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Dàibhidh @pokuston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Paid a visit to my local council this morning and came across the office of a Dr Jan Beer. Good name for a Czech citizen. Turns out he's a criminal prevention coordinator. 😀

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Dàibhidh @pokuston.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As an EU citizen living in the Czech Republic, I'm entitled to vote in the local council elections here, held on 9 and 10 October. They're very civil and sedate affairs, and everyone seems quite reasonable, which is very refreshing, given the depressing state of politics nationally and globally.

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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 24/09/2026

A tumbleweed is rolling through my online shop today. I create colourful prints, cards, homewares and T-shirts inspired by architecture, music and mid-century design. Please have a look at my shop and repost to help spread the word. Thanks! gailmyerscough.co.uk

A pile of colourful prints featuring illustrations inspired by music, mid-century design and architecture.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This rare 1920s original expanding dining table by furniture designer Josef Seiler who invented and patented the "Liegnitz Ringtisch", a mechanism that allows a round table to increase its overall diameter while remaining perfectly circular. IG; @galeriebalbach www.instagram.com/galeriebalba...

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Dàibhidh @pokuston.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Funny how Republicans bang on about communism but aren't exactly falling over themselves to condemn a media ban straight out of the Josef Stalin playbook. But there was one good thing to come out of this — the sheer pleasure of raging narcissist Trump being muted.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

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Dàibhidh @pokuston.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The stooshie over "cheese sacrificed to Allah" is, on the one hand, very amusing. What will ill-informed bigots get their knickers in a twist about next? But on a deeper level, it's much more serious. The RNLI story shows what happens when blatant lies and disinformation take root.

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Darran Marshall @dmarshall.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"It turns out that he isn’t as orange as he looks." SDLP leader Claire Hanna reacts to Trump's comments on Irish unity. "I'm not sure if anybody has checked on the DUP. I suspect they're burning those Trump flags as we speak."

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Dàibhidh @pokuston.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Utterly depressing to see such a large swathe of the UK population jumping to the immediate conclusion that all asylum seekers are rapists and murderers. Whatever happened to empathy, critical thinking skills, and not tarring everyone with the same brush

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LawrieBhoy 🍀 @lawriebhoy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

You can tell a lot about someone’s character by whether they want desperate refugees to drown, or not.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 18/09/2026

Trumpism is like climate change: it's already here, it has done irreparable damage, and even if we take action now we'll be dealing with it's impact for the rest of our lives.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If you think closing an RNLI station is done by people with "legitimate concerns" you really need to give your head a wobble. It's an unforgivable act of thuggery.

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Dàibhidh @pokuston.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Daily Telegraph seems to be gloating that the discovery of newts - and now bats - at the Piddington site could stop the asylum centre conversion. Wonder if the far-right rag's stance on the scientifically valuable local fauna would be the same if a data centre had been proposed for the site....

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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.

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Dàibhidh @pokuston.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Will the "Yessers" in the Piddington referendum show their passports when crossing the border en route to Waitrose? Will they need visas? After all, we don't want illegals crossing into Oxfordshire. And what about hospitals? We don't want these spongers using our NHS!

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Kid Charlemagne @smudgeboy99.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Is there a Hugo Boss at the Bicester Outlet Mall? Cos I hear they do a great line in uniforms…

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Dàibhidh @pokuston.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The London media's arrogant and condescending response to the Celtic Alliance meeting is depressingly predictable. Who do these upstart Jocks, Paddies and Taffs think they are?! Running their own affairs like normal countries? It's outrageous! #independenceisnormal #dissolvetheunion

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Dàibhidh @pokuston.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Vienna, Paris, Brussels and Budapest are among the musts if you're an Art Nouveau fan. But don't forget the laid-back Serbian city of Subotica, very close to the Hungarian border. A visual treat.

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Dàibhidh @pokuston.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sazan Island and the Narta Lagoon, Albania. Beautiful, peaceful and timeless, and the latter is of huge environmental value. Yet spoiled, entitled brats want their hands on these priceless sites all because tacky, trashy sociopaths know the cost of everything and the value of absolutely nothing.

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💙🪄 Keep Rising 🪄💙 @keeprising.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

♥️🌿 she just needed love 🌱 🎥 daisyd #adoptdontshop 🤎

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Dàibhidh @pokuston.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Lake Shkodër/Lake Skadra from near Shkodër, Albania. The blue hills in the background are in Montenegro; the border is just kilometres away. A jawdroppingly beautiful part of the world.

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Dàibhidh @pokuston.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I'm in Albania again. I love exploring this fascinating country, but the stray dog and cat problem, an issue across the Balkan region, saddens me hugely. I lost count of the number of strays I saw today, and if I could, I'd rehouse every single one of them.

