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“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)...” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 8h
he's f#cking insane
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 10h
A meme featuring Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz looking wide-eyed and deeply shocked. Top text reads: "OH MY GOD IT'S NOT AN ACT IS IT". Bottom text reads: "HE REALLY IS THAT STUPID".
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 12h
"THREE Dumbo Octopuses on One Deep-Sea Dive! ROVs Little Hercules and Atalanta exploring over 5,800 meters (19,000 feet) deep, our team spotted THREE of these adorable cephalopod
nautiluslive.org
THREE Dumbo Octopuses on One Deep-Sea Dive!
If you’re looking for a dumbo octopus, it turns out the abyssal plain in international waters outside the Marshall Islands and Wake Atoll EEZ is the spot to be! Within a span of eight hours during a d...
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 13h
Poor dog’s thinking “When did we have a family meeting about getting a kitten?”
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 15h
“Venezuela is not a place where Fentanyl is produced. Fentanyl is produced in Mexico for the U.S. market,” Vanda Felbab-Brown, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution Venezuela is not mentioned in the DEA’s 2025 National Drug Threat Assessment as a country where cocaine originates.
independent.co.uk
The truth about how many drugs in the US come from Venezuela
Donald Trump has claimed “a lot of drugs” are coming out of Venezuela - but do the figures back up the president’s claims?
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 16h
more winning from trump Chapman's Ice Cream the largest independent ice cream manufacturer in Canada, has pledged to completely shift away from United States companies and ingredients — without increasing its prices for Canadian customers — in response to "unjustified tariffs" imposed by the US
ca.finance.yahoo.com
Chapman's Ice Cream pledges to cut American ingredients without raising prices
'We stand with the Canadian government, and all provinces, in our outright rejection of these unjustified tariffs'
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 17h
An Ecuadorian judge acquitted 32 crew members of two fishing boats on Wednesday, finding no evidence that they had collaborated with drug trafficking networks after the vessels were intercepted and destroyed by U.S. military forces in the Pacific Ocean. www.telesurenglish.net/ecuador-judg...
telesurenglish.net
Ecuador Judge Acquits 32 Crew Members of Boats Destroyed by U.S. Military - teleSUR English
The ruling covers eight members of the vessel Conquista 2 and 24 from the María Candelaria. Both boats are part of a group of eight fishing vessels sunk
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 17h
Bad news for the military and the tax-payer but great news if you, your family, donors and ultra-wealthy friends own shares in the companies that will get the contracts to repair, replace or upgrade the lost hardware.
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 18h
The G7 countries know trump is a liar, routinely breaks deals and if they use up their reserves to stop trump banning exports in the short-term, trump is more than capable of going back on any deal and halting US diesel exports anyway leaving them in a far worse position.
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 18h
Why is she leaning so far back, is it to avoid the smell or the tiny pussy grabbing hands ?
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 19h
US and Lebanon protecting wanted Syrian general, BBC finds US authorities want him kept in Lebanon, An investigation has discovered that Hassan has been allowed to remain there under an arrangement involving the FBI, and other US and Lebanese authorities www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Syrian general accused of atrocities paid and protected by US and Lebanon, BBC finds
Bassam al-Hassan, linked to reporter Austin Tice's abduction, is being sheltered in return for information.
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Trump's $21 Trillion Investment Boom Is Actually Short Trillions Bloomberg Economics analysis shows real investment commitments closer to $7 trillion and many of those are in question."
screenshot from Bloomberg titled "Politics | The Big Take." The large, bold headline reads, "Trump’s $21 Trillion Investment Boom Is Actually Short Trillions," with the sub-headline, "Bloomberg Economics analysis shows real investment commitments closer to $7 trillion and many of those are in question."
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Mr no fatties, no wimps?
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wait until Maine households start getting the bills for filling up their heating oil for winter that, in a sane country, would end her chances www.cnbc.com/2026/10/07/h...
cnbc.com
Home heating oil prices are soaring — and users' winter bills could rise 21%, federal outlook shows
A tight global diesel market is driving up heating oil prices, with households in the Northeast facing the biggest impact.
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
too many Ribeye steaks and Lobster tails ?
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The really sad thing is this sort of sh!t still works on over a third of Americans www.economist.com/interactive/...
economist.com
Donald Trump’s approval rating
Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
That would be the illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine that trump promised he was going to end on “day one or before” ?
