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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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Hazel Southwell @hazelsouthwell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

must be mad being an F1 engineer and giving someone a chance in an F1 car and they're just like "oh my god everything about this is incredible it is the most beautiful thing I've ever driven" talking about the same car the regular drivers called an undriveable piece of shit six months ago

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Peter Cossins @petercossins.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Put this together to help bike fans find their favourite teams, riders and writers on Bluesky. Not many out there so far, in fact I've not found a single rider on here, but the community's growing fast. Let me know if there's anyone I should add #CyclingBlueSky #BikeSky go.bsky.app/VRgb2gJ

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Jose Been @josebeentv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I do hope Mathieu and Wout were taking notes today. 😇

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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The threat of the far right is understood through the lens of neo Nazi skinheads: minorities and marginal types will face violence, but as a member of the majority who is politically and culturally normal, I will never feel the ill effects of their rule and it will at least make the wokes go away.

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 23/09/2026

Poorly disguising masks have fully fallen and fascists are no longer pretending to be anything else and yet our public discourse is still filled with hedging takes around "anti-immigration activists", "legitimate concerns" and "populism"

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Anna Stavrianakis @annastavrianakis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Fixed term post at Sussex to cover my first year IR and third year Arms Trade classes while I write a book - please share! jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/eda7691f...

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Assistant Professor in International Relations (Education and Scholarship) Ref: 44064 (Fixed Term) - Job page - University of Sussex Job Search

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Kurt Hoyte @kurthoyte.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

@mattpt55.bsky.social @spannersready.bsky.social @julesonracing.bsky.social The Missed Apex Dutch Grand Prix Review was brilliant. Proving that independence can produce the most insightful, honest and entertaining F1 podcasting. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

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Dutch F1 GP Race REVIEW

Podcast Episode · Missed Apex Formula 1 Podcast · 23 August · 1hr 35min

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Leibniz-Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam (ZZF) @zzfpotsdam.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

New Podcast: @historyned.bsky.social and host Lee Holt discuss the history of the GDR, its global context, and the rise of illiberal constitutionalism in Central Europe. You can find the full episode on our website: buff.ly/f8umz5N Picture: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-66326-0003 /Biscan /CC-BY-SA 3.0

ZZF Podcast. English Season / Episode 2: The GDR, its global context, and the rise of illiberal constitutionalism

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Hazel Southwell @hazelsouthwell.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

guys I'm beginning to think the entire world's economy, our fragile ecosystem and eight billion people's lives being controlled by weirdos from the Epstein files might not be good is there anything we can do about that

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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Matthieu van der Poel by contrast everything, punches right back when Pogačar attacks and finishes with a win for the ages. *Because he went for it, and gave a story.* And cycling is nothing without grace, panache and stories.

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

✍️ The Most Important Trainer You've Never Heard Of... The story of how an obscure sneaker that didn't even carry the logo of the company that made it, helped to change the world - in ways we're still reckoning with even today... An essay👇 edconway.substack.com/p/the-most-i...

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The Most Important Trainer You've Never Heard Of

This is the story of how an obscure sneaker that didn't even carry the logo of the company that made it, helped to change the world - in ways we're still reckoning with even today...

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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists asked me to write about 13 films that I thought were essential to understanding the nuclear age… and so I did! And now I am ready for everyone to tell me how wrong I am to have missed their favorite film, which is understandable. thebulletin.org/premium/2026...

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Thirteen films that are essential to understanding the nuclear age

A chronological list of the best nuclear Doomsday films shows how the nuclear perspective unfolded from the earliest days to the present.

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Kurt Hoyte @kurthoyte.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Best thing about the coffee was the cup.

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Kurt Hoyte @kurthoyte.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Got a thing for doors and shutters.

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Kurt Hoyte @kurthoyte.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Stumbled upon the imaginary radio station Radio Giscard. 70’s inspired cinematic grooves. Un hommage parfait. youtu.be/2gPJTbPTCsg?...

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RADIO GISCARD | Episode #04 | 1 Hour of French Library Music | 70's Cinematic Grooves

YouTube video by RADIO GISCARD

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Got the proper camera out. Hummingbird Hawk Moth. Literally hovers to get nectar. Migrates from southern Europe to the UK. Fascinating. Look at that proboscis. #insects #photography #nature #macro #wildlife

Moth with a long proboscis, grey body, orange wings approaches a flower

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Kurt Hoyte @kurthoyte.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Cyclisme. Quiet roads and a bike.

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Kurt Hoyte @kurthoyte.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Grambois, Luberon region. Allez les bleus.

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Kurt Hoyte @kurthoyte.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Pertuis. Luberon region. I’d try that twice.

Mouth watering cakes on display
South of France.

