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Sarah H Praia

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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026
Just 18 months ago
A screenshot of an announcement on the Society of Authors website which reads

'The SoA is organising a day of protest against Meta following revelations of pirated books being used to train their large language models.

On Thursday 3 April, we are planning a day of action to protest against Meta's alleged theft of copyright-protected works to showcase the strength of feeling amongst creators, with SoA members protesting outside Meta's London offices.

We will be hand delivering a letter to Meta detailing our strong objections to their current use of unlicensed works to train AI, demanding that authors are fairly remunerated and that their consent is sought for all future uses. We will also be sending the letter to Meta's headquarters in the US.

Actions speak louder than words.'
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
I refer you to your own style guide re the use of passive voice
An excerpt from The Guardian style guide which says 'passive voice – active verbs are much more effective, especially in headlines: compare 'my hamster was eaten by Freddie Starr' with 'Freddie Starr ate my hamster'
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026
'Protestors' aided and abetted by their local MP
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 14/08/2026
They've been banned today
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 02/08/2026
It's also possible, since it has happened before, that this is to do with diplomatic spats over claim to Western Sahara and absolutely nothing to do with Trump. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Clip from article on The Guardian saying 
'However, the crossing could be linked to the rivalry between Morocco and Algeria and a recent trip by the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, to Algiers.

The last mass border crossing, in May 2021, took place after Morocco loosened border controls during a diplomatic row with Spain over Spain's decision to allow the leader of the Western Sahara indepence movement, the Polisario Front, to be treated for Covid-19 in Spain.

Morocco and the Polisario Front both lay claim to Western Sahara, which was under Spanish rule until 1975, when colonial authorities handed over the territory to Morocco and Mauritania.

That diplomatic crisis ended in 2022 when Madrid reversed its longstanding policy of neutrality and backed Morocco's plan for Western Sahara – a move that had caused a diplomatic rift between Madrid and Algiers, which supports the Polisario group.

Sánchez visited Algiers on 20 July – the first such visit by a Spanish head of government in four years – marking a thaw in relations with Algeria.'
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 31/07/2026
Here is the explanation from the article
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 15/07/2026
This is the second post in her thread, specifically mentioning just that
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 15/07/2026
Emma is correct according to the government
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 12/07/2026
From the article
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 10/07/2026
The Daily Mail is not a credible source of information
Screenshot from Media Bias/Fact check website showing that the Daily Mail has a Low rating for factual reporting and is classified as a Questionable Source

'Overall we rate Daily Mail Right Biased and Questionable due to numerous failed fact checks and poor information sourcing.'
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 30/06/2026
There were 74 days of heatwave – temps at least 5°C above average – in 2025. So far in 2026, we've already had 59 days, with another extreme one starting tomorrow. Temps will be 37–43°C for 9 days here. We are cooked.
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 27/06/2026
I volunteered at a no-kill shelter and when dogs died because of age or ill health, we buried them onsite. But we didn't do this
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 22/06/2026
Not 38 either
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 18/06/2026
You criticise Chrome on socials, yet your customer service team tell me that it is one of only three browsers that are supported for Proton Drive
Screenshot from Proton customer service email, which says
'… which may explain the inconsistent download behaviour you are experiencing. For the best experience, we recommend using one of our supported browsers, such as Chrome, Firefox, or Edge, when downloading files from Proton Drive.'
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 14/06/2026
The right wing in the UK are lapping it up too
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 21/05/2026
They really had to dig deep for that statistic. In fact, the number of young people leaving the UK has remained relatively stable – turns out they are not turning their back on Starmer's Britain – but fewer are returning
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 12/04/2026
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 05/04/2026
I wouldn't normally visit Truth Social, but it's there
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 03/04/2026
Looking at the Waitrose website, that's pretty much what happens anyway. Frank Cooper's is the only one that doesn't mention the fruit. Oh, and the onion marmalade because the UK doesn't only use the word marmalade for a spread that contains citrus. Won't stop the Farages getting worked up though.
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 03/04/2026
Unless …
An image of a jar of Tiptree No Peel Orange Marmalade
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 31/03/2026
A Facebook post by Oliver Kornetzke 19/8/25, above a photo of Trump.

Behold. The festering carcass of American rot shoved in to an ill-fitting suit: the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a bar-stool drunk and the greed of a hedge-fund ghoul—all spray-painted orange and paraded like a prize hog at a county fair. Not a president. Not even a man. Just the diseased distillation of everything this country swears it isn't but as always been—arrogance dressed up as exceptionalism, stupidity passed off as common sense, cruelty sold as toughness, greed exalted as ambition, and corruption worshipped like gospel. It is America's shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol proving that when a nation kneels before money, power and spite, it doesn't just lose its soul—it shits out this bloated obscenity and calls it a leader.
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 27/03/2026
To add to the issues with liquefied natural gas …
An extract from a news article saying
'A powerful tropical cyclone in Western Australia has disrupted production at the country's two biggest liquefied natural gas plants run by Chevron and Woodside, exacerbating a global supply crunch caused by the conflict in the Middle East.

