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Julia Duplock

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❤️💙 🦅 History, languages, 📖 📺 🎥 Francophile

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Dan Thomas @itsdanthomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The most disappointing video you’ll see today.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 3h
Still wondering why some women choose the bear?
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 5h
I strongly believe schools should bring children together rather than try to impose one religious identity on them. If you agree - please add your name and call on the Education Secretary to introduce inclusive assemblies for all, and to keep dangerous Christian Nationalism OUT of our schools.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 14h
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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 12h
Simon Clarke MP was born on 28 September 1984. That's all you need to know. #r4today
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Michael Caine "I voted for Brexit... I'd rather be a poor master than a rich servant... You get lost, and then you find your way, and it will be alright." This Brexiteer lives in LA, has never been a poor anything, and there are zero consequences for his actions on him.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23h
Yeah right… Says man with net favourability rating of minus 45, a shitload of investigations into possible corruption, a team of utter inadequates and with every constituency bar 4 favouring rejoining because we all know how crap Brexit is now. Bore off. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham’s reopening of Brexit debate is ‘biggest boost in my career’, says Farage
Reform UK leader tells supporters PM’s move has ‘opened up a huge flank to us’
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Hush-Kit aviation news, history & satire @hushkit.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Spent years building up a big following on Twitter, essential for publicising my aviation blog, which I live from. Desperate to leave it & publicise on nicer platforms, but I have too few follows. If you want to help me escape, do give this a share. Much obliged. My blog here: hushkit.substack.com
A Sea Harrier FA.2 facing the camera on a post that says: Spent years building up a big following on Twitter, essential for publicising my aviation blog, which I live from.  Desperate to leave it & publicise on nicer platforms, but I have too few follows. If you want to help me escape, do give this a share. Much obliged. My blog here: hushkit.substack.com
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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I rarely get the chance to enjoy dedicated head space & drawing time to animate these days but I’m perhaps at my happiest & most contented when I do. So BIG thanks to @andrewsimms.bsky.social for bouncing me into this - it wound up a bit of an epic endeavour (so many letters!😱) but v happy with it!
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 01/10/2026
It’s been a while since I had a proper Brexit rant. Then GB News’s US Political Editor declared Britain “is not a European country”, completely rewriting reality, and my restraint promptly left the fucking building. How many excuses do Brexit’s champions get before they answer for the mess?
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The Brexit Multiverse of Madness
What happens when reality refuses to cooperate? Simple - you just rewrite it wholesale.
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Brexit revisited. New, unscheduled, post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on why Burnham's conference speech was a significant development in the Brexit saga, the questions and concerns it raises, and why it might come to be seen as a historic moment: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/brex...
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A photographer captured a family of owls and accidentally ended up with the perfect cover for a music album. Original post
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We’ve a report coming out soon on the civil and criminal tax implications of the Manchester City shenanigans. To catch it first you can subscribe to our free newsletter buff.ly/QEAHmgK
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is so very funny youtu.be/SHUvSffmLIQ?...
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Most TV is Just This Now
YouTube video by Michael Spicer
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
People support clean energy but think others don't. People support clean air but think others don't. People support low traffic neighbourhoods but think others don't. And they think others don't because vested interests and right-wing media work hard to create that impression.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh and give me optimism any day of the week over hate and the misery agenda that defines Reform/Restore/Badenochism
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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 29/09/2026
The rush to speculate that asylum seekers are responsible for every crime in the news is a sort of opportunistic informational terrorism. Until it’s disproved it stokes fear and hatred. When it is disproved there are no adverse consequences and they know that they only have to be lucky once.
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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 29/09/2026
My money's on Javier Bardem.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Farage honks his mouth off about ongoing police investigations, when told not to. His Welsh leader is in prison for taking bribes from Russia. He whips up riots. He’s in bed with Trump, foreign money, crooks and crypto billionaires…. A massive problem with national security is Farage himself.
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'We have a massive problem with national security': Farage challenged on Fairford speculation
Reform UK leader told his social media followers the five men arrested after an RAF Fairford situation were "Iranian nationals". Sky's Rob Powell spoke to him after it was confirmed the men arrested are British nationals.
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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is very, very good.
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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An AI-enhanced version of a grainy image that appears to be authentic and shows several men being arrested in relation to the ongoing incident at RAF Fairford is currently being shared on multiple platforms. A SynthID check reveals that the enhanced image was generated with OpenAI.
AI-enhanced version of an authentic image showing arrests at RAF Fairford
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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 28/09/2026
One for the equivocators.
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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Apropos of nothing. I was once involved in a case many moons ago where a helpful member of the public called the police on a group of men acting suspiciously. A couple of diligent police officers turned up, back up was called, arrests were made etc.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don’t understand this “very British/very English” framing. According to the Today programme it was “very English” that a member of the public called the police on seeing something dodgy. I’d no idea this is a specifically English thing. Perhaps we can encourage other countries to adopt this idea?
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's worth reading in detail about how vested interests in the US & elsewhere (the agriculture-industrial complex) sought to character assassinate Carson, claim she was a commie, rubbish her claims as pseudoscience, and dismiss her as a hysterical woman. www.environmentandsociety.org/exhibitions/...
