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Sophie Irwin

@sophielouirwin.bsky.social
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Politics nerd and Francophile. But also really quite keen on music, books and dogs. And dark chocolate Digestive biscuits, eaten upside down, obviously. UK.

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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Saw this last night. SO good. And learnt a new expression from Jarvis in the Q&A afterwards: 'collective effervescence' - when performers + audience are in a state of kind of communal bliss during a show. Beautiful.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Love the Irish🇮🇪
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Oh god, there's too much news. Our little human brains aren't designed to absorb this constant onslaught of awfulness. Can we have a No News Day, where absolutely nothing happens? Except maybe a puppy rescue. And a certain loathsome orange person having a freak and fatal accident. That'd do nicely.
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Michelle @michellesea.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We defeated fascists once before, we will do it again even if that fascism is coming from the GOP headed by the elected President of the United States.
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Everything's terrible. So here's one of my favourite Private Eye cartoons. You're welcome.
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Yes, absolutely brilliant. Light lunch of half a dozen oysters and Guinness with champagne top up... total Man of the People, that Nigel.
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Pharaoh Hatshepsut @netjeretkhau.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
#SoSickOf the good ones leaving us
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Unbearable Sadness of Being Some days just feel like a twist on a Kundera novel I wonder what tomorrow will bring?
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Exactly
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
They all know the climate crisis is real: deniers, fossil fuel lobbyists, Telegraph journalists (hello Allister "Hey, let's embrace the lovely Mediterranean lifestyle!" Heath), even Trump. The doublethink of those in positions of influence is leading us all to our doom. Unless there's a shift PDQ...
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Well-informed piece of climate optimism. Well worth a watch.
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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
HOW TO SURVIVE THE GLOBAL HEATWAVE

Stay Hydrated

Treat yourself to an ice cream

Dismantle the fossil fuel industry which is literally burning the planet for the short term profit of a vanishingly small capitalist class

Loose fitting clothing

@RussellWarfield
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
In the pub earlier. The guy in front ordered a pint of Guinness. Barmaid asked if he'd like to personalise it. Guy scanned the wotsit and when the pint arrived, by some kind of wizardry, the froth on top had formed itself into a photo of the guy. Mind actually blown.
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Amy Winehouse: she died 15 years ago today 😢. Oh, the great things she would have gone on to do, given the chance. Mural in Camden Town
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I did NOT vote for the rapist @sarahgies.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
@MHTruthUltra
I'm really starting to feel like we're living in a psychological experiment designed to study how far a dystopian society can be pushed before the working class begins reacting violently.
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Andy, can we have a word?
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A propos previous post, Timothy Snyder's book is excellent. Concise, informative, practical.
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Happy Bastille Day Quite nice to pause and reflect that tyrannical regimes cannot and do not last forever. Just sayin'
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David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Lovely stuff
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Totally
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Nice
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Honestly, some things just make you so proud to be British. Supreme. youtu.be/aGOmzQbRT_E?...
youtu.be
Count Binface: I'll take on Farage in by-election | BBC Radio 4 Today
YouTube video by BBC Politics
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
#ClimateActionNow
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
We've had climate warnings for decades, which have largely fallen on deaf ears as too theoretical. Humans are clever and resourceful when we choose to be, but only truly learn from lived experience. Well, we're living it now. Systemic change is needed now. Hello, people in power? Hello?
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Been wondering what Major Jason Watson was arrested for, since nothing he said seemed to infringe on his First Amendment right to free speech. Turns out he was arrested for "Crowding, Obstructing and Incommoding". Ah, now it makes sense....lots of crowding, obstructing and incommoding going on there
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Indeed he has.
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Cartoon by @emilyscartoons.bsky.social
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Today's Guardian: Dave Eggers punchily points out the glaring hole in the middle of AI to the kids in his creative writing workshops, "You're one of one. You're unprecedented in the entire line of human history. Only you can think of what you can think of. Why would you cede that to a machine?"
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Yeah, thanks Nige, Boris, Dominic et al for putting a massive spanner in the works and screwing everything up for the rest of us.
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Hooray! What a relief. Go Andy
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Yes! The power of a good t-shirt
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The supermarket that sounds like Disco has a clever new ruse: keep the staffed checkouts but get rid of the staff! Cuts down on those pesky employee costs. And, by a happy coincidence, the CEO can award himself a jolly little pay rise. SO hard trying to scrape by on a mere £10 million a year. FFS
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Total dude
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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Forget all the annoying stuff in the world for a few moments and enjoy the natural beauty of Brazil’s Seven-coloured Tanager (Tangara fastuosa) Photo: Luiz Cavalcanti Damasceno
Small bird perches on wirer fence, light blue head, black shoulders, deep blue hindquarters with streaks of yellow and some orange patches
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Aargh, might've overdone the coffee this morning... (This is a spider web after the spider has ingested caffeine. Apparently NASA scientists did this experiment... were they just really bored that day?)
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Jeez, a bit traumatised by recent trip to well-known supermarket. What the hell is that? Isn't the world tough enough already without being confronted by some kind of Monster from the Deep when you're just popping in for some fennel and a nice packet of Hula Hoops?
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
So, the UK needs a new leader... Can we have a Mamdani please? Genuinely decent human being. Dynamic, with radical ideas for improving people's lives and not afraid to rock the boat to make things happen. Just the ticket!
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Happy 100th birthday David Attenborough! Extraordinarily wonderful human being, obviously. And actual, proper influencer ❤️
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Yes! This has been needling me for ages. He doesn't quite get that government and business are Not The Same Thing.
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Love how Mamdani refused to go to the Met Gala and focuses on things that actually matter to people instead. Actual star.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Pierre Bourdieu once argued that the question of whether something is art isn't answered by the artist's intention or even the object itself. Instead, the quality of being "art" is conferred by a community — curators, dealers, auction houses, audiences, etc. 🧵
Someone on Threads writes: "The Met Gala feels like real dystopian shit.

People can’t afford groceries or gas. But we’re going to celebrate this event which is nothing more than wealth porn."
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Marina Hyde excels herself in yesterday's Guardian (from an already very high bar).
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The madder the world gets, the more I turn to the wonder of birds. It somehow helps. The Tailorbird actually stitches its own home. Not sure if they knit themselves little jumpers in cold weather though.
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Birds know best!
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The 25th Amendment exists for a reason.
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Hooray - it's puffins season again! This is what we all need. The world's coolest bird. (Opinions may vary, but I am in fact unquestionably correct on this.)
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
All very impressive and everything, but there are 1 or 2 problems on our one and only home planet that all that ingenuity and all those resources could usefully be applied to. 😠
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Lovely
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Sophie Irwin @sophielouirwin.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
We're on our way to London for this! May the far right crumble to dust in the face of reason, resistance and love. Screw them.
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