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Scottish immigrant living in beautiful Andalucia. Golfer, padel player and F1 fanatic! EV (never tesla!!) #rejoinEU #Indyref2 #VoteYes #ScottishIndependence

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2h
UK households paid extra £13961 on bills since 2021 amid soaring inflation Has your net income risen by the same? Income tax personal allowance frozen since 2021. Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in direct/indirect taxes than the richest 20%. Hitting the less well-off is normalized.
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UK households have paid extra £13,961 on bills since 2021 amid soaring inflation, TUC says
Trades Union Congress urges chancellor to tackle rising additional living costs in this month’s budget
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FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 14/10/2026
🔴 BREAKING - Ukraine live: Russia's 'targeted' strikes on energy leave 600,000 without power, Zelensky says
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Ukraine live: Russia's 'targeted' strikes on energy leave 600,000 without power, Zelensky says
Heavy overnight Russian strikes killed at least six people in Ukraine and cut power to hundreds of thousands of people, authorities said on Wednesday. ⁠Russia's ​defence ​ministry said ‌it ⁠had ‌downed…
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
(🔓) PROOF UNLOCKED: PROOF is now *unlocking* this major breaking news, because bots are swarming online lying about its contents. Here’s the truth, fully sourced: Trump agents working for Israel are covering up murders of Americans—and Trump refuses to stop this wartime Treason. Please SHARE this.
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2026’s October Surprise Has Arrived—and It’s a Treason Conspiracy Involving Trump and Israel
On both sides of the partisan divide, voters are angrier about the Iran War than anything—as reporting suggests Israel forced us into it. Now the issue is about to become a political atomic bomb.
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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I often wonder what it is about the people in Britain that makes them so subservient to the ruling class. If the French government had tried to introduce this legislation they wouldn’t have survived the backlash. Here the reaction from most is just more cap doffing and bending the knee.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Israel has forced the UK to close its consulate in Palestine (located in occupied East Jerusalem), despite having no legal right to do so As Peter Oborne explains, our govt offered zero resistance & capitulated completely, leaving Miliband looking like a hypocrite
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Jan29 @jan29.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I just signed to stop Italy from capping "foreign" children at 30% per class. Kids could be moved away from their friends because of their passport. Parliament can still delete it. Add your name action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-10...
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Europe’s classrooms belong to all children
Share the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: Europe’s classrooms belong to all children
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Miles B @smiles.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I just signed to stop Italy from capping "foreign" children at 30% per class. Kids could be moved away from their friends because of their passport. Parliament can still delete it. Add your name action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-10...
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Europe’s classrooms belong to all children
Share the petition and you'll help multiply the impact of this campaign: Europe’s classrooms belong to all children
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Jan29 @jan29.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Greens demand Tories come clean over data centre donations
Greens demand Tories come clean over data centre donations  - The Tories have big questions to answer.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
THE FERRET: The company behind Scotland’s biggest data centre proposal – and one of the largest in the world – is owned by the treasurer of the UK Conservative party via a Caribbean tax haven
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
at a Hispanic Heritage celebration yesterday, Preznit Fuckwit didn't just do a racism. he made up a brand new racism, on the spot — one that didn't even make sense. and that, my friends, is quite the talent. thank you for your attention to today's post. link is here: bit.ly/4hjAHqE
Donny is like stupid and racist had a baby, and then repeatedly dropped it on its head.

This abject imbecile should not be president. It’s a waste of his singular ability to be incoherent as fuck. He should be the host of a game show called Donny Says Shit.

