Mark Braggins
@markbraggins.bsky.social
A keen walker and fan of #greyhounds #dogs, #wildlife, and the countryside.
Wherever I lay my head...that's my home.
December 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Wherever I lay my head...that's my home.
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A much-needed feed cleanser.
December 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A much-needed feed cleanser.
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Incredibly brave man.
Next time a maniac commits some atrocity, remember that for every Islamic terrorist there are millions of peaceful Muslims just living a peaceful life.
Or, like this wonderful guy, risking everything to save strangers of a different religion.
Next time a maniac commits some atrocity, remember that for every Islamic terrorist there are millions of peaceful Muslims just living a peaceful life.
Or, like this wonderful guy, risking everything to save strangers of a different religion.
7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Incredibly brave man.
Next time a maniac commits some atrocity, remember that for every Islamic terrorist there are millions of peaceful Muslims just living a peaceful life.
Or, like this wonderful guy, risking everything to save strangers of a different religion.
Next time a maniac commits some atrocity, remember that for every Islamic terrorist there are millions of peaceful Muslims just living a peaceful life.
Or, like this wonderful guy, risking everything to save strangers of a different religion.
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Mixing up genres? Here's a great one.
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Mixing up genres? Here's a great one.
No chance.
don't even think about it
Absolutely not.
December 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
No chance.
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Polanski tops leader poll after backing refugees as Starmer sinks
https://www.europesays.com/2633306/
Green Party leader Zack Polanski is the UK’s most popular party leader, according to a new poll by…
https://www.europesays.com/2633306/
Green Party leader Zack Polanski is the UK’s most popular party leader, according to a new poll by…
Polanski tops leader poll after backing refugees as Starmer sinks - EUROPE SAYS
Green Party leader Zack Polanski is the UK’s most popular party leader, according to a new poll by Opinium. The rating comes from data gathered shortly after
www.europesays.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Polanski tops leader poll after backing refugees as Starmer sinks
https://www.europesays.com/2633306/
Green Party leader Zack Polanski is the UK’s most popular party leader, according to a new poll by…
https://www.europesays.com/2633306/
Green Party leader Zack Polanski is the UK’s most popular party leader, according to a new poll by…
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Let's not forget that it was a Muslim man who risked his life and took two bullets to stop the mass killing of Jewish people at Bondi Beach.
December 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Let's not forget that it was a Muslim man who risked his life and took two bullets to stop the mass killing of Jewish people at Bondi Beach.
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December 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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I've written something about why banning kids from social media could be a terrible idea.
paulbernal.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/b...
paulbernal.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/b...
Banning kids from social media? A very bad idea…
As the idea of banning kids from social media is spreading round the globe – the new ban of under-16s from social media in Australia comes into action in a week or so – it is worth look…
paulbernal.wordpress.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I've written something about why banning kids from social media could be a terrible idea.
paulbernal.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/b...
paulbernal.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/b...
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Best comment so far on that ridiculous Daily Mail article about Poles returning to Poland.
Damned Poles, going over there, leaving their jobs.
December 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Best comment so far on that ridiculous Daily Mail article about Poles returning to Poland.
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l just leave this here, how did they expect it to go? news.sky.com/story/studen...
Students adapt Meta's smart glasses to dox strangers in real time
Two Harvard students created facial recognition glasses using tools that are readily available and then demonstrated them on strangers in Boston. They created them to prove the privacy risks of smart ...
news.sky.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
l just leave this here, how did they expect it to go? news.sky.com/story/studen...
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Some people never use their GPs or hospitals
20% of people won’t visit at all in any one year
Then there are people who visit 50 times, due not fault of their own
It’s often the healthy or wealthy that can’t see the point of investing in healthcare until they or family need it
20% of people won’t visit at all in any one year
Then there are people who visit 50 times, due not fault of their own
It’s often the healthy or wealthy that can’t see the point of investing in healthcare until they or family need it
December 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Some people never use their GPs or hospitals
20% of people won’t visit at all in any one year
Then there are people who visit 50 times, due not fault of their own
It’s often the healthy or wealthy that can’t see the point of investing in healthcare until they or family need it
20% of people won’t visit at all in any one year
Then there are people who visit 50 times, due not fault of their own
It’s often the healthy or wealthy that can’t see the point of investing in healthcare until they or family need it
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My god I have respect for satirists right now. It must be the most difficult job going. This from the ever brilliant @rosieisaholt.bsky.social is effectively government policy.
