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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 9d

A request to keep this crowdfunder rolling...

We're rebuilding media from the grassroots up. Our empowering of citizens to write news has generated over 20 million article reads and vast social media and search engine reach.

✊ And we do it all on a shoestring --> chuffed.org/project/byli...

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 1d

Human rights advocates rally in London to save 17 Iranian political prisoners

Global figures meet in London to defend human rights and urge action to halt Iran’s execution of 17 political prisoners

By Laila Jazayeri

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Human rights advocates rally in London to save 17 Iranian political prisoners

Global figures meet in London to defend human rights and urge action to halt Iran’s execution of 17 political prisoners

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 1d

Bylines Network Reader Survey 2025

10 minutes to shape the future of citizen journalism bit.ly/BylinesNetworkSurvey

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 1d

#BREAKING | Colombian President Gustavo Petro:

“We have decided to send all the gold confiscated from drug traffickers to provide medical care for injured children in Gaza.”

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

It feels very weird to have such an absolute lad as Pontiff. Like a Pope you know has gone to town on a big thing of wings.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Kayleigh McKee, Cheerer for the Dolls ⏬️ AnimeUSA! @ghaspey.bsky.social · 1d

Let's go!! Union strong!

GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 1d

Blizzard's Platform & Technology workers vote to unionize
www.gamesindustry.biz/blizzards-pl...

Blizzard's Platform & Technology workers vote to unionize

Another division of Activision Blizzard has voted to unionize under the Communications Workers of America (CWA).

www.gamesindustry.biz

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Duchess Gemma 🐠🕷️🇪🇺 @gemmagould.bsky.social · 1d

🤭🤭🤭🤭

Picture with a cross head screw a flat head screw a hex head screw and a picture of Nigel Farage underneath his name are the words dick head

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 1d

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 1d

what even happened on the other site this time

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: “There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting” says Chancellor Rachel Reeves

It’s about time!

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 2d

Great photo! Near Cambridge 🐞

National Trust - Midlands & East @midsandeastnt.bsky.social · 2d

The collective term for ladybirds is a loveliness.

Have you noticed that ladybirds have been taking advantage of the dry, sunny conditions to find a sheltered spot to hide for winter? The summer's warm conditions are responsible for this autumn's ladybird explosion.

📸 Mike Selby, Anglesey Abbey

Statue in the grounds at Anglesey Abbey covered in ladybirds.

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Girl on the Net @girlonthenet.bsky.social · 2d

Great stuff. Just fucking great. Actual adult creators are drowning under censorship but the robot is allowed to give you bullshit no-ethics, no-soul erotica. Why not.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 2d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Dirk Maggs @dirkmaggs.bsky.social · 2d

I love it when The Onion simply tell the truth and it lands like a gag.

The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

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Ghouls @julso.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a military uniform is sitting in a car and looking out the window .

Alt: a man in a military uniform is sitting in a car and looking out the window .

media.tenor.com

Ghouls @julso.bsky.social · 2d

anyone care to join me in a Nelson Laugh circle?

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d

BREAKING | Alex Jones loses Supreme Court bid to avoid paying $1.4B to Sandy Hook families

Alex Jones loses Supreme Court bid to avoid paying $1.4B to Sandy Hook families

www.independent.co.uk

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 3d

ALSO. ALSO. Needing us to find Europeans who condemned him for his actions at the time--and there are many! So many! My God so many!--is also some white supremacist bullshit, because the TAINO PEOPLE HE WAS MURDERING CERTAINLY CONDEMNED HIM FOR IT AND THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS OF HIS TIME TOO.

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 3d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Dragon "Gay'ed Too Close to the Sun" Fish @dragonfish.bsky.social · 2d

It's so funny that white people always bring up the lie about brown people being cannibals when eating people is the most common thing in their culture.

Feeling sick? Eat this 3,000 year old corpse!

Didn't pack enough food? Eat that guy who died yesterday!

Mad at your government? Simply eat them!

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 3d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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dr. kirk hamilton III, esq. @kirkofdoom.bsky.social · 6d

Saw this stump in Ghost of Yōtei and knew what I had to do.
@erikaishii.bsky.social

Screenshot from the game Ghost of Yōtei. Atsu (played by Erika Ishii) is crouching on a stump like a little bisexual gargoyle.

Screenshot from Game Changer with Erika Ishii crouching on a stump like a little bisexual gargoyle (as noted in the closed captions on screen)

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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 3d

NOW

Release the 30,000
Ukrainian children held hostage by Russia.

NOW!

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 3d

Richard Tice, a year after Nathan Gill was arrested in 2021 went on Talk TV to talk about how much he knew about the potential for bribery in the European Parliament.

"Follow the money." he said.

He's still silent on it, one week on:

x.com/TalkTV/statu...

#ReformRussianBribes

Talk on X: "Belgian spies have uncovered a vast corruption and bribery scandal within the European Union. Richard Tice: "The waste, the excess and the lack of accountability struck me from the moment I walked in." https://t.co/LrzyPOmgNl" / X

Belgian spies have uncovered a vast corruption and bribery scandal within the European Union. Richard Tice

x.com

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 3d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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TheBossRoss @thebossross.bsky.social · 3d

This conversation.

Thank you, #BBCWest / #BBCBristol - it's good to see you can still do it.

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Patrick McAllister 🌱 @patdbmcallister.bsky.social · 4d

The Greens are the only real opposition left in British politics. Standing up for fair taxes, a livable planet + a future where compassion and courage matter more than corporate interests. People are understandably disillusioned, but we are here to make hope normal again - @zackpolanski.bsky.social

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 since Zack Polanski took over last month

www.theguardian.com

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Darryl Mott 💀 @gamerstavernshow.com · 3d

Quick reminder that Christopher Columbus was considered a vile, repulsive, evil man even in his own time. His actions as governor of Spain's New World colonies landed him in prison for his cruelty and violence.

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