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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I was on the telly.

Denis Burke @denisburke.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Pat Lawless passing Lanzarote looking well, relaxed and happy. Already been up and down his mast at sea to fix a stay, we're so glad he has the safety of a mast ladder. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnqW...

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🔴 LIVE: Pat Lawless Sail Past Lanzarote | Saltram Saga 36 “Silvermines Hydro” | GGR 20262

YouTube video by Golden Globe Race Official

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026

Excellent letter in The Times. "Greater hate hath no person than to accuse those who put their lives on the line for others of being traitors."

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Denis Burke @denisburke.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

GGR 2026 16 sailors address a good size crowd the day before departure. 7-8 months alone at sea for a non-stop circumnavigation race. A few will complete, may they all make it home safe.

16 Sailors addressing a good size crowd the day before departure on a non-stop round the world solo race, 8 months alone at sea. A few will make it to the finish line, may they all make it safely home.

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Denis Burke @denisburke.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

In Les Sables d'Olonne to see Pat off. He's well prepared for departure on Sunday and looking very relaxed goldengloberace.com/skippers/pat...

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Pat Lawless

The Race Returns · Sailing like it's 1968

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

For thousands of years, a solar eclipse has been a prophetic harbinger of a spectacular, epoch-making event. Just saying. #VoteBinface #Clacton

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Okay Clacton. Let’s go.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Animaris Rex is an 18-metre-long walking 'beach animal' propelled by the wind, created by Theo Jansen as a fusion of art and engineering. Original post

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Peter Mandler @petermandler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Going through some of my father's papers I came across - what in my professional life I'd tout as a great archival discovery - a letter from the (unrelated, and I think not Jewish) Mandlers who sponsored my father's and his family's visas to the US in 1939, out of the goodness of their hearts. (1/3)

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Denis Burke @denisburke.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Seems to me that the shadow chancellor, Mel Stride, accusing the new PM, Andy Burnham, of "breathtaking hypocrisy" over his proposed pro-consumer cost of living measures, is itself a fine example of breathtaking hypocrisy.

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Denis Burke @denisburke.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

You're probably in the clear on this one, the nearly orgasmic groaning would give it away, surely?

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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

What I really want to hear Burnham say is that awful, evil politicians have been fearmongering and weaponising the whole issue of immigration, in a way that causes everyone harm. He doesn’t even need to mention that Starmer was one of them.

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Denis Burke @denisburke.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I don't know why this is funny. I also don't know why I keep looking at it again, and laughing.

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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

And then they throw in some Celtic languages and yoink bits of languages from around the world along the way. The result: a language where there are usually about 10 different ways to say something, but when it comes to writing, you sit at your desk for 20 minutes trying to think of one 🤣 #amwriting

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Jenrick is an idiot sandwich. Read all about it. iandunt.substack.com/p/jenrick-is...

At any given moment you could ask yourself: What’s the most cynical, self-interested, irresponsible and yet also incredibly basic thing you could do now, and that’s precisely what he’ll do - whether it’s making anti-immigration videos or joining Reform. And yet, despite the obviousness of the action itself, he will always pursue it with this look of deep seriousness, as if he were Napoleon devising the Italian campaign.

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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

It's not a disagreement about politics. Itr's a morality/decency thing.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Burnham Week One: This is what a professional political operation looks like iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-we...

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Many progressives have embraced despair and it doesn't do them a damn bit of good www.arguably.uk/p/the-left-s...

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Denis Burke @denisburke.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

We should. What a good way to start the conversation. What's the best way to keep raising it?

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It's funny how no-one ever asks where the money is coming from when you announce a cut in immigration.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Burnham is radical on devolution, public ownership and electoral reform. He has appointed serious people with proven track records. He is charismatic, has real emotional presence, and a proven appeal to voters. Why wouldn’t a progressive be excited? open.substack.com/pub/arguably...

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The left should stop being so miserable

Andy Burnham’s arrival in No 10 is a moment to rediscover hope

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Denis Burke @denisburke.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Yep, deliberately selectively obtuse, to manufacture a story out speculation, and to big up their roles. Probably why I stopped watching BBC News years ago.

