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Sophie Agrell

@chalcedonyvark.bsky.social
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Smallholder, mediaevalist, occasional poet, goat keeper, dog lover, insatiable reader.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Great work by Greg Sargent. We are, right now, deciding whether we want to be a land of giant concentration camps and ethnic cleanings. newrepublic.com/article/2060...
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Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country
The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.
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Johnny Ninefingers @johnnyninefingers.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
This is more the info we needed. Support Ukraine no matter what. Give them the weapons. Give them the ammo. Let's pay Uncle Vlad back for Brexit and Trump.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia. Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.” Really listen to it.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/11/2025
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
POND RULES:

No swimming, jumping or gallivanting.
Do not disturb the pond witch.
No fishing with dynamite.
Sacrifices to water gods on alternate Wednesdays only - NO EXCEPTIONS!
Taunt the crows at your own risk.
If a hand comes out of the water to beckon you, turn and walk away.
Do not feed the weretrout.
Is the water burning with cold unholy fire? Report it to the ranger!
They’re not ducks. Run.
Have fun!
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Sophie Agrell @chalcedonyvark.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Wishing @annelouiseavery.bsky.social the happiest of birthdays with love from me and her namesake Anne.
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Sophie Agrell @chalcedonyvark.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
It’s the first official day of autumn and right on cue Delphine asked for her duvet for the first time in weeks. #sighthound
Sofa with a green patterned duvet (left) and a large brown teddy (right). In between, the golden and white head of a sleeping greyhound.
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Old School Gentleman @oldschoolgentl1.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Science is real
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Chernobyldaytripper @kitzkatz2.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Share widely.
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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Big-eyed dragon in the margin among the psalms Bodleian Library MS Kennicott 1; 'The Kennicott Bible'; 1476 CE; La Coruña, Spain; f.371v @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 07/06/2025
Clive Lewis Labour MP speaks out in @bylinetimes.bsky.social ‘A consultation saw 88% of 28,000 respondents back public water ownership Yet, these voices have been systematically marginalised by a Govt determined to operate within narrowly enforced ideological boundaries’
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'Keir Starmer's Timid Refusal to Nationalise Failing Water Companies is a Symptom of a Government Cast Adrift'
Starmer's administration is proving itself to be "devoid of moral compass or political courage", argues Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Farleigh Hanchet @farleigh.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
This absolute icon at Canterbury Pride 🩷🤍🩵
Person dressed as a knight with a trans flag and a cape with a trans flag shield that says “Trans Knights are human Knights”
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 12/05/2025
Something to emphasize--as muddled and contradictory as the Supreme Court decision is, it does not actually mandate that institutions must ban trans people from single-sex spaces. Public figures who have been alleging this are spreading misinformation in order to further a climate of hostility.
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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
1. "I left as fast as I could. I didn’t wait for pain control. Is this the future for trans people in hospitals now?" My incredible friend Jamie Hale - writer, director, head of @cripticarts.bsky.social - was in hospital today, and this was their experience. They've given me permission to share.
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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
80 years ago, 30 April 1945…
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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Seattle Times: Satellite photos show the Port of Seattle empty, with just one Chinese ship headed its way. After that, no more. The Port says that in years past, it annually supported over 121,000 jobs and generated $38 Billion in business revenue. Trump’s tariffs destroyed all that in 6 weeks.
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Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
I’d ask my many cis-gender friends and followers to take a moment today to consider this scenario. You are so unhappy / uncomfortable with your birth sex that you choose to live as the opposite sex at the cost of family and other relationships.
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Sophie Agrell @chalcedonyvark.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
About 1 in 6 rapes are reported. Of those, THREE % go to court. If all the ‘feminists’ and ‘women’s rights campaigners’ put the energy into campaigning for justice for rape victims, 96% of whom are women, that they put into limiting transgender rights & lives, we’d be living in a better country.
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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
By "free speech," the Americans mean creating a media environment in your country dominated by American digital fascism preparatory to right-wing regime change. Vance essentially said as much in Munich. Give in now, forget about sovereignty later. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Starmer told to accept Trump ‘free speech’ agenda to win trade deal
‘Good chance’ of agreement, says JD Vance – but sources say his concerns over Britain’s hate speech laws ‘are still a red line’
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Sophie Agrell @chalcedonyvark.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
A really clever lesson for all ages about some of the effort that goes into getting a book published.
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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The reality of genocide in Gz this week: a bakery that served a neighborhood forced to close due to the lack of flour, Rafah, the once promised 'red line' bombed with people trapped inside, new types of bombs rain down on a school packed with the displaced, the only water desalination plant bombed.
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Sophie Agrell @chalcedonyvark.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
A dragon for you, @dodgyvictorians.bsky.social
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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
On the subject of, you know, all *this* I came across a poem about the end of the world crammed into the flyleaf of a 10th century manuscript. Wanna hear it? Of course you do. Buckle up. Listen, earth. Listen, edge of the great sea.
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Sophie Agrell @chalcedonyvark.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Delphine is unconvinced by the clock change. #EasyLikeSundayMorning #SkyHounds
A golden greyhound sleeps on a brown sofa. She has made herself a pillow from a dark red throw.
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Sophie Agrell @chalcedonyvark.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Apparently, today is World Sleep Day, so here is Delphine making the most of a chance for a snooze. #SkyHounds
A fawn greyhound sleeps upside down on a brown sofa, wearing a blue jacket.
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Erica Groshen @ericagroshen.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
What do Greece and Argentina have in common? Both have prosecuted national statisticians for publishing accurate statistics in defiance of political leaders.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
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Sophie Agrell @chalcedonyvark.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
It’s after noon and Delphine isn’t up yet. #EasyLikeSundayMorning #SkyHounds
A golden and white greyhound lies upside down on a grey sheet half under a blue and white striped duvetA golden and white greyhound lies upside down with her front leg in the air. She is on a grey sheet half under a blue and white duvet
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
To be clear, “Vance skis in jeans” is Vermont’s highest insult. This is Final Boss Nuclear Insult level in the Vermont linguistic hierarchy.
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Johnny Ninefingers @johnnyninefingers.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
This needs shouting from the rooftops.
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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Gannets - by Dumfries and Galloway artist and printmaker, Lisa Hooper Because you can never have too many Gannets (or Lisa Hooper prints) in your Bluesky feed More of this artist's wonderful prints, here: hoopoeprints.co.uk #birds #art #seabirds #birdart #gannets 🪶
Gannets diving and floating in the sea. Rocky cliffs in the background.
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 19/02/2025
From the other place…
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Sophie Agrell @chalcedonyvark.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Bagel and cream cheese in bed. It’s a hard life being a greyhound, says Delphine. #SkyHounds
A golden and white greyhound kills in bed under a blue and white striped duvet. A white bowl containing bagels and cream cheese is placed conveniently beside her.
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Paul Harfleet @paulharfleet.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
An outrageous removal of the 'T' from the Stonewall Memorial website is a disgusting and deliberate revision of historical fact. The current administration should be ashamed... "For Stonewall, Christopher Street, New York" Planted in 2019.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
An amazing resignation letter to Bove from an AUSA who worked on the Adams case. Money quote: “I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Carl Lutz - The Swiss man who saved tens of thousands of Jews 1/n Carl Lutz (30 March 1895 – 12 February 1975) was a Swiss diplomat who served as the Vice-Consul in Budapest, Hungary, from 1942 until the end of World War II. He is credited with saving over 62,000 Jews in a large rescue operation.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Granting people refugee status but not allowing them citizenship. Come on Labour, make that make sense. Imagine doing this - harming people’s lives - to impress the bigot vote. But failing anyway. What a shameful abdication of responsibility and decency. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’
Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’
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Julia Walworth @juliawalworth.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Not in Oxford, calendar conflicts? Fear not! The Ford Lectures by Professor Jocelyn Wogan-Browne--French in Medieval Britain--are wonderful AND recordings of the first three are already online at www.history.ox.ac.uk/james-ford-l.... #medievalsky
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The James Ford Lectures in British History
French in Medieval Britain: Cultural Politics and Social History, c. 1100-c. 1500 - Professor Jocelyn Wogan-Browne (Fordham University)
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Barbara Hershey @barbarahershey.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
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Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Leave it to beavers
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Sophie Agrell @chalcedonyvark.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
It’s a hard life being Delphine #EasyLikeSundayMorning #skyhounds
Golden greyhound with a white tummy asleep on her back with her fangs showing
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Cowboy Tcherno Bill @rudigeerts.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
BESA, the code of honor that saved the Albanian Jews 1/n Albania, a mountainous country on the southeast coast of the Balkan peninsula, was home to a population of 803,000. Of those only 200 were Jews. After Hitler’s rise to power in 1933, many Jews found refuge in Albania.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 05/02/2025
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
💥 NEW: Labour voters are *84%* for a youth mobility scheme... ...with only 6% against. What's to lose? In fact, they might even gain some of those 59% of Conservatives and 34% of Reform that support it too.
YouGov table showing support for youth mobility scheme. 34% strongly support, 33% tend to support, 7% tend to oppose, 10% strongly oppose.
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James Allport @sososlowly.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I'm sorry that I can't find the person who posted this prayer on Bluesky yesterday. I'm making it my prayer tonight - thanks for offering the words I'm too tired and angry to find .
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Sophie Agrell @chalcedonyvark.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Delphine - easy like Sunday morning. @dodgyvictorians.bsky.social #skyhounds
A golden and white greyhound sprawled upside down in a decadent attitude with a pale blue duvet over her
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Danna Ray @dannaray.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
winter beech study #wip
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Sophie Agrell @chalcedonyvark.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Delphine thinks Tuesday may be a little better than Monday.
Golden greyhound with with white on face and paws lies upside down in a tangle of duvet
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