I’m talking about a show where Donny blurts out whatever dumbfuckery pops into his head, and contestants compete to come up with the most logical explanation
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Brexit and Trump have combined to be an absolute disaster for UK food and drink exports. Deficit worst in a quarter of a century and sales have plummeted ever since we left the single market
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Brexit and Donald Trump’s tariffs push UK’s food and drink trade deficit to £21bn
In the first half of 2026, the sector’s export volumes fell 11.7% to hit their third-lowest level on record
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics. Like Blair, Cameron, Clegg, Mandelson, hired to open govt networks to companies and corporate capture of the state. They sell political capital built with public money. What do we get in return?
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Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis
When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Infinity Connect @infinityconnect.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@fbpech.bsky.social @poorscousertom.bsky.social Another load of grants for the Billionaire, but let’s pay top rate for food, energy and fuel, why Jim gets millions of our money in handouts, and then buggers of to Monaco. Oh, but those 51000 migrants (2025) are the problem of course
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
‘What is emerging is not simply a relationship between [Reform and Farage] and a wealthy Gulf state, but a channel through which an authoritarian government can cultivate political influence here, and abroad.’ Would really recommend a read of this democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reform-and...
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Reform and the UAE – a threat to British politics
Nigel Farage's embrace of the UAE is part of a wider effort by the Gulf petrostate to build alliances with the far right across the West, says Alex Carlen.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/09/2026
Haven't seen a better AI explainer than this one (even if it somewhat overstates the AI safety stuff) www.instagram.com/reel/Ddlt1kR...
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debdebabbble.bsky.social @debdebabbble.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism
Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism
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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #BanX #NoAfD #FBR @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Trump administration is preparing sanctions against the International Criminal Court that disrupt the tribunal’s finances and day-to-day operations. These sanctions prohibit transactions with the ICC after 6-7 months. This is the behavior of a criminal who wants to blow up a police station.
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Trump administration readies sweeping sanctions against ICC, reports say
Measures targeting the court itself could disrupt payments, IT services and investigations.
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Democracy Matters! @democracymatters.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ed Sheeran performs half a show to his few remaining fans www.normalisland.co.uk/p/ed-sheeran...
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Ed Sheeran performs half a show to his few remaining fans
Ed Sheeran performed at Lincoln Financial Field last night, only two and a half hours later than planned.
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you’re moved by this guy crying boy oh boy are there some other images and videos you should check out
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Ray Casey's Truth on Teesside account @raycasey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Grumpy and embittered plastic patriot, billionaire, tax-dodging, Monaco-based economic migrant, far-right enabling racist, fossil-fuel shill, Jim Ratcliffe says what?👿 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I love this woman. If only her words could reach all human ears. A must watch till the end, Speaker-Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and antiglobalization author. #WomeninLeadership IG: @maturedgirl
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins" 'Exclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots with an increase of antibiotic-resistant genes, study finds' www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Microplastics in soil pose global threat by acting like ‘Trojan horse’ to deliver toxins
Exclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots for interaction between plastics, microbes and agrochemicals
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Jan29 @jan29.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
act.everyonehateselon.com/p/meta/share...
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Send legal notice to Meta saying they CANNOT use your face and image
AI glasses can film and share your voice and face without your consent. But you have a legal right to say no.
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James FBSI 🐸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺 (Fanatic) @toplandscaper.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026
Please sign and share this petition in order to put the brakes on AI rollout and tighten regulation on the companies responsible secure.avaaz.org/en/campaigns...
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For a Human AI
Tech billionaires are treating us all as guinea pigs in their AI experiment. A global coalition of experts, artists, and workers is fighting back. Let's join them!
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/09/2026
Protesters outside Portsmouth hotel confuse Pakistan U-19 cricket team for asylum-seekers
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Protesters outside Portsmouth hotel confuse Pakistan U-19 cricket team for asylum-seekers
* Reform councillor said he urged activists to stand down * Stand Up to Racism condemns ‘dangerous’ gathering Anti-immigration protesters gathered outside a Portsmouth hotel were forced to cancel their demonstration after discovering the Pakistan Under-19 cricket team rather than a group of asylum seekers were staying there. Portsmouth had been the site of a large protest on Sunday following the arrival of a large dinghy containing an estimated 140 asylum seekers at the city’s Eastney harbour. A black-clad vigilante group attempted to block the streets around the port to stop the arrivals from leaving the area. Continue reading...
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You might have to turn up for the results of this one, Nige.
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Duchess Gemma 🐠🕷️🇪🇺 @gemmagould.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Well Hello 👀
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Police launch criminal investigation into Reform UK donations
The investigation, which follows a broadcast by Channel 4 News, is being folded into the inquiry that has been underway into other donations.
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
(🧵|🚨) BREAKING: *Three years* ago PROOF ran a long, well-sourced report confirming that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu *knew* from Middle Eastern “grand bargain” co-conspirators that the October 7 attack was coming before it came—and let Israelis die for political gain. Now Haaretz has confirmed it.
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As Israel Reels From Mass Deaths and a Seeming Intel Failure, Evidence Mounts of Negligence By Netanyahu—Or Maybe Something More Sinister
Israel has the world’s very best intel services, yet allegedly failed to foresee a massive invasion months in the making. Now media outlets are beginning to point a finger at Netanyahu—as is the IDF.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
TOI: Days before Oct 7, UAE leader warned Netanyahu Hamas was planning war, but PM did nothing with info — report www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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Days before Oct 7, UAE leader warned Netanyahu Hamas was planning war, but PM did nothing with info — report
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Christopher Harborne - the Reform mega donor who gave Farage £5m - is suing ex-Reform deputy leader, Ben Habib. The particulars of claim have now been published. And we need to talk about them. 1/
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Please read the article. Britain is *finally* asking the right questions over Farage's finances. We've published a whole series on Harborne only possible through the generous support of @thenerve.news members. Please consider joining us. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏 www.thenerve.news/p/christophe...
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.
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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Nice for the people of Clacton to know Farage can’t hold surgeries there because he’s too busy quaffing champagne and eating oysters while talking about how to get around the law to take £millions in donations. Man of the people.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Re-upping this...
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Britain’s police state is now raiding activists’ homes at dawn for opposing the criminalisation of Palestine Action.
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British 'terror' police launch dawn raids on peaceful activists' homes
Britain’s police state is now raiding activists’ homes at dawn for opposing the criminalisation of Palestine Action
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa www.tampabay.com/news/2026/08...
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Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa
ICE sent them away under a controversial policy without knowing where they were going or what would happen next.
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ScouseLakes @scouselakes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
That awful Stockport case of husband drugging and raping his wife and inviting others to do so, is in court today. Strangely I only know this latest news because of this CNN report that appeared on FB. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/01/u...
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UK husband accused of drugging and sexually abusing his wife stands trial with 12 others | CNN
A husband accused of drugging and sexually abusing his wife for more than two decades will go on trial in Manchester, England, this week, alongside a dozen other men accused of taking part in or helpi...
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Here's a twist on Canadian legend Alanis Morissette's song "Ironic" (who was amazing when one of us saw her live last month). It's an acoustic version about Trump's #USCanada #tariffs, #tradewar and his attempted renaming of #LakeOntario. It's called "Moronic" 🎶 - lyrics: youtu.be/Y6OGKFQBG7s
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"Moronic" - Marsh Family parody of Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" about Trump's Trade War with Canada
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Blitz⭐︎ @blitzetoile.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Hello. What raincoast below has said is true—I am one of the 1.2m who has been suspended. I am going to call #Bexar County Elections tomorrow to determine how to resolve this matter. I didn’t think it would happen to me, so please check.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/08/2026
If this enrages you, it should. And you’re not alone. The 19-year-old sailor who jumped off the USS Abraham Lincoln is facing disciplinary charges instead of receiving the mental health services he needs. 👀
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is not misinformation. That's what I normally cover - something out of context, an opinion quoted as fact, or a deliberate misinterpretation... This is none of those. This is full-on disinformation. Because that is NOT from the Express. It is entirely fake😱 🧵 1/10
Lembit Opik tweet:

