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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 13h
📌This naked statue of Trump, The Orange Plague, in the European Parliament in Strasbourg is exactly how you handle this deviant, who uses his office to celebrate himself, and crush others. He needs to know that THIS is how he will be remembered when he finally takes his last gasp.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 8h
⚡️ A woman in Saratov, Russia, demanded a local café remove a figure of Dobby from its window, claiming it resembled Vladimir Putin.
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Mark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 8h
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Who Shots @whoshots.bsky.social · 8h
(DOCTOR WHO THEME)
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 06/10/2026
Holborn & St Pancras By-Election Betting Odds & Implied Win Chance: 🌹 LAB: 1/16 | 94% 🌍 GRN: 16/1 | 6% Odds from @oddschecker.com, 6th Oct.
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 13h
Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 30% (+1) RFM: 24% (+1) CON: 19% (=) LDM: 9% (=) GRN: 8% (-1) SNP: 2% (-1) RES: 2% (-1) Via @survation.bsky.social, 2-5 Oct. Changes w/ 29 Sep.
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 8h
At a certain point you gotta be willing to just say these are basically crazy people that nothing you can do will make happy, man. Like I’m sorry but if you’re protesting Mamdani over this people should just ignore you.
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Mark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 8h
You keep thinking Squealer can’t stoop any lower… and yet.
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Andy Burnham Earnestness Enjoyer @jorisbinned.bsky.social · 8h
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🍂 Simon Threadgold 🎃 @sthreadgold.bsky.social · 8h
"I stopped Thanos. They never mention that. I ended the Star Wars, all nine Star Wars I ended. General Zod, big guy, tough guy, tears in his eyes when I killed him. We'd all be speaking Krypton if it wasn't for me. No thank yous, no nothing."
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The Hellenic Society @hellenicsociety.bsky.social · 9h
'Archaeologists Unearth the 2,400-Year-Old School Where Aristotle Taught Alexander to Be Great' 🏺 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...
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Archaeologists Unearth the 2,400-Year-Old School Where Aristotle Taught Alexander to Be Great
The latest excavation at Aristotle’s gymnasium in ancient Mieza has revealed ornate, mosaic-covered halls where researchers believe Alexander the Great learned his formative lessons
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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 9h
Another winner from Jolyon
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 9h
Badenoch attacks Burnham as "a man who was happy to serve in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet". A bit rich from someone who served in Liz Truss's actual cabinet.
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Trafford Green Party @traffordgreenparty.bsky.social · 13h
Trafford Green Party’s councillors are deeply saddened by the passing of the Zionism is Racism motion 💚 Read our full statement and find out more about the motion here 👉 greenparty.org.uk/2026/10/04/g...
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Paul Hayward @paulhayward.bsky.social · 10h
Why Liverpool v Man City marks the death of the Premier League as we thought we knew it and the start of a new post-naivety show. My commentary.... observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
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Liverpool vs Man City will be the biggest game in Premier...
There is no chance of the City verdict being put aside to focus on the football at Anfield this Sunday, writes Paul Hayward
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Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 10h
Wednesday evening
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Mark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 11h
How can it be anyone other than Jennings?
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Sarah Brand @drsarahbrand.bsky.social · 11h
At least we were there when it started.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 11h
This is worrying news. But anxiety is not a strategy. Join @indivisible.org's midterm election protection program to help make sure we're ready for whatever tricks Trump tries to hold on to power. indivisible.org/campaigns/ou...
MS NOW: Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
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Mark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 11h
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Alan Partridge Shrugs 'I Don't Know'
ALT: Alan Partridge Shrugs 'I Don't Know'
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Mark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 11h
"How dare she help fund court claims based on an interpretation of the law that impartial judges end up agreeing with." You'd think these people would realise the only approach is to win hearts and minds and advocate politically for a change to the law, but ... not seeing much of that.
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Mark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 11h
lmfao. Do you realise how silly you look?
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Bless Jolyon. Just when you didn't think he could possibly be more pompous and ridiculous, he does this.
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Mark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 11h
Trump actually is the president that country - in all its ignorance and hubris - deserves. He's America's final form. It's just a shame the rest of us have to suffer.
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Mark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 11h
Amazing that the country that's so proud of its democracy elected Fat Caligula. Twice. And they'd do it again.
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Matt @matthewblott.com · 12h
One from the Other Place that made me chuckle
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 14h
Ringo Starr, encountering an earlier version of Jeffrey Archer in the 1960s, described him as “the kind of bloke who would bottle your piss and sell it”. www.ft.com/content/5235...
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Jeffrey Archer, author and politician, 1940-2026
Best-selling novelist and Tory MP was defined both by his great successes and his headline-grabbing scandals
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The American reporter on the BBC News talking about the botched execution is giving The Day Today vibes
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Verypete Lambert @quiteamess.bsky.social · 12h
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Chris Mason is on my telly
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 14h
I wrote about Elon Musk, and why it bothers me that he is still first and foremost described in the media as an entrepreneur, rocketeer, or tech mogul, when the most salient fact about him is that he is now the world's most powerful white supremacist. religiondispatches.org/2026/10/06/e...
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Elon Musk, the World’s Richest Human, Is a White Supremacist
The latest warning about the Republican Party’s far-right turn has come from the unlikeliest of places: conservative commentator, George W. Bush Chief of Staff, and renowned Republican strategist Karl...
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Mark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 13h
Remember when people were trying to create the vibe that it was inevitable?
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Cupid Stunt @mary-hinge.bsky.social · 13h
Golden naked Trump statue unveiled at European Parliament www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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Golden naked Trump statue unveiled at European Parliament
Orange Plague sculpture in Strasbourg inspired by Emperor’s New Clothes fairytale, artist says
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Rich @rich-bryant.uk · 13h
Buried lede here is that Farage is fuuuuuuuuuucked
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Mark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 13h
Oh dear.
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Mark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 14h
Weird, this place was telling me it was all a MSM smear 🤔
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 14h
Very much the Russian way
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Mark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 14h
Or you could just ask the people that live there.
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Elsa Sings Let It Go
ALT: Elsa Sings Let It Go
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Mark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 15h
Not one of the better loved of Blyton’s books.
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 15h
"I've had a very frank word with myself and it turns out I was totally innocent"
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Mark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 16h
Hate march or another Green Party conference?
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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 16h
Protesters on a hate march are chanting “smash the Zionist settler state” on the streets of London. Three years ago to the day, we saw what that looks like in practice. Innocent people, even babies, murdered, tortured and kidnapped. For shame.
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Mark @quigonsmith.bsky.social · 16h
Saw this and thought people on here would be happy about it www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
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’Harry Potter’-Themed Christmas Lights Takeover Coming to London’s Oxford Street
The partnership is timed to celebrate the Christmas launch of the new HBO original TV series, which kicks off with the eight-episode season of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and the opening...
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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 16h
I’ve sorted them into piles of “HOPE!” “FEAR!” And “PLEASE FORGET ABOUT THE ZIONISM THING”
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Peter Kay @theonlypeterkay.bsky.social · 18h
This bit is genuinely good. Badenoch on Reform scandals and identity: any prospect of an electoral pact on the right now looks dead in the water. A genuinely impassioned defence of her right, and her children’s, to identify as English with pride. Standing ovation. @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk
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