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@sallynicholson.bsky.social
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Still young at heart. English/French. In France since 1995. Sod Brexshit! LIKES:- Lots of things ... My dog and walking, gardening, DIY (Some of these things are necessities!), Cooking (mostly vegan) and eating, painting, reading, politics, ecology ...

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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 16h
The rich helping the rich ... As usual. As if the problem wasn't already a huge one!
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 16h
WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED?! Police routinely failing to investigate ‘revenge porn’ in England and Wales www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Police routinely failing to investigate ‘revenge porn’ in England and Wales
Lawyers launch super-complaint after research shows officers frequently dismiss image-based abuse
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 19h
Auschwitz ...
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 19h
Subject to abuse, including multiple rapes by different men, as well as beatings by her relatives. Pike later underwent nearly 30 years of solitary confinement while on death row. Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say
The prisoner received two doses of pentobarbital as authorities tried to put her to death on 30 September
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/10/2026
Eva Marie Saint, star of North by Northwest and On the Waterfront, dies aged 102
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Eva Marie Saint, star of North by Northwest and On the Waterfront, dies aged 102
Landmark roles were in 50s classics directed by Elia Kazan and Alfred Hitchcock, before going on to play Superman’s adoptive mother in later life Eva Marie Saint, one of the last survivors of Hollywood’s golden age of the 1940s and 50s, has died aged 102. Her screen work spanned six decades: Saint made her screen debut opposite Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s celebrated thriller North by Northwest, and in one of her last screen appearances played Superman’s adoptive mother Martha Kent in the 2006 superhero film Superman Returns. A family spokesman said on Tuesday that Saint had died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles. Continue reading...
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 20h
Trump keep your ignorant, fat face out of french politics! You know nothing and you're a shit stirring, racist old fecker! www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1...
rnz.co.nz
Massive student protests are rocking France. Here’s why they’re angry
France is struggling to contain its biggest student protests in decades. What started as a demonstration in support of striking teachers at a suburban high school to the north of Paris has snowballed ...
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 20h
Both weapons (Grenades and rubber bullets)are used “nowhere else in Europe for protests,” “These grenades are supposed to be used only on the ground and only if the officer is truly completely surrounded… They are classified as weapons of war. www.connexionfrance.com/news/hundred...
connexionfrance.com
French lycée protests spread to nearly 2,000 schools
Parents and teachers join to protect pupils and limit violence
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
‘This is state violence’: Paris students rage at politicians and heavy-handed policing www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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‘This is state violence’: Paris students rage at politicians and heavy-handed policing
Unprecedented protests that began in low-income suburb are turning ugly, with investigations under way into police brutality
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why is man not licked up in a frigging psych ward! He's becoming more and more deranged. Luckily, I don't think the Iranians want to bomb America. I think they'd love to get Trump though.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Maxima @maxima-infinity.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Beth Humphreys 🌺 @producrgrl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
👇👇👇 Vote EARLY & BLUE! Up & down the ballot! 🌊 #nokings
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/fr/...
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Soutenons Mediapart et la presse libre
Le RN n’a pas apprécié les révélations et attaque les journalistes. Refusons de les laisser intimider l'information indépendante. Ensemble, nous déclarons notre soutien à Mediapart et à tous les média...
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
For all those people who keep prattling on about the lithium batteries in cars ... It takes time but the Chinese will always be ahead of the game. youtu.be/aXIf2dkT5z4?...
youtu.be
China’s Sodium Battery Breakthrough Just Made Lithium OBSOLETE
YouTube video by Tech In Check
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
THE FRENCH WILL PROBABLY LOVE IT! 😂 Tom Cruise’s Digger has flopped spectacularly – but I think it is a misunderstood masterpiece www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oc...
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Tom Cruise’s Digger has flopped spectacularly – but I think it is a misunderstood masterpiece
This article contains spoilers for Digger: Alejandro G Iñárritu’s film may be about to become one of the biggest bombs Hollywood has ever seen – but it is destined to be re-evaluated with time
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Rowan Atkinson to bring Mr Bean, Blackadder and more to West End in new show www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/o...
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Rowan Atkinson to bring Mr Bean, Blackadder and more to West End in new show
The actor will perform famous TV sketches – as well as new material created with Richard Curtis, Ben Elton and Howard Goodall – in Rowan Live, which opens in February
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Krasnov 🍃 @greennomad61.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Animals die a spiritual death before they are murdered. Their heart breaks, they are terrified beyond belief, and they are utterly saddened, shocked & disappointed in the humans that have failed to protect them for doing absolutely nothing wrong.
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Good decision!
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
An amazing young man using super clever technology! Just like my big brothers’: boy with cerebral palsy passes GCSEs with eye-tracking technology www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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‘Just like my big brothers’: boy with cerebral palsy passes GCSEs with eye-tracking technology
Patrick McCabe’s herculean feat shows limits and possibilities of special educational needs and disabilities system
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 02/10/2026
“We are calling on this government to put in place a three-year emergency brake on private rents, let wages begin to catch up with the rents that have outstripped them for far too long.” Zack Polanski on the fight for fairer, more affordable rents.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 02/10/2026
Your 'doom quote' for today: "Coastal cities face three stark choices. First they can do little or nothing and become inundated. Second, they can protect themselves by flood control measures and great dikes—for as long as they can. Third, they can relocate." www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-floode...
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The Flooded Earth: Our Future In a World... book by Peter D. Ward
Buy a cheap copy of The Flooded Earth: Our Future In a World... book by Peter D. Ward. No matter what efforts we make to halt global warming, sea level rise will be an unavoidable part of our future. ...
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hitler and his nazi regime controlled the "spirituality" of Germans in the 1930s too... Don't know why that came to mind 😒 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
What to know about Hegseth’s new Office of Religious Affairs
“Our department is, you might say, putting on the full armor of God.”