Burnham's big migration plan: take 4,000 stranded migrants from Ceuta, bring them to the UK and put them up in luxury hotels. Americans look at Europe in despair. 

Express Headline: Burnham's migrant, Campbell, 1,000 stranded in Ceuta to be brought to UK. The Prime Minister proposes flying thousands of stranded migrants from Spanish enclave to Britain and housing them in London hotels. 

Monk Debunked stamp on top of both
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Salmonella outbreak in the UK. Check any eggs you have. If they do not have a red lion mark or are not produced in the UK, make sure you cook them thoroughly. 47 cases in London, 38 in Yorkshire and Humber, 6 in Scotland, 1 in Wales and 1 in Northern Ireland. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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One dead and hundreds ill in UK salmonella outbreak
Most of the cases were in England in recent weeks, linked to eating imported eggs, experts believe.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It seems to me that "dropping a bombshell" by suddenly supporting new oil and gas is what counts for Dale Vince. By no means the first time he's taken a poorly-evidenced position that generates a lot of publicity. I see him as multi-millionaire self-publicist first, environmentalist a distant second
Post by Dale Vince stating he has just dropped a bombshell on North Sea oil and gas.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“Texas Tech is using A.I. to ferret out books and other materials that touch on topics like sexual orientation and gender identity. Professors describe the effort as a dystopian academic nightmare, in which ideologues are wielding technology to sideline subject-matter experts.”
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Texas Tech University Is Using A.I. to Cut Left-Leaning Content
Texas Tech is using A.I. to cut left-leaning content in its curriculum. Some say the effort to ferret out forbidden topics is a dystopian academic nightmare.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
One of French puppeteer Raphaël Gromy’s most recognizable performances features a puppet painting real artworks on canvas, blending puppetry, live performance, and visual art into a unique theatrical experience. 😊 IG: @artistsuniversum @raphael_gromy
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
1. Donald Trump lost a war he started, the only president in history to accomplish such a feat. Perhaps worse is he *continues* to lose it in the absence of a hard stop. His challenge now seems to be preventing the American public from knowing the truth. I mean, everyone *else* seems to know.
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Stevie Bennett @steviebennett.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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