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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 2h

Under the terms of the so-called "backstop" EU applicants who can recite the Seamus Heaney translation can live in Northern Ireland

Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 23h

BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to recite Beowulf in its entirety in Old English, without notes, before being allowed entry to the U.K.

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Andy Bruce (Reuters) @bruceandy.bsky.social · 17h

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Yes! Yes! Yes!

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 18h

Margaret Thatcher had two extramarital affairs, claims new book ⬇️

Margaret Thatcher had two extramarital affairs, claims new book

Tina Gaudoin claims in The Incidental Feminist that the former prime minister had two affairs: one early in her career as an MP and one with another politician

www.thetimes.com

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 4d

Settle in cnuts

North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 5d

No medieval filter here! A modern recreation of a Viking ruler for Denmark’s National Museum, based on the depiction of Cnut in the New Minster Liber Vitae and on clothes found at a grave in Mammen, Denmark. #medievalsky

A man wearing a thigh-length red tunic beneath a cloak of a darker red, both richly embroidered, blue leggings and soft, tan-coloured shoes.

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 4d

Long inflatable frog suits.
Short circular data centre trades

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 4d

Von der Leyen [handshake emoji] Trump

Murky personal negotiations with pharma execs

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 4d

ASTRAZENECA CEO SORIOT: NEGOTIATED 3-YEAR TARIFF EXEMPTION WITH TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 4d

Matignon. Shit. I'm only in Matignon

Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 4d

2 Le 2 Cornu

cosmoflash @cosmoflash.bsky.social · 4d

Lecornu II : Matignon Drift
Lecornu 3
Lecornu 4Ever
Lecornu V Infinite
Lecornu Origins
The Lecornu Tales
Legend of Lecornu

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cosmoflash @cosmoflash.bsky.social · 4d

Lecornu II : Matignon Drift
Lecornu 3
Lecornu 4Ever
Lecornu V Infinite
Lecornu Origins
The Lecornu Tales
Legend of Lecornu

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Jean-Charles Geslot @jcgeslot.bsky.social · 4d

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 4d

Only one person has anything to gain from Macron reappointing a prime minister who previously served only 29 days before resigning

a woman is holding a large bell in her hands

ALT: a woman is holding a large bell in her hands

media.tenor.com

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 4d

COMPETITION
Finish the AFP headline

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 4d

Le 19e vendémiaire

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 4d

Awkward timeline juxtaposition

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 5d

With Greta

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 5d

two men in suits and hats are standing in an elevator with the words we 're on a mission from god

ALT: two men in suits and hats are standing in an elevator with the words we 're on a mission from god

media.tenor.com

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 5d

The Pope says: "Subscribe".

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6d

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

bit.ly

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 6d

Tweets from the past?

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 6d

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says "China is not on our list for a trade deal" but also states he "wants to press on with other trade deals." 🇬🇧🤝

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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 6d

At his current rate he could appoint two or three in that time, surely

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 6d

The French president could appoint a new prime minister in the next 48 hours, after last-ditch talks between political parties to avoid snap parliamentary elections. on.ft.com/4oa2XfW

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 7d

Only used when it wasn't cold or wet enough for a cross country run

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 7d

Rachida Dati est toujours dans le gouvernement quoi qu'il arrive, donc ...

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Megan Clement @meganclement.bsky.social · 7d

Une femme, alors ?

Libération @liberation.fr · 7d

Démission de Sébastien Lecornu : Bruno Retailleau ne veut ni «un homme de gauche» ni «un macroniste» à Matignon

Suivez notre direct ⬇️

EN DIRECT - Démission de Sébastien Lecornu : Bruno Retailleau ne veut ni «un homme de gauche» ni «un macroniste» à Matignon

www.liberation.fr

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 7d

"Pudding"? Ok.

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 7d

Like Angel Delight? Or Flamby?

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 7d

What is the dish that the WaPo calls "pudding" here?

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d

Germans have been gathering to engage in the latest social media-driven activity now sweeping around the world: eating pudding, in public, with forks.

“I think it’s very German humor,” a Berlin resident said.

Germans meet up to eat pudding with forks — and the trend goes global

The trend, called “Pudding mit Gabel,” has taken off on German social media, and now has crossed the Atlantic.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 7d

Could.
Will ya?

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 7d

TRUMP: WE COULD RENEGOTIATE USMCA