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'La procédure concerne les Ardennes, la Côte-d’Or, le Doubs, la Marne, la Haute-Marne, la Meurthe-et-Moselle, la Meuse, la Moselle, le Bas-Rhin, le Haut-Rhin, la Haute-Saône, les Vosges et le Territoire de Belfort.'

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 6h

Unless they’re assholes, visitors generally ask.

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Rich @rich-bryant.uk · 6h

Let’s keep in mind that OpenAI did this.

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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 7h

I have unaccountably failed to mention that I have some work in the current edition of David Caddy’s poetry anthology, Tears in the Fence. I have also designed its back cover. Here’s a sample of the written work.

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James Tarry @northamptonian.bsky.social · 7h

Which I can’t resist not posting

A burglar breaks into a house one night. He shuts off his flashlight and creeps into the dark lounge. As he starts packing up the stereo and the TV, he suddenly hears a strange, disembodied voice echo from the darkness:
"Jesus is watching you!"
The burglar freezes, terrified. He turns off his light, holds his breath, and waits. Silence.
Thinking he must be imagining things, he reaches down to start unplugging the video player. Just as he touches the wires, the voice rings out again, clear as a bell:
"Jesus is watching you!"
Panicking, the burglar whips his flashlight around the room until the beam lands on a birdcage in the corner. Inside sits a large parrot.
The burglar lets out a huge sigh of relief. "Was that you?" he whispers angrily to the bird. "Did you say that?"
"Yep," squawks the parrot. "I’m just trying to warn you."
The burglar laughs, completely relaxed now. "Warn me? Of what? And who the hell are you anyway?"
"My name is Moses," says the bird.
The burglar snorts. "Moses? What kind of idiot would name a parrot Moses?"
The parrot replies: "The same kind of idiot who named the Staffy Jesus."

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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 8h

Now that Andy Burnham has reopened the Europe question, free movement will be at the centre of debate. For @arguablymag.bsky.social I argue that it's a big benefit, not a price to be paid for a better trade relationship. www.arguably.uk/p/eu-free-mo...

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EU free movement is an opportunity, not a threat

Progressives need to rediscover the positive case for immigration

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 11h

If you have any Turkish friends who support any of the big four Turkish teams ask them what they think of the Man City situation and see what they say. Could be entertaining given its Turkish football’s business model.

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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 11h

I think the right way to approach this is full hearted support for the principles of union with the various steps along the way a question of convergence and timing.

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 11h

It’s not my job but if UEFA really wants to look at corruption then it might want to look at how Galatasaray, Trabzonspor, Fenerbahce, Besiktas etc can pay what they are paying for players given their pathetic revenue.

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 11h

So @columnist.bsky.social , @jonhenley.bsky.social and I will be leading the “join the EU” campaign Paris branch, regular monthly meetings to strategize at various brasserie around Paris. And given it was my colleagues negotiating on behalf of the EU during Brexit, I’m only half-joking.

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 11h

If pollsters want to poll the likelihood of Brits voting to join the EU if it means adopting the Euro then surveys won’t work. One way though it would work is through conjoint analysis assuming you can create realistic alternative scenarios. This would allow you to present the trade-offs and

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 21h

My local Truffaut is getting the decorations ready

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The parents killed the children with their insane beliefs

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Steven Buck @lairddinnaken.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I finished my BSc (engineering) in '78 and my first job in the private sector paid me about 1/3 of what a bin man got (public sector eng was about 1/2). Unions and weak management (and government obv) had Britain on its knees, even to a political neophyte like me. Shite doesn't even cover it...

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Den of Scholes @denofscholes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Most of the early proposals and lae were lifted from In Place of Strife, drafted by that darling of the left, Barbara Castle. If Wilson have had the guts to take on the unions and parts of his cabinet then history may have been different. See also, right to buy. It was originally a Labour idea.

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s possible to dislike Thatcher and her policies and also think the 70s were shit.

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So was I, the seventies were shit. 3 day weeks, horrific poverty, terrorism.

