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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 16h

Boiling sea caused by bluefin tuna in sea around Alderney. Spectacular filming by @alderneywt.bsky.social using drone technology www.facebook.com/watch/?v=389.... 🇬🇬🇯🇪🌎🧪 #channelislands.

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 4d

🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #reform #ukpolitics

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 4d

“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”

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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 5d

Inspired and wonderful 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇯🇪🇬🇬 #british

NevereverDave.bsky.social @nevereverdave.bsky.social · 5d

The British by Poet Mr #BenjaminZephaniah

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The British by Benjamin Zephaniah

"Take some Picts, Celts and Silures And let them settle, Then overrun them with Roman conquerors.

Remove the Romans after approximately 400 years Add lots of Norman French to some Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings, then stir vigorously.

Mix some hot Chileans, cool Jamaicans, Dominicans, Trinidadians and Bajans with some Ethiopians, Chinese, Vietnamese and Sudanese.

Then take a blend of Somalians, Sri Lankans, Nigerians And Pakistanis, Combine with some Guyanese And turn up the heat.

Sprinkle some fresh Indians, Malaysians, Bosnians, Iraqis and Bangladeshis together with some Afghans, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, Japanese And Palestinians Then add to the melting pot.

Leave the ingredients to simmer.

As they mix and blend allow their languages to flourish Binding them together with English.

Allow time to be cool.

Add some unity, understanding, and respect for the future, Serve with justice And enjoy.

Note: All the ingredients are equally important. Treating one ingredient better than another will leave a bitter unpleasant taste.

Warning: An unequal spread of justice will damage the people and cause pain. Give justice and equality to all."

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UCD Criminology and Criminal Justice @ucdcrim.bsky.social · 8d

There’s still plenty of time to register for our upcoming Criminology Salon with @nicolacarr.bsky.social on Monday 20th October at 1pm at UCD Sutherland School of Law.

All welcome! Please register here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/ucd-crimin...

Looking forward to seeing you there!

UCD Criminology and Criminal Justice @ucdcrim.bsky.social · 29d

Join us at the next UCD Criminology Salon on Mon 20 Oct. @nicolacarr.bsky.social will discuss her recent book book co-edited with @harryannison.bsky.social & Thomas Guiney, Parole Futures: Rationalities, Institutions and Practices. All welcome! Please register here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/ucd-crimin...

UCD Institute of Criminology and Criminal JusticeCriminology Salon: Parole Futures: Rationalities, Institutions and PracticesMonday 20 October 2025, 13:00 – 14:30 Harty Boardroom, Sutherland School of Law, Belfield, Dublin 4 Professor Nicola Carr, Chair of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College DublinJoin us at our next Criminology Salon where Professor Nicola Carr will discuss her recent book co-edited with Harry Annison and Thomas Guiney, Parole Futures: Rationalities, Institutions and Practices, published by Bloomsbury. This book brings together a range of academic and practice perspectives to analyse the ideas, institutions and practices of contemporary parole. At a time when many parole systems are strained, this collection aims to encourage systematic reflection on parole’s rationalities, institutions, and practices and to pose ambitious “what if” questions about the possible futures of parole and prison release.

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 9d

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Guernsey Press @guernseypress.com · 9d

Monday’s Press 🗞️

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 9d

#cymru #wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #environment

NationCymru @nation.cymru · 9d

The Elenydd are the closest Wales has to a wilderness -- one of the last places where you can truly lose yourself in nature. As wind farm plans gather pace, the planned desecration of these mountains is nothing less than an emergency ✍️ Jane Eynon

Remember the Heart of Wales?

Jane Eynon Back in 2022 I was one of over 20,000 signatories to a petition to the Welsh Senedd calling for the Cambrian Mountains to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), a desig...

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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 10d

"The overwhelming majority of asylum seekers want to share in our standards and escape from persecution or civil war. To describe them as thieves or rapists is not just dishonest but encourages the worst sort of prejudice in our communities," writes Michael Heseltine.

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The Conservatives must never have any part in Farage’s po...

To describe asylum seekers as thieves or rapists encourages the worst sort of prejudice. We don’t need Trump’s mouthpiece anywhere near No 10

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 10d

Professor Gilly Carr OBE @gillycarr.bsky.social · Sep 8

Next up in #Jersey, Frankie Le Villio is honoured with a #Stolperstein stone and his cousin Stan is here to witness it. Frankie’s offence was military larceny. He was deported to #Alderney and then on to a variety of camps, including #Neuengamme. He was liberated from #Sandbostel camp.

