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Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”

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Speak up

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MORE OF THIS PLEASE!!! A whole lot more!

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Gods called it. You’ve called it, right? @godpod.bsky.social

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Thames Water’s CEO defends £195,000 bonus just three months into the job. Shameless. The cult of bonuses is nothing to do with performance. It is for boosting profits by fleecing customers. Nothing will change until water is nationalised and customers vote on exec pay.

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When will Starmer learn that no matter how good his Nigel Farage impression gets, it won't save him from wipeout at the hands of Reform? Here's another idea - how about doing the work that's needed to actually make people's lives better? 🧵

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I just remembered the argument that pro sports people are paid incredibly well because their careers are short, like the average person could possibly earn close to those millions in a lifetime of continuous employment and sports people can't be expected to do that job you do after their success.

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When govts stop panicking and announcing policy to “challenge” Nigel effing Farage, we may stand a chance of fixing the mess that Nigel effing Farage helped to make. Until then, we will stay stuck in this populist dead end, loudly blowing our dog whistle at the world and wondering why nothing works.

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UBI be flimmin great. Win-win-win

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I was going to write a book on this topic (airborne spread of COVID-19 and why it was overlooked) but never found the space. @carlzimmer.com did a far better job than I’d have done. Great interview, @erictopol.bsky.social, and great book!

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“Neoliberal economics are a load of twaddle” Watch Richard Murphy explain why👇🏻 m.youtube.com/watch?v=uYya...

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Carl Sagan on how humanity can create its purpose and make its existence meaningful.

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@squidgerugby.bsky.social Hey Squidge, 1st Test? 15 Kinghorn 14 Freeman 13 Huw Jones 12 Aki 11 Waboso 10 Finn R 9 Gibson P 8 Faletau 7 Morgan 6 Curry either one 5 Itoje 4 G Martin 3 Stewart 2 Sheehan 1 Genge Pollock Finn S Beirne T Williams Curry the other one Furlong Jamie George Porter

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Are you concerned about the far right? Join the protests today. From 11am in Coed Ely and 1pm in Pontypridd. Extremists Voice of Wales are meeting in Coed Ely. More about them here: hopenothate.org.uk/case-files-v... nation.cymru/news/founder... www.facebook.com/share/p/1C1M...

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2025: setting all the worst records 🔥

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There are clear lessons so far - we need a fairer voting system & Labour needs a reset. Trying to out-Reform Reform doesn’t work. Instead of lurching to the right, government urgently needs to rethink its approach. It could start by addressing the genuine concerns of working people by taxing wealth

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Instead of taking the risk of a Reform Govt seriously, Labour will now likely shift even further to the right. I must say again: essentially all research and expert evidence makes clear that this does not work; all it would do is fuel Reform further. Voters go for the original, not the copycat!

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Robert De Niro is expressing his love and support for his daughter Airyn De Niro, after she recently shared publicly for the first time that she is transgender. cnn.it/3EY1msu

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Repeat COVID Infections & Dementia A time bomb no one wants to talk about 🧵

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Meanwhile, in Canada…

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Remember to vote, then tell a friend 👇

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Why is anyone still listening to Tony Blair?

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I had a right old rant about Tony Blair's ignorant, self-interested statement on The Jeremy Vine Show today. I mentioned that he has worked as a lobbyist for PetroSaudi, earning Tony Blair Associates £41,000/month, plus 2% of any deal he brokered. Starts 9 minutes in: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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1/12 Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town However it’s a bit odd By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵

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I've just seen some staggering data on how badly infections are affecting urgent care here now. It's hard to comprehend. It's hard to get your head round it. You need to see it to believe it. 👀

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Are the Christofascists okay

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9.3m Britons, including 3m children, face hunger/hardship. Govt response - cut benefits, support services. Result - lower education, health & employment attainment; pressure on the NHS, public services. Loss of £38.2bn in annual output. Can't grow economy without eradicating poverty.

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The richest 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth. Read that back. Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.

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The .01% and income inequality. On Prof G Markets: link.chtbl.com/Markets

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Every year, tens of thousands of people go to the hospital for help — and end up catching infections that cost them their lives. We have the tools that could stop so much of that pain and loss. It's time to talk about why we need permanent mask mandates in healthcare 🧵

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Imagine knowing that everyone doing any work of any kind was doing it not because they had to for survival income but because they chose to for discretionary income or because of the work itself. Universal basic income would fundamentally transform every interaction with every provider of a service.

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You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.

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. @neilduncanjordan.bsky.social is bang-on Disabled people, carers, pensioners risk being treated like suspects by default. Don’t punch down. Let’s look up & deal with the billions being asset stripped and price-gouged from above.

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Once you disregard the legal rights of immigrants, everything is on the table Today, they are arresting judges Tomorrow it could be Democratic members of Congress

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🚨 84% of the ocean's coral reefs hit by bleaching in biggest-ever event 🪸 #Coral reefs are also known as the rainforests of the #sea. But without a rapid & fair transition away from #ocean heating fossil fuels, their future looks bleak. ❌ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Huge shoutout to everyone this is what a global boycott looks like. Tesla just reported a staggering 71% drop in profits compared to Q1 of 2024. It’s working. Keep the pressure on.

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This Earth Day, pledge to speak up: share the wonder of nature’s beauty & the deep fear of seeing it all slip away. ‘It’s only by talking about it and feeling what’s going on that we can move forward’ Jen - Science teacher She is one of the authors of Scientists on Survival tinyurl.com/mwesp8hf

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This #EarthDay2025 seems a good moment to share some Gerard Manley Hopkins: “What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet”

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Hugely proud of @scientistsx.bsky.social on the launch of their new book #ScientistsOnSurvival Personal Stories of Climate Action. This is a deeply moving and inspiring book that everyone needs to read -every chapter left me in tears or with goosebumps. Read more: www.scientistsforxr.earth/our-book

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More pie in the effing sky Think of the colossal infrastructure required to process 1% of the ocean's surface waters - and this would only pull out about one third of one year's emissions And the FF corporations will just pump it straight back out again Insanity www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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youtube.com/watch?v=6gBw... All this is good. The last ten mins especially

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It can happen here, AND IT IS HAPPENING HERE.

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