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Martín Roberts 🇪🇺 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🚲

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Best Foreign Correspondent in Spain Prize-winner, roamed the world for @Reuters. @nytimes.com acclaimed translator. Cyclist. Replies≠endorsements. YNWA. Angloespañol. Premio al Mejor Corresponsal Extranjero en España, traductor literario

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Haven Tenerife @janetanscombe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Marvellous. America being left behind on all fronts. And once the break is made, it's likely to be maintained. UN itself next please. (And no, spellchecker, "marvellous" does have a double L in proper English. It's only in improper English it's single.)
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’ve walked the fields at dawn for years. The air used to hum with bees. Now it’s quieter every season. What most people never see is the scale: over 3.7 million tonnes of pesticide active ingredients poured onto the planet every year — more than double what we used in 1990.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We have enough food, technology, and money to save the planet. We just have a system where destroying it is more profitable. That's not a climate problem. That's a greed problem. #ClimateJustice
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
28 September 1888 | A Czech Jewish woman, Elsa Friedová, was born in Zábřeh. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 October 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber.
Vintage portrait of a woman wearing a dark blouse with a simple necklace, displaying a serious expression.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
27 September 1921 | A Pole, Jerzy Bogusz, was born in Nowy Sącz. He was deported to Auschwitz from Tarnów on 14 June 1940 in the first transport of Poles to the camp. No. 61 In 1942 he was released from the camp. He survived the war. He passed away in 2016.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One from the archives In 1984 Dunnes shop worker Mary Manning refused to handle South African goods & was backed by her shop steward, Karen Gearon. Both were suspended. 9 colleagues came out in support. The strike lasted 3yrs & forced the Irish govt to ban the import of all SA goods. All heroes
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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A remarkable Mexica gold serpent labret (lip jewelry), cast by the lost-wax method and fitted with a movable, bifurcated tongue. From Central Mexico, though its exact state of origin is unknown, 1325–1521 CE, it likely marked elite status and powerful speech.
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Martín Roberts 🇪🇺 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🚲 @madridcorro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Spot on, as usual.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
25 September 1923 | A Polish woman, Jadwiga Dyl, was born in Okocim. In #Auschwitz from 27 April 1942. No. 6863 She was evacuated to KL Ravensbrück and liberated there. --- Women at Auschwitz. Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A woman wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with a bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a headscarf on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good Question.......?
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Martín Roberts 🇪🇺 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🚲 @madridcorro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Scouse power!
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Martín Roberts 🇪🇺 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🚲 @madridcorro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Por fin, una buena noticia. Médicos españoles crean los trasplantes del futuro: órganos “de por vida y sin rechazo” www.eldiario.es/1_cdc9fe?utm...
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Médicos españoles crean los trasplantes del futuro: órganos “de por vida y sin rechazo”
Un equipo del hospital de La Paz avanza hacia el “santo grial” de la medicina de trasplantes al conseguir que el sistema inmunitario del receptor admita los órganos como propios. La ONT cree que esta ...
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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Someone present an argument why this shouldn't be a lifetime driving ban. Go on. You can't, can you? www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/w...
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Watch: ‘Blind’ driver smashes into cyclist after forgetting his glasses
A "blind" driver was caught on camera smashing into a cyclist after "forgetting" to wear his glasses.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
HMRC is an unsecured creditor for corporation and capital gains tax. It recovers little from bankrupt businesses. Phoenixing also robs the public purse. HMRC wrote-off £12.8bn in 2025-26. Changes to law and HMRC creditor status can raise billions for the public purse.
leftfootforward.org
Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
21 September 1916 | Czech Jewish woman, Hilda Bergmannová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 December 1943. She did not survive.
A woman in a floral dress sits on a bench with a large German Shepherd dog in front of a fenced area.
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...
The imposing Callanish Stones stand talk with their shadows spanning out across the glass.  It's a super clear sky, but looks cold. Above the central stone is a strange figure-of-8 shape of dots.  This is the location of the Sun, at noon, on various different days across the year.
