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@wfastronomer.bsky.social
Astronomer, survey data processor. Works in the Wide Field Astronomy Unit at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh. Working on WFCAM/VISTA Science Archives and ESA-Euclid. Runner.
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Turning Point UK was supposed to be a youth movement All it's ever done is appeal to middle aged thugs
"They can start cutting people's faces up. They can stab someone. They can shoot someone." EXCLUSIVE: Our hidden cameras capture the leader of Turning Point UK organising a fake rally for a foreign government and helping arrange a murder-for-hire with loyalist paramilitaries.
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Replying to @ashtonpittman.bsky.social
Shoplifting doesn't warrant the death penalty. So, even if the mother was shoplifting that wouldn't justify shooting at her in the first place. So, how tf can fatally shooting a 1 y/o be "justified?!" This AG is an evil POS who just doesn't want to hold a police officer accountable! 😤😠😡🤬
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www.maptap.gg October 17 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 Final score: 1000 I usually get around 950, have on occasion got into the 990s, but had a set this morning where I knew where all of them were and they had identifyable features: rivers, harbours etc.
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Replying to @dailyherald.bsky.social
Something fishy at Reform? Well, of course, the fish rots from the head and the heads of Reform keep espousing views which are rotten. No wonder they attract all of the worst people in society. So, ITV, BBC and others... call them all out - from the top - instead of amplifying their rotten views.
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This is quite extraordinary. I don't think I have heard a more coherent, articulate and accurate deconstruction & demolition of Nigel Farage's ReformUK, Tory & Restore policy than this. In under 85 seconds! @rafaelbehr.bsky.social is on here folks and worth a follow.
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Scotland’s BIGGEST Hidden Train Museum You Didn't Know Existed 🚂 Bo'ness #scotland #railway #trains #geek youtube.com/shorts/VH9PQ...
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I see the "migrants taking all the new jobs" nonsense is back, in the Mail, Telegraph and Times. Reminder that this is BS, and IPSO ruled repeatedly that this is not what the data says. I expect corrections from all of them (Times has already agreed to correct) www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/1183...
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Zelensky’s approval rating with AMERICANS is already higher than Trump’s. And my guess is the gap will become even bigger. Zelensky here speaking bravely and clearly (both factually and morally)
Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."
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Dear Ukraine, do not stop, accelerate. The only way to respond to bullies is to thumb your nose at them.
⚡️️️️️️️US demands Kyiv halt refinery attacks, threatens to suspend intelligence sharing. During recent talks, the Ukrainians were told that Washington would cut off intelligence sharing that has helped Kyiv identify and strike targets inside Russia, one person present told the Kyiv Independent.
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New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Guy who harms global markets by stupidity attacking and then failing to beat Iran 10 times blames country holding out against invasion.
Donald Trump accused President Zelensky of harming global markets by striking Russian refineries. "He wants to make problems for the world, for our farmers with diesel," Trump said, demanding Ukraine halt drone strikes on Russian fuel facilities. Video: Clash Report
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Putin has bought Trump with Russian diesel. Just before the US elections. Meanwhile, Russia keeps killing our children while they sleep at night. So Americans are now funding Russia’s war machine? I’m sorry, guys, but WHAT A FUCKING DISGRACE.
Trump: "I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November ... "
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Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...
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This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.
We now have rigorous pooled data showing that even without active restoration efforts, cleared rainforest can rebound to 75% of their former species composition and 90% of species diversity within just thirty years. #goodnews
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Replying to @apowelllaw.bsky.social
Oh, and also, Section 1 of the Terrorism Act defines Terrorism as an action which (amongst others) "involves serious damage to property" and/or "endangers a person's life" and the action is for the purpose of advancing a political cause. Ergo, this is terrorism by definition of UK law.