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KD50s @annadickie56.bsky.social · Apr 12

Meanwhile they shut Scotland’s only refinery and pay for a new fifth one to be built in Belgium, having already ensured all Scorlttish offshore wind power makes landfall in Yorkshire.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5h

The FDA approved Enovid (AKA “The Pill”) as a contraceptive on May 9, 1960. JFK became president months later. So, of course, pregnancy rates were much higher than now, as birth control pills became more easily available to women.

RFK Jr. is an idiot.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate -- in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even -- is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 6h

this is truly invaluable reporting

Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 13h

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 3d

Palestinian families awaiting return of imprisoned relatives are shocked to learn they will be deported.

‘Inhumane’: 154 freed Palestinian prisoners forced into exile by Israel

Palestinian families awaiting return of imprisoned relatives are shocked to learn they will be deported.

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Tylor Brand @khayyat.bsky.social · 7d

"Ceasefire."

If this is to stick, Israel must be forced into it. Otherwise they will keep killing people with impunity, like they have been doing almost daily in Lebanon.

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING: Israeli tanks fired directly at civilians on Al-Rashid Street while the latter were trying to return to northern Gaza, shortly after the ceasefire agreement had supposedly taken effect.

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Signal Noise Ratio 😷🇪🇺🍸 @jbond23.bsky.social · 22h

Daily Doom. #Climate

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/15/record-leap-in-co2-fuels-fears-of-accelerating-global-heating

The yearly increase in atmospheric CO2 hit a new record of +3.5ppm to 424ppm. So CO2 concentration is not just still rising, it's still accelerating.

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

www.theguardian.com

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Sparkle @serenesparkle.bsky.social · 1d

🇮🇱 Israel has killed 62 Palestinians in the first 4 days of the ceasefire. Today alone, another 9 have been killed.

Where are the so called guarantors of this deal???

ISRAEL BROKE THE CEASEFIRE EVERY SINGLE DAY

USA, Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey must act now.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 1d

Tax rises (presumably targetting ordinary people rather than the rich) and spending cuts (making services ordinary people use even worse) are coming

Why not just hand over the keys to Number 10 to the Farage now?

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

Rachel Reeves says tax rises and spending cuts on budget agenda, citing Brexit impact

Chancellor also blames austerity and ‘ongoing impact of Liz Truss mini-budget’ for growing shortfall in public finances

www.theguardian.com

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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 1d

“England Wants Reform”

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 INDEPENDENCE
or
🇬🇧 FASCISM

That’s the stark choice at Holyrood 2026

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 1d

An emotional minute as the word Democracy melts away in front of the US Capitol Building.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Caroline Lucas is wondering why Michelle Mone is still a member of the House of Lords

And most of us are wondering the same as well!

But if Mone is going to be removed from the Lords, there are others too who fail to meet the standard and should be removed as well

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

Aftonbladet's interview with Greta Thunberg is now available in English - it raises many serious questions, not least about the Swedish govt. effectively abandoning its citizens to torture because it doesn't agree with their politics. A thundering disgrace.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 1d

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland’s historic Book of Deer, containing the oldest surviving Scottish Gaelic writings, was stolen by English invaders during Scotland’s Wars of Independence

This Scottish icon, currently held at Cambridge University, should be returned home to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

www.theguardian.com/books/2023/d...

Cambridge University Library asked to return Book of Deer to Scotland

SNP councillor Glen Reid renews efforts to get back Scotland’s oldest surviving manuscript and ‘right this historical wrong’

www.theguardian.com

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KD50s @annadickie56.bsky.social · 1d

There was a haar first thing, but it rolled away by late morning. Trees are firmly on the turn and autumn sowings are up.

KD50s @annadickie56.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely prose, reminds me of Van Morrison’s Orangefield

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

This is what happens when your country is run by incompetent knuckleheads.

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Kathleen Belew @kathleenbelew.bsky.social · 1d

My neighbors have filled the Little Free Libraries with whistles so we can warn each other about ICE. Chicago is not afraid.

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KD50s @annadickie56.bsky.social · 1d

Met a bird watcher while walking today. We had a good chat about the lengths local landowners are going to to obstruct the right to roam. It’s time they were challenged over their capers. And high time we had land reform and a national park covering the Lammermuirs & Pentlands

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Lesley Riddoch @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social · 1d

Great news. Will Maclean & Marian Leven have just won the Marsh Award for their Lewis land monument.
In the 1840s the Hebridean Galson estate was cleared for sheep. Most people were put onto emigration ships to Canada. Finally in 2007 - a community buyout. Their sculpture celebrates that renewal.

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KD50s @annadickie56.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/Nbm-pNGPuo8
Beautiful new song from Lisa O’Neill

‘My blood is red out of fury
The wind doesn’t blow this far right’ Kind of how I’m feeling…

Lisa O'Neill - The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right

YouTube video by Lisa O'Neill

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Come for their stupid right-wing polices that bankrupt their countries, stay for their inability to do hair.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.

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