Mel 🍿 📎
@melhistorygeek.bsky.social
ex maths teacher now studying history. Left of centre, bollocks to Brexit. Occasionally pissed off with everything. Chief cat serf.
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Mel 🍿 📎
@melhistorygeek.bsky.social
· Nov 14
thanks answered my question, definitely need to pin something, anything to justify my large ego and sense of importance my muddle name is Karen (genuinely)
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Twelve men have been charged with child sex offences. I’m sure all the ‘concerned parents’ will be out in force any time now. Unless there’s something… different about these perverts..?
August 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Twelve men have been charged with child sex offences. I’m sure all the ‘concerned parents’ will be out in force any time now. Unless there’s something… different about these perverts..?
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And expect that number to shrink further.
No matter how much the government, major parties, or tabloid press push “Brexit benefits…”
People know Brexit doesn’t.
Brexit leaves the UK in a structurally weaker position, bleeding money, time, efficiency and opportunity daily.
No matter how much the government, major parties, or tabloid press push “Brexit benefits…”
People know Brexit doesn’t.
Brexit leaves the UK in a structurally weaker position, bleeding money, time, efficiency and opportunity daily.
August 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
And expect that number to shrink further.
No matter how much the government, major parties, or tabloid press push “Brexit benefits…”
People know Brexit doesn’t.
Brexit leaves the UK in a structurally weaker position, bleeding money, time, efficiency and opportunity daily.
No matter how much the government, major parties, or tabloid press push “Brexit benefits…”
People know Brexit doesn’t.
Brexit leaves the UK in a structurally weaker position, bleeding money, time, efficiency and opportunity daily.
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is under investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog for a potential breach of MPs' rules on financial interests
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage investigated by standards watchdog
It relates to a possible breach of rules requiring MPs to register financial interests within 28 days.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is under investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog for a potential breach of MPs' rules on financial interests
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bet you 1 million pounds it’s painted gold
Trump announces that he’s having a 90,000 sq ft event space added to the White House
July 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Bet you 1 million pounds it’s painted gold
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😹 He’s not wrong!
July 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
😹 He’s not wrong!
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Incredible that the statement 'you should not give ground to the rightwing on any minority rights' is so often met with the counterpoint 'well, maybe *a little* more ground will stop them'.
July 29, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Incredible that the statement 'you should not give ground to the rightwing on any minority rights' is so often met with the counterpoint 'well, maybe *a little* more ground will stop them'.
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Two hacker groups, Silent Crow and Cyber Partisans BY, have shut down the tech infrastructure of Russia’s Aeroflot in a months-long operation. Flights are grounded and the cost runs into tens of millions of dollars, according to Russian Telegram channels.
July 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Two hacker groups, Silent Crow and Cyber Partisans BY, have shut down the tech infrastructure of Russia’s Aeroflot in a months-long operation. Flights are grounded and the cost runs into tens of millions of dollars, according to Russian Telegram channels.
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I drove through North Dakota two months ago and I can tell you the smell of all the rotting whale carcasses killed by all the wind turbines is pretty hard to take.
July 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I drove through North Dakota two months ago and I can tell you the smell of all the rotting whale carcasses killed by all the wind turbines is pretty hard to take.
Masters here i come😁
July 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Masters here i come😁
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Tomorrow's front page 📰
Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland
Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland
July 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Tomorrow's front page 📰
Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland
Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland
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The psychological study of weak, fearful, always overcompensating MAGA is going to be epic.
The Administration Wants Military Women to Know Their Place — The Atlantic
Pete Hegseth seems to be on a mission to erase women from the top ranks of the U.S. armed forces.
apple.news
July 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The psychological study of weak, fearful, always overcompensating MAGA is going to be epic.
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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X is reportedly censoring content related to the Epstein files in an effort to help Donald Trump quiet the controversy around his refusal to release the files. Now here's another article about the lack of intellectual diversity on BlueSky.
July 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
X is reportedly censoring content related to the Epstein files in an effort to help Donald Trump quiet the controversy around his refusal to release the files. Now here's another article about the lack of intellectual diversity on BlueSky.
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Genius! Bravo Scotland!
July 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Genius! Bravo Scotland!
I have no fucking clue - isn't living near diddly fucking squat bad enough?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What did the people of the Cotswolds do to deserve a visit from JD Vance? | Zoe Williams
The US vice-president has chosen to holiday among the Chipping Norton set, which includes Boris Johnson and Jeremy Clarkson, in a country he says has gone to the dogs. It feels like he is trolling the...
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I have no fucking clue - isn't living near diddly fucking squat bad enough?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Oh I know this one.
Is it because they object to children being murdered and a country bombed into the stone age?
Is it because they object to children being murdered and a country bombed into the stone age?
July 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Oh I know this one.
Is it because they object to children being murdered and a country bombed into the stone age?
Is it because they object to children being murdered and a country bombed into the stone age?
@ashashman1.bsky.social night and before you ask he is fed watered and still pissed off, i think i may disturbed his beauty sleep to give him a dreamie
July 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
@ashashman1.bsky.social night and before you ask he is fed watered and still pissed off, i think i may disturbed his beauty sleep to give him a dreamie
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Eating their own, grab the popcorn
Trump sues Murdoch and Wall Street Journal for $10bn over Epstein article www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump sues Murdoch and Wall Street Journal for $10bn over Epstein article www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump sues Murdoch and Wall Street Journal for $10bn over Epstein article
The lawsuit is over a story claiming the president wrote a "bawdy" personal note to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.
www.bbc.com
July 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Eating their own, grab the popcorn
Trump sues Murdoch and Wall Street Journal for $10bn over Epstein article www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump sues Murdoch and Wall Street Journal for $10bn over Epstein article www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Donald Trump does not want to release the Epstein files!
Attorney General Pam Bondi does not want to release the Epstein files!
211 Republicans just voted to block the release of Epstein files!
Does anyone know what they could possibly be hiding?
Attorney General Pam Bondi does not want to release the Epstein files!
211 Republicans just voted to block the release of Epstein files!
Does anyone know what they could possibly be hiding?
July 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Donald Trump does not want to release the Epstein files!
Attorney General Pam Bondi does not want to release the Epstein files!
211 Republicans just voted to block the release of Epstein files!
Does anyone know what they could possibly be hiding?
Attorney General Pam Bondi does not want to release the Epstein files!
211 Republicans just voted to block the release of Epstein files!
Does anyone know what they could possibly be hiding?
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He doesn’t want us to mention Epstein. You know what to do
July 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
He doesn’t want us to mention Epstein. You know what to do