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Elizabeth Edgett @elizabethedgett.bsky.social · 8h

UBI is seed capital for small business entrepreneurs. It would create a renaissance in small business grass roots startups. The economy would bloom faster than a weed at a fertilizer farm.

Billionaires don't want UBI because it gives workers power to choose. CEOs would have to compete for workers.

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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 49m

Love that house and Hundertwasser's free spirit.

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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 1h

Congrats Bafana Bafana on qualifying for the World Cup 🎉🇿🇦 🍻
Might even get the vuvuzela out and try get tickets if their games are in Mexico or Canada…

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

South Africa 3-0 Rwanda: Bafana Bafana pip Nigeria to World Cup qualification

South Africa return to the World Cup for the first time since hosting the finals in 2010 after claiming top spot in their qualifying group ahead of Nigeria and Benin.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 1d

The fundamental divide is between…

Those who live off wages

And those who live of wealth

But those who live of wealth will do everything in their power to convince you the divide is between immigrants and non-immigrants, black and white, trans and non-trans…

… ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE REALITY.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 3h

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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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 3h

An amazing thread full of really amazing people!

Dr Pete Olusoga @dr-peter-olusoga.bsky.social · 13d

Once again, for #blackhistorymonth I'll be highlighting some of the all time greats from the world of sport and performance in a month-long thread.

Trailblazers, record breakers, game-changers. One every day.

Settle in....

Let's start with...

Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 5h

The bigots cannot even pass the "their" vs "there" test!

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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 5h

Like most of the other requirements, it is a way for them (and their friends) to make money (from all the exams).

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Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 7h

ONLY migrants though, no one else is to study English because it's a rip off and a waste of time, am I getting this right.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 8h

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 23h

Did you see this? 🤢🤮

bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Meloni doesn't exactly looked thrilled as Trump calls her "beautiful"

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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 1d

It says a lot when a population is frightened of both what the government is doing (cutting benefits for vulnerable people, proscribing direct action organisations, cracking down on protests, neglecting the NHS, education etc) and of what the government is facilitating on the far right!

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Packham, "This country voted in a party with a massive majority and a mandate for change"

"All we see is Labour kowtowing to the far right. This causes me enormous concern"

"I'm frustrated, I'm angry, and I've frightened"

"And I get more scared every single day"

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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 1d

The whole thing is just a bunch of men trying to show how great they are, led by the chief narcissist.
All they are interested in is how they can "profit" (financially, career and otherwise) from this and really don't care about the people affected by this.

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Steve Griffin @profstevegriffin.bsky.social · 1d

For folks that couldn't access the @bmj.com article last week...

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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted to find I already had her blocked on here.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamilton358.bsky.social · 1d

Kent police apologise to protester threatened with arrest for holding Palestine flag www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Kent police apologise to protester threatened with arrest for holding Palestine flag

Force agrees to pay damages to Laura Murton, 43, who also had sign saying ‘Israel is committing genocide’

www.theguardian.com

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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 1d

"After detailed and thorough assessment..." desk reject within 10 mins of submitting!!

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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 1d

Disgusting! The hate and dehumanisation is so deeply ingrained that it defines these individuals. Ultimately they lose their own humanity - I cannot believe they don't take this home to their families and communities.

justiceseer.bsky.social @justiceseer.bsky.social · 1d

' #Israeli reporter Yuval Abraham collected testimonies from soldiers describing a myriad of arson methods.“Every Arab house we entered had olive oil.We poured the oil on sofas, on anything flammable in the apartment,and ignited [it]or threw in a smoke grenade.'
www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-idf...?

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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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 1d

Great photos.
Tyle is good and captures it well!

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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely Damian! Wish I was there instead of working!

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 1d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if Rylan has contemplated which groups in society might be the target of a modern day witchhunt 🤔

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Stefan Siebert @stefansiebert.bsky.social · 1d

Praying to machines likely to become the new norm.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · May 26

🔴 How Our Politicians Created an 'Island of Strangers' So They Don't Have to Make Our Lives Any Better

"By vowing to tackle our 'island of strangers' through immigration, Starmer keeps us trapped on it – by not offering solutions to the real reasons for our estrangement" @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social

How Our Politicians Created an ‘Island of Strangers’ So They Don’t Have to Make Our Lives Any Better

By presenting tougher immigration as a solution to people’s discontent, Keir Starmer and others sidestep the real reasons why people feel estranged in their lives – it’s a cynical and simplistic polit...

bylinetimes.com

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