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Martinbook@bsky

@martinbook.bsky.social
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Interests: History, Philosophy, lefty pol, ND, Autism & ADHD. Anti racist. Brexit is utter folly. Likes mountains and nature, daft jokes and puns etc.

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Christine, making stuff… @christine-1953.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
In case any of my American friends need a boost, here’s Pete Seeger lifting hearts at a pivotal time in the USA. Hard to believe that it’s all to do again, and more… But “I do believe, we shall overcome…” youtu.be/LVQ6Y8szaBQ?...
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Pete Seeger - We shall overcome (HD)
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Word of the day is ‘foozle’, from the 19th century: of a golfer, to bungle a shot. More generally, to make a complete mess of something.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Happy #NationalLibraryWeek ❤️📚
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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
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‘Cleaned’ photo of the Chartist rally for the vote, Kennington Common, Monday 10th April 1848
‘Cleaned’ photo of the Chartist rally, Kennington Common 10th April 1848 This photograph is the first of a demonstration taken anywhere in the world and shows that the Chartist demonstration for th…
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pasttensehistories.bsky.social @pasttensehistories.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
#OnThisDay in commonrights history, 1646: Future ‘Digger’ Gerrard Winstanley, with five other men and two women, is fined at Cobham manorial court for digging on waste land. wp.me/p74yfw-HF
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Today in radical history, 1649: the ‘Diggers’ take over common land, St George’s Hill
“In the beginning of Time, the great Creator Reason, made the Earth to be a Common Treasury, to preserve Beasts, Birds, Fishes, and Man, the lord that was to govern this Creation; for Man had Domin…
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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 07/04/2025
...and Jane Austen's worst review? Honestly, we found this flyleaf graffiti from a disgruntled reader quite encouraging. You can't please all of the people all of the time and all that.
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bobbygw @bobbygw.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
#booksky #bibliophilia 📚💙 Discover These 15 Enchanting #Libraries Sure to Thrill #BookLovers www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
The Morgan Library & Museum, Manhattan
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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 04/04/2025
These are amazing!
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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸 @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Absolutely THIS!!! 👍 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
5 Apr 1588: b. Thomas Hobbes #philosopher at #Malmesbury #otd (NPG) Nasty, brutish, short &c - except he lived to a ripe old age, dying on 4 Dec 1679
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Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @gurdeep.ca · 03/04/2025
Just adding some joy to your Thursday!
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Common Hazel
Common Hazel leaf bud opening
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
via Angel Stroyan
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Royal Institution @rigb.org · 01/04/2025
We're excited to share an amazing discovery with you: never-before-seen writings by Michael Faraday, revealing remarkable and mysterious inventions. 📖
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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
turns out Le Pen is not mightier than le courts
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