Australia became the world's second-largest LNG exporter after Qatar shut down production in March following damage to its facilities from Iranian strikes.'
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 26/03/2026
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 21/03/2026
One article says the weapons were fired after Starmer's announcement, another says they were fired before. Which is it?
From Guardian article 'Weapons fired after PM authorises US to carry out further attacks from UK bases, a move critics say must be approved by parliament'From a different Guardian article 'Iran fired missiles at the US/UK Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean, the UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed. The MoD said the strikes were unsuccessful, and took place before the UK said the US could use its bases for "specific and limited defence operations".
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 18/03/2026
Based on this
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 13/03/2026
The Iranian regime is despicable, but their trolling of Hegseth is next level
Screenshot from The Guardian website:

"Iranian president Masound Pezeshkian also attended the al-Quds Day march in Tehran on Friday. waving and smiling at the other demonstrators at the annual rally in support of Palestinian rights.

Iranian state media released photos of Iran's senior leadership at the rally in an apparent show of strength. Earlier Friday, US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said Iran's leadership was 'desperate and hiding'. 'They've gone underground. Cowering. That's what rats do,' Hegseth said.
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 13/03/2026
95% of the ward is Christain or of no religion, so nope.
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 10/03/2026
Is this meant to be an improvement on your previous post?
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 26/01/2026
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 26/01/2026
Disgusted by anyone trying to defend this, but no doubt fine with them tweeting about it, right Nick?
Graham Linehan shares a tweet with a photo of Alex Pretti which says 'He died doing what he loved the most: trying to prevent rapists and pedophiles from being arrested.' Nick Ferrari has previously said that the arrest of Graham Linehan on suspicion of inciting violence with his tweets was 'hideous overreach' and compared the UK to North Korea.
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 23/01/2026
Excellent to see this at the end of a Público article about the current winter storm. A certain world leader could do with having this basic concept explained to him.
Text in Portuguese explaining that weather and climate are different thingsPost from Donald Trump asking 'environmental insurrectionists' who there can be cold weather with global warming
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 21/01/2026
Just a sample of the Guardian's coverage of Trump's Davos speech. Sure, no-one is taking the piss out of the US or Trump
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 19/01/2026
The media have a lot to answer for. This headline in @theguardian.com names Seguro, the socialist candidate – who won the first round of voting – but the photo is of the far-right candidate, who was ahead in the polls but came second, doing worse than expected
Screenshot of Guardian headline saying that Seguro, the moderate socialist candidate will face far-right leader in Portuguese presidential election runoff – the accompanying photo is of the far-right leader, not Seguro, who won the first round
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 13/12/2025
Wait, the DM *wants* Polish immigrants now?
Daily Mail headline from 28 June 2007 saying 'Polish immigrants take €1bn out of the UK economy
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 03/12/2025
This is particularly sad. Fewer than 100 people, some of whom not even in the WI, determine membership for an organisation that has accepted trans members for more than 40 years.
Excerpt from Guardian article: 'Asked if the WI was facing legal threats, Green said it had received fewer than 100 pieces of communication on the issue, many from the same people or outside the organisation, but confirmed there had been 'reference to legal challenge'.
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 18/11/2025
I don't think it can be much clearer that Tesco are, in fact, celebrating Christmas
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 06/11/2025
Interesting, I just saw this.
Screenshot from Editing the Blue-Gray Lady Bluesky account, showing that the headline was changed to 'Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?'
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 01/11/2025
Random text in the banners, weird face of the guy in the brown jacket and the thing in the middle looks like two or three people mashed together. Definitely AI.
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 31/10/2025
They shared it a month ago
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 31/10/2025
I'm not sure where you are in Ohio en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beggars...
Extract from Wikipedia entry about Beggars Night (there should be an apostrophe there!) that says 'In Columbus, Ohio, a 1954 police report claimed that Halloween festivities had gotten too rowdy, and the city discontinued Trick-or-Treating. As a result, the cities surrounding Columbus started celebrating the day before or the Thursday before Halloween. The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) sets Beggars Night dates for the region.
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 24/10/2025
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 24/10/2025
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 23/10/2025
You are not swapping a British person for anyone, Brits make up a small % of those emigrating from the UK
ONS figures showing that emigration for YE December 2024 are 43% non-EU+ nationals, 42% EU+ nationals and 15% British nationals
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 06/10/2025
And yet 82% of people in that survey say they *would* be open to voting for a woman as president. What an odd, click-baity angle for Politico to choose as their headline
Graph from Gender on the Ballot survey showing that 82% of those surveyed said they would be open to voting for a qualified woman as president in a general election.
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 04/10/2025
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 20/08/2025
I guess they don't mean Win, Victory, Love?
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 18/08/2025
The Guardian are reporting that Poland couldn't decide who should go, so no-one went on their behalf.
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 29/07/2025
Really?
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Sarah H Praia @sarahhpraia.eurosky.social · 27/07/2025
'They don't really look like men.' Sure.
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