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@jacqs69.bsky.social

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European, Netherlandish Londoner, white privileged and immigrant cis woman. Idealist, socialist, feminist and empathic. Green voter, XR 💚

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No-one is free unless everyone is free.
Happy Dutch 🇳🇱 Liberation Day!
#Bevrijdingsdag

No human being is illegal.
#HumanRights
#TransRights
#BlackLivesMatter
#IntersectionalityMatters

We cannot have peace on a world that’s burning. The Climate Crisis is real.

Painted scetch of a torch in the Dutch colours red, white and blue.

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I am envious. From Jan de Groot I hope!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 13d

Singer, songwriter, musician Joni Mitchell is also a painter and has created works featuring fellow musicians, the Canadian and US landscapes and many self portraits. Self-portrait (2000), used as cover art for her album 'Both Sides Now' #Genius

Painting featuring the upper half of a white woman leaning on a table on which a glass of red wine is sited, the subject with long blonde hair is wearing a green jacket and holds a cigarette, she looks out to the viewer with a strong thoughtful gaze

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Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

Save NHS dentistry now!

I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...

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youphek.bsky.social @youphek.bsky.social · 14d

Last van de overlast

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Ben Kirssen @benkirssen.bsky.social · 17d

België wil #pedofilie bespreekbaar maken.
Goed idee!

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Zorgvuldige nieuwskoppen zou alvast een goed begin zijn; met je stoornissen.

Advocaat Walter Damen heeft een duidelijke oproep: "Haal seksuele stoornissen uit taboesfeer" | VRT NWS: nieuws

"Necrofilie, pedofilie, bestialiteit... het bestaat. Laat ons er dan ook collectief over nadenken." Advocaat Walter Damen doet een duidelijke oproep in De Afspraak: haal seksuele stoornissen uit de ta...

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Volt Nederland @voltnederland.org · 19d

'Weet je wat een verkiezingsstunt is? Tot twee keer toe het kabinet laten vallen over asiel zodat daar de verkiezingen weer over gaan. Dát is een verkiezingsstunt.'

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Laurens Dassen: ‘Dat wij een debat afzeggen is geen verkiezingsstunt. Dat is staan voor je principiële waarden’

Volt-leider Laurens Dassen gaat uitgebreid in op de beslissing om niet over klimaatverandering te debatteren met Forum voor Democratie. Hij is teleurgesteld in het gebrek aan bijval van andere politie...

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Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation

For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

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Ste Jormur @stejormur.bsky.social · 20d

For me, it's the bathetic "God help us" that makes it. God, up in heaven, listening to the billions of desperate prayers of a burning war-torn world, hears "The National Trust has put vegan tampons in the men's toilets" and thinks "Now THIS is a crisis that demands divine intervention"

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20d

Excellent from @mortenmorland.bsky.social ⭐

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OneWorld @oneworld.nl · 21d

Volgens D66-leider Rob Jetten moeten we met extreemrechtse partijen blijven praten. Maar experts zeggen dat zulke gesprekken extreemrechtse standpunten juist normaliseren. De vraag is: herkennen we fascisme nog wel? www.oneworld.nl/mensenrechte...

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 21d

🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040.

🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.

✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.

Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.

Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years

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Beste @voltnederland.org wat doen jullie voor chronisch zieken die op de ondergrens zitten qua inkomen om hun eigen bijdrage te compenseren?

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De Speld @speld.nl · 21d

Europarlement: hamburgers die niet uit Hamburg komen mogen geen hamburgers meer heten

Een hamburger die niet uit Hamburg komt?

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And here are some viewers questions, answered by Karen Hao.

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Kan AI politieke conflicten oplossen? Kijkersvragen met Karen Hao | LUBACH

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Very interesting interview with @karenhao.bsky.social on Dutch TV @lubach.nl. She’s so eloquent and clear in her messaging.
#AIempires #modernColonialism

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(in English!)

Karen Hao over een andere versie van de toekomst met AI | LUBACH

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LUBACH @lubach.nl · 23d

Karen Hao is te gast! Zij is AI-expert en journalist. Ze deed zes jaar lang onderzoek naar OpenAI en schreef: ‘Empire of AI’ #LUBACH

Karen Hao over een andere versie van de toekomst met AI | LUBACH

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 23d

A record 1,611 people — including 11 children — died while homeless in 2024.

Both Labour and the Conservatives have failed to fix Britain’s housing crisis.

A home is not a privilege.
A home is a human right.

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 23d

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK defence chiefs due to warn #Climate

National security threatened by climate crisis, UK defence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

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Axel Wicke @elziax.bsky.social · 23d

Wil je hardop over chronisch shirtloze, “even verontrustend gespierde als onzekere mannelijkheidstiktokkies” én over Johan Derksen lachen? Achter op dagblad @trouw.nl draait wetenschapsjournalist @www.sjamadriaan.nl deze testosteronboeren even kundig als hilarisch door de gehaktmolen:

Column achter op dagblad trouw door wetenschapsjournalist Adriaan ter Braack: “Echte mannen hebben niets aan testosteronsupplementen”, de titel.

Column achter op dagblad trouw door wetenschapsjournalist Adriaan ter Braack: “Echte mannen hebben niets aan testosteronsupplementen”.

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Ik heb enorm respect voor deze beslissing van jullie.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 25d

8 million people in Sudan are facing emergency levels of hunger, part of a strategy of deliberate starvation.

Man-Made Famine & Malnutrition in Sudan, Exacerbated by U.S. Aid Cuts

Starvation is now being used as a weapon of war in numerous conflicts across the globe — including Sudan, which continues to endure a yearslong famine. Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, a pediatric doctor who jus...

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 25d

Over the weekend Kemi Badenoch claimed unemployment has gone up “every single month” since Labour took office, and that it’s been left higher by “every Labour government in history”.

Neither of these claims is quite right—our fact check has the figures 👇

Kemi Badenoch’s claims about Labour’s unemployment record aren’t quite right—here’s why – Full Fact

The Conservative leader has repeated two claims about Labour’s record on unemployment, neither of which is quite right.

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com · 25d

This week’s main story is about presidential libraries, why they’re important, how Donald Trump may be exploiting their loopholes, and – what else – a psychic gorilla with a dangerous distaste for one specific president.

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Dr Dwight Turner @dturner300.bsky.social · 27d

##SundayThoughts #BlackHistoryMonth

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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · Apr 17

There are protests taking place across the country in the coming days and weeks in response to yesterday's Supreme Court ruling

Drop me a message with any I'm missing and I will add details of each to the thread below:

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