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Things that politicians say are terrorism but are not terrorism: 3 men stealing fuel in the countryside 2 men flying an aircraft having an argument on the way to Tel Aviv 100s of people holding up signs

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Marathon day in Berlin means lots of roads closed. And it means I can safely cross the road to my favourite bakery without taking my life into my own hands!

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For pescetarians – see, you've thought about DEI already, good for you – consider bringing several whole fish, which you can gut, simply dress, charcoal grill and serve to the hungry panel just before the interview. During the interview would be bad form.

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Obviously you'd never vote AfD, but in case you were looking for reasons to absolutely never vote CDU, here's one. Turns out CDU is happy to vote with the Nazis after all. No comment in the article about why.

dw.com

AfD, CDU ban new Holocaust 'stumbling stones' in Heidenau

Activists, politicians and representatives of Holocaust victims reacted with anger after the center-right CDU party joined forces with the AfD to ban new Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) in the easter...

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is why we need Pride. Because for the second time, someone’s destroyed the rainbow bench which was installed as a memorial to the victims of the CSD van attack. Police are investigating, just like last time. LGBT people should join together and be proud, and resist the cowardly attacks.

Screen in the U-Bahn showing BZ THE VOICE OF BERLIN

Unknown persons again damage rainbow bench in the Tiergarten

It was set up as a memorial to the victims of the attack on the CSD.

Now unknown persons have once again damaged the rainbow bank in Berlin's Tiergarten. The state protection is investigating.

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Seems Telegram now charges a 1.39€ "SMS fee" for all fresh installations, even if you already have an account. If your old device is still active, you should be able to get it to send it a code instead of SMS, but that's not worked in months, so they'll take your € anyway.

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@celesteheadlee.bsky.social Hi, I can't reply to your post about Banksy's yacht, but you know the content is stolen from an article from the Guardian from 6 years ago? It's good news, but not new news :)

theguardian.com

Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean

Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Instagram: here's a big long list of people we think you should follow. Go ahead, follow them. Also Instagram: nope.

Try again later. We limit how often you can do centra in things, such as following people…

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Trump has such a whiney voice. Every time the BBC plays his voice, I want to throw rotten tomatoes at my speaker. How can anyone have voted for someone who sounds so annoying?

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ExcuseMeSorryWhatPardon. Republicans tried to HURT the election chances of this <checks notes> superhot gay marine veteran, by publishing his youthful risqué photos, and he is standing as a Dem for Congress in <checks notes again> New York? 😂😂😂 I reckon this translates into a ten-point poll bump.

THE QUEER POST
The Queer Post
They leaked his old photos to try to shame a gay veteran out of a congressional race. He's still running.
Chris Gallant flew Black Hawk helicopters in the Middle East, enlisted at 17, and now volunteers as a firefighter on Long Island.
The New York Post thought leather modeling pics would end his campaign.
Gallant didn't apologize. He called it exactly what it is: "This is a coordinated political hit meant to drive me out of the race, and this represents everything that is wrong with our politics today."
"I am very proud of who I am, and I won't be shamed into silence."

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm starting to see some (too many) big US trucks on Berlin's streets. They're obscenely large, they generally don't fit in parking spaces, and the people who drive them are generally unqualified to do so. As in, they're mostly really bad drivers.

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

@deborahcole.bsky.social just read your report. Nice… I bet you were busy the last few days! Curious though by the "expropriation of landlords" is so often framed as though it's a Linke idea, rather than as fulfilling a long ignored Volksentscheid?

A confirmed win by Die Linke in Berlin, where the far-left party has called for expropriation of corporate landlords to fight rising housing costs, could see its candidate, Elif Eralp, become the capital's first leader of Turkish origin.

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This makes me happy. Voting matters. Car loving CDU and and straight right arm loving AfD not even close to winning.

