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Reader, writer, interested in improving children's lives, mother of four men...
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Rick Stengel
about 13 hours ago
Can reporters stop using the word deal? It’s an agreement, a settlement, a treaty, an understanding, an MOU etc. Using the word deal is accepting his simple-minded TV game-show framing and contributes to the bogus drama he is trying to create.
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I'm already feeling deeply sad that my fellow countrymen would vote for reform. And i really don't want to live amongst those people.
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National Trust
1 day ago
The day has finally arrived. You can now *officially* watch puffins live from the Farne Islands, 24 hours a day:
bit.ly/4tRz72T
Please enjoy these puffins kissing in celebration of this momentous event.
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Otto English
1 day ago
I actually can't believe that Farage and his party of xenophobic shitbags are running and polling so high and that the media are just treating it like it's normal. It's nightmarish to watch.
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Trump Action Tracker
1 day ago
Officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) blocked the publication of several studies supporting the safety of widely used vaccines against COVID-19 and shingles, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson said. The w...
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US FDA blocked publication of COVID, shingles vaccine safety studies
Officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration blocked the publication of several studies supporting the safety of widely used vaccines against COVID-19 and shingles, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson said.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-fda-blocked-research-publication-that-covid-shingles-vaccines-are-safe-nyt-2026-05-05/
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Tom Clark
1 day ago
🧵 'It's like thinking about climate change for the first time—this is going to affect EVERYTHING' As deaths permanently overtake British births, I've been delving into UK's baby bust I could hardly believe what I found - here with no paywall till Monday
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
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The depopulation bomb about to hit Britain
Deaths are surging ahead of births—thanks to a baby bust with frightening implications for the welfare state and wider society
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/policy/health/fertility/73306/the-depopulation-bomb-about-to-hit-britain
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David Henig
1 day ago
Just going to put this out there ahead of the inevitable Labour post-mortems from Friday - there probably aren't realistic policies which will markedly positively change cost of living or growth trajectories before the next general election.
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Russ Jones
1 day ago
Britain's broadcast media boasts of its strict adherence to impartiality rules. Mentions per MP. LibDems: 645 Tories: 5,116 Greens: 7,763 Labour (the actual govt): 27,438 Reform: 70,732 Anyone surprised they're ahead?
bebroadcast.co.uk/politics-who...
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#Politics Who gets heard – and who doesn’t – on UK broadcast? | Be Broadcast
New analysis of 1.5m mentions reveals which UK parties are overexposed or underrepresented on broadcast – from Labour and Reform to the Conservatives and Lib Dems.
https://bebroadcast.co.uk/politics-who-gets-heard-and-who-doesnt-on-uk-broadcast/
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Brian Tyler Cohen
1 day ago
Palm Beach International Airport is now officially renamed to Donald J. Trump International Airport. The airport will be required to purchase official Trump merchandise, directly violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.
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Adam Bienkov
8 days ago
The question almost no-one is asking is what exactly is Harborne and the other crypto billionaires bankrolling Farage getting in return for all this money?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Revealed: Nigel Farage was given undisclosed £5m by crypto billionaire in 2024
Reform leader changed his mind about standing as MP after gift from Thai-based crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/29/revealed-nigel-farage-was-given-undisclosed-5m-by-crypto-billionaire-in-2024?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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LisaLisa
5 days ago
Stupid, ignorant...not usually words associated with the president.
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Jon Cooper
6 days ago
In case you’re wondering, this is a real post.
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Robert Reich
21 days ago
While death and destruction rained down on Iran during the war’s first month, the world’s 100 biggest oil and gas companies brought in an extra $30 million per HOUR in windfall profits. Yes, $30 million per HOUR. All because of the deadly and reckless decision making of one man.
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$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds
Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn b
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/big-oil-huge-war-windfall-consumers
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The Liberal BoJack
7 days ago
The Supreme Court is apparently only there to remove the rights of women and minorities, at this point.
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Citizen X
8 days ago
This👇🏽 deserves to be posted 100 times but I’d be labeled spam.
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Russ Jones
7 days ago
While Boris Johnson was mayor of London there were 72,000 knife attacks, 16,000 gun crime offences, and at least 62,000 racially motivated violent crimes. But apparently, those didn't count.
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Sir Basil
8 days ago
"safe and secure for the rest of my life" I wonder how many of his Clacton constituents, for whom he should be working, feel that warm glow of financial security?
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Erin Kissane
8 days ago
I don't know how widely understood it is that the US is now conditioning lifesaving, utterly essential health aid to African countries on access to minerals and other ~sweet deals. I probably only know about it bc of the
@unbreaking.org
team that tracks it.
healthpolicy-watch.news/ghana-rebuff...
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Ghana Rebuffs US Health Deal – But South Africa And Zambia Struggle Without Aid - Health Policy Watch
Ghana has become the latest African country to reject the United States’ terms for bilateral health assistance, particularly the requirement to share
https://healthpolicy-watch.news/ghana-rebuffs-us-health-deal-but-south-africa-and-zambia-struggle-without-aid/
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Lauren Ashley Davis
8 days ago
BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 Newly obtained documents show a clear paper trail of Trump administration officials planning to share sensitive voter data with an outside political group trying to overturn elections, as part of a secret agreement.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Exclusive: New records show paper trail of DOGE voter data pact with election deniers
The documents provide the clearest evidence to date that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) personnel engaged with an outside political group seeking to analyze voter rolls in an effort to cha...
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/exclusive-new-records-show-paper-trail-of-doge-voter-data-pact-with-election-deniers/
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Ian Dunt
8 days ago
Genuinely historic day
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Robert Reich
9 days ago
$400M for Trump's ballroom? On top of: -$1.5T for the Pentagon -$170B for ICE and Border Patrol -$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet -$496M to send National Guard into cities -$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation" -$100M for Trump's golf outings But nothing for working people.
