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Steve Darrell

@stevejdrl.bsky.social
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Vegan, Welshman living in England, I read, play wargames and watch rugby. Remainer/Rejoiner.

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 3h
Many people like to laugh at medieval illuminations of stag-snails, oh those funny medieval artists making up anim...
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just a reminder that the folks who want to ban children’s books will allow children to watch a public execution…
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Tessa Munt MP 🔶 @tessamunt.bsky.social · 10h
Today, Lifeboat Saturday, I’d like to pay tribute to the many brave men and women who volunteer for the #RNLI, risking their lives to save others in grave danger. I’m appalled at the abuse and intimidation faced by RNLI crews in recent weeks. Let’s support and celebrate this incredible charity.
Tessa Munt MP with Marie Goldman MP and Sarah Gibson MP visiting the Brighton Lifeboat Station.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 7h
Codebreaker, 103, kept his WW2 heroics a secret for decades. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Codebreaker, 103, kept his WW2 heroics a secret for decades
Fred Vanke was sworn to secrecy but has now been honoured by Bletchley Park.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🔴NEW: Ben Delo has given Reform £44MILLION Delo’s money comes from his now-closed crypto exchange BitMEX In 2019, a BitMEX investor asked about the status of his investment Delo responded by sending this meme, according to court documents. There’s more, a lot more (new investigation🧵)
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Anna H @athenepallas.bsky.social · 12h
Latest far right malign effect - unfounded accusations of immigrants stealing wild birds to eat have led to a physical assault on a volunteer rescuing a cygnet. The Greenwich Wildlife Network statement is long, but worth a read - it's thoughtful, courageous and impeccably argued:
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 12h
This is shameful. The controversial Guinea-Bissau truck RFKJr wants to fund has been given ahead. Now a life saving vaccine will be deliberately withheld from newborns in a country where hep B is endemic
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Chris Bogle @chrisbogle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
1. The independent Taskforce — commissioned by NHS England, backed by government — concluded ADHD is under-diagnosed, under-recognised and under-treated in the UK. Not over. The press has reported the reverse of the finding www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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ADHD label ‘risks lifelong harm to children’ as diagnoses surge
Landmark government review warns of a ‘tipping point’ as figures show the proportion of youngsters with an autism diagnosis has risen 40-fold
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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 12h
@davidfrum.bsky.social: ‘Another way to think about Trump announcement today: If he increased US diesel imports from Canada by 4%, he would gain as much fuel as from this Russia deal. But the Canadians are global super-villains, so who wants to buy from them when you could enrich Putin instead?’1/
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Simon Pease @simonpease.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think you're right. And as someone who has some professional experience in this area I hope you won't mind if I use your post to warn people against watching live film of things they wouldn't watch in real life. However robust you think you are, the next one can seriously damage you.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Selling out Ukraine to side with Russia in order to marginally reduce the negative impacts of his dumb war with Iran
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
1/ The arrest in Montenegro of Russia's leading warblogger, Mikhail Zvinchuk, is causing shock in Russia. He and his wife potentially face 15 years' imprisonment if they are extradited to the US after an operation said to have involved the US National Security Agency. ⬇️
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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Having grown up in Wales, I can testify that if you are actually worried about your culture and history being under threat, the thing to do is write poetry and songs, perform plays, tell stories and organise festivals, not just sit around whining.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 09/10/2026
Putin is reportedly unable to land in Moscow amid drone activity and aerial balloons. Four aircraft from the Rossiya presidential flight unit are said to be circling near Moscow, while the capital’s airports are closed due to the drone threat. #Russia
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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 09/10/2026
BMW has refused to supply a vehicle to an extreme right-wing official, the president of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt.
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Sam Burgess @oceanterra.org · 09/10/2026
Drought-affected areas in Europe have expanded substantially in recent decades. ​ By the end of August 2026, meteorological drought affected around 46% of Europe, with 40% of the affected area under extreme drought, a much larger share than in 2025. See more: climate.copernicus.eu/european-sum...
