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Marianne Abrams

@flora19.bsky.social
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Happily married gran to 9, Brit, new German citizen, grew up in France, lived in the Philippines, Turkey and Poland #FBPE have no problems with a multicultural society

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Germany is preparing hospitals for a possible Russian escalation with NATO, Bloomberg reports. Berlin estimates up to 1,000 casualties a day could require medical care.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
19 September 1884 | A Pole, Karol Wrona, was born in Rudno. A judge. In #Auschwitz from 13 April 1942. No. 29596 He perished in the camp on 26 April 1942. --- Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_pol…
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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Pascal Jacquemain @jacquep.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
JD Vance Tried To Advise Hillary Clinton On Beating Trump: Report www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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JD Vance Tried To Advise Hillary Clinton On Beating Trump: Report
In 2016, the future Republican vice president was riding high off the back of “Hillbilly Elegy.”
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Marianne Abrams @flora19.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Look at Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Once, a single state, now 2 independent countries within the EU. PS. Do you ever read posts on Bluesky? 🤔
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Marianne Abrams @flora19.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social re driverless cars. I live in a rural area. I see driverless cars/ buses as a brilliant improvement for the elderly. Buses here are few as basically, there aren’t enough drivers. It would help them get mobile, attend hospital etc..
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Marianne Abrams @flora19.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I have lived in Turkey. In some areas in Istanbul women without head scarves are harassed. On holiday in Trabzon, I was really cross: the Kuwaiti men and boys ran around in T-shirts and shorts. Married women were covered from head to toe in black, girls headscarves
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Marianne Abrams @flora19.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social James, the conversation yesterday re climate was good. However, fear is useless and results in paralysis. One can only encourage people to do what they can, to give them a sense of control, as even small steps help. Otherwise, people might give up and despair. That won’t help
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Marianne Abrams @flora19.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social pre Brexit, every tiny problem was blamed on ‘Brussels’. The media can no longer do that. Now they concentrate on any Labour PM.
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Sally Luxmoore @sallyl.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
What was it Trump used to say? "Something something Sleepy Joe..."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/04/2026
i had to triple check that this wasn't from a parody account
White House staffer Margo Martin tweets "Congratulations, Georgia Women's Tennis" with a photo of Trump and a bunch of dudes and some female heads way in the back
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Don’t tell me they didn’t know who he was. He was, still is and will always be a racist. ALWAYS!!!!
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Daniel Goldman: The commander-in-chief was excluded from commanding a military operation because he was acting so crazy. 

Think about that. 

