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Mark Philip Rennie

@eslibrarian.bsky.social

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Research and support assistant for a number of YouTube channels. • Researcher for projects and information • Tracking subject areas for future development • Fact-checking and corrections • Create ideas and directional planning for content, videos & script

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Mark Philip Rennie @eslibrarian.bsky.social · 5d

Britain's Strangest Battle: Redcoats vs the Messiah of Kent youtu.be/HVC7TLhW_Ss?... via #YouTube

Britain's Strangest Battle: Redcoats vs the Messiah of Kent

YouTube video by The History Chap

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Mark Philip Rennie @eslibrarian.bsky.social · 9h

Lidl Parkside #france Saw blades only 6.99 youtu.be/gN_8vn2Sua0?... via #YouTube via @allshorts.bsky.social @lidlfrance.bsky.social @lidlgb.bsky.social

Lidl Parkside Saw blades only 6.99

YouTube video by Wallybois Woodworking

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Mark Philip Rennie @eslibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

The only times it has gone totally wrong are when USA base groups fund the legal action or defence and send over their own lawyers, and they do not understand UK laws or how UK courts operate

Mark Philip Rennie @eslibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, I am, but that has a long history in the UK on both sides, be it the left or the right

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Mark Philip Rennie @eslibrarian.bsky.social · 1d

@allshorts.bsky.social @richardknott.bsky.social I know this was in the works... Australia has passed a Bill that will limit the total spending on a party by billionaires like Elon Musk to just $50,000

This will ban billionaires from single-handedly buying Elections in Australia.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social fled the country with his family after receiving death threats amid a right-wing campaign targeting him for his scholarship on antifa.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1d

LATEST: Zack Polanski will be interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg after the BBC received complaints from the public for the lack of coverage of the Green Party conference

Laura Kuenssberg to interview Zack Polanski after public complaints

www.thenational.scot

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

Definitely nothing can go wrong with OpenAI having a full record of your sexy chatbot interactions.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

at this point it would be interesting journalism if someone could locate a Young Republican groupchat that was not full of overt Nazis

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UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 1d

"The Supreme Court has made clear that the Equality Act was written in 2010 to refer to sex as ‘biological sex’, leading to ongoing violations of transgender people’s Article 8 privacy rights that the Goodwin judgment set out to protect."

tacc.org.uk/2025/10/14/p...

Press Release – Submission to the CoE Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law regarding the UK’s non-compliance in Goodwin v. UK - tacc.org.uk

Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network seek urgent re-opening of enforcement of key human rights decision against UK. Today, the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective ...

tacc.org.uk

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Mark Philip Rennie @eslibrarian.bsky.social · 2d

@allshorts.bsky.social have you done the video yet? Or wait for the live stream? www.instagram.com/reel/DPt4IUy...

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 3d

13 stunning and award-winning black and white photographs www.popsci.com/environment/...

13 stunning and award-winning black and white photographs

The 2025 Exposure One Awards honor the beauty of monochrome.

www.popsci.com

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Mark Philip Rennie @eslibrarian.bsky.social · 4d

The Great Canal MYSTERY of Southern England youtu.be/JINRp6ERkA4?... via #YouTube via @paulwhitewick.bsky.social

The Great Canal MYSTERY of Southern England

YouTube video by Paul Whitewick

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Mark Philip Rennie @eslibrarian.bsky.social · 4d

@allshorts.bsky.social @richardknott.bsky.social Major combine manufacturer moves production from U.S. to Europe amid tra... youtu.be/ywe097nfazI?... via #YouTube

Major combine manufacturer moves production from U.S. to Europe amid trade uncertainty

YouTube video by CBC News Saskatchewan

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Mark Philip Rennie @eslibrarian.bsky.social · 5d

@allshorts.bsky.social @richardknott.bsky.social NASA let me test my weird chain theory in space youtu.be/NtZaP8VMv0c?... via #YouTube

NASA let me test my weird chain theory in space

YouTube video by Steve Mould

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Chris Scott (he/him) @chrisdonia.bsky.social · 5d

What makes this so bizarre is that it was Theresa May, in most ways a pretty extreme Conservative, who was pushing for improved trans rights. And now every party except the Greens and SNP have become outright transphobes.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6d

This article is spot on about the UK's descent into anti-trans hysteria. In 8 years, they went from the conservatives trying to make it easier for trans folks to self attest gender to a liberal government implementing a bathroom ban by fiat.

www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

Britain’s Bathroom Ban

The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing an extraordinarily authoritarian one—without a vote.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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dbeara.bsky.social @dbeara.bsky.social · 7d

Little do you know how dangerous unicorns can be...

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Mark Philip Rennie @eslibrarian.bsky.social · 5d

Britain's Strangest Battle: Redcoats vs the Messiah of Kent youtu.be/HVC7TLhW_Ss?... via #YouTube

Britain's Strangest Battle: Redcoats vs the Messiah of Kent

YouTube video by The History Chap

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Richard Knott @richardknott.bsky.social · 6d

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 6d

It took Hitler 3 months to remake the opposition into a terrorist threat so they could use the power of the state to crush all opposition.

It’s taking Trump longer, but here it comes👇

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Richard Knott @richardknott.bsky.social · 6d

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 6d

The Trump administration and its allies have taken several steps to ensure that medical schools in the US dismantle all diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

It is patients who will be the victims of this, write @gavinyamey.bsky.social and @michaeldgreen.com
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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Richard Knott @richardknott.bsky.social · 6d

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serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social @serena-spencer-esq.bsky.social · 6d

“UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.”

UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

www.nbcnews.com

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 6d

Most of the shocks that have happened were predictable* when she came up with her rules. She set herself up to fail.

*A benefit change u-turn that ended up costing more than doing nothing was a surprise.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 6d

Hard to see how any significant change is going to happen with Reeves still in post.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 6d

The UK’s failing fiscal framework is a Brexit tribute act on.ft.com/3VVWiKi | opinion

The UK’s failing fiscal framework is a Brexit tribute act

The path and peak of policy uncertainty over the past year eerily mimics sentiment at the time of the 2016 referendum

on.ft.com

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Mark Philip Rennie @eslibrarian.bsky.social · 6d

@allshorts.bsky.social @richardknott.bsky.social x.com/SpittingImag...

Spitting Image on X: "Donald Trump finds out he lost the Nobel Peace Prize...Brand new ep of Spitting Image: The Rest Is Bulls*!t out TONIGHT 7pm on YouTube! https://t.co/aI6pcQHpSc" / X

Donald Trump finds out he lost the Nobel Peace Prize...Brand new ep of Spitting Image: The Rest Is Bulls*!t out TONIGHT 7pm on YouTube! https://t.co/aI6pcQHpSc

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Mark Philip Rennie @eslibrarian.bsky.social · 6d

Darkest Hour: Churchill’s Bold Decision That Changed History youtube.com/shorts/e8An5... via #YouTube @allshorts.bsky.social @richardknott.bsky.social

Darkest Hour：Churchill’s Bold Decision That Changed History

YouTube video by AMT GAMER

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Richard Knott @richardknott.bsky.social · 6d

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 10d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. This is her final message from it.⚜️💙⚜️

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