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Robin

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UK ex-pat in FR since '95, pro-EU. 2 adult kids still at home, conflicted - I'll die inside when they leave but know they must. Love books, inc. those I haven't read yet. #GNUSTP Run as much as, hike when, I can. Listen to as much music as possible.

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I see numbers that suggest 183 children were killed in Gaza yesterday - you can debate the number if you wish - but if ten British children were killed in a single event yesterday we would be justifiably horrified www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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Israel’s renewed attacks on Gaza kill 183 children in 36 hours
Palestinians flee air strikes as Israel says ceasefire negotiations with Hamas will only take place ‘under fire’.
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Hi, It's been a while, hope everyone is well. I really enjoy this writer, perhaps some of you will too. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What does Maga-land look like? Let me show you America's unbeautiful suburban sprawl | Alexander Hurst
I drove 2,000 miles with a French friend across my home country – and saw the endless nowhere land that is the crucible of Trumpism, says Guardian Europe correspondent Alexander Hurst
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Something I learnt today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I grew up Muslim in a Catholic community – and Mary represented common ground | Zeyneb Sayılgan
Despite some theological differences, both denominations look to her as an inspiration for cultivating compassion and hope, says scholar Zeyneb Sayılgan
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Saturday LRP group run up to Sacré Coeur - bit steep going up there.
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El Chubasco @elchubasco.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
This...THIS is an essay in the best sense of the word, and I urge you to take a few minutes from your day and read it.
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Quite enjoying this being off work lark.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Majority of Brexit voters ‘would accept free movement’ to access single market new polling finds This could be because surge in net migration to UK after 2016 meant Brexit was no longer seen by its supporters as the answer on immigration, the report suggested www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Majority of Brexit voters ‘would accept free movement’ to access single market
Europe-wide polling finds UK and EU leaders now out of step with public opinion and pursue ‘ambitious reset’
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/12/2024
Use frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine, says EU’s top diplomat
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Use frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine, says EU’s top diplomat
Kaja Kallas, the EU’s new high representative for foreign affairs, said Kyiv had a legitimate claim for compensation Billions of Russian state funds frozen in the European Union should be used to aid Ukraine, the EU’s top diplomat has said. Kaja…
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Got a few days off so I had a bit of a lie-in before lacing up the runners this morning. Leftfield provided aural encouragement.
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God @skeetofgod.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Spread the word, people. The quicker I get to 100,000 followers the quicker we can get this Apocalypse thing over with.
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
LRP Saturday 6' group run
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
That was a bit of a struggle
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Saturday morning LRP gathering at about 1°C
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Not sure if Elon is throttling me so I’m posting both this post and the same post on the other platform as an experiment. Let me know if you see this!
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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Like Josh Marshall, I am much less interested in stories about social media than in, you know, using social media for what I need to do. He nonetheless thinks something about this is worth writing about, and again, I agree. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-fun...
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A Funny Thing Happened on The Way To Your Phone: Thinking About Bluesky
Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter two years ago, those who despise his evolving mix of predatory trolling, stunted emotional development and right-wing extremism have been hoping for an alternative.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Chef José Andrés has been to Ukraine and seen things there first hand. Now he’s invited Joe Rogan to go there with him, instead of spout Russian disinformation. Class act.
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
🤣 www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
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‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year
The committee’s honourable mentions went to ‘right to disconnect’ and ‘rawdogging’
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Ah, seems there's some technical issue 🤣
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
going to keep saying: it's important for basic functioning for a society to discourage baldfaced lying
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Only biological males with cakey orange foundation and 34 felony convictions may use this bathroom.
Shot of Mar-a-lago bathroom with classified docs stacked in boxes
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Mueller didn’t say he was innocent. Cannon didn’t say he was innocent. Merchan didn’t say he was innocent. Chutkan didn’t say he was innocent. Jack Smith didn’t say he was innocent. He got away with all of it. And not a one of them said he was innocent of any of it. Not one.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I remember during the Brexit referendum that leading Brexiteers *insisted* that they were not isolationists and little Englanders. They *were* team players, but it was just the EU was wrong. But then they wanted out of Single Market… then ECHR… …and now UN and ICC too. They are not team players.
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Maybe misheard, but fairly sure the 6Music presenter on air right now just mentioned this blue sky place 😄
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
This is horrendous www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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Danish parenting tests under fire after baby removed from Greenlandic mother
Campaigners say psychometric tests are discriminatory amid protests over case of Keira Alexandra Kronvold
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Bonjour 👋 Weird weather - this time last week it was around 4°C, all warm hat, gloves, snood, 3 layers : this morning 16°, shorts & t-shirt. Peace to everyone dealing with Burt, especially down in the Pontypridd area🙏
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
🚨UPDATE: Lord Woodley’s Bill to end the cruel injustice of the #IPPscandal has passed its 2nd Reading. The question now is will the Prime Minister do the right thing & give the Bill government time for a full & proper Committee Stage? Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to do what’s right
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Saturday morning is Let's Run Paris time 👍
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Spooky Connections @spookyconnections.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The US House of Representatives has passed H.R. 9495, a bill that threatens civil society organizations. This legislation threatens the ability of independent groups to engage with the US government on human rights abuses, organized crime, and anti-corruption around the world. #spookyconnections
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US House Passes Bill that Threatens Civil Society Organizations
On November 21, 2024, the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 9495, which would grant the secretary of the US Department of the Treasury unilateral authority to remove the tax-exempt status of any...
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
30 years in Paris, I've never seen so little attention to Beaujolais Nouveau day - today, 3rd Thursday in November. Good thing really. The makers hate it for being forced to rush out substandard product, bars etc. grit their teeth knowing they'll be left with worthless stock.
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Chris Dixon @avalanchechris.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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DemocracyLover #BlueCrew-FBR-FBPE-NAFO 🇫🇷🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 @martie38.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Senate GOP meeting this morning
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AndrewT @andrewt500.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
A message from a REAL farmer who hasn’t been brainwashed by the Tories, wealthy landowners and the right wing media👇🏽 #FarmersProtest
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Michael Hughes @mhughes.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Transgender people have been using public bathrooms since the invention of public bathrooms. We’ve all been in a bathroom with a trans person, we just don’t know when or where. It’s the dumbest thing to be afraid of.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Is it time to bite the bullet and announce we are rejoining the Single Market? The Single Market that we never voted to leave, and were promised we wouldn't.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
In a recent.Origin Story episode we said that the best way to avoid extremism is to offer decent coverage of peaceful protests. Today's reporting is a very good example of how to do that. Shame we only really do it when it's the right on the street.
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 19/11/2024
"Trump confirms he will utilize US military to conduct mass deportations President-elect plans to declare a national emergency for undocumented immigrants with help of hardline cabinet" Early test of the US military's willingness to obey unconscionable orders? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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Trump confirms he will utilize US military to conduct mass deportations
President-elect plans to declare a national emergency for undocumented immigrants with help of hardline cabinet
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DREALDEAL 💙⚾️ Heere’s Johnny! @drealdeal.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Millions depend on social security including myself, a retiree who has worked for over 50 years!!
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Simon Lightwood MP @simonlightwood.org.uk · 19/11/2024
This is the truth about Labour's Budget and farmers.
The truth about Labour's Budget and farmers

