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myqueerheart.bsky.social
@myqueerheart.bsky.social
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Wildlife photography. Social Justice Queer.
He/him. No transphobes.
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
A £240m defence contract without tender.

Their fingerprints all over our health care data.

A meeting in the USA but without any minutes.

Everything around Palantir stinks.

www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...
Zack Polanski pressures Wes Streeting over Palantir after Mandelson texts released
ZACK Polanski has piled fresh pressure on Wes Streeting over Palantir’s NHS contracts after the Health Secretary’s newly-released text messages…
www.thenational.scot
February 10, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
£240m. With no tender. Palantir.

I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.

Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.

Palantir out.
zackpolanski.bsky.social Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d
Mandelson’s malign influence runs right through the heart of this Government.

Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be ‘ripped up.’

I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
February 10, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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jondrake.bsky.social
Elon Musk when he realizes putting people on the moon is difficult: Within 10 years we will put humans in Delaware
February 10, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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mgearsolidarity.bsky.social
The Wes Streeting article rewritten to be by Carter Burke, villain in 1986 film Aliens Opinion Ignore the smears: The colony of Hadley's Hope is fine. We at Weyland-Yutani are building better worlds. I know nothing about these bug rumours. Carter Burke I know nothing about any ship called Nostromo vanishing and that was before I was born anyway. Burke is currently missing on a a trip to Hadley's Hope, previously known as LV-426, with an unnamed civilian specialist and a platoon of United States Colonial Marines Mon 9 Feb 2026 18.15 GMT
February 10, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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okwonga.bsky.social
This is so powerful - the act of distancing yourself from the enablers. Networks of abusers exist in all walks of life - so many of them are passively maintained by people who choose to look the other way. If there is any legacy of the Epstein files, I hope it will involve bold stances like this.
popcrave.com Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 13h
Chappell Roan is leaving her talent agency led by Casey Wasserman after he appeared in the Epstein files.
February 10, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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robinince.bsky.social
A good reminder from @billybragg.bsky.social about what Starmer once pretended to be - always worth remembering he threw this all away and managed to get fewer votes than Corbyn
billybraggofficial 2 hours ago Keir MY PLEDGES TO YOU Starmer ANOTHER FUTURE IS POSSIBLE My promise to you is that I will maintain our radical values and work tirelessly to get Labour in to power - so that we can advance the interests of the people our Party was created to serve. Based on the moral case for socialism, here is where I stand. 1. Economic justice Increase income tax for the top 5% of earners, reverse the Tories' cuts in corporation tax and clamp down on tax avoidance, particularly of large corporations. No stepping back from our core principles. 2. Social justice Abolish Universal Credit and end the Tories' cruel sanctions regime. Set a national goal for wellbeing to make health as important as GDP; invest in services that help shift to a preventative approach. Stand up for universal services and defend our NHS. Support the abolition of tuition fees and invest in lifelong learning. 3. Climate justice Put the Green New Deal at the heart of everything we do. There is no issue more important to our future than the climate emergency. A Clean Air Act to tackle pollution locally. Demand international action on climate rights. 4. Promote peace and human rights No more illegal wars. Introduce a Prevention of Military Intervention Act and put human rights at the heart of foreign policy. Review all UK arms sales and make us a force for international peace and justice. 5. Common ownership Public services should be in public hands, not making profits for shareholders. Support common ownership of rail, mail, energy and water; end outsourcing out NHS, local government and justice system. 6. Defend migrants' rights Full voting rights for EU nationals. Defend free movement as we leave the EU. An immigration system based on compassion and dignity. End indefinite detention and call for the closure of centres such as Yarl's Wood.
February 9, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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walkerbragman.bsky.social
SCOOP: The Department of Health and Human Services has been using the term “sex-rejecting procedures” to describe gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary individuals.