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Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Like You’ve Never Been Away. Paul Trevor’s photographs of working class kids and families taken in Everton and Liverpool 8 back in 1975.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
20 September 1901 | A Pole, Michał Jurczykowski, was born in Szczebrzeszyn. A clerk. In #Auschwitz from 15 August 1942. No. 59182 He perished in the camp on 19 September 1942.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A woman wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with a bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a headscarf on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Your feel-good story of the day: This 12-year-old kid who went viral at the 2021 Tour of Britain has signed for a Dutch grassroots club and development team that's a feeder partner of Team Visma-Lease a Bike (the team of the rider who gave him the bidon). www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Swathes of UK economy are owned by foreign investors. No tax is deducted from billions paid to them in dividends. USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden have a dividend withholding tax for foreign investors. UK could do the same, generate billions. Why are super-rich privileged?
leftfootforward.org
Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
18 September 1904 | A Pole, Franciszek Studniarek, was born in Suliszew. In #Auschwitz from 3 November 1942. No. 72233 In 1944 he was transferred to KL Buchenwald. He survived the war.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
17 September 1931 | A French Jewish girl, Colette Rosen, was born in Saint Dizier. In February 1944, she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- Watch a short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
Vintage black and white photo of a young girl with a serious expression, wearing a coat with a button and a collared shirt.
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RIP
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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
RIP Via Euronews: Celebrated playwright and novelist Bonnie Greer dies aged 77 www.euronews.com/culture/2026...
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Celebrated playwright and novelist Bonnie Greer dies aged 77
Greer was known for incisive TV and radio appearances and for her novels, plays and essays which delved into politics, culture and identity.
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Third century CE mosaic with sea creatures, hailing from the baths of the 'Palazzo Re Barbaro' at Porto Torres. Now displayed at the Museo Nazionale "Giovanni Antonio Sanna" in Sassari.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave. “Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way.” If you want people to choose not to drive, make the non-driving trip better & easier for them. It’s as simple as that, really.
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‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave
Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
15 September 1944 | A Polish man Edward Galiński and a Jewish woman Mala Zimetbaum - two prisoners who fell in love & escaped the camp in June 1944 - were executed by hanging at the #Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.
Black and white portrait of Mala Zimetbaum, smiling and wearing a knitted sweater.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
Text description of a historical document discussing Edward Galinski and Mala Zimetbaum, who were executed for an escape attempt from Birkenau on September 15, 1944. The document provides a detailed account of their planning, capture, and execution, and mentions the involvement of various individuals and locations associated with the event.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
15 September 1912 | A Czech Jewish woman, Gertruda Steindlerová, was born in Liberec. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 16 October 1944 with her daughter Eva (b. 1936). They were both murdered in a gas chamber.
Vintage sepia-toned photograph of a woman holding a young child, both gazing toward the camera.
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Kathy Love @kathylove.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The dogged determination and sheer courage are humbling.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
14 September 1933 | A German Jewish girl, Ruth Betty Goldschmidt, was born in Lich. Her family emigrated to the Netherlands. During the war, they lived in Maastricht. In August 1943, she was murdered in a gas chamber in #Auschwitz. --- Children at Auschwitz Podcast: youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
Black and white photo of a baby holding a small stuffed toy, sitting and looking directly at the camera.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires. Reform has received £123.6m since 2019. £61m from Christopher Harborne living in Thailand, mentioned several times in Panama Papers. £44m from Ben Delo, recent returnee from Hong Kong, criminal conviction in the US.
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BREAKING: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires
“If that isn't a massive corruption risk I don't know what is.”
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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La Vuelta @lavuelta.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
❤️‍🔥LA ROJA ❤️‍🔥 #LaVueltaEsMás ❤️ #LaVuelta26
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
13 September 1907 | A Czech, Alfons Dvorak, was born in Brno. A cook. In #Auschwitz from 20 May 1942. No. 35940 He perished in the camp on 17 July 1942.