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Denis Burke @denisburke.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Trying to work out if the BBC presenters commenting on the PM's focus on rough sleeping, and it not having been eradicated completely locally in Manchester, are being disingenuous or dense. In the UK, PM's have somewhat more influence over the national economic and social context than Mayors.

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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

A must read from Mayor Mamdani🙏🏽🌟 In his demand of solidarity from himself and from each of us, Madiba becomes more than a man, more than a Messiah: he becomes a mirror. When we hear his refusal to abandon those with whom he shared common cause, (cont.) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?

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Nelson Mandela held a mirror to humanity – and showed us what solidarity means | Zohran Mamdani

In a speech given on Wednesday in honor of Nelson Mandela Day, New York’s mayor reflects on what Madiba can teach us in a fractured era

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Jack Grimes @jackapedia.design · 16/07/2026

Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley

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COPP Survey @coppsurvey.uk · 16/07/2026

🗓️ #OTD in 1944 – COPP 3 leaves the UK in liner Strathaird (📸 National Library of Australia 1614551), heading for Ceylon (Sri Lanka). #NavalHistory In nine days they'll be followed by COPP 6 as focus starts to shift from Europe and the Med to south-east Asia. ▶️ buff.ly/JQia5It

Strathaird passing beneath Sydney Harbour Bridge before the war.

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Jason @nickmotown.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

With Penelope Keith’s passing, I got to thinking about Paul Eddington, in his final days, facing the camera that one last time, despite the shitty hand life had dealt him, and the courage it must have taken to do so. Given the chance to spin some grandstanding bullshit, he chose to say this instead:

“A journalist once asked me what I would like my epitaph to be and I said I think I would like it to be ‘he did very little harm’. And that’s not easy. Most people seem to me to do a great deal of harm. If I could be remembered as having done very little, that would suit me”.

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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 10/07/2026

I remember this very interview, and this moment. I've often requoted it. The wisdom of it. Thanks for posting.

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Old photo: "Leigh Court Barn is an outstanding example of English medieval carpentry, and the largest cruck framed structure in Britain. Built for Pershore Abbey in about 1325, it is over 42 metres long with 18 cruck blades each made from a single oak tree". Text: English Heritage. Photo: me.

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CatDaMaMa @catdamama.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

From @therickwilson.bsky.social. He’s urging all of us to stop trying to shame the GOP, because they will never feel it and will never change bc of it. Power and money is all they care about, but what they fear is losing both. We must then all vote in large numbers that the GOP can’t dispute it.

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Denis Burke @denisburke.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Obviously unintentionally, but Farage seems to have finally done something that might actually benefit the country, and has also given us the opportunity, not before time, to thoroughly scrutinise Count Binface's policies.

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Thierry de Cabarrus @tcabarrus.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Marine Le Pen n'est PAS présumée innocente car elle a été reconnue coupable de détournements de fonds. La Cassation n'annule pas les délits mais juste leurs conséquences judiciaires. Conclusion, Marine Le Pen manque de respect aux Français en se présentant quand même à la Présidentielle...

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Cli-fugees et fantaisie @cli-fugees.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Y a un mec ds la rue qu'a volé le sac d'une mamie et, pas de bol, il s'est fait choper par des flics qui passaient par là. Il était menotté et tout, ils avaient rendu le sac à la vieille et là, il a gueulé : "Je suis candidat aux présidentielles !". Ben ils l'ont laissé partir avec le sac.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Streisand Effect

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 27/06/2026

absolute height of comedy is when they cut to the goal and you see how many kid keepers they've got

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Tony Blair has become a brilliant indicator on any given issue. If he supports it, it's guaranteed to be totally and utterly morally reprehensible. He's Schrödinger's cunt.

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Denis Burke @denisburke.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Yes, absa effin lutely Alf Dubs is right. Practising such cruelty is wrong and doing so in our name harms us all. Stop impoverishing the county's future. It's long past time to turn to a healthier direction.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Technically, they’re Remains now.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This is great. He's getting absolutely hammered on this and every answer he invents is worse than the one which preceded it

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Allowing Moscow-aligned networks to win power in Europe would dissolve NATO solidarity and fracture the EU. Movements like the National Rally, LFI, AfD, and Reform UK act as Trojan horses. Voters need a wake-up call. A vote for them is a vote for Putin

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