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Athena Kugblenu

@athenakugblenu.bsky.social

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · Nov 22

i will not proof read, i will not ask for an edit button, I will never apologise. think of it as a test. if you can read my posts without correcting my spelling or grammar you are my kinda person xx

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 1h

Sadiq Khan pretty much gets on with it and you have to rate him for that. he's not beholden to people who do not have our best interests at heart. That's the real disappointment of so many politicians. Not the mistakes they make, but the selfish, intentional motivations for making them

Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 2h

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All beliefs are welcome in London – we cannot allow extremists to divide us | Sadiq Khan

Attacks against Jewish and Muslim communities are on the rise, and some politicians are exacerbating tensions by appealing to our worst instincts, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

www.theguardian.com

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 2h

Clanging the bell on this again

Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 1d

I'm doing the children in read auction again this year! Signed & inscribed paperbacks of Cursed Under London and Cursed in the Lost City up for grabs! www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...

Children in Read 2025

'The Largest Signed Book Auction In The World'Authors and Illustrators around the globe, sign, dedicate, and send their books to their successful bidders.All Postage & Packaging is free.All proceeds a...

www.jumblebee.co.uk

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 21h

BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country

BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 2h

Whatevs. Say it in on stage Saudi Arabia. Then I'll rate you 😤

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2h

They always start with free speech. It sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? Free speech? And they can use it to shut down anyone who criticises them, because it’s all “free speech”

After “free speech” it’s “protecting women and girls”

And then it’s whatever they actually wanted.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 2h

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 2h

Can't think about anything else now

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‘Dr’ Dorothy Koomson @dorothykoomson.bsky.social · 2h

I had this really elaborate, funny and slightly daft cover reveal planned then I thought, nah, let me keep it simple. Really simple. Here’s the beauteous cover for book 23 - #TheQuietGirls designed by Becky Gilbbery. Can’t wait for you to read it.

Out March 2026.

Author Dorothy Koomson - Black woman with big twists holding a book cover. The cover is blue, white and yellow and has words The Quiet Girls in white.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 21h

One of the blissful things about being in Canada was the lack of pharmaceutical ads. It’s amazing how many other products exist in the world- chocolate! Laundry detergent! - that you can hear about if you’re not being told about medullary thyroid cancer

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you for having me on BBC Sunday Morning Live yesterday! I'll be in London playing my instore at Rough Trade East tonight, see you there!

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 4h

This is what one of the biggest Diwali celebrations outside of India looks like.

Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate light overcoming darkness, hope overcoming hardship, and unity in our diversity.

A person stands on stage addressing a large crowd gathered in Trafalgar Square for Diwali on the Square. Colourful tents and festival stalls fill the area behind the crowd, with the National Gallery visible in the background.

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 4h

He's an unbelievable player. Glad he's had some luck. He should stay where he's appreciated, and where there is a clear footballing vision

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Marcus Rashford: How Man Utd outcast is reviving his career at Barcelona, and what comes next

Marcus Rashford came to Barcelona to revive a spluttering career, and so far he is making a good job of that task, but it remains early days in Spain for the England forward.

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · 1d

I hate seeing rubble and I hate its dust

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 1d

Haha should have said 'were people using chipolatas' I should rethink my proof reading stance

Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 1d

Scratching my head mate

Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 1d

Vegan ones? Were people chipolatas?

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 1d

Gene Hackman, Robert Redford and Diane Keaton all going in the same year. Absolute titans of '70s cinema

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 1d

Skeletons shouldn't play each other as instruments

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: Make your voices heard. Join us in a peaceful protest across our country against the most corrupt, deceitful & criminal Administration in U.S. History. We say NO KINGS, NO CROOKS, NO SPRAY-TAN CONMAN! 👎

Check for a location near you at: www.nokings.org

#BeThere 👍

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

an experience I think about a lot: I was visiting a class in DC Jail shortly after Kim Kardashian visited and had brought in her camera team. I relayed critiques of her "performative", "virtue signalling" acts I had heard on the outside. the response was somewhere between a shrug and an eye roll

utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 2d

anyone else notice that the west took a turn for the worse once the concept of signaling one’s own social virtue became derogatory, almost as if cynically deriding all displays of charity and good will is indicative of a deeply cynical and nihilistic society capable of collaborating in genocide

larry @larrrrrry.bsky.social · 2d

her advocacy for Palestinians doesn't bother me nearly as much as she is so desperately doing all this as an actual act of transparent virtue signaling, to fill the absence she has in depth of character