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

@chrisward.de I saw this and thought of you. Honestly can't see myself ever voting Lib Dem again. I thought they were nice :/

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's election day in Berlin, and anyone German or EU aged 16 or over can vote. Do it now to keep the AfD as far from power as possible!

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Current view… #NyushaTheCat snoozing peacefully on my lap 🥰

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Massage cat! 🥰 If my cat knew how to use Amazon, she'd def get one of these :) (via www.reddit.com/r/cats/comme... )

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Massage cat! 🥰 If my cat knew how to use Amazon, she'd def get one of these :) (via www.reddit.com/r/cats/comme... )

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 18/09/2026

I spend my week crossing london on a bike and increasingly that means cycling alongside Wayve/Waymo robotaxis. it’s uncomfortable. they give you so much space, don’t do a close pass while accelerating as lights go red. So unnerving if you cycle on assumption everyone’s mental and wants to kill you.

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

30 drivers a week ignore roadworks and drive in coned off areas, putting lives at risk. On the M1 motorway in Hertfordshire, repeated incursions led to it being closed completely to keep workers safe, creating a 10-mile diversion. Still, why don't cyclists stop at red lights? 🙂‍↔️

theguardian.com

Drivers ignoring roadwork closures to skip queues ‘wilfully putting lives at risk’

Hundreds of cars driven through cones or barriers in England this year, says National Highways

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"London dealers are hijacking Google Maps… We travelled to six locations across the capital where drugs dealers were supposedly operating." Seems they take WhatsApp or phone orders only – no sales counter :(. Proper journalism from @thejim.bsky.social !

londoncentric.media

London drug dealers are hijacking Google Maps

Plus: Lime hands customer’s name to the police • More from inside the Shard • Soho box stacking mystery • The AI takeover of humanity begins with a fixation on Lambeth council

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Absolutely unhinged response from the Israeli government, trying to revoke the citizenship of people who make critical films about the armed forces. Symptomatic of a national descent into far-right authoritarianism www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

theguardian.com

Netanyahu seeks to strip citizenship from Israelis as threats to NAZA film directors intensify

Israeli prime minister to pursue new laws as directors of Guardian-produced film face threats from far-right officials and activists

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Comparing redeveloping Edgware town centre (the site for which is a shopping centre and car park) with genocide and ethnic cleansing in the Middle East. 🧐

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Turns out police had plenty of notice that hundreds of fascists had gathered because many villagers in nearby Preston-next-Wingham had called them about it the previous night. The police ignored all the calls. The callers should have said they spotted an old lady with a Palestine flag 🙄

hopenothate.org.uk

EXCLUSIVE: Did Kent Police ignore Dover blockade 999 call? – HOPE not hate

HOPE not hate can exclusively reveal that Kent Police were tipped off about the Patriot Platform mobilisation – and seemingly did not act.

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Turns out police had plenty of notice that hundreds of black clad men were up to no good because many villages in nearby Preston-next-Wingham had called them about it the previous night. The police ignored all the calls. The callers should have said they spotted a Palestine flag 🙄

hopenothate.org.uk

EXCLUSIVE: Did Kent Police ignore Dover blockade 999 call? – HOPE not hate

HOPE not hate can exclusively reveal that Kent Police were tipped off about the Patriot Platform mobilisation – and seemingly did not act.

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

congratulations to the photo editor responsible for this 🤭 #nazisraus

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 07/09/2026

If only there were some legal term for where 12 or more persons who are present together use or threaten unlawful violence for a common purpose and the conduct of them (taken together) is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety.

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sachsen-Anhalt obviously decided that 80 years is a long enough period to give fascism another try.

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Ian Wade @wadeywade.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

cokehead patriotism from knuckle dragging imbeciles too weedy to actually fight for a country, but are handy with their fists towards anyone weaker than them. All cheered on by bots, racists and cosplaying Nazis. I want to see every single one of these pricks sobbing as they're sent down.