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A bold graphic with beige text on a dark blue background. The text reads:
“Mental illness is not a lifestyle choice.
Disability is not an identity trend.
Poverty is not a motivator.
Labour: We see through your ‘reform.’
#WelfareNotWorkfare
#DisabilityBenefits”
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Grouchy Marx @grouchymarx57.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I've paid my landlord's mortgage off over the last 20 years, and in 3 months, I'll be homeless because he's pushing the rent up again. Until we treat housing as a human right for all, rather than a profit-making commodity for the few, we'll never see an end to homelessness and insecure housing ❤️🚩✊🏾
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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
😂🤣😂🤣 Thanks for the laugh Lorna. It’s true for a lot of us
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Mark Crail @markcrail.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Helen Macfarlane died #OnThisDay 1860. Described on her gravestone only as ‘the wife of Rev John W Edwards’, she had led a remarkable life as witness to the European revolutions of 1848 and as a friend of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. www.chartistancestors.co.uk/helen-macfar...
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Helen Macfarlane 1818 - 1860 - chartist ancestors
Helen Macfarlane was the first translator of the Communist Manifesto into English - and was probably the most influential woman in Chartism. This is her life story
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
US Higher Ed dominance was built by refugees fleeing the Nazis. It’s just extraordinary the talent they recruited and in following generations. What comes around goes around.
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HT4Ecosocialism @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Want to know why we are where we are? This book is essential reading.
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
You are not worthless because you are workless. You are not worthless because you are workless. You are not worthless because you are workless.
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
#MorningVibe A prophetic word from the gifted Maya Angelou, giving us insight into the dysfunctional society & “leaders” we are experiencing today.
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Martinbook@bsky @martinbook.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
If you like Film Noir and/or Raymond Chandler, there's a treat tonight at 8 on BBC 4. Farewell My Lovely. The great Dick Powell as Marlow.
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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Labour's campaign material for Runcorn and Helsby by-election.
Harry Secombe as the Beadle in the film Oliver. He stands with a pompous beadle hat holding a pompous Beadle staff with a silver top. He is trapped in a pompous Beadle cloak with golden braid and the is on the verge of saying, "MORE?!?!" in response to Oliver's request for food.
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Nanny Ogg @nanny-ogg.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This week at Book Club:
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Martinbook@bsky @martinbook.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Could do with such a sign in the north west of England - the Thelwall Viaduct used to scare the hell out of me. No idea why.
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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
It is never too late to be what you might have been. - George Eliot
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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
We couldn’t end #WomensHistoryMonth without shining light on one of history’s most prominent palaeontologists, Mary Anning! Let’s take a look at her incredible life and the discoveries she made, including some of the specimens you can see today in the Museum! 🔍 🦴
A painting of a portrait of the palaeontologist Mary Anning. She is wearing a long, tiered dark dress, a bonnet and a red scarf. She’s holding a wicker basket around her elbow and a hold a hammer in her hand. Her other hand points to a small dog on the ground.
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
There's a quote from an Icelandic saga that I love : "When truth and fairness is different from what is law, better it is to follow truth and fairness" - Bandamanna saga
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Mani Isna La 🇨🇺 🇵🇸 🇬🇱🕊️ 🪶 #IndigenousLivesMatter @maniisnala.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
@elemjay.bsky.social @daibhi.bsky.social @gracem2.bsky.social @vamroses.bsky.social @johnsensible.bsky.social @revbluessusie.bsky.social @paulapeters19.bsky.social @sneakyvixen.bsky.social Dick Gaughan - World Turned Upside Down youtu.be/XWzzvnPOyTM?...
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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Charles Rennie Mackintosh statue - Glasgow style! #glasgow #anderston #glasgowstyle #charlesrenniemackintosh #roadcone
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this? I’m fed up of being told that we’re ‘radical’ - most people oppose NHS privatisation! Let’s send a message to those destroying the NHS! 🚨💙
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Nanny Ogg @nanny-ogg.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Labour say slashing £5-6B from disabled people is ‘tough but necessary.’ It’s not. It’s a choice. The choice to protect corporations over disabled people. The choice to sacrifice lives instead of raising taxes on the wealthy. They want to do this in our name. Not in my name.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This is an exceptional piece of writing by an anonymous barrister recently diagnosed with ADHD. www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/adh...
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ADHD Barrister
Marking Neurodiversity Week 2025, an anonymous barrister shares the revelations and emotions from a mid-career diagnosis with a view to encouraging others to find out more
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Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @gurdeep.ca · 15/03/2025
Tariff-free joy flows from Canada to the world—receive this heartfelt and positive export from the land of resilience and love. 🍁🧡 (and forward the positive vibes)
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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Born on this day, 15 March in 1813, The story of John Snow is a fascinating one. Born in North Street, York he was the son of a labourer in a coal yard. He went on to become a physician who is considered one of the founders of epidemiology for his work identifying the source of a cholera outbreak
John Snow memorial, Norh Street,  York
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💫Pyxelmajick✨💫 @pyxelmajick.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Hummingbirds Hiding From the Rain 🕊️🌧️
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animals being cute @animalsbeingcute.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Hide and seek.. 😂
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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
A reminder - they are going after #DisabilityBenefits cos they are terrified of their donors and the right-wing press, not because you have done anything wrong.
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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare. Eco-Socialist. Pro-🇵🇸 @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The escalation in mental ill-health is caused by problems triggered by insecurity, anxiety, poverty. But instead of addressing the cause… the intelligentsia within the Starmer Party decide to cut benefits to create… more insecurity, anxiety and poverty!! You really couldn’t make this shit up!!
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Etymology of the day: ‘prevaricate’, meaning to act in an ambiguous or evasive way to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself, is from the Latin ‘praevaricari’, meaning to ‘walk crookedly’.
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pasttensehistories.bsky.social @pasttensehistories.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
#OnThisDay in London repressive history, 1817: Amidst widespread agitation for political reform, the government revives the Seditious Meetings Act revived, making illegal to hold a meeting of more than 50 people. wp.me/p74yfw-jM
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Today in repressive history: habeas corpus suspended in goverment crackdown on radicals, 1817.
The Habeas Corpus Act passed by Parliament in 1679 guaranteed that a person detained by the authorities would have to be brought before a court of law so that the legality of the detention may be e…
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Martinbook@bsky @martinbook.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
If you were a kid in the seventies you'll remember this:
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Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Scheme @oxblueplaques.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
You can see William Buckland's Oxfordshire blue plaque on the Old Rectory in Islip www.oxonblueplaques.org.uk/plaques/buck...
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