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Cycling, Lotto CT: mainly UK juniors & U23 & Rayner Fdn & Pedal Potential, caravans, #Breizh (Aodoù an Arvor) & #poetry. Failing to avoid politics. Suffering Kingstonian FC & Dewsbury RL fan #NonLeague starter pack https://go.bsky.app/5ZmrY8K

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Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · Nov 17

My #NonLeague starter pack is full

150 clubs and people (and a few leagues) across England

Vetted and curated by me

I won’t do another

Hopefully some will find it helpful

Please share to people coming on-board and other already here, it’s nice to welcome them

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NHU Bretagne @nhubretagne.bsky.social · 12m

✅ Politique linguistique #Bretagne : @loigcg.bsky.social coupable inaction ?

Pendant que Corses et Basques sauvent leur langue, @regionbretagne.bsky.social administrative laisse #breton mourir à petit feu

👉 www.nhu.bzh/politique-li...

#BretagneAutonomie #DeciderNousMemes #LangueBretonne

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Cllr Mael Garrec 〓〓 (Mebyon Kernow Penryn) @cllrmgarrec.bsky.social · 52m

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Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 12m

Hope you feel better soon

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Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 21m

I know it’s part of general policy but it would be nice to see it expressed explicitly about Cornish devolution

It’s not about independence but giving the people an equal footing within U.K. law to the other Celtic nations

And not a wider do-called “Devonwall” - Cornish are Celts, like the Welsh

Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 27m

Truth is always the first victim of disinformation

Long thread but worth reading because the majority are being silenced by a minority of loud voices

Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 10h

🚨Christian children were told they'd "be Muslim by year 6"!🚨

😱Sounds outrageous?

You know the drill…

If it sounds outrageous and designed to trigger you into being angry with “other” people, then you need to do some 🪏

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Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 1h

Trier is a lovely place and surrounded by lovely countryside too

Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 1h

I visited the magnificent Porta Nigra in Trier yesterday! It’s the best preserved Roman city gate north of the Alps! 🤩

I’m here for a few days with my museum buddy @drnwillburger.bsky.social Today we’re going to the State Exhibition ‘Marcus Aurelius’.

#Archaeology

A photo of me standing in front of the huge Roman city gate known as the ‘Porta Nigra’ in Trier yesterday. The afternoon sun is shining through an upper window.

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Susan Westemeyer @susanwestemeyer.bsky.social · 1h

Good morning!

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Straßenverlauf @strassenverlauf.bsky.social · 2h

Am 15. Oktober 1946 wurde im sowjetischen Sektor Berlins im Admiralspalast Wolfgang Staudtes Trümmerfilm "Die Mörder sind unter uns" mit Hildegard Knef, Ernst Wilhelm Borchert, Erna Sellmer und Arno Paulsen uraufgeführt. 🧵

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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 1h

15 October 1950: a polling station in Bernau on election day for the GDR's Volkswahlen (via Bundesarchiv)

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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 1h

15 October 1950: young volunteers remove rubble from the demolished Schloss in East Berlin (via Bundesarchiv)

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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 1h

15 October 1985: stamps issued in the GDR depicting East German fortifications

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Global Cricket @somuchcricket.bsky.social · 1h

Really crucial game for Japan if they are going to qualify for the MT20 World Cup. They've struggled to score fast enough against Qatar but they are putting in a surge at the end.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 1h

Thinking of all the people who insisted that this admin was serious about "ending antisemitism on college campuses."

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 2h

Ich bin Berliner or ich bin ein Berliner

Being pedantic but is the latter the doughnut (donut, as the Americans misspell it)

#JFK

Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 2h

Hadn’t thought of that

But yes, it was part of the British military tour of East Berlin back in 1980

We all got out of the bus, and watched the changing of the guard

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 12h

riding bikes every day until I can’t for some reason, day 1877

#Cycling #BikeTO #Photography

photo of a red BMC Roadmachine road bike standing next to some tall grass, overlooking a marsh. there is a body of water that is punctuated by a few groves of tall grass. on the other side of the shore there is a line of trees showing beautiful autumn leaves that are green and orange and yellow and brown

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David Hinchliffe Bradford @dbfreelance.co.uk · 11h

Terrific essay by @garthgreenwell.bsky.social on Giovanni's Room and why the best art is anything but consoling

share.google/N1ipypQilELA...

Enamored of the Abyss, by Garth Greenwell

On the place of affirmation in art

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Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 11h

Les applis de radio, que j’ai, me suffisent. Delta FM, au Nord, et Océane

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Marine Tondelier @marinetondelier.fr · 11h

Pendant qu'Emmanuel Macron entretient le chaos politique français, il s'apprête en catimini à sacrifier notre agriculture en acceptant le Mercosur.

Encore une promesse trahie.

Contrairement à lui, @lesecologistes.fr continuent le combat contre ce traité aux côtés de la @confpaysanne.bsky.social !

Les Écologistes - EELV 🌻 @lesecologistes.fr · 11h

Alors que beaucoup de partis apportent un soutien à géométrie variable aux agriculteurs·ices, Les Ecologistes sont toujours là à leurs côtés 🌻

C’était encore le cas aujourd’hui avec la @confpaysanne.bsky.social pour combattre le traité du Mercosur, que la France s’apprête à signer !

Marie Pochon à la manif contre le Mercosur le 14 octobre 2025

Benoit Biteau à la manif contre le Mercosur le 14 octobre 2025

manif contre le Mercosur le 14 octobre 2025 à Paris

Charles Fournier à la manif contre le Mercosur le 14 octobre 2025

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Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team @soudalquickstep.bsky.social · 13h

Fourth victory of the season for Ethan Hayter, who takes the Tour of Holland prologue after a flying ride 🔥

Ethan Hayter wins the Tour of Holland prologue.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Hannesson @hannesson.bsky.social · 13h

Hayter wins 👀

Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 13h

So close! 🤏

🇬🇧 Ethan Hayter wins the prologue of 🇳🇱 #TourofHolland by the barest of margins ahead of the young Aussie 🇦🇺 Cameron Rogers!

Full results 👇

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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 13h

BBC caves to complaints and agrees to major Zack Polanski interview

www.thenational.scot/news/2554271...

BBC caves to complaints and agrees to major Zack Polanski interview

ZACK Polanski will be interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg after the BBC received complaints from the public for the lack of coverage of the Green Party…

www.thenational.scot

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Partizan Dulwich @partizandulwich.bsky.social · 13h

Big Business & Fascism
Nothing New

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Dan Challis @globalpeloton.bsky.social · 13h

Callum Thornley has emerged as one of Britain’s brightest young talents this season

I spoke to the young Scot about stepping up to the WorldTour, becoming the first Brit to win Il Lombardia U23 and what got him hooked on racing

www.rouleur.cc/blogs/the-ro...

‘A lot of headroom to grow’ - New Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe recruit Callum Thornley could be Britain’s next Classics star

The young Scot talks to Rouleur about getting to the WorldTour the long way, winning Il Lombardia under-23 and racing with Remco Evenepoel

www.rouleur.cc

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