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Elsie Yorks 🐈‍⬛

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British She/Her Recovering ex-teacher. Not a cat but a cat person. Yes, it’s a pseudonym but teacher….

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Elsie Yorks 🐈‍⬛ @elsieyork.bsky.social · 3h
I was reminded that Clare’s Law exists in England and Wales if you have a concern that a man may be abusive/ a DV perpetrator. H/T @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com clares-law.com
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Home - Clare's Law
Also known as the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme is a police policy giving you the right to know if your partner has an abusive past
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 19h
5 October 1891 | A Czech Jewish woman, Olga Žáková, was born in Lažany. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
Vintage photograph of a woman, featuring an autograph. The woman is wearing a striped blouse with a dark scarf.
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 22h
Latest announcement from Tory shadow chancellor strongly suggests a party stuck in an idealogical rut, unable to learn 1. Scrapping regulations on low carbon home building - was done in 2015 by Tory govt, ended up costing UK many ££ billions in fuel & retrofit www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Joanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Be under no illusion: this is a significant victory for everyone who stuck their neck out and defended jury trials, day after day, clause by clause. But it is not a comprehensive victory. Magistrates should not be allowed to send people to prison for two years.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
4 October 1911 | A Czech Jew, Kurt Reach, was born in Prague. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 December 1943. He did not survive. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz: youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
Vintage black-and-white portrait of a man in a suit with a patterned tie. The photograph features an autograph at the bottom.
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Elsie Yorks 🐈‍⬛ @elsieyork.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Capable? Cooking: yes, ok home cook Whistle: ish Draw: stick men level, can communicate Paint: meh Swim: ok English: gosh, yes Dance: yes, yes Sing: alone, with radio Drive: yes Gifting: ugh, don’t know what to buy Write: ok Guitar: ha, no Speaking: if I have to but then can be voluble
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
3 October 1940 | Dutch Jewish girl, Sonja Muijs, was born in Voorburg (left). She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. She was almost 2 years old.
Two young children sitting and smiling on a porch step, in a black-and-white vintage photo.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
2 October 1924 | An Austrian Sinti, Karl Baranyai, was born in Doiber. In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 16 April 1943. No. Z-6516 He perished in the camp on 30 December 1943.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
1 October 1894 | A Polish Jew, Wolf Hercenberg, was born in Warsaw. He emigrated to France. In July 1942, he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive. --- Video about the history of Auschwitz: youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
Vintage black and white photo of a man wearing a boater hat and a dark suit, posing for the camera.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Esther Rantzen hosts Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved hundreds of children from the Holocaust youtu.be/OqqbM1B-mPY?...
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Holocaust hero Sir Nicholas Winton (That's Life - 1988)
YouTube video by Tops of the top
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.
From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water.  I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there?  God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
30 September 1887 | Jewish man, Bernhardt Meier Freidmann, was born in Russian Empire (territory of todays Latvia). He emigrated to Norway in 1912. A sausage merchant. In #Auschwitz from 1 December 1942. He perished in the camp on 20 January 1943.
Black and white portrait of a mature man with short hair and moustache.
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Elsie Yorks 🐈‍⬛ @elsieyork.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Babyn Yar massacre, starting on 29 September 1941, marked one of the deadliest single operations during the Holocaust. Over the course of two days more than 33,000 Jewish people were murdered at Babyn Yar ravine, near Kyiv.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
29 September 1930 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Hilda Weinberger, was born in Antwerp. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen in October 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- The first two gas chambers near Birkenau: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
Black and white portrait of a young girl in a polka-dot dress with a large collar, seated on an antique chair.