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 09/10/2026
By August, some livestock farmers were already feeding their animals the supplies they'd put aside for winter. After five heatwaves and months of drought, the consequences for our food supply are becoming impossible to ignore. Martin Lines explains
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Food security and resilience vital after extreme summer drought
After this summer, the climate crisis is impossible to ignore. We need major changes to how we farm if our food system is to remain resilient
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The party of business and sound financial management? Give me a break Badenoch pamphlet seems to have made this ridiculous claim about net zero delivery by copying am erroneous spreadsheet from one of the right-wing junktanks www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data
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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 08/10/2026
Punching my ticket to Kalamazoo
Graphic labelled "Types of Medievalist Paper" based on xkcd.com/2456/. 12 pictures of 'papers' appear with overlaid titles:

You Won't Believe What Nuns Were Up To
HEY, I FOUND A TROVE OF OLD RECORDS! THEY DON'T TURN OUT TO BE PARTICULARLY USEFUL, BUT STILL, COOL!
The Silk Road Is Not Just A Website for Buying LSD
Niche Tax Documents in Provence, 1370-1373
Everything That Happened in Asia, 622-1914
Ships Might Be Very Important
Introducing "Spatula' The New Journal for Medieval Studies
Globalizing the Middle Ages: An Examination of England *and* France
How l Got the University to Pay for My Trip to Venice
Did You Know? Arabs Had Science and Culture Too
We Remembered Spain And It's Right Where We Left It
More Viking Shit Found in Unexpected Place
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Book Bans Just Hit A Record High in The U.S. — And Guess Which States Led The Nation? www.huffpost.com/entry/banned...
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Your Jaw Will Drop At Some Of The Books On The 2025-2026 Banned Books List
“Until we can figure out a way to ban rape on campus we should not in any capacity be trying to figure out how to ban a book about it,” one librarian said.
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Book Aid International @bookaidint.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A Reverse Book Token: the perfect gift for book lovers. 📖 Donate on the recipient's behalf, we send brand-new books to readers worldwide, and you give them a beautiful card, physical or digital. 👉 Shop now: charitycardshop.com/Bookaid
Four photos show adults and children reading or holding books, with the message “I’ve sent beautiful books on your behalf”.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today in Russian Disinformation/AI Cringe, Russia's ongoing disinformation campaign is now using fake ChatGPT screenshots to "verify" the fake news clips it's distributing on X and TikTok.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The chances of Reform taking aggressive legal action (rather than briefing a threat to do so to pitch for media gullibility) would seem to be v slim, given what would come out in the court
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hats off to the Eye (as ever), for flagging the Conservative hypocrisy over our conference ban
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Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oh this can just fuck off An AI-'written' complete copy of my own book is now on Amazon; same title, more-or-less the same blurb, and exactly the same impetus. Reviewers of Amazon, I urge you to absolutely dive-bomb this plagiaristic piece of shit: www.amazon.co.uk/FORGOTTEN-VI...
A hollow copy of my book with a shit AI-generated cover
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 06/10/2026
love this piece in @literaryhub.bsky.social #medievalsky lithub.com/what-to-read...
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What to read after you see the Bayeux Tapestry.
The Bayeux Tapestry is now on display in England’s British Museum, and the hottest ticket in London right now is a chance to peek at a nearly century old piece of fabric art. Whether you’ve gotten …
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A key point which few have noticed yet... Tory voters have already shifted a lot. Polling shows they back Burnham's pledge to consider closer relations. And a third back joining again. This is a major problem for Badenoch's supposed "recapture the centre" strategy.
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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 06/10/2026
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'seven women...have told the Guardian they are survivors of domestic abuse carried out by key figures in the anti-immigration street patrol movement. All have chosen to come forward to make the public aware of the patterns of violence behind this new form of activism.'
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‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrols
Seven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement
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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Manchester City decision shows the costs of an aggressive litigation strategy How the club’s lack of cooperation and putting forward dishonest evidence have put the club at a disadvantage By me, now posted at LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/pulse/manche...
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The Manchester City decision shows the costs of an aggressive litigation strategy
How the club’s lack of cooperation and putting forward dishonest evidence have put the club at a disadvantage * This is a post is on the decision by an independent commission on Manchester City. In pa...
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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 05/10/2026
European Greens not fucking around here: this is a very strong statement.
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Steve Darrell @stevejdrl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What's next? "We shouldn't be too quick to criticise the Luftwaffe for attempting a radical approach to urban planning in Britain in the 1940s."?
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Nobel Prize awarded for showing how nerve cells shape feelings. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Lisa Forte @lisaforte.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We wouldn’t accept this argument from industries like medicine or aviation - so why are we allowing it to happen in AI? It’s just nonsense crafted to be self serving. Are there security risks? Absolutely but innovation shouldn’t come at the cost of safety and security lnkd.in/p/eQYPWmjM
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Opening twitter this morning and seeing the next dose of AI nonsense being shared everywhere. Even I find myself becoming desensitised to reading how all these bad things are going to happen. Now… |...
Opening twitter this morning and seeing the next dose of AI nonsense being shared everywhere. Even I find myself becoming desensitised to reading how all these bad things are going to happen. Now do...
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Herein lies one of the biggest recurring, and escalating, issues with hostile anti-asylum policies, they don't tackle gangs. Instead they penalise the victims of gangs. It isn't the gangs piloting boats, it is normally people seeking asylum who are forced to by the gangs. inews.co.uk/news/represe...
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I represented the pilot of a mega dinghy. Why Channel migrants are still arriving
Defence barrister Audrey Mogan has seen firsthand why new legislation is bound to fail
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My brilliant friend Svitlana has written this powerful substack about the approaching winter in Ukraine svitlanych.substack.com/p/winter-is-...
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Winter is coming
And are you prepared?
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David Anderson @bricksilk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Letter printed in The Times today
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hadn’t realised that you could ‘attend’ GPEW conference - and seemingly vote - remotely just by being a member and paying a fee. Can’t see what might go wrong with that, at all….
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No wonder Reform UK Councils are banning Black Histoiry Month - so people won't learn about English heroes like ... "If you define English identity by skin colour alone, your definition is racist and needs challenging" via The UK Against Hate
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Jon Dell Isola @medievaljon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My monthly roundup is here, featuring lots of really great looking books! #medievalsky
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What's New In Medieval Studies VIII (Sept. 2026)
Welcome back to my monthly installment of new releases in medieval studies. Medieval is being used very expansively here, so expect some books dealing with Late Rome or the Renaissance if they look pa...
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 04/10/2026
These aerial shots from photographer and environmental activist J. Henry Fair, drawn from a new exhibition, show the impact of human activity on the landscape
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Unsettling images reveal stark impact of humans on the environment | New Scientist
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It is remarkable how badly the Russians treat their troops.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Steve Darrell @stevejdrl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"... the Russians have seen from earlier US and European responses that they can commit extreme war crimes and nothing will change. ... the Russians are practically being encouraged to commit them. This is the war we have created in the modern world. Do not look away."
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨🚨 @coe.int of Europe said yesterday that the #US formally notified it that it would leave the Group of States against Corruption, or #GRECO. Only two other countries have left GRECO before — #Russia and #Belarus. The fall of the #US on the world scene is striking. apnews.com/article/trum...
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US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Far from tackling violence against women, far-right activity has actively disrupted frontline women’s services – and ultimately left victims more vulnerable.” Including services aimed at providing protection against domestic violence. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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‘Fear is part of our life now’: women’s groups thrown into disarray…
Anti-immigration protestors are disrupting services aimed at those they claim to protect
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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I have heard some bonkerooney from the Tories in recent years, but this is off the charts. As a sensible policy, it is up there with making it a legal requirement for people called Jacob to wear trousers while taking a shower. That level of madness. Let’s break it down.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Investigation into Nottinghamshire group linked to Reform UK councillors that allegedly had '£10,000 of debt' www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-n...
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
5 Russian missiles hit Moldova: This is just for this morning, according to the country's police.
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