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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 28/08/2026

Pete’s Prize Draw Every order placed this Bank Holiday weekend goes into a draw. One order wins £50 to spend in my shop. Pete will pick the winner. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

Pete the cat with a poster explaining his prize draw.

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Mabel Logan @mabellogan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Isle of Skye c.o. Soul of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Dàibhidh @pokuston.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Back in Scotland for a break and enjoyed an amazing, brilliantly sunny day in Troon, Ayrshire. I love this view and could sit here all day admiring the Isle of Arran mountains. I also have Ayrshire roots and so many fond childhood memories of visiting my maternal grandparents in nearby Prestwick.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

A little bear figurine carved from amber some 6,000 years ago! 🐻❤️ Named ‘Słupcio’ (‘little guy from Słupsk’) through a children’s naming competition! A hole through its torso suggests it was worn or suspended from a cord, perhaps as a hunting amulet. 📷 National Museum in Szczecin #Archaeology

Photo by G. Solecki/A. Piętak of a small figurine of a bear carved out of amber between 9600 and 4100 BC. The amber is a deep translucent orange. The display lighting makes the amber glow. The bear's head is carved to show ears, mouth, nostrils and eyes. A hole runs through the bear's belly, suggesting it was threaded onto a cord. Dimensions: Length 10.2 cm, Height 4.2cm

It was discovered in Słupsk during peat mining in 1887. According to the museum catalogue record "Shortly after its discovery, the figure underwent conservation work to restore its original appearance as it was covered with a layer of dull patina from the exposure to the minerals contained in the peat. Already at that time, at the end of the 19th century, it was assumed the restoration had gone too far. The figure was stripped entirely of patina, the anatomical features of the animal were emphasised, the eyes and nostrils were sharply drawn, and the amber was carefully polished".

In 2013, a competition was organised by the Education Department of the National Museum in Szczecin, for children to choose a name for the bear. The winning name was 'Słupcio’, an affectionate diminutive meaning ‘little guy from Słupsk’.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I know he has a lot on, but in the midst of a ferocious drought, fires, heat events and severe threats to food production, it would be quite edifying to hear Andy Burnham mention climate breakdown.

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

20 people have died in European wildfires this summer. More than 300,000 have been evacuated from their homes. The Prime Minister has not ruled out further drilling in the North Sea. Please Mr Burnham. Stop dancing to Farage's tune... Tackle the real issues!🙏 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Burnham pledges to be 'relentless' in curbing small boat crossings

The prime minister says enforcement is increased but there also need to be more safe routes into the UK.

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🍁 Fraser @swordsedgepublishing.ca · 31/07/2026

But the Canadian prime minister says we can’t afford to fight climate change. Not sure if I’d call that leadership. Seems like he’s being led. . .

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Dàibhidh @pokuston.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Farage's latest whinge is about not being invited to Andy Burnham's social care meeting. How many more things will he find to complain about before this day is out? Maybe, just maybe, the voters of Clacton will see him for what he is — a disingenuous scammer with no solutions other than victimhood.

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Dàibhidh @pokuston.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I spoke a little too soon about the swifts yesterday. There are still some around, and a handful have just done a circuit right over my head. But I suspect they're juveniles, and overall the skies are a lot quieter, as most swifts are heading off now or have already done so.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I'm not qualified to judge whether such people are psychopaths. All I can say is that they behave as if they are. From today's Telegraph.

Column by Allister Heath

Britain can’t stop climate change. Scrap net zero and embrace Mediterranean life

We’ve lost the war against global warming so let’s learn to handle hotter weather

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Dàibhidh @pokuston.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Looks like the Roztoky swifts are bidding us farewell. Usually at this time of day (around 9:00), there would be loads of them ducking and diving and looping the loop above the local rooftops. About an hour ago, they were congregating higher in the sky.

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Ever noticed how the rich owners of our media burst a blood vessel at the mere suggestion that the rich might be asked to pay an incy wincy bit more tax?

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Dàibhidh @pokuston.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

If you're on holiday in Central Europe and suddenly crave mac and cheese, look out for bryndzové halušky, the Slovak national dish and a very good substitute. It consists of gnocchi drowning in melted cheese (in this case, bryndza, a tangy sheep’s milk variety) sprinkled with spek.

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Máirtin Ó’Caoiṁ (O’Keeffe) @mokeeffee.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Someone at a senior level in UK government needs to very publicly tell the US it is none of their business who the UK PM appoints.

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Dàibhidh @pokuston.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Is it just me or does anyone else think it's a miracle that Trump didn't attempt to walk off with the FIFA World Cup Trophy and claim that he had won the tournament?

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