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GillO

@gillo.bsky.social
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Retired, escaped English/Drama teacher in the English Midlands. Now studying for the heck of it. EM drama, kidlit, Buffy, Rejoin. Cymraeg am byth! I follow back if I think I have something in common - if your bio's empty I probably won't follow you

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Taurus A @bullman53.bsky.social · 12h
The British voter’s only have themselves to blame for listening to Boris and Nigel’s BS. And their inherent racist hate for non whites which was so strong they didn’t care how much economic damage they did to their own best interests
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Ghost Puritan Gräfin Freudenberg🗽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 @grafinfreudenberg.bsky.social · 13h
HAVING TO WRITE YOUR OWN GROCERY LIST IS NOT WORSE THAN MAKING THIS MAN MORE POWERFUL
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AshfromEnfield @ashfromenfield.bsky.social · 12h
These two ruined our futures and those of our children, made us all poorer, destroyed our economy and made us a worldwide laughing stock. They should never be forgiven…. 🤬😡
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 17h
"This kind of trauma takes time to process. Your mind shuts it out, so you need people to help you piece it back together." "That’s what she’s doing on this phone call, and they’re gaslighting her." The ‘Cornell 7’ case is posing questions about life for women on US campuses.
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 15h
A late friend of mine taught science in an old school in England but was also appointed Librarian (no qualifications required). She culled an enormous amount as "dross", including much of the personal library a novelist of some repute bequeathed to her old school. No experts consulted.
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Putin has already invaded Europe, in February 2022 and in 2014.
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Qualified people have been saying that for many months now.
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pjr1303.bsky.social @pjr1303.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Eyam cut itself off from the world for much longer than forty days.
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AshfromEnfield @ashfromenfield.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nigel in a Nutshell
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Eyam, presumably.
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Kyoshi: Run Away! (Monty Python)
Alt: Kyoshi: Run Away! (Monty Python)
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's that time of year again when we need to remind National Trust members that Restore Trust is a dark-money funded right-wing astroturfing entryist outfit. Please vote, and vote for literally anyone else.
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
She's lying. All of it is true.
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Kyoshi: Run Away! (Monty Python)
ALT: Kyoshi: Run Away! (Monty Python)
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My gawd. That picture makes Reagan look intelligent and statesmanlike. *Reagan*, FFS.
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Lots of people use "sewist" to avoid the implications of "sewer". It never feels right to say it aloud (while "sewer" is quite distinct from the homonym of excretion.) I just say "I sew" much of the time.
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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Every cis person needs to read and understand this.These decisions aren’t taken lightly. Our Labour government is effectively making political refugees of trans ppl and their families who flee and seek safety overseas. It’s shameful. They can stick their dignity and respect where the sun don’t shine
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Spuffy Spike: Creature of the Darkness
Alt: Spuffy Spike saying: You're a Creature of the Darkness. Like me.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yes, the president leaked Tom Cotton's cell phone number, but you should not sign Tom Cotton up for Act Blue donation requests or testosterone pill scams or other things like that, because that would be very funny.
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Ian Collins @icoll.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fits like a glove
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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I love how whenever I start research for a project and come across the name of an obscure right wing mega donor then Google them and learn that every time I buy something simple like trash bags I’ve been giving money to a fascist
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good on you Sister's 👏
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Knitting Cat @dameknittingcat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This.
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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AshfromEnfield @ashfromenfield.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Weapons of Mass Stupidity
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/10/2026
Many Hispanic voters heard secure the border and deport violent criminals. What they got was cruelty to: workers, parents, grandparents, children, longtime residents and people with no criminal conviction. This is buyer’s remorse on an epic scale. #LetsGetVoteReady
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Massive crowd outside Palantir’s HQ in central London. Throw this evil corporation out of our public services." via Global Justice Now
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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#NationalPoetryDay
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Tim Hill of Antifa, #FBPE @tjrh.uk · 01/10/2026
In Lord* Hannan's defence, he's not just been always wrong about Brexit, he's wrong about everything. * How the fuck did this insufferable prick get a seat in the upper house? Boris Fucking Johnson.
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Indeed. People did not go to the cities in the early Industrial Revolution because they'd had enough of an idyll. Awful though factory conditions could be, they beat casual agricultural labour and living conditions in enough ways to make the difference.
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I enjoyed a programme on Radio4 this afternoon on just this topic: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Rethink - Rethink: manufacturing or services? - BBC Sounds
Does "servitization" boost the economy?
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Never judge a character from a single book.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On my daily propaganda show tonight I will be pretending that Brexit wasn't a complete and unmitigated disaster based on the lies of a handful of rich grifting twats who don't give a shit about ordinary people.
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Your vocation has been fulfilled.
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Expect every herring to be at least pink.
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nor should you. I hope it was properly appreciated.
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A-boo-etha: Large Haunted Parsnip Split-Level @abbaetha.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#dunnettcontent I just made someone who is leaving my group and taking a managerial role elsewhere listen to me read the O’Liam Roe’s speech on leadership at the end of QP and I regret nothing.
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Better then than during the crisis. Adrenaline has to go somewhere. I've had similar reactions. Calm and competent till the need for adulting ends, then a total mess.
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ardderchog!
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Not at all dull. The football bores me, but the conduct of oligarchical owners is intriguing.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Bless.
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes. Trauma does that to a person. Again, though, it is none of our business.
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Ian Collins @icoll.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Following the Trump playbook to the letter. Banning a journalist because they don’t like the way he didn’t suck up to them. Banning Reporters is a Reform speciality. www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-n...
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'Despicable' banning of Derbyshire Live reporter is an 'attack on democracy'
'Reform councillors should hang their heads in shame for allowing this attack on our democracy'
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It looks vaguely Cotswoldish in stone colour, but otherwise utterly unconvincing. Who was expected to believe in it?
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That is a totally implausible street plan for a village of any era. It's not just the warm, golden glow of nostalgia, it's created by somebody cramming in a list of features with no concept how a rural village works.
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It was clear to many of us all along that it could only be a terrible mistake. "Criminal" is not rhetoric when applied to Brexit.
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Sailing Steve @sailingsteve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good advice!! Make noise. It's long. Read it!
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GillO @gillo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nobody in London in Eliot's day had iced coffee. In every other respect, though, he's right. Few Londoners even know these days that fog was literally brown.
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