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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 2h

Errr, spot when the original questionable headline has only been partly updated after publication and reader response.

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 2h

What, they won't be allowed to get off, ever? That won't end well...

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 2h

This is a truly spectacular story.

Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 3h

It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance

b/w photo of a man in socks and sandals, jacket, short and jumper, in front of a wall with a bike leaning on it, and with a pipe in his mouth. If you wanted one image to sum up the word ‘nonchalant’, this would be it

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 17h

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. RIP King Harold, wiv de Angles now.

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 18h

Are they saving the second and third families as well? And is the divorced brother helping pitch tent on the moral high ground?

@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 18h

This happened in Rupert Lowe's constituency. 🤔

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 19h

Reform heartland is always bound to be somewhat dim and in need of enlightenment.

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 21h

UK approves UK’s largest solar farm (in Reform UK heartland Lincolnshire)

- "Solar is our cheapest source of energy - it’s no wonder it's Britain’s favourite" says Paul Morozzo at @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Government has approved enough clean energy to power 7.5 million homes

Government approves Tillbridge Solar Farm, a major new solar project.

www.gov.uk

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe it's just a huge coincidence, but being part of Reform and being deeply unpleasant to be around do seem to go hand in hand with uncanny regularity.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK suspend Kent county councillor after complaint

An investigation is pending into a complaint made by some women into the behaviour of Robert Ford.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 1d

I'm old enough to remember when the Tories were actually a political party trying to win people's support.

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 1d

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 1d

I am once again begging you to boycott Tesla

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Musk is funding the legal battle of UK Far Right activist Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon - as he faces charges brought by counterterrorism police.

Tommy Robinson claims Elon Musk is funding his legal battle — The Times and The Sunday Times

Tommy Robinson has claimed Elon Musk was paying his legal costs as he went on trial for refusing to comply with a request made by counterterrorism police as he tried to leave Britain last year. Robins...

apple.news

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 1d

... again. 🎵

@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 1d

Mine.
My wife.
My childhood home.
My childhood home before the number was changed as it was one digit different to the local swimming baths.
BBC GLR.
Trent Cars in Nottingham.
Home landline of best friend from teenage years.
Swap Shop.
Evening Standard classifieds, late 70s.

christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 1d

- Mine
- my wife
- Mum & dad’s old house
- First girlfriend
- The last mate who got a mobile phone number before I did
- Local pub
- Dominos pizza
- Saturday superstore
- Chatback

Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 1d

- Mine (mobile and landline)
- My wife's
- My parents' (and their old one)
- My hairdresser
- Lombard Direct ("free on 0800 2 15000 - 24 hours a day!")
- And Going Live/Live & Kicking obvs

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 1d

A totally natural, friendly and deeply human handshake, too.

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 1d

'Hello, I'd like to apply to be an idiot, please.'

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 1d

The Mariana Trench of 'it sounded good in my head before I published it' idiocy.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 1d

The money just happened to be resting in her account. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_poli...

BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Joan Collins: I don't support UKIP

news.bbc.co.uk

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 1d

"Were those tears like... *these* 🤣 tears?"

@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 1d

This really is a genuine news story, from a non-spoof website. Nice to see families thought of around hatemongering, you'd hate the little ones to miss out on the fun - do they have roundabouts for them to paint? And remember, some dads have kids on a Sunday, too.

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 1d

These two. *Of course* these two.

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 1d

'National treasures and sporting greats.' And it will be no surprise to anyone to find that means...

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 2d

You just know that at some point he suggested the released hostages should be given red baseball caps.

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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 2d

I would be willing to bet good money that he suggested giving the released hostages red baseball caps. Because he's that sort of person, isn't he?

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