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Josh Kaplan @josh-kaplan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: Don Trump Jr’s luxurious wedding was secretly bankrolled by a Russian oligarch close to Putin. A saga involving private islands, the Olympics, and a Russian government-backed biker gang: www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/... Stronger together, don't let the current US administration tell you otherwise.
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How the Canadian town Gander helped passengers during 9/11
During the 9/11 terror attacks, the Canadian town of Gander became a haven for thousands of stranded airline passengers.
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian share.google/Xw4mRx4Z6Gtr... About time!
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Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian
Latest news, sport, business, comment, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more | US news | The Guardian share.google/Rp6vPYgTLDMS... Remove the evidence that disproves the lies.
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Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more
Health data appears to be most affected by administration’s attempt to wipe findings that don’t align with its priorities, tracker shows
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
BBC News - Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool vandalism charge and admits 'botched' repairs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool vandalism charge and admits 'botched' repairs
President Donald Trump had blamed "sick" vandals, and a former Olympian had been charged, but prosecutors now say contractors caused the damage.
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"It would be nice if this caught on... Unlikely, but we can still hope. 🤞" BBC News - Gary Lineker among millionaires asking Andy Burnham to tax them more www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Gary Lineker among millionaires asking Andy Burnham to tax them more
A group including the former England footballer write to the new PM telling him "we can afford it".
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This idea could change the world of energy storage and have made millions, but instead they provided the technology to everyone. BBC News - Renewable energy: QUB flow battery breakthrough - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Renewable energy: QUB flow battery breakthrough
A 3D-printed battery designed at Queen's University Belfast could speed up energy storage research.
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Trump’s Board of Peace plans to grant itself sweeping immunity, documents show | International law | The Guardian share.google/Hb2Pqvh15RH1...
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Trump’s Board of Peace plans to grant itself sweeping immunity, documents show
Draft resolution seeks to shield board members and security forces from potential prosecution for work in Gaza
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
BBC News - AI needs a 'brake pedal', warns Anthropic co-founder www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark warns AI needs a 'brake pedal'
Jack Clark tells BBC's Newsnight AI could get to the point where it develops without human input.
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Palace Green, Durham City (UK) What a wonderful day!
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
cdn.whitleywarriors.net/202602082144... Whitley Warriors V Aberdeen Lynx (UK ice hockey)
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj... Minneapolis live: Man shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis named as US citizen Alex Pretti - BBC News.
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Minneapolis live: Man shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis named as US citizen Alex Pretti
The shooting follows days of protests in the city over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operation.
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
A warmer day in Newcastle...time to get the bike out before the snow returns.
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Clothes or renaming the Kennedy Centre... it's all the same. mythcrafts.com/2021/01/28/t...
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The Emperor’s Enablers
The Emperor’s New Clothes is one of the more popular Hans Christian Andersen tales, a narcissistic leader who is too self-involved in his quest for impressive attire that he forgets to overse…
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Getting excited...it's almost Christmas!
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
DOJ claims it has the power to decide who gets Trump’s sweeping 2020 pardon - POLITICO share.google/WDjCeaXGmYIK...
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DOJ claims it has the power to decide who gets Trump’s sweeping 2020 pardon
The Justice Department is deciding who's covered by extremely vague pardons.
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Remembrance day practice at Durham Cathedral.
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
What a wonderful day for an autumn ride through Newcastle.
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Exploring the Salt mines in Krakow, Poland. Who'd have thought they'd be so interesting.
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
And relax - Skiathos Town.
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Ride out to Gateshead to watch the GNR, a great day for a great race.
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billyspark05.bsky.social @billyspark05.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Great day for a ride in Durham UK. (Hownsgill Viaduct Consett)
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