The change announced in the Budget will not impact the majority of farmers.

Estates worth up to £3 million could still be passed on by a couple completely free of inheritance tax.

Where inheritance tax does apply, farmers will still pay 50% less inheritance tax than everyone else.

Heirs can spread the payment over 10 years interest-free instead of having to pay it all at once.

The policy is about protecting smaller family farms while ensuring the wealthiest landowners pay their fair share.

Our public services need fixing and the wealthiest should be the ones who bear the greatest burden so we can do that.

Farmers will benefit from £5 billion being invested into farming over the next two years - the largest amount ever directed towards sustainable food production in our country's history.
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
@runningpast.bsky.social Been intrigued by #runningpunks for a while, since I heard someone interviewed by Huw on 6Music some time back. Happy to find you all here, hope you have room for another.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/08/2024
"Everyone tells Me I made light and darkness, sea and sky, but to be honest, I was blacked out for most of that millennium."
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Newly Sober God Admits He Has No Recollection Of Creating Universe
THE HEAVENS—Sipping on a Diet Coke as He described the mix of alcohol and pills He had lived off of for years, a newly sober God admitted Tuesday that He had no recollection of creating the universe. ...
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
Last day visiting Mum in Blackburn Lancashire, can confirm that those 4000 holes have still not been filled. Can still see why I left 40 yr ago, but there are some improvements.
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 13/08/2024
Hello, I dropped off all socials a couple of months ago, persona reasons. I miss interacting though, so I'm popping back in. Not to Xitter, though, that place is poisonous Think I'll mooch around here for a while?
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023...
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No grounds to ban pro-Palestine march in London on Armistice Day, Met believes
Exclusive: legal threshold, which requires intelligence pointing to risk of serious disruption, has not yet been met, sources say
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
This seems like a safe place to say this. I HAVE A DATE!
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
... & giving. By Pont des Arts 06h00
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Robin @devor.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
Paris just keeps on giving. Esplanade des Invalides 05h45
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Chirpy Chet @chirpychet.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
Delighted to see Bylines Network is here, let's get behind them 👇👇 @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
Financial Times has gone woke
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Context of the internet @funnyordie.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
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