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rambler / historian / politics geek / book lover 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇮🇪

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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 23h
Marginalia from Oxford, Douce 185, fol 13r (northern German homiliary, c.1300-1325)
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 23h
If I don't play a little tune, he said he's gonna eat me.
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Bible moralisée, France 15th century (BnF, Français 166, fol. 79v)
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"How's everything going?" Me:
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Rothschild Canticles, Flanders c. 1300. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 404, fol. 51r
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How to hunt a unicorn: Step 1: Do a silly dance. Step 2: Spear.
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Miniature from Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre, ca. 1420, f. 77v .
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Where's Frank?" "He's in the zor-" "Zorb ball with the cat and chicken again. Yep."
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You mean to tell me...that lovely Mike Graham...was actually a cretinous human being all along? Nah. Next you'll be telling me you can't grow concrete!
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
After Burnham's speech, this is the first time since being able to vote that I have actually felt like change is coming. I only wish Burnham had been leader in 2024.
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Was I supposed to sing this to the tune of 'just another manic Monday'?
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
A National Care Service funded via increased inheritance tax and a levy like NI sounds brill. A positive and clear case for this needs to be made to get the public to see what they seek to gain in their twilight years, and the money freed up in local government budgets! @andyburnham.bsky.social
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
What so now I just go and get back into bed?
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Madueke has struggled here. He's got pace but that's about it.
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Yeah! We used to be a serious country!
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Fantastic end to a rough and busy day!
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Andrii Frolov @artandriifrolov.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"Silence" - my oil painting
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
And if Scotland don't win the World Cup, the real victory is theirs.
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I got Czechia in my work sweep stake... ...miluji česko!
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I have been denied entry to the SIS Building, Porton Down & GCHQ by the UK government.
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Jenn R-J @jennfel.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
full circle our ancestors bones rattle and shake #vss365 #senryu
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Edward Lee @edwardleepoetry.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
#poetry #poems #poet #creativewriting #poetryisnotdead #poetrycommunity #edwardleepoetry #poetryblogger #writerscommunity #spilledink #wordsofwisdom #writer #witness
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Dear UK journalists, Do your job. If Farage says the NHS is broken, force him to explain how he'd fix it and what that would mean for us in practice. If he says we must leave the ECHR, pin him down on what that would mean for our rights and international treaties. Never let him just use slogans!
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/01/2026
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK. Another failed Tory joins Farage. Vote for Reform UK, get the worst of the Tories.
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Another post I wish I'd came up with.
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Liz Truss waiting patiently by her phone for Reform to ring, not realising it's actually a penguin biscuit
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
She knows what a disaster it's been. But how could she possibly admit to bringing this harm upon us? Give it a generation and maybe we can hope for something contrite like, 'it wasn't the best choice.'
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
They'll say Brexit failed because those who delivered it didn't believe hard enough, as if we're in some Peter Pan film. Fact is they didn't understand the consequences but acted like they did, but now they can't admit it. They know the damage they've done. They know.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 26/01/2026
🚨 "Advocates of Brexit, ought to apologise for taking us into a world where we are now entirely isolated. We cannot rely on the US. We've got a Russian aggressor on our doorstep. We're now out of the room when European decisions are taken." Closer relations with the EU are vital for our security.
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Mark Ebenhöch aka INGLORIOUS BASTARD @realmarkebenhoch.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I was trained by the FBI in 92 in tactics, weapons, crowd control etc etc for my work overseas as a United States Marine at US Embassies. What I am watching, witnessing is NOT what or how I was trained in what is called 'The progression of force'. That policy is nowhere to be seen. 1/2
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
🎞 SpongeBob: The Search for SquarePants Hilarious, even as a 25 year old. Just so stupid and high energy from the get go. 3.5 🌟 / 5
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
We need a long-term vision for de-coupling. 20-30 years to regain control of our deterrence, intelligence, space cabability, logistics, and military. The EU should do the same and the UK needs to be a part of it.
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I don't even know what to say anymore.
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Badenoch isn't much better, either. She defended Vance when he dishonoured our war dead by calling us a 'random country' who hasn't fought a war in 30 years. She comes out stronger now when the mood music changes, but I won't forget her kowtowing either.
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Kemi condemned Trump this time, but defended Vance when he referred to us as a 'random country' that hasn't fought a war in 30-40 years. Why couldn't she stand by our armed forces last time? What has changed, I wonder?
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Rotten and corrupt to his core.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Keir Starmer mocks the idea of Trumps board of peace, "Putin being on a board of peace?" "He is waging war on a European country" "They're raining down bombs on Ukraine, it's -20c, 60% of the energy of Kyiv is gone and people are putting up tents in their living rooms to keep warm"
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/01/2026
"Economists at LSE found 16,400 firms stopped exporting goods to the EU." Brexit is punishing the small businesses driving the British economy and employment. lordslibrary.parliament.uk/uk-eu-re…
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 22/01/2026
Some Italian soldiers that Trump says did nothing for America
Coffins with the Italian flag draped over them, containing the bodies of Italian soldiers circa 2006
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I've signed. I still feel appalled that we even gave the moron-in-chief a second state visit. Can we have a petition to remove that from our collective memory and history books?
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This from Starmer is better, not quite as far as I would, but much more robust. The orange faced draft-dodging coward cannot be allowed to treat us and the world as his kingdom. Scumbag. Scumbag. Scumbag.
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I'm sorry but that isn't enough. Grow a backbone against this bully. It's not just wrong, it's a bloody disgrace. He has dishonoured our nation, our armed forces, those who served and came home, but importantly those 457 brave soldiers who did not. He's a scummy, draft-dodging cretin.
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Perfect. Thank you, Steph!
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
454 British soldiers died in Afghanistan. 454 families still suffering the loss today. Tell them that they 'stayed a little back' you cretinous mango man-baby.
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Which medieval skeleton are you today? I'm feeling like No. 5 but give me an hour and it'll be No. 6.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Creepy racist scumbag JD Vance: “If we're trying to find a sex offender, tell us where the guy lives.” He lives in the bulldozed White House and crime hub Mar-a-Lago. If you need more of a hint, he’s your fucking criminal boss.
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Has Trump blinked and dropped his backside, again?
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Trump has proven that our reliance militarily and economically on the U.S. will no longer suffice. Europe needs to unhook itself and find its confidence again. Donald Tusk has nailed it.
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Roland. Thank your proving just how unqualified these posers are.
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russo @naterusso.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Do not be mistaken. Trump supported this arrangement and is now getting the useful idiots in the UK to attack our PM for siding with the rules based system. Nigel Farage is shilling for a foreign power and attacking our democracy on their behalf. He, and all who kowtow before him, are liars.
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