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@griseline.bsky.social
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Interested in embroidery, needlework, books. European.

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Rob K-A @roboformers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Was gifted a Belleek Pottery lumiere recently so got a plant stand for it to live on at the top of the stairs..
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23/09/2026
Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts Court. Our September + October cover story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Cheerful Madness!! @cheerfulmadness.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Cute Cartoon Sloth Dangling From a Branch Sticker by Cheerful Madness!! at Zazzle www.zazzle.com/cute_cartoon... #cheerfulmadness #sticker #sloth #kawaii #cartoon #gifts #zazzle #customisable
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Cute Cartoon Sloth Dangling From a Branch Sticker | Zazzle
Cute cartoon sloth dangling from a branch and scratching his head with his right foot, by Cheerful Madness!! Laughing and happy sloth and completely ay home up the tree.
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Cheerful Madness!! @cheerfulmadness.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Cute Cartoon Rabbits Mandala Wine Charm by Cheerful Madness!! at Zazzle www.zazzle.com/cute_cartoon... #winecharm #rabbits #kawaii #cartoon# animation #cute #cheerfulmadness #gifts #zazzle
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Cute Cartoon Rabbits Mandala Wine Charm | Zazzle
A circle of lively and cuddly bunny rabbits by Cheerful Madness!! Fully customizable and available on various products.
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Cheerful Madness!! @cheerfulmadness.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Cute Silly Cartoon Wolf Women T-Shirt by Cheerful Madness!! at Zazzle www.zazzle.com/cute_silly_c... #wolf #cheerfulmadness #tshirts #zazzle #kawaii #cute #cartoon #customisable
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Cute Silly Cartoon Wolf Women T-Shirt | Zazzle
A cartoon wolf being silly, by Cheerful Madness!! Fully customizable and available on a variety of products.
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Cheerful Madness!! @cheerfulmadness.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Cute Cartoon Bears' Garden Baby Bib by Cheerful Madness!! at Zazzle www.zazzle.com/cute_cartoon... #cheerfulmadness #babybib #cute #kawaii #cartoon #bears #gifts #customisable #zazzle
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Cute Cartoon Bears' Garden Baby Bib | Zazzle
Cute cartoon bears in a lovely and colourful garden by Cheerful Madness!! Their happiness is contagious. Fully customisable (the background colour can be modified or removed too); this kawaii cartoon ...
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Cheerful Madness!! @cheerfulmadness.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Cute Cartoon Pig Playing Trumpet Baby Bib by Cheerful Madness!! at Zazzle www.zazzle.com/cute_cartoon... #pig #kawaii #trumpet #babybib #cute #cartoon #cheerfulmadness #zazzle #customisable
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Cute Cartoon Pig Playing Trumpet Baby Bib | Zazzle
A cute cartoon pig having fun playing the trumpet, by Cheerful Madness!! Fully customisable: add text, change the background colour, the position and rotation of this kawaii pig; in short, make it you...
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 17/09/2026
Peter Max illustrations from his 1971 astrological calendar
incredibly colorful Peter Max pop art illustration of a winged figure representing the Pisces astrological signincredibly colorful Peter Max pop art illustration of a mirrored image of faces staring in opposite directions representing the Pisces astrological signincredibly colorful Peter Max pop art illustration of dancing figures cavorting between two gigantic flowers representing the Libra astrological signincredibly colorful Peter Max pop art illustration of a figure seated on a red planet with its arms raised considering a distant Saturn representing the Capricorn astrological sign
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 17/09/2026
RIP Peter Max, 60s icon
colorful Peter Max poster for National Library Week captined
be all you can be. read.
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Alex Hunsley 2M0LBH @quaplek.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Essssspresso cup? Eenie weenie #clay #pottery #espresso
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Cheerful Madness!! @cheerfulmadness.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Cute Kicking Cartoon Horse Reusable Bag by Cheerful Madness!! at Zazzle www.zazzle.com/cute_kicking... #reusabkebag #cartoon #horse #kawaii #cute #animation #cheerfulmadness #zazzle #gifts
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Cute Kicking Cartoon Horse Reusable Bag | Zazzle
Happy and kicking :) By Cheerful Madness!! Fully customizable and available on various products.
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Cheerful Madness!! @cheerfulmadness.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Cute Cartoon Unicorn In A Hurry Sticker by Cheerful Madness!! at Zazzle www.zazzle.com/cute_cartoon... #kawaii #unicorn #stickers #cheerfulmadness #cute #cartoon #zazzle #gifts #customisable
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Cute Cartoon Unicorn In A Hurry Sticker | Zazzle
This cute little unicorn is running so fast , it's practically flying :D Fully customizable and available on various products.
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Dyadya Boris 🩷💜💙 #FBPE @dyadyaboris.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Electric Six - Synthesizer youtu.be/TBDSAk9afO0?... #synthesizer
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Electric Six - Synthesizer
YouTube video by explosiv0
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The swallow pattern on this mid-20th century kimono, rendered in cream against a deep blue ground, exemplifies the Japanese principle of negative space composition, where the birds appear to emerge from and dissolve back into the textured background in a dynamic dance of form and void.
 The highly textured fabric surface creates an almost pointillistic effect that recalls both traditional Japanese textile techniques like shibori and the experimental surface treatments explored by modernist designers of the period.

