Chris Gooch
@chrisdg.bsky.social
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brewer, cyclist, still a trainee dad. Old enough to get free soup and unlimited tea in Asda cafes
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Amnesty International USA
about 13 hours ago
On July 2, 1976, the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the constitutionality of the death penalty in the case of Gregg v. Georgia, Profitt v. Florida, Jurek v. Texas, Woodson v. North Carolina, & Roberts v. Louisiana. Join us in demanding that the U.S abolish the death penalty:
https://bit.ly/4tQTHRj
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emptywheel
about 16 hours ago
The other day I noted the only way Trump would keep paying Event Strategies to put together humiliating public events is if it were a vehicle for corruption. Today, Natural Resource Dems released a report substantiating that corruption.
emptywheel.net/2026/06/29/t...
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Trump Has Made the National Mall a Tribute to His Squalid Corruption - emptywheel
Event Strategies, which put on the disastrous Great American State Fair, knows how to put on professional presentations. But since they started getting no-bid contract after no-bid contract, they simp...
https://emptywheel.net/2026/06/29/trump-has-made-the-national-mall-a-tribute-to-his-squalid-corruption/
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Oceana UK
about 18 hours ago
💪 Take action with us today to end overfishing!
act.oceana.org/page/178303/...
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🚨 Half the UK’s top 10 fish stocks are being overexploited, new Oceana UK research shows
Overfishing is emptying our seas of life, and it's a political choice 🐟 That's why I’m joining Oceana UK in calling on the Prime Minister to end overfishing in UK waters.
https://act.oceana.org/page/178303/data/1?ea.tracking.id=x
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Oceana UK
about 21 hours ago
🚨🐟 Warning lights are flashing red across UK seas as population after population of our fish are driven towards COLLAPSE The latest scientific advice on the status of UK fish and how much we can safely take is in, and the picture is grim 🔽1/
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/the-sta...
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“The stakes couldn’t be higher”: calls for historic fishing bans in UK
The scientific body’s report exposes decades of political failure in fisheries management, triggering demands for total bans on major species
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/the-stakes-couldnt-be-higher-calls-for-historic-fishing-bans-in-uk-waters/
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Have you never heard of library books?
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emptywheel
about 13 hours ago
Xitter's community notes are working overtime calling out people trying to claim Mamdani's attempts to conserve power is socialist. This one might be my favorite.
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Guardian Sport
about 13 hours ago
Tour de France braced for historic stage cancellations amid 44C European heatwave
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Tour de France braced for historic stage cancellations amid 44C European heatwave
* ‘It’s very much on our mind’: Tour’s technical director * Extreme weather could impact the peloton on Sunday The 2026 Tour de France, which starts in Barcelona on Saturday, is steeling itself for climate change disruption with another extreme heatwave predicted to return to Europe in the coming days which could see stages cancelled. “It’s something that’s very much on our mind,” said Thierry Gouvenou, the Tour’s technical director. “It’s not the first time we have faced this, but this time it’s worse because of what we have already experienced in May and June.” Continue reading...
http://dlvr.it/TTKVZl
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It’s like the 1970s again, but with mobile phones
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Gregory Norminton
about 18 hours ago
Solar and wind are currently meeting 90% of Britain's electricity demand.
grid.iamkate.com
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Clown country. Both of them. So angry
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Simon Evans
about 18 hours ago
Did you know? Renewables have just overtaken coal as the world's largest source of electricity 34% – global renewable share, up 2x in 20yrs 48% – EU 37% – China 26% – US 24% – India
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 〓〓 🔶🌹💚💙
about 15 hours ago
“Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe (Great Yarmouth) was called out by Lib Dem Lisa Smart for receiving over £70,000 from Elon Musk-owned platform X since the last election, with the algorithm effectively incentivising him and other MPs to stir up rage for cash.”
bylinetimes.com/2026/07/02/k...
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Keir Starmer’s Promised Clampdown on Second Jobs Has Been ‘Glacial’ Admits Minister, as Nigel Farage’s Millions Come Under Spotlight
The Reform leader's multiple outside jobs and repeated absence from the House of Commons has led to calls for action
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/07/02/keir-starmers-promised-clampdown-on-second-jobs-has-been-glacial-admits-minister-as-nigel-farages-millions-come-under-spotlight/
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PEN International
about 15 hours ago
Sri Lanka: PEN International calls on authorities to release the seized books of Tamil writer Theepachelvan Piratheepan. Censorship has no place in a free society. Read our full statement ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/sri-lan...
