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Aletheia
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Wishing the whole world was a Musk-free zone. Love birds and dogs, especially spaniels. Hate the harm being done to this planet, populism and all things right wing. No dms or crypto please. #JamFirst
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 13h
Solidarity is the only way
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Rose Byrd @rosame.bsky.social · 1d
Approaching my 77th year I'm nearing the end of my life on our beautiful, beleaguered planet, but I found this immensely reassuring this morning. Perhaps it will recover after all when we're no longer here to destroy it with our greed and carelessness.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A new island erupted from the sea – can it show us how nature works without human interference?
The volcanic island of Surtsey emerged in the 1960s, and scientists say studying its development offers hope for damaged ecosystems worldwide
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Aletheia @aletheia2.bsky.social · 1d
This 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d
How austerity hit young people.

In the decade after 2010 councils’ funding for youth services in England and Wales suffered a real-terms cut of 70%.

By 2023, 1,200 publicly run youth centres closed.

Young people abandoned to fund tax cuts for corporations the rich.
Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris
These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardia...
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d
Corrupt chancers urged to come up with an economic plan that isn’t utter bullshit. So, no tax cuts and austerity on steroids for a country already stuck in Farage’s Brexit dead end.
But hey, some super wealthy industry big (k)nobs will come on board to help con the little guy.

(Times)
Times Farage to abandon manifesto's big plans for tax cuts Extracts: Farage will break with his manifesto pledges of £90 billion in tax cuts as he attempts to bolster his party's economic credibility. The leader of Reform UK will promise not to reduce taxes before reducing spending, deep cuts to the civil service and a ban on borrowing to fund government expenditure in his first big speech on the economy next month. "Reform will never borrow to spend, as Labour and the Tories have done for so long; instead, we will ensure savings are made before implementing tax cuts. I will have more to say on all this in the coming weeks." Speaking on the campaign trail before the Caerphilly by-election to the Welsh parliament on October 23, he did not respond to demands to name his shadow chancellor but suggested he would soon be able to draw on backing from the business community. Several high-profile figures from industry have privately indicated they would be willing to serve in a Reform cabinet, party officials said Farage said: "We will be launching between now and the budget, a new campaign — an economic campaign ... it's going to be very impactful. It'll another high-profile individual coming into politics from outside of politics, who's been supremely successful in their world." Promising a "total change of attitude" on the economy, he said: "We are not a party dominated by corporate thinking. The Tories and La-bour are both dominated by corporate thinking." The IFS has questioned whether Reform's economic plans are credible warning last year that the party had overestimated how much it could save through spending cuts: "Even with the extremely optimistic assumptions about how much economic growth would increase, the sums in this manifesto do not add up." Right-leaning think tanks have also urged the party to set out more credible policy. The Institute for Economic Affairs last month called for Reform to "put some serious economic policies on the table".
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d
🎉 We've done it. We've passed 100,000 Green Party members!

📈 But we're not stopping there.

💚 Let's make hope normal again! Join the Green Party today!
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d
BREAKING: Prominent Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed by gunmen in Gaza City’s al-Sabra neighbourhood, making him one of more than 270 journalists killed since Israel’s war began in 2023.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p49p9n
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Ray Selby #FBPE #XR #antifascist #NAFO #WeDidWarn #WeStillWarn @tarotray.bsky.social · 1d
Brilliant - from Private Eye Magazine.
Article "Modern News Cycle" from Private Eye.
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Dannie D 🦋 @dannied.bsky.social · 1d
The CDC literally fired its own disease experts by accident—including measles and Ebola teams—and is now scrambling to rehire them. This regime runs the government like it’s pressing CTRL+Z on humanity.
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Aletheia @aletheia2.bsky.social · 1d
We need to talk about Russia
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
We need to talk about Russia
So, yes, that means we also need to talk about Nigel Farage
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: We need to talk about Russia.

So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.

My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.

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JohnWest_JAWS @johnwestjaws.bsky.social · 2d
These 2 speeches, which, as Nick points out, on the same day, precede what Gill has pled guilty to by 4 years, are more damning for Farage as they also precede Brexit.

All European secret services would have been alarmed by this & would/should have been investigating.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

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Aletheia @aletheia2.bsky.social · 2d
Where is the mainstream tv media on this??? Come on….what’s keeping you?
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d
Maybe there's something in this Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill Russian bribes story....
Lots of stories about Nathan Gill and Russian bribes.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 2d
I'm sure BBC investigative documentary strand Panorama is even now working on an incisive exposé of Reform's financial links to Russia and it's just that they haven't announced it publicly yet
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Aletheia @aletheia2.bsky.social · 2d
Too sad right now 💔
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Aletheia @aletheia2.bsky.social · 2d
He appears to be suffering from a very acute form of Convenient Memory Loss syndrome. People who are afflicted by this condition should never, under any circumstances, be allowed to have political power.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 2d
mondoweiss.net/2025/10/gaza...
Gazans march north again, returning to homes made of rubble
As Palestinians return to the rubble of their homes, the effects of the genocide are being felt amid heightened social unrest. “This war broke us,” one returnee to Gaza City told Mondoweiss. “It damag...
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Robert @evry1getsatrophy.bsky.social · 2d
So so sad we have lost a true legend. The movie industry and her fans will miss this spectacular lady. May you rest in peace 🙏
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The Real Zanetta @therealzanetta.bsky.social · 2d
While TRASHY trump is STILL 🤬🤬

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Diane Keaton, Oscar-Winning Star of ‘Annie Hall,’ Dies at 79
She also portrayed Kay Adams in the three ‘Godfather’ films and starred in ‘The First Wives Club’ and ‘Book Club’ movies.
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Aletheia @aletheia2.bsky.social · 2d
You speak for me here Robert. Such sad news 💔
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Aletheia @aletheia2.bsky.social · 2d
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Boycotting Israel has gone mainstream: ‘We’ve never seen such traction before’
After decades of being dismissed as fringe, the boycott call has been taken up by leading figures across arts, sports and politics
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goldmartin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 3d
The realisation that U.S. judges are protecting people from the U.S. President is shocking

Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s effort to deploy national guard in Chicago | Chicago | The Guardian share.google/Tkdcd8yd1POG...
Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s effort to deploy national guard in Chicago
Much-anticipated judgment centers on efforts by Trump administration to use troops to aid immigration crackdown
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Aletheia @aletheia2.bsky.social · 3d
Why am I not surprised?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3d
Former PM Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office.

Secretly lobbied the UAE for a billion-dollar private venture,
Used senior contacts in the Saudi govt to pitch for a consultancy firm.

Lust for private wealth is the main cause of UK decline.
Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds
Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian
www.theguardian.com
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