The term is not clinical or medical. It comes from a Christian Right group.

www.importantcontext.news/p/hhs-is-usi...
HHS Has Been Using Anti-Trans Language From a Christian Right Think Tank
The department refers to gender-affirming care as “sex-denying procedures,” a term coined by the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
www.importantcontext.news
February 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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natacha.bsky.social
Boycott Wetherspoons.
13sarahmurphy.bsky.social Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 8h
Multimillionaire Brexiter, Tim Martin, urges pubs to back Reform. Just like he urged the country to vote for Brexit. Too bad if it makes you poorer. Too bad for the children he’ll push back into poverty. Tim wants more money. And he couldn’t give a shit about the cost for everybody else.
(iPaper)
Wetherspoon boss urges pubs to back Reform By Henry Saker-Clark The founder of Wetherspoon has urged other pubs to back Reform UK. Sir Tim Martin, chairman of JD Wetherspoon, said Reform's plans to slash beer duty would help the sector move towards "tax parity with supermarkets". Nigel Farage's party announced a series of proposals to support pubs last week. They included pledges to cut VAT in the hospitality sector by 10 per cent, cut beer duty by the same fraction. Reform also said it would reverse the recent rise in employers' national insurance contributions (NICs) for the sector and gradually remove business rates for all pubs. The party has said it would fund this package with around 23on, which it plans to secure through reinstating the two-child benefit cap, except for families with two British-born parents. In a lengthy stock exchange filing yesterday, Martin (inset) told industry leaders "there's no question that this initiative would utterly transform the competitiveness of pubs" He said: "By eliminating the tax differential between supermarkets and the hospitality industry, and restoring margins to devastated businesses, these changes would enable pubs to regain some, or all, of their lost trade. "You would think that this offer from Reform would have been greeted by a crescendo of enthusiasm, ecstasy and support from the licensed trade and its supporters. "However, surpris-ingly, initial support has been underwhelming, at least from the great and the good in the hospitality industry" Last month, Labour announced additional business rates support for pubs. The announcement was a U-turn following complaints from pubs about rates changes in November's Budget.
February 10, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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alexwinter.com
We're asking ICE to do nothing
schumer.senate.gov Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 14h
Our DHS reform demands are exceedingly reasonable.

We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.

Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
February 10, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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alizaadi.bsky.social
@theguardian.com might not say it (obviously - they're betting heavily on Streeting’s transphobia to help keep things ticking over financially), but we will call it what it is: an odious, contemptible man scrambling to worm his way out of a national scandal in which he is neck-deep
brokenbottleboy.bsky.social Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 17h
It’s practically a work of art that he thinks we’re all that stupid.
Ignore the smears: I was never a close friend of Peter Mandelson. And I fully understand the lessons we must learn Wes Streeting I knew him but not well, and worry now that he thrived in our political culture. It was not just failed vetting: there was a failure of moral seriousness
February 9, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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natacha.bsky.social
Trumpian levels of dishonesty & distraction by Streeting.

Trying to divert attention away from the fact that, as Health Secretary, he gave our health data to dodgy US spy firm Palentir…

…which was represented by *Peter Mandelson’s* lobbying company.

Receipts: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/04/peter-mandelson-palantir-jeffrey-epstein-government
February 10, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
5. For me, a massive frustration has been the government’s war on nature: falsely pitching wildlife against human welfare, tearing down essential protections for the tiny scraps of ecosystem that remain here.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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natacha.bsky.social
OMG, I thought this was a fake article by a dab hand at photoshop, but it’s actually in the Guarditerf!

A lot of creepy, powerful, behind-the-scenes (not unlike Epstein/Mandelson) people want this dishonest transphobic NHS privatiser & genocide apologist to be the next Labour leader.
brokenbottleboy.bsky.social Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 17h
It’s practically a work of art that he thinks we’re all that stupid.
Ignore the smears: I was never a close friend of Peter Mandelson. And I fully understand the lessons we must learn Wes Streeting I knew him but not well, and worry now that he thrived in our political culture. It was not just failed vetting: there was a failure of moral seriousness
February 9, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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girlonthenet.bsky.social
There is still time (just about) to buy #ValentinesDay gifts if that's your sort of thing. Here are some companies who support my site and are nice and sell good stuff.
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/valenti...
Valentine's Day: need ideas? Love? Respite from the horror?
Not your average Valentine's Day post, but has fun suggestions for sexy things you can buy your partner. Even if you don't do gifts, express your love.
www.girlonthenet.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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sundersays.bsky.social
Max Wilkinson (LibDem)
Will Home Sec condemn Trump’s ICE squads & reassure us that we will not see ICE squads on Britain's streets?

