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🇪🇺🇮🇪🇨🇵Retired MFL teacher (Fr, Ger & Latin) crazy about the French language, all things French and ski biathlon. I divide my time between Occitanie and the UK. Please wear a mask and be kind. PS I will NOT follow you back if your profile is empty!

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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.
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Trish 🇨🇦 Sorry! 🍁 @trishly.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Another fine Canadian tune from Demonflyingfox www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FmG...
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Canadian Resistance Army - Dollar for Dollar (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by demonflyingfox
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 26/08/2026
⚡️Italy to supply next-generation SAMP/T air defense systems, Aster 30 missiles to Ukraine in secret aid package, media reports. It will include four SAMP/T NG air defense batteries along with Aster 30 interceptor missiles and seven long-range radars, Italian outlet La Repubblica reported.
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Italy to supply next-generation SAMP/T air defense systems, Aster 30 missiles to Ukraine in secret aid package, media reports
The package will include four SAMP/T NG air defense batteries — capable of shooting down Russian ballistic missiles — along with Aster 30 interceptor missiles and seven long-range radars, the Italian ...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 25/08/2026
⚡️Lithuania allocates 600,000 euros to bring home Ukrainian children abducted by Russia. "Сhildren cannot be used as instruments of war or occupation," First Lady of Lithuania, Diana Nausediene, said.
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Lithuania allocates 600,000 euros to bring home Ukrainian children abducted by Russia
"Сhildren cannot be used as instruments of war or occupation," First Lady of Lithuania, Diana Nausediene, said.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Sadiq Khan: "We should seek to rejoin both the Customs Union and the Single Market THIS parliamentary term. The government should also say that we would rejoin the EU after the next general election – effectively putting Rejoin on the ballot paper and letting the British people decide." #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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'Brexit lies are exposed, the debate is settled... we must rejoin the EU' - Sadiq Khan
This is searing stuff from Sadiq Khan, and his arguments for the UK to rejoin the EU are as clear and comprehensive as it gets.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Andy Burnham in Kyiv: "Ukraine has been Europe's protector. Not a drain on our security, but a front line of keeping Europe safe. On behalf of everyone in the United Kingdom, днем незалежності україно, Happy Independence Day]... We are with you in this struggle, all the way, heart and soul."
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 19/05/2026
⚡UK quietly issues sanctions waivers on Russian oil products. The first license permits imports of diesel and jet fuel made from Russian oil if "the products have been processed in a third country," while the other allows the maritime transport of Russian LNG.
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UK quietly issues sanctions waivers on Russian oil products
The first license permits imports of diesel and jet fuel made from Russian oil if
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
On the eve of Easter, 182 Ukrainians returned home from Russian captivity A key feature of this exchange is that the vast majority of those released had been held in captivity since 2022 📹Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/03/2026
Everyone needs to stop what they’re doing and watch this video. “It seems like there’s a lack of diversity here today, and it’s mostly people who look like you and me, and I just…?” This lady’s response is🔥
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Catio Miles @catiomiles.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Compulsory viewing 👇 youtu.be/FZcMo9uCw7E?...
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FULL SPEECH: Finland President Declares End of Western-Led World Order at Raisina Dialogue | AC1G
YouTube video by DRM News
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Richard Barfield @richardbarfield.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Superb reporting by Jeremy Bowen on #Ukraine www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bowen: Why Ukraine remains defiant and does not feel close to defeat
This month marks four gruelling years since the full‑scale invasion began and a genuine ceasefire still feels far from assured
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 28/01/2026
If you can find 15 minutes today, please read this piece by @adamserwer.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com. This is one of the best, most human accounts on the rising authoritarianism in the US, and even more importantly, the steely resistance rising up against it in Minnesota. Breathtakingly good.
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Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
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Géopolitique @geopolitique.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Menaces de Trump sur nos produits / Scannez votre produit alimentaire pour vérifier si la marque appartient à une entreprise américaine ou à un groupe américain. www.detrumpez-vous.com
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 22/11/2025
It's been a bit quiet lately when it should be picking up for Christmas. If you're shopping for gifts, have a look at what I do. Everything I make is designed here in Manchester and manufactured in the UK. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
