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Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Absolutely gorgeous evening and stunning sunset. Walking at the right time, in the right place in the Shire with fam and hounds. #sunset #eveningwalk #nature #photography

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Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I am malfunctioning as I am typing this. By the evening only a mop and bucket will suffice to deal with my remains. #heatwave #ukheatwave

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Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

LLMs and its effect on a child's brain.

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J.Ellis @englishmaninbx.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I don’t care that he sleeps. It pisses me off that he keeps waking up.

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Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Meanwhile, somewhere in Staffordshire, people wake up to the delicious smell of freshly baked bread. Unfortunately, the menfolk in my life gave underwhelming responses. Apparently, it is far too early to have an opinion. #breadbaking #bread #sourdough

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Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Mr Spencer tresspassing through bluebelles not allowed. #dogs #dogssky #spring #bluebelles #labrador

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Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

On a positive note. It is spring and the bluebelles are out in full bloom. That and rainbows.

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Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Today's loaf. Normality in a crazy world.

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Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Now that we all started breathing again as news of the USA agreement to the ceasfire breaks, can I revert all your attention back to the more positive and wholesome activity of #sourdough #baking Here is my beetroot-juice bread, which my beloved middle son calls rancid looking.

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Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

UN Resolution on slavery (adopted 25.03.2026) is classed as crime against humanity. The 3 countries that voted against is the USA, Israel & Argentina. 52 counties abstained from voting, including all 27 EU countries. That is shameful.

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Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Here we have it. It's all women's fault. The highest order of faultiness are cat ladies and Taylor Swift.

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Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

There isn't a dry bit of land around. Pooping is a problem now.

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Dr Duncan Robertson @duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I'm not sure if some politicians act solely in the interests of their constituents.

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Mike Jay @mikejay.link · 02/02/2026

This is one hell of a WIP article. 😳 I don't make things easy for myself.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Murder is what it is. If this went to court, no other outcome.

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

In an era of great power rivalry, Canada is choosing to be principled and pragmatic. To name reality, to act together, and to build what we claim to believe in.

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J.Ellis @englishmaninbx.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

A conman, a paedophile and a convicted felon walk into a bar and the barman says ….. On your own tonight Mr Trump ?

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J.Ellis @englishmaninbx.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

The next US government should immediately introduce strict gun control. When the 2nd amendment mob start screaming that they need their guns to protect themselves from a rogue government. They can literally tell them to sit the fuck down as the events happening now prove they’re just pussies.

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J.Ellis @englishmaninbx.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I’m sure the only reason America wants Greenland is because they can actually find it on a map.

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

It’s 2034, and the Conservatives, having shed their swivel-eyed wing to Reform years ago, have been repopulated by moderates. They win a landslide on a “rejoin the EU for economic growth” platform. Mail and Telegraph hail it a “triumph of British common sense”

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

War is a backdrop to US politics now - here are 2 mins on some military relevant things that flew under the radar last week youtube.com/shorts/QVWIS...

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War is possible for the US. What's happened in last week that you might have missed but need to know

YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel

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Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Sky was on fire this afternoon.

Crimson red evening sky over a rural church.

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Dr Yannick Veilleux-Lepage @yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

What really drives U.S. foreign policy? Listen to what Bernie Sanders had to say 20 years ago.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/01/2026

this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

🚨🧵on Venezuela While the final US military operation last weekend might have been under cover of darkness, the build-up to it was out in the open for all to see. I've constructed some timelines of the immediate build-up covering both the strikes and the supporting actions... 1/11

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

John Deere got this video taken off our YouTube for two weeks. It took our lawyers reaching out to YouTube to get it back up. The video lays out how a handful of corporations took control of the agriculture industry, bankrupting farmers and screwing us all over. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...

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We Went to Arkansas. The Farm Crisis Will Shock You

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I was reading this and wondering why it was the best-written thing I've ever read at TNR, and then I saw that Virginia Heffernan—one of the best writers in America—wrote it. (I admit, abashedly, that I too have been following this MAGA drama. When you add in the Milo Yiannopoulos angles too, woof!)

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Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes: What Could Go Wrong?

The unfolding MAGA battle over Turning Point USA is chilling, disgusting—and a lot of fun to watch.

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Wearing a mask is not a political statement It’s either an act of kindness or of self defence (and often both)

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Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

This morning's crisp air is filled with delicious biscuit smells.

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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 21/11/2025

Prof. Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social with the always-timely rundown of Trump's crimes for the week. Watch, then share with people in your world who may not know what is happening with this criminal administration. As always: keep demanding impeachment.

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Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Up the Dragon's back today with the kids and the hounds. T'was wet, muddy and very very slippy. I may have come down on my backside, which was very undignified and hilarious in equal measures. #hiking #chromehill

Yellow Lab on Chrome Hill facing Park Hill in Derbyshire.

A group of walkers on top of Chrome Hill

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

You may have seen quite a bit of news from Caerphilly today. But how much have you seen about the Reform candidate’s relationship with Nathan Gill?? Anything? Nothing? Watch & read @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social on the trail of ‘Moscow Gold’ bsky.app/profile/then...

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José Marichal @josemarichal.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Wise from Paul Musgrave... U.S. hegemonic withdrawal and the destruction of the post war liberal international order is proceeding apace and it's not coming back.. we need imaginative thinking about what should come next. musgrave.substack.com/p/dual-colla...

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Dual Collapse

The republic and the empire fall separately

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity

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sean00.bsky.social @sean00.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

He moving to the most pro EU country in the Union 🤣

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TheSecretDiplomat @thesecretdiplomat.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Is he under some sort of misapprehension that Ireland will be the right-wing paradise he's looking for? 😂

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Astrid @astridbrand.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Unbelievable! Brexiter and stout EU hater from my village selling his house to move to Ireland, because he does not like what is going on in the UK. I hope the Irish are ready for him.

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Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

It's easy to see this speech as just weirdly performative, but there's a lot more—and a lot worse—going on here. The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration. How? 1/

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