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The white dots show the 2,694 people still in prison serving an IPP sentence. The red dots show the 90 people who’ve taken their own life in prison whilst serving an IPP sentence IPP was abolished almost 12 years ago! When will those stuck in prison on IPP be free?

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"We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots and executions. We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, suffering and shame. In the same way all disrespect for life, all hard-heartedness, all indifference, all contempt is nothing else than killing." ~ Hermann Hesse

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28 February 1911 | A Russian, Yakov Parfieniuk, was born. An electromechanic. In #Auschwitz from 2 December 1942. No. 79569 He perished in the camp on 11 October 1943.

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“President Zelenskyy is the democratically elected leader of a sovereign country who is bravely standing against the illegal invasion of Ukraine by a murderous ACTUAL dictator called Vladimir Putin" youtu.be/HpmDquOkSCY?...

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Imagine the shock when Trump finds out his current approval rating is actually less than Zelenskys

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Let's be more specific: Trump is living in a Russian disinformation bubble because Trump is a Russian asset (Zelenskyy says Trump living in disinformation bubble after blaming Ukraine for Russian invasion) www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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What is the point of journalism? During Covid, the sane world masked up to filter out the evil stuff. Now during a propaganda war we should be fact-checking and calling out the evil stuff, but no, most of the media simply spew out the toxic crap spouted by Putin and Trump.

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14 February 1905 | A Polish Jew, Herszlik Witenberg, was born in Radomsko. He was an office worker. In #Auschwitz from 16 October 1941. No. 21661 He perished in the camp on 19 November 1941.

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350 Rabbis took out a full page ad in the NYTimes today opposing Trump’s plan for Palestine and calling it ethnic cleansing.

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Sooo… Looks like this is happening tonight. That counter is going to tick over 100,000 🔥 Keep signing —> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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Trump wants to wipe out Gaza’s history. Saving its mosques and churches would defy him | Raja Shehadeh

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If @Keir_Starmer suggested rejoining, the Tories + Reform would mount a campaign saying how Labour are anti democratic. This is why it falls to us to make the case! Petition: Commission a public inquiry into the impact of the UK exiting the European Union petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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Who is doing open source fairtrade small-scale photovoltaic production? Like Fairphone but for off-grid microgeneration, the sort of thing you might put on a shed roof or a narrowboat.

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Terrifyingly prescient. Guy must feel like he’s some kind of seer.

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27 January 1928 | A German Jewish girl, Marion Ehrlich, was born in Berlin. In November 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

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25 January 1935 | Dutch Jewish boy, John Groenteman, was born in Amsterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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The world’s richest man is promoting the far right in Europe. Don’t buy a Tesla . Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...

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This is written by the bishop who stood up to Orange Voldemort. Everyone should be buying this. It's available on Amazon for $14. I'm an atheist and I'm buying it. #booksky

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Tens of thousands will march in support of Palestine again this weekend. At this time, it's vital that voices for peace are heard. I’ve signed EDM 633, expressing concerns over Met attempts to prevent them from passing the BBC this weekend to protest 👇🏾 edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

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We expect that some 50 Auschwitz Survivors will come to the Memorial for the 80th anniversary of the liberation. The eyes and ears of the world should rest upon them. We must safeguard their voices from silence, distortion, or being overshadowed. (Photo: https://buff.ly/4jd1BiU)

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Do you know a UK-based wheelchair user who works in a lab and would be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users? Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...

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@alisonway.bsky.social welcome to Bluesky Alison, much nicer than to other place

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@billbraviner.bsky.social great to find you here Bill, looking forward to your prayers again. Will be stealing some for our church's daily prayer WhatsApp if that is OK, always with attribution if course.

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Looking forward to our first Christmas service at Holy Trinity Tulse Hill, South London, UK, this evening at 6:30, always a beautifully atmospheric candle lit service with the bonus of mulled wine and mince pies afterwards in our new community hall.

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As a member of the Bylines Network we endorse everything said 👇. And we thank every one our of our readers for their support & comments. To find articles from our sister Bylines, go to bylinesnetwork.bsky.social

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Feels like this should be a low bar, and yet… 🕯️

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10 December 1920 | A Czech Jewish woman, Edita Kummermannová, was born in Prague. She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 4 October 1944. She did not survive.

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London please help. I’m praying for a miracle, I’ve just got into the office and noticed my mums locket (in all these photos) that I wear every day has fallen off my neck on my walk in. My mum died when I was seven and her jewellery is most of what I have of her. I’m devastated

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Holy Trinity Tulse Hill has it's Christmas tree up as it is the first Sunday of Advent.

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“We want to grow the economy” says Government Minister this morning. Again no mention that the OBR report the Gov’t keeps quoting from says Brexit is on course to cut UK trade by 15% - a huge reduction in the country’s potential economic performance at a time when every penny counts

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Why come to #GreenbeltFrestival? Here’s why poet, theologian and all round beautiful human, Pádraig Ó Tuama, comes back year-after-year. We think you’d find the same, too. #SomewhereToBelong https://youtube.com/shorts/HBRPfsA_aaU

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c'mon people! a public inquiry would enable Starmer to take us back without having to lose out politically

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Wow. According to this image it looks like nurses - whose real-terms pay has declined by at least 20% since 2010 are responsible for driving up UK borrowing. Thanks for clearing that up BBCNews

submitted 108 days ago • 152 comments

If we wonder why the people in less well off areas of the UK fall for the appeal of wanky populists, we should pay attention to the hidden messages we send by ignoring them.

submitted 108 days ago • 4 comments

Hello Bluesky. Here's to conversation, connection and community.

submitted 109 days ago • 66 comments

Quakers believe that violence is never the answer, yet we are called to speak truth to power. We are mostly non-passive pacifists, standing firm for our beliefs—whatever the cost. #quaker4change ✌️ 🗣✌️

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It's just occurred to me that maybe this is a way to think about it: Twitter was our first attempt at what this kind of social media could be, and how we could be with it. It was inevitable that some things wouldn't work out quite right. But here, we get another go? Let's try and get this one right.

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Victoria Derbyshire nails Jeremy Clarkson over his Inheritance Tax scam. Hilarious to watch him squirm.

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