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Marius Kiely

@mariuskiely.uk

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Just a protocol droid from a galaxy far, far away... fluent in over six million forms of communication... (Huge Star Wars fan but also real person, London, Irish, pro-EU, LibDem, design, retail, LGBTQIA, arts, wanting to relocate to France.)

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 5h

Top tip: Cheer up your garden library with some laurel and hardy annuals.

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Marius Kiely @mariuskiely.uk · 5h

I should say so... 😍

Marius Kiely @mariuskiely.uk · 5h

The pig-headed selfishness of the #PedoPresident 's administration is utterly horrific and beyond unconscionable.

zatapatique @zatapatique.bsky.social · 8h

Even in this place, I feel the sheer scale of foreign aid being demolished isn't fully appreciated. As it stands, it is perhaps *the* most catastrophic change to preventable deaths in our lifetimes, and the salience - even in presumably friendly spaces - is basically zero

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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 6h

So Trumpleforeskin is just openly buying elections for his allies now.

How very unexpected.

Trump says US will not
'waste our time' helping Argentina if Milei loses

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 7h

Any excuse to post the best tweet ever.
Variations of this catchphrase - in our worst french accents - “put an egg on it and now it is my wife” are now a staple part of my domestic routine.

Tweet from November @postoctoberist dated 18 Feb 2016
“FRANCE: we're fancy
WORLD: ok
FRANCE: a fried ham sandwich is our national lunch
WORLD:
FRANCE: a fried ham sandwich with an egg is its wife”

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Marius Kiely @mariuskiely.uk · 14h

You mean not all French station parking is payant?? 😱 *mind officially blown*

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Marius Kiely @mariuskiely.uk · 16h

Oo, and a new word for my vocabulary: héberger... 😁

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Samuel Pepys @samuelpepys.bsky.social · 19h

And so I rose in good temper, finding a good chimneypiece made in my upper dining-room chamber, and the diningroom wainscoat in a good forwardness, at which I am glad.

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Marius Kiely @mariuskiely.uk · 16h

That toxic sack of pus #LiarJohnson is an utter and abject failure. Failure of a PM, failure of a politician, failure of a journalist, failure of a writer, failure of a buffoon, failure of a husband, failure of a father, failure of a man. He should never be seen or heard from again. Ever.

Marius Kiely @mariuskiely.uk · 16h

It's a sad, sad state of affairs when Slithy Gove did more at a stroke than an entire #Labour government...
Thank you for your ongoing, tireless work! 🤞

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End Our Cladding Scandal @eocs-official.bsky.social · 16h

We're meeting Steve Reed MP and @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social today.

The last 15 months have seen no real progress.

Accelerating remediation means little without resolving the issues. Their plans will do nothing to help people any time soon.

Labour must do much more to keep its promises.

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Gilbert White @gilbertwhite.bsky.social · 19h

1776: The redbreast's note is very sweet, & pleasing; did it not carry with it ugly associations of ideas, & put us in mind of the approach of winter.

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Marius Kiely @mariuskiely.uk · 16h

Earth, 2049...

A photo of the surface of Mars, the red planet: dry red rocks, dry red sand and a dry red sky... Humanity is killing Earth and it will end up like Mars sooner rather than later... in our children's lifetimes.

Marius Kiely @mariuskiely.uk · 17h

Do any TGVs go cross-country? Or do they all radiate out of Paris?

Marius Kiely @mariuskiely.uk · 17h

Does Tom Daley have it written into his contract that he has to get his tits out in everything that he does? #CelebrityTraitors Not that I'm complaining, mind... 😁

Marius Kiely @mariuskiely.uk · 18h

But just the *ONE* gratuitous shirtless shot before they killed him off??? Tragic. And I feel short changed... 🙄😁

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 1d

‘Intersected’. The torturous language to avoid calling corruption, corruption

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

President Trump's personal business and his government role intersected when he was heard on a hot mic arranging a meeting between his son Eric, who runs the family company, and Indonesia’s leader.

‘I’ll Have Eric Call’: Trump Sets Up Son’s Meeting With Indonesian President

A hot-mic moment suggested a blurry line between the U.S. president’s roles as political leader and businessman.

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Marius Kiely @mariuskiely.uk · 18h

Trust No One... 😁

Marius Kiely @mariuskiely.uk · 1d

Are you a Zillon from the planet Tharg, perchance? #NotTheNineOClockNews 😁

Marius Kiely @mariuskiely.uk · 1d

This looks like it might be one of Reek-Smegg's ill-begotten offspring... 🤮

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Gilbert White @gilbertwhite.bsky.social · 1d

1776: My largest wall-nut tree produced four bushels & a half of nuts many bunches contained 8, 9, & on to 15 wallnuts each.

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Marius Kiely @mariuskiely.uk · 1d

Over the hump of hump day in a somewhat challenging week... Murkiest of dank weather in mid Kent... hoping for a slightly easier, brighter slide towards the weekend... 🤷‍♂️

Marius Kiely @mariuskiely.uk · 1d

Only just noticed the passing resemblance to Oliver Hardy...

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 1d

“When we look at the cyber domain, Poland is now in a state of war [with Russia], it’s not a state of threat any more,” Cenckiewicz said.
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Russia pays Europe’s saboteurs in crypto, says Polish official

Warsaw’s national security chief says Moscow is also using a shadow fleet to launch drones into European airspace

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Marius Kiely @mariuskiely.uk · 1d

I was about to post the very same thing! 😁