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Sheffield Green Party @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Today, we need to address the horrific situation in Turkey where over 50 LGBT+ activists have been arrested. Police have raided organisations and venues, blocking their voices online. This is a direct attack on their freedom to exist. #Solidarity with the Turkish LGBTQIA+ community! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

WE STAND WITH TURKISH LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY
ALL OF US IN THIS WORLD DESERVE TO CREATE FAMILIES WE LONG FOR WITH DIGNITY AND SAFETY
Promoted by Eamonn Ward, 73 Eskdale Rd, S6 1SL on behalf of Sheffield Green Party

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A great loss to Italy and the European Union. RIP Emma.

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Well, fell at the final hurdle, but not disastrously 😀 Though it was an easy day, overall. www.maptap.gg September 6 100🎯 99🔥 100🎯 100🎯 94🏆 Final score: 981

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I am so happy that I retired earlier this year, so that I can say freely and openly that this man and this analysis are both utterly disgraceful: it is shocking that the post of US Treasury Secretary should be so dishonoured.

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Well, let me not pretend that this was anything other than a case of the gods of the educated guess smiling on me…. www.maptap.gg August 29 100🎯 99🔥 92👑 100🎯 100🎯 Final score: 983

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If Serbia honours Mladic, then @ec.europa.eu should put Serbia’s accession on ice until there is a guarantee that every Serbian genocide apologist in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina has been excluded from any role in government now, and in the future.

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Sounds fantastic, and with @nigella.bsky.social‘s endorsement, a must-read!

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Well, this is going to provide the author with (modest) royalties for decades to come as it gets reprinted in every trade economics textbook that gets published…

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Lars Pollmann @larspollmann.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Bruxelles

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Nashville, 2009. Very possibly the nicest person I've ever interviewed.

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Unsatisfying day where all of the individual guesses were pretty meh (apart from Helsinki) but the total comes out reasonably. I continue to believe that you cannot reasonably expect us to know more than 3 places in California 🤣 www.maptap.gg August 25 93👑 88🎓 100🎯 95🏆 97🏅 Final score: 957

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

In Brussels for the conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth - my tribe. Opening reception in the glorious City Hall in the Grand Place

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 24/08/2026

35 years of restored independence. Ukraine’s spirit is heroic, unbreakable, and indestructible. We stand united with Ukraine. With over €220 billion mobilised in overall support, our commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty is absolute. Ukraine’s security is Europe’s security.

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Irritated by a second thought on round four: definitely should have gone with my original intuition… www.maptap.gg August 24 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 90🎉 100🎯 Final score: 970

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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

For over a year, Canada has worked intensively and in good faith with the United States to negotiate a new comprehensive trade deal. We have been pragmatic, patient, and persistent. Our goal has always been to get the best deal for Canadians, never a deal at any price or on any time frame.

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 21/08/2026

The Israeli Government’s decision to publish construction tenders for the E1 settlement project is unacceptable. We have long opposed this step.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway and Canada.

JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE LEADERS OF
UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY AND CANADA
The Israeli Government's decision to publish construction tenders for the
E1 settlement project is unacceptable. The international community has long opposed this settlement expansion, and has voiced their grave concerns privately and publicly. The E1 settlement will undermine the prospect of the two-state solution by driving a wedge through the West Bank and harming the territorial contiguity of the Palestinian Territories.
International law is clear that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal. This is the position of the international community reaffirmed by the United Nations Security Council.
At a time of grave instability in the West Bank with unprecedented levels of violence by settlers against civilians, and serious restrictions on the Palestinian economy, this decision is even more concerning.
We urge the Government of Israel to retract these plans immediately and end its expansion of settlements in the West Bank. Not only will they take us further from peace, but they further undermine Israel's international standing.
Businesses should not consider bidding for construction tenders. They should be aware of legal and reputational consequences including the risk of involving themselves in serious breaches of international law.
We reiterate our commitment to a comprehensive, just and lasting peace based on the two-state solution. We will continue to act in its interest.

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Perhaps they’re mourning what happened to The Guardian.

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 19/08/2026

@eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu and I stand firmly with the International Criminal Court, President Tomoko Akane and the officials who uphold its mission. The ICC helps deliver justice to the victims of some of the world’s most horrific crimes.

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EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 18/08/2026

A las 20.30, un grupo de jóvenes artistas secuestra a Federico García Lorca del Palacio de Velázquez de Madrid, a la vista de los visitantes del Parque del Retiro. Salen del lugar riendo, levantándolo triunfantes y gritando “¡Lorca vive!”

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Lorca vuelve a pasear por Madrid 90 años después de su fusilamiento

Una escultura del poeta realizada por el artista Fernando Sánchez Castillo recorre la capital en vísperas de la conmemoración de su asesinato

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WG Saraband 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇹 @wgsaraband.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

You can never appease people raging against so-called "diversity hires" because, to put it bluntly, they will never accept that black and brown people can be just as intellectually capable as white people. It's always white supremacy, never reasonable doubt.

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Yes, I know: *obviously* it was absurd to think - however briefly - that a rescue rabbit with complex ear muscles that can rotate to identify sounds is one whose job it is to - for example - help look for survivors in earthquake situation. But that’s what I thought. Briefly.

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Solid enough. Though I wonder how many towns in California we can reasonably be required to know? More than three seems excessive 🤣 www.maptap.gg August 16 98🔥 99🔥 93👑 94🏆 99🔥 Final score: 962

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Jon Will Chambers @jonchambers.co.uk · 15/08/2026

Alert systems are used routinely in other countries. Of course a load of people in Britain are utterly unable to deal with a small ping on their phone, asking them not to be stupid and try and turn it into the worst thing that could ever happen. Just deal with it. Pathetic.

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I have just written a short, polite but pointed e-mail to my supermarket about the price of a certain product, comparing it with the much lower price of the same product at its competitors. I pressed send, and as soon as it went, I aged by 10 years.

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Jim is doing really serious, hard-hitting local journalism there at London Centric, so this is definitely worth checking out.

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John Rowan @jrowanbxl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The UK had an enormous amount of influence in the EU at the end of the noughties, which the coalition government promptly pissed up the wall.

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Well after an early stumble, the recovery was solid, so overall not bad. Still frustrated that a village of 1000 people in the middle of some effing desert is considered “easy” just because it’s in the USA. 😆 www.maptap.gg August 14 99🔥 88🎓 95🏆 99🔥 100🎯 Final score: 974

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Please add your name to the ILGA-Europe petition urging the European Commission and the European External Action Service to take decisive, unwavering action to protect Pride and fundamental freedoms across Europe! Thank you! c.org/YykrbNSSDZ

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I have just heard a man (English, obviously) on a podcast say that, having done the washing up, he wipes down his kitchen surfaces using the dishcloth and water (“there’s washing up liquid in it, isn’t there?) from the washing up bowl. And I feel very, very queasy.

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Well, consistently mediocre until round five when my Caribbean island knowledge came into its own 😆 www.maptap.gg August 10 90🎉 94🏆 90🎉 92👑 98🔥 Final score: 934

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

What mundane token of modern life have you never done? Well, I, too, have never had a takeaway delivered. But more shockingly, as a late middle aged centrist dad*, I have never launched a podcast. * Gay. Not a dad.** ** Not that gays can’t be dads, of course. Yes 63 is late middle aged. 😡

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Roy Dickinson @rjohndickinson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Well, today, for once, the easy ones were easy, and the hard ones were, as advertised, hard. 😆 www.maptap.gg August 7 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 87🎓 92👑 Final score: 937

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