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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 6h

this one is hanging in the balance - ticket sales currently perilously close to the "well that doesn't seem worth the cost of travel" zone, so may not happen. if you were thinking of coming but haven't signed up, THIS IS YOUR CUE

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I think you're feeling unhinged because you're fighting against the behavioural phenomenon of social proof. I'm not sure we can adequately purify ourselves from this mechanism in a satisfying way

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I can't even bring myself to read it. I'm averting my gaze when scrolling over it to make sure

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 09/10/2026

anyway yeah, I wrote an unhinged screed against the very concept of online recommendations: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/against-re... [free to read!]

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 09/10/2026

what a grim and mean little quote

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Was so very enjoyable. Very pro Italy though, which I was surprised ny given your rousing endorsement

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Flood the cowling, plenty of it

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I just think the electoral system helps to veil the extent of the fractures in our parliament

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Rather difficult not to feel a bit gloomy about the state of the country atm, so I wasn’t going to make much of a thing of this anniversary this year. And then I saw this and started to cry. Because a free and united Germany in a free and united Europe was worth it. And is worth fighting for now.

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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Bloody Pope. How many local models do you run?

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And yet when starmer took aim at the welfare bill his parliament rebelled?

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What made those exemptions favourable? Who in the UK favours them?

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I really don't get the line of argument assuming terms will be 'less favourable' this time. Less favourable to who?

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 03/10/2026

🔴 Over the past month, Russia has launched a wave of sabotage operations across Europe and near its borders. 🧵 1/11 ⬇️

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 02/10/2026

You know, I'm beginning to think positioning ourselves as the world's shopping centre might not have been the best idea.

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It may not be an affect of the prose itself but I did really appreciate that effect that it had. Truly did feel like I'd at least witnessed going to hell and back

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As I said at the time, this establishment should absolutely be asking you to use this as promotional material on their website. Just radiating the purest joy

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 29/09/2026

Lawmakers are urging the Commission to block EU firms and banks from applying U.S. sanctions — namely on the ICC. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/bloc...

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Can we wait until January for me to fall out of that category

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 27/09/2026

the sale is ending first thing tomorrow morning by the way! why not subscribe to my newsletter for the lowly monthly cost of one pint somewhere that is not central London or Manchester, instead of the usual cost of "one pint in central London or Manchester"!

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 27/09/2026

oh we've got a classic one today

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

'High Street, Hampstead' by William Ratcliffe (1870-1955) (Private collection)

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 25/09/2026

my humble newsletter turned three this week! to celebrate I assembled a top 25 (a format we all know and love) of my favourite pieces so far, and I am also offering you a sale, if you would like to become a paying subscriber an read all my pieces: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/young-vulg...

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

He forgets that there is plenty of chance to drink at a football game, and so the only real reason to do this is to make more money from people

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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

EU removes oligarchs Mikhail Fridman and Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, from its sanctions list under pressure from France and Luxembourg www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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EU removes oligarchs from Russia sanctions list as deadline looms

Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman delisted in what Ireland’s EU presidency called ‘a difficult compromise’ for the bloc

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

As if far-left political groups would want a 'front'

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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm so glad we don't do this nonsense in London

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Like "oh, and if you didn't think any killing on a large scale had happened in this corner of Europe in the 1920s, then have I got the perfect story for you"

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I remember long lists of ethnically targeted massacres in various places in Europe

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

'Hamilton Terrace, Autumn Morning', St John's Wood (1933) by George Clausen (Private collection)

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"You are morden" really stuck out for me

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Of course, the slight disadvantage of (ex-)German walls is the odd chance of encountering a 500lb/250kg bomb nicely nested between the beams and masonry while trying to do some innocent home improvement, triggering an evacuation of the entire quarter of the city.

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's just the best narrative outcome! Destroy the mad scheme causing death and destruction, it's just that simple

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

NEW Why holding a placard is a terrorist act, while causing disruption in a balaclava is not The mess caused by ministers and the police not taking terrorism law seriously By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Recent events in England now reveal the practical difference between terrorists and protesters. It would seem that terrorists peacefully hold placards and get immediately arrested, while protesters wear black uniforms and balaclavas and disrupt infrastructure and do not get arrested.

How did we get into this mess? How have we placed ourselves in the position where terrorism legislation is used to detain and prosecute peaceful protesters, while those adopting the terror tactics of private armies seem to be free to do as they wish?

The reason is that for some time British politicians have not taken terrorism legislation seriously, and that ministers have got into the habit of misusing terror laws for easy targets.

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I also hate that, like many of these people convinced they are being profound, the words it is saying don't actually make any sense

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Maurice Mauve @samhufton1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I hate bellendery embedded in the text. The assumption that borders are lines which 'protect' things. The 'asymmetry' that 'drew' it which actually isn't interesting or compelling at all to anyone normal. The free advice on cynicism. Do techbros all learn to speak from the same instruction manual

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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If this faction existed, you'd imagine that they'd be intensely critical of a Home Secretary who tolerates disorder on the streets, and masked gangs roaming unchallenged

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Anthony Barnett @anthonybarnett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Are Musk and Theil the inheritors of bin Laden’s “fundamentalist spirit-world”, armed not with hi-jacked planes but the internet itself? 25 years after 9/11. @opendemocracy.net runs Todd Gitlin, Paul Gilroy and Tom Nairn's response at the time www.opendemocracy.net/revisiting-9...

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Revisiting 9/11

openDemocracy found its purpose in the need to make sense of the world after the collapse of the twin towers. Revisit our reportage from the time.

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Deborah Cole @deborahcole.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The 5th and final season of Babylon Berlin covering Hitler's rise premieres tonight in Germany, dovetailing with a moment of profound political crisis. I talked to the stars and makers of the global hit TV series about some of the chilling parallels www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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Goodbye to Babylon Berlin, the 1920s TV drama that has eerily foreshadowed real-life politics

The long-running drama reaches Hitler’s rise to power in its final season as its creators reflect on the unsettling parallels between Weimar Germany and the present day

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It's always the way, isn't it giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Graph shows far right support higher where the number of foreign nationals is lowest

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