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Wales Is Leading the Way on Ending Lying in Politics The Welsh Government looks set to impose bold new restrictions on lying in politics. It’s time for Westminster to follow suit bylinetimes.com/2025/02/19/w...

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"Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts."

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Wow. The number of @bsky.app users has now passed 27 million! 👏

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Final asylum seekers leave barge www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

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Lots of positive news from Labour this week. From a bus revolution to taking on exploitative children’s homes, there’s plenty for progressives to be proud of. The full list:

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Just the past 31 days of fires. ONE MONTH. Brazil (South America, really) is breaking all sorts of horrible records. Besides a handful of small fires in Brazil's central interior, very few of these are natural.

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Bluesky explained in 60 seconds!

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Wow. I had no idea on BlueSky you can enable external media so you can watch YouTube videos on this platform. It overcomes the problem of only being able to upload 60 seconds of video here. It’s gets better & better

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this morning we crossed THREE MILLION new users! that brings our total size to over 9 million people. welcome everyone! we're so glad you're here 🫶 (and yes, video is coming soon)

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Fab ad message being played at Superbowl, seen on Twitter. youtu.be/xztOT9MlqRw?...

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“We warned you about this ClimateCrisis. Now it’s here” - Prof Peter Strachan "The planet is desperate for visionary leadership. The planet is desperate for policy that creates an equitable transition away from #FossilFuels, and into climate emergency mode as a society."

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SALE! Here are 48 books. I'm selling them for a fiver each (free P+P in the UK). Let me know if you want any of them and we can hopefully sort it out. A FIVER EACH! Fell free to share this with as many people as possible, thanks. If you buy two, it saves me lot on P+P btw.

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The number of journalists killed in Gaza since October 2023 now exceeds the whole of Vietnam war dorseteye.com/the-number-o...

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As Robert Jenrick resigns from Rishi Sunak's Government, in a decision "born of principle", here's a reminder of some of his other principles.

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Once they go, there's no coming back The tipping points are: collapse of Greenland & West Antarctic ice sheets, thawing of permafrost, death of warm water corals, collapse of atmospheric circulation in N Atlantic www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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🚨BREAKING NEWS ON WEDNESDAY Green Party Baroness Natalie Bennett ill move a Fatal Motion in the House of Lords on the Government’s Anti-Strike Regulations to STOP IT ROBBING MILLIONS OF WORKERS OF THEIR RIGHT TO STRIKE https://youtu.be/QIWcInzg8uk?si=D8DitWl4QIkt1bpN

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🚨Scoop: at #COP28, the US is set to undermine the need for strict regulations for the new international carbon market. It is backing a largely unregulated, voluntary system of credit trading. Report for @levernews.bsky.social based on an internal EU Council document www.levernews.com/internal-doc...

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Hope you can access this heart-warming clip, seen on Twitter. x.com/thegregmurph...

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Hope you can access this heart-warming clip, seen on Twitter. x.com/thegregmurph...

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Braverman preventing MPs from visiting her Prison Hulk vanity project - clearly she doesn’t want refugee voices heard & the conditions don’t stand up to scrutiny… dorseteye.com/braverman-de...

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There is a campaign out of Tufton St to undermine the National Trust. If you are a member, you have until Friday to vote (see next post for who NOT to vote for). To avoid splitting the vote, vote for the NT's preferred candidates secure.cesvotes.com/V3-2-0/nt23/...

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Hi! I've just joined to see how blue the sky is around here. I'm a UK-based Social Policy prof., working on migration, inequalities, communities, networks and more (see link on my profile). I'd be grateful for any tips for newbies - and for sharing this post, so I can network around a bit more. 😊

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Hi @bridgetmck.bsky.social ! Good to see another poet here.

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This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes break traffic laws while riding, yet 66% of people do so when driving. And if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid

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Your daily reminder: the phrase 'NIMBY' - Wrongly heaps 100% of the blame for friction at development sites onto communities and 0% on corporate developers - Flattens complex reasons for objections into a single binary (encouraging a binary response rather than a complex one) Retire it. It sucks

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Reminder for National Trust members to vote in the AGM to stop the anti-progressive Restore Trust council candidates. The NT make it easy online to vote for their own recommended candidates. www.thirdsector.co.uk/national-tru...

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X, the site formerly known as Twitter, has removed automatically generated headlines from links to external websites, including news articles, the latest change introduced by owner Elon Musk as he seeks to remold the social media company and reduce traffic to other sites.

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It’s being reported today that No 10 backs the Home Secretary’s threat to leave the ECHR Please take 2 minutes to watch this video to fully understand the utter insanity of doing so. Put simply - we cannot trust this Government with our human rights https://youtu.be/-DqHnnmVKlU?si=5ENX1s-sr_jLbYBw

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