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Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 7m

T-shirts (2025) photograph by Anne Billson

A woman in charge of a stall on the seafront at Sitges, surrounded by t-shirts depicting images and logos from horror and sci-fi films such as Night of the Living Dead, Metropolis, Eraserhead etc

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Mick Brooks @mick666.bsky.social · 5m

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Opinion Journalism Is Now Mostly Liberal Hand-Wringing and Racist Dog-Whistles | Novara Media

Comment journalism once seemed a genuinely dynamic, democratic form. Now it’s mostly overpaid Times columnists sugarcoating fascism and Guardian grandees putting themselves on the wrong side of histor...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice.

Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice.

Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice.

Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice.

Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP just chose to do this.

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 4h

Ash Sarkar was talking about her book MINORITY RULE www.bloomsbury.com/uk/minority-...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9h

In twelve days, New Yorkers will begin to cast their ballots and face a stark choice.

A choice between democracy and oligarchy. Between a city you can afford or more of the same. Between the hope of a brighter future or a broken past.

We will choose the future.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 5h

Nathan Gill will be sentenced on 21st November for 8 charges of taking Russian Bribes.

It’s essential that the European Parliament carries out an investigation in to UKIP, Brexit Party and Reform UK and their connection to Russia.

Investigation now!

#InvestigateReformUK #ReformRussianBribes

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Sole Traveler the Fallen 🍁 @soletraveler.bsky.social · 18h

Here’s another new one #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends

A shelf fungus that looks like a mushroom half melted into the tree bark. It has a peachy rounded top and a white underside, covered in transparent droplets

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

Rather than it being a “hate-America” rally, Saturday’s No Kings rally is an opportunity for all of us who love America to express our determination that our nation’s ideals not be crushed by the Trump regime. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/theyre-calling-it-a-hate-america

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Mick Brooks @mick666.bsky.social · 5h

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Horror Impact Report: From Ryan Coogler to Lisa Dreyer to Osgood Perkins, Variety Stakes Out the Top in Genre Films and TV

Horror Impact Report: From Ryan Coogler to Lisa Dreyer to Zach Creeger, Variety Stakes Out the Top in Genre Films and TV.

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FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 10h

Join us in celebrating the inclusion of our intrepid Editor-in-Chief @philnobilejr.bsky.social in Variety's first-ever Horror Impact Report celebrating the most influential voices in the genre, including filmmakers, producers, executives, journalists, festival directors, and more.

@variety.com

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Mick Brooks @mick666.bsky.social · 5h

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The remarkable rise of eBird – the world’s biggest citizen science project

In 2002, an online database was set up allowing birdwatchers to record their species observations. It is now a vast resource, shaping scientific research.

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Mick Brooks @mick666.bsky.social · 5h

Went looking for one of these in the harbour yesterday. Still a bit early…

birdie 🦉 #1242: 🟥🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛

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birdie

A daily bird species identification game quiz for birders, birdwatchers, bird lovers, and bird enthusiasts. Similar to wordle, birdie is a daily birding ID quiz based on small crops of each bird and s...

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onion person @junlper.beer · 18h

watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.

The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12h

That’s right! Thanks, Fox News!
www.foxnews.com/politics/squ...

Squad 2.0: Meet America's next wave of radical Democrats shaping the party's future

Progressive Democrats, including Zohran Mamdani and Omar Fateh, have emerged as the new generation of candidates responding to President Donald Trump's second term.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11h

We’re in the second Gilded Age just like the first — when America’s wealth was in the hands of a few, money corrupted politics, and working people were abused and exploited.

It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the first Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back.

From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? | Robert Reich

Robert Reich

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17h

That New York Times story lots of people are sharing today about Farage's ties to US anti-abortion groups was first reported by @mc00.bsky.social on Byline Times a year ago bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · 13h

Large citizen science datasets are powerful tools for biodiversity science, but they may have biases. Nice new paper from @louisbackstrom.bsky.social et al. showing that for eBird and Birdtrack lists there is a tendency for rare species to be over-represented
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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The White Falcon @markgolley.bsky.social · 15h

Cley's two most interesting gulls from tonight...
...I'll leave this one here for anyone who likes a north Norwegian black-backed gull (& a cachinnans of course 😉).
More on the left hand one tomorrow...
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
#larids

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15h

Sucking up to tyrants is a waste of time, they only respect power.

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Stu Cantrill @stuartcantrill.com · 15h

‘Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth’ by @philipcball.bsky.social in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Screenshot that reads:

The award "underlies the importance in investing in science for innovation and long-term economic growth", says economist Diane Coyle of the University of Cambridge. "It's great to see the Nobel prize recognize the importance of this topic," adds innovation policy researcher Richard Jones of the University of Manchester, UK. "It's important that economists understand the conditions that lead to technological progress," he adds. The winners, says Coyle, "have long been on people's list of potential candidates".

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 16h

I know it’s the most obvious thing in the world but it’s really sad that so many people have absolutely no desires or dreams in life except to accumulate money and our entire world is becoming a fucking pit because of it

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Mick Brooks @mick666.bsky.social · 14h

Her new book, or just Ash in general?

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 15h

Just listened to Ash Sarkar

Ed Honnegan #FBPE #RejoinEU @edhonnegan.bsky.social · 15h

Excellent summary

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