gailmyerscough.co.uk
Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester
Discover a world of bold and colourful prints, homewares and stationery by Gail Myerscough, a surface pattern designer and illustrator. Designed in Manchester, made in the UK.
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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 12/11/2025
What the husband @mjowen174.bsky.social says is true. It’s been a bit quiet in my shop lately. If you’re looking for #Christmas cards and gifts please have a look at my website. gailmyerscough.co.uk A repost would be lovely too.
A grid featuring nine images of prints, a phone case, a cushion, a T-shirt and Christmas cards and wrap.
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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
'Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead.' In the summer of 1821, John Constable began making direct studies in the open air of cloud formations. These were mostly made from the high ground at Hampstead village - an ideal observation point.
At V&A Museum, London
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👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
I've read this story five times and I literally do not know what it is trying to say. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain
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Réforme @reformehebdo.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Un documentaire sur les 70 ans de Présence protestante Dimanche 19 octobre, à 10h sur France2, un #documentaire revient sur l’histoire de l’émission télévisée Présence protestante. #protestantisme @francetelevisions.bsky.social www.reforme.net/culture/prog...
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Un documentaire sur les 70 ans de Présence protestante
Dimanche 19 octobre, à 10h sur France2, un documentaire revient sur l’histoire de l’émission télévisée Présence protestante.
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Occitanophile @petitejoueuse.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
@irishrainforest.bsky.social Good to see you on Arte this morning.
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John D. Lewis @johndlewis.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
News judgements are failing at The Guardian: I am astonished that on the home page of its website this morning, there is no mention of the Ballymena troubles and the need for Northern Ireland to ask UK police forces to send reinforcements.
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The same shirt in the same size (116 fits 5-6 yr olds), but one for boys and one for girls. Look at the difference. No wonder even young girls develop issues with body weight and size...
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CheminsdeFerTC @cheminsdefertc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
france.tv/documentaires/documentaires-histoire/6946582-des-trains-dans-la-guerre.html Le rythme régulier des trains et les destins cabossés des gens engloutis dans la guerre. => #Ukraine. Un film d'Emmanuel Carrère et Lucas Menget
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Des trains dans la guerre en replay - 25 nuances de doc
L'Ukraine est un pays de trains. Comme tous les pays de l'ex-empire soviétique, le pays a développé un réseau ferroviaire immense, puissant, relativement rap...
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La Croix @la-croix.com · 20/05/2025
« Des trains dans la guerre » sur LCP : voyage au cœur de l’Ukraine meurtrie
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« Des trains dans la guerre » sur LCP : voyage au cœur de l’Ukraine meurtrie
La Chaîne parlementaire (LCP) rediffuse ce mardi 20 mai, à 20 h 32, le documentaire Des trains dans la guerre, déjà disponible sur la plateforme france.tv. Un important voyage sur les chemins de fers ukrainiens, où se croisent des concitoyens que le conflit affecte chacun à sa manière.
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Adam Brandt @adambrandt.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Please read and kindly consider signing in support of academics at Newcastle University (including from our team in Applied Linguistics & Communication) who are facing the threat of redundancy this summer: www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
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Sign the Petition
End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University
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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Well put. Sadly.
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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Please repost, if like me, you will never accept Brexit. It harms the British people. It was obtained through foreign interference and by far the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, and it robs us of freedom and citizenship. #RejoinEU
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 24/04/2025
The Trump administration’s many erasures—its gutting of agencies, cuts to jobs, deletions of government documents—show how absence can do the work of propaganda, doubling as a threat, Megan Garber wrote in February:
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Control. Alt. Delete.
Government via keyword is not “efficiency.” It is an abuse of power.
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🛑fascism🛑🍄✊“wut r u?”🧬=🇰🇷🇯🇵&🇮🇹🇫🇷🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇩🇪🇧🇪🇦🇹🇳🇱🇩🇰🇳🇴🇸🇪🇫🇮🇪🇸🇵🇹🇮🇱🇬🇷🇲🇹🇭🇷🇹🇳🇪🇬🇹🇷🇾🇪🇨🇾=🪷jan-marie🌺 @jmcresists.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Brave and brilliant. Must watch to the end from a journalist who survived Nigel Farage instructing us how to fight 🍄 now.
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This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
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Squaloflife 📸🎶🐈🍽🥾 @squaloflife.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
