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Samuel Thompson

@jarriesam.bsky.social
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Occasional writer, blogger and historian, enjoys travel and the good things in life

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Samuel Thompson @jarriesam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Speaking out against Russia or Israel can be toxic for online reach and visibility at the best of times. Taking on both at once? Downright radioactive. ☢️ But someone has to get the ball rolling.
Little radioactive green cat
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Israel & Russia issue is not complicated. You either oppose atrocities regardless of who commits them, or you don’t. Everything else is noise. We don’t need protestors, zealots, influencers, celebs, or anyone to tell us what international law says or what is right and wrong.
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Much as we love bookshops, they need more than love to keep going. A bookshop can be the centre of a whole community. Bookshops support authors; organize events. A thriving bookshop teaches the next generation that literacy matters. So don't just love your bookshop: actually buy books there.
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Frankenstein regrets role in creation of monster
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Nicki @nickinjr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🥹🩷 Glowworms shine again in North Yorkshire after larvae reared in garden shed www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Glowworms shine again in North Yorkshire after larvae reared in garden shed
Volunteer ‘glow-getters’ overseeing reintroduction of endangered beetles at Nosterfield nature reserve
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Samuel Thompson @jarriesam.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Launch of the Birthday Boys on Thursday night
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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
UEFA is not fucking around
14:45 BST 6 August
Uefa statement
UEFA
VEFA's associations were very clear about the conditions attached to their non participation in FIFA competitions.
First, the proposals to sell off the major competitions had to be withdrawn and secondly, assurances have to be made that such attempts to disfigure the game in this way will never be made again.
These conditions have not been met. In addition, UEFA made it abundantly clear in its statement on Saturday that it has lost confidence in Gianni Infantino's presidency.
That position holds.
Yesterday's announcement that some people employed by the FIFA President (and whose careers depend on his favour) agree with him changes nothing.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Social media frenzy - the previously undiscovered sixth stage of grief
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Apparently the Fauci diaries that Rand Paul released in an attempt to smear him show many entries from during the pandemic about Trump losing it. In meetings about COVID Trump was angry, irrational, unfocused, unable to understand the facts ... like in his pressers.🤷‍♀️ www.rawstory.com/trump-errati...
rawstory.com
Ex-Trump official was forced to take over meeting from 'disturbingly rambling' president
A top official in President Donald Trump's first administration was forced to take over a key public health meeting from the president, who was "rambling" and refused to stay on topic.According to a r...
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Samuel Thompson @jarriesam.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Tournesols
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Samuel Thompson @jarriesam.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Released on 29 August
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Badger5000 @badger5000.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
“I will make a statement on my future in public life at 2pm”
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Hard to keep impressing upon people in Ireland how wild this is as government has normalised it and are working to rewrite the legislation underpinning our electricity infrastructure to facilitate more data centres.
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MrsVB @mrsivb.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It's my mum's 91st birthday today. Johnson made her day by resigning on her 87th birthday. Could Farage be about to do the same? (She loathes them both).
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alt-DUP @duponline.eurosky.social · 01/07/2026
This week we've seen a couple of recently convicted horrible bastards retraumatise their victims/families by launching appeals.
bbc.co.uk
Natalie McNally: Stephen McCullagh sentence plea re-traumatising, says Natalie's family
McCullagh, 36, was sentenced in June after being convicted of murdering Natalie McNally, who was 15 weeks pregnant.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/07/2026
Sycamore Gap tree sapling stolen from castle grounds months after planting
theguardian.com
Sycamore Gap tree sapling stolen from castle grounds months after planting
Cumbria police and National Trust appeal for information after young tree taken from Wray parkland and castle A sapling taken from the Sycamore Gap tree has been stolen from the grounds of a castle just months after it was planted. The Sycamore Gap tree, on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, was one of the UK’s best-known and most loved trees. It was criminally felled for no apparent reason on a stormy night in September 2023. Continue reading...
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alt-DUP @duponline.eurosky.social · 01/07/2026
This is an amazing phase of the war and the first in a long time that gives hope to Ukraine bringing Russia to the negotiating table/deposing Putin.
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Bridge Books Dromore @bridgebooksdromore.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
What a week it's been. A mix of deeply worrying revelations and glorious weather. Thanks to everyone who's supported Bridge Books - stocking up on books for the garden, holidays, or a shady spot indoors. Your support means the world to me! This week's #TopTenBestsellingTitles 👇
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Samuel Thompson @jarriesam.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
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Chasing the Ghosts of the Somme…
It must be twenty years ago now. My parents were in their mid-seventies so I took them holiday to France for a week while they were still healthy and mobile enough to do so. I rented a gite in St Vale...
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Samuel Thompson @jarriesam.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
No one can tell me Reform voters made an informed choice when they Literally elected a dude that does not even exist
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Bridget Phillipson MP @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Reform UK have now confirmed that Glenn Gibbins has still NOT been suspended. Sickening racism from one of Reform’s Sunderland councillors and they can’t even get their act together to throw him out.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Robert Peston has just posted this on X
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
His campaign promises literally got eaten alive.
Meme: Image of a large male lion at a lectern speaking to a flock of sheep and a few deer looking at him intently.
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 05/05/2026
🚨 People voted. Then came the shock… Lawmakers are now trying to THROW OUT ballots already cast — without even telling voters. Yes, really. This could change everything. 👇 #VotingRights #Democracy #BreakingNews #Trump #Election2026
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“YOUR VOTE… ERASED?” Outrage Explodes as GOP Pushes Plan to VOID Ballots Already Cast in Secretive Power Move
A political firestorm is brewing in the Deep South after Republican lawmakers in Alabama advanced a controversial proposal that could invalidate votes already cast in an ongoing primary election—wi…
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Rachel5742 @rachel5742.eurosky.social · 16/02/2025
There should be no left right centre now. The choice is binary: Progressive, Liberal Democracy & Human Rights Vs. Regressive, Autocracy, Kleptocracy, Theocracy & suppression of Human Rights. That's the simple choice...there is no fence, no bridge between. #ProgressiveAlliance ASAP.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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Dawn Whiteside Rubin @dd-rubin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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Rachel5742 @rachel5742.eurosky.social · 30/04/2026
This⬇️ #Butterflies
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
One for the "women are too emotional to be president" folks
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Rascal: Mother Of Hogs 🐾 📷 🌿 🎨 🦔 @badrascal.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Do vampires pee red? Is their poop just liquid? I have questions.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/04/2026
Banksy signature on London statue of man marching blinded by flag
theguardian.com
Banksy signature on London statue of man marching blinded by flag
Artist has not yet confirmed whether large statue on plinth in Waterloo Place is by him Banksy’s signature has appeared scrawled at the base of a large new statue in central London. The elusive artist, known for his provocative works of graffiti, has not yet confirmed whether the statue is by him. He often posts confirmation on his website shortly after a work is discovered by the public. Continue reading...
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Yeboah-ed it @yeboahedit.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/a... PIF pulling investments into LIV Golf
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Samuel Thompson @jarriesam.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
My theory on the theatre at the correspondents dinner. The SS had the would be assassin under surveillance and let him go so far so Trump could gain political capital without actually placing him in danger. It was obvious he and many others expected something
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Apart from the actual stats, the most reliable indicator that immigration is plunging (to our obvious economic detriment) is Nigel Farage turning his dishonest attentions to the mythical millions of benefits claimants.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
FIFA is a disgrace and it needs to be replaced.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 20/04/2026
❗️Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the US seeks Iran’s surrender and warned Tehran will not submit to pressure, citing deep mistrust and contradictory signals from Washington. #Iran
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Samuel Thompson @jarriesam.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
It seems to me this war ends only when Bibi wants it to end. Trump is his slave and there’s land in Lebanon to be grabbed
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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 05/04/2026
Oil crunch: Brendan and the RTÉ R1 South Dublin dinner party crew chatting about using less electricity to run the washing machine like that makes a difference when 20%+ of the grid goes to powering data servers.
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Please excuse me from gym @excusemefromgym.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Goosebumps.
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alt-DUP @duponline.eurosky.social · 02/04/2026
"Pastor" Colin Houston, "street preacher". He has 53 previous convictions. He threatens and attacks people and swears worse than that granda you had that was in the navy.
BelTel

