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David Thomas
@uvuume.bsky.social
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A man, a plan, oh god what next?

Changing the world by upgrading consumerism. Voluntary.

Innovation and messaging in POCUS. Paid.

A google doc on the voluntary work. https://shorturl.at/wk181
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bestforbritain.org
🇺🇸 More than 50 people have now died in ICE custody.

⚠️ The programme is a stain on the Trump administration.

🚨 We must never allow Reform UK to reach Number 10 and introduce their own ICE onto British streets.
Trump nominates new ICE director as detainee deaths in custody being investigated
If confirmed, Lance Schroyer will replace acting ICE Director David Venturella
www.independent.co.uk
June 29, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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chrisjustice01.bsky.social
💥 Apocalyptic scenes in Harouf, South Lebanon. Israel dropped bombs on residential buildings in the middle of the night. Entire families are now buried under the rubble. @sarahabdallah.bsky.social
June 19, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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acyn.bsky.social
Talarico: I was required by law to report any indication there was abuse at home, and I would hope that the top law enforcement official in Texas would be held to the same standard as a middle school teacher. Ken Paxton had the opportunity to protect a child, but instead he protected a predator
June 19, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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davidho.bsky.social
Spain’s electricity bills have decreased due to its commitment to renewable energy, reducing the influence of fossil fuels on electricity prices.
Why Spain’s electricity bills have fallen during an energy crisis
Homes and business are benefitting from Spain's commitment to clean energy.
www.euronews.com
June 18, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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gregjenner.bsky.social
Quick reminder the Suffragettes used bombs and arson attacks www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-...
rolandmcs.bsky.social Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · Jun 15
Strong statement from the Court of Appeal re Palestine Action.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
June 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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mattgreencomedy.com
David Hockney - what a life and what an extraordinary artist. I spend many happy times at Salts Mill, and his creative energy and passion for art were undimmed until the very end. A great Yorkshireman and a towering figure of British culture. He will be missed.
David Hockney’s painting of Salts Mill
June 12, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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mccrum.bsky.social
Troubles are relative
steamtraen.eu Nick Brown @steamtraen.eu · Jun 12
One of my favourite statistics is that in no year from 1969–1997 did the murder rate in Northern Ireland exceed the murder rate in Los Angeles County.
dermotlynott.bsky.social Dermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · Jun 12
From a country with 25 times the number of deaths by firearms compared to Northern Ireland, I’m not 100% convinced that adding guns to the situation will improve things
June 12, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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meidastouch.com
Trump backs down and says he is cancelling his planned strikes on Iran tonight
June 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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roberthutton.co.uk
Nice Tice: my SKETCH of Reform trying to clean up Britain - and the party's image. thecritic.co.uk/nice...
“Cleaning Up Britain,” proclaimed the natty logo at Richard Tice’s press conference on Wednesday. And let’s face it, if that was what you wanted to do, there are few better places to start than Reform Headquarters, funded as they are by payments from overseas-residing cryptocurrency millionaires. Sadly, it turned out that this wasn’t the kind of cleaning up that Tice had in mind. “Littering, fly tipping has become the norm!” he declared. “We all want to be environmentally friendly,” he went on, taking a brief break from his usual demand that the country burn more fossil fuels. Next month, he revealed, the party will organise a day of litter-picking. What was going on? Reform is too young a party to have traditions, but I think we know what the party is — and isn’t — broadly about. If you’d asked me that morning what Reform’s approach to recycling was, I’d have told you the party thought that separating paper from glass was for losers. Now Tice was earnestly discussing bottle depos
June 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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ilcontealmaviva.bsky.social
"The mob violence in Northern Ireland is appalling BUT..."

Shocking stuff from the Times.
Headline in the Times: The Times View Burning resentment in Belfast fuelled by inaction on immigration The mob violence in Northern Ireland is appalling but Sir Keir Starmer must recognise that a weak immigration policy threatens national stability
June 11, 2026 at 6:04 AM
uvuume.bsky.social
Who's gonna win this year's FIFA prize for Chemistry?
June 11, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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markkersten.bsky.social
"What is happening right now is [the] erasure of humans, trees and stones, and anything that is Palestinian, by settlers under the support of the military."

