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Yrotitna
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Twitter refugee. Loathe corrupt right wing politicians, racists, misogynists & homophobes. Interested in all things to do with education particularly early childhood education. Not fond of Tories. 🇪🇺 #Edusky #EYFS
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jacquep.bsky.social
Ancient undersea wall dating to 5,800 BC discovered off French coast share.google/YNts0eVH9gYy...
Ancient undersea wall dating to 5,800 BC discovered off French coast
Divers have discovered a long-submerged wall some 7,000 years old under the sea off western France, scientists said Thursday.
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December 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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martindvz.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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snig.bsky.social
While in the 6th form, Nigel Farage would smoke on the "Belsen Bus", when a black person appeared on screen, would loudly exclaim, "Are you English?", repeated chants of the National Front: "The National Front is the white man's front", and "There ain't no black in the union jack".
THE OBSERVER Saturday, 13 December 2025 On Dulwich school trips, Nigel Farage and the other smokers took the 'Belsen Bus' The Reform leader was performatively racist at Dulwich College, recalls a contemporary who claims to have heard him sing a song celebrating the Holocaust Graham Noble In the 1970s and 1980s, many boys passed through Dulwich College in south London fairly anonymously. Outside their own Graham Noble In the 1970s and 1980s, many boys passed through Dulwich College in south London fairly anonymously. Outside their own classes and circles of close friends, only the particularly brilliant, sporty or musical were well known, but, from an early age, Nigel Farage bucked this trend. Everyone had heard of Nigel. He was a scruffy non-academic with a minor talent for cricket, but he had one quality that set him apart: a gift for getting into trouble, and he clearly relished the notoriety that it brought him. His attention-seeking continued into the sixth form, between September 1980 and July 1982, which is when I got to know him well. We did exactly the same A-levels - history, geography and economics and were in the same tutor group: our tutor was the former English Test cricketer John Dewes. By this time, Nigel had transformed himself into something of a dandy. His obsessively maintained mirror-shine shoes, rolled umbrella, smart blazer and military strut set him apart from the rest of us. In most schools, a model railway society would not have attracted the attention of such an image-conscious student, but Nigel was a regular attendee. Every lunchtime he would descend into the basement of the Barry Buildings, past the model trains, and creep into a network of pitch-black tunnels, where he and a few others would sit and smoke. Nigel had little time for academic work and was utterly dismissive of university education. His imagined future lay in the stock exchange, which he referred to, for a reason I did not follow, as the "cancer exchange". He looked forward to a lifetime of making easy money, drinking and smoking. Nigel Farage in his cadet uniform It's hard to judge how far Nigel's racism was part of this pose, or whether it represented his real views. Much of what he said was clearly performative. Whenever a black person appeared on a video shown to our geography class, he would loudly exclaim, "Are you English?" He enjoyed repeating the racist chants of the National Front: "The National Front is the white man's front", and "There ain't no black in the union jack". I heard him sing the "gas 'em all" song on more than one occasion, which celebrates the Holocaust and suggests other racial groups that might also be gassed. On an A-level field trip to Exeter, geography students occupied two minibuses, one for smokers and the other for non-smokers. Smoking was clearly against the school rules but, outside term time, it was deemed OK for some reason. Farage was part of the smokers' bus, of course, and I remember hearing him joke about being in a gas chamber. I saw the words "Belsen Bus" written with a finger on the grimy bus window, in joking reference to the concentration camp where tens of thousands of Nazi victims were killed. Poisoned gas was never used there but the meaning of the comment was clear enough. Although I never saw who wrote the words, many of us at the time had our suspicions. In a statement to The Observer, Farage said he did not recall writing those words on the window or seeing the words. I was never a direct target of Nigel's invective and, much of the time, I wasn't aware that individuals were being victimised at all. Despite the forebodings expressed by an English teacher, Chloe Deakin, Nigel was made a prefect in his final year and he evidently used this position of authority to direct his attention to younger pupils with an African, Asian or Jewish background. The stories, published in the Guardian, of the racially motivated bullying of boys seven or eight years younger than himself are appalling. The Reform party has dismissed stories such as mine a…
December 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
I’ve seen two kids post that the Brown University shooting is the second school shooting they’ve survived.

This should enrage and radicalize everyone.

Kids shouldn’t have to survive one shooting, let alone two.

No more thoughts and prayers.

It’s time to address the guns.
December 14, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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sonnet-lumiere.bsky.social
Good for you. I always check if a company is 'owned' by Amazon before I buy from them.
December 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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littlemavis.bsky.social
I don't understand why anybody would make this decision. Or why they would be allowed to.
It makes no sense.
December 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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josephshea.bsky.social
Hearing the news of a campus shooter in the US, and how faculty map out exits, carry tourniquets and wound packings, and teach on campuses where weapons are allowed …. and it is *literally* unfathomable to me. Beyond fucked.
December 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...

🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
I'm just over 100 days as the leader of the Green Party.

We've had several polls where we're in second place above Labour.

And today we found out we are closing in on overtaking Labours membership.

Then we're coming for Reform.

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December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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janrosenow.bsky.social
No surprise: new analysis shows that heat pumps can deliver excellent performance even in older buildings with no meaningful correlation between building age & heat pump efficiency.

This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
December 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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kackbro.bsky.social
Agree 💯 With Governor Newsom...
December 12, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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snowy.bsky.social
Of course not. Whatever made anyone think they would? The rules don’t apply to the elite do they?
December 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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suecowley.bsky.social
I don't normally share these poster things but this one hits the spot beautifully! #AltText 'No one needs to go back 5 years in my socials to ban me from the US. The last couple of hours should do it.' 😂
kackbro.bsky.social M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 1d
SO TRUE 👇👇
December 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Tommy Robinson and his far right goons are holding a carol service to honour the birth of a displaced Middle Eastern refugee who started a religion that explicitly emphasized a belief in universal love, peace and tolerance over earthly nations and division.

Dimmer than broken Christmas tree lights
Morons gathering Hymn books handed out by robinson
December 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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mikem51.bsky.social
The link between vaccines and autism is a lie. It always was a lie, and has been debunked so thoroughly that only trolls and the wilfully stupid still believe it. Indeed it was a lie meant to cash in on personal injury lawsuits. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraudul...
December 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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colin-dawny.bsky.social
🔬⚗️👩‍🔬

Science just found rare, medicinal compounds in cannabis.
Most cannabis growers discard the plant’s leaves after harvest but new research suggests they might be throwing away chemical gold that might hold powerful therapeutic potential.

www.cannabissciencetech.com/view/phenoli...
Phenolic Analysis of Cannabis Reveals Rare Flavoalkaloids in Leaves | Cannabis Science and Technology - Cannabis Industry News, Insights
Using an optimized analytical method for this research, the phenolics of cannabis were tested resulting in new findings.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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timbleman.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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kd-smith.bsky.social
The specific UK form of trans-hostility began around 2012. A cohort of white cishet "feminists" were claiming on social that theirs was a "universal experience of women." They were furious intersectional feminist BWOC and disabled women criticised their privilege and bigotry.

Fast-forward to this.
kd-smith.bsky.social KD Smith @kd-smith.bsky.social · 1d
Most anti-trans UK women are white cis. They reject intersectional feminism as it requires they acknowledge their privilege and how it shields them from extreme misogyny others face.

Claiming to be perpetual victims of a (fake) threat from trans women both whitewashes AND enhances their privilege.
December 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
yrotitna.bsky.social
@robinince.bsky.social solidarity. So sorry to hear that you have been forced out by the bigots running the BBC.
December 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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kd-smith.bsky.social
Perhaps this may be a factor.

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kd-smith.bsky.social KD Smith @kd-smith.bsky.social · 1d
It's sad he's been pushed out. It's rare to see a principled BBC presenter. Not familiar with the show (I've tried to avoid BBC content for years.)

But Robin's co-presenter's spouse was vocally anti-trans 12+ years ago. Seems still is. This must have been awkward. 😟
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Skeet from Gia Milinovich (giagia.co.uk) 8 months ago. "Today's Supreme Court ruling has made me VERY happy. It's also allowed me to see people here who have willfully remained ignorant about what the ACTUAL issue has been. It has ALWAYS been about protecting women's rights. If you don't support that, well...bye, I guess...?"
December 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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chiggyvr.bsky.social
The BBC was never the voice of reason. It was always the voice of Conservative Britain. That hasn't changed. What has changed is that Liberal Britain has become deeply conservative, and Conservative Britain has embraced outright fascism.
December 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
yrotitna.bsky.social
Spent this morning leafletting on behalf of one of my local councillors. It was quite noticeable how many people who had voted Labour all their lives said “not any more!” @teamlabouruk.bsky.social have made a big mistake moving to the right as the LibDems & Greens are the alternatives of choice.
December 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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timbleman.bsky.social
You ain’t no Christian luv.

PS Next Easter can we expect to see you dragging a large, heavy wooden cross through the streets?
December 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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rejoincampaign.bsky.social
UNTIL PARTY FUNDING IS REFORMED AND CORPORATE POWER ADDRESSED, POLITICS IS A WASTE OF TIME.

MONEY IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL OUR PROBLEMS.

Until we realise this and do something about it, nothing will change.

REFORM DELAYED IS REVOLUTION BEGUN!
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM