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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈

@carolebristol.bsky.social
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I like cooking, photography, reading, music and wine. I have two Westies who I love dearly and I am in a civil partnership. History is a passion of mine, also Wargaming. My blog is hippolytastinyfootsteps.blogspot.com TERFs and GCs get blocked

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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 2h
Building and operating datacentres that use dirty fuel sources are imcompatible with the struggle to slow down climate change, so why are people considering doing this? #climatechange #carbon #datacentres www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights
Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bottlers. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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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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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 02/10/2026
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And here's another photo from the same place as the previous one; #brittany #bretagne #france #pentax #dslr #photography
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I wish I was here right now. This is the Anse de Pellinec on the coast of the Côtes-d'Armor. #brittany #bretagne #france #pentax #photography #dslr
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here are some creepy Victorian Science Fiction aliens; #Nerdlings #VSF #sciencefictiongaming #Pulpgaming hippolytastinyfootsteps.blogspot.com/2026/09/cree...
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Creepy aliens for VSF/Pulp
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I have now done a clean install of Kubuntu 26.04.1 on a new laptop and two upgrades on existing systems. Both upgrades have had issues but the desktop one gave me things to fix. Chromium wouldn't load meaning that I had to switch to Firefox. Facebook only works on this if I use a private window 1/2
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Claude Monet - "Morning at Antibes" Utterly sublime #Impressionism #Art #Monet #FrenchArt
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Some late Summer/Autumn roses in the front garden, taken just now; #Pentax #photography #roses #PentaxK3iii
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There is a huge, yawning technical gap that separates England from Spain.
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
How entertaining to see ex-Chelsea twat Marc Cucurella score an own goal. n.b I don't understand why the goal has been credited to ex-Spurs twat Harry Kane.
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reports are appearing on lots of news outlets that Man City have been found guilty of 114 of the 115 financial misconduct charges against them in the Premier League investigations. Apparently, the cheating bastards are going to challenge these findings. #ManCity #Football #PremierLeague
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I don't use Facebook very much these days but I find that I have been converted to a Meta account. Why? I never asked for this and why wasn't I given the chance to opt out?
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I have acquired a massive earworm, It is this; www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX7i...
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China Grove
YouTube video by The Doobie Brothers - Topic
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I thought that all the Brexiters were opposed to unelected bureaucrats running things? I'm calling this rampant hypocrisy. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Farage says he wants to ‘hijack’ Trump’s ICE czar to help secure UK border
Reform leader also tells US event Europe should have ‘more sensible view’ of president’s administration
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ooh, look! A racist Afrikaner shows his true colours. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Small boat arrivals are ‘wealthy men’ who do not deserve help, says Reform’s Danny Kruger
The fact that some migrants pay people smugglers thousands of pounds makes them well off, MP claims
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Absolutely fucking pathetic, Arsenal. A shameful performance. #Arsenal
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
FFS Arsenal. What's going on? This is a disaster. #Arsenal
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Not good enough, Arsenal. Step it up! #Arsenal
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A VSF/Steampunk figure completed! #Nerdlings #wargames #VSF #Pulp hippolytastinyfootsteps.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...
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The first finished thing since August
Hippolyta was the Queen of the Amazons, a nation of warrior women. Her tiny footsteps refer to the feet of hundreds of tiny metal and plastic soldiers.
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Comfort food (obviously non-healthy) tonight. Shredded and griddled skirt steak and onions with Dijon mustard in a baguette with frites. Nice bottle of Beaujolais Villages to drink. Very filling but hugely tasty. #frenchcuisine #frenchfood #comfortfood #beaujolais #frenchwine
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Coming up next, the 1000m sculls, and make it snappy!" www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi...
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River that is home to 500 crocodiles chosen to host 2032 Olympic rowing and canoe events
A river that is home to about 500 saltwater crocodiles is given the OK to host Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing events at the 2032 Brisbane Games.
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What a very good idea! "The UK should introduce a ban on almost all gambling advertising to protect public health, a cross-party group of peers has urged, prompting fury from the lobby group for bookmakers and casinos." www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Peers call for UK to enact tobacco-style ban on gambling advertising
Lords’ report faces criticism from lobby groups after suggesting ban would be ‘most effective’ way to reduce public harms
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
He's a disgusting, attention-seeking little turd. He deserves to have his microphone shoved where the sun never shines; www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
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Young Bob returns to Bristol 'to defend freedom of speech'
The far-right 18-year-old calls himself a "Christian pro-life remigration activist"
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A CD I ordered on 28th August, marked on RM tracking on 2nd September as out for delivery on the 3rd or 4th finally arrived today (14th September). Seriously shit service from the privatised Royal Mail.
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Just a thought here; why doesn't the government make crypto trading illegal in the UK and ban all use of crypto in the UK?
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thatgirlinsb @34thparallel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Protesters at the Irish Open. shitler’s international golf links and hotel Doonbeg, Ireland. Thank you, Doonbeg!
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is very troubling. There needs to be a way of making such groups illegal. I would start with requiring all "community security patrols" to be licensed and all members to undergo a formal vetting process, such as is required for people to work with children. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Number of UK anti-migrant vigilante groups surges in last 18 months
Exclusive: Many ‘use community protection as a cover for racist thuggery’, raising concerns about fresh disorder
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
More simple French-inspired food. Chicken thighs sautéed with mushrooms and white wine, the sauce enriched with creme fraiche. #frenchfood #frenchcuisine #homecooking
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026
It's also available here. Please share and spread this report. Trans folks in the UK can't for fear of lawsuits by gender critical groups. drive.google.com/file/d/1UggI...
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Martin Ødegaard, you absolute star! 1-0 to the Arsenal.
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
More fascist thuggery, this time apparently with Farage's support. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Protesters block roads in Portsmouth after 140 migrants rescued
The government condemns "thuggish behaviour" in the second major anti-migrant protest of the weekend.
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I wonder how much he was paid to say that? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘I wasn’t even listening,’ Farage says of donations scandal meeting
Reform UK leader maintains innocence in overseas funding controversy on last day of party conference
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I'm calling this a barefaced lie. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' in foreign donor talks
The Reform leader also told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that his family are "begging" him to leave his job.
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
More massive arse-licking of Reform by the BBC's egregious Chris Mason. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform UK winded by donations row as insiders call for shift in approach
Nigel Farage's admirers in the party are calling for a stronger operation as the party aims for power.
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If this had been pro-Palestine, Stop the Oil or anti-genocide protesters, the Police would probably have used force and arrested dozens of people, so why the soft "engaging" approach with these far-Right scum? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is why the world most definitely DOES NOT NEED AI; www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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‘We’re plausibly close to crossing the line’: are warnings of uncontrollable AI coming true?
A spate of serious safety incidents have increased fears about the power and impenetrability of the most advanced models
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
But what did the patients have to say? Did anyone actually ask them? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Wales: Transgender surgery halted over concerns patients were not properly assessed
The decision to pause surgeries at the Welsh Gender Service has been met with mixed reaction.
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
More BBC arse-kissing of Farage. The reality is that Farage would destroy UK democracy to push his fascist bullshit through. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nigel Farage threatens to overhaul Lords and judiciary in Reform conference speech
The Reform UK leader promises to deliver on key priorities in the first 100 days of government, if the party wins power.
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So, (as Mrs Merton might have asked) Ben Delo, what was it that first attracted you to the dodgy crypto shill Nigel Farage? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Crypto billionaire pardoned by Trump gives Reform UK another £4m
Party confident money from Ben Delo will not be caught in new overseas donor cap
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Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Important that the police and Electoral Commission take this seriously - especially as the C4 film includes footage of a claim that there's a handful of existing donors hiding who they are by passing money to others to donate in their names instead.
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I'm pretty sure that Infantino smeared himself, like a dog rolling in its own shit. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Fifa accuses Uefa of 'smear campaign' against Gianni Infantino
The governing bodies have traded blows since Fifa president Gianni Infantino's scrapped plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors.
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Massive commotion just now. A squirrel got in through our bedroom window. The dogs were going crazy and it was bouncing around trying to escape. I tried to grab it using a towel but it had very sharp claws and got away. I trapped it under a box in the bathroom and shoved the towel in there 1/2
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This very long piece is interesting. It confirms to me that I have always been right to ignore influencers and stay away from Instagram. OK, I post occasional food pictures, but only because I am happy with what I've cooked and how it tasted. I certainly wouldn't do it for money. tiny.cc/i1t9101
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‘A crisis of authenticity’: the truth about food influencers
The long read: Instagrammers have upended the British restaurant scene, and amassed followings in the millions. But has their moment already passed?
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
OK, so if the government doesn't know what these huge new data centres are for, how can they be described as "critical national infrastructure"?
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It is a wet, boring grey day. Here are some sunflowers to cheer things up; #Pentax #sunflowers #K3iii #16-50zoom #photography
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Yay! Villa 0 Arse 1 Score doesn't matter, but the 3 points do and Bukayo scored. COYG! #Arsenal
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I'm watching Jurassic Park, never seen it before. It is very silly and the science is appallingly bad and, as a theme park, it would never get off the ground. The criminal negligence lawyers would be queueing up for a chance to make billions from legal damages and negligence cases.
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
As far as I'm concerned, Thiel shouldn't be allowed into the country, let alone the British Museum. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry
Concern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museum
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Carole Flint 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @carolebristol.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I knew that Alvarez wouldn't sign for Arsenal, and now we are left without any credible alternatives to boost our front line. Alienating Martinelli and selling him off to Al-Hilal now looks like a piece of major stupidity. #Arsenal
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