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CherieAnne @cherieanne.bsky.social · 45m

Exactly. What is he saving it for?

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 51m

The plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was commissioned by Congress in 2022, remains in storage. Mike Johnson has refused to place it on the wall, as was intended. That "deed" speaks pretty loudly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 4h

THIS IS WHO THEY ARE!!! THIS IS MAGA!!!

Who are we? Are we as a country Ok with these people running things? Are we OK with the racist beliefs that are now behind policy decisions affecting us all? If not, make your displeasure known.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21h

Frost: Trump knows that when they passed the big, ugly bill that rips away healthcare from 17 million people, you usually don’t win elections when you do something like that…

So instead of undoing that, he’s pressuring states to give him more seats.

What California is doing is responding to that

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Tabitha Potts @tabithapotts.bsky.social · 20h

Here I am, brain the size of a planet..,

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Tim Squirrell @tmsqrll.bsky.social · 20h

NOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MITIGATE THE SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES

i am going to lose my entire fucking mind

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Tabitha Potts @tabithapotts.bsky.social · 22h

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social · 1d

"Who have you got doing a little quote for your book, Christina?"
"Oh, you know, how about THE QUEEN!!!"

Quote reads: This is far and away the best ghost book I have ever met, as Miss Hole is thorough, careful and completely unbiased. - The Queen

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Tabitha Potts @tabithapotts.bsky.social · 22h

Ok this one is very scary. I’m just writing a 17th century ‘White Lady’ ghost and the real ghost stories are worse than anything I can dream up.

John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social · 1d

#DailyGhost
14) NEGATIVE GHOST
Lady Elizabeth Hoby of Bisham Abbey thrashed her young son William to death for his slovenliness. Her ghost is seen, forever washing her hands in a floating basin, coming from a bedroom there. She appears as though in photographic negative: all colours reversed.

Haunted England by Christiana Hole (1940/51)

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine if a woman president went off about every picture of herself she didn’t like. “Hysterical.” “Emotional.” “PMSing.” “Petty bitch.”

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 2d

Only in Britain could the monarch effectively own the sea-bed, and milk it for profit

So much for King Charles' 'green credentials'

This is absolutely outrageous and has to stop

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Greenpeace threatens to sue crown estate for driving up cost of offshore wind

Environmental group accuses king’s property management company of ‘milking for profit’ its monopoly ownership of seabed

www.theguardian.com

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Tabitha Potts @tabithapotts.bsky.social · 22h

Probably new towns built by Labour too if they don’t plan ahead!

Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 1d

Not homes.
Not streets.
ENTIRE TOWNS!

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds

www.theguardian.com

Tabitha Potts @tabithapotts.bsky.social · 23h

THE HOUSE OF DUST AND SHADOWS
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We are but dust and shadows is the motto on the sundial at Blackthorn Manor.

When a famous painter dies suddenly, disinheriting his three daughters, no one knows why.

The past may not be the only thing haunting their family. Pre-order now!

The House of Dust and Shadows by Tabitha Potts book cover shows wooden stairs with a female ghost

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Steve Dawe @stevedawe.bsky.social · 21d

Planning and Infrastructure Bill and extremely low spending on Govt and local govt environmental functions will not help with this: Wild bird numbers continue to fall in UK with some species in ‘dramatic freefall’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Wild bird numbers continue to fall in UK with some species in ‘dramatic freefall’

Species index fell by 4% between 2019 and 2024 – although data shows woodland populations beginning to stabilise

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 2d

"The Treasury....plans to gut green rules with amendments to its planning and infrastructure bill – ditching the precautionary principle, slashing species protections and curbing legal challenges"

Indefensible

This must be fought tooth and nail

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on Labour targeting nature: the problem isn’t snails, but a broken housing model | Editorial

Editorial: Rachel Reeves’s drive to speed up development is beginning to treat wildlife and the environment as expendable. Voters want homes built, but not at any cost

www.theguardian.com

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 1d

*sigh as deep as extinction*

Stefano Porciello @steporciello.bsky.social · 1d

A proposal to roll back the EU corporate sustainability rules sailed through a European Parliament committee vote on Monday – a clear win for the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), and a setback for the EU’s Green Deal agenda.