The swallow motif carries profound symbolic resonance in Japanese culture, representing loyalty, good fortune, and the promise of return. Swallows are also harbingers of spring and summer, making them especially appropriate for a lightweight summer kimono. The birds' graceful, sweeping forms distributed across the textile create a sense of movement and freedom that contrasts beautifully with the structured geometry of the kimono's construction.

Aesthetically, the design reflects the influence of Art Deco and early modernist movements in its bold contrast, stylized natural forms, and emphasis on pattern as surface decoration rather than representational imagery. The use of rayon, a relatively new synthetic fiber during this period, speaks to Japan's embrace of industrial innovation while maintaining traditional craft sensibilities. The textile's textured surface, visible in the detail images, creates a tactile quality that adds depth and visual interest, transforming what might have been a simple two-color design into something far more complex and engaging. This piece represents a perfect synthesis of traditional Japanese aesthetics with the material and stylistic innovations of the modern era.
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Grumpy Nancy @grumpynancy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Textile-style artwork 
inspired by Charlie Angus’s post 
about record atmospheric water vapour. 

A curved, embroidered ocean fills the bottom 
as thousands of extremely fine red, yellow and dark-blue threads symbolically rise from the water 
and spread through the white atmosphere. 

Angus cites reporting that the increase over the previous record is equivalent to about 20 trillion litres of additional atmospheric water. 

Across the ocean, in large neon-yellow stitching: 

#NotToMentionTheMicroplastics. 

The Guardian reports that global heating 
and strong El Niño conditions 
contributed to the August 2026 record
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ainu woman of Old Japan. Hand-colored photo. About 1920’s
Seated in a quiet, dignified pose, a young Ainu woman looks forward with a serene, composed gaze in a hand-colored glass slide from the 1920s. She is dressed in a traditional robe (chikarkarpe) woven with bands of muted slate, ochre, and indigo, accented by a broad, deep violet collar band. The oversized sleeves feature dark applique panels decorated with white embroidery rendering spiraling moreu (scroll motifs) and sharp ayus (thorn-like flourishes). Around her neck rests a rekutunpe (choker) strung with brass disks, paired with a longer strand of trade-glass beads (tama-sai), while large brass hoop earrings (ninkari) dangle beside her cheekbones. Subtle blue-black pigment encircles her lips—the traditional sinuye (sacred facial tattoo)—framed by softly waving hair against a lush backdrop of shadowed foliage.

The Aini are the indigenous people of Hokkaido (Ainu Mosir), Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands. During this era of state-sponsored modernization and rapid assimilation policies, traditional practices such as sinuye—performed by female elders to mark a young woman's spiritual maturity and readiness for adulthood—were increasingly prohibited. Early 20th-century ethnographic portraiture thus preserves a critical visual record of Ainu textile traditions, which evolved from indigenous attus (elm-bark fiber cloth) into intricate, appliquéd cotton garments. In Ainu worldview, all natural phenomena, tools, and garments are inhabited by spiritual beings (kamuy), making the crafting of robes a sacred dialogue between human maker and the natural world.

Aesthetically, the garment represents an indigenous expression of monozukuri (artisanal mastery), where technical skill serves spiritual protection. The embroidery placed intentionally around garment openings—cuffs, necklines, and hems—functions as a protective kekkai (sacred boundary), guarding the wearer’s vital energy (ramat) from malevolent spirits (wen-kamuy).
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Basil 🌱 @yuedreams.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
POTTERY (a thread) 🎨
a small wooden slab with lots of wheel thrown pottery on top
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Old World Toys @oldworldtoys.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
From America, #Christmas 1972: Crafts & Hobbies and Toys & Games from Sears (+Pottery Wheel Workshop; Screen Printing Set; Plasticast Casting and Embedding Set; Glass Staining Kit; Soap Shapes; Very Scarys; Art-A-Matic; Walt Disney Figures; Famous Faces Series; and Soap Making)
This catalog page features a variety of arts and crafts kits for kids, including pottery, screen printing, plastic casting, glass staining, soap making, and more. It also includes toys like the Art-A-Matic.

