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Danielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A common theme that drives me absolutely wild with elections/polling these days: 1. Right wing wrecks everything 2. Left of centre figure elected 3. Left of centre can’t fix all the damage in 5 seconds so the right wing, who have got 10x worse in the meantime, lead polls again/win next election

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

One thing I'm learning about myself through this experience is that I actually have a pretty massive amount of local pride, and I do get wound up quite easily if anyone trash talks my beloved neighbourhood.

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Someone asked in neighbourhood Facebook group: what is your favourite thing about Levy? Kinda disconcerted there's a whole bunch of ppl who answered sarcastically like "the vape shops" or "the way out" or just plain "nothing". Why would you ever live in a place if you like nothing about it?

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Local Ukip branch continues to be a strange combination of industrious (they have leafleted our block in every election) and lazy (they “leaflet” it by dropping a pile of leaflets in the vestibule of the ground floor of the block).

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🎶 🎵 🎸 🥁 All my homies say From Brooklyn to LA Fuck ICE Fuck ICE 🎵 🥁

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 24/09/2026

Anyway, my masters is done and so I'm looking for more project work and potentially the right permanent job if it comes along. If you've liked the cut of my jib and think I'm right for something, or know someone who might - you can check my website. www.jmoxley.co.uk

jmoxley.co.uk

John Oxley | Writer, Strategist and Political Commentator

John Oxley advises on strategy, public affairs and communications, with a decade working alongside senior leaders in politics, law and business.

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Joined this WhatsApp group for Romanian mums kinda by mistake. (Was looking for a local one in hope of giving Baby M some Romanian - speaking community ended up in one that's Romania-based /from all over the place.) And uhhhhh guys.... I think I entered a universe quite unlike my own.

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Paul Quin @paulquin.com · 19/09/2026

In a surprising admission, Trump shows the size of his brain with this gesture:

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Marvel's Kilgrave and the High Evolutionary from Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3. Baby Kochamma from Arundathi Roy's The God of Small Things. Alfie Blessington from Poor Things and Colonel Strickland from The Shape of Water.

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

MCU's Kilgrave (Jessica Jones) and the High Evolutionary from Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3. Baby Kochamma from Arundathi Roy's The God of Small Things. Alfie Blessington from Poor Things and Colonel Strickland from The Shape of Water.

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Éibhear Ó hAnluain @eibhear.gibiris.org · 27/09/2026

I maintain that Wikipedia is among the 4 most important websites that should in some way be protected at UN level. They are (in no particular order): - Wikipedia - The Internet Archive - Open Street Map - Project Gutenberg

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Condemnation is pure hot air if in the next breath you’re telling everyone you’re doing your best to give the fascists what they want, just without the masks

In fact, these are scenes we have not seen on British streets. Immigration needs to be deal with, I will be the first to say that and we are dealing with it. The boat crossings have been halved since six years ago, net migration is down massively.

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Fun little political test making the rounds 12axes.vercel.app/results?est=...

Religion - strong irreligious
Morality - very strong progressive
Technology - balanced between Technology and Biology

Immigration- strong multiculturalism
Diplomacy- leaning pacifist
Intervention- balanced between non-interventionist and nationalist

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

No, Mr Emanuel, I believe you misunderstood. The Diet of Worms was a formal assembly where Martin Luther refused to recant his religious teachings. Also, as the old chestnut goes, he may not live forever but I'm sure it ruddy well feels like it.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring

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Iron Ring - Wikipedia

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

One British insult I heard recently and found very amusing: "a face like a bulldog licking piss off a nettle". We can use it for skeets rather than facial expressions too, right?

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The old line that analytic philosophy is answering questions that come naturally to toddlers via methods that come naturally to lawyers remains undefeated.

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Can't remember where I've seen it. Public health/epidemiology research presentation. Was supposed to be "Rate of STDs in men who have sex with men"-instead it said "in men who have sex with me". Then: "A random sample of 500 participants took part in the study".

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

this is fantastic and I learned something new

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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

fundamentally, it appears very difficult for people to recognize 'hey it's good that the person i don't like is saying this' because they seem to understand it as 'this person is good'

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Neill Cameron @neillcameron.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There are lots of serious and important points here about the need for licensing law reform and related broader cultural issues in Northern Ireland yes but also THERE IS A LIDL IN BELFAST WITH A PUB IN IT www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Not unlike how so many idioms come from Shakespeare. Every generation's pop culture leaves a mark in language, century upon century upon century.

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I remember though when JRM suggested that the solution to the problems raised by Brexit in Northern Ireland could be solved by the Republic of Ireland leaving the EU. Had fun explaining it to my Romanian mum: Her, befuddled: What is he, stupid?? Is he crazy?! Me, exasperated sigh: Yes. Yes he is.