Euractiv @euractiv.com · 1d

MEPs endorse rollback of corporate sustainability rules on EPP terms

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 2d

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The planet is grappling with a “new reality” as it reaches the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible climate tipping points: the widespread death of coral reefs, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists across the world. https://cnn.it/42EJdJ4

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 1d

This is the inevitable outcome of relentless anti-immigration political rhetoric and a media environment which disproportionately amplifies the voices of racists, giving the indication that they are the "voice of the public" rather than the minority they are.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers

Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread

www.theguardian.com

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 1d

'October Gold', John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1889. There was a terrific exhibition of his work on at Scarborough Art Gallery when I was there to do the Grimms talk with artist Chris Wood; they were hung well and their atmosphere travelled well, as it did with Chris' eerie art.

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Andrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · 1d

Sobering words from the German intelligence services - “We must not sit back and assume that a possible Russian attack would come in 2029 at the earliest. We are already under fire today.”

For deterrence now we must take the necessary decisions now.
www.euractiv.com/news/german-...

German spy chief says Russia won't shy from military confrontation | Euractiv

Germany’s foreign intelligence chief, Martin Jaeger, warned on Monday that Russia posed a direct threat and the current “icy peace” with the EU could erupt at any moment into “heated confrontation”. J...

www.euractiv.com

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Analysis of time spent on Social Media looking to be on decline.

Are real connections and reality eventually being more valued, or has too much fakery caused people to disengage?
#SocialMedia #Connections #Engagement #Technology #Marketing #Tech #Reality

On point publishing's chosen image found through research depicting different age groups spending less and less time online

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Tabitha Potts @tabithapotts.bsky.social · 2d

Spent about an hour trying to play the chords from ´Get Lucky’ and another hour trying to play the ‘7 Nation Army’ riff. Conclusion: Guitar is hard 🎸

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Nick Tankard @nicktankard.bsky.social · 2d

I’m about to place an order with my printer for more of my illustration of Eel Marsh House from The Woman in Black. Feel that warm smug feeling of having got your Christmas shopping started early or treat yourself for the spooky season. Visit nicktankard.co.uk for signed prints £75(free P&P UK only)

A black pen in a crosshatch technique and printing ink applied with a rubber roller on white paper Illustration of a large Victorian house situated on a small island surrounded by a misty estuary. A track or causeway leads up the house, long damp grass and seaweed either side of it, cart tracks visible in the damp muddy track. The house has many dark windows, chimneys and a porch at the front of the building, it is tall and imposing and sits awkwardly in the landscape. A lone figure in a long coat stands in front of the house. A streaky grey sky above and a thin mist is rolling across the island. Atmospheric and eerie.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 2d

Oh.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Reform UK abandoning manifesto pledge of £90bn in tax cuts, deputy leader admits

Richard Tice says party will concentrate on cutting civil service and scrapping net zero once in government * UK politics live – latest updates Reform UK’s deputy leader has admitted the party cannot deliver the £90bn in tax cuts promised in its manifesto, saying it would concentrate on public spending cuts once in government. Richard Tice said key election pledges such as lifting the income tax threshold would be an “aspiration” and that once in government Reform would concentrate on cutting the civil service and scrapping net zero. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 2d

This is a) utterly terrifying and b) vital. Don’t turn away. The crisis is fixable because it is, ultimately, political. We know the chemistry. We decline the action necessary.

Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 2d

The headline news that won't be headline news.

'A tragedy': World may have reached first climate 'tipping point' as coral reefs face collapse

Warm-water coral reefs - on which a billion people and a quarter of all marine life depend - are on the brink of collapse, according to a major new scientific study

www.businessgreen.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3d

Former Tory Minister Michael Gove says the post-Brexit Tory trade deals with Australia and New Zealand were bad for UK farmers.

Why did he/Tories Tories sign them?

Brexit hasn't yielded any economic benefits. UK gave up the best trade deals and now scavenges for whatever it can get.

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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