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Ian McClellan

@ianmac.bsky.social

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TV addict, nerdy fan of Dystopian drama. Love a bit of ScandiNoir, Science-Fiction, Aviation, Military History and Cold War Radars & Bunkers. Newly trained to be a Wellbeing Walks Leader in Barrow-in-Furness with Active Cumbria. #ParkRun #LoveParkRun

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Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 3d

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And yes, it’s another fundraiser!

I’ve already done 5 x 5ks, so I’ll see how many more I can do this month for @cancerresearchuk.org

#CancerResearchUK

Ian's Giving Page

Thanks for visiting my fundraising page. I’m going to be taking on the 10 Days of 5k Challenge this October to help raise money for Cancer Research UK. Please show your support and help fund life-savi...

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Elizabeth Ammon @elizabethammon.bsky.social · 1h

England exposed by winless Pakistan before rain spares their blushes

www.thetimes.com/article/1831...

England exposed by winless Pakistan before rain spares their blushes

England collapse to 78 for seven before weather intervenes, leaving World Cup campaign finely poised with sterner challenges looming against India and Australia

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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 4h

Verified videos from Gaza show a public execution of eight men, armed members of Hamas's internal security force on patrol and masked fighters firing on unarmed men in displays of force by Hamas in Gaza since the US-brokered ceasefire began last week.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trump demands Hamas disarm, as group moves against 'collaborators' in Gaza

BBC Verify analyses footage of Hamas fighters in Gaza, including one of an execution in the centre of Gaza City.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 1h

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

#AirDefence

Russian drone incursion ‘tactically stupid and counterproductive’ says Polish minister

Poland’s foreign minister, Radek Sikorski, has said that Vladimir Putin had consolidated western opinion against him with the incursion

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 2h

Will be on MSNBC momentarily to discuss today's fairly disastrous arguments over the Voting Rights Act at the Supreme Court. (Article coming soon too!)

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 2h

A conference on transport, aimed at fans of #FamilyHistory, #LocalHistory and #OnePlaceStudies, for just £10?!? Yes, that's our membership subscription and it covers not only the conference but also monthly webinars, a quarterly journal, and more. Check out our events and join us! #OnePlaceWednesday

2025 Conference and AGM.
Conference Talks and Speakers:
All drawn by horses — Ian Waller.
Railway accidents – staff and beyond — Steve Pickthall.
Coastal Travel — BJ Jamieson.
Boat people — Celia Webber.
All aboard for a new life — Maggie Gaffney.
Saturday 22 November 2025, 14:00 to 21:30 GMT, via Zoom.
One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

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Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 2h

Well done Shirls. 👍☺️🥂🍾

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

JD Vance said today on the TPUSA podcast that these guys were “just a bunch of kids in a chat room.” bsky.app/profile/blue...

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 4h

These are some of the leaked messages Young Republicans were sending in group chats.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Niall O’Connor @nialljournal.bsky.social · 2h

My first piece from Lebanon - I spoke to the local community about their thoughts regarding the end of UNIFIL.
For the mayor of the South Lebanese hillside village of Kounine the withdrawal of Irish troops will mean "the beginning of another war" with Israel.
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Fears in south Lebanon that the Irish leaving will be 'the beginning of another war'

This week Niall O’Connor reports from South Lebanon about what is next for the troubled region as UNIFIL prepares to exit.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4h

🚨COVER REVEAL!🚨

Our friends over @scifinow.bsky.social have revealed the cover (designed by @petitecreme.bsky.social) for the next instalment in @aptshadow.bsky.social's TERRIBLE WORLDS series of standalone novellas: PREACHING TO THE CHOIR!

Learn more: www.scifinow.co.uk/books/preach...

A red curtain pulling back to reveal a sneak peek at Adrian Tchaikovsky's forthcoming novella PREACHING TO THE CHOIR.

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Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 6h

They should have teams of combat engineers, disaster relief teams and medical personnel all ready to deploy; and instead the world is holding junkets in Sharm-el-Sheikh signing meaningless agreements.
Go in to recover all the dead, take DNA samples and through a process of elimination ID them.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating ceasefire with slow release of dead hostages, AP sources say.

Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is being tested as complex issues remain a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange.

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Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 6h

Two bags filled this afternoon in central Barrow. Now home for a well earned cup of tea.

#LitterPicking #Volunteering

Two bags of rubbish collected around Barrow.

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 1d

What books are banned in 2025? Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the country.

PEN America has documented nearly 23,000 book bans in public schools nationwide since 2021.
#antifa #library #books #reading #censorship #writers
pen.org/banned-books...

Banned Books List 2025

What books are banned in 2025? Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the country.

pen.org

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 8h

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court to testify in his corruption trial, days after US President Trump called for him to be pardoned. Protesters outside the court demanded the trial continue as a test of Israel’s democracy. Netanyahu denies all charges.

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Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 9h

Double #Western action today and they’re both classics in my book.

At 1:00pm on ‘Great! Action’ they’re showing ‘Lawman’ starring Burt Lancaster.

And at 4:40pm on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social we have ‘Hombre’ starring Paul Newman.

Brilliant examples of the Western genre & both worth a watch.

Lawman is a 1971 American revisionist Western film produced and directed by Michael Winner and starring Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb and Robert Duvall.

Hombre (Spanish for 'man') is a 1967 American revisionist Western film directed by Martin Ritt, based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard and starring Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone and Diane Cilento.

Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 9h

I’ve signed up my expression of interest for the meeting, hopefully I can go along and see what proposals are on the table for £20M of taxpayers money.

Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 9h

…a community meeting.

Here’s some information on ‘Pride in Place’.

www.gov.uk/government/c...

#Cumbria #PrideInPlace
#CommunityAction

Pride in Place

Documents and guidance relating to the government’s Pride in Place Strategy, which will help build stronger communities, create thriving places and empower local people.

www.gov.uk

Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 9h

michellescrogham.com/2025/10/01/p...

If you live in Central #Barrow or Hindpool £20 million has been earmarked for spending by Westminster as part of the ‘Pride in Place Programme’.

If you’d like to have your say in how the money is spent then @michellescrogham.bsky.social is organising…

Pride in Place: £20m for central Barrow - Michelle Scrogham MP

I am delighted to share some fantastic news for our community. Through the Pride in Place Programme, we have secured £20 million of long-term funding for the most deprived areas of Old Barrow and Hind...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9h

Where do babies come from? Robert F Kennedy Jr doesn’t seem to know | Arwa Mahdawi

Science tells us that foetuses develop in the uterus, rather than the placenta – but the US health secretary has a different take. Why are Republicans so clueless about women’s bodies, asks Arwa Mahdawi

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Hilary @sarahhilary.bsky.social · 12h

I love this response from @annamazz.bsky.social 🖤 'Happy Valley, but haunted' 🖤

The Drowning Place is out in April. For 25% off this week, preorder from @waterstones.bsky.social

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Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 11h

#OnePlaceStudies

Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 12h

Are you using #maps in research?

Want to learn about their history and use as sources?

In London in late January?

Sign up for @ihr.bsky.social short course, Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place!

#maphistory #skystorians 🗃️

Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place

Discovery Course 1

www.sas.ac.uk

Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 11h

Good morning Faye! 👍👋

Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 11h

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Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 11h

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Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 11h

6 down.

How many more 5k runs can I do this month?

#10DaysOf5k for @cancerresearchuk.org

#ParkRun #LoveParkRun

My tracker for Cancer Research UK’s 10 Days of 5k Challenge.

Ian McClellan @ianmac.bsky.social · 11h

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