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Alisdair Calder McGregor @acmcgregor.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

G.K.Chesterton (rather rotund) to George Bernard Shaw (rake thin): GKC: To look at you, Shaw, anyone would think there was famine in England GBS: And to look at you, GK, anyone would think that you caused it

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

literally just told a roomful of college students writing a poll that if the one thing I could teach them was not to use this question format, I would feel successful

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 20/09/2026

As an aside, if I were currently advising a very wealthy person who wanted good PR "big, public donation to the RNLI" would be high on my list.

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Today I learned that the American medical cannabis rights activist who distributed weed brownies to AIDS patients in the 80s and 90s was named - wait for it - Mary Jane Rathbun. Just like how Usain Bolt is the fastest man alive and and Thomas Crapper popularised the modern toilet.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 19/09/2026

maybe the greatest "letter gone missing" instance I've ever witnessed, deeply humbling

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026

The RNLI is the closest you will ever get to actual Batman. When rescue is visibly, viscerally, obviously impossible; when the water is a smothering, thundering black wall and the wind is screaming straight from Hell; when you are absolutely going to die: someone’s hand pulls you out and you don’t.

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Pretty damn gutted about it 😢 I've done youth Parliament in Romania when I was 16. Youth Parliament was the first time I ever stepped foot in the UK, we went to this international summer camp on Mersea Island near Colchester to meet up with people from Youth Parliaments all over the EU. Fun times.

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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

To all carers of little ones this autumn: godspeed 🫡

Lenny from the Simpsons meme reading 0 days without a nursery bug

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If the result of far right bullying is "the RNLI branch closes" - the bullies are winning. If the result of far right bullying is "the RNLI branch continues to serve, while receiving more donations than usual" - that's how we beat the bullies. For that we need swift police action though.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We live in a poll-driven political age, but it's important for all politicians to remember that they can lead/influence public opinion through leadership and communication.

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Emmaaargh 🧟 @betaburns.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Laws are being passed to restrict anyone under 15 from accessing the internet. I reckon "older" in this case means anyone of parenting age.

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Given they are no longer British, perhaps we should deport them to those countries that the refugees supposed to be housed came from. I mean, they'd have found it perfectly safe and acceptable to send the refugees there, right? That should also satisfy those of them who argue that "Britain is full"

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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

PSA: surveys on social media are totally meaningless & 'share to increase sample size' makes absolutely no difference to that. They are representative of the exact people who chose to take part and no one else. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I wouldn't go quite as far as "AI needs to be permanently babysat by someone who knows how to do the whole task without AI", but I draw a pretty hard line at "someone who knows very precisely what the expected output should look like".

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Solidarity with this Piddington resident ♥️✊ #Newsnight

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

When visiting cities, I like to take self-guided Voicemap tours (got into it bc of @shainkman.bsky.social's podcast & tour of Lund). Voicemap tour guides seem to reaaly have beef w. cyclists. I get it though: cyclists are the natural enemy of "Hey, walk and look at pretty things w. headphones on".

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Dan Waterfield @danwaterfield.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Burst out laughing at 3 paragraphs of AI doom in Politico's email, followed by an ad from... an AI company

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Conceptually related to skill stacking - a powerful idea for career development.

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Couldn't be happier for our good friend, Alina Șerban, whose directorial feature, Eu Contez, ('I matter') has won the audience award at the Venice Film Festival business-review.eu/bucharest-go...

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Romanian Roma filmmaker Alina Șerban wins Audience Award at Venice Film Festival - Business Review

Going Out - Romanian director Alina Șerban’s feature debut I Matter (Eu contez) has won the Armani Beauty Audience Award in the Venice Spotlight section at the 83rd

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Darth Vader goes to a French boulangerie. He buys three loaves of bread and two apple pies. 🎼 Pain, pain, pain, tarte Tatin, tarte Tatin. 🎶 🎵

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Luke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Female asylum seekers are reporting rapes and sexual assaults by British men but many say they are too fearful to pursue criminal prosecutions. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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Female asylum seekers report being sexually assaulted by British men

Women say they are too fearful to pursue criminal prosecution of rapes, for fear of having their claims refused

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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We Send £72 million to Reform UK, let's fund the RNLI instead

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Talking to the Sweetie and expressing frustration at the expectation of yet more cost of living increases in light of the houthi takeover of the Red Sea coast: "And now we can't afford nice things, all because it itched the Orange Bastard in the arse to go to war with Iran!"

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Raluca Terry-Enescu @ralucahippie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Also something deeply satisfying - and potentially quite effective about "Hey bigots and fash, wanna be assholes to a charity? Guess what - they're now getting an uptick in support and resources, enjoy!"

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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

i am not saying that firing shabana mahmood would bring about utopia. but also i mean, what the hell. give it a try

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