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Katharine with a K

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News and politics addict. Perennial student of history, international relations & law. Lover of beautiful things & ridiculous memes. 🔴YNWA Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984 She/her 🏳️‍🌈

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 10/10/2026
OMG, 100% team Marie, this drives me nuts!! (Though I have never actually gone up to ppl to tell them - or rip the stitches out 😂) Public service announcement for anyone with new (or indeed old) coats by @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
So, happy 89th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians—and someone concussed him with a brick
A man in a suit, standing on top of a van with loudspeakers on it, flinches as projectiles are hurled at him
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Six months ago:
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DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment
WASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo...
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is one of the most terrifying interviews I’ve ever seen. The slow reveal of the mental landscape at work here. If you don’t end up thinking we should stop these people with as much force as we can muster, I’d be very surprised. youtu.be/lnLDjXy2kRA?...
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Jacob Coxon On Witnessing the Existential Threat of AI from the Inside | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy.
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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 20/09/2026
Damon Albarn beginning the Gorillaz US tour by holding up the Palestinian flag and talking about how you should never be neutral is really nice to see but also really funny that he did this with a giant muppet right behind him
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right.
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 16/09/2026
How you write a headline:
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Solidarity with this Piddington resident ♥️✊ #Newsnight
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 16/09/2026
I don't think we should be giving the racist village all that attention, I think they deserve to be ignored
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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oh blimey, here we go again. Time to vote in the National Trust AGM to keep so-called 'Restore Trust' off the council. Use the quick vote to ensure we don't split the anti-Restore vote. Or.... 1/2 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
nationaltrust.org.uk
Annual General Meeting
Your Annual General Meeting will take place online and in person on Saturday 7th November 2026 at the STEAM Museum, Swindon.
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The UK economy has three major industries: Warhammer, Onlyfans and Little Alex Horne
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
‘Bailey urged MPs not to jump to any conclusions when it came to the direction of UK interest rates. “What I want to dispel is the idea that we really have a secret plan’ www.ft.com/content/faa6...
Josh telling Bartlet he’ll be hearing that he has a secret plan to fight inflation. West Wing series 1 episode 15
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 07/09/2026
This is @mrjamesob.bsky.social's London.
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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THEME FROM MASH MANICS
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Dr Phoenix CS Andrews @thatdocphoenix.com · 05/09/2026
Who needs shiny helmets and jackboots when you have a glossy bob and a striking ability to schedule content for the worst possible time
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I simply do not understand what's going on in Labour that renders its leaders incapable of finding a TV camera and speaking out against street violence. Even if you assume they agree about immigration, violence is wrong, unpopular AND against the interests of any even vaguely left wing govt.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Victory to the Cartographers for Social Justice! Viva Big Block of Cheese Day! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale
Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Apparently it’s because this popped up behind Tice on a timer while he was speaking. So, now they are checking for other protests.
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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Um you might want to watch channel 4 news right now. A lot of people's careers are over, it seems
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
channel4news.substack.com
Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Frankly amazed that despite wall-to-wall Bayeux Tapestry coverage nobody has mentioned the Playmobil version I made back in 2016.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just moving billions of dollars in gold out of north America to London due to generalised ‘geopolitical unrest’. Carry on - nothing to see here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
DNB: Netherlands bank moves billions in gold to London in 'crisis preparedness' move
The Dutch central bank removes some of its gold reserves from the US and Canada, saying it is because of "increasing geopolitical unrest".
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TechnicallyRon @technicallyron.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Yeah we know we were there
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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
God has heard your pleas and taken one of the bad ones
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Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social tell the story of Section 28, the 1988 legislation that cast a chilling shadow over the lives of gay men and lesbians in the UK for the next 15 years ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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IF YOU TOLERATE THIS YOU CHILDREN WILL BE NEXT MANIC STREET PREACHERS
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🩷🩷🩷 A tale as old as time 💜💜💜
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Enemy lesbian nuns quit convent and marry each other
Two former novice nuns have shared their story after leaving the convent, falling in love and getting married.
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Iain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Telegraph has deleted, without fanfare, the word ‘living’ from the headline of Stephen Daisley's article on Professor Arday. Today, it just reads “Jason Arday is proof that you reap what you sow.”
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UK Prime Minister Updates @downingstreet.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway and Canada.
Joint statement from the leaders of United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway and Canada.

Read full statement here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-on-israeli-governments-decision-to-publish-construction-tenders-for-the-e1-settlement-project
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 19/08/2026
Woah.
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r o o @jakepaulsartre.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The chatelaine was just the 19th century lesbians caribiner
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 18/08/2026
Trailer for upcoming season of Slow Horses. (Can’t wait, but am also very skeptical that they’ve combined two books for this one.) youtu.be/mZbJxpYHLuI
youtu.be
Slow Horses — Season 6 Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 18/08/2026
really does feel, as an ideology, like to them there is A Norm, and you can either obey The Norm and be exactly like everyone else, or you can be A Freak and not be meaningfully welcome in society, and everyone should be trying their hardest to fit The Norm a sad view of the world!
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
People love watching natural history TV programmes, especially when there's a hunt. Fitting the Downing Street cats with wearable cameras and playing back their mouse hunts would make great TV. We'd also know who gives them treats.
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Douglas Cheape @douglascheape.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This horrific tale cannot be reposted too often.
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Richard Herring @herring1967.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Suggested this in the podcast today, but from now on, whenever you see Farage in the street you have to say "Ooo, I beat a bin" at him in a mocking tone. For the rest of his charmed life.
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
No lies
thatguycollo writes

YouTubers be like "wake up at 4am and run, that's alpha!" No, it's not. Look at apex predators; they're all lazy. Bears hibernate, lions sleep all day. You know who wakes up at 4am and runs? Squirrels.
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 11/08/2026
You know who never hid in a catering cart? President Zelensky.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I hear what y’all saying about plagiarism, but until you have been plagiarised by the actual Prime Minister I’m afraid I’m maintaining my dominance in this field.
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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Aside from its obvious transphobia, this is easily the most misogynistic thing the EHRC has ever done. Women have to look a certain way or some whacko will demand to see your genitals. Congratulations. What a victory for feminism.
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 05/08/2026
THIS is public journalism right here.
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 05/08/2026
- We believe in second chances! - So you think refugees deserve a second chance at making a life? - Not like that - Young people who’ve made mistakes shouldn’t be punished? - Nope - Benefits to help people get back on their feet? - Ha! - So who do you believe in second chances for? - Nazis!
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Josephine Riesman @josie.zone · 02/08/2026
Median UK voter in 2026, as predicted by Hugh Laurie some decades ago:
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My father was a Conservative...

...my mother voted Labour...

...so suppose, by rights, ought
to be a Liberal Democrat...

...but in actual fact, I'm a Nazi!
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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Stop talking about Nigel Farage and start talking about how compere, performer and drag king Mojo Jones has a new act called C*nty Binface 🗑️💖
Costumed performer - lady legs, gold heeled shoes, pink cape, long pink hair partially hidden by pink glittery bin head. Like Count Binface but FABULOUS(er)
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