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Debbie H

@debbiereads.bsky.social
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Widow, proud mum of a resident doctor, cockapoo guardian. Retired teacher. Cake, history, books and The Archers.

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Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social · 14h
Booking link here: luma.com/piepetxd
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Raps and Rhymes for children and all: Benefit for Goldsmiths Staff on strike · Luma
Join Michael Rosen, Christian Foley, Josh Seigal and Zohab Zee Khan for an afternoon of poetry and performance for children and families. All proceeds will be…
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 16h
Thread ⬇️ Don't forget to read the alt text!
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The last legal public execution in the United States took place on August 14, 1936. 20,000 people turned up to watch it. Hegseth's horror show will be watched by millions. What has become of America?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
United States of America brings back public executions courtesy of Pete Hegseth. The sort of tyrannical behaviour that ISIS and the Taliban engage in. baynews9.com/fl/tampa/mil...
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Pentagon says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had said the execution would be "public"
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Extraordinarily dramatic thread ⬇️😀
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@AlanWalter @alanwalter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m an RNLI volunteer crew member and I invite her to get on a plane from her hideout in Dubai and say that to my face here in the UK
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Happy birthday, have a lovely day!
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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In the most unsurprising news. 🙄 Hopefully Powell will scrap this daft idea.
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Enjoy your 'time off' and may it bring you everything you need it to bring.
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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is going to be in around 14 hours if you'd like to come😊🪻Ticket holders can view the video for 2 weeks afterwards if they can't make it on the live streaming time.
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Thread ⬇️ 🦋
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Cornish/Manc Parallel Realist (Worldwide Dept.) @leftymuso.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I like it. Had some fab watercress soup recently, on the Isles of Scilly 😋 #TheArchers
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No outraged speech from Reform UK 'I'm not racist' Farage, no social media disgust from Restore Britain Lowe, no marches by Patriot Platform ... maybe, just maybe, because none of them are black or brown! meme via We Demand UK
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A new statue titled “The Orange Plague”, also known as “King of Injustice”, by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt has been unveiled inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, where it will remain through 8 October. Remember to stop by for a selfie if you have a chance. 😏📸
This sculpture is a satirical piece titled "[The Orange Plague] created by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt.

The Imagery: The 2.6-meter-tall, gold-plated bronze sculpture depicts a naked, oversized Donald Trump riding on the back of a smaller man. He is holding a golf club in one hand and a pair of scales in the other. 

The Meaning: According to Galschiøt, the piece is a satirical commentary on modern political power, climate policy, and the subversion of the rules-based international order. 

Recent Exhibition: In October 2026, the statue drew global headlines when it went on public display inside the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France, organized by Danish MEP Per Clausen.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just for starters.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Pumpkin #FBPE 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @pumpkinnz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second home ownership on rural communities www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hello lovely people. I'm running a workshop on indie publishing with everything you need to get your book successfully out there. Pay-what-you-can. Oct 7th. 9am NZT Video available for 2 weeks for all ticket holders who can't make the live time. www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/a-crash-co...
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A Crash Course In Independent Publishing
A 3 hour self-publishing talk delivered by multi-best selling author and publishing company director, George Penney.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Britain's Iron Dome crumbled in less than 18 hours. Another triumph for Semi Goodenough www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Badenoch denies ‘British Iron Dome’ plan – after Tories use phrase in press release
Tory leader says proposed ‘Britannia Shield’ would not be comparable to Israeli missile defence system
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thread with snacks ⬇️😋
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hideous
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "How long do you think its going to take for people to forget you ran the country for 14 years?" Helen Whateley, "Kemi has published an essay called The Right Way, really thinking about what's gone wrong with the country" 14 years of Tory austerity 🤷‍♀️
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Conservative Helen Whateley, "Tax cuts have to be funded.. I'm doing work on what is the right way to bring down the welfare bill" My view: Why is the answer always more hardship for people who are already struggling, while vast wealth can be hoarded almost untouched?
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
They're incapable of feeling shame.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"There are parts of Luton – and the police will tell you this – that are no-go areas where white people won't go" Police say that's false But this Tory shadow-minister still uses false claims to justify "a consensus on the right" that immigration is a disaster www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tory shadow minister claims Luton has ‘no-go zones’ where ‘white people won’t go’
Blake Stephenson tells fringe meeting at Tory conference that the town is ‘a very dangerous place’ with ‘ghettoes’
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Evening Klaxoners. My choices for this series are: 1. Book of Judges 2. The King And I 3. Blondie Bonus: Rimsky-Korsakov Good luck everyone! #UniversityChallengeKlaxon
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Made it a lifelong commitment!
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thread ⬇️
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thread ⬇️ 🐰
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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hey lovely people. Tomorrow I'm going to be running an online Social Media for Creatives workshop that's focussed on keeping safe, sane and even having fun on social media. October 6, 9am NZT. Pay What You Can Video Available on demand for 2 weeks after. www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/social-med...
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Social Media For Creatives
A talk for creatives wanting to use social media for promotion without sacrificing their sanity and time. Led by author George Penney.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The collective ignorance of MAGA, a cult that mindlessly repeats whatever they've been told by liars—and knows no actual history.
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Reform’s world leading vetting excels again A Reform councillor stepped away from his cabinet role, over concerns re his alleged arrest Police carried out warrants at properties in Grimsby and Waltham, seizing suspected unlicensed prescription drugs and class A drugs. #ReformCrimsInc
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Reform UK cabinet councillor steps aside amid police inquiry
The leader of North East Lincolnshire Council says Reform UK's James Sawkins remains a councillor.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Excellent sign at the Birmingham Unity rally, no notes
Photo of a lot of people about to march for unity in Birmingham.  There are many flags and a large sign with pictures of an RNLI crew member and a black-clad balaclava-wearing Patriot Platform Blackshort holding a can.
Text says: Spot the difference: 
Saves Lives Vs Beats Wives Close up of sign
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ScouseLakes @scouselakes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“The Tories are taking the public for fools. Across 14 years in government, they added just 500 prison places and closed 23 prisons. Now Kemi Badenoch expects the British people to believe they'll build 50,000."
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thread, with sad cheese ⬇️ 🧀
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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Also, if you'd like to attend a wonderful and warm workshop about friendship and networking for creatives, my lovely friend Emma and I are doing one tomorrow. 9am NZT. Pay What You Can. Available for 2 weeks on demand for all ticket holders. www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/friendship...
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Friendship & Networking For Creatives
A warm, fun workshop about networking and friendship for writers, artists and anyone wanting to connect to a community.
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So enjoyable!
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Jim Halpert's Fight! Fight! Fight! Smile
Alt: Jim Halpert's Fight! Fight! Fight! Smile
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
She's from the same pen as new, reasonable, empathetic George, presumably, and the old ones are biding their time in the Silents Cupboard. It's a bit discombobulating #TheArchers
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
😱
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding.
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Bob Shields @robbo03.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage actually typed this into the internet. Please don't adjust your irony meter.
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Seems a high price to pay! #TheArchers
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Run for the hills, Stella. It's a mystery to me why she wants to saddle herself with moany Pip and her spoilt child #TheArchers
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Jurassic World Claire Dearing
Alt: Jurassic World Claire Dearing shouting 'run!'
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Debbie H @debbiereads.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sparkly thread ⬇️
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Adam is my friend, so I'm biased. But he's a darned sight better than the rest of them. Which presumably is why Badenoch fears him. Which is presumably why he's banned.
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