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Fionna O’Leary

@fascinatorfun.bsky.social
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Retired Lawyer, cook, Europhile, books, music, good conversations, gardens, walking. Bird site refugee 🇬🇧 🇮🇪

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ha! I missed that. Thought it was just a couple of days ago! Good thread, tho’.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Good 🧵 from @localnotail.bsky.social about the people behind Birmingham flag-shagging. It’s a couple of days old so the poll in the linked article (that live-blogged the hearing) is in the 10.56 post. M
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You have to scroll down to the 10.56 post in the article that is live blogging the hearing to find the poll that we now need to turn upside down. Only 473 votes so far so we absolutely can do this. Get voting.
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ℂ𝕙𝕖𝕫 💙 🌊 @yammz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Full of schmitt story: Thirteen donors flagged in federal letters appear nearly 5,700 times in the Missouri senator’s reports, highlighting questions about recurring online contributions.
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The captivating image reveals rows of high-tech, glowing servers situated inside a rugged underground mine cavern, with blue cooling pipes bringing cold air in and glowing orange pipes routing captured thermal energy up to a residential neighborhood above www.datacenterknowledge.com/business/fut...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 03/10/2026
Anastasiia Yasagashvili, the Ukrainian collaborator who betrayed her family to the Russians
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Anastasiia Yasagashvili, the Ukrainian collaborator who betrayed her family to the Russians
Sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason, Anastasiia Yasagashvili collaborated with Russian forces after her village was occupied, before becoming a double agent. The investigative case file she provided to Le Monde reveals the journey of a young woman who had lost her way, for whom the war became a playground that fueled her love of adventure.
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🇷🇺Reuters: Russia’s richest people have covered more than 1% of state spending this year through “voluntary” wartime donations.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Exactly
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to mid-September. XFG.* "Stratus" variants remained dominant, and grew to 47% frequency. The JN.1.* + DeFLuQE lineages (almost all PJ.2.1) fell slightly to 4%. 🧵
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)
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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It is essential for the sake of the UK's future as a democracy based on the rule of law that the right does not take power in 2029. Nothing - absolutely nothing - is more important than that.
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James FBSI 🐸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺 (Fanatic) @toplandscaper.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
No one saw that coming? 🤷‍♂️ If you allow masked groups of young men dressed up in balaclavas and uniform dress code to roam around the streets it concerns me about my safety and I'm male My wife went to her COPD rehab class Of all the attendees only 5 were women She left because she felt intimidated
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Get Me Zarniwoop @martinmorrey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bizzare to think that the head of this crime family was first elected US president on a campaign slogan of "drain the swamp"
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bit of a mistake to lump all white people together in that statement. It’s just another version of “black people” or “Asian people” or Jewish people” do bad things.
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Chris Smith @ledredman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This conversation is a proxy for "Why doesn't the UK and Western Europe just accept being ruled by Putinist fascists? ". Carlson is not talking about the 1930's, he is talking about now.
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A 28-year-old woman has died from plague in Russia, with 190 people who had contact with her placed under quarantine, according to UNN.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“The firm’s confirmation statement – an annual filing confirming details including who owns & controls a company – was due by 28 March 2026. It was never filed. The company’s only set of accounts, covering the year to 31 May 2025, records ‘nil’ on every financial line & no employees.” Which is true?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/10/2026
Trump's human binky made the trip to Alabama with him #TravelWithNatalie (Brendan Smialowski/Getty)
pic of Ms Harp on AF1
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It seems that denying reality when it benefits the extended Trump family runs strong.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 02/10/2026
Kushner’s private equity firm is the largest stakeholder in an Israeli financial institution that invests in Israeli defense companies.
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Kushner Rejects CNN Report That His Israeli Diplomacy Might Benefit His Private Equity Fund
Kushner’s private equity firm is the largest stakeholder in an Israeli financial institution that invests in Israeli defense companies.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
That’s what the quitters are counting on
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Who would have thought, from ”The Sound of Music” film that this darker tale lay behind it? Not so much “Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens”
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Women have become increasingly reluctant to seek help. ““They don’t want to bring attention to themselves – they don’t want their houses burned down,” she says. “They suffer their abuse quietly, and perpetrators know that as well. So what the far-right are doing, actually, is helping perpetrators.”
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“A survey this year by Women’s Aid of domestic abuse services in England found two had closed and cancelled face-to-face appointments during the 2024 riots, despite the events having pushed up demand, particularly from Black and minoritised survivors.”
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It’s ironic -or maybe deliberate in some cases- that so many of the thugs in riots have, themselves, a history of domestic violence. Not protecting women and children but increasing “A constant state of fear, and adjusted living and working, is just part of our everyday life now.”
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Far from tackling violence against women, far-right activity has actively disrupted frontline women’s services – and ultimately left victims more vulnerable.” Including services aimed at providing protection against domestic violence. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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‘Fear is part of our life now’: women’s groups thrown into disarray…
Anti-immigration protestors are disrupting services aimed at those they claim to protect
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Sylvaners @sylvaners.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
grace.maye@usdol.gov ,her grandmother's name was Grace Maye. Article states practice has been in place for 10yrs,to protect AGs,its only released after out of office, not everyone knows this so hunt for documents could be hampered if that address isn't known. www.rawstory.com/bondi-267798...