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Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The answer to the question: ‘Will the UK have adopt the Euro if it joins the EU?’ No.

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If the UK political elites are serious about wanting to join the EU then they need to convince the EU they want to join. Talking about various opt-outs off the bat is negotiation wise really dumb. You need to show desire first. Second, the belief that voters are paying attention to the technical

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A.Stringer @annekin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As a child I remember being shocked learning the last hanging in the UK was in the 1960s. My parents talked about capital punishment in such an abhorred way I had thought it was abolished during the medieval period! So imagine my absolute horror when I learned about the US.

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Most voters don’t know what the opt out was. And in 10 years time it’s a new electorate. I also don’t think that polling on currency is relevant bc the mere polling of it makes it a salient issue when most voters in a digital world don’t give a shit (don’t come back at me with BoE, nobody cares)

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The death penalty is barbaric and has no place in civilized society.

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’ve been a media witness to two federal executions. One was Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. The other, a week later, was a drug kingpin named Juan Raul Garza. My conclusion after watching both men die: The death penalty should not exist. Period. It fixes nothing, and it erodes our souls.

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Oldfirmfacts @oldfirmfacts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They said it couldn’t be done. They said ‘the man’s in his forties, he can’t keep this up’. He refused to listen. At the age of 41, Ronaldo remains the biggest wank in football.

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Alf Dubs @alfdubs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm so very sad to hear of the death of Esther Ranzen who played an important role in reuniting me with Nicky Winton - the man who saved my life. It's so desperately sad that she couldn't choose assisted dying as was her wish.

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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 30/09/2026

I feel dumb even just having to say this but the reason passports are mailed out in plain regular envelopes is that so that people do not attempt to steal easily recognizable passports in the mail. bsky.app/profile/carn...

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For the person in your life with a tracheotomy

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That’s what happens when you start trying to appeal to crazy US audiences

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The weirdest part of Kate’s post is that she typed something into Google

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PWCoghlan @pwc50.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Burnham might just be the first UK politician in living memory to recognise that every magic, cherry-picking workaround proposed prior to 2016 & since, is bollocks An audible sigh of relief everywhere beyond the usual suspects...

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Bridgey @bridgelita-ora.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mansour and Sturgeon at a “We’ve been blindsided by financial irregularities which definitely weren’t in our remit” support group becoming best friends

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m beginning to think this Burnham dude understands and enjoys politics

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Maaike @maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Because of the ongoing budget cuts, my university has launched its own cryptocurrency $FOX to pay its employees

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Clear over-65 erasure by Gildy ✊

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Was interviewed by a US journalist today who asked if we were all panicking about terrorists at Fairford, which ended with me trying to explain dogging.

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

All of this not in the mandate crap is just an excuse for Labour to be cowards. And it’s frankly irresponsible and borderline treacherous to use it as a reason not to raise taxes when they are required.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

American Liberals and Leftists should not be surprised if America faces a lot of scepticism even after Trump is gone from Canadians, Europe and the rest of the world as long as Democrats and DSA preach norms of international law they refuse to implement towards their own country

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Rafferty @rafferty-bs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's already a requirement for schools to do religious worship. Don't get mad Reform want to enforce that legal requirement, end it

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here.

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Tania Doney @taniadoney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So, who's your money on? Gérard Depardieu? Javier Bardem? Personally, I suspect Jackie Woodburne (Susan off Neighbours).

UK news
Marco Rubio says foreign actor was 'clearly' behind suspected plot at UK airbase

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wind and solar supplied 33% of EU electricity in the 12 months to August 2026, against 29% from fossil. In 2016 it was 13% and 43%.

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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You can ask that question about a lot of things. Leave the ECHR, stop the local solar farm or data centre, freeze fuel duty, etc.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News headline "Young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab"

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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I hope Trump starts ranting about the new Harry Potter series, not only would it drives US furries mad but it would lead to some really interesting articles from @stephenkb.bsky.social

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