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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Exclusive: The BMJ has found that at least 7000 female students in Afghanistan are continuing to train for healthcare professions through online colleges and clandestine schools and hospital placements. buff.ly/xQd3MYM

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Secret medical schools: How Afghanistan’s women are defying the training ban

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 22h

Me to an editor: "Yes, of course I can turn around 2,000 words on complex defence technology for meeting ever-increasing geopolitical challenges in a few days." Me to my husband...

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Simon Bisson @sbisson.com · 16/09/2026

Racists: Don't house them in hotels, lock 'em up in old army camps. Government: We're locking them up in old army camps. Racists: Not the one near where I live! Waaaah!

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Solidarity with this Piddington resident ♥️✊ #Newsnight

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is a good point. Plus this whole shitshow highlights that we really should let asylum seekers work.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Cut them off from the power grid and water supply. Let them build their own infrastructure, set up passport control in and out of Piddington, collect their own taxes, set up trade deals for imports and exports, and, er, work out who is going to be their prince in this exciting new principality...

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This! I'll happily sub anyone's Substack for a reasonable rate. I keep seeing absolute howlers in the wild.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I've learned the hard way that Stevenage station is not a relaxing place to have a coffee after a train SNAFU en route to a funeral.. .

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Do you love cats? Yes! Without cat pictures, the internet would collapse! If this fabulous @kickstarter.com project gets off the ground, I'll give my Purrwave to the mighty @kinglucythe1st.bsky.social And if you have a few quid to spare, here is the link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cal...

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Purrwave

A speaker that purrs to keep cats calm. No apps. No subscriptions. Just the gentle vibration of purrs to soothe your cat.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

@quietriotpod.bsky.social If you're still up for wokey dokey action, Reform types losing their minds over the prospect of healthier school dinners is pretty wild. Apparently, kids eating more vegetables is woke. VOTE REFORM FOR EARLY ONSET BOWEL CANCER!

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Really good guide to undercover reporting here. It would behoove every Reform type whining about entrapment to read it. But they won't. They don't care: GIJN’s Guide to Undercover Reporting – Global Investigative Journalism Network share.google/I6negyZAsOOs...

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GIJN’s Guide to Undercover Reporting

In countries without public record transparency rules or strong source protection laws, going undercover can be one of the few tools reporters have to reveal public interest stories.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Meanwhile, on Facebook, a man has tried to explain my own joke to me in the most literal possible terms... 🙄

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Not going to lie, I'm glad we won't have to endure a hot take from Rod Liddle on Dolly Parton. I do have grave fears that Julie Burchill is going to do her usual flash-her-knickers-at-the-boys'-school-bus attention-seeking rant, although she may be distracted by the return of Harry and Meghan.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Oh God, has anyone checked on Cher? We cannot lose Cher and Dolly in the same week. It has already been too much with Dolly and Tim Curry already.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Pope Leo is a stylish guy. I love this for him. I have a Pope Leo fridge magnet. He is on my fridge door alongside Elsa Schiaparelli and Anne Boleyn.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

If I see one person share a twee drawing of noted angel of doom, Paddington, leading Dolly Parton into heaven, I cannot be responsible for my actions...

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I'm not even American and I was thinking about what the hell is going on with Mitch McConnell the other day. And the Maduros. Where are they now?

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Went to the tip today. One driver stopped in the thoroughfare as she HAD to park right in front of this one skip. Then a guy in a too-long car nearly backed into us because he can't use mirrors. Then we had to wait for him to park incompetently around another incompetent parker before we could go...

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Balthazar's Terrible Parking

ALT: Balthazar's Terrible Parking

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Interesting framing. Not possible for current UK-EU negotiations to "fix things in an amicable way that will add percentage points to our growth". That could only be done by the UK changing its red lines, which the government has ruled out. www.ft.com/content/4ec5...

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"I'm not really a country music fan..." has started many Dolly Parton tributes. But if you listen to her music and it moves you or it simply becomes a fabulous earworm, you just might be a country music fan. Embrace it, listen to more artists, there's some great stuff out there, you're still cool...

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Dolly Parton's Surprised Look

ALT: Dolly Parton's Surprised Look

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I can't listen to Dolly Parton singing Coat of Many Colours without bursting into tears. Once, I had to pull over when this song played while I was driving because I couldn't see where I was going. I regret never seeing Dolly live. She is the best of humanity and she made the world a better place.

