BristleKRS
@bristlekrs.bsky.social
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Slackness. Love. Hugs. Kisses. Podcasts. Comics. Fillums. People. Music. Masterless. Lapsed blogger (http://bristle.wordpress.com http://thebristle.wordpress.com http://aweekinfilm.wordpress.com [etc]). #spycops #shelfies #screenagekicks
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Thank you @cwunews.bsky.social for inviting us to speak about #spycops at your #equalities conference today, and for your support & solidarity.
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In 1987 Winston Silcott, along with Mark Braithwait and Engin Raghip, was convicted of the murder of PC Keith Blakelock. their convictions were quashed in 1991 #spycops (@tombfowler.bsky.social)
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Tom Fowler has done a short recap of Monday at #spycops inquiry.

A surprising change of tone from Met Police lawyer; apologizing, admitting wrongdoing and how the managers had failed.

The Home Office lawyer claimed new codes & safeguards in place in 2000, shifting responsibility for previous […]
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#OtD 11 Oct 1946 the UK govt announced that 39,535 people were squatting in 1038 military camps across England and Wales. Many were ex-servicemen's families demanding housing after WWII, and eventually a forced the govt to build mass council housing stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8350...
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Anticipating heaps of in-depth coverage of the extensive crimes of this heinous individual across the various outlets of News UK... Oh wait 🤦
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There was a lot of very interesting things in it, I will have to listen to it back in full when I get some child-free time 😁

The scale and complexity and sheer grimness of it all really came across 😱
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My grandad and assorted comrades - I will have to go through my mum's papers to find out who else is in it
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“Drawing on unpublished first-hand accounts, this is a gripping history of the experiences of the Commandos and their unsung allies in one of the bloodiest battles of the Burma Campaign.”

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Thanks for the heads-up 👍
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Just received my copy of 'Jungle Commandos' by Lucy Betteridge-Dyson - looking forward to digging into this long-needed account of the hellish Battle of Arakan and getting some sense of what those there endured. @lmbd1418.bsky.social
Copy of 'Jungle Commandos' by Lucy Betteridge-Dyson plus framed photo of veterans at the Commando Memorial in Lochaber
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I think it's important to let writers and artists know when their hard work resonates with readers - it can't be much fun plugging away at things if the only feedback on socials is backseat editing!
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Cheers for the recommendation - it definitely looks like it is in his wheelhouse 🫡
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He's been enjoying The Dungeon On Blood Island so I suspect he will fully explore the canon at some point - currently he's very manga-focused!
A kid's bookshelf full of manga books
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He was genuinely snorting and hiccuping with giddy excitement as he tore through it cover-to-cover, reading aloud every other spread 😁

He's going to take it to his D&D club this week to share it with his pals 👍
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#OtD 28 Jul 1985 Anti-Fascist Action (AFA) was launched at a meeting at @ConwayHall in London, UK. Its dedication to "physical and ideological opposition" to fascism would see it drive numerous far-right groups off the streets. This is a short history: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1002...
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Just spotted that Rebellion is reprinting the Don Lawrence historical epic Maroc The Mighty! Not seen it since it got a cheap airing in the mid-80s in the Eagle Picture Library - even with watered-down ink and on newsprint the art jumped off the page 👍

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Out Now: Don Lawrence's Maroc The Mighty Brings Thirteenth-Century Action! | 2000 AD
Originally serialised in Lion, Maroc the Mighty is a action-packed adventure story about a thirteenth century superhero! During the Crusades in the Holy Land, an English yeoman, John Maroc, came into ...
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