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Ricky Kumar T
@rickykumart.bsky.social
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Creative design, podcaster, community connecter, red+green socialist, runner, PTSD awareness, NUFC fan, classic introvert! 🔰

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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Ricky Kumar T @rickykumart.bsky.social · Feb 24
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a drawing of a stick figure jumping through three hoops with picsart written on the bottom
ALT: a drawing of a stick figure jumping through three hoops with picsart written on the bottom
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
ICE in Burnsville, MN followed a family home, broke down their door, and abducted 4 of them at gunpoint including the parents of a 7 year old and the husband of a pregnant woman. All of this occurred without a warrant for a home owned by a US citizen. (12/6/25)
December 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Patients with previously untreatable blood cancer now disease-free after world-first gene therapy
Patients with previously untreatable blood cancer now disease-free after world-first gene therapy
Patients with a previously untreatable form of blood cancer are now living disease-free after a world-first gene therapy.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
rickykumart.bsky.social
…you have to seriously assess your life when you’re shouting at bloody biscuits!
December 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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First Amendment.
December 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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snig.bsky.social
I wonder what Priti Patel makes of her friend Nigel Farage's racist fixation about the surname Patel? Will she enjoy partying with him next conference season?
The Guardian has previously reported on the claims of Andy Field, an NHS doctor, who said he recalled Farage burning a school roll in a year in which there were more Patels than Smiths. Richard Flowers came forward to say he also recalled Farage's response to the number of boys named Patel being higher than Smiths. He said: "I remember him coming up to us holding the yearbook, which was like a pamphlet, and holding it open and sort of stabbing his finger at the name, saying 'look, look, look, the most common name in this school has always been Smith. And now it's Patel. It's Patel, sort of thing, and sort of stabbing his finger at it." The Guardian has obtained a copy of the school roll for 1980, which shows that there were 12 Smiths and 13 Patels. A further former pupil of Asian background added his voice, claiming Farage was an open racist and would say "Enoch Powell was right" to him as a form of what he described as "racial intimidation". He recalled an assembly held soon before Farage left Dulwich college. "I remember a full upper school assembly in which the headmaster was reading from a list of names of boys whose parents had failed to return some forms," he said. "When the name Patel was read out, Farage shouted out aggressively to draw attention to himself. His intervention was loud and disruptive. The headmaster paused and looked up. This happened again and only with the name Patel. We were sitting in the same row and I saw him do this." He said this happened when Farage was 18. The former pupil said Farage would shout out to draw attention to the name as foreign or not English, and that he appeared "obsessed with Patels". P Patel, м.т. R Patel, R. RPatel, R.C. (2) Patel. M D Patel, SG-70 P DULWICH COLLEGE Dp Patel, S.N. Patel, SA R Patel, V. (1) G Patel, V.A. S ALPHABETICAL LIST G Smith, J.JA N M Smith, L.C Q ICHAELMAS TERM. 1980 Gp Smith, M.1 Smith, M.S. Gp Smith, P.D. G Smith R.R The Telegraph Log in Q News Sport Business Calculators M See all News Priti Patel: Farage is a friend, but I will not allow him to destroy the Conservative Party The leadership contender thinks that the Conservatives must rediscover their core values if they are to beat Reform UK 1383 Gift this article free October 2023: Priti Patel dancing with Nigel Farage
December 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
rickykumart.bsky.social
...why America will never clampdown on their gun culture and its multiple trajedies thereafter, its a continual thriving industry!

'Bulletproof Backpacks and Self-Defence Skateboards: America’s $3bn ‘School Shooter’ Industry'...

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Bulletproof backpacks and self-defence skateboards: America’s $3bn ‘school shooter’ industry
Earlier this year, not long after my family and I had moved to the United States, my nine-year-old son came home from school and told me about the “lockdown drill” they had taken part in that day. “We...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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"Actresses Must Keep Looks ‘Real’ Amid Rise in Cosmetic Procedures" -Kate Winslet:
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Kate Winslet calls on other actresses to keep looks ‘real’ amid rise in cosmetic procedures
Winslet says it’s ‘terrifying’ that people are changing their looks for ‘likes on Instagram’
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December 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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briansayle.bsky.social
RIP Norman Barker, the Charlton Athletic supporter who sadly passed away at the match today.
December 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Melania reads a Christmas Story to children at a hospital. Actual footage.
December 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
rickykumart.bsky.social
Martin Parr’s images of everyday British social class life inspired some of my photography too! He’ll be missed, but his pictures are cemented in our culture:
December 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
TW ⚠️— WISCONSIN: “I am racist.”

Cinnabon has fired this racist worker who hurled the N word at a Hijab-wearing Somali woman and her husband.

This is what Trump has emboldened. Our kids are watching.

More: www.ibtimes.co.uk/cinnabon-fir...
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Questions over Reform’s donations as watchdog urged to investigate crypto links
Questions over Reform’s donations as watchdog urged to investigate crypto links
Questions over Reform’s donations as watchdog urged to investigate crypto links
www.independent.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
rickykumart.bsky.social
“You’ve seen the strikes, in-work poverty…they’re saying to young people it’s work or have nothing! It’s Victorian to me!” - @avasantina.bsky.social

And experience shows welfare sanctions lead to self-destruction! Where was discussion on more needed help for young mental health?

#BBCLauaK
December 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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December 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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As Christmas lights return to Bethlehem, Palestinians look for hope reut.rs/4rIkkad
As Christmas lights return to Bethlehem, Palestinians look for hope
A giant Christmas tree adorned with red and gold baubles stands in the West Bank city of Bethlehem for the first time since 2022.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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causticcorner.bsky.social
Spoiler: FIFA has an office in Trump Tower
December 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
rickykumart.bsky.social
I think Dion Dublin has a point.

Even elite professional players can’t switch off grief. They lost a colleague and friend just a few months ago…seems it’s not being talked about enough.

Not a Liverpool fan obviously, but this coulda happened to any team.

#BBCMOTD
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
rickykumart.bsky.social
Bright (almost full) moon tonite:

#Northumberland
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
rickykumart.bsky.social
‘Palestinian Embassy Accuses UK Government of Failing to Provide Security After 'Multiple' Attacks’:
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Palestinian embassy accuses UK government of failing to provide security after 'multiple' attacks
Embassy says the UK government has failed to meet its obligations under the Vienna Convention amid repeated attacks of vandalism
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December 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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hughjampton.bsky.social
Billy Connolly had the Orange Onanist pegged: ‘The place would be a toilet if he was the president.’ 💩🗽

#BillyConnolly #ChicagoSkyline #PropheticWords #Trump #Scottish #Scotland
June 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
rickykumart.bsky.social
If you think the World is on a good setting right now…fucking think again!
December 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
rickykumart.bsky.social
...slightly torn, coz my favourite pudding is a crumble! 😋...but wholesomely agree with the banner!

'Tower of London Partially Closed After Food Thrown at Crown Jewels Display':

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Tower of London reopens after apple crumble thrown at crown jewels display
Four people arrested after civil-resistance group Take Back Power protest against inequality in the UK
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December 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
rickykumart.bsky.social
"Farage Told Me ‘That’s the Way Back to Africa’..." -Former Dulwich pupil:
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Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets
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December 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM