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Bat Krown 🦇🎃 @katbrownwrites.com · 13/10/2026

The irony that the BBC blurred out the Protect the Dolls slogan on a Strictly contestant’s tshirt for their social accounts as “political” but will happily dedicate a two-part doc to the woman who uses her billions to fund lawsuits to persecute transgender people www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

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Two-part documentary on J.K. Rowling announced by BBC Factual and BBC Scotland

The documentary will use her life as a lens through which to explore three decades of profound social, political and technological change

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I encourage people to use GDPR and send this guy's company a subject access request (SAR) if you think there's even the slightest chance he's been putting you on a list. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Recruitment boss accused of being behind ‘doxxing’ campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activists

Tom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called Traitorbase

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Indeed, which is being able to trust that things will be OK? Taxes won’t be diverted to fund gilded palaces etc.

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Very good point, Scandinavian countries where there are high levels of trust in other people and governments top the ‘happiness’ tables at the moment. Another reason why right wing emotional ‘threats from others’ actually makes people less happy.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

No, competitive tendering and transparency in the award of public contracts would do.

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A gilded statue of a naked Trump has been put on display at the European Parliament. The sculpture, titled “Orange Plague” and also known as “King of Unfairness”, was created by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt. Standing 2.5 meters tall including the pedestal, it is covered in 23-karat gold.

The image shows a satirical, 23-karat gold-coated statue titled "The Orange Plague" that depicts a very fat and naked Donald Trump holding a golf club and sitting on the shoulders of a smaller man.

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Ah, its a great idea for research but all nurses and doctors know the patients who get the medicines dispensed and keep them in the cupboard, or do get a side effect so stop one. (Joys of home-visits) See all pill counting research!

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Isn’t that a professor emeritus?

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I can understand not wanting to involve Doggerland (Dogger Bank) in view of recent gossip

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Live in Portugal with some health ‘issues’. My Portuguese teacher was upset when I started talking about this idea but the clearing of my mother’s and my in-laws accumulated stuff was/is gnarly. Have shared out the decent stuff already and plan a minimalist future because I really love my children.

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If people spending taxpayers money on alcohol is such an undeniable problem, I assume they also plan to permanently close the House of Commons bar?

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So, Guardian newspaper, why is that horrible ‘Dano’ called an ‘activist’ in your coverage? AIM certainly seems to be to cause fear, terror indeed.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I’ve written to my MP, the Home Secretary and the PM this morning demanding that the government take action to defend the RNLI and clamp down on these far-right “activists”, who need to be arrested and charged for the criminal offences in this thread alone, as well as others in recent weeks.

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Dawny B @dawnbritten.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Always liked Gary x

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Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed. 25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it! Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess.

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Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The hubby and I are off to a posh restaurant (Michelin starred) for our wedding anniversary tonight. So, in the spirit of making BlueSky slightly more fun, what's the most embarrassing thing you've ever done in a posh restaurant?

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Family holiday in France. My daughter ordered andouillettes because they were cheap. I had no idea what it was but in my laissezz-faire way let her. When it came she was “mummy this is wild boar sausage can I swap for your steak frites?” I discovered it wasn’t that and crept away. Learned something

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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Glad our MPs have enough time on their hands for such important matters. Perhaps they could also scrutinize UK record at international croquet events; why haircuts are so expensive; and how to improve the annoying music when you’re on hold for a phone call. 🙄🙄🙄 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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UK to answer for its ‘dismal record’ in Eurovision before committee of MPs

Digital, culture, media and sport committee expected to hear evidence from BBC bosses and music industry experts

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Strongly avoiding CSLewis That Hideous Strength

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

True! But as in Adam’s post the way is through engaging feelings of hope and aspiration, Brexit was never about brain, it was all about feelings.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Given that it’s been extremely widely reported I don’t really understand, but apparently Ben Delo doesn’t want people to know about his guilty plea in the case where he, according to the DOJ “Designed BitMex as a Platform to Flout U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Rules”. www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr...

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My husband was born in Newcastle and his first clear memory is of a view sitting on his grandma’s front wall looking down one of these small streets.

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We emigrated to Portugal 2020, because we were under retirement age and not working here we had to have private health insurance, prove sufficient means of support and were ineligible for any social services - normal for moving to EU country

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The balaclava blackshirted thugs are a result of a decade of politicians, tabloids and the broadcast media telling racists they have "legitimate concerns." The normalisation of actual fascism rhetoric and action has led to this and is a far greater "legitimate concern" than any migrant on a boat.

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 05/09/2026

I’m flat out begging politicians to stop trying to win votes with a little light xenophobia. All you do is feed the racists without ever satiating them. Stop legitimizing hate

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It's only terrorism if it's from the Environmentaliste region of France Otherwise it's just sparkling "legitimate concerns"

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.

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onlycans @onlycans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25.

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I came here to say this. Initially they will be further apart. It will be more expensive to service fewer customers. Also doesn’t petroleum based fuel deteriorate over time? - so that under a certain level of demand they will just not be there.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"If there there was a window it was not broken, but it if was broken it was not by Nigel Farage's ball, but if it was his ball he certainly did not kick it, and if he did kick it, it was an accident and he knew nothing about it" said a Reform spokesperson.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 04/09/2026

So, if I understand Nigel Farage's argument correctly it is: "Everyone I trusted and elevated into a position of responsibility is constantly doing crimes that benefit me but of which I somehow have no knowledge. I am a man with the character, judgement, and intelligence to run the country." Ok.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Nigel Farage and Reform foreign donations scandal excluded from all but one national newspaper front page this morning. No sign of it at all on the front pages of the two papers which splashed the polls secretly funded by a Reform donor earlier this year

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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What really struck me watching Channel 4 investigation into Reform is that the wilful breaking of electoral law isn’t an accident - it’s by design At every turn it’s Reform - Orr, Dan Jukes - saying how to break the law Exactly why I’ve been banging on about weak election law for so long

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In medicine we always said ‘use it or lose it’ applies to physical but also mental abilities. My age group (sorry, Boomer) is at great risk of manipulation by social media but also of taking the easiest route; it is HARD but essential to check everything and use own brain. Better just use own brain

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I would object to LLMs even if they weren't planet destroying plagiarism-based bullshit engines because students need to learn core skills and how to do the work themselves. Also, they are planet destroying plagiarism-based bullshit engines that give answer-shaped nonsense.

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Indeed, visiting London family from Portugal the trees are the huge marker of drought - brown grass I think is common if over cut if August has no rain but the trees are suffering to a frightening degree.

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I love the beautiful paintings of flowers and fruit with a few pests in! 17th century Dutch artists? Also the idea of change with time.

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Dr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

📈 GREAT CLIMATE NEWS 📈 Renewables keep powering ahead. They now power *a third* of the world's electricity supply. And that number is only going up and up and up.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 16/08/2026

A former director of BBC News speaks:

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

It is always this though I feel, it seems very odd to want to stop everyone else because it is not how one personally lives life. To be suspicious the amount of apparently prurient attention seems possibly to point at denial of unwelcome impulses. Just a question.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Agree! Also there is a passion which shines through which is not limited to politics or at all about being ‘right’ or ‘having the last word’.

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Clarissa @clarissa57.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Que pena! Não como carne - mas …

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/08/2026

Farage’s re-election is ultimately a net loss for the people of Clacton. They are left with an MP who doesn’t care about their interests, holds a fundamental contempt for political transparency - and is facing multiple financial sleaze allegations and inquiries.

Stalled investigation into Farage undeclared 5 million can resume after by-election farce

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