Houston allegedly became abusive while standing at the gates of Belfast City Hall with a loudspeaker and flag on March 23.

It was claimed that he initially shouted “Shut your mouth, you f***ing c**t" at an elderly member of the public.

Mr Doherty, an SDLP councillor and current Deputy Lord Mayor, alleged the street preacher then directed his aggression at him during a confrontation in the grounds.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Donald Trump plans to win the Midterms Elections by promising to increase the Defense budget to $1.5tn by cutting Medicare and Medicaid to almost nothing. So he can help defend Israel. He's totally delusional he thinks people want this.
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Bondi will be remembered for one thing: I have the Epstein Files on my desk and there’s nothing in them that requires more investigation.
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Just a note that Noem and Bondi weren't fired for their evil actions. They were fired for not being evil enough.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The UK plan acknowledged the alarming levels of exposure from PFAS pollution in England, Scotland and Wales, stating: “PFAS have been found in approximately 80% of surface water samples, approximately 50% of groundwater samples, and all fish samples.”
bylines.cymru
Forever chemicals, forever waiting? UK’s PFAS plan under fire
The UK finally confronts ‘forever chemicals’ – but its first PFAS plan is already accused of arriving too late and acting too softly
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/03/2026
There wasn't a recount. The democrat Brian Nathan won by .5058% FIVE votes fewer would have triggered a recount.
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