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 10d

Political choices such as austerity, caps to benefits and cuts to social protection spending have led to widespread food poverty.

Hunger is a political choice. Could a 'Right to Food' change everything?

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Pete Miles @petermiles.bsky.social · 11d

Facebook as a major vector for riots.

(What if anything is being done to stop this?)

@privateeyenews.bsky.social

EYE PREDICTED A RIOT

A RECENT Guardian investigation into the role of Facebook groups in the 2024 summer riots concluded that the platform played a significant role in driving anti-immigrant sentiment and radicalisation, pointing to "algorithmic amplification" as a reason for the growth in these communities.

This has, of course, long been a known issue. Back in 2020, Eye 1523 reported on internal Facebook presentations from 2018 in which the company admitted that "64 percent of all extremist group joins are due to our recommendation tools".

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 11d

Similarly I've had to sort out a few car park issues for clients sentenced to custody in one case and mandatory driving disqualification in others.

The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 11d

Incredible work.

Reminds me (on a much smaller scale) of the client who drove to court to be sentenced for a large fraud and false documents conspiracy and told me he’d only paid for 3 hours’ parking.

As he’d previously been advised, he’d have needed 3 years’.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 11d

WOW

The Assistant US Attorney tells the judge at Diddy’s sentencing hearing that Diddy has booked speaking engagements in Miami next week.

The AUSA calls it the “height of hubris.”

Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 14d

Does Pete Hegseth remind you of anyone in Catch 22. General Sheisskopf perhaps?

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 14d

Yes, for example accountancy, trust firms etc offer professional qualifications on job for those who join straight from school. Not my choice but but pays well whilst providing a professional qualification.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 14d

I'm glad Keir Starmer is finally stepping up the fight against Nigel Farage, and I hope this will mark the end of his government parroting Farage and copying his divisive politics.

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 15d

Definitely overdue, but very welcome 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Wales #criminology #cymru

NationCymru @nation.cymru · 15d

Wales specific justice data will be available for the public to access online for the first time following repeated calls for more transparency ✍️Emily Price

Wales specific justice data made available to public for first time

Emily Price Wales specific justice data will be available for the public to access online for the first time following repeated calls for more transparency. Previously, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) s...

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 15d

Ooh, I know I'm going to like this!

Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 16d

Have you ever been to @jerseywordfest.bsky.social or @alderneylit.bsky.social ? (Hoping they will take the hint if not?) 🤞

Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 18d

And yet no sanctions on the state which does have undeclared nuclear weapons and is conventionally bombing 7 or 8 neighbouring countries.

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 19d

Seconded!!!! Lib Dems and Greens come closest, if discounting "your party" as not yet registered.

Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 19d

Interesting paper @alderneywt.bsky.social #seabirds 🌎🧪

BOU @bou.org.uk · 19d

EARLY VIEW in IBIS

Effect of a previous high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAIV) infection on the breeding success of Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) | onlinelibrary.wiley....

Sue Lewis et al | #ornithology 🪶

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 20d

open.substack.com/pub/jonn/p/w.... Short and powerful analysis and comment from @jonnelledge.bsky.social #politics 🇬🇧

What Do We Have To Lose

If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him? Plus: some natural borders; and the non-existence of grey, and other letters.

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 20d

#aviation #planes 🛩️✈️

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 20d

France is able to manufacture a next-generation fighter jet alone if no agreement can be found with Germany about the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), a French official told a small group of reporters yesterday.

France ready to make next-gen fighter jet alone if talks with Germany fail

“If the needs are divergent [between France, Germany and Spain], we must say so,” a French official told reporters.

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 20d

I'm looking forward to seeing @brianbilston.bsky.social this evening #jerseyfestivalofwords 🇯🇪 #jerseyci

Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 21d

I’m reading some poems tonight at the #jerseyfestivalofwords. If you’re nearby and fancy joining me, here’s where you can get a ticket: jerseyoperahouse.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

@jerseywordfest.bsky.social

A poster advertising the Jersey Festival of Words, including lots of top authors (and me, too).

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Aurigny.bsky.social @aurigny.bsky.social · 21d

May try this with Guinea Fowl. Our Jersey Royals are pretty much done now but I could mash in a maincrop roast potato.