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Pam Bondi’s hidden email alias exposed in practice that can 'undermine transparency'
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi conducted government business using her grandmother’s name as an email alias — a longstanding Justice Department practice that can complicate access to public records...
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Congress is trying to pass a law to stop the Kennedy Center from being demolished. Lisa Murkowski (R) co-wrote it. Sen. Mike Lee blocked it. Asked if he'd hold off without Congress's OK, Trump said: "I'm not committing to anything." This is where America is in 2026. #USDemocracy
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: A while back, I sued DOGE (FOIA) to get Musk's communications. DOJ argued that Musk wasn't a govt employee anymore, BUT Hegseth just hired him again to work on a Pentagon warfare initiative called Project Meridian. So we noticed Judge Boasberg. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We need WAY MORE of THIS ⬇️
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The number injured in Dnipro has climbed to four. All the victims are women. bsky.app/profile/twmc...
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Four people are injured and a big fire is burning after a drone strike in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv. The victims are aged from 8 (a girl with a shrapnel wound) to 66 (a man with burns). #StopRussia
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
McDonald's is now reportedly pressuring franchisees to use AI to price food. Its CEO raked in $20.6M last year, over 1,000x the median McDonald's worker pay of $19,020. And they remain one of the largest employers of Medicaid and SNAP recipients. I'm not lovin' it.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That made me laugh!
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D.Moore @d-moore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
12/11/2024. Patrushev said: "To achieve success in the elections, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations. And as a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them.'
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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Mark Sumner 🌒 @devilstower.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Every Republican, including Trump, who tries to fall back on “stopping Iran from having a bomb” should be reminded that intelligence assessments, both before and after the war began, were that Iran was "not building a nuclear weapon” and the program had been suspended since 2003. …
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Vance defends Gabbard as 'critical part' of Trump team after president dismissed Iran nuke threat comments
Vice President JD Vance expressed support for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard after President Donald Trump claimed he "didn't care" about her previous Iran comments.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Or "or official acts performed in the exercise of [their] functions", to be precise
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here's chapter and verse on the limits to diplomatic immunity for nationals of the receiving State. A bit hard to argue that whatever the suspects allegedly did near the RAF airbase is covered by "official functions". treaties.un.org/pages/viewde...
Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations, Article 38. Full text in the link.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Might you have been dropped on your head repeatedly as a child?
Bizarre speculation from Isabel Oakeshott, speculating that UK national suspects re the RAF base somehow have diplomatic immunity
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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · 02/10/2026
Trump's "trapped in a fantasy world" where "he is doing a great job, he's fantastic, the economy's great," says John Harwood. "His psychological disfigurement will not allow him to feel the voters' pain."
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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 01/10/2026
Britain not ready to defend itself against an attack from Russia, voters fear trib.al/dMt5Ctl
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Britain not ready to defend itself against an attack from Russia, voters fear
Defence experts said the public does not know the full realities about the gaps in Britain’s homeland defence
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"We were all robbed," cries Becca Good, left to navigate her six-year-old son's milestones without the love of her life. A gut-wrenching reminder that justice isn't about revenge—it's about holding power accountable so no other family is shattered by stolen joy.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 02/10/2026
How did the FlyDubai attacker slip through one of the world’s tightest aviation-security nets? Pilots who have regularly flown from Dubai recounted strict searches through metal detectors that have led security staff to confiscate everything from selfie sticks to hair spray to cups of coffee.
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Near-Catastrophe on Flight 1073 Exposes Gaping Hole in Dubai’s Aviation Security
Security experts say an assailant with a plan and a knife, as alleged in Wednesday’s flight to Israel, shouldn’t have made it as far as the airport.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
'In the letter, Watson detailed Lewis’s interventions on Palantir, writing: “By my count, you’ve spoken about Palantir almost 130 times since 2020; around 50 in the past year alone.” Clive Lewis MP told The Nerve: “ ... That, to me, was an implicit threat"' www.facebook.com/bheardmedia/...
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hispanics working in the USA 👏🏽
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Who's next? Carter? Kennedy?
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MAGA Rep. Dragged After Trying To Blame Obama For Current Gas Prices—And The Desperation Is Palpable
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
El-Sayed responds to JD Vance clip: Low T JD. It's always funny, man. He just brings the energy down every time you hear him talk.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New GB News accounts are out. Here are their losses to date. Or "spent political donations" if you prefer
Line chart titled 'GB News has lost £142m to date', showing cumulative losses in pounds rising steadily from around £3m in 2020/1 to £142m by 2025. The red line climbs most steeply between 2021/2 and 2023/4, reaching roughly £110m, then flattens as growth slows towards £142m. A note states the latest figures cover the seven-month period to 31 December 2025. Chart by Press Gazette, source: Companies House
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