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Sri Lanka: PEN International calls for the release of books by Tamil writer Theepachelvan Piratheepan — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
‘The continued confiscation of Theepachelvan Piratheepan’s books is an act of censorship that strikes at the very heart of literary freedom. Writers must be free to write without fear that their work ...
https://www.pen-international.org/news/sri-lanka-pen-international-calls-for-the-release-of-books-by-tamil-writer-theepachelvan-piratheepan
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Ben Collins
about 15 hours ago
The new InfoWars site, which is insane and heavily influenced by shawarma machines, will debut later on tonight at
theonion.info
. Here's a sneak peek from FastCompany.
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The new InfoWars website will make you forget all about Alex Jones—eventually
The Onion's relaunch of InfoWars is burying Jones’s legacy with a perfectly weird website that maybe, just maybe, will get you off of social media.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91568332/infowars-the-onion-website-relaunch?utm_source=social&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=social_post&utm_content=infowars-the-onion-website-relaunch
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ACARS Drama
about 20 hours ago
Air to Ground Message: MORNING... FOR WHAT ITS WORTH I WOULD SUGGEST NOT USING THIS ACRFT TO HOT/HUMID DESTINATIONS UNTIL THE APU IS FIXED. WE CAME CLOSE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO OPERATE Area: Caernarfon, Wales, UK Type: Boeing 777-200 A:
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول
about 20 hours ago
Zelensky called air defense "an absolutely primary and critical issue," urged partners to contribute to the PURL program, and said he is counting on a US decision on Patriot licenses and joint anti-ballistic production — "this is what can stop the war and attacks like these."
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Davenant 📸
1 day ago
Children at the climate strike in 2019 pleading with adults to safeguard their futures. These kids would now all be criminals under Labour’s new anti-protest law which came into force this week as climbing on a memorial is now a criminal offence.
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Hear hear
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The Tennessee Holler
1 day ago
So weird how this keeps happening
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Stop Funding Hate
4 days ago
Elon Musk endorses an open call for violence which frames refugees as "invaders". This is why we need to
#makehatecostmore
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fight-the-...
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Auschwitz Memorial
1 day ago
2 July 1898 | Czech Jewish woman, Marie Hermína Metzlová, was born in Prague. She was deported to
#Auschwitz
from
#Theresienstadt
ghetto on 6 October 1944. She did not survive. --- The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz:
https://bit.ly/3MdIVUA
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Remember Gaza
1 day ago
In memory of: Hamza Jamal Ali Asaliya / حمزه جمال علي عسليه Age: 32 We will not forget you.
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Working Class History
1 day ago
#OtD
1 Jul 1919 prohibition of alcoholic drinks in the US was due to come into force. Workers in New York and New Jersey voted to strike if the law was enforced, wearing "No beer no work" pins. We've reproduced the graphics to help fund our work:
shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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The Onion
1 day ago
Harvard Faces Pressure To Fire Confederate Generals
https://theonion.com/harvard-faces-pressure-to-fire-confederate-generals/
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Maybe get him to invest in better locks for the downstairs loo?
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Too kind
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Maybe he should buy Boeing and move it to the US then?
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An unimprovable synopsis
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Human Rights Index 💙
1 day ago
Mainstream media know they are increasingly criticized for their one-sided narratives. Yet instead of asking why or trying to regain public trust, they double down with more opinion pieces defending those same narratives. This is self-destruction.
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Kat Tenbarge
1 day ago
I feel like roughly 80% of the time I hear about something being done for “women’s safety,” it’s actually a conservative dog whistle for something that will put women in more danger.
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Southall Black Sisters (SBS)
1 day ago
Six months on from the Govt's VAWG Strategy, the structural barriers determining whether migrant women can actually reach safety remain largely unaddressed. This month, we assess progress across key policy areas in our six-month accountability report.
southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/vawg-st...