Amnesty International calls out ethnic cleansing in the #WestBank: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/re... @amnesty.org
Israel’s ethnic cleansing of West Bank Palestinian communities
An ethnic cleansing campaign targeting Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities in the West Bank is being carried out by Israel in a context of apartheid and unlawful occupation.
www.amnesty.org
June 11, 2026 at 5:43 AM
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fife4europe.bsky.social
The classic Reform UK playbook: drop inflammatory dog-whistles on social media, fuel far-right unrest on the streets of Glasgow, and then smugly shrug off the blame. Farage knows exactly what he's doing, and the consequences are devastating. 🛑👇
Reform UK and Nigel Farage 'fanned flames of race riots in Glasgow and Belfast'
THE finger has been pointed at Reform UK MSPs and their leader Nigel Farage after “race riots” broke out in Glasgow and Belfast ...
www.thenational.scot
June 11, 2026 at 6:28 AM
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iethics.bsky.social
"Landmark German ruling declares Google's #AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers": the-decoder.com/landmark-ger... #ethics #law #internet #tech #business h/t @garymarcus.bsky.social
Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers
A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators ...
the-decoder.com
June 10, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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roberthutton.co.uk
🎶 Brave Sir Nigel ran away...🎶
thecritic.co.uk/nice...
Of the Reform leader there was no sign. It is now 50 days since the once unavoidable Farage has held a press conference. By an astonishing coincidence it is 42 days since the Guardian revealed that Farage had received a £5 million gift from a crypto billionaire. Farage has claimed that he needs the money to pay for his security, which seems to be largely devoted to ensuring no one can ask him how he funded his various houses. Tice was asked about this. Was Nigel frightened of scrutiny? “Nigel Farage is not scared!” Why had he gone to ground? “It’s part of actually showing that Reform has talent across the whole board,” Tice claimed, not entirely convincingly. (Farage would later hold a pseudo-press conference up in Makerfield, with invited journalists whose scrutiny included asking the Dear Leader if he agreed that Brexit was a good thing, that Andy Burnham was a bad thing, and that Rupert Lowe’s Restore Party was the worst thing of all. It didn’t scream “brave”.)
June 11, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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iandunt.bsky.social
There last few weeks shows how deeply principled and decent people can be, even when going through the most terrible pain. Their grace stands in stark contrast to those who would exploit their suffering for political gain.
lizziedearden.bsky.social Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · Jun 10
The family of the Belfast stabbing victim have released a statement saying - like the family of Henry Nowak last week - that the attack should not be used to "divide people or fuel hostility"

They condemned disorder and praised the "valuable contribution" by migrants
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
June 10, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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pupfiction.bsky.social
It’s really not a democracy any more
anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · Jun 6
Senior researchers at a meeting of the American Diabetes Association were handing out copies of an editorial, published in the association's journal, condemning Trump administration cuts to diabetes research. Police came to arrest them.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...
Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration
www.nytimes.com
June 6, 2026 at 6:40 AM
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rk70534.bsky.social
"Two months after border crossings were shut and aid deliveries halted, residents of the Gaza Strip describe living through their 'worst days' amid...

...prices have soared, and basic necessities such as flour and milk are either unavailable or extremely expensive."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgpc...
Gaza faces starvation amid crossing closures and soaring prices
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
www.youtube.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. First Trump illegally sent a child’s father to be imprisoned without trial or due process in El Salvador. Then ICE grabbed her mother to be deported to Venezuela.

But despite the mom saying she wanted to leave with her daughter, ICE is keeping the baby!
Bernal told her mom that despite signing off on her 2-year-old's deportation with her, U.S. officials did not reunite her with her toddler before they shackled Bernal's wrists, ankles and waist and forced her onto a deportation flight to her home country. The girl's father, Maiker Espinoza Escalona, had been sent to El Salvador's megaprison a month earlier, disappearing from the family's life. The toddler's only remaining parent in the United States had been her mother, who was in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody until her deportation last week. But now, 2-year-old Maikelis Antonella is in a precarious limbo: She is detained in U.S. government care in El Paso, but without a removal order or immigration status and no clear future. Her fate lies in the hands of the Trump administration. "The government has her in this weird purgatory where they know she's here, but they're not moving to do anything to execute her repatriation," said Imelda Maynard, legal director for Estrella del Paso, which provides legal aid to migrant children. "So right now, Antonella is just ... here."
May 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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wartranslated.bsky.social
"A tribunal for Putin will be established in April 2025 under the Council of Europe." – European Pravda.
www.eurointegration.com.ua/news/2025/02...
February 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
uvuume.bsky.social
Somewhat obvious point.

Effective Govt is not making announcements. It is implementing changes that have a positive effect.

Those good at Govt know the making of big claims is often counter productive.
January 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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robertsaunders.bsky.social
Agreed. Republicans ducked their duty to impeach Trump, on the plea that he was finished & it was time to "move on".

The Right cannot complain of "lawfare" - the use of legal, instead of political checks on power -if they make it impossible to use the political checks that the constitution provides
davidallengreen.bsky.social The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · Jan 16
NEW

Why an indictment was the wrong tool for holding Trump to account

The real failure was the Senate ducking its constitutional duty

By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
January 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM