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Maria

@thismaria.bsky.social
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🍂 Writes, acts 🍂 Easily distracted, overly interested 🍂 Cape Town, mostly; Birmingham, occasionally

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread:
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just got through this BBC Radio Scotland podcast on Colin Norris and, truly, WHAT IN THE EVER-LOVING HELL is going on in the UK justice system?? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio Scotland - Disclosure Investigates, Killer on the Ward, Trailer
A nurse convicted of murder. A case shadowed by doubt. A fight to clear his name.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It will never not be wild to me that the Russians attacked Keir Starmer's home, successfully spread falsehoods about Starmer's love life, and this didn't changed British politics and British political elite behaviour *at all*.
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That's one way to deal with a comms failure, I suppose. #springboks
Photo of television screen showing a rugby referee speaking on a mobile phone during a match.
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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Every time someone links to this film, I have to repost it. It's one of the most significant bits of British 20th century art. Everything about it is incredible. Groundbreaking music production by Daphne Oram. Amazing camera work by Wolfgang Suschitzky (who later filmed Get Carter).-
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GroundUp News @groundup.org.za · 21/09/2026
South African journalist Micah Reddy and his local fixer Kooki Mahmoud have been missing in Djibouti since about noon on Saturday. Read groundup.org.za/article/sout... by GroundUp Staff
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South African journalist Micah Reddy missing in Djibouti
Local fixer, Kooki Mahmoud, also missing since Saturday noon
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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 20/09/2026
My friend Micah Reddy, a journalist with dual South African and British nationality, has gone missing while working on a story in Djibouti. If you know anyone in Djibouti who might be able to help, please get in touch. If not, please share this post so more people find out about Micah. It's urgent.
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Pierre Romera Zhang @pirhoo.com · 20/09/2026
Our colleague Micah Reddy, @icij.org's Africa coordinator, and journalist Mohamed Willo Ismael have been missing in Djibouti City since Saturday. Djiboutian authorities must urgently account for them. www.icij.org/news/2026/09...
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Statement on missing ICIJ journalist Micah Reddy - ICIJ
ICIJ lost contact with our colleague Micah Reddy, ICIJ's Africa coordinator, and local journalist Mohamed Willo Ismael ("Kooki Mahmoud"), in Djibouti City on Saturday, Sept. 19.
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Uhm. 😕
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Up the Unsustainable FC! #avfc
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Holy hell, Villa! #avfc
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Manzambi! Manzambi! Manzambi-i-i! #avfc
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
No yellow card for an obvious yellow-card offence leading to a potential injury... Why does this feel familiar? #avfc
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Surely that wasn't a corner. #avfc
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yeah, thank goodness for Suzuki. 😶 #avfc
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Wahey, shot on target. #avfc
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thank goodness Suzuki was awake there. #avfc
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received - and that consequently, this country is at war with Piddington.
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Alysson just *bodied* that player. Replay fully hilarious. #avfc
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Byline Times has identified seven Reform councillors who are listed as members of the masked anti-migrant groups bylinetimes.com/2026/09/16/t...
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The Reform Councillors Embedded in Britain’s Masked 'Patriot' Anti-Migrant Network
A Reform councillor and campaign co-ordinater urged his followers to join and support the masked group
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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bonnie Greer famously sat with her back to the BNP’s Nick Griffin when he appeared on Question Time in 2009. There was much criticism of the BBC platforming the far right, Now every episode of Question Time is wall to wall far right talking points with open arms and a seat kept warmfor Reform
Author and critic
Bonnie Greer dies aged 77
Culture
16 Sep 2026, 13:41
GETTY IMAGES - picture of Bonnie Greer an elder Black woman with short red Afro hair wearing a black button up shirt 

Paul Glynn
Culture reporter
British-American author and cultural commentator Bonnie Greer has died at the age of 77 after a brief illness, her husband has said.
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant.”
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A major sabotage attack has hit the Netherlands railway network at more than 20 locations. Two-metre metal pipes were attached to tracks to trick the network’s warning system into registering that the tracks were blocked.
Map of sabotage locations
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ed Sheeran wanting to remain neutral is sending me lol. Dudes worth £200m+. My brother in Christ if you cannot speak freely who the fuck can lol
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
'A British economist [...] witnessed the attack. “We spent 10 hours at the border and were evacuated three times. On the third evacuation a missile came over and totalled a locomotive in front of our train.”' www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Train carrying Boris Johnson and ex-CIA chief may have been targeted in Russian strike, officials say
Ukrainian Railways says former British PM and David Petraeus crossed into Poland shortly before drone attack near border
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Louis Viljoen @uncleloo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Springboks in Baltimore tonight
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Omar Coming
Alt: Omar Coming Meaning, The Springboks comin'
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
That was fun. Well done, Springboks! (The gods did indeed not save the All Blacks.)
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
You *cannot* deny Arendse that glorious try, man. #Springboks #baltimore
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Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Clay Davis: Sheeeeeeeit
Alt: Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Clay Davis: Sheeeeeeeit
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Not now, Somali pirates.
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
'Ag, it's just a little scuffle.' Already enjoying the commentary on the #RSANZL game. #baltimore
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
As the government bans social media for kids further evidence emerges that it's a minority of retired adults we should really be concerned about. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
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Pensioners attack traffic lights over wild 'deadly weapon' claims
An online movement say that the sensors on traffic lights can cause heart attacks, brain cancer, anxiety and even sudden death
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Oh, but *Mings* gets a yellow?? #avfc
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Why does one team get to do infinite fouls while the other ends up down a player as a direct result of one of said infinite fouls? #avfc
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Puzzled Woman Calculating Math Equations
Alt: Classic gif of Puzzled Woman Calculating Maths Equations
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Jerry Reed @jerryreed.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Murillo got a yellow and then fouled six more times, and somehow Villa end up down a man. #AVFC
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Poor Maatsen. That looked painful. #avfc
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Yesss, Alysson! #avfc
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ndoye trying to score a try or what? #avfc
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Unusual remark for an orange man
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Cannot wait for the inevitable Suzuki assist. #avfc
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
HOW has that stayed out??? #avfc
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Anyone know what Nathan Fielder's schedule's like at the moment?
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Really enjoying today's Villa game at the Emirates. 😭 #avfc
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Pierre de Vos @pierredevos.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
HF Verwoerd was killed on this day 60 years ago, reverently commemorated today in a hagiographic article published in the right-wing "Rapport" newspaper. I prefer the Private Eye approach.
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Maria @thismaria.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
C'mon, do something. #avfc
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Ahoklollmao Flork Holding a Stick
ALT: Ahoklollmao Flork Holding a Stick
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am endlessly thankful to Just Stop Oil for taking to the streets again today But it's not easy seeing such good, generous-hearted and courageous people being handcuffed and taken away, many possibly to long jail sentences It shouldn't have to be this way
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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Channel 4 reporter: Hello. I am Mr. Alias and this is my extremely suspicious comically large donation that i can only make in the form of a bag of money with a dollar sign on it. every other reform guy: seems legit! let me tell you every single way in which i and my boss have broken the law
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