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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 11m

Very much so

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 12m

Perhaps worth an explore for those who are heading up from, or to, the coastal airport.

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Eric Rosen @erosen1.bsky.social · 16h

All these war zones are creating quite a booming costume economy.

The only part of the economy Trump is having a positive impact on.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 15m

There are far too many devils involved in this, even before the detail.

The murder of the journalist Saleh Al Jafarawi by a Netanyahu-supported gang shows that Israel is continuing to destabilise Gaza.

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 54m

US President Donald Trump has said he remains confident about a lasting peace in the Middle East, despite disquiet among many seasoned analysts who say the devil is in the detail
www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

Trump receives hero's welcome at Israeli parliament

Confident US President Donald Trump stands before the Israeli Parliament as a "hero" as he says he expects peace in the Middle East to last.

www.rte.ie

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 18m

"Have you a flaaag", asks Eddie Izzard.

Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 18h

Some houses near me appear to be locked in a battle of faux-patriotism. Whenever one flag goes up, another puts up two. This guy seems to be 'winning':

A red bricked house with cars parked out front. There is a grass verge and a pavement in the foreground. The focus of the photo is a stretch of fencing with has 6 union flags, one saint George's flag, and one flag for the extreme far right group Britain First.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 5h

Appalling and sloppy... but EVEN more so when you consider the show's subject matter...

Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 11h

I’m sure they didn’t mean to eliminate the woman in this image.

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 22m

I remember watching, and thinking how bizarre it was that religious zealots were blowing shofars to egg on the January 6th insurrectionists.

Why pro-Trump evangelicals brought shofars to DC this week

How a Jewish ritual instrument became a favorite symbol for some conservative Christians.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 4h

Here’s my tuppence on Thatcher, written when she died. A few words from one of Thatcher’s children. paulbernal.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/a...

A few words from one of Thatcher’s children….

I was 14 when Margaret Thatcher came to power in 1979: to say that she cast a shadow over my youth is to vastly underestimate her impact on my life then, and my life now. When I heard about her dea…

paulbernal.wordpress.com

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 25m

I had forgotten about the chants of "Maggie, Maggie, Maggie, OUT, OUT, OUT!" I accompanied a friend to Didcot power station protests my first winter in UK, and contributed to miners' strike bucket fundraising. Thatcher's education cuts hit an awarded scholarship so I deferred a year for post-grad.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 16h

Absolutely horrible news - Saleh was killed today

www.middleeasteye.net/news/saleh-a...

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 29m

The unthinking misogyny in the press coverage and marketing is quite remarkable.

I shan't be watching Rylan given his track record of hateful comments, which is a shame as I rate Prof Alice's humanist touch and insight.

Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 11h

I’m sure they didn’t mean to eliminate the woman in this image.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 11h

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

ok.co.uk @ok.co.uk · 6d

Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.

Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show

Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.

www.ok.co.uk

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 18h

And yet he claims to understand the struggles of working people...

https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nigel-farage-now-earns-over-1-million-from-12-second-jobs/

Nigel Farage now earns over £1 million from his 12 ‘second jobs’

The Reform leader has raked in a further £189,000 from side jobs since May this year

leftfootforward.org

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 53m

A big shout out to Izzy G (whoever you are), @climatemuseum.bsky.social, and political cartoonist Tom Toro for their brilliant and biting update of Tom's timeless and priceless classic climate cartoon. I'm laughing and crying.

@mason4c.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social

And the winner is…

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · 8d

We also extend congratulations to our five runners-up:
Anxhelo Z., Daniel L., Nat E., Holli K., Kathy Z.

Your prizes will soon be en route 🏆

Thanks to everyone who participated—your creativity inspired us, and you provided our recommended monthly allowance of gallows humor!

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 43m

www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...

75 years on, Franco’s cruel punishment haunts Spanish mountain village

Fascist troops cleared the settlement in punishment for aiding the guerrillas

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 43m

I stayed in a friend's traditional house in Cómpeta for a few weeks. A lovely hilltop village, with buildings reminiscent of blue villages in Rajasthan and Morocco, built upwards for shade. A good market and cafes, hill walks, reserves, and tragic past history at El Acebuchal nearby.

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 1h

👀 US interference in UK abortion rights, with allies in Trump world. In 2024, Alliance Defending Freedom (UK) received £1.1M from its US parent, to fund buffer‑zone protesters, Westminster lobbying, attending the APPG on Freedom of Religion or Belief, briefing MPs and officials - and citing Farage

Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 1h

Really good piece from Jane Bradley and co at NYT.

Earlier this summer Democracy for Sale revealed how anti abortionists, including ADF, were pumping money into the U.K.

Free Speech Union still hasn’t responded to our queries. Funny that…

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-antiabo...

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 1h

Physios specialising in hands? Artisanal chocolatiers? Toolmakers? Brickies?

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 4h

After two years of handing cans of petrol to an arsonist burning down a house, demanding praise for finally deciding to ask the arsonist to stop is a little sad.

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 2h

Ramshorns to keep the Evangelicals happy too?

Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 2h

Trump enters the Knesset to a triumphal fanfare.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 4h

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

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Hanniba-LINA Lecter 💀 @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 2h

The bbc focussing on what the ceasefire means for the hostages way more than what it means for Gazans, again seeing that disproportionately we’ve become accustomed to for years, this isn’t new, and it’s certainly not ok

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Dave Johnson @dcjohnson.bsky.social · 4h

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

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