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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 8h

I’m sure they didn’t mean to eliminate the woman in this image.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 10h

Every time someone drops into my comments asking about a general strike, I have to remind folks that unlike in Europe we have at will employment here allowing essentially anyone to be fired at any time for any reason, and health insurance tied to employment.

The amount of organizing

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11h

"They need us more than we need them"

EU Council @consilium.europa.eu · 20h

Today, the entry/exit system gets underway.

This new digital border system will streamline travel, enhance security, and improve the efficiency of border controls for non-EU nationals entering or exiting the EU.

Full implementation is planned for 10 April 2026.

More info → link.europa.eu/mnYbcy

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 21h

The man who bribed Gill - Oleh Voloshyn - is part of a much wider network of pro-Russian actors.

He worked with this guy, an FSB agent, who I've been fascinated by for years,

My investigation for @thenerve.news shows how Gill was a pawn in a Kremlin operation that spanned both Europe & US
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 21h

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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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11h

Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since Zack Polanski took over last month The Greens in England and Wales have more than 100,000 members for the first time, the party has announced, a near-50% rise since Zack Polanski took over as leader last month. It puts them on a potential course to overtake the Conservatives and comes little more than a week after the Greens announced they had moved past the Liberal Democrats in membership numbers, getting to 83,500. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 13h

Trouble in paradise 🍿

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 20h

Useful reminder on volatility, four years on, onto our third Prime Minister since this realignment tweet. Nb, "tight on immigration" in Oct 2021 after most of the decisions (bar Ukraine) that would quadruple net migration in 2022: commentary is based much on vibes/words than major policy choices

James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 23h

It's almost exactly four years since Tim Shipman's notorious "Boris Johnson squats like a giant toad" tweet.

Seems like important context given how we often talk as though the next election – four years away – is a done deal.

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💫⭐️N. Jules⭐️💫 @northjules.bsky.social · 13h

George Stephanopoulos is the type of energy I listen to. JD Vance wants to spin a bribe as a Democratic rabbit hole. This whole regime is a criminal enterprise.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 20h

“He was simply the best-qualified candidate”

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

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Daniel A Collier, PhD @dcollier74.bsky.social · 1d

Man what a lucky guess.........

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 19h

"I'm not surprised the personal attacks have started. They've got loads of lines: about my teeth, about my history as an actor, about my name change... the right just don't actually have a line of attack against me that's political"

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

This Is Fascism

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 17h

“If Robert Jenrick had seen you or Kemi Badenoch in that area, he would have just assumed you were poorly integrated.”

Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 17h

LBC Presenter Points Out To Priti Patel The 1 Obvious Flaw In Robert Jenrick's 'White Face' Claim

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lbc-pr...

LBC Presenter Points Out To Priti Patel The 1 Obvious Flaw In Robert Jenrick's 'White Face' Claim

The shadow justice secretary sparked a backlash over his remarks.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 1d

The last thing people struggling with fuel bills need is a heat pump ‘that’s really expensive to run and makes your house colder’ says Dale Vince bit.ly/3KOez9W campaigning against £150 heat pump subsidies

Heat pump subsidies a ‘massive waste of money’, Labour donor warns

Ed Miliband’s proposals to give households with the green technology £150 off their energy bills are denounced by Dale Vince as ‘very middle class’

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 2d

Record high temperatures are currently being set across the northernmost portions of the #Arctic. In fact, it is effectively ice-free on the Atlantic side of the Arctic all the way up to about 85°N latitude! This includes record low sea ice around Svalbard.

Graphic by zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...

Line graph time series of 2025's daily 2-m temperature in the Arctic compared to each year from 1958 through 2024. There is a long-term warming trend for every day of the year. There is also large interannual variability and a clear seasonal cycle.

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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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Brian Moore @briantrumpet.bsky.social · 1d

Everything he's reported to have said in this BBC piece sounds like he's desperately trying to distance himself, knowing that the connection is real and toxic. If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel Farage 'stunned' ex-Wales Reform leader Nathan Gill took bribes

Nathan Gill has admitted taking money for pro-Russian statements as a European Parliament member.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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bluetsu.bsky.social @bluetsu.bsky.social · 1d

It’s fair to say this regime’s mandate is to kill us all…

🪱RFKJr: Eliminate healthcare

👺Satan Miller: Eliminate Antifa

🥴Noem: Eliminate Black & Brown people

🥃Kegseth: Eliminate women and trans people in the military

🤴🏼😵‍💫Trump: Pam, implement ALL elimination orders to save our reputation… NOW!

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

Among other RIF notices at CDC:
—Center for Forecasting and Analytics;
—all of CDC Washington
—Office of Human Resources
—National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 3/4

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

The CDC official who was leading the measles response and was RIFd has more than 28 yrs experience as the senior USG official leading outbreaks on Ebola, Marburg virus, and mpox. 2/4

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

A man born in Pretoria, 1971, left for Canada in 1989, might want to wind his neck in (though apartheid South Africa was not necessarily too traumatic place for those who could benefit from apartheid if could manage to resist being too troubled by the racist principles of the state and society)

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