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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 22h
Ian Hislop on 40 years as Private Eye editor and why Britain “isn’t” broken #Newsnight youtu.be/TCOdomjE0dw?...
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Ian Hislop on 40 years as Private Eye editor and why Britain "isn't" broken
YouTube video by BBC Politics
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
26 September 1936 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Anne Groenteman (right) was born in Amsterdam. In 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz with her mother Lena and siblings Jeanette & John. All were probably murdered together in a gas chamber. --- Gas chambers of Auschwitz: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
Three young children posing closely for a black and white photo. The boy on the left has styled hair and wears a sweater, the middle child has short hair and a turtleneck, and the girl on the right has a bob haircut and also wears a sweater.
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Angus, not the county @aliasangus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I don't think refs and VAR get enough credit for their running commentaries. I used to 'commentate' in the stand for a blind girl, and it is really hard work. Plus, you are so busy with the factuals that it leaves you little room for bias!
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Amazing plays in an amputee football league in Poland: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sunrise at Horgabost, Isle of Harris. Pic: FB/Scott Davidson
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
19 September 1934 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Ise Wilk, was born in Leiden. In December 1942, he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
Vintage black-and-white photograph of a young boy sitting at a desk writing, with a potted plant on the windowsill nearby.
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Oldfirmfacts @oldfirmfacts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Celtic fans calling for consistency then suddenly upset when they keep conceding three goals
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Fingals cave, Isle of Staffa, Scotland Original post
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
2 September 1879 | Italian Jewish woman, Silvia Usigli, was born in Rovigo. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Milan on 30 January 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection. --- ▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
An old sepia-toned photograph of a woman sitting outdoors in a natural setting, possibly a forest or rocky area. She is wearing a short-sleeved blouse with a light-colored collar and a dark skirt. She holds a cane in her right hand and looks towards the camera with a neutral expression
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Angus, not the county @aliasangus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Always thought I'd need to concentrate on the intricacies of the lawsuit to read Bleak House, but 150pp in I find it is the opposite. Even the wards of court, who are the principal characters, haven't a clue. 750pp to go...
Cover of Penguin Classics' Bleak House paperback. Picture of a lady perusing a treelined lake in the gloaming.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Well, let's get the bad news over first. Got a parking fine in Aberdeen yesterday.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Tricks to fold your clothes Original post
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Angus, not the county @aliasangus.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Fantastic photo of one of Beau Reus' saves in this article.
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Angus, not the county @aliasangus.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The Russian world
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
20 August 1895 | A French Jew, Isaac Pinto, was born in Constantinople. He lived in Paris. In #Auschwitz from 7 June 1942. No. 38862 He perished in the camp on 12 July 1942.
A man standing next to a small table, wearing a formal suit and a fedora hat,
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Crow figures out how to grab all the cookies. Original post
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Defenestra Andropov🇨🇦 The Fall of the new Rome is in the air...🗽🍂 @defenestraandropov.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remain
AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Anne Applebaum& Alexander Stubb are absolutely right-Putin dreams of restoring the Russian Empire The Russian population,brainwashed by years of propaganda,dreams of the same thing Russia has everything:vast territory and resources.The search for new ones isn’t the reason for the invasion of Ukraine
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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Skye Trail warning as 20 walkers rescued in one day
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Skye Trail warning as 20 walkers rescued in one day
Skye Mountain Rescue Team described the period from 07:00 to 20:00 on Friday as "one of the busiest days the team can remember".
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Angus, not the county @aliasangus.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Does AI do "no win no fee"? No fee whatever. Cue mayhem.
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Angus, not the county @aliasangus.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Every day is a schol day. 'gilead' is the Gaelic for 'whiteness'.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 03/08/2026
⚡ Russian drone destroys a nearly 300-year-old wooden church in Ukraine’s Kherson region. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
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Russian Drone Burns Down 300-Year-Old Wooden Church in Kherson Region
A nearly 300-year-old wooden church in Ukraine's Kherson region, a monument of national significance, was destroyed by a Russian drone strike on August 2.
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Angus, not the county @aliasangus.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"Stromeferry no ferry" as the signposts have it.
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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Another from this morning. This time the Coire na Ba. The Isle of Skye in the distance. Telegraph (utility) poles for scale.
Glacial valley.