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GOP Senators Unveil Plan to Pay for $400 Million White House Ballroom With Taxpayer Funds | Common Dreams
As midterm elections approach and gas prices soar, Republican senators prioritize a $400 million ballroom at the White H
https://www.commondreams.org/news/white-house-ballroom-funding
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The Whimsical Muse
9 days ago
Sometimes all you need is a good book, a fresh pastry, and an Oxford comma.
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MaddowBlog
9 days ago
"The math only adds up if you're trying to build a police state." Miles Taylor, former DHS chief of staff, tells Rachel Maddow that the system of immigration prisons that Donald Trump wants to assemble is much bigger than the stated purpose of the prisons; unless Trump has some other use in mind.
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Tony Lastname
9 days ago
😎🌵🪴 thank you
#Hilton
for turning a horrific situation positive
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9 days ago
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Just really embarrassing...
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Aaron Rupar
9 days ago
*sniff*
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Is bluesky a "left leaning platform" or are a lot of the others, extreme right leaning ones?
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Acyn
10 days ago
Lindsey Graham says they are going introduce legislation that’s going to authorize 400 million dollars to be spent on building the ballroom: We pay for it by offsetting it with customs fees. The sooner we get the ballroom built, the better it is for the country.
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Ron Filipkowski
10 days ago
He never had the money to pay for the ballroom. It was always a scam. We were always going to have to pay for it. They were just waiting for the right moment to hit us with the bill. This is now the time.
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Alex Sowden
11 days ago
If elected to the US Senate, Republican Party primary candidate for South Carolina Mark Lynch plans to * squints at notes * retake Constantinople (now Istanbul) from the Ottoman Empire (now Türkiye) so that Hagia Sophia can once again be a Christian church. Utterly, utterly bonkers.
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Fiona Tribe
14 days ago
Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.
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Is this real?
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Ellen Barry
15 days ago
Some good news: New research from Harvard Medical School found youth suicides were 11 percent lower than expected after the launch of the 988 hotline in 2022.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/s...
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Youth Suicides Declined After Creation of National Hotline
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/science/988-youth-suicides-decline.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Sam Freedman
15 days ago
With Orban gone the EU has now approved the 90 billion Euro loan to Ukraine and another package of sanctions on Russia. V good news.
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The New York Times
15 days ago
How do I snub thee? Some British researchers are counting the ways, asking people around the country to send them swear words and insults that might be little known to outsiders. Can you find the genuine British insult among the fakes? Take our quiz.
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Quiz: Can You Tell Real British Insults From Fakes?
Researchers in the U.K. are working to document the country’s array of obscure invective.
https://nyti.ms/4vFOdKp
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Senator David Shoebridge
15 days ago
From September 2026, Google is pushing a forced, irreversible update that removes your ability to install software they haven't approved on a device you own, with no consent and no way to reverse it.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
15 days ago
None of this makes any difference; it's merely a hood ornament for a massive "führer bunker" hidden underneath, big enough to outlast a civil uprising that will make Jan 6 look like a teddy bears' picnic.
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martindvz.bsky.social
16 days ago
Not to be seen on the BBC TV News, doesn’t suit their agenda . Also not to be seen in the Telegraph, Express, Mail, Sun, etc. And nowadays not in the Guardian either.
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Aaron Rupar
16 days ago
Ossoff: "You were talking earlier about Jared Kushner. The guy leading our diplomacy in the Middle East is bringing in billions from Middle Eastern princes and sheiks and going around the region asking for billions more while he conducts nuclear diplomacy on behalf of the country. It's obscene."
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Art Candee 🍿🥤
19 days ago
This Lego video for drunk FBI Director Kash Patel is fantastic. 🔥
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Ruth
17 days ago
Labour MPs need to realise this isn’t about getting rid of Starmer it’s about destabilising the Labour govt and getting rid of all of you .. for Nigel and his mates ! The media have been on overdrive on this since July 24 .. it’s the latest attempt but not the last !
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Andrew Weinstein
17 days ago
A mass shooting that took the lives of eight children should stop this country in its tracks. Instead, the Shreveport tragedy disappeared from the headlines in a day. We cannot allow this level of violence to fade into background noise. Ending America’s gun‑violence epidemic is a moral oblligation.
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️😁 👍🏼
17 days ago
This👇🏼takes the BBC’s Pro Reform campaign to another level it’s fcuking unacceptable - here is how to make a complaint, I will
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
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Sam Bright
17 days ago
With Farage making a shed load of money from bitcoin and an assortment of weird companies, we’ve launched a map and live tracker of his income 👇🏻👇🏻
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Who Funds Nigel Farage? Mapping His Millions
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is the highest-paid Member of Parliament. In less than two years as the MP for Clacton, Farage has racked up £2 million in personal income and gifts, on top of his £94,00...
https://www.desmog.com/2026/04/18/mapped-nigel-farage-reform-uk-money-income-donations-tracker/
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CharChar
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF
18 days ago
If journalists had any integrity and courage, they would boycott the White House Correspondents Dinner. It should be as empty as a TPUSA event.
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Sherrilyn Ifill
19 days ago
This is crazy. Just open-air larceny.
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Don Moynihan
24 days ago
Presidents since Reagan have been promising a tool like Direct File. Elon Musk even proposed an IRS app for taxpayers. IRS actually built it! Users loved it, but then DOGE killed it after a meeting with the private tax preparation industry.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-the-d...
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Robert Reich
21 days ago
This is a choice.
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