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Ciarán

@cjwalsh.bsky.social

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"It's easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than a single incident" "Oppression is the mask of fear" "One single thing will break the siege." "Remember this: try" All posts and opinions are my own Join the Green Party: https://join.greenparty.org.uk/

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Ciarán @cjwalsh.bsky.social · 1d

I'm part of that #GreenWave, I just resigned my Labour Party membership and joined the Green Party.

Come with me 🙂

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23h

Glad to hear Keir Starmer is finally making the right decision to attend climate talks.

Now let's talk about taxing wealth.

Labour is under pressure not only from Reform but from the green party

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Ciarán @cjwalsh.bsky.social · 17h

Really interesting take on today's AWS outage.

Plus I love these terms coined in the piece: to "incorrect" someone, and "anecdata" 😁

The Register @theregister.com · 20h

Today is when the Amazon brain drain finally sent AWS down the spout

When your best engineers log off for good, don’t be surprised when the cloud forgets how DNS works column "It's always DNS" is a long-standing sysadmin saw, and with good reason: a disproportionate number of outages are at their heart DNS issues. And so today, as AWS is still repairing its downed cloud as this article goes to press, it becomes clear that the culprit is once again DNS. But if you or I know this, AWS certainly does.…

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

My take on this:

1. We have a hearing in the High Court 12/13 November. The EHRC has already substantially rolled back on where it was and, I think, is in some trouble.

liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/398...

Phillipson rejects claim she’s delaying trans guidance to not risk deputy PM votes

Phillipson rebuffed the human rights commission after it said the minister must speed up publishing guidance on single sex spaces following a High Court ruling this year

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Tel Aviv football derby between Hapoel and Maccabi called off after rioting

Israeli police make nine arrests, citing ‘disorderly conduct, riots, injured police officers’ and infrastructure damage The Tel Aviv football derby between Hapoel and Maccabi has been called off after rioting and “risks to human life”, Israeli police said. The match was due to take place on Sunday night at Bloomfield Stadium, a ground the two sides share, as a home fixture for Hapoel. Continue reading...

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Ciarán @cjwalsh.bsky.social · 1d

I'm part of that #GreenWave, I just resigned my Labour Party membership and joined the Green Party.

Come with me 🙂

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Join the Green Party

Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

The Greens now have more members than the Tories as support surges

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-gr...

The Greens Now Have More Members Than The Tories As Support Surges

Another 1,000 signed up this morning alone.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

"Sir Keir Starmer has been warned that Labour is being deserted by a so-called Green wave of left-wing voters who are disillusioned with the party’s shift to the right on welfare, migration and transgender rights."

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Starmer warned of ‘Green wave’ exodus over Reform obsession

Labour may soon be ‘haemorrhaging’ left-wing voters to the Green Party, which is surging in polls, amid disillusionment with the party’s shift to the right

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 1d

So wait…

Is Tel Aviv now a no-go area for Jews?

Are Maccabi Tel Aviv antisemitic for attacking Jews and Jewish police?

Are Tel Aviv police antisemitic for blocking Jews from a game of football?

Would I be antisemitic for criticising Israelis (and therefore all Jews globally) for rioting?

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 1d

Suggestion: Andrew should be allowed to keep the title Prince but only with speech marks around it, which must be physically mimed whenever he is introduced. So he's "Prince" Andrew from now on.

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 3d

Full interview here!

youtu.be/j8hiBI6T_24?...

Zack Polanski on populism, patriotism and poverty

YouTube video by The News Agents

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Join.greenparty.org.uk

If reform can rocket through the polls with a politics of despair, then it's time for the green party to do the same thing but with a politics of hope.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago.

So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?

Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 3d

What the...

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 3d

Shell companies for snail farms. Just beautiful.

Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 3d

What the...

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Ciarán @cjwalsh.bsky.social · 3d

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From the dataisbeautiful community on Reddit: [OC] Evolution of NBA Shot Locations, 2000-2025

Explore this post and more from the dataisbeautiful community

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Ciarán @cjwalsh.bsky.social · 3d

Feels similar to the impact in basketball on where shots are taken from now and the rise in three point shots.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 4d

Why are we even debating whether to play football against teams from a country committing genocide?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

British.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 4d

An incredibly important third win in a row in our ongoing fight for the rights and dignities of trans people

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 4d

⚖️🏳️‍⚧️ WIN: High Court rules that a trans man cannot be denied a gender recognition certificate because he is trying to conceive, in an important win supported by Good Law Project.

https://goodlaw.social/5k9b

WIN: Victory in landmark case on gender recognition

High Court rules that a trans man cannot be denied a Gender Recognition Certificate because he is trying to conceive, in an important win supported by Good Law Project.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 4d

Trans rights and the internet itself are in a moment of crisis. What happens next?

Our special series, The Future of Being Trans on the Internet, is now live in its entirety. You can check out each piece in our beautiful hub, or join us on a quick scroll 🧵

The future of being trans on the internet

The internet has long been a source of information and support for transgender people. Now, trans rights and the internet itself are in a moment of crisis. What happens next?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 7d

To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 7d

Quite a bodying, here, for the UK, from the Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe.

🏮 He points out the Supreme Court ignored human rights (which breaches its legal obligations)
🏮 He says, in effect agreeing with Lucy Powell, Parliament should be involved...

rm.coe.int/letter-to-pa...

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 7d

Hate has no place in London.

Now more than ever, we must unite to build stronger, kinder communities. My London – the London I’ll keep standing up for – is a city where diversity is a strength to be celebrated, not a weakness to be hidden.

All beliefs are welcome in London – we cannot allow extremists to divide us | Sadiq Khan

Attacks against Jewish and Muslim communities are on the rise, and some politicians are exacerbating tensions by appealing to our worst instincts, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 7d

“The UK stands at a crossroads. Are we going to be a nation that respects its human rights obligations, or are we going to abandon them whenever the rightwing press demands it? First immigrants, then trans people – who next, Sir Keir?” goodlaw.social/fs2m

European human rights chief warns against trans exclusion in the UK

Human rights commissioner calls on parliament to make sure guidance following the Supreme Court’s decision in April promotes inclusion.

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