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Mark Williamson @markrwilliamson.bsky.social · 1h

In a culture that glorifies endless consumption, saying 'I’m happy with what I have’ is revolutionary

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 1h

‘Surprising’

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 1h

While we're on the subject of 'we don't need experts'

Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 2h

Nightmare fuel.

“One in six bacterial infections now resistant to treatment, says WHO”

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One in six bacterial infections now resistant to treatment, says WHO

Levels of antimicrobial resistance highest in south-east Asia and eastern Mediterranean

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Sean of the Dread @sheepbop.bsky.social · 53m

It's a big town

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Patrick W. Reed @patrickwreed.bsky.social · 1h

I dreamed that the Mayor of London announced a new PR strategy to strike a more positive tone on immigration, and it turned out to just be repeatedly posting the same TikTok of Sadiq Khan stood in a London street wearing a cowboy outfit, with the text "This Town *Is* Big Enough For The Both Of Us".

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Sean of the Dread @sheepbop.bsky.social · 54m

* some of the British. And partly because of that reason.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 2h

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

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toastface killah @toasty.cx · 1h

cat loves food ya yeah yeah yeah

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Darren Ewing @sadknob.bsky.social · 1h

i missed the anniversary of chaplin releasing "the great dictator" yesterday. here's the speech making fun of hitler using gibberish german.

it's amazing.

remember: he had to finance this film himself because nobody wanted him to make fun of the nazis.

youtu.be/isLNLpxpndA

Charlie Chaplin - Adenoid Hynkel Speech - The Great Dictator (1940)

YouTube video by Charlie Chaplin

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Tasha Suri @tashasuri.bsky.social · 22h

"This shows that if Israel, with the whole world watching, can treat a well-known, white person with a Swedish passport this way, just imagine what they do to Palestinians behind closed doors."

Edvin Alpros Ⓜ️ antisocial dominans minister @edvinalpros.bsky.social · 1d

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Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 29d

The conservative project always makes much more sense when you realize it's just run by upper middle class American christian nationalist who are basically completely fine in material position but furious the entire country doesn't bow to their weird cultural preferences.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · Sep 16

oh no, on CBS no less

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sasha ↙︎↙︎↙︎ 🌹🏴 @2damntrans.bsky.social · 17h

The EHRC at this point is just an extension of the trans-eliminationist ("gender critical") movement. Just another "GC" group. But the Council of Europe's intervention clearly has them panicked and now they're scrambling to get their Labour lackeys to implement this despicable Code of Practice.

Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 18h

The EHRC has written to the Minister for Women and Equalities, demanding that she rushes through their dreadful draft Code of Practice.

This is a bizarre intervention from a supposedly impartial public body.

Equalities watchdog urges UK ministers to ‘act with speed’ on trans guidance

EHRC writes to Bridget Phillipson over implementation of code on single-sex public spaces after supreme court ruling

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sasha ↙︎↙︎↙︎ 🌹🏴 @2damntrans.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah it was Liz Truss that transformed the EHRC into a vehicle for anti-trans politics. Labour keeps her legacy alive.

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 15h

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 · 15h

what even happened on the other site this time

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 15h

Friendly reminder that Tidal ($10.99) is now cheaper than Spotify ($11.99), delivers better audio quality, pays its artists 2x as much, and generally doesn't allow AI slop.

You can move your entire music library over in a matter of minutes.

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Sean of the Dread @sheepbop.bsky.social · 9h

I seem to have been adopted into the house band of our local open mic night

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11h

That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.

Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 11h

Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 13h

I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

MacCALLUM: Margaret Thatcher said socialism is great until you run out of other people's money

MAMDANI: Well, what Andrew Cuomo said is that if you have $957m you give it to Elon Musk in tax credits

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 21h

Carole Malone, "Youu can't say what women's rights are because you're not a woman"

Zack Polanski, "You're not trans are you. We can all say you're not that thing so you can't have an opinion" 🔥

"You can still have an opinion from listening to people"

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 14h

the trouble with imperialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 18h

The EHRC has just taken down their transphobic interim guidance 👀

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/our-work/uk-supreme-court-ruling-meaning-sex-equality-act-our-work

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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 15h

This coming down is good.

It was transphobic nonsense which put trans people into a liminal third category which is a breach of international law…

…as the new statutory guidance almost certainly does too. So we fight that too.

This is a stepping stone towards a more equal future:

Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 18h

The EHRC has just taken down their transphobic interim guidance 👀

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/our-work/uk-supreme-court-ruling-meaning-sex-equality-act-our-work

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 1d

“The UK stands at a crossroads. Are we going to be a nation that respects its human rights obligations, or are we going to abandon them whenever the rightwing press demands it? First immigrants, then trans people – who next, Sir Keir?” – Jo Maugham (@goodlawproject.org)
https://goodlaw.social/icp3

European human rights chief warns against trans exclusion in the UK

Human rights commissioner calls on parliament to make sure guidance following the Supreme Court’s decision in April promotes inclusion.

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Sean of the Dread @sheepbop.bsky.social · 14h

FFS

Calaca Byproduct @cacaobyproduct.bsky.social · 1d

It’s so funny that people hate him and his stupid thoughts so much the WH felt the need to do this to prop up Hegseth

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

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