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sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social @sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social · 1h

If you're STILL paying for ghe @nytimes.com, you're a SCUMBAG

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 58m

Israel returns Palestinian bodies showing signs of torture and execution - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-bodies-released-israel-show-signs-torture

Israel returns Palestinian bodies showing signs of torture and execution

Some bodies show evidence of strangulation, mutilation and being run over by tanks

www.middleeasteye.net

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Blue Axeman @blueaxeman.bsky.social · 57m

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 8h

This report is disingenuous and dangerously misleading

Astonishingly, it even suggests that adapting to 4C 'will not be costly' 😮

The reality is organised adaption to 4C is impossible

The world will 'adapt' to 4C via economic and societal collapse

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told

Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate

www.theguardian.com

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Mani Isna La 🇨🇺 🇵🇸 🕊️ 🪶 #IndigenousLivesMatter @maniisnala.bsky.social · 56m

LNG is not a solution—it's a climate catastrophe in disguise. Sign the petition today to tell banks to stop funding the LNG boom and invest in a healthy, sustainable future instead.
act.stand.earth/page/88515/p...

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Simon Pearson @anticapitalistmusings.com · 55m

“Defence secretary tells special forces: We have your back”

He shouldn’t if it involves war crimes. It doesn’t matter if they are the tip of the spear. An illegal killing is an illegal killing.

archive.ph

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2h

It's time for Starmer to abandon the race to keep up with the economy-sapping immigration policies of the man who brought us Brexit in the first place. Until he takes that step, the “severe and long-lasting” impact of leaving the EU, identified by Reeves today, will only keep getting worse.

Keir Starmer's 'Brexit Is Bad, Let's Make It a Bit Worse' Strategy

The Chancellor just admitted that Brexit has been an economic disaster. It's time the Government stopped making it even worse by imitating Nigel Farage's damaging anti-migration agenda, argues Adam Bi...

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sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social @sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social · 1h

Its worth mentioning that a lot of the ISREALI BODIES are UNDER ISREALI TANKS inside the eastern flank of Gaza that they still refuse to vacate, to allow Hamas to retrieve their bodies and arrange for their transfer, without getting shot by the Genocidal Zionists

Something no one bothers to mention

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1h

Wonders of privatisation.

Royal Mail fined £21m.

Hasn't t meet the 1st and 2nd class mail delivery targets to years.

No personal fines on execs. Corporate fines will no doubt be passed on to customers.

No incentive to deliver value for money. People fleeced.

Royal Mail fined £21m by Ofcom for missing delivery targets

It is the third-largest fine the communications watchdog has ever issued.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 2h

The real blockers are the water profiteers – and Labour won’t touch them because it’s in bed with the lobbyists.

Ex-MPs like Angela Smith went from defending water firms to working for them. Current ministers have backgrounds in water lobbying.

Who do you think you’re fooling?

Keir Starmer tweet:

@Keir_Starmer • 1d
National renewal means more homes, more jobs, and more money back in working people's pockets.
But to get there, we need to take on the blockers…

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 2h

What ceasefire?

Al Jazeera tweet:

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BREAKING: Our colleagues on the ground are reporting that Israeli tanks fired at Palestinians in the town of Bani Suhaila and the Sheikh Nasser neighbourhood, east of Khan Younis.
LIVE updates: aje.io/zyn1zz?update=...

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Free Speech For Peace @freespeechforpeace.bsky.social · 6h

We need genuine peace, not Trump's fake version.

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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 6h

Posts from those living through starvation in Gaza, showed produce with dollar price tags, at extortionate prices

Such Israeli tactics serve 2 purposes...

Creates tension & divides population into starving & just surviving…

It also squeezes every last ounce of wealth from those imprisoned there!!

Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 8h

“Bowen, of course, carefully ignores the part Israel played in arming these criminal clans and letting them steal food aid. The clans then sold that aid at inflated prices to a small group who could still afford to pay, while everyone else starved.”

jonathancook.substack.com/p/once-again...

Once again, Jeremy Bowen is misleading the British public about Gaza

The BBC international editor is required to report what Hamas actually thinks. Otherwise he is not a journalist, he's just another western propagandist

jonathancook.substack.com

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 7h

“Make Brexit work” by raising taxes to stem the ongoing losses.
Slavish devotion to failed ideology has a very high price.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10h

"There is no doubt that the impact of Brexit has been severe and long-lasting", Rachel Reeves tells Sky News, as she suggests that taxes will now have to go up as a result to "make sure the numbers add up".

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dundonaldpatrick.bsky.social @dundonaldpatrick.bsky.social · 6h

I see Spain is actually cutting internal flights and increasing rail services. It’s a start and shows our government up for what they really are. Capitalist stooges.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 9h

Climate Change Committee warns we aren’t doing enough to stem/plan for global warming.

