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Rob Parker
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Peacebuilder. Strategy/policy/advocacy/research/campaigns/communications. 🌶️ 🐕🐝 🍄‍🟫 🚲 lover. Gooner with Glover & Womble tendencies. Dad.
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Rob Parker @robparker001.bsky.social · Apr 27
Feeling angry with the world? Try extending an olive branch 🕊️
Extended hand with open palm with olive branch tattoo on the wrist
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Nothing screams power, confidence & 1A like ‘you can’t come here if you’ve said anything hurty’ #visarules #socialmediavetting #sticksandstones
December 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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My girl loves dressing up for Christmas #dogsofbluesky
Golden retriever with red Christmas jumper and Santa hat on a black and white background of heathland with trees behind
December 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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A word in your shell-like Rodders?
#fungi
Some kind of ear fungus (as in a mushroom, not fungus from an ear) nestled in a bed of wood chip Some kind of ear fungus (as in a mushroom, not fungus from an ear) nestled in a bed of wood chip
December 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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omegarf.bsky.social
📢 Peaceful protests are essential to democracy, yet many are met with excessive force & dangerous weapons.

Our new guide helps monitors identify, document, & challenge such misuse during protests.

Download our new United Against Torture Consortium guide: omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/new-uat...
New UATC Guidance Note to Help Expose Misuse of Police Weapons in Protests   - Omega Research Foundation
The United Against Torture Consortium has released Challenging Repression: A Guide to Addressing the Misuse of Police Weapons in Protests, a practical tool for monitors working to safeguard the right ...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
robparker001.bsky.social
Really enjoying the 50% of Say Nothing that I can understand
December 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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The DJT IoP should be able to hook up with the TBI no problem
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Hypholoma fasciculare on #WimbledonCommon
#funguys #fungi
Close-up of a row of yellowish fungi stretching out into the background. The fungi behind look like they’re peering over the shoulders of the three fungi in the foreground.
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Waxcaps on #WimbledonCommon
#funguys #fungi
Close-up of six small waxcaps growing on a bed of decaying ferns. The stems are yellow at the bottom turning a deep, bright orange towards the top with vibrant orangey-red caps. Close-up of six small waxcaps growing on a bed of decaying ferns. The stems are yellow at the bottom turning a deep, bright orange towards the top with vibrant orangey-red caps. The photo is taken from ground level and a pale blue sky is visible above the fungi.
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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¿Que Dios iluminará mi camino?
Leaf-strewn path stretching ahead through trees and shrubs invitingly. Sunlight glints through the trees and lights up the path. A tree casts a shadow along the path.
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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@omegarf.bsky.social keeping up the good work in 'injurious quantities' I see!
omegarf.bsky.social Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 24d
📣 Torture equipment found at Paris arms fair: A team from @amnestyfrance.bsky.social
& Omega discovered Chinese companies marketing illegal torture equipment at the Milipol arms & security trade fair. As a result of our intervention, fair organisers took measures against the firms involved.
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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omegarf.bsky.social
⚖️Interested in learning more about the laws that govern police use of force in your country?
📃With the University of Johannesburg, we maintain a repository that brings together info including legislation & relevant caselaw.
🔗: policinglaw.info
🔎: omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/police-...
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This policing law, academic website documents and analyses how domestic legal regimes around the world regulate the use of force by the police and other law enforcement agencies. This police law site ...
policinglaw.info
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Entertaining I guess but maybe would’ve enjoyed it more if I hadn’t just re-read the book
Old school simple cartoon picture of Frankenstein’s monster with square head and bolt through neck
November 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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all got a bit stressful watching the football this afternoon
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Lest we forget
Partial selfie showing pin badges of a remembrance poppy and a Palestinian flag
November 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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They’re saying the quiet part out loud about military housing
edwinhayward.com Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · Oct 28
It's utterly disgusting for Labour to describe the appalling situation in asylum hotels as "luxury".

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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I ❤️ Japan & I ❤️ Gojira
Close-up of the giant Godzilla/Gojira model on a rooftop in Tokyo
August 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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FA Cup 1st round. Defeated but there’s a pie and a pint. #Wombles
A circular crusted pie in a cardboard tray and a pint of lager
November 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Meanwhile preparations are ongoing for the next guest somewhere on the Sandringham estate….
Filthy old white caravan covered in mould sits abandoned in long grass
October 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.

Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Happy Birthday Chili Dog! ❤️🎂🐾 🌶️
#dogsofbluesky
Very cute Golden Retriever puppy on grass The same pup six years later in woodland
October 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Some tremendous work in the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award in the NPG. Must’ve been some dust in the air around Martyn Harris’s ‘Memories’ when I stopped to look (3rd place).
Portrait of an elderly lady with a description from the National Portrait Gallery website: ‘Harris would often see Gillian from his studio when she visited the Art Yard Gallery. Striking up a friendship, and moved by her vulnerability and introspective expression, he asked if she would sit for a portrait that would reflect on the passage of time and the fragility of ageing. Captured over three sittings, the portrait depicts Gillian in a moment of reflection. Her expression is pensive, with hands clasped in quiet contemplation and eyes downcast, thoughtful and somewhat weary, suggesting a life of many experiences. Harris makes use of light, shadow and contrast to strengthen the emotional qualities of the piece. The light muted background heightens the sense of isolation, placing Gillian in a world of her own; while the contrast between her pale skin and dark clothes highlights the delicate lines and colours of her face and hands. The work explores themes of loneliness, reflection and human vulnerability, and invites viewers to consider Gillian’s life and story.’
October 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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omegarf.bsky.social
The new 10-shot #Taser 10 has just been authorised for use by UK police.
Omega staff are experts in different law enforcement equipment & you can learn about #Taser10 & use in the UK on our website: omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/taser-1...
Taser 10 – new 10 shot Taser weapon authorised by Home Office for use by UK police - Omega Research Foundation
The National Police Chiefs Council, together with the Home Office Policing Minister, held a Taser 10 Media Event on 2nd October 2025, demonstrating the TASER 10 Conducted Energy Device to internal and...
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October 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
robparker001.bsky.social
No interest in golf but watching the Ryder Cup hoping to see the US lose. Can no longer stand the moronic chanting though so it’s back to NGAF (unless Europe crush it obvs)
September 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM