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Scheenagh

@scheens.bsky.social
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France-based freelance journalist and copywriter. Wife of 1 and mum of 3. Understands the challenges of being neurodiverse. Swoonz over Clive Barker, Jane Austen, history (frocks included). Appreciates those who craft, loves word play and cake. Sweary.

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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 16h
HIGHLY recommend Rebecca Skloot's brilliant book about Henrietta Lacks.
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 16h
My partner asked me to hide the biscuits to stop them eating them. I've tucked them in amongst all the expensive diet shakes and powders they keep buying. They've not discovered them yet.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Slander is spoken; libel is written. But this isn't either of those. It's detailed reporting from a respected outlet with damning evidence. And "most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history" is as impressive as "shortest NBA player from Luxembourg"
Speaking on behalf of Lutnick, the White House said: "The BBC's pathetic and desperate attempt to slander Secretary Lutnick will do nothing to change the fact that he has been the most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history."
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 16h
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 16h
😂 100% true
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LK @lkcreations.art · 19h
Daily sketch 🔴🗻🥷🐈‍⬛️ Can you spot the Cat ? #artsky #ink #sketch
Photo of a sketch depicting an island with pine trees. Behind it there are two orbs, one white and behind it a red one. The Samurai stends in the middle and the Cat wanders somewhere. 
Brushed ink pen on a5+ paper.
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 16h
Quite.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 18h
A necklace commission I made for a US customer who adores thistles: it started with a Victorian silver thistle flower charm, I made a recycled silver flower bud & thistle leaf,added a facetted peridot & fluorite (I think the natural stripes echo tartan just a little)& a clover-shaped charm holder☘️ :
A recent necklace commission I made using a Victorian silver thistle flower charm
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 16h
It's not just Macron. Underfunding has been going on for decades. The next govermnent will be no better, or the next. The system of government - and how it taxes wealth - has to fundamentally change to get money where it's needed most.
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
CAN WE ALL HAVE A MAYOR MAMDANI PLEASE?
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My son's garage band is playing tonight. Their first gig in Seattle. He wrote the songs, and arranged them. This isn't Jazz. He was a rock drummer first, and still loves punk, grunge, rock music. The band has no name yet. They only have 5 songs and been together for a month. Give it a listen.
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My mum was an impoverished single parent of three, on social security (welfare) and could never afford school trips. My teachers wanted me to go on the last-ever camping trip before the school closed, so they cut the price to £5, as far as I know, just for me.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No. It's a global epidemic. And whilever a majority of men have their hands on the reigns of power, it won't change.
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yay for the Grauniad talking to students about the REAL issues behind the protests and not just the violence (which is mostly what right-leaning domestic news is focusing on). www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Fires, fury and hundreds of arrests as France gripped by student protests
Government struggling to deal with worst crisis in months after being taken by surprise by massive demonstrations
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Directing DOJ to slow-walk politically damaging decisions until after people vote would be a major scandal under any normal administration. Here, it’s just Friday.
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Our edlest boy panicked a bit and came home (he was safe all the time - reckon he just wanted a Friday off) but we're still gettin' educated :) www.thelocal.fr/20261002/bac...
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Bac to f**k: Understanding French lycées protest signs
Protests and demos in France offer foreigners a crash course in vocabulary via banners and signs - from the profane to the politics, here's a guide to the banners spotted at this week's lycée protests...
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm a self employed cleaner, I hate my job. Some of the clients don't understand that the lists of jobs they want me to do in two hours is unreasonable. So if one of those clients isn't home, I take a shower and use their expensive products on their time.
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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's October 2nd and I've just killed a mosquito in my office
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'd rather have an economy that makes 1,000 millionaires than 1 billionaire.
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's the patriarchy. End of.
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Obvs this is about the second story in this list (bah)
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ordianry people looking to the far right to make things better need to realise these people are NOT on our side. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Over 560 schools disrupted in France on Friday as protests escalate into ‘urban violence’ – Europe live
Dozens of schools have been damaged and nearly 3,000 teenagers have been detained since the start of the tensions
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
😐 www.mediapart.fr/journal/poli...
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Écrits antisémites de Jordan Bardella : les preuves du mensonge
« Propos délirants », « dinguerie », « faux grossiers »… Depuis nos révélations sur ses écrits antisémites, Jordan Bardella, soutenu par Marine Le Pen et le Rassemblement national, a violemment mis e…
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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 01/10/2026
Renée Good’s family are suing the U.S. Government and immigration officials for wrongful death and other violations of federal law. (via AP) Renée was fatally shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross at the beginning of this year.
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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Tories Are Killing Britain
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Even without the year, I'd know this was taken around the time of The Asphalt Jungle because of her hair :) #goddess
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Ashleigh @vinylgeek.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
😐 www.thelocal.fr/20260930/may...
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Mayor in south-western France bans local residents from getting sick
Yes, you read that right - a mayor in southwest France has issued an order “banning” people from getting sick in his town. The elected official said his "absurd" move was for a good cause.
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Manon Aubry @manonaubryfr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cette lycéenne du lycée Marcelin-Berthelot à Pantin, en Seine-Saint-Denis, a un message pour le ministre de l’Éducation nationale. Écoutez-la !
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
She's not wrong.
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our eldest son's is particularly enjoying his lycee's protest, as he's got half a day off while they set fires and let off steam. Truth be told I'm pleased he's at home and safe. All 6 foot 2 and former rugby player-turned power golfer of him.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Collins Nails Jennings.......👏🏻
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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 01/10/2026
It's 1st October so with spooky season just around the corner we thought we'd share again this atmospheric and unique photo of the Undercroft. This is possibly the only known photo showing the space partitioned, and looking as it would have done when it was an alms house.
We are looking at a black and white photo of the Undercroft. It is a long room with an uneven cobbled floor and bare stone walls. In the distance is a three mullion window and to the side of it part of the oak screen to the chapel. On the right of the photo between the oak posts are timber framed walls and a set of stairs leading to an unseen doorway.
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nine times. Nine times I have believed to the core of my being that today is Friday. It is not Friday. Nine times.
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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Reminiscing about one of my favorite days ever with @coverstorydoowop" Singer Chloe Dalzell (@chloe.dalzell) having fun in a street corner performance in New York City with the a cappella group Cover Story Doowop. 'Stand by Me" by Ben E. King. 🎶🎵🎙️ #streetmusic #acapella #doowop #nyc
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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🌺HippiesRule🌺 @teresa555.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They just don't care.
Drawing of a woman standing - head bowed -  in front of a row of men - behind a long desk with papers in front of them.
One man is saying: "It's not that we don't believe your story, it's that we don't care."

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
Xavier Becerra put the Steve Hilton contradiction right on the debate stage: enforce Trump’s federal immigration laws, but ignore California’s own protections? Then he dropped the hammer: “You seem to welcome immigrants who look like you, but deport immigrants who look like me.”
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our eldest son's just come home because it's kicked off at his college. It's his first year in a public school and we thought it was better set up than the private one he left. *shrugs* I'm more worried about our twattish RN mayor knee-jerking TBH... www.franceinfo.fr/societe/educ...
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DIRECT. Blocage des lycées : Sébastien Lecornu présidera une cellule de crise après des incendies et des heurts dans plusieurs villes
La situation s'est tendue ce jeudi matin, avec plusieurs incendies devant des établissements scolaires et des échauffourées entre lycéens et forces de l'ordre.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think we all saw that coming
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OMG.WTF 🇦🇺 🇲🇪 🇿🇲 @amsickofpollies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Not belittling this woman's awful situation (which genuinely sucks and is similar to ours when our daughter was born - just with smaller figures), but JFC If I was making 60 grand a year I'd be fucking delighted.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Jimmy Fallon sat Will Ferrell next to Chad Smith (the drummer from Red Hot Chili Peppers) and the internet lost its mind.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It never ceases to amaze me that the sort of men who claim women are too impulsive and emotional to be leaders are the same ones who swear sober men become completely incapacitated in reason and empathy in the presence of a drunk woman.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WARNING: The Ellison family is about to own CBS News AND CNN. A judge just cleared the deal. Closing: days away. When one family controls what tens of millions watch, democracy loses a watchdog. Independent media isn't a luxury. It's your last line of defense.
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Scheenagh @scheens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Putting a pin in the orange man baby's scrawl, what's up with Brockman's signature? Looks like our dog did it...
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