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Trump, as recently as yesterday, is still trying to blame vandals for his failures thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
Trump says Reflecting Pool repairs are near complete, refill to come ‘this week’
President Trump said Tuesday repairs to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are close to complete and should be refilled with water “this week,” but still touted unfounded claims of va…
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
from his 1st term Trump sent a secret memo to the Pentagon after he lost the election pushing them to withdraw US troops stationed around the world The goal was to go against advice and remove the US from its positions around the world in a way that couldn’t easily be undone
independent.co.uk
Trump sent bizarre secret memo after losing the election demanding a massive withdrawal of troops overseas
Former president claims Biden able announce Afghanistan troop withdrawal because he ‘built train that couldn’t be stopped’
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Winnie-the-Pooh books to fill phone box libraries Free books for 150 red phone box libraries are being made available to celebrate 100 years of two British legends - Winnie-the-Pooh and the K2 red phone box. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Free Winnie-the-Pooh books to fill phone box libraries
The original publisher says it will donate Milne's classics alongside a new authorised sequel.
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Reform councillor arrested over election papers A Reform UK council group leader has been arrested by police on suspicion of making false statements in nomination papers. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Reform councillor Ryan Coogan arrested over election papers
Ryan Coogan, the party's group leader at Huntingdonshire District Council, is currently on bail.
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Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wild dogs are incredibly inquisitive by nature – and with our SWT/KWS Anti-Poaching rangers taking a break on patrol, it's hard to tell who is watching whom. Behind this quiet encounter is years of boots-on-the-ground conservation, helping this endangered species return to Tsavo.
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump wants to cut the NSF funding, the agency responsible for backing the South Pole facility, by 50% "Nobel prize in physics goes to Francis Halzen for south pole work on neutrinos Belgian physicist praised for work on the IceCube detector that observes the ghost-like particles in Antarctica"
theguardian.com
Nobel prize in physics goes to Francis Halzen for south pole work on neutrinos
Belgian physicist praised for work on the IceCube detector that observes the ghost-like particles in Antarctica
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Criminalising a couple of million people sounds like a vote winner and good luck finding the money, police, courts or prision spaces to do that. In England and Wales 6.8% of people aged 16 to 59 reported using Cannabis in the past year, around 2.3 million people. www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
ons.gov.uk
Drug misuse in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics
An overview of the extent and trends of illicit drug use. Data are from the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Would you like the $1 or $4 pat of butter DR Oz?"
Two hands holding up miniatures, two different size highly detailed replica of a stick of salted butter
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
MPs call for investigation after Lutnick-Epstein whistleblower dies The treatment of whistleblowers by the UK's financial watchdog must be investigated following the death of a British trader who exposed evidence of links between US commerce secretary Lutnick and Jeffrey Epstein, MPs have said.
bbc.co.uk
MPs call for investigation after Howard Lutnick-Jeffrey Epstein whistleblower dies
Simon Andriesz said he felt let down by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority before his death last month.
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One of these ‘public service announcements’ is literally an old trump campaign ad "One is a rerun of a commercial aired by the Trump campaign before the 2024 presidential election.... The only difference from the 2024 ad are the words “paid for the US government”."
theguardian.com
Trump campaign ads paid with public money violate federal law, critics say
White House has labeled ads ‘public service announcements’ and has responded defiantly to criticism
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"If you have a trillion dollars in a world where children are starving, you're not a visionary, you're just a c*nt"
satirical pink poster featuring a portrait of Elon Musk below bold text that reads: "If you have a trillion dollars in a world where children are starving, you're not a visionary, you're just a c**"*.
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Brazil launches probe into possible US interference amid general election Federal Police investigate alleged foreign interference as President Lula, Sen. Bolsonaro lead tight race
aa.com.tr
Brazil launches probe into possible US interference amid general election
Federal Police investigate alleged foreign interference as President Lula, Sen. Bolsonaro lead tight race | Anadolu
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The annual Corgi Derby Musselburgh Racecourse, Scotland Corgi who was promised a hot dog sprints to victory at Musselburgh derby www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Corgi who was promised a hot dog sprints to victory at Musselburgh derby
The annual race was created in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee, honouring her favourite breed.