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VAWG Strategy Watch: Six-Month Accountability Report - Southall Black Sisters
ix months after the publication of the Government's violence against women and girls (VAWG) Strategy, Freedom From Violence and Abuse, the gap
https://southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/vawg-strategy-watch-six-month-accountability-report/
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Is there a better word than abhorrent? Any language
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Zach Everson
2 days ago
In May 2025, health inspectors found 18 health violations at Trump Bedminister and scored it 32/100—the second lowest score in the county that month. It made him $37.6 million that year. (p.858)
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Trump Golf Club Received 18 Health Code Violations In May Inspection
The club received a score of 32 out of 100, with nine critical violations, including food contamination risks and hand-washing sinks lacking soap or paper towels.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/06/04/trump-health-inspection-violations-golf-club-bedminster/
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Swapping the stranglehold of regulation for the puke bucket of food poisoning
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PEN International
1 day ago
Today, on the anniversary of Victoria Amelina's death, we remember her through her words. Poem About a Crow was inspired by her interviews with women who lived through Russian occupation. Translated by Uilleam Blacker.
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 〓〓 🔶🌹💚💙
1 day ago
“In September 2025, Farage publicly namechecked Tether & Bitfinex – companies in which Harborne is major shareholder & announced he was going to the Bank of England to argue against restrictions on crypto” BoE just ditched proposed limit on stablecoin holdings
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The £5m question: Farage, Harborne, crypto policy and a timeline that raises very serious questions
A secret £5m gift. A parliamentary candidacy days later. A series of crypto policy speeches directly benefiting the donor. And a formal investigation. Here is the full Farage-Harborne timeline laid ou...
https://thedailybritain.co.uk/farage-harborne-crypto-5m-gift-investigation-timeline-bribery-act-2026/
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Tom Gauld
2 months ago
A cartoon for
#IndieBookstoreDay
, which is tomorrow! Get out to your local bookstore!
www.indiebound.org/
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Zach Everson
1 day ago
Trump borrowed more than $50 million from Charles Schwab Bank last year. But what we don't know— 💰️ why he needed the funds 💰️ how he used the funds 💰️ what assets he pledged as collateral 💰️ the exact amount he borrowed 💰️ when it's due ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@danalexander21.bsky.social
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Trump Took Out Mysterious Loan Last Year
Donald Trump secured a massive loan from Charles Schwab Bank last year, leaving his debt profile murkier than it has been in ages.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2026/06/30/trump-took-out-giant-mysterious-loan-last-year/
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Tom Cox
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Sarah Owen MP
2 days ago
Ben Cullen, a leading figure of the "Raise the Colours" campaign, will stand trial for three separate charges regarding a total of 78 indecent images of children. I have only seen this covered in local newspapers, so far. Grim as it is, it needs wider coverage
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2624087...
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Stanimir Dobrev
1 day ago
So half a day of consumption in August has been covered. 61 more half days left.
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Andy Greenberg
1 day ago
A security researcher using Claude Opus 4.7 found the AI tool could independently code an exploit to hack into Front Gate Tickets, the ticketing platform for almost every major US music festival from Lollapalooza to Bonnaroo. He could then issue any tickets at will.
www.wired.com/story/claude...
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Claude Helped a Hacker Find a Way to Issue Tickets to Almost Every US Music Festival
A researcher found that using Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7, he could break into the website of Front Gate—used by every festival from Lollapalooza to Bonnaroo—and freely issue any ticket he chose.
https://www.wired.com/story/claude-helped-a-hacker-find-a-way-to-issue-tickets-to-almost-every-us-music-festival/
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The sins of our fathers. Wasn’t there an Archers storyline about this?
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A ha ha ha
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darth™️
2 days ago
"The states and federal government accused Cal-Maine Foods, Versova and Hickman’s Egg Ranch of a behind-the-scenes arrangement to “artificially inflate the daily price quotations for eggs” between June 2022 and March 2025" so basically most of the biden presidency how weird
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Prem Sikka
2 days ago
Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office. High office is now the key to personal and family riches. Former US President Harry Truman once said: "Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook."
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Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office
The president's crypto income far outpaces his earnings from real estate and Trump-themed items such as watches.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgmv98ez3zo
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If only it was funny
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
2 days ago
The drop is a Europe-wide trend, which reduces onward journeys to UK Crossings at 20-25k not 40k c unlikely to change reporting or politics. But a big policy opportunity: this scale of flow could be cut 75% + eliminated via more ambitious routes for returns deal of 25k+
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