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Annette van Bolhuis @annettevanbolhu.bsky.social · 15h

Media: "Anti-migratie demonstratie", "rustige demonstratie", "bezorgde burgers".
In werkelijkheid: een manifestatie waarin haat, dreiging en fascistische symboliek openlijk aanwezig zijn.
De media vergoelijken. Hoe ver zijn wij al afgegleden in onze tolerantie voor intolerantie?

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick”

Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

www.thenerve.news

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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.bsky.social · 23h

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Amsterdam expands security zone ahead of anti-immigration protest

Amsterdam authorities have declared a large portion of the city center a security risk area ahead of an anti-immigration demonstration planned for Saturday afternoon at Museumplein, RTL reported.

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 1d

"London reported the lowest number of homicides of under-25s for more than two decades. Overall, murders are at a five-year low, and the rate is much lower than in other international cities such as New York, Paris, Brussels, Berlin and Madrid" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘London has turned into something crazy’: is the city in the grip of a crime wave?

Perception of runaway crime partly blamed for ‘driving away the super-rich’ but in reality some high-profile offences such as watch theft are falling

www.theguardian.com

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 1d

In every possible way Labour's changes to immigration rules are profoundly stupid and damaging.
Not only will they ruin lives of migrants, they will cripple the economy, cost jobs, undermine crucial infrastructure etc etc. Everyone suffers with anti-immigration policies.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

'Visa changes will make it worse for my business'

Aneesa Khan says she hires chefs from South Asia to meet her restaurant's need for skilled workers.

www.bbc.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

UK travellers should expect "four-hour queues" as new EU border system comes into force. Brexit really is the gift that keeps giving

www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

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Victor Shammas @victorshammas.com · 1d

“In Spain, where the Socialist prime minister has insisted that migration is an opportunity, a surge in arrivals has helped to make the country a bright spot among Europe’s plodding economies.”

‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance

Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines

www.theguardian.com

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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.bsky.social · 1d

You have to admire the courage of Western champions of democracy calling out the actions of autocrats, and their oppression. Not. No-one is calling out this, which is now every day

www.bbc.com/news/article...

'They treated us like animals' - Inside the epicentre of deportations in New York City

Chaotic scenes have become routine in a federal immigration court in Manhattan.

www.bbc.com

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.bsky.social · 1d

www.trouw.nl/religie-filo...

De borreltafelpraat van Timmermans deed me de das om

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Doug Hammond @hammie777.bsky.social · 2d

Qatar gave Trump a $55B golf deal, a golden flying palace, laughed at his jokes and told him he's pretty, and now in payback he's letting them build a Qatari military base on US soil? Ohhhh, can you imagine another president doing this and the GOP not completely losing their shit? I can't.

Trump critics fume over latest Qatar deal: ‘The corruption is so blatant’

Qatar will have an "air force facility" at an Idaho military base, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday.

www.al.com

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Judge "You are going to jail"
"I'm rich."
Judge "Why didn't you say before! We can't have you going to jail, nudge, nudge, wink, wink"

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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.bsky.social · 1d

There's prizes and there's dynamite.

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Himal Southasian @himalmag.bsky.social · 1d

Protest movements in #Nepal, #Bangladesh and #SriLanka, largely led by youth, that have toppled three governments in three years are similar in their negation of the status quo but also in their lack of a blueprint for the future. (@AnupamDebashis and Rishija Singh)

The overlapping factors behind Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka’s uprisings

ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, three Southasian nations underwent political transitions. In 2008, Nepal became a federal republic, ending 250 years of monarchy. Bangladesh

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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.bsky.social · 1d

Stfu. Drone killer.

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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James Kennedy ✊️ @jameskennedy.bsky.social · 1d

I agree, Stop The Boats

Bloody oligarchs coming over 'ere on their mega yachts, stealing our public assets, influencing our government, exploiting our work force, dumping their waste into our rivers & expecting the tax payer to foot the bill for their billion pound government contracts & bail outs

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 2d

At least one senior Labour official seems to finally remember they aren't in Reform.
The changes won't just harm economy and country, they'll destroy families and force more people into becoming undocumented, leading to more deportations. They need scrapping not pausing.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sir Sadiq Khan calls for pause on new immigration rules

The mayor of London said the changes had "moved the goalposts".

www.bbc.com

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Rangeeni @rangeeni.bsky.social · 2d

“There have also been questions over the reliance of Blair’s consultancy on donations from the Silicon Valley billionaire Larry Ellison, a friend of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.”

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Exclusive: Six tech leaders dined with investment minister, documents reveal, underlining growing influence of ex-PM’s consultancy Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted a private dinner earlier this year at which a select group of technology entrepreneurs were given access to a key minister, official documents have revealed. The former prime minister, who is a champion of the tech industry, held the dinner in an upmarket London hotel in his capacity as the head of the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) political consultancy. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 2d

Utterly disgusting, but another sign of the continuing emboldening of hate groups.

Labour should be as quick to act against groups like this, who are actually causing harm and breaking the law, as they declare themselves to be against those opposing genocide.

www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...

Evangelical 'King's Army' group disrupts traffic in historic LGBTQ+ London district

A right-wing, evangelical group calling itself the King's Army blocked traffic on Old Compton Street in Soho while chanting anti-LGBTQ+ slogans.

www.thepinknews.com

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Erika (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ @erikasgarden.bsky.social · 3d

While the UK regresses on trans rights, Irish Universities are working with trans groups to help trans students DIY ✨

Granted, it is necessary because Ireland's health service sucks almost as much as the NHS when it comes to gender care, this is still good

Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 3d

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Trans healthcare group partners with Irish universities to expand free injection supply programme

Transgress the NGS has announced a new phase of its Injection Supply Programme for trans folks in universities across Ireland.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2d

It's time for the rich to pay.

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 2d

How Israel is laying the groundwork for ethnic cleansing in southern Lebanon - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-israel-laying-groundwork-ethnic-cleansing-southern-lebanon

How Israel is laying the groundwork for ethnic cleansing in southern Lebanon

Domestic haggling over the disarmament of Hezbollah is overshadowing the long-term and regional dimensions of Israel's war

www.middleeasteye.net

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Himal Southasian @himalmag.bsky.social · 2d

"Salil Tripathi’s ‘The Gujaratis’ probes the contradictions the community lives with unquestioningly – ones that belie its fussy vegetarianism, its self-proclaimed non-violence, its chest-thumping about women’s safety, and so on."

Hemang Ashwinkumar: buff.ly/SQXNYzH

Salil Tripathi’s portrait of Gujarati pride and contradictions

INARGUABLY, these are Dickensian best-of-times to read a tome on the Gujaratis. If the opposition’s loud protests in India’s parliament are to be believed, a fo

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 2d

Zack Polanski schooling a right-wing BBCQT panel was a brilliant lesson in how to beat propaganda

The BBC arranged an all-right-wing panel to challenge Green leader Zack Polanski on Question Time last night.

But he schooled them all.
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Zack Polanski schooling a right-wing BBCQT panel was a brilliant lesson in how to beat propaganda

The BBC arranged an all-right-wing panel to challenge Green leader Zack Polanski on Question Time last night. But he schooled them all.

www.thecanary.co

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 3d

“Women-led papers were more likely to be featured in local outlets than in national, international, or science-specialty media. They appeared more often in liberal-leaning outlets than conservative ones. And coverage of their work carried a more negative tone”

www.science.org/content/arti...

When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow

Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds

www.science.org

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