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Mister Slang

@misterslang.bsky.social
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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 10h
The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S. today. Testifying under oath was Jack Smith, who as special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice investigated Trump’s attempt
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The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 11h
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Before there was Mar a Lago Botox, there were Mar a Lago boxes
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith underwent several hours of stupidly aggressive and just plain stupid and just plain aggressive questioning from Republicans at a hearing of the Judiciary Committee on...
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Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Elizabethan playhouses were supplied by a network of tailors, merchants & craftswomen. Their names survive in records, but little is known about their lives. I’m working on new research that brings the stories of these makers & traders centre stage. Here is the project in biscuit (cookie) form. 🍪
A photograph of eight rectangular biscuits (cookies) arranged in two rows on a square white plate. The plate is framed on all sides by a trailing vine pattern in green with pops of red. The biscuits are mostly in shades of ivory, cream, yellow, and grey, with a burst of vivid red and blue in one corner of the arrangement. Moving across the top row of biscuits from left to right, the designs include: neat lines of handwritten names in an early modern parish register; a section of a hand-drawn map from 1561 featuring St Paul’s Cathedral, with street names like ‘Carter Lane’ visible in a tiny spiky font; an extract of text from a funerary monument printed in an early modern book, ending ‘So transitory is our glory’; a section of embroidery from a funeral pall featuring metallic silver armour, crossed gold keys, and two hands holding up a crown. The biscuit designs on the bottom row include: horses prancing past shopfronts on Cheapside in the mid-sixteenth century; a receipt written in early modern secretary hand, which is difficult to read; a portrait of a stern-looking women dressed in a ruff, pearls, and sober dark clothing; swirling calligraphy and dense secretary hand featuring on a will dating from 1638.
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@theoldbatsman.bsky.social However much Johnson ( or whoever it was) railed vs puns, I find 'Afghan' infinitely pleasing.
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In my latest round of ‘Slang Knows’ best, I offer *ballie up* to put on a balaclava with criminal intent, in order to perform a burglary, robbery, daylight murder, rape, or any other crime that employs the wearing of a balaclava to ensure the perpetrator’s anonymity. Wotcher reckon, Tommo?
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sam Freedman: What happens if the Democrats sweep the midterms? samf.substack.com/p/what-happe...
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What happens if the Democrats sweep the midterms?
Back in March, when I first looked at the midterms, the Democrats were already favourites to win the House.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
VictorianLondon.bsky.social Looking for a digital version of Edited by Edmund Yates ‘Devil in London’, then ‘Asmodeus, or, The Devil in London‘, finally, ‘Asmodeus in London’ (1832). Weekly penny paper. Don't think it's available, but might you have met it?
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VictorianLondon (@victorianlondon.bsky.social)
Lee Jackson, Victorianist, historian, author of 'Dirty Old London' (Yale, 2014), 'Palaces of Pleasure' (Yale, 2019), 'Dickensland' (Yale, 2023) ... new book out soon 'Covent Garden: A People's Histor...
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What use is NordVPN if it blocks and cuts off my wifi connection more often than it permits my workflow?
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𝕊𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕪𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤 @saltybitchables.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
104-year-old woman imparts some wisdom about the orange shit stain disgracing our White House today. #ProudBlue #FDT
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@petersokolowski.bsky.social Would you know an answer? I want to review the book but fear review eds in UK at least nix kindle-only texts.
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harrysword.bsky.social @harrysword.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
On cult London crime master Derek Raymond, and the madness and genius of his ‘black novels’ Enter the Factory… harrysword.substack.com/p/enter-the-...
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@petersokolowski.bsky.social Is the book going to appear in the UK (or France) in anything but a kindle version?
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André Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
post à coupler avec l'indispensable atlas sonore des langues régionales, peut-être la page internet la plus réjouissante de tous les temps si on est un peu nerd et curieux atlas.lisn.upsaclay.fr
atlas.lisn.upsaclay.fr
Atlas sonore des langues
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The running was one thing but the 48 guys and girls out there in the Thai heat building Tina's hospital are working just as hard. And none of this would be possible without the money donated from around the world. She's coming along nicely now ❤️
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Ukrainians Bomb Moscow With Intent phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-ukrain...
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The Ukrainians Bomb Moscow With Intent
What Is Important About This Operation
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Weekend Update #203: A Week Which Demonstrated Why Trump Is So Helpful To Russia
Operation Vivaldi; Russia Batters Ukraine At Range; Trump, Diesel And Ukrainian Energy Strikes.
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@jntod.bsky.social FYI/FWIW Lilian Bowes Lyon was one of my oldest friends' aunts. Small world.
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Dee Lomas @deelomas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The RNLI volunteer has told us that donations usually run at £20,000 per day. Currently running at £100,000 per day! Bloody brilliant!
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Will Self: willself1.substack.com/p/the-machin...
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The Machine No Longer Needs a Master
Will Self argues that Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor have seen the spectre of fascism — but missed the machine that no longer needs a master.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Waaaaaaaaaaaaa! Trump throws a tantrum over the Kennedy Center.
It will hardly surprise you to learn that Donald Trump had his 19th nervous breakdown yesterday over the John F.
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Danny Kodicek @dannykodicek.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This really is worth a watch. A mother of mixed-race children in Piddington breaks down when thinking about the bigotry that's been revealed in her village. It's so awful to see how quickly the mask of politeness can fall off to reveal the evil face of racism beneath.