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Ian @ianpatterson.com · 07/09/2026

Never take gay rights, or any human rights, for granted. Berlin Pride was attacked earlier this summer. Now, a tree newly planted to commemorate the attack victims, and a pride bench, have themselves been attacked. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

france24.com

Vandals uproot Berlin tree commemorating Pride attack victims

A tree planted at the site of a fatal attack on this year's Berlin Pride march has been destroyed, just days after a commemorative rainbow bench there was vandalised, German police said on Sunday.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 07/09/2026

Yelling "stop the boats!" as I charge in to rob this NatWest at gun point so that I can later call the Home Secretary as a character witness and the BBC will spend two weeks telling all my potential future jurors how legitimate my concerns were.

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Either the British security services don't believe far right thugs are a threat to society, or they're really, really bad at their jobs.

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Extreme right-wing protesters are in a stand-off with the RNLI in Portsmouth. The group, led by Danny Tommo, are waist-deep in the sea and threatening to go "under the water" if police try to arrest them. Six lifeboats monitoring. Volunteer rescuers giving up their evening for this.

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

When people feel joy it gives them hope. And hope springs into action. The German Chancellor recently complained we're not positive enough. What he hasn't understood is that its his job to make that happen. Mamdani has. The difference between a pro-power & a pro-people leader. #GoodMorning, everyone

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I saw this on reddit earlier today. Astonishing CCTV footage of man who jumped from 1st floor window, flagged down passing police car. kidnappers were tracked leaving later, arrested by armed police and ended with up to 9 years prison.

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

He's "not happy" he got caught. He's fundamentally misunderstood the legal definition of entrapment. And even if it was entrapment, he's still guilty.

How a Sting is Distinguished from Entrapment: The law draws a sharp line between a legitimate sting operation and unlawful entrapment based on whether the police created the crime or merely uncovered it:

A sting operation is not entrapment because the police do not generate the intent to break the law; they simply present a passive opportunity for a criminally minded person to act on their existing intentions.

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

DHL said they'd deliver to me by 12:15. It’s now 15:15, live tracking has stopped working, and it no longer says anything more than "out for delivery" on the website. All this means they'll be at my door 5 mins after I nip out!

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Me on a (very clean!) Bakerloo line train, March 2007 📷 @eliotlovell.bsky.social

A near-empty London Underground carriage, shot down the length of the car. A man sits alone on the left-hand seats, one leg stretched across the aisle onto the opposite bench, a book resting open on his lap, looking directly at the camera. He's wearing a dark polo shirt, jeans, and hiking-style boots, with a jacket bunched up beside him and an orange bag on the floor.

The carriage has the classic red-and-blue moquette seat fabric and red grab poles. The curved ceiling holds rows of rectangular lights and small round vents, with advertisement panels running along the top edges of both walls. Large oval windows line the sides, reflecting the interior. A "NO SMOKING" roundel sign is visible on the glass partition near the front. The perspective draws the eye straight down the empty aisle toward the connecting door at the far end of the car.

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

got grapes from Lidl earlier, and honestly I don't think I’ve ever eaten fruit this delicious! it's like grape squared! Imagine a grape that also sort of tastes like perfectly ripe strawberry and cherry... just more fruity than you can imagine. so good!

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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is some absolute nonsense impacting one of my favourite sandwich places in Belfast

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I lived across the street from a Safeway supermarkt. I could read the headlines on all the newspapers in the rack outside; you could tell when they'd gone to press by how the headline read. Diana + Dodi, Diana injured, Diana dead. Then I turned on the TV news, watched in silence with my housemates.

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I had a random memory pop into my head about when I first got to Berlin: people who had finished with their daily travel ticket would pop it into a ticket machine's collection area for someone else to benefit from. I got lots of free trips that way, often from the airport.

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Elliot @els76uk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

And this here is why governments love data centres, even though they provide pretty much no benefit whatsoever for the people living there.

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