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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 1d

🇬🇧 🇯🇵 For one week, a corner of London has been transformed into a pocket of ancient Japan, with dozens of sumo wrestlers descending on the city in a rare foray outside the sport's homeland ➡️ u.afp.com/Ss5B

Sumo wrestlers, including Hoshoryu (beige, C), and representatives from the Japan Sumo Association, including chairman Hakkaku (L) during a photo call outside the Royal Albert Hall in central London on October 15, 2025, ahead of the Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Amanda Shreve @amandapalgrave.bsky.social · 1d

Last night's read by @isabelcanas.bsky.social.

📚🇲🇽🏚👻⛪️

#CurrentlyReading #AmReading #Books #HistoricalFiction #GothicHorror #Mexico #BookSky

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Amanda Shreve @amandapalgrave.bsky.social · 7d

This is so good and long overdue.

Have tissues handy.

You will smile, laugh, and cry.

Such a beautiful soul.

💗🇨🇦🎬

#JohnCandy #JohnCandyILikeMe #Canada #Film #Cinema #Icon #Legend

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Amanda Shreve @amandapalgrave.bsky.social · 10d

Will never be as cool as @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social when it comes to pocket squares.

a man in a suit and tie is laughing

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Amanda Shreve @amandapalgrave.bsky.social · 10d

Last night's read by @oliviablacke.bsky.social.

📚🌃👻👭🚪🗝🕵‍♀️

#CurrentlyReading #AmReading #Books #Mystery #Ghost #RubyAndCordeliaMystery #BookSky

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Amanda Shreve @amandapalgrave.bsky.social · 14d

💗 Reunited 💗

#RIP #PatriciaRoutledge #KeepingUpAppearances #ToSirWithLove #Icon #Legend

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The Elders @theelders.bsky.social · 17d

Today would have been Jimmy Carter’s 101st birthday.

We remember a founding member of The Elders whose integrity, compassion and tireless work for peace, democracy & human rights left an indelible mark on the world.

His legacy continues to inspire.

"What are the things that you can't see that are important? Justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love... They're the guiding lights of a life." - Jimmy Carter, Founding member of the Elders, 39th president of the United States, Nobel peace Laureate

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BUG-EYED HELLCAT @californiahorst.bsky.social · 22d

Why isn’t today, 9-25, national Dolly Parton Day?

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Amanda Shreve @amandapalgrave.bsky.social · 24d

It's a lot easier to make a selection this time of year. 😉🎃👻🍂

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Amanda Shreve @amandapalgrave.bsky.social · 24d

Last night's read by @maggierobinson.bsky.social.

📚👻🎶💍🚗💐💃🥂

#CurrentlyReading #AmReading #Books #HistoricalFiction #Ghost #LadyAdelaideMystery #BookSky

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · Sep 16

He was kind, intelligent, talented, compassionate, sensitive, fun, trustworthy and truthful- an ethical person who cared deeply about his family and about America.

He embodied everything we value and search for now . 💔

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European Space Agency @esa.int · Sep 15

📷 A striking atmospheric feature known as a cloud bow – a rainbow-like arc formed by sunlight interacting with tiny water droplets in clouds. Barely visible in the natural light image (left) but stunning in the polarised light image🌈 (pics: Eumetsat)

Cloud bow – a rainbow-like arc in natural light

Cloud bow – a rainbow-like arc in polarised light.

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Amanda Shreve @amandapalgrave.bsky.social · Sep 8

"In a very real sense, we are all aliens on a strange planet. We spend most of our lives reaching out and trying to communicate. If during our whole lifetime, we could reach out and really communicate with just two people, we are indeed very fortunate."

Gene Roddenberry

🌍🌠🖖

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Amanda Shreve @amandapalgrave.bsky.social · Sep 6

Today's Triple Feature

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#Film #Cinema #NextGoalWins #TheLastShowgirl #MyPenguinFriend

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Diaper Diplomacy Unofficial Mirror @diaperdiplomacy-m.bsky.social · Sep 5

"Everybody’s corrupt—but you?" Bernie & RFK Jr. Go Full C-SPAN Celebrity Deathmatch

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Amanda Shreve @amandapalgrave.bsky.social · Sep 6

Vile, horrid little man.

Amanda Shreve @amandapalgrave.bsky.social · Sep 4

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#WhiteSquirrel #Squirrel #Nature #Rain

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Amanda Shreve @amandapalgrave.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ew, what is N!g€l bloody F@r@ge doing over here?

Clacton, please come reclaim your MP.

a man with a mohawk is sitting at a table with a sign that says vyvyan

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ACLU @aclu.org · Sep 3

Late last night, a federal appeals court blocked President Trump from using the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants.

This is a huge win for the rule of law. Once again, a court ruled that Trump can't invoke a false emergency to grab power.

Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans

The case appears set to return to the Supreme Court in a decisive battle over President Trump’s use of the 18th-century law to deport migrants.

www.nytimes.com

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Amanda Shreve @amandapalgrave.bsky.social · Sep 2

Finally!

Amanda Shreve @amandapalgrave.bsky.social · Aug 27

“You're a witness. You're always standing around watching what's happening, scribbling in your book what other people do. You have to get in the middle of it. You have to take sides. Make a contribution to the fight. Any fight. The one you believe in."

Neil Simon

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Aug 25

The blood of our martyred journalists in Gaza has not yet dried before the Israeli occupation forces committed another crime against Al Jazeera cameraman Mohammed Salama, together with three other photojournalists.

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Amanda Shreve @amandapalgrave.bsky.social · Aug 26

Last night's read by.

Sticking with the historical fiction Russian "witches" and czars theme.

From Nicholas II to Ivan IV.

📚🇷🇺❄️👑🧙‍♀️🪆🦉🔮

#CurrentlyReading #AmReading #Books #HistoricalFiction #Czar #Tsar #IvanTheTerrible #BabaYaga #Russia #BookSky

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Cambridge Diary @cambridgediary.bsky.social · Aug 25

25th August 2018
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Time & Space'. Available at cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-ti... and all bookshops.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · Aug 24

Tomorrow's front page 📰

Refugees are welcome here: New series highlighting their positive stories in Scotland begins

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