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Dolly Parton Sing

ALT: Dolly Parton Sing

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Madonna is going to be devastated to learn that a man who looks like a potato rolled in pubes doesn't approve of her armpits...

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Yes! I read his book years and years ago in Sydney and thought it was a hoot. Then I forgot about him when I lived in the Middle East, moved to London in 2011 and he kept popping up on telly spouting weapons grade tripe and opening a daft school. Couldn't quite believe it was the same guy.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Literally every Rod Liddle obituary. And a bunch of hitherto sensible friends filled my DMs to tell me how lovely he is IRL after I posted something about him on Facebook. I honestly don't give a shit how nice he was to his dog. But that was one of the defences of him that landed in my DMs.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Yes! She glared with big, wild eyes and shushed me at a book launch when I whispered to my friend, "Do you want more wine?" before the author had even appeared on stage.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This makes me feel so much better about my high school formal dress, which a friendly correctly described as "perfect for an evening funeral in Scotland".

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Timely reminder to people losing their minds about the return of Harry & Meghan: Keep whining about it online and more Harry and Meghan content will find its way into your feed. Then more Harry and Meghan content will be produced to feed the beast. Don't like them? Just ignore them. They won't care.

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Prince Harry & Meghan Markle Greet Fans

ALT: Prince Harry & Meghan Markle Greet Fans

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I've heard from a human at RBKC! They're blaming a cyber attack from last November for the lack of response to my complaints & said that because my friend has died and can't consent to anything, they're not dealing with it, but I can contact the ombudsman, to whom I posted my complaint this morning.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"A million lights are dancing And there you are, a shooting star An everlasting world And you're here with me, eternally."

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Olivia Newton John Xanadu GIF

ALT: Olivia Newton John Xanadu GIF

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

That recent Bruce Springsteen movie whose name I can't be arsed to look up, Jackie Brown, Baraka (after about 10 minutes, my friend whispered to me in the cinema, "This is a big cinematic wank...')

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

THREAD! Trying to complain to the Local Government Ombudsman about the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. They did fuck-all to help a friend who has since died. Their uselessness led to him being on the streets for longer than he would've been if they simply put him in a taxi to Kings X Station.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Oh damn. But what a great innings and what a great performer. Utterly compelling always.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I really hope the Jason Arday vigil that is happening right now at Trafalgar Square remains a vigil and doesn't turn into a violent police-led horror show, as happened at the Sarah Everard vigil. I was there and I still think about how terrifying it was. May tonight's events be peaceful.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Absolutely awful news. Honestly, fuck 2026. It just keeps taking and taking. I loved her in Nashville, which was one of my comfort shows during a rough time.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

* rushes to window * * opens window * * sticks arm and whole head out window * No bloody rain in South London. I remain convinced it'll never rain again.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Just looked it up. It came out in 1984, so I would have been eight. Which doesn't really make the anecdote below any better...

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Right now on Together TV (170 on Sky) is Aussie comedy, er, classic Melvin, Son of Alvin. Put it on and was greeted by a bloke lifting weights with his penis. There's an orgy scene. I remember this from my parents taking my sister & I to see it at the drive-in. I was about six. '80s Oz was wild...

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Agree with this. When someone resigns or is fired that's them tapping out. From that point on they are a private citizen and the justification for writing about them needs to be higher.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Yep. And this montage is minus Julie Burchill's incoherent and entirely predictable "I didn't go to university and I hate students" lukewarm take for the Spectator on this horrible, horrible story.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14/08/2026

Cambridge University should have known better, Fleet Street should have known better, the people hungrily absorbing every bit of news about it, making newsrooms feel like they had to keep going with it as a story, should have known better, horrible horrible horrible

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Yep. This turned into a far bigger story than it should have been. Yvette Cooper was right the other day when she was asked about Jason Arday and said it was a matter for Cambridge University. This is really sad and it's depressing how many people thought their mocking of him was hilarious.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Count Binface gave a far more comprehensive answer about a good night out in Clacton.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Man of the people, Nigel Farage, failed to answer the question about what's the best night out in Clacton in a Q&A interview in yesterday's Metro. It's curious that a man constantly photographed with a pint can't name a single pub in the constituency where he's running for election today.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Man of the people, Nigel Farage, wore a tie and long-sleeved business shirt to watch the eclipse on a hot night. 🙄

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It's Clacton by-election day. Or, if you prefer, Farage-Commons-standards-inquiry-reopening-eve.

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Georgia Lewis @georgialewis.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A decent meal beforehand. A glass of wine afterwards. Popcorn is stupid.

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