#UnJourUnePhoto #Photoapril2025 #photography 10/04. Dentelle
Pissenlit prêt à s’énvoler
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work #AcademicSky #EduSky
timeshighereducation.com
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
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John V Willshire @willsh.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
These prints by Gail are one of my favourite things about the Smithery office - please do have a look at her wonderful shop.
Three prints by Gail Myerscough on the Smithery office wall
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Jason Colavito @jasoncolavito.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Not being British, I have no opinion on UK government policy, but I can say that food writer and MasterChef judge William Sitwell could only have failed to find any value in Latin through sheer obstinate incuriosity. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03...
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The loss of Latin from schools is a triumph, not a tragedy
The ancient language has little relevance in today’s society so the end of the project to teach it in state institutions should be welcomed
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KS_1968 @karenroberts.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Dreadful headline. My daughter loves Latin & wants to do it with Russian at Uni.Her Latin helps her pick up other languages as well as enriching her writing in english.She's lucky she's at a private school. State school kids shld have same opportunity to learn it. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03...
telegraph.co.uk
The loss of Latin from schools is a triumph, not a tragedy
The ancient language has little relevance in today’s society so the end of the project to teach it in state institutions should be welcomed
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libwomanontario.bsky.social @libwomanontario.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
nails it.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Musk states "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy". Charles Darwin, who actually researched this stuff, showed it was empathy, specifically, that enabled humanity to flourish.
politico.com
Government AI, defending DOGE and more: Takeaways from Elon Musk’s three-hour interview with Joe Rogan
The wide-ranging interview between the two prominent Trump supporters comes as Musk remakes the federal government.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Now that’s a State visit
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Rêves d'espace @revesdespace.eurosky.social · 28/02/2025
Pensée du soir 🇺🇦 Crédit : Planet
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Chris McGrath @christy21.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Spain 🇪🇸 has publicly confirmed its support for Ukraine 🇺🇦 . Wait now for other European countries.
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/02/2025
This is a President who skipped a World War One commemoration because it was raining talking to one who has stood in front of a fresh mass grave of his own people.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Trump and Vance just made Zelensky one of the most popular leaders in the world.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Jeez. This is absolutely appalling & shameful from Trump and Vance. President Zelenskyy is the democratically elected leader of a sovereign country who is bravely standing against the illegal invasion of Ukraine by a murderous ACTUAL dictator called Vladimir Putin
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 28/02/2025
Zelensky has reportedly left the White House without signing the minerals deal. The agreement appears to be canceled.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The scenes in the Oval Office today will shame the US for decades. They’ll never be forgotten. A world leader, fighting for his country against the 21st century’s Nazis, came to the US and was attacked & abused by a gangster regime siding with the fascist invaders. A historic disgrace.
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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I have never seen anything as disgusting as that. Genuinely no words.
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Here’s a poem called ‘Pet Peeve’.
Pet Peeve 
 
Keeping 
a chameleon 
for a pet 
 
is something 
that I now 
regret. 
 
At first, 
as far as 
I could tell, 
 
he seemed 
to blend in 
very well, 
 
but he’s 
changed a lot 
in many ways 
 
I’ve not 
seen him now 
for fourteen days. 


Brian Bilston 

(The words in this poem gradually fade line by line)
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pathar.bsky.social @pathar.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I give you Gov. JB Pritzker. Hear him out. youtu.be/TVsKsNxeZJ8?...
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker delivers State of the State budget address (FULL LIVESTREAM)
YouTube video by NBC Chicago
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Petroc Trelawny @petroc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Hello friends. Had two accounts on here … have deleted one and will use this one moving forward.
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James Neill - 🇺🇦💙 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧🔶 @jneill.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Trump's approval rating: 44% 🤔 Zelenskyy approval rating: 57%
Trump's approval rating slips as Americans worry about the economy.
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Reuters/Ipsos pollZelenskyy's approval rating grows to 57%, debunking Trump's 4% support claim
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Rusty @el-presidente.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
'Not on Twitter' is so very revealing.
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