and upper stage of the next Ariane 6 to launch showing the connection points

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Peter Timson @peterjohn.bsky.social · 3h

Have they started the mausoleum yet?

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M.C. @mcmgoptimist.bsky.social · 3h

Indeed!
She reminds me of Maria Sibylla Merian.
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/a...

Maria Sibylla Merian: pioneering artist of flora and fauna

Discover the life, work and remarkable contribution to the history of natural science of this 17th-century botanical artist.

www.britishmuseum.org

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👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 🐸 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 3h

Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

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Save Freedom of Movement @savefom.bsky.social · 7h

Even with Freedom of Movement the UK was able to (and did) control its borders.

UK and Ireland were never part of Schengen and retained passport controls.

So why did they stop your Freedom of Movement?

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Peter Timson @peterjohn.bsky.social · 3h

Marianne North Gallery | Kew share.google/S0pfloPQwwJ3...

Marianne North Gallery

Travel the world through the paintings of the extraordinary Marianne North – an unsung pioneer in botanical art.

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Peter Timson @peterjohn.bsky.social · 3h

A remarkable lady.

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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 4h

RMT Union to ballot Eurostar staff to strike: “ballot comes as staff face worsening working conditions with unreliable trains, poor service recovery and operational safety concerns piling pressure on the workforce” www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-to-...

#CrossChannelRail

RMT to ballot Eurostar staff for strike action

Rail union RMT, will ballot Eurostar members for strike action in a row over safety and conditions at work.

www.rmt.org.uk

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123simco.bsky.social @123simco.bsky.social · 4h

Welcome to the land of the Jackbooted Thugs!

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 4h

You can see more of Matthew Kaplan’s work here: 👇

Matthew Kaplan Photography

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www.matthewkaplanphotography.com

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: Southeast Chicago, Tuesday October 14, 2025.

Welcome to Donald Trump’s America. If there isn’t a domestic warzone, manufacture one.

Fascism.

📸 Credit to local Chicago freelance photographer Matthew Kaplan for all these images.

A masked armed agent points a pepper gun at protestors. Photo credit to Matthew Kaplan

A fed Pokice officer wearing a gas masks is surrounded by smoke and it’ll about to throw a tear gas cannister. Photo credit to Matthew Kaplan

Around 20 masked armed agents are seen with guns drawn, surrounded by smoke, about to advance on local residents. Photo credit to Matthew Kaplan

A local resident is seen being knelt on and cuffed in the background as two armed Police with automatic weapons are seen standing in the foreground. Photo credit to Matthew Kaplan

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 5h

UK faces highest inflation in G7 this year and next, IMF warns.

Biggest cause is profiteering led by energy, water and food businesses. No govt checks it.

Real average wage stuck at 2008 level. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Govts needs to remove cash from the rich.

UK faces highest inflation in G7 this year and next, IMF warns

According to fund’s World Economic Outlook, Britain is on course to average 3.4% this year and 2.5% in 2026

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 4d

Last 2 days in Trump's America - mainly around suppressing dissent and attacking science.

All actions available on www.trumpactiontracker.info

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGuv...

Main authoritarian things Trump has done since Wednesday - as of Fri 10th October

YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel

www.youtube.com

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 4d

Academics and university staff being put on leave because of coordinated campaigns by right wing groups accusing them of criticising Charlie Kirk. I must admit I find the hypocrisy under the current US administration re free speech utterly outrageous.

US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts

As many as 40 academics have been dismissed in aftermath of shooting, allegedly without due process

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 3d

Timeline cleanse
came across tiny postman's gardens in old London where there is a wall of plaques, set up in 1900, for ordinary people who sacrificed themselves to save others...

Beautiful small garden and beautiful tributes

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

What happened this weekend in Trump's America?

Quite a lot. I end with some wile conspiracy theories and blatant nepotism.

youtu.be/MJBRG8Q6c8g

What happened this weekend in Trump's America?

YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel

youtu.be

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#NoKings October 18. Join, Stand up for your rights, freedoms. @thoughts-comments.bsky.social · 5h

Did anyone who voted for Trump to lower grocery prices on day one know what that he never shopped for groceries?
edition.cnn.com/2019/10/14/p...

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BlueCrew community @libertyovergov.bsky.social · 5h

😂 Why does Donny hate this TIME cover so much? Maybe because the internet already picked the real cover star 🐔💨 no spray tan, no soft lighting, just pure “cluck and bluster” energy. Honestly… spot the difference 👀

#BlueCrew #TruthMatters #Resist #TrumpTantrum

A chicken with digitally altered hair styled like a human comb-over, resembling a swept-back look. The chicken’s natural features—beak, wattles, and feathers—are intact, but the surreal hairstyle adds a satirical twist, likely mocking vanity or political figures through absurd humor.

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Astropierre @astropierre.com · 15d

Avez-vous déjà vu... un tardigrade faire le tour de sa petite planète de cellules d'algue Volvox ?
Maintenant oui 😊

Cette vidéo a été classée 4ème au concours de microphotographie Nikon Small World 2025.

www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...

cc @eloscicomm.bsky.social 😉

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