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Recorded in front of a live audience David talks to the writer & broadcaster Misha Glenny about Carol Reed’s 1949 masterpiece The Third Man, a film about friendship & betrayal, double-crosses & double lives, divided loyalties & dubious moralities. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net · 16/04/2026

Four journalists who covered the far right in real time compare notes on the same pattern: every person they first encountered as a punchline now holds real power. The press kept covering a party that no longer existed. www.theunpopulist.net/p/we-should-...

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I used to make a podcast 🎙️ about the radical aspects of music, politics, and sports! You can still listen to all episodes on most podcast platforms or through this website. All are short (ca. 30 min) and focused of the guest, a mix of academics and practitioners. 👂 Which one do you really like❓

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RADIKAAL Podcast

RADIKAAL is a podcast about radical aspects of music, politics and sports. Based on interviews with academic, activists, journalists, musicians and politicians, we talk about fascism, punk, and ultras...

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Yes *that* Matt Trumpets @mattpt55.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

So having watched the first 2 F1 races I am amazed that regs born of ignoring reality and craven political maneuvers has somehow produced such astonishingly good racing. I an equally amazed that so many people can watch said racing and pretend its worse somehow than DRS era...

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Kurt Hoyte @kurthoyte.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Eldest lad, Reuben defying the weather to grab 3rd place @ the Brighton Half Marathon today. 66:41 gets him out of washing up duties for the day.

My eldest son on his way to 3rd place at the local half marathon in Brighton.

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Anna Stavrianakis @annastavrianakis.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Thank you James and Sam and the @lrb.co.uk for a stimulating conversation!

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Steve Magness @stevemagness.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Alysa Liu just won Olympic gold. She retired at 16. Was traumatized by the sport. Wouldn't go near an ice rink. Alysa Liu retired at 16 because skating wasn't hers anymore. She won Olympic gold at 20 because it finally was. Be yourself. Go all the way. stevemagness.substack.com/p/from-have-...

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From "Have To" to "Want To": How Alysa Liu Won Olympic Gold

Alysa Liu, Autonomy, and the Real Secret to Elite Performance

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

This is a truly timeless piece... harpers.org/archive/1941...

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 29/01/2026

Another morning, another article mentioning the "hard right"... This may seem trivial but the use of terms that euphemise far-right politics and deflect from the threat they pose matters a lot See @gsamaras.bsky.social 's brilliant article on the "hard right" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Misuse, mislabelling, and the broken path of the ‘hard-right’: Challenging nonscientific political discourse | European Political Science | Cambridge Core

Misuse, mislabelling, and the broken path of the ‘hard-right’: Challenging nonscientific political discourse

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

From Viz, three years ago: The Brexit Opportunity Detector. Still looking.

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Remind me, what was the 25th amendment for?

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Arieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com · 18/01/2026

Always been surprised at the uselessness of US TV political interviews. They're just too deferential, even before Trump. The interviewers are too polite, too unwilling to challenge and keep challenging.

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Hazel Southwell @hazelsouthwell.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

why the fuck are Americans not just ignoring the batshit crazy orders. like not being funny but Soviet people frequently just went ok we're not doing that despite the potential enormous cost and then everyone in the west is like lol ok well I am an automaton

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Kurt Hoyte @kurthoyte.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Today’s Sign of the Apocalypse. Stalked by a weirdly aggressive urban fox while running. Felt weird to be quite so frightened by this. On the plus side, Strava thinks it was a killer workout.

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Chris Dillow @chrisdillow.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

New substack: a portion of a dictionary of politics: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/a-short-le...

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A short lexicon of politics

A brief guide to understanding political terms.

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

On the late, great, Steve Cropper who most people probably remember from the backing band in The Blues Brothers. The HBO documentary on Stax Records (currently on NOW TV) is well worth watching both to understand his contribution and why, to me at least, America is such a strange place.

Numerous classic songs bear his imprint, not just as session player but also co-writer and arranger. That's him getting bluesy alongside Booker T's famous organ riffs on "Green Onions". The shimmering guitar in Otis Redding's "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" is him. So are the choppy rhythms and fleet-fingered licks in Sam and Dave's "Soul Man", a masterclass in economy and drive.

Unlike the axe-twirling virtuosi surrounding him in the greatest-ever lists, Cropper considers himself a rhythm rather than lead guitarist. His nickname is "the Colonel". In the US army, that would make him the highest-ranking field officer, on the frontline rather than among the glory-seeking top brass. There's no exhibitionism in his musicianship. Service to the song is what matters.

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Kurt Hoyte @kurthoyte.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Repeatedly glancing at ones Garmin watch despite the battery having died mid run. This needs a name.

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