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Penny Stuart @lostindisco.bsky.social · 4h

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“Neither flu nor RSV have kicked in yet this season, so if you feel grotty and with a fever, it’s most likely to be Covid. “

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

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · Dec 11

CAR-CRAZY FACT OF THE DAY.

Every 24 hours, US drivers run over 15 children in parking lots and driveways.

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U.S. Drivers Run Over 15 Children Every Day In Parking Lots And Driveways

Tall vehicles and long hoods contribute to increasing number of "frontover" incidents.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: [email protected] @gazza-d.bsky.social · 13h

My 5 top tips are:
1. Fit mudguards and mudflaps.
2. Keep it clean. A regular soapy wash is great
3. Keep it lubed.
4. Keep tyres inflated to almost the max pressure.
5. Swap derailleur gears for hub gears.
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‘Once a fortnight would save people hundreds’: how to make your bike last longer, according to experts

From avoiding overtightened bolts to giving it a good clean, here are the easy and affordable habits mechanics swear by

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kaybell27.bsky.social @kaybell27.bsky.social · 10h

UK BEWARE! These same odious individuals are already infiltrating our data. Thiel the man behind Palantir already has invaded the NHS data system and our private information. Farage works closely with them, he doesn't protect us he sells us out.
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AuntieU @umaija.bsky.social · 2d

Follow the Oligarchs and Corporations behind ICE
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Palantir: Deportation Through Data
Amazon: ICE’s Cloud Services
Bank of America: Financing Deportation Machinery
Avelo Airlines: Deportation Carrier
GEO Group: Deportation Camp Profiteers
Telecoms, Defense Companies etc

The Billionaire Oligarchs and Corporations Profiting from ICE’s Deportation Machine - Little Sis

A primer on the billionaire barons and corporate profiteers enabling ICE's deportation apparatus

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 12h

“Cease” fire

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Five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza despite ceasefire

Israeli army confirmed it opened fire, saying a group had approached its soldiers before being targeted.

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 10h

In his final interview, the late barrister and human rights professor Conor Gearty told @imaanirfan.bsky.social and @ellenhalliday.bsky.social that UK protest—and our civil liberties—are in danger.

Conor Gearty: ‘Let’s have some fights with the right enemies’

In his final interview, the barrister and human rights professor told Prospect that UK protest—and our civil liberties—are in danger

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Eman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 14h

22 women & 17 children were amongst 60 people killed this Sat when the RSF struck Dar al-Arqam displacement centre in El Fasher N. Darfur
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In this vid x.com/SudanTrends/..., you can C the impact of 2 reported drone strikes on a vulnerable pop 📌13.639069, 25.333148

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 11h

People have to work longer hours to offset the increases in energy costs that AI causes.

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AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 11h

AI is clearly anti-productivity given the extent that its externalities create more work for society.

Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 13h

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Generative AI’s Productivity Myth | TechPolicy.Press

People may be using artificial intelligence, but that doesn’t mean it’s useful, writes Eryk Salvaggio.

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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 11h

Paris Sets Another Record Logs 21,817 Bicycle Trips in a Single Day on One Route.
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Paris Sets Another Record Logs 21,817 Bicycle Trips in a Single Day on One Route

Paris broke yet another series of cycling records, underscoring what many residents already feel in their daily commute.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 11h

"Russia’s exit from the anti-torture convention is a stark declaration: the Russian state will act as it pleases and reject the oversight that might restrain its worst impulses," writes lawyer and serviceman Nestor Barchuk in his recent op-ed.

Russia has tortured Ukrainian POWs for years. Now they're even more vulnerable

On Sept. 29, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law withdrawing from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, symbolically making Russia the first country in history to aban...

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Dave Cox @davidcox65.bsky.social · 11h

@betterstreetsforbirmingham.org @cyclinguk.bsky.social @activetravelcaf.bsky.social @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social

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Dave Cox @davidcox65.bsky.social · 11h

Finally 10 years into #Birmingham Cycle Revolution an outline plan for a segregated cycle lane for a stretch of the dangerous but key Hagley Road Corridor. Here’s what #PushBikes thinks. Please respond to consultation link in the article

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Hagley Road cycle track | Push Bikes

Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has put out a preliminary consultation on improvements to Hagley Road from Five Ways to the junction with Portland Road, which includes a segregated cycle track on t...