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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I have arrested the men that were near the air base and who you decided were asylum seeking terrorists Forgive me they were white men in their twenties from London
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
28 September 1910 | A Czech, Franz Palek, was born. A foundry man. In #Auschwitz from 14 August 1942. No. 58685 He perished in the camp on 24 November 1942. --- A podcast about registration photos: youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Kara Chrome @karachrome.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🧵: UK immigration. In today's terrible news: one of G's support workers — stellar staff-member, of African origin — got caught up in whatever is the UK equivalent of an ICE raid first thing this morning (though the officers were actually looking for someone else). 1/5
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
27 September 1921 | A Pole, Jerzy Bogusz, was born in Nowy Sącz. He was deported to Auschwitz from Tarnów on 14 June 1940 in the first transport of Poles to the camp. No. 61 In 1942 he was released from the camp. He survived the war. He passed away in 2016.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
26 September 1918 | A Jewish woman, Claire Eskenazi, was born in Mexico City. She lived in Saint Etienne in France. In May 1944 she was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. t.co/mLhtlGLpYO
Vintage black and white photo of a smiling woman.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
25 September 1942 | A German Sinti girl, Theresie Hellberg, was born in Rostock. In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 15 March 1943. No. Z-3915 She perished in the camp on 28 March 1943. --- The fate of the Roma in Auschwitz: Podcast: youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0
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"On Auschwitz" (7): the fate of Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz
YouTube video by Auschwitz Memorial / Miejsce Pamięci Auschwitz
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mind-blowing story in Private Eye about how the Telegraph's chief reporter reached out to James Orr (or meant to) after the Channel 4 donation revelations


...within hours of journalists on either the *Guardian* or *Sunday Times* contacting Reform for comment on the same stories ahead of them publishing their own investigations. Reform deputy leader Richard Tice and his fiancée, supposed journalist Isabel Oakeshott, even crowed online about their spoiler tactics.

Not that the *Telegraph* doesn't do its own leg work when reporting on Reform. After James Orr, the party's head of policy, had to resign after a sting by *Channel 4 News* (see "*Right Orr Wrong*, p14"), *Telegraph* chief reporter Rob Mendick texted Orr: "I was hoping to talk to you entirely on background," he schmoozed. "You must be feeling very bruised and I totally Appreciate [sic] the sensitivities. I suspect you deserve better and I wanted to see how I can put the record straight in some way." Alas, instead of the Reformer and Cambridge theologian, Mendick messaged someone else, who shared it with the *Eye*!
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
24 September 1903 | A Polish Jew, Bojos Feuer, was born in Kolbuszowa. A butcher. In #Auschwitz from 22 October 1941. No. 21904 He perished in the camp on 30 October 1941. --- Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Casket Based @cineblah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm making a documentary about the RLNI situation and I am contacting various organisations. However I thought I'd turn to bluesky as well, I'm looking to interview people either connected to the RNLI, to refugees/those working with refugees and also with counter-protestors. Please share.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
23 September 1915 | Polish man, Mieczysław Wagner, was born in Gardner Mass in the United States. An aviator. In Auschwitz from 8 October 1940 No. 5831 He was transfered to a different camp. He did not survive the war.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Justin Pearce @justinpearce.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'm happy to pass on the news from Micah's family that he is safely out of Djibouti and expected home in Johannesburg this evening.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🔴 Royal British Legion Says It Wants ‘No Association’ With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers Exclusive: The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group’s ‘Raise the Poppies’ appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down bylinetimes.com/2026/09/22/r...
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Royal British Legion Says It Wants 'No Association' With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers
The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
22 September 1891 | A Czech, Tomas Bednarik, was born in Měřín. A clerk. In #Auschwitz from 1 April 1942. No. 28664 He perished in the camp on 23 July 1942.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
21 September 1932 | French Jewish girl, Florette Dawidowicz, was born in Paris. She was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz on 24 August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection with her brother Simon. --- Children at Auschwitz. Podcast: youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
Vintage black and white photo showing two young individuals in formal attire, standing close together in a studio setting.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
20 September 1901 | A Pole, Michał Jurczykowski, was born in Szczebrzeszyn. A clerk. In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1942. No. 59182 He perished in the camp on 19 September 1942.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A woman wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with a bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a headscarf on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Justin Pearce @justinpearce.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Worried about my friend the investigative journalist Micah Reddy, who seems to have gone missing in Djibouti. He and his family are in my thoughts.
Photo of Micah with the text:
Urgent alert 🚨: Roshan Micah Reddy, a #southafrican journalist and the #ICJI’s Africa coordinator, has gone missing in Djibouti.
He was staying at the Escale International Hotel and had been in $Djibouti since Thursday. The ICJI and the editorial team at his newspaper have had no news of him since 6.00 am (Eastern Time) this morning. He was accompanied by a local contact named Kooki Mahmoud, of whom there is also no news.
A missing person report has been filed with the #British and South African governments.
