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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 11h

12 October 1940 | Dutch Jew, David Costima, was born in Amsterdam.

In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork. He was murdered in a gas chamber with his elder brother Isaäc.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

Photo of two boys. Elder is sitting and wearing a dark suit. His baby brother in white clothes is sitting in front of him.

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 11h

And the leading cause of death is gunshot? WTF is wrong with the US?

Durham County Department of Public Health (DCoDPH) @durhamhealthnc.bsky.social · 11h

Drug overdoses have become the 3rd leading cause of death among U.S. kids & teens. Join us this Thursday, 10/16, for a webinar for ages 12-18 & their parents to learn how to prevent overdoses, how to respond if a loved one overdoses, and more. Register here: register.gotowebinar.com/register/118...

overdose response: what teens and adults should know to save a life. October 16, 2025. Webinar for youth ages 12-18 and parents/caregivers. 7:00-7;45PM. to regiter: tinyurl.com/46hheeft. Young people have overdosed after taking pills they did not know were laced with fentanyl, a potent opioid drug. This webinar will introduce strategies for keeping teens safe when they encounter drugs. We will learn how to respond if a friend or family member overdoses, including how to administer naloxone. All participants will receive a gift bag with naloxone and other items. For more info: Lscofield@dconc.gov

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13h

ICE Boasts Zero Murders Committed By 5-Year-Olds Since Child Detainments Began

WASHINGTON—Touting a new crime report as evidence their ramped-up operations were improving American life, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced Friday that there had been zero murde...

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 13h

The Carling is fobbing

Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 13h

We might need phenobarbital

😱🩸Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🎃🔪 @caulimovirus.bsky.social · 13h

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 17h

Trump just can’t get his story straight

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 19h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 17h

FFS

Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 17h

10/10

Jessie🇨🇦🐈🐾 @jessiemcgowan.bsky.social · 18h

👏👏👏 Librarian wins $700K US settlement

Librarian fired after refusing to censor 2SLGBTQ+ books wins $700K US settlement | CBC Radio

A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and 2SLGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for young readers will be paid $700,000...

www.cbc.ca

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Bhim Adhikari 🇳🇵 @bhimabish.bsky.social · 1d

In an exercise held in the UK, the Nepali Army won the gold medal. In this exercise, participants from 33 countries had to cover a distance of 60 kilometers within 48 hours while carrying weapons and 32 kg of equipment.

The exercise tested combat intelligence gathering and casualty management, and is considered extremely challenging both mentally and physically.

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 1d

Motherfuckers

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 1d

I have resigned myself to paying. I am a carer to a vulnerable adult who has been vaccinated already but the risk outweighs the cost

Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 1d

The best insight was harvesting cereal fields full of different species and picking what was ripe, leaving the rest to ripen later. I had never considered the possibility.

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 1d

And if fuel duty goes up, VAT is levied on the duty

Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · 1d

The value of Fuel Duty is now at historic lows, having fallen by 23p per litre (or a third) in real terms over the past decade.

It would cost £5 billion *per year* to continue the freeze by the end of the decade.

Instead, smaller quarterly increases should be introduced.

Chart showing Nominal main rate of Fuel Duty per litre under different scenarios

Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 1d

It was very interesting it has been a great run of episodes

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 1d

Not every working day starts with 17 beers. Thankfully

17 casks of beer on a stillage ready to pour for thirsty customers. At The Talbot Knightwick, Worcestershire

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 2d

England is now experiencing a significant COVID wave, after 10 months of relative quiet.

"If someone says they are in bed with flu, it’s almost certainly COVID, given that the number of people admitted to hospital for COVID last week was 50 times higher than the number admitted for flu!"

The chart shows weekly hospital COVID admissions per 100,000 population in the UK from May 2023 to September 29, 2025, based on UKHSA data.

Autumn 2023 peak reached around 6 per 100k.

Winter JN.1 peak followed early 2024 (~5 per 100k).

Several 2024 peaks occurred mid-year before dropping.

A 10-month stretch of low, stable levels lasted through late 2024 to mid-2025.

A new Sept 2025 wave shows a sharp upward climb approaching prior peak levels.

Source: UKHSA weekly surveillance report
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Chart by @chrischirp.bsky.social.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2d

11 October 1941 | Dutch Jewish boy, Heinrich Lange, was born in Amsterdam.

He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in July 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection with his mother Berta. His father Hans perished in the camp in September 1942.

Family portrait of Lange family. The father and mother stand with a baby. The father holds the baby in front of them.

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 1d

Motherfuckers

Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 2d

"We’ve identified seven members of an anti-Islamic biker gang who oversaw security teams at aid sites for starving Palestinians, run by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation."

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

How did an anti-Islamic biker gang end up running security at GHF aid sites?

www.bbc.co.uk

Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 1d

FFS

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

The Reform UK Councils that are considering raising Council tax (one even by 10%):

Kent
Durham
West Northamptonshire
Warwickshire
Leicestershire
Worcestershire
Staffordshire
Lincolnshire

TBC:
Derbyshire
Lancashire

Eight Reform UK councils likely to raise tax next year

Despite Nigel Farage’s promises to cut waste and ‘save a lot of money’, senior officials have now admitted they will likely have to resort to tax rises

www.thetimes.com

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 3d

We found that the UK’s top scientific institutions, from the Met Office to the UK Health Security Agency, have inadequate institutional defences.

If an incoming government wanted to weaken the role of science and evidence in policy making, it could do so shockingly fast. 2/11

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Chris Gooch @chrisdg.bsky.social · 1d

Alexa, have the bathroom scales malfunctioned, or have I lost weight?

Spenser Dispenser @spenserdispenser.bsky.social · 2d

And though they faultie were, yet well he wayd,

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 2d

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today.

The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly.

We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

Reform accused of 'thriving on hate' after asylum accommodation misinformation

news.stv.tv/north/reform...

Reform accused of 'thriving on hate' after asylum accommodation misinformation

Rumours spread online that Kilgraston School was going to be turned into large-scale asylum accommodation.

news.stv.tv

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 2d

2/ I described some of Farage's multiple close links to crooks in this for @bylinetimes.bsky.social.

The poor man does seem to have the most dreadful luck. It's almost like there's some kind of pattern. bylinetimes.com/2023/07/24/f...

Farage and Coutts: It’s Not McCarthyism – It’s Customer Due Diligence

But was the bank’s research into Farage diligent enough? asks Tom Scott.

bylinetimes.com

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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 2d

giant pike side view, fishing hall of fame, hayward, wisconsin, hayward, wisconsin, 1988

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 3d

Of fucking course they fucking dropped Marwan Barghouti from the prisoner release list.

Who is Marwan Barghouti? Marwan Barghouti is the most beloved politician in Palestine. He has been in Israeli prison for over 20 years and has continued to advocate for a two-state solution even behind bars.

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