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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 15h

Sorry, what? There is no “race debate”. There is racism, there are racists.

This isn’t a legitimate political polemic, this is hate speech and hate crime.

Can we stop trying to wedge the bigotry of fragile white men in to public discourse? Doing so is hate-washing and we need to stop it.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17h

‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers

Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread

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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 15h

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Rachel Reeves, just tell voters why taxes must go up – and then do it | Polly Toynbee

The Thatcherite notion of tax as wicked must be challenged in the upcoming budget. Target unearned wealth; explain that tax creates a decent society, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Elon Musk is paying Tommy Robinson's legal bills.

The British media and political establishment is still on X and maybe this is the wake up call they need.

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Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 15h

Well, that was a new one!
Had to literally run to avoid getting hit by a driver this morning as he turned right into a side road at high speed, on the wrong side of the road, in fact on the wrong side of a pedestrian refuge! We have to share our streets with these maniacs 😔
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Screenshot from Google earth showing the junction. A green arrow represents me crossing the side road. A blue box and arrow shows another car waiting in the right turn lane on the main road, waiting to turn in. A red box and arrow represents the maniac in his car. He obviously couldn't wait patiently for his turn, so decided to undertake the blue car on the wrong side of the pedestrian refuge.

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John Louis Eisenberg @johnlouiseisenberg.bsky.social · 15h

#TACO-PEDOPHILE-FELON-RAPIST

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8d

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.bsky.social · 15h

The #ClimateEmergency will make many of our towns and cities uninsurable, unliveable

There is a devastation coming which much of humanity is unprepared for

Because we built our communities trusting our leaders would protect us

Our homes and land will be destroyed by greed if we do not act now.

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 15h

The flood-prone Worcestershire town being abandoned by insurers

- One more deluge could bankrupt Tenbury Wells yet its application for flood defence funding has been rejected

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The flood-prone Worcestershire town being abandoned by insurers

One more deluge could bankrupt Tenbury Wells yet its application for flood defence funding has been rejected

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Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 15h

I fully agree that council tax needs reform, but abolishing it all together isn’t the answer (or at least you need to make more concrete proposals for how you’d make up the shortfall). Councils are incredibly cash strapped as it is.

Tomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 16h

Ahhhh (endless screaming). Where do they think *council* tax revenues go? Seems like an argument for raising council tax in the south east so they can enjoy much better local public services www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour MPs call on Rachel Reeves to scrap council tax

Exclusive: 13 mainly northern MPs say a new system should better account for higher house prices in south-east

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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 15h

'It's Not A Peace Deal': BBC Expert Delivers Brutal Reality Check To Donald Trump Over Gaza

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'It's Not A Peace Deal': BBC Expert Delivers Brutal Reality Check To Donald Trump Over Gaza

Jeremy Bowen said the accord signed by the president was "almost devoid of content".

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15h

‘Your basis to live is checked at each and every step’: India’s ID system divides opinion

Keir Starmer is considering Aadhaar as model for UK, but detractors warn of ‘digital coercion’ and security breaches

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Joe Peacock @brumgreenjoe.bsky.social · 15h

Retrofitting insulation should create secure skilled jobs, reduce bills and improve people's quality of life. Tragically, the Tories mismanaged it so badly that unscrupulous rogue traders have destroyed homes - now an expensive job to fix it. Such incompetence: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing, report finds

Homeowners who took advantage of government programmes left with cladding likely to cause damp

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Dave Peterson (He/Him) Ⓥ 🇨🇦 @fedupwithbadair.bsky.social · 1d

Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] (or submit yours anonymously at www.dsawsp.org/personal-sto...)

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A trendy wood burning stove almost killed me... they need to be banned

One spring day in April, it was an unsuspecting wood-burning stove from a canal boat which left her unable to speak and spending four weeks in recovery.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16h

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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