(+Art-A-Matic
Famous Faces Series
Glass Staining Kit
Plasticast Casting and Embedding Set
Pottery Wheel Workshop
Screen Printing Set
Soap Making
Soap Shapes
Very Scarys
and Walt Disney Figures)
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JBdubs: Hell Edition @jaybdoubleyou.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Made some new mugs!! #pottery #ceramics
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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
About five years ago, my wife took a community center pottery class and fell in love. Since then she’s gotten really serious about the craft and now has her own wheel and kiln. I love what she makes so much. Take a look:
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Lincoln Square Pottery Studio- Learning Center @lspotterystudio-lc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Heads up Chicago people- the Ravenswood Art Walk is this weekend, and it's a great place to see all kinds of art, eat nummy foods, and enjoy the day! #potterymarket #artshowchicago #handmade #potterysky #pottery #clay #chicagoartmarket ravenswoodchicago.org/signature-ev...
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Ravenswood ArtWalk: Tour of Arts & Industry
Each fall, the Ravenswood ArtWalk: Tour of Arts & Industry invites visitors to explore one of Chicago's most vibrant creative communities.
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Scary Pumpkin Spice 🎃 @stabbedmyfinger.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Crafting til my hands hurt #beadembroidery
Close up detailsFull length of project
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Lia Pas @liapas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Day 10 #SciArtSeptember: woad. My #SciArt #embroidery, cell map (2020), has some woad (blue/green) elements in the linen and in the stitching.
An embroidery of the diagram of a cell on blue linen. the details are in whites, blues, turquoise, burgundy, green, and deep orange. The labels are poetic text instead of scientific terms. From bottom right around to bottom left it reads: Pair of pleases. Chance it some. Chromatic & new to us (carries us some of the way) New to us. Chromatic nets. Please remember. Vacant. Reticent about apparent goals. The centre. Where sometimes we met. Two of us. Sector illustrating the firm approach to pleasure. Caring pleases. New to us. Remember. True newness (pleasure). Sector illustrating sides to where time ran and had pleasure. 
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Lucia Nixon @lucianixon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
First day of the Bayeux Tapestry/ Embroidery at the British Museum & I was there! More restful to see it in France (which we did years ago) but v special to see it again. Nothing like being able to see individual stitches!
Detail of Panel 16 of the Bayeux Tapestry/ Embroidery, showing riders of Duke William’s army.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The work of Lesley Wood, contemporary textile artist and member of the Embroiderers' Guild (via Instagram) #Womensart
Embroidery of a seagull in flight as if flying forward and to the left against a cream background
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Ida Benedetto @idamantium.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
ikat, youkat, mekat. There was some ikat in this embroidery exhibition at @artinstitutechi.bsky.social but I only photographed the bath towels... www.artic.edu/exhibitions/...
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 10/09/2026
VIDEO: An eight-metre embroidered "Beer Tapestry" tracing the history of brewing through the ages has been unveiled at The Museum Tavern pub opposite the British Museum, as London welcomes visitors to the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition.
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Sharon Carbine @sharoncarbine.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"A Nation Gripped by ‘Bayeux Fever’ Finally Gets to See the Tapestry." Bayeux Tapestry: "priceless 220-foot-long 11th-century embroidery" "depicts William the Conqueror’s invasion of England of 1066." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/a... British Museum: www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/exhibitions/...
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Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition Opens at British Museum (Gift Article)
On Thursday, the British Museum opened its blockbuster Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, its most eagerly anticipated show in decades.
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Cheerful Madness!! @cheerfulmadness.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Atlantic Tidal Squares by Cheerful Madness!! Fabrics and wallpapers www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/21... #fabrics #cheerfulmadness #geometric #spoonflower #wallpapers
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Shop Atlantic Tidal Squares by Cheerful Madness custom Fabric by cheerfulmadness_cartoons for sale on Spoonflower
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Cheerful Madness!! @cheerfulmadness.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Cute Cartoon LGBTQIA Unicorns Mug by Cheerful Madness!! Two cute cartoon unicorns exchanging a kiss www.zazzle.com/cute_cartoon... #kiss #mug #unicorns #LGBTQIA #cheerfulmadness #zazzle #gifts
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Cute Cartoon LGBTQIA Unicorns Mug | Zazzle
Enjoy a tea or coffee in this customisable mug featuring a pair of kawaii unicorns in the colours of the LGBTQIA+ flag; by Cheerful Madness!!
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Cheerful Madness!! @cheerfulmadness.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Cheerful Madness!! @cheerfulmadness.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I *never* managed to watch that movie until the end.