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Was just on LBC with @mrjamesob.bsky.social to discuss Kemi Badenoch's banning of @bylinetimes.bsky.social from attending Conservative conference after calling such bans by Reform "authoritarian" and an assault on free speech bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/k...
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
All this from a President who thinks that living on 3000€ per month is hard ... www.connexionfrance.com/money/france...
connexionfrance.com
2027 French budget targets pensions: are foreign retirees affected?
Government is seeking €54 billion in budget savings
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
He wants to cause trouble. It's his only aim in life. Pure evil ...
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Beth Humphreys 🌺 @producrgrl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
👇👇👇 Vote EARLY & BLUE! Up & down the ballot! 🌊 #nokings
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 01/10/2026
Who makes history? The people whose names fill the history books and the people whose names never make the pages. This Black History Month, we celebrate the Black Londoners whose contributions are woven into the story of our city. Black history is London’s history.
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here we go again ... www.connexionfrance.com/news/stay-ho...
connexionfrance.com
‘Stay home’: Red alerts as flash-floods hit southern France
Up to 400mm of rain forecast, schools closed, transport cancelled
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Pirate Redux @pirateredux.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is exactly what he has always done. From migrant invasion and the influence of Brussels, to the Fairford Fiasco, he peddles fear and hatred by citing threats that do not fucking exist.
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.change.org/p/norway-ban...
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Sign the Petition
Norway: Ban Commercial Whaling 🇳🇴
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham is not ruling out a Labour general election pledge to rejoin the EU, Bloomberg reports.
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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action.projectslingshot.com
Sign the petition: End Factory Farming
Factory farming is industrial-scale animal cruelty. Millions of animals are bred to grow unnaturally fast, confined so tightly they cannot move freely, and processed through mechanised systems where s...
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One of the most extraordinary experiences of my life. You'll see the video for yourselves. But Lord John Mann urgently needs to enrol in anger management classes. Goodness Fucking Me
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RV 🇸🇩 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇮🇳 🇬🇧 @rave74.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know what? All kinds of things went through my mind yesterday. If there was ever a way to get the UK embroiled in another war, this would be it, wouldn't it? A terror attack on British soil.
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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ @sloanelysbeth.northsky.social · 28/09/2026
hey you know how i keep saying labour’s racist assault on immigration and their insistence that they will grow the economy is politically incoherent? this is why. we need higher rates of immigration to grow our economy. they can be racist or they can be economically strong. they can’t be both.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"the law governing the USGCRP requires that its members be permanent employees of certain federal agencies or departments, which Dr. Wielicki is not. Therefore, his appointment appears to violate the law."
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.mypetition.org/petition/pol...
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Aidez-moi à faire avancer ce combat : Stop aux menaces sur nos retraites !
Politique - Signez la pétition : Stop aux menaces sur nos retraites !
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tom Tugendhat in Sunday Times insists on leaving the ECHR to tackle “soaring” immigration. What a miserable rat. Lying to us all. Betraying our country’s best interests. Threatening to flounce out of our human rights framework, trashing our treaties and torching our protection from abuses of power.
The Tories are planning to make the ECHR a dividing line at the next election. Last week the party announced plans to deport every foreign criminal, apart from those convicted of the most trivial offences, and said their plan for ECHR withdrawal meant only the Conservatives were equipped to take on the problem of soaring immigration. One of the problems withdrawal would create is a legal dispute over whether it breaches the Good Friday agreement, which committed the UK to fully incorporate the ECHR into Northern Ireland's justice system. Tugendhat said the issue had not yet been raised in his conversations with lawmakers in the US, adding:
"There's a lot of work to be done."
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn. Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all. There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.
Patrick Maguire
Chief Political Commentator Oliver Wright Policy Editor

Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.
Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana
Mahmood's
reforms, which have cut net migration to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
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Anth @anthhartley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And this is why the Government needs to stop pandering to the right wing press and voters. They will never win, the goalposts just move.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Andy Burnham wants to offer access to free social care services to everyone in England, and will put his plans before voters at the next general election www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Andy Burnham proposes NHS-style social care system for England
The prime minister told the BBC that social care in England is "as unfair as American healthcare".
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yes, what the hell's wrong with this world?!
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 25/09/2026
They used the existence of kids with ADHD and autism to delay and dismantle care for trans youth. Now they're delaying and dismantling care for kids wtv ADHD and autism.
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Run it down, sell it off cheap ... Then make millions BBC ‘risks entering inescapable doom spiral’ as further cuts hit TV and radio www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...
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BBC ‘risks entering inescapable doom spiral’ as further cuts hit TV and radio
Warning from union comes as corporation cuts local specialist correspondent roles as part of plan to save £500m
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sallynicholson.bsky.social @sallynicholson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good riddance to the US delegation! I'm with Iran on this. The whole catastrophe that's going on now has been caused by Trump and Netanyahu. Tens of thousands of innocent people dead! What they’ve done is totally illegal. When will they be brought to justice?! www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
theguardian.com
US delegation walks out as Iran’s Pezeshkian angrily responds to Trump at UN General Assembly - live
Iranian leader says ‘US president described us as terrorists. We have been the victims of terrorism’
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Graham Use ALT @grahamm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The world is divided between those who actually value & respect both life & lives & fight for a better world, & those who continue to selfishly, unthinkingly, mercilessly & needlessly demand perpetual violence & death & hence the eternal debasement of humanity. We are #OneBillionScreams
A young cow individual has been forced to the floor in a slaughterhouse and has a rope around his neck to keep him from moving or escaping. A human hand above him is wielding a knife. Behind him is the dismembered body of another young cow individual.
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