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Max

@doright.bsky.social
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‘In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.’ Camus. The arts, history, travel, transport, books, football and the rest…AFC / socialist.

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Bristol Green Party @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What do these three cities all have in common? They're all recognised wetland cities! Bristol is set to become the UK's first wetland city - soon to be the home of over 200 wetland projects!
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Unofficial Guardian (UK) Bot @guardian-uk-rss.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Register that shatters the myth of Britain’s role in profiting from enslavement
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The Register that shatters the myth of Britain’s role in profiting from enslavement
In this month’s newsletter: for Caribbean scholars, the evidence of how deeply slavery shaped Britain’s wealth has never been in doubt. Plus, heritage walks in Manchester
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Old UK Print Ads 70s/80s/90s @oldukprintads7890s.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oct 1988: Ad for Midnight Run «MIDNIGHT RUN»
This is an advertisement for the movie Midnight Run, starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin. The movie is an action comedy about a bounty hunter who has to bring in an accountant who embezzled money from the mob. The mob wants to kill him, the FBI wants to arrest him and his prisoner thinks he should give up smoking.

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Max @doright.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Especially not in north London
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Little bitch?
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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. But give a monkey a beer and some fireworks, and the weekend starts here.
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Tristram Wyatt @tristramwyatt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Big news from Labour Conference: the PM has announced the government's plan to scrap first past the post. Seats that match votes would change British politics for good, but only if it happens. I've added my name. Join me? action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/201578/...
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The PM used his big speech to promise to fix Westminster's broken voting system.
We've heard promises before. I've signed to make sure this one is kept. It takes 30 seconds
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Formerly enslaved people in Guyana embraced collective action | Letter
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Formerly enslaved people in Guyana embraced collective action | Letter
Letters: We should learn about emancipated people’s extraordinary capacity for mutual endeavour, writes Prof Kathryn A Monk, in response to an article in the Cotton Capital series
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here’s hoping
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 26/09/2026
‘“Hard borders” are a creation of the modern age. Until the late 19th century, borders almost everywhere were more or less open, often fuzzy or undecided.’ Ferdinand Mount on immigration and emigration in the English imagination. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Ferdinand Mount · Modest and Misunderstood: Wretched Strangers
In the great immigration panics of today, sympathy is focused on the home team. We are the ones who are being hurt. It...
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ᴄʏᴄʟᴏᴢ @cyclozparis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Private cars should be banned from city centers
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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 26/09/2026
A deeply underrated skeet.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
1/ People keep saying AI is inevitable. History disagrees. Plenty of technologies were called unstoppable, and societies stopped them or shrank them down to a niche. A thread 🧵
evitable
adjective
uk  /ˈev.ɪ.tə.bəl/ us  /ˈev.ə.t̬ə.bəl/

