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Sue Elphick

@susieq45.bsky.social
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Elderley outdoor wanderer .Lover of sunrises and my beautiful cat

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Some more photographs from sunrise on Glastonbury Tor today.
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David Zinn @davidzinn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The emergence of Morrie, who will happily open the door for you if you give him a boost first.
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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Fiery Embers. Photo taken from St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor as the sun rises.
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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A misty view from Glastonbury Tor. There is always something so magical watching the sun rise as the mist flows across the scenery below.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
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onefinekitty.bsky.social @onefinekitty.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In May of 1940 there was a mass panic in Britain - stirred up by the tabloid press - about 'fighting aged men' who had come to Britain as 'refugees' posing a threat to the women and children of this country - and essentially forming a 'fifth column' that could, at any moment rise up against everyone
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WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront
ALT: WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront
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Claire Cullingworth @ccullingworth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This made me smile, attached to an ordinary cast iron drainpipe on a house in Durham. #TinyJoys
A cast iron drain pipe going down the side of a white-painted house.  A crest of red feathers and a bright orange beak made from something solid have been attached around it.  It looks remarkably like "Feathers McGraw", the evil criminal penguin from The Wrong Trousers.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Isle of Iona, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Isle of Iona is a tiny, peaceful island located off the west coast of Mull in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, measuring just three miles long and one and a half miles wide
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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bro. People are cool as fuck.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A fluffy bear floating through the water in search of fish. Bears can float due to their thick layers of fat, which is less dense than water. Brown bears accumulate extra body fat during fall, allowing them to float while "snorkeling" for salmon. Original post
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Jeffrey Ⓥ @liftforever67.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
#TuesdayVibes 😼 #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Housing Secretary Steve Reed tells Sky’s Trevor Philips “The vast majority of my colleagues, myself included, want Andy Burnham to take over as the new Prime Minister and I expect that will happen in fairly short order now.. the public do not want a general election”
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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Posted this before but I love it. Mel Brooks’s story about ghosting Cary Grant must have been told by Mel on every other talk show appearance he made, it was one of his standard “bits” but I especially like this version with Clive James. youtu.be/9QbATFlTaZs?...
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Mel Brooks - The Cary Grant Story
YouTube video by cult mania
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Courtney Love Lies Bleeding 🫦 @hexadecibelle.fyi · 28/06/2026
meet the new briefcase, same as the old briefcase
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Gifts from neoliberalism. 7.1m England hospital appointments awaited. Water company rip-off Costly energy Expensive dentistry Loss of social housing Social care privatised Real average wage unchanged since 2008 Potholed roads Bank bailouts PFI £292bn student debt Yet govts want more neoliberalism.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Breaking: March to the White House breaks out at the All of U.S. 250 Rally in Washington, D.C.! Find a demonstration near you at allofus250.org
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Harborne is also suing former Reform deputy, Ben Habib. Habib claimed Harborne gave Farage & Johnson £1m each to fix the 2019 general election that gave us Brexit. In a previous episode of #HarborneReceipts, @thenerve.news investigated 8/ www.thenerve.news/p/christophe...
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Crypto, peerages, or political self-sacrifice – why did Farage gift Boris the 2019 election?
Part two of the Harborne Receipts, the Nerve’s investigation into the billionaire's influence on UK politics brings us to the 2019 election – which took the UK out of Europe while dumping 300 Brexit p...
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
NEW: Boris Johnson failed to declare to parliament a gift of private jet flights from the same cryptobillionaire, Christopher Harborne who gave £5m to Nigel Farage, leaked documents reveal. New #HarborneReceipts investigation from @thenerve.news. 🔗 below 1/
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Trump threatens 100% import tariff on European countries levying digital tax on US companies. So, UK can't impose digital tax on Apple, Google, Meta, eBay, Amazon even though they make profits in the UK. The felon thinks he is Master of the Universe. Govts should develop homegrown alternatives.
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Trump threatens 100% tariff on European digital services taxes
The US president says "Numerous European countries" have been discussing bringing in such a levy.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Wes Streeting would be the final nail in Labour's coffin. More neoliberalism, more privatisation, more austerity, more grovelling to economic power, when we desperately want change.
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🦢🦢🦢🦢
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Cecropia Moth the largest moth in North America, with a 7 inch wing span!
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Not now Shiela 🥰 I’m on Duty
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Something shocking and out of the ordinary is happening in the UK. While in most comparable countries, healthy life expectancy is rising, here it is plunging steeply. Q. So what marks us out? A. 47 years of extreme neoliberalism, culminating in austerity. www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
NEW: Keir Starmer urges PLP to "stick together and fight together" as ministers launch massive operation to shore up his position ahead of vote tomorrow. The PM appears to confirm that Labour MPs will be whipped to vote against Tory motion to refer him to privileges committee over Mandelson row.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The DOJ violates the Epstein Files Transparency Act on the daily. So I'm suing Todd Blanche. As a journalist, I cannot report accurately on the Epstein Files if I cannot even read them. I am represented by @brendanballou.bsky.social & we seek to hold the DOJ accountable for its noncompliance.
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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
One of the great things about social media is discovering that there are people who can write in full sentences and spell words correctly, but also apparently sincerely hold the belief that DWP civil servants are financially rewarded if they get claimants onto PIP.
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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I saw my first fledgling blackbird of the year today. It's always such a lovely moment. In honour of that brave little soul, I did a drawing. #UKwildlife #drawing #art
A black ink drawing of a recently fledged Blackbird
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Holy shit. You guessed it — the new LEGO video is out, and it is 🔥. It’s damn amazing how quickly they make these!!
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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Bertie walk video number 4. This one on the Kinloch Estate (by Loch Shieldaig) on Saturday afternoon.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Farage thugs manhandle man with pacemaker after he objects to the Reform leader's chauffeur parking in disabled bay that he needs to use. Lovely People. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Moment Nigel Farage henchmen manhandle disabled OAP in parking row
Henchmen working for the divisive Reform leader were seen on camera manhandling a retired engineer who was trying to park in a disabled spot to drop off his wife in Shetland
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Stacey💙 🌊 🪷 @yecats47.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Amen Fred! It’s very hard for me to feel something more for these adults in the room whom have often reported on a school shooting- then move on from it like it was nothing- to now having it being broadcast as hugely significant bc they had it happen to them. I cannot imagine how this makes you feel
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Here’s the reality: Unless you’re Richard Osman, there is ZERO marketing budget in publishing. Literally nothing. So if you love a book, recommend it. That’s how any of us survive. Otherwise it’s just Richard Osman, forever.
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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Hazelnut lunch.
Red Squirrel eating a nut.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 stamp duty on her flat, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should immediately resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he personally made £91,000 in excess payments by failing to pay the tax his company legally owed
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
This Reform leaflet from three Gateshead candidates looks like a timelapse of the same person
Leaflet of three candidates, white blokes with limited hair, all in glasses.