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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La Vuelta @lavuelta.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Stage 2️⃣0️⃣ | Etapa 2️⃣0️⃣ 🏆 Mikel Landa - Soudal-Quickstep 🏆 👑 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐌𝐎 𝐍𝐀𝐙𝐀𝐑𝐈́ #LaVuelta26 👋 @ciclistacofidis.bsky.social
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform UK's record-breaking donor was accused of running “in effect a money laundering platform”. Prosecutors accused Delo of being the “leader of a criminal enterprise” who knew that his Bitmex platform had become a “magnet for money laundering and criminal activity”.
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Reform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto Industry
As criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Cate Blanchett on a bike, 2004 by US photographer Annie Leibovitz #WomensArt #Saturday
Monochrome photograph featuring a white woman wearing a suit riding a bike with  both feet on the handlebars laughing
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Capitán Swing @capitanswing.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
El 11 de septiembre de 1973 comienza la implantación mundial del neoliberalismo a sangre y fuego. El laboratorio de pruebas fue Chile, un país que había decidido transitar democráticamente del capitalismo hacia el socialismo. La bota fascista de Pinochet asesinó a su presidente, Salvador Allende, +
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You couldn't make this up.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Neoliberalism has ravaged the UK Workers’ share of gross value added down from 71.9% in 1975, to 59.7%. 1.23m workers are on zero-hour contracts. 4.4m jobs pay less than the real living wage. Poorest 20% pay a higher proportion of income in direct/indirect taxes than the richest 20%.
leftfootforward.org
Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
10 September 1910 | A Pole, Władysław Koszarek-Cudzich, was born in Zakopane. In #Auschwitz from 15 December 1941. No. 24526 He perished in the camp on 4 March 1942. --- Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_pol…
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
10 September 1930 | An Italian Jewish woman, Liliana Segre, was born in Milan. In January 1944, she was deported to #Auschwitz with her father Alberto who perished in the camp in April 1944. Liliana survived. Today she turns 96.
Black and white photo of a smiling man holding a young child, both dressed in light-colored clothes.
Elderly womanwith white hair wearing a black blazer and a light pink scarf, posing against a neutral background.
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Martín Roberts 🇪🇺 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🚲 @madridcorro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Visto #MisQueridísimosPadres, comedia francesa en estado puro. ¡Me he partido! Preestreno gracias a @julia9254.bsky.social @acontracorrientefilms.com Cines Verdi. youtu.be/03qsc2aZdUQ?...
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MIS QUERIDÍSIMOS PADRES | Spot Oficial
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
9 September 1930 | A French Jewish boy, François Sobol, was born in Metz. In September 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
Black and white historical photo of a young boy wearing a suit and smiling.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
7 September 1904 | A Pole, Maksymilian Kudela, was born. A teacher. In #Auschwitz from 17 August 1942. No. 59551 He perished in the camp on 6 September 1942. --- Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_pol…
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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CyclingMikey @cyclingmikey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Astonishingly unaware and selfish phone use. Why do they even need to touch their phones - mostly it's inane social media and low priority messaging, nothing that is actually necessary. youtu.be/iElwWOYHo74
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Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Turns out that if you are an old lady with a banner supporting Palestine, the government arrests you on charges of terrorism. If you are a masked white male thug bringing a national port to a standstill, the government does absolutely nothing, and the media covers it like some lads on a day out.
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Martín Roberts 🇪🇺 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🚲 @madridcorro.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Never forget, never forgive. #JFT97 www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/and...
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Andy Burnham 'plans to refuse interview and article requests' from The Sun - report
This would certainly be a bold stance, it's understood that Andy Burnham is planning to 'grant no special favours' to The Sun newspaper.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
6 September 1887 | A Czech Jewish woman, Marie Rübensteinová, was born. She lived in Bystřice pod Hostýnem. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 26 January 1943. She was probably murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
Vintage portrait of a woman wearing a dark hat and fur collar.
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Ian Johnson @mrianjohnson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Happy birthday Freddie Mercury. He would have turned 80 today.
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