able to be avoided or prevented:
He believes that world war is evitable.
Inevitable suffering due to persecution is to be distinguished from evitable sickness.
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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WC_Cogswell @cogswell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The world is so insane that environmentally sensible behaviours are being introduced by stealth
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Is the answer: you leave all your worldly goods to a vac robot?
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
While Piddington dominates the news, at Leicester Crown Court this man was sentenced today Ivan Jennings, a former Conservative councillor, called for terror attacks on small boat migrants and Muslims and shared target ideas, telling fellow white supremacists to kill as many “subhumans” as possible
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
From a no mark, easily ignorable corporate piss up act to a full blown, deeply complicit agent of modern horror in one easy step
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nottspolitics.bsky.social @nottspolitics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
'Appropriately for someone who remains in the margins of history despite her enormous contribution – including to her husband’s status – Taylor Mill was deeply angered by injustice' Prof. @drhmccabe.bsky.social for @theconversation.com on the English philosopher and women's rights advocate ⬇️
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My unsung hero of science: Harriet Taylor Mill, the radical feminist philosopher who lived in the shadow of her husband
Taylor Mill cut to the heart of issues in political thought such as patriarchy, socio-economic justice and freedom.
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
RIP the marvellous Ms Greer
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I love this
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Yes. He got the message. She can do no more.
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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I ran a marathon to raise money for MSF. Attacks on MSF and RNLI and Amnesty are what fascists literally do. They want to devalue all humane effort, all care for fellow man. These are dangerous, dangerous times.
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Historic Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Another of my favourite photos, Ken Kelly's autumnal shot of Mike Brearley in his last match before retiring walking off after leading Middlesex to a ten-wicket win and with it the County Championship at Worcester, September 11th 1982. That was not quite that. He made one final appearance in 1983
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The quality of the journalism doesn’t help. There’s no attempt to wonder ‘why’ these components are the way they’re alleged to be
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Bunny Stroganoff @bunnystroganoff.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The Night of the Radishes (Spanish: Noche de Rábanos) is an annual event held on December 23 in Oaxaca, Mexico, dedicated to the carving of oversized radishes. #TheArchers
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Duille @duille.com · 10/09/2026
"Twilight at Imamiya Street, Choshi". Kawase Hasui. 1932. Image: TWAM
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I’ve never known of an asylum seeker (i.e. before refugee status given) being charged for NHS treatment. Certainly not in the areas in which I have worked.
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If the polling is to be even partly believed, much of the israeli electorate is lost to humanity. How I hope that’s untrue
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Indeed…a tiny step and straightforward to get around as I understand it. Any goods will be labelled as israeli. And there’s the rub, only a comprehensive boycott of the entire state of Israel is required…for starters.
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Ilikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Tosh
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Ah the price of everything and the value of nothing
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I think that selfishness and laziness drive nearly all of the negative attitudes and behaviours that ruin the world. Add malicious narcissism to taste.
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Quite so. It’s also important to see it in the wider context of the authoritarian approach to Palestine Action and climate protestors. Two tier policing anyone?
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franceinfo @franceinfo.fr · 08/09/2026
Alors que le ministre de l’Interieur va présenter les grandes lignes d’un projet de modernisation des services de secours, les soldats du feu font grève. Les sapeurs-pompiers réclament plus de moyens et plus de volontaires.
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"Nous sommes à bout" : les pompiers en grève réclament plus de moyens
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Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence @secretsandspies.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Did Kent Police ignore a 999 call? Contrary to their public statement, HOPE not hate can exclusively reveal that Kent Police were tipped off about the Patriot Platform mobilisation – and seemingly did not act on the information. From @nicklowles.bsky.social nicklowles.substack.com/p/did-kent-p...
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Did Kent Police ignore a 999 call?
Contrary to their public statement, HOPE not hate can exclusively reveal that Kent Police were tipped off about the Patriot Platform mobilisation – and seemingly did not act on the information.
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
King Charles has invited leading figures from the AI industry to meet with him and see if all hope is lost.
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This geezer and his mates appear to be incredibly naive.
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Terminal cowardice
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
ACAB: All Cats Are Beautiful and Brilliant
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Cooper is a moron. She has done / will do anything to keep the money coming in and the status intact
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Robinson is a dangerous man. A government stenographer. You’d be searching a while before any kind of moral compass was found.
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
‘Old England is Dying’, the Waterboys
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The BBC cancelling Winterwatch is such a shame, especially when we need to be connecting with nature more than ever. If we want people to protect our wildlife, we have to show them it! Add your name to ask the BBC to reconsider. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
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Tell the BBC: Save Winterwatch!
The UK is losing its wildlife, and shows like Winterwatch are vital for connecting us to nature. The BBC's decision to cancel it makes no sense. Let's ask them to rethink this! Add your name here:
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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Bloc de clim apparu discrètement derrière les motifs en fer forgé du balcon
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Cat beating a drum: one of a motley crew of anthropomorphic animals to be found adorning the lower margins of a finely illuminated "book of hours" produced in late 13th-century England. More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/m...
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
They should at least poke their oar in
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Max @doright.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Oaf. Dangerous oaf
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