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**GATESHEAD IS BROKEN. VOTE REFORM UK TO FIX IT**

Introducing your Reform UK candidates for Low Fell

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**ATKINSON, John**
Reform UK

John has lived in Low Fell for 30+ years. His background is in civil engineering, policing, teaching and transport. He wants to bring back a sense of community, listen to residents' concerns and focus on local issues such as crime, roads and streets, and better services.

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**HENDERSON, Iain**
Reform UK

Iain has lived and worked in Gateshead all his life. Now retired, he wants to give something back to the borough. With a positive outlook, Iain is looking forward to making a real difference to the lives of the residents of Low Fell and to working closely with them.

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**MURRAY, Arthur**
Reform UK

Arthur has owned several businesses for many years. He has lived locally for 50 years and employs local staff, servicing the northeast and Scotland. His priorities are to see the ward and area prospering once again, caring for the old and infirm and maintaining our parks and open spaces.

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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Loch Choire nan Arr - 07:30 yesterday morning.
A still loch surrounded by mountains.
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Sue Elphick @susieq45.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
@shieldaig.bsky.social Just witnessed a spectacular sunrise here ...but too many buildings in the way to see it properly ! BAH humbug !!! i envy your position up there Steve xxx
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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Shieldaig Peninsula, Village & Island with (some of) the Torridon Hills behind. Photo taken yesterday morning.
Aerial view of Highland landscape.
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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The Scottish Highlands looking very Scottish Highlands yesterday morning.
Snow topped mountains and sea.
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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Foreground interest.
Two ducks on Upper Loch Torridon, Beinn Alligin & Liathach behind.
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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Light and dark.
Bare tree in sunlight.
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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
A company in Slovenia makes laser cut wooden maps that 'hang' on a wall. They turn up kinda' like a jigsaw with no reference photo (but let's face it, there's always a real map to follow). Anyway, this is what it looks like. I haven't added Shetland yet ...going to need a stepladder for them!
Wooden map on a wall.
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David Boughton @davidjboughton.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Bore da, you gorgeous madafakas 😘 Floof woke me about 20 mins ago — he never makes coffee and he’s gone back to sleep. He’s nothing if not a reliable alarm dog 🙄 Right! Coffee! Better make some. Hope you have a splendid Mother’s Day, sending out coffee and cwtches. Stay shiny xxx
Me and me Mam on a post prandial sway through one of Cardiff’s many arcades
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Torsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Richard Tice: - engaged in highly aggressive tax avoidance to avoid nearly £600,000 of tax - did so at a time when the taxpayer was already paying his salary as an MEP Nothing patriotic about this party of grifters www.thetimes.com/article/6f55...
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Reform’s Richard Tice avoided nearly £600,000 in tax
The deputy leader’s property company paid nothing in corporation tax on multimillion-pound profits for most of 2018-21
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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
It's Bertie's birthday. 9 today. To see how he got here: stevecarter.com/bertie/Berti...
Labradoodle.
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