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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 19h

Columbus's own journals show that upon arriving at Hispaniola and BEING RESCUED by indigenous Americans, his first thought was "these people would make great servants."
This isn't a guy to celebrate.

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UK Politics @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 14h

Labour’s Dan Jarvis wiped the floor with Badenoch. #ukpolitics

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Public Spectacles @publicspectacle.bsky.social · 3h

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Good Doggie...

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RandomWhiteGuy @thereelrandom.bsky.social · 21h

Anyway, about Hunter’s laptop…

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 23h

Watching the Bibi & Don Show treat this like some grand victory, while people returning to northern Gaza dig the rubble for loved ones' remains, is pretty revolting.

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Hexenbeest @hexenbeest.bsky.social · 2h

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World falling far behind deforestation goals with farms and fires driving loss, report says

The world is falling far behind a global goal to reverse deforestation by 2030, with losses being largely driven by agricultural expansion and forest fires, according to the 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment.

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Hexenbeest @hexenbeest.bsky.social · 19h

I hope every American realises. Non-Americans may need a nudge in the right direction.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 22h

I laid out the details of the extraordinary corruption case against Benjamin Netanyahu a few months ago in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social. It seems like it’s helped him bond with Trump.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21h

You gotta give ‘em hop.

A tweet from the Anonymous account says, “Make sure the dude in the frog costume in Portland knows he's an icon.” The image is a stylized poster of a frog wearing a stars-and-stripes scarf with the word “HOP” below, in the style of the Obama “HOPE” poster.

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Hexenbeest @hexenbeest.bsky.social · 20h

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Killed for defending their land

Join this call to grant them land rights and protection

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 22h

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Officials issue disaster declaration due to flooding in southwest Colorado

Heavy rainfall across southwest Colorado has caused rockslides and flooding that prompted evacuations Saturday. Due to the intense flooding, local officials have issued a disaster declaration in La Pl...

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Hexenbeest @hexenbeest.bsky.social · 1d

"“Change is happening fast now, tragically, in parts of the climate, the biosphere,” said environmental scientist Tim Lenton at the University of Exeter, who is the lead author of the report."

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Climate tipping points are being crossed, scientists warn ahead of COP30

Global warming is crossing dangerous thresholds sooner than expected with the world’s coral reefs now in an almost irreversible die-off, marking what scientists on Monday described as the first “tipping point” in climate-driven ecosystem collapse.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

"They need us more than we need them"

EU Council @consilium.europa.eu · 1d

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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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 1d

#Epstein

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Gerri McGerriface @messmonstergigi.bsky.social · 2d

They’ve learned nothing from the Thatcher years. She decimated whole communities that have never recovered, 40 years on!

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What happens when £47 billion disappears from Britain’s economy?

Tory Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride wants to take £47 billion out of the UK economy. That isn't prudence. It's managed decline

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

BBC asking Bridget Phillipson at length about rising antisemitism in the UK (which actually fell last year according to new figures, albeit still very high) but not at all about rising Islamophobia, which is up by 19% year-on-year

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 3d

Oh look - Farage.

In the US - again. This time slagging off UK teachers. Next thing you know he’ll be there having a go at our vicars, doctors and nurses.

This man seriously, seriously dislikes Britain, doesn’t he?

This feels like a guaranteed entry into next week’s issue of Bearly Newsworthy.

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Nigel Farage accuses teachers of
'poisoning our kids' on race issues
Exclusive: Reform UK leader's remarks at event for private US college criticised as 'grossly irresponsible' by NEU leader

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 2d

Just brilliant by @thenerve.news - I can just imagine Stewart Lee running around on bypasses snatching flags.

Well done that man.

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 2d

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www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

www.thenerve.news

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Hexenbeest @hexenbeest.bsky.social · 1d

Oooh, they look yummy.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick”

Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

www.thenerve.news

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Hexenbeest @hexenbeest.bsky.social · 1d

"Ellie Vesey-Thompson wants police to have greater powers to crack down on those who use catapults as weapons -with them being treated the same as knives.

Swans, geese, ducks and domestic animals including cats have all been shot and killed in Surrey in recent months."
www.itv.com/news/meridia...

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Hexenbeest @hexenbeest.bsky.social · 1d

It's the immigrants stupid!

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