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staphylea.bsky.social
Please teach any child who will listen to you to think critically.
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Compare and contrast BBC Speak. Presumably, the bones in Mongolia were hidden at the same time the missing British Museum artefacts were appearing on eBay.

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Plans to reopen Clacton-on-Sea's Workhouse are said to be well received by those likely to be using it.

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Surprised to hear this morning on BBC Shipping Forecast the area formerly known as Thames has been renamed Farage.

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Who thinks Putin is sitting on his hands watching Musk versus Trump?

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BBC news is 'Simple Simon Says', where 'Simon' is replaced by 'Donald Trump'.

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I wonder what use Elon and his boys are putting his government data grab to?

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Just published in collaboration with The Guardian our two-year investigation linking Turkish seabass and seabream in UK supermarkets to devastating overfishing and social harms in Senegal! www.desmog.com/2025/05/22/r... With✍️ @hazelhealy.bsky.social on @desmog.bsky.social

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350 richest people and families in the UK have wealth of £772.8bn. Free to pollute, create bubbles in housing/security markets; buy political parties, legislators, shape laws; power to control our lives. 16m live in poverty. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty. archive.ph/xNvPk

submitted 32 days ago • 17 comments

Never mind the BAFTA Awards, pay the subpostmasters.

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Putin's peace talks are to forestall sanctions. Tell him they are on hold and go ahead with the brakes off. He will understand that.

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Astonishing silence from UK news shows on this. Liberty took the UK government to court to defend the right to protest and WON The Court of Appeal ruled on 2 May anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are UNLAWFUL Will the Government now scrap these unlawful regulations?

submitted 37 days ago • 9 comments

" Evil will not prevail", Who is he not talking to? Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

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Norwich: Greens HOLD all three seats on the City and County councils with huge majorities over Labour and Reform Congratulations to Ian Stutely, Jenny Knight and Serene Shibli Three more Greens elected 👏

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🔴The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks The broadcaster provides an oversized platform for representatives from opaquely-funded libertarian lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2024/12/21/b...

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You've got to feel for those trying to usher in the New Dystopia as it's a testy time between installing the necessities and throwing the switch.

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@tommckinney.bsky.social Thank you for Elfrida Andrée! www.gso.se/en/discover/... 2 minute read in English

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'The public gallery of the overflowing court room erupted into applause after Stella detailed the lasting impact of Thomson's abuse and told the court it was her turn to "control the narrative". "I will not be silenced," she said.' ✊ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

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Deputy Leader of Bristol City Council, Heather Mack, on government funding of local councils and expecting better from a Labour government. Credit BBC Points West

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Whatever malevolence a tyrant fancies doing, there is never any shortage of willing administrators, technicians and bright-eyed well-wishers. These folks must be all around us during normal times, holding the door for you, stopping at zebra crossings and the like.

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Sidling into the Oval Office and mumbling to your shoes, "Please don't hurt me", is unlikely to work. Although I'm not in international trade.

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The train now leaving platform 4 is cancelled and will now leave from platforms 6 & 7. Make Rail Travel Great Again.

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When I was taught about Atlantic slavery, I wasn't really taught much about the multiple ways that enslaved people resisted - from throwing oneself overboard or walking into the ocean, or running away, or meeting violence with violence.

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