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Industrial and Agricultural Interests Fight Back
This is Chapter 3 of the exhibition "Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: A book that changed the world" by historian Mark Stoll.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The size of *one* of the AI data centre buildings proposed for Great Torrington in north Devon, versus Exeter cathedral 🤯 From this useful piece profiling the local campaigns against it: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
A diagram comparing the size of one of the AI data centre buildings proposed for Great Torrington in north Devon, with Exeter cathedral. Source: Guardian piece linked to in post.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 26/09/2026
Every time I try to talk about deaf cats, my phone corrects it to "dead." It's getting quite awkward. "Have you got any dead cats that need a home?" "Would you consider adopting a dead cat?" "He can't live with kids, he's dead"
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Tories disgust me in opposition as much as they did in power. Driven mad chasing Reform votes. Incapable of decency and responsibility. And so goddam wet. Not one of them prepared to admit they got it wrong, that Brexit is a shitshow and more of that ruinous EU-phobia is the wrong way to go.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tom Tugendhat in Sunday Times insists on leaving the ECHR to tackle “soaring” immigration. What a miserable rat. Lying to us all. Betraying our country’s best interests. Threatening to flounce out of our human rights framework, trashing our treaties and torching our protection from abuses of power.
The Tories are planning to make the ECHR a dividing line at the next election. Last week the party announced plans to deport every foreign criminal, apart from those convicted of the most trivial offences, and said their plan for ECHR withdrawal meant only the Conservatives were equipped to take on the problem of soaring immigration. One of the problems withdrawal would create is a legal dispute over whether it breaches the Good Friday agreement, which committed the UK to fully incorporate the ECHR into Northern Ireland's justice system. Tugendhat said the issue had not yet been raised in his conversations with lawmakers in the US, adding:
"There's a lot of work to be done."
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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Every time someone links to this film, I have to repost it. It's one of the most significant bits of British 20th century art. Everything about it is incredible. Groundbreaking music production by Daphne Oram. Amazing camera work by Wolfgang Suschitzky (who later filmed Get Carter).-
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What’s your legacy Johnson? Brexit. Total collapse of trust in politics. And this. The small boats symbolise your dishonesty and your failure. You’re responsible for nothing but damage. Not one good thing. Not one proud moment. You’re forever a shameful disgrace who threw his own mandate in the bin.
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It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate from the people. He has no real ideas, and no plan.
BORIS JOHNSON: UK is defenceless against migrants without...
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Keith Burge @carryonkeith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Some consternation about the fact that Man City's main lawyer, Lord Pannick, charges £5,000 an hour. Even if he worked a 40 hour week he'd still be on less than the weekly wage of most of their first team players.
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Keith Burge @carryonkeith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Those Man City sanctions in full: 1 Players to wear clown shoes for the rest of the season. 2 Gary Neville to be appointed Manager on a 10-year contract. 3 Donnarumma to swap places with the Club mascot. 4 'Blue Moon' to be replaced with 'Money for Nothing'. Or 'Little Lies'.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Can we just take a moment to appreciate that this (very good) podcast by two trans women talking about superhero comics is called eX-Men.
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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 26/09/2026
Yeah, justice. Fairness. Consequences. Appalling. Think of the mess.
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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Read Stewart Lee's satirical take on this "we're Romans" stance, where he calls for surviving Roman amphitheatres (though sadly fails to mention Maumbury Rings) to be returned to their original use, entertaining the plebs with sometimes lethal games. www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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Stewart Lee: Why don’t we stage public drownings of migrants, to address people’s legitimate concerns?
The collapse of compassion in post-Brexit Britain suggests it’s now time for Roman-style lethal spectacles.  The alternative – stopping malign global influences from destabilising our society, say – s...
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 26/09/2026
I still don’t understand how anyone thought that this was going to be a good policy. It also baffles my mind that it’s still going ahead.
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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This week's offering for @thenerve.news by Stewart Lee led me to find a stirring rendition of Souza's "The Stars & Stripes forever" march, the tune to sing when incanting the "Let them Drown, Let them Drown, Let the Drown" chant. Feeling cheered up already! www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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Stewart Lee: Why don’t we stage public drownings of migrants, to address people’s legitimate concerns?
The collapse of compassion in post-Brexit Britain suggests it’s now time for Roman-style lethal spectacles.  The alternative – stopping malign global influences from destabilising our society, say – s...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/09/2026
The Chinese Communist Party got access to sensitive components of U.S. F-35 stealth fighters. The U.S. got 2 pandas.
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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...
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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily
Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Angela Vince @angieeagle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Eventually! The appeal will no doubt also take years...
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We already know what the "protect our women" crowd are like. (And yes - those are 2 different Raise the Flag founders - one charged with murder and the other facing 14 charges!) The last thing Piddington wants is these guys roaming their streets... 31/
Headline: Most people arrested during Henry Novak protests had been reported for domestic abuse.Headline: One in five people arrested over 2024 riots have been reported for domestic abuse. Raise the Colours founder denies murder as second leading activist faces child abuse image charges.Leader of group behind flag campaign in England charged with 14 offences.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's funny how, under her administration, it was just an "immigration issue", but now it is about "women's safety" Nothing's changed - except immigration is down, boat crossings down, hotel use down, backlog down... But they have to keep the narrative going and hope you don't know that!
She warned that Labour's asylum crisis is now bigger than an immigration issue because it is now about women's safety.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
But women in Piddington are quite literally being told by the Leader of the Opposition that they should fear for their LIVES and that never leaving the house after dark is a reasonable precaution! This isn't protecting them. This is seriously damaging them. 11/
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
85% of rapes are perpetrated by men known to the victim. We are not "protecting women" by pretending the asylum seekers are the threat. Women are no more or less in danger from an asylum seeker than they are from their boss, the Tesco delivery man, or the pub landlord. 10/
A bar graph shows the relationship of sexual assault victims to their perpetrators, comparing data between males and females in England and Wales.
43.2% of perpetrators are the partner or ex-partner of the victim. 37.8% of perpetrators are someone known to the victim other than a partner or family member and only 15% were assaulted by a stranger.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sorry - it's been a long one today! Lots of false claims to cover! But wow, is that headline appalling! Always be suspicious when you see quotation marks in a headline - it is usually a newspaper's way of telling a lie with plausible deniability! 32/
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