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Christine

@nosugartea.bsky.social
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Exiled scouser in Bristol.Fourth gen Evertonian. Reader. Getting on but still getting stuff done 💙

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The UK has always had a right-wing media. But they are now a hysterical, disinformation spreading cartel. Weaponised by Brexit lies, Corbyn smears, defending Boris Johnson, spreading racism & trying to delegitimise the very idea of a Labour Govt. Another rotten vested interest needing reform.
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Esther Addley @estheraddley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Let's hear it for "dynamic minorities" of older people, who can just Get Stuff Done www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
theguardian.com
‘Hugely exciting’ finds on tiny Scottish island shed light on spread of Christianity
Community-funded archaeological excavations of ‘really important’ sixth-century monastery also rewrite story of Lismore
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Christine @nosugartea.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fantastic news www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
theguardian.com
Healthy Babies programme to be expanded across England
Scheme will follow principles of Sure Start, helping families with infant feeding, mental health and bonding with babies
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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh look another Russia connection with Reform and another Reform representative who believes that the rules don’t apply to him!
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Christine @nosugartea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Absolutely brilliant!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care. Congenital measles is a disease that’s rarely, if ever, seen in the U.S..." www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
nbcnews.com
America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Everton The Sitcom ™️©️ @evertonthesitcom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Brilliant this! Fella's, get checked, well worth it in the long run, prevent anything you can! 💪 #prostatecancer
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Nigel (no, not *that* one) - I ♥️ 🇨🇦 @nigelingledew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Farage met Alexander Yakovenko, the then Russian Ambassador, in London on 13 May 2013 with the Russian Embassy website posting an official photo of Yakovenko greeting Farage. Farage later denied having met the Ambassador, contradicting the photographic evidence, which placed the meeting on record."
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Farage, Reform and the 'Russia question' that won't go away | Searchlight
Nigel Farage with Nadia Borodi, wife of Oleg Voloshin the spymaster who bribed Nathan Gill In the wake of Nathan Gill’s guilty verdict on multiple counts of ...
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Christine @nosugartea.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
😂 go ‘ed
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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everyone in my family know each other’s wishes - if anyone is dying, we’ll tell the medics to take whatever they can use for someone else’s life
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'Sharp' decline in organ donation sees service left in crisis | LBC
There has been a “sharp” decline in organ donation which has led to the “most challenging periods for organ donation in over a decade”, health leaders have warned.
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Lee Madgwick @leemadgwick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Forton (2024) Oil and acrylic on canvas 70 x 140cm #painting #fortonservices #notAI #art #landscape
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Zia Yusuf has tweeted this about the leader of Camden Council, Sagal Abdi-Wali, who has lived in Camden for over 35 years, after arriving as a child refugee in the early 1990s. (Nadhim Zahawi, born in Baghdad to an Iraqi Kurdish family, came to the UK as an 11 year old:should be asked about this)
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Alexis Butterfield @takealineforawalk.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Spent a lovely day plein-air painting at Bramley-Moor Dock on match day. Painted the new Bluehouse pub from Everton’s plaza. #everton #lpainting #liverpool
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NORTHERN RESIDENT ARTIST @northresidentart.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Today at the Everton V Lille game Please repost so Toffees know a blue is painting at the Hill Dickinson Up the Toffees #Everton
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wordsanddeeds.bsky.social @wordsanddeeds.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🤞 this beautiful bird survives here - and visits Liverpool Marina 💛 www.birdguides.com/news/first-b...
birdguides.com
First British Yellow-throated Warbler docks at Liverpool
A Yellow-throated Warbler was photographed at Liverpool Docks, Lancashire, on 13 August 2026, potentially representing the first British record of this North American songbird.
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Christine @nosugartea.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
@ursh.bsky.social oh no 😔
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Richard Mace @macerg.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Based on his record so far, what makes anyone think Nigel Farage would make a good Prime Minister?
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Mark S @jacobs-ladder71.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This will mean very little to most of you, but Woolton Picture House - a local independent community cinema near to where I live which is 100 years old next year - has been saved. And there's an "It's A Wonderful Life" happy twist to the tale. Such great news. theguideliverpool.com/woolton-pict...
theguideliverpool.com
Woolton Picture House saved by surprise donation ensuring a new future for the historic site
