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Leigh Booker

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Atheist. Antitheist. Love books, earl grey, fantasy & sci-fi, CAFC. Prefer animals to most humans. Aphant. No DMs #WisteriaRescue #HappyEndingsRescue #FBPPR #KTTO #FBPE #Aphantasia

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Travelodge turned away vulnerable women late at night They were far from home but it refused to let them stay without specific ID to prove they were over 18

www.theguardian.com/money/2026/m...

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"Grief and Destruction" - Marsh Family parody of Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" on war in Iran
YouTube video by Marsh Family "Grief and Destruction" - Marsh Family parody of Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" on war in Iran

Here's our 🎢 parody version of Barry McGuire's 1965 "Eve of Destruction" that we've modernised to turn to current US adventurism. We're calling it: "Grief and Destruction" πŸš€

youtu.be/QLBjeM53iBI

09.03.2026 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 116    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 12
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SIGN: Tell Illinois to Ban Cruel Wildlife Killing Contests Urge lawmakers to pass SB 3063 to ban cruel β€œkilling contests” that award cash and prizes for shooting fur‑bearing animals like coyotes, foxes, raccoons, and bobcats.

ladyfreethinker.org/sign-tell-il...

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Help Free the Dolphins From These Marine Parks Urge these U.S. marine parks to free the dolphins!

support.peta.org/page/94773/a...

06.03.2026 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Iditarod Is Killing Dogs | PETA This pointless, cruel race is a matter of life and death for dogs. Urge companies to drop their Iditarod sponsorships.

www.peta.org/action/the-i...

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8 Quick Actions to Take for Horses - PETA UK Right now, horses are being exploited all over the world for tourism, entertainment, drug manufacturing, and their flesh – here’s how you can help.

www.peta.org.uk/features/act...

05.03.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gen Z men twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands Global survey shows young men hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations

WTF
β€œAlmost a third of generation Z men think a wife should obey her husband, according to a global survey of 23,000 people that found young men hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

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The Brexit tendency seem to be absolutely losing their minds over the government's refusal to get bullied by America into an illegal war.

Quite something from the people who wanted "independence" and to "take back control."

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A balance for Lent trending and all the other religious shit going on in the world

05.03.2026 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Want to stop Farage with your vote? At the moment you can’t – and Starmer must fix that | Polly Toynbee The PM’s in-tray is overflowing. But he can’t afford to neglect the real issue that is distorting our politics and the way we live, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

β€œNigel Farage could become prime minister on a 23% vote, against the strong wishes of three-quarters of the country.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

04.03.2026 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

β€œThis is not about rejecting technology. It is about rejecting the idea that we have no choice but to fund a company that’s bankrolling authoritarianism.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

04.03.2026 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Urge β€˜Peppa Pig Theme Park’ To Keep All Animals Off the Menuβ€”Not Just Pigs! Hasbro just opened a new Peppa Pig Theme Park in Texas that doesn’t serve any pig meat, so PETA is urging them to also respect Peppa’s friends by taking all other animals off the menu!

support.peta.org/page/68122/a...

04.03.2026 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Three days after release of β€œA New Way” and we’re very chuffed with the first flurry of feedback! 🎢πŸ”₯πŸ‘Š
Get song & livestream/live tickets here:
- linktr.ee/marshfamilysongs

#anewway
#hollowchapters

03.03.2026 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countries Exclusive: Schemes worth hundreds of millions of pounds to protect biodiversity and oceans likely to be substantially reduced

β€œthe UK public think eye-watering fossil fuel profits and luxury travel should be taxed to pay for the damage they cause to our climate.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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How long before all those tax dodgers that buggered off to Dubai start demanding that actual British tax payers get the RAF to fly them home?

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22nd Dec: Government publishes its Animal Welfare Strategy which recommits to β€˜phase out animal testing’

11th Feb: Govt redefines β€˜Key National Infrastructure’ in the Public Order Act to include animal testing sites πŸ™ƒ

I signed this letter. I hope they eventually see sense and close down MBR Acres.

02.03.2026 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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No one reads the Telegraph.

Precisely because it produces sh*t like this.

Support for war with Iran is at less than 10%.

Only about 24% of Reform supporters support it, everyone else is basically at 0%

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International Law is what sprang from that war you're obsessed with Nigel.

The one you think was all Victor Comics and Where Eagles Dare.

The one - like pretty much everything in history whose important legacy you singularly fail to understand

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Save Viola! Tell Venues Not to Host the Cruel Circus Act That Keeps Her on the Road Urge venues to enact policies against acts that feature animals like Viola.

support.peta.org/page/94685/a...

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SIGN: Help Make History β€” Urge West Virginia to Become the Final State to Ban Bestiality Sign the petition urging West Virginia to pass a bill that explicitly bans sexual contact with animals.

ladyfreethinker.org/help-make-hi...

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Summer shutdown at Charing Cross and Waterloo East for track works - The Greenwich Wire Charing Cross and Waterloo East stations will be closed for 22 days during the summer holidays so engineers can replace β€œincreasingly unreliable” old track.

Euston will close for six days from Good Friday while Charing Cross and Waterloo East will be shut for 22 days from the end of July

Summer shutdown at Charing Cross and Waterloo East for track works greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/26/c...

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