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Triathlete #triathlon - Cyclist - Blogger - Carbon Literacy Trainer #GreenSky - European -Southampton FC #Saintsfc - History - Politics - Refugee from the other place. teachinglive.net/carbon-literacy about.me/Johnsutton

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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 17h
Today I finished John & Ann Tusa’s brilliant account of the Nuremberg Trials. It tells of the lengths they went to afford some of the worst criminals in history some basic dignity during their execution. Also today, the USA is going to livestream an execution.
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 17h
Today I finished John & Ann Tusa’s brilliant account of the Nuremberg Trials. It tells of the lengths they went to afford some of the worst criminals in history some basic dignity during their execution. Also today, the USA is going to livestream an execution.
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 20h
I'm honoured to be among the signatories here: the govt's proposals for Special Needs education - which are still only proposals - threaten children's and families' current basic rights www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Legal rights must be retained for children with special educational needs | Letters
Letter: Campaigners and Send parents including Chris Packham and Sally Phillips urge ministers to work with families and organisations to preserve individual provision and improve accountability in th...
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Cornish/Manc Parallel Realist (Worldwide Dept.) @leftymuso.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've got 2 tickets to Buffalo Tom at the Band On The Wall in Manchester tomorrow night. Unfortinately, due to illness, I can't go. I've listed them on the Ticketmaster Resale platform if anyone's interested: secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/1F006466D...
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I suspect the real reason for the suspended ban was to avoid an appeal where they knew they'd all be subjected to the Tonda Death Stare again. After every. Single. Question. #Saintsfc
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Well. It's over. At last! A suspended ban and a fine. There'll be plenty that are unhappy, but given that the club have already been severely punished and the time it has taken the FA to get to this point, it seems fair. #Spygate #Saintsfc
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ok, I accept that as a voter I’m not across all Green Party campaigns and also accept that Green Party policies are heavily focused on climate change. My concern is that the messaging from the top is much more on social justice and cost of living issues (which I also accept as being driven by CC)
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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🎵"She looks like Eva Marie Saint In "On the Waterfront" As she reads Simone de Beauvoir In her American circumstance Her heart, heart's like crazy paving Upside down and back to front She says oh, it's so hard to love When love was your great disappointment"🎶
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It was a Green Party conference motion. It’s not binding, but it’s not a great look.
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I can’t help but think that the Green Party under Polanski ha talked about everything but Green issues in an attempt to attract leftwing voters from Labour. Turns out it may not have been the best move.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Do check out Rupert’s website. It’s amazing. And so is he. thelonekayaker.wordpress.com
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The Lone Kayaker
Rupert Kirkwood's Wild World of Water. As seen from a Kayak.
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So you're using AI to generate a complaint letter to your child's school: Do: - Keep it to less than 2 pages; - Suggest ways of finding a solution Don't: - Quote the Education Act; - Threaten to call Ofsted; - Threaten to remove your child from school (I promise you, they'll be delighted).
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m going A which has plenty of B influences and quite a few rice dishes, too. Which means I can tolerate the loss of risotto from C.
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Adam Squires @adsquires.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm trying to remember a Fry and Laurie sketch along the lines of "it's new, it's exciting, it's coming to a town near you, and soon you'll wonder how you ever managed without it" and throughout the sketch we have no idea what it is they're describing.
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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🔴 Conservative Plan to Scrap Solar Rules for New Homes Would Lock Millions Into Gas Use Pledge to abolish the Future Homes Standard is branded ‘a plan for poor housing and high bills’ by fuel poverty campaigners, as the solar sector urges the party to think again bylinetimes.com/2026/10/05/c...
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Conservative Plan to Scrap Solar Rules for New Homes Would Lock Millions Into Gas Use
Pledge to abolish the Future Homes Standard is branded 'a plan for poor housing and high bills' by fuel poverty campaigners, as the solar sector urges the party to think again
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Voters loathed the Tory party when they booted them out in 2024.They really needed to shake off their disgrace with humility and better ideas. They haven’t. They’ve doubled down. More Brexit, more austerity, more anti-immigration ugliness, more tedious arrogance… and no good reason to vote for them.
Party seems to have learnt nothing from 2024 defeat
John Oxley

The Conservative Party is keen to show it is now ready to return to government, two and a half years after a
historic defeat.Their self-soothing explanation posits that defeat came from not being able to do what they wanted 