Shabana Mahmood (Labour)
"Unlike most of Westminster, I am not plagued with “America brain”. I do not spend any of my time worrying about what is happening in America"
February 9, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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michaeljsc.bsky.social
She will have to work out who has been mistakenly briefing the Times on her behalf, since she doesn’t spend any time on US politics apparently.
sundersays.bsky.social Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Nov 16
Somebody is briefing the Times that the Home Secretary finds inspiration in Kristi Noem's leading the Trump mass deportation effort - which has gone much too far for Americans

What a kamikaze piece of political madness that is on the eve of their asylum package
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood threatens Trump-style visa ban on three countries
Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo will face Trump-style sanctions if they do not start taking back more illegal migrants and criminals
www.thetimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
The Epstein Files claim another high profile person outside America. Norwegian police are now investigating diplomat Mona Juul the day after she resigned as ambassador to Jordan and Iraq.
Norway police investigate diplomat over Jeffrey Epstein links
Mona Juul and her husband Terje Rød-Larsen - who played a vital role in the Oslo Accords - are being investigated for
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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xeecee.bsky.social
please give us more personal data please please please please c’mon you’re being so mean dude. we only got breached like three times. we’re NOT going to sell it man please please please plus its for like safety? so you’re the one who looks stupid right now come on pleaaaaaase just one data point bro
February 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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girlonthenet.bsky.social
"I have to switch from ‘slut’ to ‘sorry’, change my attitude from ‘no ticket, what you gonna do about it?’ to ‘I am so sorry Mr Powerful Inspector Man, please don’t dispense any punishment!’"

Not all of my porn is set on trains. But THIS one absolutely is!
Train guard: face-fucked for fare dodging | Girl on the Net
Rumour has it that there's a train guard who'll let you pay off a fine with sexual favours. She rides the train to see if she can get face-fucked and used.
www.girlonthenet.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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scottishgreens.org
Anas Sarwar proudly stood by his "old friend" Peter Mandelson despite his dodgy past and links to Jeffrey Epstein.

Scotland deserves better.
An image of Anas Sarwar shaking hands with Peter Mandelson. A tweet from Anas Sarwar "It was great to catch up with my old friend and the UK's (relatively!) new Ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson"
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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hntdove.bsky.social
Start naming names, God damn it to hell.
jilldlawrence.bsky.social Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 18h
“Raskin also said that he saw ‘references to 17-year-old girls, 16-year-old girls, 14-year-old girls, 11-year-old girls, 10-year-old girls, and I saw a reference today to a 9-year-old girl. So it is a really gruesome and grim story.’“ www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump administration live updates: Lawmakers view unredacted Epstein files at Justice Department
Trump administration live updates: Congress members may begin viewing unredacted Epstein files at DOJ
www.nbcnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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unicornsrockuk.bsky.social
Weird how so many rabid transphobes knew Mandelson very very well!
February 9, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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carasutra.bsky.social
Why I decided to go sober for the rest of my life
My Sobriety: Choosing the Sober Life When You’re Not an Alcoholic
My sobriety & choosing the sober life when you’re not an alcoholic. I’ve been sober almost 2 years, find out WHY & what I’ve learned so far!
carasutra.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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jasonhickel.bsky.social
The US cutting off oil to Cuba is truly one of the most depraved acts it is possible to imagine. Hospitals will close, food production will collapse, people will starve. It is urgent for US citizens, and every sane person, to oppose this barbarism with all their might.
February 9, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social
Capitalism must die on Earth.
February 9, 2026 at 9:09 PM