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Ricky Kumar T

@rickykumart.bsky.social

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Creative design, podcaster, community connecter, red+green socialist, runner, PTSD awareness, NUFC fan, classic introvert! 🔰 Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

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Ricky Kumar T @rickykumart.bsky.social · Feb 24

I am/was @VividRicky on Twitter.

Say hi if you know me!

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Ricky Kumar T @rickykumart.bsky.social · 8m

'..."I Can't Afford to Save Both Twins": Sudan's War Left One Mother with an Impossible Choice'...
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Sudan war: The mother who could only afford the drugs to save one of her twins

The destruction and hunger that Sudan's war has brought leaves parents with some impossible choices.

www.bbc.co.uk

Ricky Kumar T @rickykumart.bsky.social · 2h

Agreed. 👍🏽

Ricky Kumar T @rickykumart.bsky.social · 2h

Good for him Graham. I hope for his sake, his colleagues & local community that the hard work will pay off. I’m not completely anti-nuclear but I believe renewables is the way to go and ought to be prioritised.

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Ricky Kumar T @rickykumart.bsky.social · 3h

"8 'Quirks' I Realised Were Symptoms of ADHD": themighty.com/topic/adhd/a... via @themightysite.bsky.social

8 'Quirks' I Realized Were Symptoms of ADHD

Can you relate?

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Ricky Kumar T @rickykumart.bsky.social · 3h

Still working on that are they? Chinese funded right?

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Ricky Kumar T @rickykumart.bsky.social · 4h

Lincolnshire Council’s Reform guy Sean Matthews says it’d take ‘years’ for people’s energy bills to go down from clean energy & the new solar farms…someone tell him how long it’d take to build a new nuclear power station! Coz on average it’s about a decade! #PoliticsLive

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Ricky Kumar T @rickykumart.bsky.social · 6h

“But our multi-millionaires will flee the country!” 🎻

That Annabel Denham from the Torygraph talks some shite…and still clinging onto the notion that Brexit was a marvellous success and in no way complicit to our dire national finances…

#PoliticsLive

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 4d

Reform UK need to come clean about refugees in Wales.

85% of refugees in Wales being supported are Ukrainian and the grand total of ALL refugees being supported is under 3k.

Formal complaint to Returning Officer as Reform is accused of lying about Nation of Sanctuary

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Formal complaint to Returning Officer as Reform is accused of lying about Nation of Sanctuary

Martin Shipton Leading members of the Ukrainian community in Caerphilly are making a formal complaint to the official running the seat’s Senedd by-election, alleging that Reform UK is lying about the ...

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Ricky Kumar T @rickykumart.bsky.social · 8h

Maria Caulfield hardly looks ‘horrified’ about the Nathan Gill scandal…she’s another ex-Tory chancer switching saddle. #Newsnight

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The Daily Jaws @thedailyjaws.bsky.social · 19h

Watch / listen: thedailyjaws.com/blog/the-far...

'The Farmer and The Shark' documentary JAWS 50th Anniversary Interview — The Daily Jaws

In this 50th anniversary special, The Daily Jaws dives deep into The Farmer and the Shark: A Jaws Tale — the brand new documentary uncovering the life and legacy of Craig Kingsbury, the Martha’s Viney...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8h

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy and powerful men, and how everyone knew what was going on

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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 8h

An overwhelming majority of GB News viewers wrongly believe GB migration has increased, when it has gone down

leftfootforward.org/2025/10/reve...

Revealed: GB News viewers more likely to wrongly believe migration is increasing, study finds

The research also reveals most people don't think politicians like Nigel Farage should be able to present their own TV programmes

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @warringtonruncorn.com · 10h

So according to the latest Stephen Colbert, Trump eats a Big Mac, Quarter-Pounder and Filet O'Fish with large fries on AirForce one.

This is British McDonalds nutritional information. The American version must have 30 gallons of corn syrup in it too.

It's a tragedy the man is still alive.

McDonalds nutrition calculator that shows Donald Trump is mainly the barely-sentient pink sludge they make McDonalds burgers from.

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 3d

Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Sewage Treatment Plant in the Wake of Ceasefire Announcement.
Soldiers called the mass arson of Gaza City their “final touches.”
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Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Sewage Treatment Plant in the Wake of Ceasefire Announcement

Soldiers called the mass arson of Gaza City their “final touches.”

www.dropsitenews.com

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Cheryl Hines roasted by The View co-host Sunny Hostin over husband RFK Jr’s circumcision and autism claims

Cheryl Hines roasted by The View co-hosts over husband RFK Jr’s health claims

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Sunny Hostin to Cheryl Hines: "The problem is that your husband is the least qualified HHS head that we've had in history. I think that's very dangerous. He has spread a lot of misinformation, chaos, and confusion."

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 3d

Chile’s Indigenous Rapa Nui Want Their Stolen Moai Back.
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Chile’s Indigenous Rapa Nui Wants Its Stolen Moai Back

Rapa Nui natives are demanding the return of Hoa Hakananai'a, a venerated statue taken by the British from their island in 1868.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Vets should be made to publish prices, watchdog says.

Energy, water, internet, phone, train, banks, grocery companies publish prices, doesn't prevent profiteering.

Too many vets owned by corporations & private equity.

How about stopping takeovers, fines and cancelled licences for profiteering

Vets should be made to publish prices, competition watchdog says

Vet prices have risen at nearly twice the rate of inflation, the Competition and Markets Authority found.

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Sherifa Zuhur @sherifazuhur.bsky.social · 4d

I'm learning how to get back into life, Alaa Abdel Fattah tells BBC #Egypt

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I'm learning how to get back into life, Alaa Abdel Fattah tells BBC

Alaa Abdel Fattah tells the BBC's Today programme about life after a decade in prison.

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𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗱 @photoframd.bsky.social · 1d

Eerie Photo of Hyena Stalking Abandoned Mining Town Wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year #photography petapixel.com/2025/10/14/e...

Eerie Photo of Hyena Stalking Abandoned Mining Town Wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year

The category winners were announced too.

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Ricky Kumar T @rickykumart.bsky.social · 1d

Yep.

Ricky Kumar T @rickykumart.bsky.social · 1d

When the hapless Gavin Williamson is defended by the equally hapless Thérèse Coffey!

We need to remind ourselves how criminal these people were when we were collectively vulnerable and at our lowest ebb.

#Newsnight

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Ricky Kumar T @rickykumart.bsky.social · 1d

'High Street Gambling Venues Going Unchecked...':
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High street gambling venues left unchecked by councils, BBC finds

Zoe found her ex-partner Kester had spent £250,000 on his secret gambling addiction.