Trump is not well. We need the 25th amendment before something really bad happens on US soil.
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Marianne Abrams @flora19.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social as someone in Germany once said during Covid: there is no glory in prevention. This also applies to social work. We hear about the big failures because social workers generally do a great job in prevention
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
25 March 1931 | Dutch Jewish boy, Ephraim de Hond, was born in Rotterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- 📖 Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: bit.ly/4c6n3Fb
A flogger in a shirt sitting behind a table. His hands are folded. His shirt is buttoned up to his neck. Half of his face is lit up. He has short, side-swept hair. He is looking slightly down into the lens.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
the fact the president of the united states is even thinking about asserting emergency powers to disrupt an election - just a few years after he incited an armed coup attempt - should be the top issue. but the media mostly shrugs and the opposition doesnt focus on it.
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Marianne Abrams @flora19.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
@mrjamesob.bsky.social you disappoint me. When I think what humanity has been through, when I think of young à Iranians, young Afghan women, it is silly to be so pessimistic about the future. Things will be different, we can adapt
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DIE ZEIT @zeit.de · 10/02/2026
Die AfD in Sachsen-Anhalt versinkt immer tiefer im Sumpf. Doch statt die Vorwürfe des Filzes zu entkräften, duckt sich die Führung weg. Nun rebelliert die Basis.
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AfD Sachsen-Anhalt: Zerstörung von innen heraus
Die AfD in Sachsen-Anhalt versinkt immer tiefer im Sumpf. Doch statt die Vorwürfe des Filzes zu entkräften, duckt sich die Führung weg. Nun rebelliert die Basis.
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 10/02/2026
Donald Trump va abroger jeudi un texte fondateur pour la lutte contre le changement climatique aux Etats-Unis
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Donald Trump va abroger jeudi un texte fondateur pour la lutte contre le changement climatique aux Etats-Unis
La Maison Blanche a annoncé, mardi, que le président américain allait mettre fin jeudi à un texte datant de Barack Obama et servant de fondement à la lutte contre les émissions de gaz à effet de serre aux Etats-Unis.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The so-called "pro-life," "pro-family" party is perfectly fine with an 18-month-old child almost dying because of the deplorable conditions at this detention center. Hello? www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/toddle…
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Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention and denied prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress,
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
6 February 1905 | A Czech Jew, Julius Justitz, was born in Bílkovice. He was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 18 May 1944. He perished in Schwarzheide on 30 December 1944.
Vintage portrait of a man wearing glasses, a patterned suit, and a striped tie, exuding a formal and professional demeanor. The image has a sepia tone, typical of early 20th-century photography.
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Left Of Center Orange Hater @leftocorangehater.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Sen Chris Murphy: A UAE investor secretly gave Trump 187 million dollars and his top Middle East envoy 31 million dollars. And then Trump gave that investor access to sensitive defense technology that broke decades of national security precedent
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Incarcerated for journalism. And for sticking it to various frauds & grifters who profess to care about ‘free speech’.
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Nima (Doctor Yak) 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @doctoryak.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
UK-based Hadi and Mahdi Anjidani, based in West Sussex, behind messaging app accused of giving data to Iranian regime www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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UK-based pair behind messaging app accused of giving data to Iranian regime
Exclusive: Branch of Iranian software company TSIT, which makes Gap Messenger, is registered in Sussex
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Marianne Abrams @flora19.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
@amanpourpod.bsky.social just listening to the latest podcast. As a simple European, who for years was told that the USA had a fantastic political system with its checks and balances: where are they??? We see nothing
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 16/01/2026
Groenland : Donald Trump menace de droits de douane les pays qui ne soutiennent pas sa volonté de s’emparer du territoire autonome
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Groenland : Donald Trump menace de droits de douane les pays qui ne soutiennent pas sa volonté de s’emparer du territoire autonome
« Je vais peut-être imposer des droits de douane sur des pays s’ils ne jouent pas le jeu sur le Groenland, parce qu’on a besoin du Groenland pour la sécurité nationale », a déclaré le président américain, vendredi.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Here's an update on this story. There were 6 children injured & hospitalized. A child's car seat was flipped over from the impact. The baby stopped breathing! #ICELawlessness & savagery endangers our communities. Ask your neighbors if they think this is freedom. www.fox9.com/news/6-child...
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North Minneapolis ICE shooting: 6 children hospitalized after flash bang, tear gas hits van
A family was caught in clashes between protesters and law enforcement during civil unrest in north Minneapolis, leading to six children, including a 6-month-old baby, being hospitalized.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Ted Cruz in 2016, "We're liable to wake up one morning and Donald Trump if he was President would have nuked Denmark" "That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
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Nima (Doctor Yak) 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @doctoryak.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
They're massacring young kids for sport and the world is looking away or engaged in whataboutery. #IranMassacre #DigitalBlackoutIran
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/01/2026
Auchincloss: "When you have a badge & gun and you are interacting with a citizen who has committed no crime, the onus of responsibility is on you to exercise good judgment. Nobody watching that video will buy the argument that he had no other resort other than to shoot her in the face 3 times."
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Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Here’s a 10 point plan for UK gov to rebuild trust with the EU and to improve relations Thread 🧵
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Make this go viral. Labour MP Louise Haigh.
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 27/12/2025
Dans le Donbass sous contrôle ukrainien, une terre de ruines et de chagrin
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Dans le Donbass sous contrôle ukrainien, une terre de ruines et de chagrin
La zone ne compte plus que 200 000 habitants aujourd’hui, contre 5 millions avant l’invasion russe de 2022. « Le Monde » a arpenté la partie de la région sous l’autorité de Kiev et convoitée par Moscou.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
On our YouTube page, we share videos about the history of Auschwitz, footage of commemoration events, educational materials, webinars, and podcasts. Join us and subscribe: t.co/fP1wB5WizJ Amplify our voice. We remember together.
Railroad tracks converging at the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau site, with watchtowers and foggy fields in the background.
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Marianne Abrams @flora19.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 11/12/2025
Oh.
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Tory governments spent £325m on free schools that failed or disappeared
More than £10bn was committed to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schools
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Ali C @retiredht.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
This is who he is and we should all be worried!
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Farage’s attack on Emma Barnett tells a worrying story about who he really is — The Independent
The ‘Today’ presenter questioned deputy Reform leader Richard Tice about the allegations of Nigel Farage’s racist behaviour as a schoolboy. Farage’s response reveals more about the man than we could e...
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Marianne Abrams @flora19.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social James, I think you are speaking to a different generation. My husband cooks and sings in a choir, my daughters and I live life with partners but also do our own thing. The Neanderthal generation is disappearing and certainly in my sphere has disappeared
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship
New documents show the pair discussing travel arrangements and UK politics in messages from 2018.
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Here's "Trump'll Nail Ya" - a song about the #BBC legal crisis (set to the tune of the shanty "Drunken Sailor") which created a big internal debate about what's a gremlin and what's a mogwai. 🎶⚓️ ... fingers crossed for an apology but not a daft and unnecessary settlement ... youtu.be/VeIF4leMaes
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"Trump'll Nail Ya" - Marsh Family parody adaptation of sea shanty "Drunken Sailor" about BBC crisis
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 04/11/2025
Immigration is good for us. This may be Germany, but I'm sure you could make something similar about the UK.
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Marianne Abrams @flora19.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social really?? Do we have to listen to his ramblings??
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Marianne Abrams @flora19.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
@mrjamesob.bsky.social what’s this all about? Resignation speech?
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Pascal Jacquemain @jacquep.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Republican Arizona lawmaker makes post calling for execution of Democratic congresswoman John Gillette on X called for ‘people like’ Pramila Jayapal to be ‘hanged’ in response to her video on anti-Trump protests www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Republican Arizona lawmaker makes post calling for execution of Democratic congresswoman
John Gillette on X called for ‘people like’ Pramila Jayapal to be ‘hanged’ in response to her video on anti-Trump protests
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Marianne Abrams @flora19.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
I answered a post on X re. Digital ID by @lewisgoodall.com The responses are completely over the top. Disagreeing agreeably is not something one encounters over there
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Outrageous.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 23/09/2025
Just spoke with PM Frederiksen regarding the drones incursion around Copenhagen airport. While the facts are still being established, it is clear we are witnessing a pattern of persistent contestation at our borders.
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Marianne Abrams @flora19.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
@amanpourpod.bsky.social Was the Charlie Kirk murder MAGAs Horst Wessel moment? Will they use it to justify arresting dissidents?
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