No such pivot is happening at the current conference. The Tories have come to Birmingham calling for a return to orthodoxy, with similar lines about cutting benefits and regulation. Even so, they seem trapped by the same contradictions
- pledging to cut benefits, but not the winter fuel payments and triple lock on pensions that go to their voters.
There is no "hug-a-hoodie" moment in Birmingham. The Conservative Party is not indicating that it has changed or seeking to broaden its appeal. It is doing the opposite: it is a party returning to its core, restating all the old ideas voters have rejected but louder.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It’s not been fully spotted but to pay for 50,000 extra prison places the Conservatives have said they would cut foreign aid to £1bn a year, or 0.03% of GDP, a 90% cut. This would not even cover UN and World Bank contributions. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Conservative plans to slash aid budget would ‘irreparably damage’ UK’s global credibility, charities say
Party’s pledge to reduce aid budget from £9bn a year to £1bn to fund new prison places branded as ‘posturing’
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I agree, but a lot of the software tends to be bloatware that adds little to the functionality of the phone.
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Simon Boyne @simonb84.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tories: Pro congestion pro road deaths
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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Paying taxes is punishment is it? Some might say it's a contribution to the infrastructure and regulations (like the rule of law) that enables you to build a successful business and, being less transactional, your contribution to society..
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hasn’t Badenoch twigged that traditional Tory voters were always about protecting England’s green and pleasant land. Nimbyism was invented in the Home Counties. I would dearly love to sit in on a Tory focus group on what constitutes inappropriate development.
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It’s incredible to think that in an age of super high energy prices and climate change, the Tories believe that allowing cheap houses to be built with no environmental mitigation and renewables is a vote winner!
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There was a time when the Tories, however hypocritically, claimed to want to protect our natural heritage. Now they're just a party of vandals, ripping down the few protections the living world has for the sake of their rich chums. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Mobile phone technology has not changed significantly in years. Most upgrades relate to speed, capacity and camera features. New “generations” are planned years in advance and upgrades are deliberately incremental.
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Sustainable Us @havantenviro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Two people were reported dead on Sunday, with at least one person missing, after torrential rain triggered flooding in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region." www.dw.com/en/torrentia...
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Torrential rain and flooding leave 2 dead and 1 missing in Spain's Catalonia region
Authorities warned of extreme danger around Barcelona and Girona, with rivers at risk of overflowing and residents urged to stay indoors.
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Sustainable Us @havantenviro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Future renewables carbon emissions/footprint will be lower than todays as the energy to manufacture and recycle them comes from renewable/low carbon energy sources. Also (as an example) assuming low carbon energy is used to recycle steel then the embedded emissions in the steel will become diluted.
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I started reading this piece and assumed I must have missed all the coherent policy announcements and increase in approval ratings…
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Glen de la Cour @glendelacour.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
League 1 Minus 10 - Here we go again - RPs appreciated. An updated write-up of the past 50 and a bit years of South Coast Derbies league1minus10.co.uk/2026/10/04/t... #saintsfc
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The Last 51 Years of Saints versus That Lot From Down The Road (Updated)
And so here we go again. Another home derby against Pompey, which we have brought on ourselves with all the crap we got up to at the tail end of last season. Some would say that’s a good thin…
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This was a really odd article. Seems to be very little scientific research around its assertions. Box pop rules at the BBC.
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There’s despicable, then there’s this…
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Northern & proud 👊 @gazlancs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Your weekend reminder that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes no fault evictions He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...
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If UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting him
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As you can see from the video there was a lot of support for our crew as they flew around Ealing at the weekend. Please show your support by signing our petition ✍️ Let’s rid running of sportswashing for the sake of our health & the planet 🌍 @flightfreeuk.bsky.social @badvertising.bsky.social
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Drop Polluting Sponsors - Stop taking the Whizz
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Danny Nicholson @dannynic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A couple of new things I've been working on. The Great Science Puzzle Book and the Brilliant Book of Science Wordsearches. Available on Amazon now. link.amazon/B09rSaiO4 link.amazon/B0gjULW3K
The great science puzzle book, and the brilliant book of science wordsearches. Now on Amazon.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread:
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nobody is disputing that.
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Liz Jarvis MP @lizjarvis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Many years ago I interviewed a woman who had witnessed the execution of the man who had killed her son and daughter in an armed robbery. She said it gave her no comfort at all, and spent the rest of her life campaigning against the death penalty.
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Of all the AI slop memes and deepfakes doing the rounds, this is by far the wittiest.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Macron: “Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years. “Those who said, "We will be richer" - eight points of GDP less ten years later. "”We will solve the problem of immigration" - it is more complicated than before. "”We are going to crush it in international trade" - it is worse.”
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Absolutely, but that doesn’t mean the transfer transaction itself was dodgy, just the source of the money. I can’t see how this doesn’t end up with Fraud Office investigations.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
30 September 1894 | A German Jewish woman, Margarete Schmul, was born in Rogoźno (Rogasen). She lived in Berlin. In 1942, she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- Women at Auschwitz Read: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en Listen: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
Black-and-white portrait of a woman with a calm expression, wearing a light blouse.
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So, my youngest (Citeh fan - Saints are his “family” team) has read the Premier League report today and none of the charges relate to transfers. It’s all about sponsorship “income” and non co-operation.
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Off books stuff will be illegal at both ends of the transaction in most cases, I would think. So def possibility of tax and fraud issues.
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You would have thought so. And other clubs involved in paying dodgy invoices might be in jeopardy too. There seems to be some rumours abounding as to what was the real price for Haaland, for example.
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Fairford Five were: a) Fly tipping; b) Stealing diesel; c) Dogging; d) Engaged in a complex terror plot involving Mossad, Iranian proxies, false flags and immigrants in boats. Pick the scenario that politicians & media consider the most plausible .
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HGJohn @hgjohn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Blood Sacrifice on Netflix- top notch Scandi Noir
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