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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 16h

Labour is telling you VERY LOUDLY who to vote for if you value human rights. And it's definitely NOT LABOUR.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 21h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Richard Hull @richhull.bsky.social · 1d

Just joined. You should too.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

As if they keep writing all these headlines - and our membership numbers and polling just keeps shooting up. 🚀

Now at 110,000. Over 55% increase in just one month!

Lower bills. Fund NHS. Tax the super rich.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

Greens who want to save the world by destroying britain

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 1d

Oh great

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

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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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Nigel Farage has finally admitted to it.

But now there's lots more questions especially considering Rupert Lowes intervention....

leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nige...

Nigel Farage finally admits to knowing Nathan Gill after senior Reform figure repeatedly claimed he didn’t

Farage has admitted he knew Gill for 'a very long time' but claims he didn't know anything about his pro-Russia activities...

leftfootforward.org

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

A very narrow hostage deal Trump had nothing to do with was made, after which Netanyahu immediately (a) attacked the West Bank, and (b) said the military campaign in Gaza would continue.

I literally have no idea why any media anywhere is covering the Trump victory lap as having any meaning at all.

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Peter Kay @theonlypeterkay.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a task that shouldn’t be left to @bylinetimes.bsky.social alone: The fourth estate has a job to do in defence of freedom and democracy. Are they too keen to report on the chaos of a Reform government (until that time when mass deportations and arrest of “dissidents” begins?) Too late then.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 2d

This goes even higher up. Forget Medvedchuk. Forget Medvedev

According to former Brexit Party MEP and defected Reform MP Rupert Lowe, the individuals at Gill's meetings claimed to be "close to Putin"

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 2d

The only thing today's Conservative leaders have in common with Margaret Thatcher is the party's name.

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 3d

British Journalism isn’t even trying to redress the balance. It is a lost cause which is why the @bylinesnetwork.co.uk and @bylinetimes.bsky.social and other independent groups are crucially important. They are vital for a healthy democracy because they are doing what MSM is failing to.

East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 3d

British journalism has been through a shameful era – bending the knee to Downing Street.

Can it ever recover its dignity? Peter Thurlow wonders.

How deference becomes client journalism in plain sight

We have come through a period of often shameful journalism, bending the knee to Downing Street. Can our journalism recover?

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 3d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 8d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · 4d

What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.

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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 4d

A 360º view from the surface of Mars captured by Perseverance Rover.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

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Richard Hull @richhull.bsky.social · 4d

Ugh.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Exclusive: Six tech leaders dined with investment minister, documents reveal, underlining growing influence of ex-PM’s consultancy Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted a private dinner earlier this year at which a select group of technology entrepreneurs were given access to a key minister, official documents have revealed. The former prime minister, who is a champion of the tech industry, held the dinner in an upmarket London hotel in his capacity as the head of the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) political consultancy. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4d

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Richard Hull @richhull.bsky.social · 4d

If anyone knows where I can get Russell Crowe’s blue leather jacket from The Nice Guys, let me know. I want it real bad.

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 4d

A UK presenter shouldn’t crow about an audience’s ignorance of Nathan Gill who took bribes from Kremlin agents & was a close ally of Farage . It shows they have failed to do their job . What next , telling us that Watergate was one of the lowest points in investigative journalism 🥺 ?

Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 5d

The Nathan Gill scandal should be huge news so why has the British media been mainly silent about it? (I think we know 🤔)
Here's Fiona Bruce shutting down any mention & acting like the audience aren't interested.
#bbqt

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 4d

It is utterly surreal this is not being treated as a bigger story.

Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 5d

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

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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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 4d

“I had previously assumed a 10-year depreciation curve, which I now recognize as quite unrealistic...Based on my conversations over the past month, the physical data centers last for three to ten years, at most.” futurism.com/future-socie...

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