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Mark Gretton

@markgretton.bsky.social
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Green Runner, Vegan Runner, Green Party member. Cycles, walks, drinks, reads, complains, enjoys. Suffers from Lancashire CCC, Minnesota Twins, Hull City AFC. Relieved retired academic and nurse. He/him. Wonders what Elvis makes of it all.

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Mark Gretton @markgretton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As Private Eye once said, "Jeffrey Archer has been called 'the world's greatest storyteller.' But did you know he also writes novels?"
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Mark Gretton @markgretton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
5 October 1908 | Polish Jew Abram Herszenfis was born in Radom. In #Auschwitz from 6 June 1942. No. 37497 He perished in the camp on 1 July 1942. --- Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en
Vintage passport photograph of a man in a formal suit, with a serious expression. The photograph has two black binding holes on the upper edge.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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Mark Gretton @markgretton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is helpful and clear for all Green Party members on what the party is planning to do on Zionism: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Green party’s anti-Zionism motion is yet another attempt to tell Jews how we should think | Jonathan Freedland
The resolution shows little understanding of what Zionism is, who Jews are or how antisemitism works, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Mark Gretton @markgretton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Impressively fast reverse ferret operation from the PM here 😁
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Man City not 'above the rules', says No 10 after backlash to Burnham remarks
The prime minister said he would be "really concerned" if the club's owners sell up after Premier League rule breaches.
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MrPaulRobinson @mrpaulrobinson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Pillock
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/09/2026
Police believe they have foiled ‘imminent’ attack on Manchester’s Jewish community
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Police believe they have foiled ‘imminent’ attack on Manchester’s Jewish community
Counter-terrorism police say ‘long-running investigation’ disrupted alleged plot days after two men arrested on eve of the holy day Yom Kippur Police believe they have stopped an imminent plot to attack Jewish communities in the Manchester area. The announcement on Tuesday follows the arrest of two men on Sunday at 2.45pm in Manchester and comes during the Jewish holy month. Continue reading...
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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I am a writer of the words & sentences (some funny). I’ve done most things: written gags, speeches, scripts, TV ads - if you require such an individual, then I am that person. Website (here) www.mathew-owen.co.uk any RTs (or whatever they’re called on here) gratefully received. Cheers👍👍
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Mathew Owen | Speech Writer | Manchester
Bespoke wedding speeches from a professional comedy writer.
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Tom @tommymagicpants.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BlueSky Twitter
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Clarabelle (normal type) 🍓 @clarabelle.xyz · 22/09/2026
all the accountants for sex workers are like 'pretty girls can't do math, let me talk down to you' and all my non sex work self employed friends hate their accountants 🙃
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Clarabelle (normal type) 🍓 @clarabelle.xyz · 22/09/2026
if you're self employed or a small business owner and you have an accountant you don't hate, where did you find them???
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"I have become increasingly convinced that we are heading for a disastrous confrontation and that the 21st century will be remembered for a terrible war between mankind and goats"
Goat war: an apology
FRIDAY'S Argus featured a Your Interview with Richard Robinson.
We would like to clarify that the quote "I have become increasingly convinced that we are heading for a disastrous confrontation and that the 21st century will be remembered for a terrible war between mankind and goats" was a reader question and not a response from Mr Robinson.
The next paragraph: "People often underestimate how dangerous a goat can be - I personally know six people who have become severely injured by goats, and the annual death toll racked up by goats is over
2,000,000",
, is also a reader question and not a response from Mr Robinson.
The Argus is happy to correct this and would like to apologise for the error.
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Mark Gretton @markgretton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mid-90s. A couple of Hull City Southern Supporters started it.
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trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
CHAAPTER ONE It was a bright, sunny Summer's morning and Strudel the cool goat had already kicked a pig's head in and taken two watermelons out of the equation.
Goat reads a book
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Alyssa Christian Ⓥ @veganmoviesnob.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My seasonal job is essentially over, so I’m looking for work! Open to all sorts of gigs—part-time, freelance, contract—while I search for the perfect full-time position opportunity. Prefer fully remote or RI-based animal care jobs. Please share!! Thank you. #freelancewriter #animalcaregiver
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Enormous drop in oil demand this year due to Trump's war in Iran. As predicted, he has accidentally accelerated the green transition (with, of course, a very heavy and deadly cost in how it's happened) www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-glo...
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Analysis: Global fossil-fuel emissions set to fall in 2026 amid Hormuz crisis - Carbon Brief
Global fossil-fuel emissions are set to fall by in 2026 amid the fallout from the Hormuz crisis, according to Carbon Brief analysis.
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LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I know there are numerous issues with Spoons, but being able to sit at a table and order on the app, rather than trying to make Mum stay put and not wander off while I'm at the bar, is a godsend. Dementia is a bastard.
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Mark Gretton @markgretton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Tend not to read stuff on entertainment as I never know who anyone is, but this is Marina Hyde so is both funny and good: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Are you outraged by Sydney Sweeney – again? More fool you | Marina Hyde
Today it’s a silly sports betting ad, but I can’t see anything she’s done that’s worth this ire. She’s in her 20s: she does dumb things. Enjoy! says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Mark Gretton @markgretton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
People speaking out over genocide all over Bluesky. That'll sort it.
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I sometimes look off at a random point so that aliens/far future humans/AI overlords watching me through unknown technologies will see me stare straight down the camera as if to say "can you believe this shit!?"