Labour MP says only way to unite UK over immigration is by leaning into Reform narrative.
December 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
My god I have respect for satirists right now. It must be the most difficult job going. This from the ever brilliant @rosieisaholt.bsky.social is effectively government policy.
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🎁 Today is Day 1 of 12 Days of Democracy 🎁
Every day, we will be opening a present and revealing one good reason to support a fairer voting system.
Let's see what we've got today - and stay tuned for more!
Every day, we will be opening a present and revealing one good reason to support a fairer voting system.
Let's see what we've got today - and stay tuned for more!
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🎁 Today is Day 1 of 12 Days of Democracy 🎁
Every day, we will be opening a present and revealing one good reason to support a fairer voting system.
Let's see what we've got today - and stay tuned for more!
Every day, we will be opening a present and revealing one good reason to support a fairer voting system.
Let's see what we've got today - and stay tuned for more!
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"I am Holly, the ship's computer, with an IQ of 6000. The same IQ as 6000 PE teachers."
Robert Mapplethorpe, Doris Saatchi, 1983
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1078557
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1078557
December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"I am Holly, the ship's computer, with an IQ of 6000. The same IQ as 6000 PE teachers."
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The EU has just made sure its biggest bargaining chip in the negotiations over Ukraine's future is no longer subject to national vetos. And that is even true independently of the fate of the reparations loan because now a qualified majority is required to unblock the funds again. Well done.
🚨 Big news: EU countries have approved the long-term immobilisation of the Russian Central Bank under Article 122, which requires only a qualified majority.
This is a key element of the reparations loan.
This is a key element of the reparations loan.
December 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The EU has just made sure its biggest bargaining chip in the negotiations over Ukraine's future is no longer subject to national vetos. And that is even true independently of the fate of the reparations loan because now a qualified majority is required to unblock the funds again. Well done.
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Lookit our George, poster boy for his adoption charity's home-from-home scheme.
#lurcher #sighthound #dogsofbluesky
#lurcher #sighthound #dogsofbluesky
December 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Lookit our George, poster boy for his adoption charity's home-from-home scheme.
#lurcher #sighthound #dogsofbluesky
#lurcher #sighthound #dogsofbluesky
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The UK government are in 'moral retreat' says Amnesty International.
Well said, and to think Starmer was a Human Rights lawyer. 🤔 shameful.
Well said, and to think Starmer was a Human Rights lawyer. 🤔 shameful.
December 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The UK government are in 'moral retreat' says Amnesty International.
Well said, and to think Starmer was a Human Rights lawyer. 🤔 shameful.
Well said, and to think Starmer was a Human Rights lawyer. 🤔 shameful.
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This is my favourite Christmas ad of 2025.
Great storytelling ✅️
Super animation ✅️
Surprising moments ✅️
Lovely melody ✅️
Bravo, Intermarché.
youtu.be/iLERt5ZkpQ4?...
Great storytelling ✅️
Super animation ✅️
Surprising moments ✅️
Lovely melody ✅️
Bravo, Intermarché.
youtu.be/iLERt5ZkpQ4?...
Intermarché - Unloved
YouTube video by Romance Agency
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December 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is my favourite Christmas ad of 2025.
Great storytelling ✅️
Super animation ✅️
Surprising moments ✅️
Lovely melody ✅️
Bravo, Intermarché.
youtu.be/iLERt5ZkpQ4?...
Great storytelling ✅️
Super animation ✅️
Surprising moments ✅️
Lovely melody ✅️
Bravo, Intermarché.
youtu.be/iLERt5ZkpQ4?...
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We walked away from a programme that invested in our nature, our coastlines and our communities. Regaining access to LIFE funding would put us back on the path we abandoned.
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We walked away from a programme that invested in our nature, our coastlines and our communities. Regaining access to LIFE funding would put us back on the path we abandoned.
En route to the pub.
December 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
En route to the pub.
Tigger and Jim meeting a new friend on the beach today.
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Tigger and Jim meeting a new friend on the beach today.