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Martin O'Neill @martinoneill.bsky.social · 6h

Today the Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social
has published this report by Howard Reed and me.

In it we make the case for reforming the UK’s approach to taxing wealth: shifting *away* from taxing income from work, and towards wealth taxes.

fairnessfoundation.com/win-win-win

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 8h

Stop this filth right now!

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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Josie @kikalark.bsky.social · 9h

@schumer.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

Take action against Johnson and get her sworn in! Whatever it takes!

Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 9h

It's wild that the majority leader can literally block an elected representative from the opposition party from taking up their seat and that such a country can still call itself a democracy.

Also #releasetheepsteinfiles

Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 15h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 9h

"not because we are usage-maxxing"

Oh no, perish that thought.

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 19h

i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get

Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 9h

It's wild that the majority leader can literally block an elected representative from the opposition party from taking up their seat and that such a country can still call itself a democracy.

Also #releasetheepsteinfiles

Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 15h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21h

Trump is no longer even pretending to have any kind of argument that his murdering of people in the Caribbean Sea has any kind of statutory validity. Just straight up declaring that he has quasi-unlimited power to execute people based on (nominal) suspicion.

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 21h

If you voted Labour to get people like this out of running the Home Office you must be feeling quite sick right now.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 21h

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Human rights groups call for France to suspend ‘one in, one out’ treaty with UK

UK and French organisations file legal challenge against July agreement to swap asylum seekers

www.theguardian.com

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not sure if urging members to vote for a strike but then telling them there will be a consultation to avoid the damaging effects of a strike is the kind of decisive leadership that UCU needs in the current conjuncture.

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 3d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 2d

Great to see Zack pushing back against prejudice masquerading as "I'm just asking a question". Trans and intersex people shouldn't have to justify their existence anymore than willy waving cis white males like Piers Morgan.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 3d

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 3d

Takk til Norge og Erling

Nick Ames @nickames82.bsky.social · 3d

An extraordinary night’s work from Erling Haaland, a brilliant Norway team edging closer to its prize, and a highly charged event passing with minor blemishes: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Erling Haaland hat-trick helps Norway sink Israel against backdrop of protests

On a day of pro-Palestine demonstrations, intense security and a brief spate of trouble in Oslo, Norway ran out 5-0 victors against Israel

www.theguardian.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

This Is Fascism

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

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 4d

A UK presenter shouldn’t crow about an audience’s ignorance of Nathan Gill who took bribes from Kremlin agents & was a close ally of Farage . It shows they have failed to do their job . What next , telling us that Watergate was one of the lowest points in investigative journalism 🥺 ?

Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 5d

The Nathan Gill scandal should be huge news so why has the British media been mainly silent about it? (I think we know 🤔)
Here's Fiona Bruce shutting down any mention & acting like the audience aren't interested.
#bbqt

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 4d

Weak against the strong.
Strong against the weak.
The definition of bullies and cowards through the ages.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour’s softening stance towards China reinforced by dropped spy case

In an attempt to reset the relationship the government is refusing to describe China as a national security threat despite evidence to the contrary

www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 4d

The Onion and Private Eye are now our only reliable news media.

Alex Richards @alxrchrds.bsky.social · 4d

The brilliant @privateeyenews.bsky.social captures British journalists and political commentators in a nutshell over their Nigel Farage and Reform Party UK Ltd obsession.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE ‘WILL BE PM TOMORROW’

IN an amazing poll conducted by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 5d

Every projection is a confession

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 5d

Conservative tech lord Thiel said tighter financial regulations “were a sign that a singular world government has begun to emerge that could be taken over by an Antichrist figure who could then use it to exert control over people.” Via WashPost

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 5d

I'm not an expert on voting systems but this acquisition looks quite bad news unless you are Donald Trump.

Lola Gold @lola-et-moi.blacksky.app · 5d

Liberty Vote (run by former GOP election official Scott Leiendecker) acquired Dominion today. They plan to “rebuild or retire” equipment in 40 states BEFORE the 2026 midterms.
Dominion also dropped all lawsuits against Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Mike Lindell, OANN before the sale.

Dominion Voting Systems sold to company run by former Republican election official

Dominion Voting Systems, which sued Fox over its reporting on the 2020 election, has been sold to a seemingly new election company run by a former GOP election official.

abcnews.go.com

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 5d

First they came for James Comey now they are going after Letitia James. As sure as night follows day Alvin Bragg and Jack Smith will be next. Donald Trump has turned the DoJ into a mafia hit squad and one by one his enemies are being rounded up. Hard to see how US democracy can survive this.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING

New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted by the US Department of Justice.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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