In a dramatic, last-minute twist worthy of the silver screen, Woolton Picture House has officially been saved!
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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
National Museums Liverpool are keen to hear people’s stories about the Titanic: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Museum's plea to people of Liverpool to share Titanic stories
Titanic experts are inviting people to share any connections and items related to the ill-fated ship
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Toby Venables @tobyvenables.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Translation: “I don’t want to help the UK by paying tax”. I am really growing very tired of hearing advice from super-wealthy people who so obviously put themselves first but pretend otherwise.
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Christine @nosugartea.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Jenni Murray 😔 Dame Jenni Murray, former BBC Woman's Hour presenter, dies at 75 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Dame Jenni Murray: Former BBC Woman's Hour host dies at 75
She was the Radio 4 programme's longest-serving presenter, having left in 2020 after 33 years.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Today I was Kidnapped By ICE - Dawokefarmer
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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
READ THIS YOU LIFE MIGHT DEPEND ON IT! 👇👇👇👇
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Catherine @shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Dive into 2025’s most stunning deep-sea #wildlife encounters. Celebrate sea sponges, translucent squid, and more in a new year-end #video. Link for video and more information: www.popsci.com/environment/...
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Sarah Mills 🥷🦫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ninjabeaver.social · 15/12/2025
The couple who live in the cottage at the bottom of our road always decorate two bicycles for special occasions. One outside the day centre (video) and one on the wall at the side of the Esk. Always cheers me up to see them (and the local yarn bombers).
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Christine @nosugartea.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Don’t need a watchdog to tell us this. I know several people in pain who have pulled out their own teeth over the last couple of years. NHS dentistry has disappeared for the majority of the population www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
theguardian.com
People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, watchdog finds
Emergency help should be available, but some being forced to travel 100 miles or go private, says Healthwatch England
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform saying his former party has "lost touch with the people it was meant to serve". He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
bylinetimes.com
Conservatives Promote JCB's 'Revolutionary' Pothole Machine While Taking Millions of Pounds in Donations from the Company
Senior Conservatives have repeatedly promoted a pothole repair machine made by a company which has donated huge sums to the party and its MPs
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David Hearn @daveyph.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I’ve signed this. Please sign it and share it.
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Podcasting is Praxis @praxiscast.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!? Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
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Everton FC Heritage Society @evertonheritage.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
We hope you can join us tomorrow, as we conduct an act of remembrance for the fallen of EFC and all those linked to the club (and the other Everton clubs) impacted in times of conflict. Start time, 10:45am by the Dixie Dean statue.
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Paul R @mcladjuster.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Blues, I have a spare ticket for Saturday that I'm happy to transfer to a member for face value. #efc #efctickets #utft #coyb
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Christine @nosugartea.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
He’s only saying this as he knows young people won’t be voting for him. The usual divisive crap from this grifter. You try living on £10 an hour 😡
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Christine @nosugartea.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Fascinating!
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ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
A timeline cleanse. Two hummingbirds taking shelter from the rain inside a rose. Good night Bluesky.🥰
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York Archaeology @yorkarchaeology.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
We're hiring an Interactive Visitor Operations Host at JORVIK Viking Centre! The key purpose of the role is to act as a costumed Viking to engage and inspire visitors in Viking Life and Archaeology. More information via the link in our bio 🔗 #Hiring #History #Jobs #JORVIK #Vacancies
Image of a costumed Viking at JORVIK Viking Centre showing an object to children.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Nobody had even heard of Katie Lam outside of Westminster until about two weeks ago. Literally all it takes to be considered "brilliant" and a "rising star" on the right of British politics now is just a willingness to say something slightly more racist than all of your competitors
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Melissa Nadia Viviana 🐸 @resistrebelrevolt.net · 28/10/2025
DUDE. Trump is walking around the Japanese Prime Minister like a lost zombie running on low brain fuel. I had to watch this video twice. Once to say WTF to Trump. And twice to say WTF to the insane headlines on the news ticker! WTF!!
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Drew @drewdavies68.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian. 

[Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa].

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PRESENTER:
Now - some disturbing new research has shown

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PRESENTER:
that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK.

[Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives 

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PRESENTER:
In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage

[We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage]

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PRESENTER:
Nigel, what’s your view? 

FARAGE:
Well I think this very worrying.

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FARAGE:
And just another reason why we should ban all immigration.

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PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that

FARAGE:
Absolutely!

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PRESENTER:
Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it?

FARAGE:
Oop - plug time!

PRESENTER:
Ha ha

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FARAGE:
Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’.

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[Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc]

FARAGE:
It’s a really emotional journey 

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FARAGE:
with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable... 

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FARAGE:
as I answer the question:

*Am I the only option for Britain?*

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[Cut back to studio]

PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that

FARAGE:
Absolutely!

[ends]
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
The TUC (Trades Union Congress) is running a really good campaign on Insta:
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Christine @nosugartea.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
🙄
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Christine @nosugartea.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
What a feat of engineering that scaffold is on Zagreb cathedral. Shame it’s closed for visitors but scaffolding is something to see
Scaffolding on Zagreb cathedral
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Christine @nosugartea.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
@googlyeyecat.bsky.social we made it 😂
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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Aspiring authors, I’m here to help. Do you have any writing-related questions or dilemmas I can answer? Maybe you just need encouragement or a kick in the pants? Ask away… #writing
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 04/10/2025
This is exactly the same demand that preceded the Trump admin's federalization of the Oregon National Guard
MEMORANDUM FOR: THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, OREGON NATIONAL GUARD
SUBJECT: Request for Oregon National Guard Federal Protection Mission
1. I am writing to inform you that the Department of War has received a request from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for immediate assistance to protect federal personnel, functions, and property in Oregon. In response, the Secretary of War has authorized additional federal funding for up to 200 members of the Oregon National Guard (ORNG) under Title 32 United States Code, Section 502(f), to perform this mission in a non-federalized status under your command and control.
2. I have enclosed DHS's request for protective measures while executing operations in Oregon. Due to the circumstances and immediate nature of this request, if ORNG forces are not mobilized in the next 12 hours, the Secretary of War may direct the mobilization of as many members of the ORNG as he may deem necessary under Title
10 United States Code.
3. The Department of War greatly appreciates your collaboration on this emergent situation. If your Governor agrees to a Title 32 mobilization of the ORNG, we will work with DHS to coordinate mission details with you. To be clear, we believe time is of the essence and failure to mobilize sufficient forces quickly to address the situation may risk lives and property damage. I respectfully request that you inform me immediately if your Governor is unable or unwilling to mobilize the ORNG under Title 32 to perform the necessary protective functions.
Encl as.
RIEGER.TIMOTHY. Digitally signed by
RIEGER.TIMOTHY.LEE.1169002670
LEE.1169002670
Date: 2025.09.27 
Timothy L. Rieger
Major General, USA
Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau
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murphysdistillery.bsky.social @murphysdistillery.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Hoping for all of the points tomorrow 🙏 💙 come and enjoy some great food and a 2 Pinter before or after the game. Anyone without a ticket, come and enjoy the atmosphere and watch the game with us 💙 #everton
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
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Jeff Young @wildtwin.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Event! Writing Place. Jeff Young and Catherine Cole discuss their recent books in the Library Reading Room of Liverpool’s Athenaeum. Thursday, October 16 · 6 - 7:30pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-pl...
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Writing Place with authors Jeff Young and Catherine Cole
Join authors Jeff Young and Catherine Cole as they discuss their recent books in the Library Reading Room of Liverpool’s Athenaeum.
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