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RAOK @evolvingempathy.bsky.social · 20h

Far-right US influencer and rabble rouser Candace Owens loses legal fight to enter Australia - www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Far-right US influencer Candace Owens loses legal fight to enter Australia

Far-right U.S. influencer Candace Owens has lost her bid to enter Australia after the country’s highest court on Wednesday backed the government’s decision to deny her a visa over concerns she could “incite discord” in the community.

www.reuters.com

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Satyros Phil Brucato @satyrosphilbrucato.bsky.social · 20h

It's about time Strange Days finally begins getting the retrospective love and respect it deserves. To me, it's the best pre-Matrix cyberpunk film other than Blade Runner and Robocop, and still better than most cyberpunk films made since.

www.polygon.com/strange-days...

30 years ago, Katherine Bigelow made a sci-fi flop that changed her career for the better

Strange Days is a noir-soaked science-fiction thriller set against a backdrop of racial tension, police brutality, sexual assault, and disruptive tech

www.polygon.com

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God-Emperor Tsunami 💙 #FBPE #BLM #GTTO @tsunami65.bsky.social · 2h

Alt headline: KGBNews pushes more lies.

GB News viewers more likely to wrongly believe net migration to UK rising, study finds

Research also finds majority of people are against letting politicians front current affairs programmes

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

“Kids”

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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 2h

Nigel Farage is cosying up to the US anti-abortion group that challenged Roe v Wade. Women in Britain should know that | Zoe Williams

ADF, a conservative Christian lobby group that counts among its allies JD Vance, has stated that its goal is to see abortion rights curtailed in Britain, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10h

"a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority"

The phrasing you're looking for is that he's suspending parts of the Constitution by decree.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10h

President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.

Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money

The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.

nyti.ms

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 12h

First Amendment:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 17h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Dr Emma L Briant 🐸🎃 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is “creating a media monopoly in order to keep himself in power...the larger pattern, not just TikTok...we have seen countless media companies like the coming under control of right-wing oligarchs. We have seen constant pressure on the press, new rules from the Pentagon...”

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Miranda 🖤🤍💜 @doomscroling.bsky.social · 12h

He's defending them because he agrees with them. He knows 20-40 year olds are not "kids who made a mistake". He's playing it down because he sees nothing wrong with what they said.

#Pinks

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 11h

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13h

"Polanski slammed” reports the Daily Express. The person doing that “slamming” is, err, Daily Express journalist Carole Malone.

And the reason? Because I want us to follow a science led public health approach to regulate drug use.

Polanski slammed over bid to legalise drugs

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 13h

UPDATE: Following the firing of the director of the student newspaper, Indiana University has now cut the print edition of the newspaper entirely.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Indiana University cuts IDS print entirely, hours after firing student media director
By IDS staff
Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm · Updated Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm

IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our newspaper. Upon pushback, the university fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision.

Media School Dean David Tolchinsky sent the order to IDS leadership in an email responding to its appeal that the school not censor the newspaper. And the dean attributed the decision to “the campus.” He has not yet responded to a message for clarification.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · Aug 29

The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it.

ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures.

Losers with power become the most dangerous kind.

(c/o Caroline Codsi)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

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Mátyás @vadkakukk.bsky.social · 13h

for sure, in certain circumstances, eg if reform were polling high in one region, then I would vote pragmatically if it would stop them.

But, I know that in order to counter reform in 29 we need a party with a plan. And whether I fully believe it or not, there seems to be only one on offer.

Mátyás @vadkakukk.bsky.social · 16h

True, we might not get another chance. If reform win in 2029 there may be no more SP. So it is imperative that we have a plan to act between 2026 and 29.

SNP seem to have a plan, but you don't trust it.

I don't know anyone else who is likely to be in charge who has a different one though.

Do you?

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 18h

No doubt this de-banking will also be splashed across the front pages of every single newspaper in the country and lead BBC bulletins for weeks on end too? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Pro-Palestine activist couple have UK bank account closed without explanation

John Nicholson and Norma Turner’s joint retirement savings account was shut by Yorkshire Building Society

www.theguardian.com

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Mátyás @vadkakukk.bsky.social · 17h

From what I've seen, the Scottish parliament is a controlled environment where we call them out and show them for what they are. If they weren't in the SP, we'd have to argue with them in the chaos of social media.

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Mátyás @vadkakukk.bsky.social · 18h

They obviously don't have the right leadership. Otherwise we wouldn't have people second guessing them and coming up with their own solutions. But it does seem to be the only leadership going at the moment.

and your last sentence is just childish.

Mátyás @vadkakukk.bsky.social · 18h

right, because the Scottish Parliament is the main source of unionist misinformation.

Yes, I think it's better to have a majority SNP government with a majority of 1, than a coalition of minority parties each with their own agendas.

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Mátyás @vadkakukk.bsky.social · 18h

Well there does need to be an agenda. Someone needs to be in charge. If we just have groups of people making up their own fantasy solutions we're not going to get anywhere.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 1d

Finally.

FINALLY.

They are starting to admit the truth.

But you know, they have other options to solve this apart from tax rises.

Get back into the EU as fast as possible.

Save the economy.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Just when you thought it was impossible for American corporate media to fail any harder than it already has for a decade now, it went and called a peace deal worthy of celebration something that was neither a peace deal nor even actually a deal nor really anything that meant anything lasting at all

'It's Not A Peace Deal': BBC Expert Delivers Brutal Reality Check To Donald Trump Over Gaza

Jeremy Bowen said the accord signed by the president was "almost devoid of content".

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 23h

Great work from @cassetteboy.bsky.social . Hilarious parody executed with perfection. "It's just Keir Starmer!"

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youtu.be/C8uOPrU4B9s?...

Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer

YouTube video by cassetteboy

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