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Cheerful Madness!! @cheerfulmadness.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Zulu King Cosmic Spots by Cheerful Madness!! fabrics and wallpapers www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/23... #cheerfulmadness #dots #fabrics #wallpapers #spoonflower #zulu
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Cheerful Madness!! @cheerfulmadness.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Zulu Queen Cosmic Spots by Cheerful Madness!! fabrics and wallpapers www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/23... #cheerfulmadness #dots #fabrics #wallpapers #spoonflower #zulu
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Ford Taunus @fordtaunus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Rassismus in Deutschland: Tief verankert, aber subtiler www.dw.com/de/rassismus...
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Rassismus in Deutschland: Tief verankert, aber subtiler
Rassismus und Diskriminierung bleiben in Deutschland weit verbreitet: In einer aktuellen Studie erklärten zwei Drittel der Befragten, einige Kulturen seien fleißiger als andere.
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Pat le lion @patlelion.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Quel été de merde...
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Cheerful Madness!! @cheerfulmadness.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Cute Howling Cartoon Wolf Can Glass by Cheerful Madness!! at Zazzle www.zazzle.com/cute_howling... #wolf #kawaii #cartoon #canglass #cheerfulmadness #zazzle
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Cute Howling Cartoon Wolf Can Glass | Zazzle
Cute cartoon wolf howling by Cheerful Madness!! Find this cartoon wolf on many more products in the same collection. Fully customisable.
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Dyadya Boris 🩷💜💙 #FBPE @dyadyaboris.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Climate change is murder through inaction.
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Dyadya Boris 🩷💜💙 #FBPE @dyadyaboris.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Have you seen this? Reform UK has just pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters. I'm really worried about it. I've signed a petition to stop the steal. Can you add your name too? www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop the steal: protect workers’ and renters’ rights!
Reform UK has just pledged to rip up legal protections for workers and renters. Sign this petition to stop the steal.
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Griseline @griseline.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I’ve just signed the petition to ban councils using bailiffs to collect debt. With council tax going up this month, we need to act now before millions of people have the bailiffs come knocking. Can you sign and share? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
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Ban the bailiffs - protect vulnerable families
I’ve just signed the petition to ban councils using bailiffs on vulnerable people. With council tax going up this month, we need to act now before millions of people have the bailiffs come knocking. C...
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Griseline @griseline.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Signed.
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Cheerful Madness!! @cheerfulmadness.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Did you watch Dirty Business? It is NO exaggeration to say that water companies have got away with *murder*. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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End the sewage pollution scandal
We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...
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Griseline @griseline.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
What one will do for £84.00…
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Dyadya Boris 🩷💜💙 #FBPE @dyadyaboris.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Where we learn that Farage is a fucking slag who will say virtually *anything*, providing he’s paid for it, even if it’s a minimal amount of money.
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 16/03/2026
Joining the single market would eliminate trade barriers for most goods and services, control consumer prices, and allow capital, goods and people to move freely. Last week, European Movement UK launched our petition calling on the UK Government to join the single market: link below.
Keir Starmer has a chance to rejoin the EU single market. Will he take it? The National, 15 March.
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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Bread, Milk and Butter (1972), dir. Jim Simon, Wantu Studios
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 08/03/2026
Walk into a sandwich shop. It’s regulated for health and safety. But AI, which will transform the world economically and socially, is completely unregulated. That’s insane. We need to make certain that AI works for ALL humanity, not just the billionaires who own it.
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Cheerful Madness!! @cheerfulmadness.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Cute Fleet Cartoon Fox Acrylic Keychain by Cheerful Madness!! At Zazzle www.zazzle.com/cute_fleet_c... #cute #kawaii #cartoon #fox #cheerfulmadness #keychain #gifts #zazzle #zazzlemade
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Griseline @griseline.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Maybe the people of Clayton will finally clock Nigel Farage doesn’t care about them?
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Griseline @griseline.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Measles cases on the rise in North London 😕 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #measles #london #UK
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Measles cases on the rise in north London, UKHSA data shows
Enfield and Haringey measles cases make up almost half of all cases nationally, new data shows.
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