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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 1h

ALMA!!! 💋👊🏽

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james holod kennedy @jamesholod.bsky.social · 23h

something i’d been ominously stressed about for the past two weeks turned out to not be a big deal at all and i’d tell you that my anxiety learned a lasting meaningful lesson from the experience but i’m not gonna lie on the internet

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 7h

Don’t gave had that again, Alma

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 18h

Books attract a quasi religious reverence because the printing press was invented at the start of the Reformation. People have lil altars to books in their house etc. They’re treated as an absolute good and lots of them are shite.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 23h

whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow

satire: a spirit halloween costume that’s a “violent antifa terrorist” and includes:
- inflatable frog suit
- cape
- pepper spray filter
- a thirst for the blood of the innocent
- air pump

batteries and Molotov cocktails not included

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 20h

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Scott Paul Crawford @scottmaui.bsky.social · 1d

For those not on Threads or just not on right now… It is absolutely blowing up with servicemembers posting photos of themselves in uniform saying “Me in my Antifa uniform.”. Thousands of them. #antifa

Here my dad is his Antifa uniform, and proudly wearing his Antifa hat last year at the age of 91.

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 1d

All week!

25% off The Good Liar if you pre order using the code ‘OCTOBER25’
What a bargain!

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 1d

Sold out crowd in Pigalle for Gabi Hartman tonight

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 2d

Why doesn't the UK media talk about Farage and Russian money?

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 2d

Reform are all over the place. Are they even racists misogynists anymore? I feel we should be told

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Reform UK abandoning manifesto pledge of £90bn in tax cuts, deputy leader admits

Richard Tice says party will concentrate on cutting civil service and scrapping net zero once in government * UK politics live – latest updates Reform UK’s deputy leader has admitted the party cannot deliver the £90bn in tax cuts promised in its manifesto, saying it would concentrate on public spending cuts once in government. Richard Tice said key election pledges such as lifting the income tax threshold would be an “aspiration” and that once in government Reform would concentrate on cutting the civil service and scrapping net zero. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 2d

We’re on the
March with Ali’s army,
We’re going to the

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 3d

Xie Lei’s Fall 1, 2025

Phosphorescent painting of a blurred figure free falling through space

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 3d

Lebubu PM

John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 4d

NEW FRENCH PM JUST DROPPED

get them while you can. it's a limited pull.

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 3d

Is this… is he talking about the Three Little Pigs?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Vick Mickunas @vickmickunas.bsky.social · 4d

@bethmacy.bsky.social !

and @damedenisemina.bsky.social !

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/b...

6 New Books We Love This Week

www.nytimes.com

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 4d

The Good Liar is in here!

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/b...

6 New Books We Love This Week

www.nytimes.com

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ceej @ceej.online · 5d

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 5d

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 6d

This is where we are with this guy

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 6d

This show has a chalky after taste

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 6d

I am canceling tonight's antifa pot luck due to the tumor I got from taking the measles vaccine. I appreciate privacy during this difficult time and whatnot.

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 7d

Am I misremembering this: before social media it seemed like, if something dreadful happened, everyone tried to be kinder you. Now it’s a feeding frenzy.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Alleged stalker of parents of Madeleine McCann sent letter signed ‘Madeleine x’

Prosecutor tells jury that Julia Wandelt claimed to remember being abducted from Praia da Luz apartment in 2007

www.theguardian.com

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 7d

I’ll be on in central London at St Andrew’s Square Saturday 29th November. Do come!

Picture of Denise Mina who’s appearing at the 26th -30th November 2025 London St Andrews book festival

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 7d

Heads up for a rare London appearance for Marisa and myself. We'll be taking part in the St Andrew's Book Festival on November 29th, alongisde Allan Gaw, and we'll be chaired by none other than the incomparable @damedenisemina.bsky.social.
Details at the link:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/standrewsboo...

www.ticketsource.co.uk

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