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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 19h

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 1d

🔵 International and US news outlets including AFP, AP, The New York Times and Fox News have refused to sign new restrictive Pentagon media rules, meaning they will be stripped of their press access credentials.

AFP's statement ⬇️

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 1d

Under the terms of the so-called "backstop" EU applicants who can recite the Seamus Heaney translation can live in Northern Ireland

Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to recite Beowulf in its entirety in Old English, without notes, before being allowed entry to the U.K.

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Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social · 1d

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Yes! Yes! Yes!

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 1d

Margaret Thatcher had two extramarital affairs, claims new book ⬇️

Margaret Thatcher had two extramarital affairs, claims new book

Tina Gaudoin claims in The Incidental Feminist that the former prime minister had two affairs: one early in her career as an MP and one with another politician

www.thetimes.com

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 5d

Settle in cnuts

North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 6d

No medieval filter here! A modern recreation of a Viking ruler for Denmark’s National Museum, based on the depiction of Cnut in the New Minster Liber Vitae and on clothes found at a grave in Mammen, Denmark. #medievalsky

A man wearing a thigh-length red tunic beneath a cloak of a darker red, both richly embroidered, blue leggings and soft, tan-coloured shoes.

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 5d

Long inflatable frog suits.
Short circular data centre trades

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 5d

Von der Leyen [handshake emoji] Trump

Murky personal negotiations with pharma execs

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 5d

ASTRAZENECA CEO SORIOT: NEGOTIATED 3-YEAR TARIFF EXEMPTION WITH TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 5d

Matignon. Shit. I'm only in Matignon

Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 5d

2 Le 2 Cornu

cosmoflash @cosmoflash.bsky.social · 5d

Lecornu II : Matignon Drift
Lecornu 3
Lecornu 4Ever
Lecornu V Infinite
Lecornu Origins
The Lecornu Tales
Legend of Lecornu

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cosmoflash @cosmoflash.bsky.social · 5d

Lecornu II : Matignon Drift
Lecornu 3
Lecornu 4Ever
Lecornu V Infinite
Lecornu Origins
The Lecornu Tales
Legend of Lecornu

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Jean-Charles Geslot @jcgeslot.bsky.social · 5d

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 5d

Only one person has anything to gain from Macron reappointing a prime minister who previously served only 29 days before resigning

a woman is holding a large bell in her hands

ALT: a woman is holding a large bell in her hands

media.tenor.com

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 5d

COMPETITION
Finish the AFP headline

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 5d

Le 19e vendémiaire

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 5d

Awkward timeline juxtaposition

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 7d

With Greta

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 7d

two men in suits and hats are standing in an elevator with the words we 're on a mission from god

ALT: two men in suits and hats are standing in an elevator with the words we 're on a mission from god

media.tenor.com

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 7d

The Pope says: "Subscribe".

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 7d

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

bit.ly

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 7d

Tweets from the past?

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 7d

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says "China is not on our list for a trade deal" but also states he "wants to press on with other trade deals." 🇬🇧🤝

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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 7d

At his current rate he could appoint two or three in that time, surely

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 7d

The French president could appoint a new prime minister in the next 48 hours, after last-ditch talks between political parties to avoid snap parliamentary elections. on.ft.com/4oa2XfW