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When we moved house, I let rip with a nasty silent fart whilst fitting the (electric) oven. My wife, convinced I'd damaged a gas pipe, called an engineer who charged an emergency rate. Could've admitted it, but not after the family stood in the garden to prevent 'gas poisoning'.
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When I play Sudoku before going to sleep at night I pretend that if my wife returns from the bathroom before I finish the grid that she is a member of the Gestapo who guns French resistance me down before I have been able to send all of a WW2-winning coded message to the Allies.
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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Because racialists www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Why is Piddington in Oxfordshire holding a referendum on leaving the UK?
Residents of Piddington, near Bicester, will vote in a symbolic referendum on Tuesday.
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Big Tent Democrat @manmtmike.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I lost interest in football after what they did to Colin Kaepernick. Screw the NFL.
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Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It is time to end Thatcher's failed 37-year privatisation experiment. It is time to bring water into public control.
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Kevin Bowen @superkev79.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A brilliant day at the @nottmgreenfest.bsky.social with @thegreenrunners.bsky.social A reminder that there are lots of good people doing lots of good things, and there is hope for humanity, the natural world, and our planet. #TheGreenRunners #NottinghamGreenFestival #NottsGreenFest
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Mark Gretton @markgretton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Worth supporting whether you run or don't. c.org/bKXWDNQzYx
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Sign the Petition
Drop Polluting Sponsors - Stop taking the Whizz
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Paul Merson names every Chelsea player on Sky Sports Saturday but Hull City get a "the right back" and "the keeper" Pitiful.
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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
When I’d given up on writing for a couple of years I got a job working as a cleaner and doing the stocktake in a pub. With tax credits as well I could with confidence live.
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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“Cryptocurrency”, usually right up there with “Loves Europe, not EU, “F1” and “golf” in the wrong un Twitter biogs.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform have made £72m from two donors in a single day. Absolutely obscene. And Labour refuse to cap political donations. The Green Party are funded and powered by you. Please donate to help us win Holborn & St Pancras today! donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk?fbclid=IwdGR...
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Donate to the Green Party - Green Party
We need your help to stand up to the billionaires backing other major parties and fight for social, environmental and climate justice. Donate now.
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Enough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Trump becomes the first orange man to support a united Ireland
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What I love about Western democracy is you can bung a political party £ 36 million earned from criminal activity & most media will continue to point at asylum seekers & migrant care workers with families as the barbarians at the gate we need to defend ourselves from 🙄.
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James Lockwood @enfieldtiger.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Happy 'Joe Cole is a wanker' day to all those who celebrate #hcafc
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Mark Gretton @markgretton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Despite my concerns, I do think this is right for every reason stated: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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My plea to MPs: this is the final chance to save the assisted dying bill. Make your mark on history | Polly Toynbee
Any MP not voting for it on Friday will condemn thousands of us to die in agony. The public is hugely in favour too, so do the right thing, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Mark Gretton @markgretton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I hope things have settled since. All good wishes to you x
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Little things YOU can do to help with climate change: Take shorter showers Get a smart meter for your home. Turn off lights when you’re not in a room And most importantly find the home addresses of every oil and gas CEO and burn their fucking houses down.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It's this simple ... You can't be FOR Data Centres and FOR AI replacing human workers ... and still be AGAINST a Universal Basic Income. What are those who lose their jobs supposed to live on or do when most learnable human skills are no longer needed? #DataCenterMoratorium
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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Today In 1993: New York #Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott, born without a right hand, throws a no-hitter vs. the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium! #Inspiration #MLB #Legend #Baseball #History #NYY #RepBX
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Random Hajile @elimodnar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Tice is lying. Drilling in the north sea will not bring anyone's bills down. What will bring bills down is more renewables and unlinking the price of electric from the price of gas. #r4today
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The Green Runners @thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In ultra running we talk about finding your why to help when the going gets tough. Same is true for climate action. It isn’t always easy, so finding a why is equally important. And it helps for your climate action why to be positive rather than negative - hope over despair.
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Immigrant Boo👻 @porcupunk.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026
Fuck you LSU! “For me, this war is not distant or abstract. People close to me have been killed and wounded in Russian attacks, and places where I grew up and first began playing basketball have been destroyed by missile strikes.”
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Ukrainian LSU women’s basketball player leaves team over signing of Russian recruit
Kate Koval departed the program “to remain true to myself, my values and my country.”
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Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Somewhere in England, a tired man turns off Channel 4 news and wearily puts on a bin.
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Amish Super Model @amishsupermodel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“Y’know, I love his racism and xenophobia, but goddamn if I’m gonna pay more for gas!” -MAGA voters
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Mark Gretton @markgretton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The most convincing read I’ve seen on the answer to the moan of me and middle-class friends “why do people vote Reform?” Sobering. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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‘Capitalism is dying’: in Luton, these former car workers have a moral tale for our times | Aditya Chakrabortty
Abandoned by the company they worked for, let down by Labour and their unions – now they watch their friends turn to Reform for answers, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Mark Gretton @markgretton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This aged badly, impressively quickly.
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Mark Gretton @markgretton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Very funny, very good. And do read to the last line (as we used to say) www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Premier League money has lost all meaning amid chaotic spectacle of excess | Barney Ronay
The transfer window has broken all rational rules and limits, leaving us to marvel and, ultimately, pick up the bill
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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The rebranded Timothy Taylor Man looks like a BBC Media City staffer prick who moved from London and now drinks in Chorlton.
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