According to our information, the hotel is believed to be owned by members of the family of djiboutian President Ismaël Omar Guelleh and is known to be a stronghold of the djiboutian secret services.
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ok but you moved abroad for tax purposes six years ago so why are we listening to you again? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
19 September 1940 | Witold Pilecki, a member of the Secret Polish Army, knowingly let himself be caught by German policemen in a roundup in Warsaw to get arrested & be sent to Auschwitz to set up a resistance there. He succeeded. A podcast about Witold Pilecki: youtu.be/47tCajqI0W0
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Elsie Yorks 🐈‍⬛ @elsieyork.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Feeling great that my mum’s understanding of basic parenting outcome was: “18yo+ child successfully leaves home and does vaguely adult stuff.” Not this terrible stalking activity.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 18/09/2026
It is incredibly important that political violence does not succeed. The far-right mob that shut down Portsmouth wanted this outcome. If the state wishes to avoid more of these actions, it needs to make sure this RNLI branch reopens *immediately*, or as close to that as humanly possible.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
18 September 1895 | A Polish Jew, Markus Landau, was born in Chrzanów. In #Auschwitz from 26 February 1942. No. 25371 He perished in the camp on 7 March 1942. --- Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Elsie Yorks 🐈‍⬛ @elsieyork.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Both. A bit confused. But both. I was never ever going to be a teacher (disappointed). I have travelled to some cool places (impressed).
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
17 September 1917 | Czech Jewish woman, Zdeňka Blochová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 May 1944. She did not survive.
Black and white portrait of a woman with curly hair wearing a fur collar, smiling slightly at the camera.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
16 September 1914 | A Pole, Zygmunt Gaj, was born in Policzko. A Catholic priest. In #Auschwitz from 25 Oct 1941. No. 22166 In 1942, he was transferred to Dachau & liberated there. He passed away in the USA in 2001. -- Christian clergy in the camp: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_18_duchowie…
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.Black and white portrait of a man wearing glasses and a clerical collar, with a blurred background.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
15 September 1944 | A Polish man Edward Galiński and a Jewish woman Mala Zimetbaum - two prisoners who fell in love & escaped the camp in June 1944 - were executed by hanging at the #Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.
Black and white portrait of Mala Zimetbaum, smiling and wearing a knitted sweater.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
Text description of a historical document discussing Edward Galinski and Mala Zimetbaum, who were executed for an escape attempt from Birkenau on September 15, 1944. The document provides a detailed account of their planning, capture, and execution, and mentions the involvement of various individuals and locations associated with the event.
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's Adopt a Less Adoptable Pet week! We only adopt cats that are "less adoptable" due to FIV and I've known countless amazing cats at the shelter that were overlooked for too long due to age, medical issues, or behavioral challenges. Please consider the "less adoptables" if you can!
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
14 September 1933 | A French Jewish boy, Jacques Vigderhaus, was born in Paris. In June 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
An old black and white photo of a young boy, wearing a sleeveless top and holding a small object up to their mouth.
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Journal of Southern African Studies @jsas-journal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
JSAS statement in support of Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa jsas.blog/statement-in...
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
13 September 1906 | A Polish Jew, Elias Roschwalb, was born in Wola Rusinowska. A farm worker. In #Auschwitz from 22 October 1941. No. 21902 He perished in the camp on 3 November 1941. --- Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
12 September 1914 | A German Jewish woman, Regina Berelowski, was born in Berlin. In March 1943, she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz. Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
Vintage black and white photo of a woman sitting on a chair with a teddy bear beside her
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Elsie Yorks 🐈‍⬛ @elsieyork.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Things I was frightened of as a child: Gaps between slats on bridges Pinocchio Nuclear war (& potential to occur) Spiders Witches
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Lifeboat museum forced to close after abuse from thugs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Poole Old Lifeboat Museum shuts after protesters target volunteers
The museum in Poole says it will remain closed until until the anti-migrant protests stop.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
11 September 1916 | A Polish Jew, Izrael Nordon, was born in Częstochowa. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 20 February 1942. No. 23626 He perished in the camp on 19 March 1942.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Elsie Yorks 🐈‍⬛ @elsieyork.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social makes extremely important points here. I mostly tend towards agreeing assisted dying should be available but I do think there need to be so many important safeguards. And palliative care must be available for those in need.
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