Meanwhile, in response to proposed solar farm,Tice says they “will do all [they] can to stop investors and developers; nothing is off the table”
Reform: a constant whining drag on progress, prosperity and sanity.

UK must prepare for 2C of global warming by 2050, climate advisors warn
CLIMATE GLOBAL WARMING WEATHER
• Wednesday 15 October 2025 at 6:53am
Martin Stew
Science Correspondent
Credit: i-Stock
The UK must prepare for a 2C rise in global temperatures by 2050, according to new analysis from the Climate Change Committee (CCC), commissioned by the government.
The report forecasts that risks from heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires could double over the next 25 years, with some peak river flows increasing by as much as 40%.
itv.com

The Times:

Reform vow to fight 'crazy Miliband over solar farm

Miliband has approved plans for Britain's biggest solar farm, prompting Reform UK to say it would fight to reverse the decision.
The Tillbridge Solar project, in Lin-colnshire, would cover an area equivalent to about 2,000 football pitches.
Farage's party said the scheme would destroy valuable agricultural land, but Labour said it was needed to meet green energy targets and reduce dependency on energy from abroad.
Tillbridge Solar is the tenth large solar project Miliband has approved since taking office. Half of them are in Lin-colnshire, prompting opposition from local Reform and Conservative MPs.
Tillbridge Solar aims to generate electricity for 300,000 homes and the scheme would cover about 1,400 hectares of mainly agricultural land
Michael Shanks, the energy minister, said: "Solar is one of the cheapest and quickest power sources we can build. It is crucial in our mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower, giving us energy security, good jobs and growth across the country."

A report by the Planning Inspectorate said that the project would lead to the loss of about 1,200 hectares of farm-land, including 11l hectares of the highest grade land, and acknowledged the cumulative impact of other solar arrays in Lincolnshire. However, it concluded that this would not be nationally "significant" , with solar taking over less
than 1% of UK farmland.
It added that the biodiversity would benefit from the end of intensive farming on the land and that crop planting
"could be restored should it be needed in the future" for food security.
In a blunt warning to companies behind the schemes, Richard Tice, Reform UK's deputy leader and the MP for nearby Boston & Skegness, said: "We will do all we can to stop investors and developers; nothing is off the table."

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry, but if he didn't have the courage to speak what he knew to be the truth about Brexit to the people who elected him, then he's been putting his career above the country all along. How are we supposed to trust him on the NHS or any other issue now? He lost all credibility.
#BlueLabour

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The prime minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

www.independent.co.uk

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 1d

"Are we going to abandon people whenever the rightwing press demands it?"

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dundonaldpatrick.bsky.social @dundonaldpatrick.bsky.social · 6h

Once again, Jeremy Bowen is misleading the public about Gaza
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

Once again, Jeremy Bowen is misleading the British public about Gaza

The BBC international editor is required to report what Hamas actually thinks. Otherwise he is not a journalist, he's just another western propagandist

open.substack.com

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

“An essential condition today for entry into the upper echelons of Conservative party politics is being willing to at least pretend that you think taking Britain out of the EU was a good idea. This is a never-ending lobotomy for the Tories”

Brexit will always ruin you in the end.
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How Brexit drained the Tories’ talent pool

The party can’t keep expecting successful people to pretend that leaving the EU was a good idea

on.ft.com

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 1d

Starving two million people in Gaza — including a million children — is a war crime.

We’ve witnessed hundreds starve to death from Israel’s manmade famine; countless more will die unless Gaza is flooded with aid.

Keir Starmer must demand Israel’s lifts its illegal siege NOW.

Screenshot of Reuters headline:

Gaza's Rafah border crossing will remain closed through Wednesday, Israel says
By Reuters
October 14, 2025 2:55 PM GMT+1 • Updated 52 mins ago

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abdohassan.bsky.social @abdohassan.bsky.social · 1d

Disney isn’t innocent.

While Gaza burned, Disney’s CEO donated $2 million to Israel — and Marvel prepared to release an Israeli Mossad “superhero.”

Actors who say “Free Palestine” are silenced. IDF soldiers become Disney stars.

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dundonaldpatrick.bsky.social @dundonaldpatrick.bsky.social · 1d

People, especially the media, keep calling it a war. You need two sides for a war. This is genocide with a resistance trying their best to, at least, slow it down.

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goldmartin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 1d

A classic of the genre - posted, then deleted by Sky News on X.

Who made the starvation and malnutrition possible?

Also, war in Gaza 'had changed her'? It has 'changed' 100s of thousands of Palestinians - from alive to dead, or suffering life changing injuries.

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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 2d

#AnimalTesting is #AnimalAbuse
the results of which when applied to humans fail in excess of 90% of the time

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