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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
2,5 days passed, yet firefighters still struggle to put out a fire in the warehouses of Ukraine's publishing house Ranok and the bookstore Knygoland in Kharkiv. The russian army targeted them on August 1, burning 8M books, incl school textbooks — just weeks before the start of a new school year.
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Angus, not the county @aliasangus.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Hydrant break
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Angus, not the county @aliasangus.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Book this place at Loch Windermere. Handy for the Commonwealth Games *and the Edinburgh Festival, apparently.
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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
BREAKING Rangers manager Derek McInnes has been handed a four-match ban by the Scottish FA following a disciplinary hearing over comments made last season www.heraldscotland.com/spor... @heraldsport.bsky.social
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Oldfirmfacts @oldfirmfacts.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A man so weird he looks like he’s been photoshopped into a photo that he’s genuinely in
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Angus, not the county @aliasangus.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
What was in the heads of the standing ovationists who applauded Brsyon DeChambeau onto the first tee today? #theoretical
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
16 July 1900 | A Polish Jewish woman, Sara Rybowska, was born in Warsaw. She emigrated to France. In February 1943 she was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
Vintage black and white portrait of a woman wearing a dark dress and a pearl necklace
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Callum May @callummay.co.uk · 15/07/2026
You should in fact buy a TV licence, the BBC is good.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
12 July 1919 | A German Jew, Kurt Bachrach, was born in Schwalenberg. He emigrated to The Netherlands. He was most probably deported to #Auschwitz in 1943. He did not survive.
Vintage black and white photo of a young man standing bare-chested
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 12/07/2026
🕯️ A Russian attack on Kyiv wiped out three generations of one family who were seeking safety in their building's basement shelter.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
11 July 1936 | A French Jewish boy, Nathan Bonk, was born in Paris. On 30 June 1944 he was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
Black and white portrait of a young boy with short hair
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Nobody has ever had as much fun at a party as these two Original post
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Angus, not the county @aliasangus.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Proclaimers really have sold out.
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Paul 4Jags @paul4jags.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Walked up below the Kingston Bridge in Glasgow today for the first time since the concrete support pillars have been painted. Nicely varied.
Concrete pillars under the Kingston Bridge in Glasgow painted colourfully One of the concrete pillars under the Kingston Bridge in Glasgow, painted with a hand holding up a thistle.Concrete pillars under the Kingston Bridge in Glasgow, one painted like windows on a tenement Concrete pillars under the Kingston Bridge in Glasgow painted colourfully, two with people facing each other.
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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Yes, obviously it is suspended, but is it operating or not? Useless TfL app.
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University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk · 24/06/2026
Kicking off graduations in style! ⚽ Today, our UofG organist played ‘Yes Sir, I Can Boogie’ as graduates processed out, in honour of Scotland’s World Cup match tonight against Brazil. Wishing all the best to our new graduates and the Scotland team! #TeamUofG #UofGgrad26
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Alastair Dalton @alastairdalton.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Scotland-London train operator @lner.co.uk has “strongly recommended” passengers not to travel to or from southern England on Wednesday and Thursday because of a rare red extreme heat warning when temperatures could reach 40C www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
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LNER passengers 'strongly recommended' not to travel amid heat warning
Temperatures expected to reach June record of 40C
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/06/2026
In 2023, Jeffrey Goldberg and I wrote, among other things, about Ukrainian plans to liberate Crimea in @theatlantic.com. With road and ferry connections to the peninsula now cut off, they seem suddenly more plausible www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Guy De Launey @guydelauney.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Is binning expert correspondents in eastern Europe a good idea at a time like this? Disinformation on the rise, Russia interfering in many countries, threatening several and actually at war with one? Well, BBC News management seems to think so. It's disposing of me and 4 of my colleagues.
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Angus, not the county @aliasangus.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
#Gaelic #Scottish
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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Danny Röhl's Rangers exit confirmed www.heraldscotland.com/spor... @heraldsport.bsky.social
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Charlie Notton 🚜🏍️🍺🇬🇧🌈 @charlienotton.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Guys, in all seriousness, this is incredibly important. Keep dogs on leads in the country! #TheArchers
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Angus, not the county @aliasangus.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Absurd that they turn up late on the pitch, then they're allowed to do the huddle nonsense. #banthehuddle
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
This will go down as a major stain on FIFA and its World Cup before a ball has even been kicked. Infantino has been banging on about the most inclusive World Cup and Africa’s top referee can’t even get into the country. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/w...
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U.S. Denies Entry to World Cup Referee From Somalia
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