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Phillips O’Brien: Midweek Update #28: The End Of The American Age: The US In Retreat Militarily, Diplomatically And With The Markets phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/midweek-up...
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Midweek Update #28: The End Of The American Age: The US In Retreat Militarily, Diplomatically And With The Markets
Hi All,
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Rewbekah King: 10 Things I Learned in the Spirit Room rebekahkingwriter.substack.com/p/10-things-...
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10 Things I Learned in the Spirit Room
Exploring things in jars in London’s Natural History Museum
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A new substack from my on-going GDoS trufflings: jonathongreen.substack.com/p/nuptial-bo.... Double-entendres, shameless smut, the happy (royal) couple, with added puns. *Many* added puns.
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Nuptial Bon-Bons
‘Satire’s my weapon’
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
69% of Brits now see Nigel Farage unfavourably, the highest recorded by YouGov tracker to date - with just a quarter having a favourable opinion
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ad. for Books and Prints ‘of an Amusing Kind’ in 1840. Wot larks! (of London).
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Immensely satisfying, and not a little moving to watch @niallharbison.bsky.social running the best part of three marathons back-to-back in 24 hrs, fund-raising £1.4m for the building of Tina's Hospital, his medical centre for street dogs in Thailand. A true hero, a wholly admirable human being.
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Merrymac Farm Sanctuary @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You can read about their rescue on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/Merrymac/pos...
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Gladys & Olivia: Timeline and what comes next | Merrymac Farm Sanctuary
As many of you know, Merrymac is home to two magnificent big pigs named Gladys and Olivia who came to us after being seized by the state. Th
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Nobody does "fuck off" quite as brilliantly as the Irish.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Best friends: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Badger: thirteen today.
One of two pictures of a mini-dachshund, a smooth/wire mix and 13 years old todayOne of two pictures of a mini-dachshund, a smooth/wire mix and 13 years old today
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A picture of post-Brexit Britain. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on a fortnight of ugly political scenes, why a government-led counter-narrative on asylum is needed, and why these domestic political events are a national security issue: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-pi...
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Fania Oz-Salzburger k-larevue.com/en/2026/09/1...
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For a Pragmatic Zionism
Fania Oz-Salzberger, a historian of ideas and the daughter of Amos Oz, rejects the deadly confrontation between supporters of Israel and Palestine. Opposing zero-sum narratives and absolute…
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Timothy Snyder: The Logic of Destruction snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
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The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 09/09/2026
If you have the time, Ed Miliband's speech in the House of Commons is worth reading in full. It literally includes the words: "Holding British Jews responsible for the actions of the Israeli Government is antisemitism, plain and simple." www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Foreign Secretary Oral Statement on Israel-Palestine
Foreign Secretary's oral statement to the House of Commons on Israel-Palestine as delivered.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The very idea that the police want us to believe that 300 black clad louts wearing balaclavas was so “spontaneous” they could not respond adequately is even more ludicrous when you hear they were warned several times the night before that they were gathering..and their plans overheard in the pub.
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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Iran has no interest in just sitting back and letting the US strangle its trade with no response. The Iranians seem to want (quite sensibly from a strategic point of view) to both impose itself on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and to bleed the USA of vital military equipment.
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Midweek Update #27: When Will The US Run Out Of Patriot Interceptors?
More And More This Looks Like The End Of An Era; China And Russia Must Be Loving This
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Jesse Sheidlower @jessesword.com · 08/09/2026
The thing that I realized in passing from this excellent video: Robert Bringhurst's classic _Elements of Typographic Style_ is out of print? What? She waved it and I thought, "Oh, I need to buy this for a friend [which I've done before]," and then discovered…this won't be easy. How can this be?!
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE, PLEASE........
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Did Kent Police ignore Dover blockade 999 call? We can reveal the story that undermines the public statement of Kent Police. 🧵
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
On one of Israel's most popular news websites in Hebrew, Ynet, the report on UK statement on ban of settlement trade - 90% of readers' comments blame the Israeli government and settlers, and many are supportive of UK steps. This is not a scientific measure, but gives some indication
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Congratulations to Verbatim. These anonymous, undercover heroes give British journalism a good name. 👏👏👏 'A yearlong investigation into Nigel Farage’s fundraising operation reveals a plot to break the law by bringing foreign money into British politics.' #c4news www.verbatiminvestigations.com
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VERBATIM
Investigative journalism in the public interest
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“My profession smiles at hard-right figures when they walk into a TV studio and are given a disproportionate amount of air time to make their fact-free assertions while nodding along to their scapegoating of the weak.” ✍️ Patrick Howse
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The BBC Is Just Nodding Along
The corporation's news coverage has lost its soul as a bulwark against unaccountable power and extremism, writes a former BBC News producer
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Desperate vulnerable people crossing the channel are not a significant problem. Violent thugs marauding on our streets are a significant problem.
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Francis Bacon, you should have been alive at this day (The Satirist (London) 22 Nov. 1835)
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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Looking for def. of ‘a Cumberland blessing’. Not in EDD, not on line. Was thinking 'Butcher Cumberlanbd' but far too early.
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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
She was arrested, tried and convicted, you lying little gobshite.
Farage saying that people can throw milkshakes at him and it's absolutely fine.Woman who threw milkshake at Farage convicted and given a suspended prison sentence.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A load of grandparent-aged people, thugs and flag-wearing misfits cheer at the prospect of our children performing NKorean-style “patriotic” chanting… but would shit themselves at the idea of those children learning European languages or having better opportunities on our own continent. Tragic.
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