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump pledged in his Jan. 20 inaugural address to "fill our strategic reserves up again right to the top.", another failed promise but he’ll definitely come good on his promise to pay you $5,000 for your vote
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Or you could impeach trump, investigate, try and convict every member of his corrupt regime and strip them of their assets and imprison them for so long no one, from any party, ever again, dares trying to do what trump and his minions are doing
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
liars, all of them "America's spies say Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon. Trump dismisses that assessment" "Gabbard left no doubt when she testified to Congress The country was not building a nuclear weapon, the national intelligence director told lawmakers"
pbs.org
America's spies say Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon. Trump dismisses that assessment
Trump's national intelligence director, Tulsi Gabbard, told Congress in March that Iran's supreme leader had not reauthorized the dormant program.
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Fauci or biden
A political meme showing a stylized digital illustration of a young, blonde child crying hysterically while wearing a red "Make America Great Again" hat. The child's mouth is wide open in a scream, and the overall style is highly exaggerated, resembling a political cartoon. The image has a white border at the top and bottom with large, black, all-caps text that reads "LOOK WHAT" at the top and "BIDEN DID" at the bottom.
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It’s “Uncle Vlad” and he’s said some nice things about trump so it’s all fine. If this was in China the right-wing media would be running the story 24-7, RWNJ would be spouting wilder and wilder conspiracy theories and Trump would probably have a live prime time TV address full of lies and racism.
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When the Dachau concentration camp opened in 1933, its initial population consisted almost entirely of the Nazi’s political opponents from Trade Unionists, Members of the Social Democratic Party, other socialist and communists, hitler hated the political left
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Must be based on real intelligence because the trump regime would never exaggerate a small incident into a global threat from Iran’s network of proxies a few weeks before the mid-terms to justify their disastrous war in Iran /s
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
US removes all bombers from RAF Fairford base www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
US removes all bombers from RAF Fairford back to home stations
No reason has been given for the withdrawal, but it follows a major incident last week when police were alerted to "suspicious vehicles" near the airbase.
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Backpack edges past Dancing Queen to win Alaska’s Fat Bear Week title Bear known for sitting in solitude won tournament celebrating the animals’ ability to eat large amounts of fish www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Backpack edges past Dancing Queen to win Alaska’s Fat Bear Week title
Bear known for sitting in solitude won tournament celebrating the animals’ ability to eat large amounts of fish
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hey kev do you think consumer confidence dipped in September to its lowest level in a dozen years because everyone is so happy ? the Conference Board’s chief economist, noted that consumer appraisals of present business conditions in September were negative for the first time in two years.
thehill.com
Consumer confidence drops to lowest level in more than a decade
Consumer confidence dipped in September to its lowest level in a dozen years, the Conference Board reported Tuesday. The board’s consumer confidence index fell to 81.9 last month, down 6.7 points f…
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Two US-bound vessels apparently compromised by hackers, US officials say US Coast Guard and FBI personnel boarded two commercial vessels bound for the United ​States in the Gulf of Mexico last month after indications that hackers ‌had broken into their computer networks, the agencies said
reuters.com
Two US-bound vessels apparently compromised by hackers, US officials say
US Coast Guard and FBI personnel boarded two commercial vessels bound for the United ​States in the Gulf of Mexico last month after indications that hackers ‌had broken into their computer networks, t...
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
They believed letting billionaires use their companies to donate to political candidates was a good idea now they’ve cut out the middleman
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
it's getting really expensive for those maga dicks to "roll coal" to own the libs
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“I have free, unlimited, access to some of the best doctors available but I’m such a f#cking idiot I don’t listen to them because listening to experts is woke”
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Backpfeifengesicht German (n.) literally, a face "in need of a slap".
 Kevin Hassett

Backpfeifengesicht
German
(n.) literally, a face "in need of a slap".
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
UK-Iranian dual national arrested over RAF Fairford released on bail www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
UK-Iranian dual national arrested over RAF Fairford investigation bailed
The 25-year-old man was arrested in the London borough of Westminster on Thursday.
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Canuckstan 🇨🇦 @jonchevreau.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#via Canadian cartoonist Dave Whamond #CanadaSky #USpol
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’m sure the thousands of people who can’t afford a home of their own will be broken up to read that the ultra-wealthy are struggling to sell their London mansions and pied-à-terres, is there a gofundme to help them ? /s
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AlanR @alan2210.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
How much of the £5million “security” bung did Nigel spend on Anne Widdecombe's security?
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