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Mind blowing what Marks and Spencer think is 'on brand' who do they think shops there?!

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We're onto the final day of the #StopFundingHate Crowdfunder and we are massively grateful for the support here on Bluesky. We've smashed our fundraising target & raised more than we dared to hope we would! 👏👏👏 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-gb-news

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President Trump said he will continue to restrict The Associated Press’ access to his events and news conferences until the outlet goes along with his renaming of the Gulf of Mexico in its reports. He acknowledged that the move was a presidential retaliation against AP's editorial policy.

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🔴‘I Asked Nigel Farage’s Supporters What They Really Want and the Answers Were Alarming’ My time spent mingling with Reform supporters online revealed a lot about where the UK could be heading next, argues David Goff bylinetimes.com/2025/02/20/r...

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Replastering an adobe house, NM, 1940. I love this as a photo and a record of a domestic process. I guess this is still done if adobe buildings are still around. #c20th LOC flic.kr/p/6pAPke

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"Walking on Broken Glass" (1992) - Annie Lennox 🗃️🎧🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=y25s...

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This is what GB News is inciting its viewers to do. And this is why Ofcom must not be allowed to ignore it mainstreaming its hate into Britain's bloodstream. metro.co.uk/2025/02/11/m...

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#OnThisDay, 12 Feb 1983, around 200-300 women protested the Law of Evidence in Lahore. The law effectively made women’s testimonies worth half that of men’s. The police used tear-gas and batons before arresting 50 of the protestors. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️ 1/2

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MI5 ‘lied to three courts while defending its handling of a misogynistic neo-Nazi state agent who attacked his girlfriend with a machete.’ - BBC www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Plastics are found in the depths of the ocean, in the peak of the highest mountain, and even in the testicles. 🥚🥚 👀 Learn more: www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2024/09/16/m... #BreakFreeFromPlastic #plasticpollution #plasticsinthebody #microplastic

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The stream of scandals involving privately run prisons continues

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The Daily Mail has now corrected the fabricated claim that 1 in 12 Londoners being "illegal migrants." The original source for this scaremongering nonsense - @telegraphnews.bsky.social - has yet to correct. But they will.

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this time louder for the imbeciles in the back DUDE FUCKING WANTS TO BE HITLER ARE YOU FUCKING DEAF www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/o...

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GB News has reportedly lost £100 million in its first 3 years. Major advertisers know that this channel is toxic - thanks to the efforts of @stopfundinghate.bsky.social @stopfundingheat.bsky.social supporters: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-gb-news

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Thread: With the rise to power of fascism, in the US, & its persecution & criminalisation of LGBTQ people, I want to share the important story of a gay Dutch resistance martyr. He said: ‘Let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards.’

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Rik Mayall guesting on Wood and Walters (24th January 1982).

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Bee-killing pesticides have been banned for emergency use in the UK for the first time in 5 years after the government rejected an application from the National Farmers’ Union and British Sugar. 🧪🐝 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Kemi and everyone else

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Tomorrow night at 9pm: "Maugham said: 'Michelle Mone took advantage of her political connections to sell duff PPE at enormous profit. 'The truth is if you are a peer you get special access. She was emailing Michael Gove using their private email addresses.'" www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...

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The Labour government has indicated that it will stick with Tory plans to cut disability benefits after a High Court judge ruled the previous govt’s consultation into the plans was unlawful in a judicial review brought by disability activist Ellen Clifford www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

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🚨 BREAKING: We are delighted to share that our client @ellenclifford.bsky.social has won her case against the DWP over an unlawful consultation held on reforms tightening the #WorkCapabilityAssessment. These reforms would lead to over 400,000 people being worse off by at least £416 a month.

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David Lynch being David Lynch for 8½ minutes #RIPDavidLynch youtu.be/TqZpi8zAqe0?...

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Labour MPs told to 'put their money where their mouth is' and back EU youth mobility scheme The Lib Dems are seeking to put pressure on Sir Keir Starmer for an EU youth mobility scheme, saying it is a "no brainer" for economic growth news.sky.com/story/labour...

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Really tricky to decide, so many good shows this year

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R.I.P. Tony Slattery. Seen here with Hugh Laurie in The Cambridge University Footlights Review (20th May 1982).

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On Friday night, 280 people gathered outside HMP Eastwood Park, where Gaie Delap is currently imprisoned, for a vigil led by Quakers. Friday was Gaie's 78th birthday. Gaie was returned to prison because the tagging company failed to fit a tag after she was released.

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If you are so inclined, here's "How to delete your Facebook account and take your data with you. Meta has buried account deletion and deactivation within your Facebook settings, but we found them." www.popsci.com/diy/how-to-d...

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“It really is a slap in the face for the victims of the Post Office scandal that Fujitsu rakes in new multimillion-pound government contracts whilst they continue to wait for proper compensation”: me in the FT. www.ft.com/content/5669...

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SOLIDARITY WITH GAIE DELAP She is now spending Christmas in prison - simply because her wrists were too small to fit an electronic tag. This is a clear failing in the criminal justice system. Please support her case 👇

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Oliver Burkeman on The Impatience Spiral and reading books (do you have the patience to read it? It's two whole paragraphs⏱)

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HMP Five Wells prison officer arrested over alleged misconduct

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This is important. 'We don’t know what that company is for but if Musk did want to pour £100m into the next UK election, as it’s been reported, this is how he could do it.' From the UK Government's website👇👀 find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/1613...

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🚨NHS dentistry has effectively ceased to exist for new patients The government has so far offered no timetable for key pledges: ❌700,000 urgent dental appts ❌Dental Contract Reform @thebda.bsky.social is calling for urgent action if NHS dentistry is to be saved youtu.be/UtqAtGAnuC0?...

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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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The Home Office has been reviewing the government’s “independent” adviser on protest, Lord Walney, for a couple months now. Wonder if we’re going to get an answer soon?

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