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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 4h

A BBC News screenshot, of the morning after the Brexit vote, with Nigel Farage being interviewed on Parliament Green. Nathan Gill is tucked in right behind him, and clearly part of his entourage.

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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 2h

The day we found a Playmobil zookeeper

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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · 2h

Tiny animals saved from the waves, along with a Playmobil zookeeper, also found on a beach. #beachcombing

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 2h

Poor old Trump. No Nobel Prize. Some days he solved 6 wars, other days it was 9 wars, today its 7 wars. And like magic he can end wars between countries that aren’t at war, or that don’t exist, or that are still at war. All without leaving the golf course or the gold plated WH rooms.

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Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 2h

Another neighbour writes

“I read these to our children after a book starved upbringing and we all love them. So sorry I can't get to this as truly love these tales.”

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Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 2h

Paging @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 2h

the double-event is upon us already

A meme showing a man at a chalkboard from "Pacific Rim". He says "in the beginning the [new French PMs] were spaced apart 24 weeks. Then 12. Then 6. Then every 2 weeks. In four days we could be seeing a PM every 8 hours until they are coming every 4 minutes. We should witness a double event within seven days

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Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 2h

Have walked dogs in Western Park since 1988, during lockdown more folk discovered the park and the various parts got named, to let folk know where you were. Some woodland is Narnia, there’s a Stone Table. The White Tower and The Dark Tower, Grassmere, the Field of Dreams, Burnt Oak, and so on.

Bare branched trees in snow - aka Narnia

Expose rocks on rough gras with young trees.
Aka the Stone Table

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Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 2h

Though Van Morison and Them do a mean version too youtu.be/AhYTb5J2rNc?...

Them - Gloria (Live in France)

YouTube video by TheRunner75

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 2h

Reporter: Why didn’t Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Nobel Committee Chair: We give the award to people of courage and integrity.

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Alastair Gittner @agittner.bsky.social · 3h

This book changed our family traditions at Christmas. We originally had stockings on our bed which we opened with our parents in their bedroom. One year I had read 3/4 of TLTWATW before they had even woken up,so next year we had to leave them downstairs by the fire. I bought them with pocket money

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📚 🍫 Kate Macdonald 🧶 🐸 @kateem.bsky.social · 3h

I cited TLRWTW in a panel for the King's Lynn Literature Festival a few weeks ago as a classic example of wartime evacuation literature: the children travelling by train alone, the rural grumpy host, the glorying in wonderful food, having to get out of other people's way, and the fascist backdrop.

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Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 2h

Shared your post to the neighbours

Thanks for sharing this Tim, I wasn't brought up with these books but my husband was and passed the love onto my children and I think my little granddaughter is starting to hear the stories

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Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 2h

The one with the ginormous moon?

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Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 2h

Took grandson No2 as a treat with Granma. We had a pre show dinner at #ChutneyIvy. The maitre’d asked Noah what was happening. He said “we’re going to see TLTWATW”. Oh said the man, “that’s my favourite book, it was the first book my teacher read to me when I arrived from Uganda as a 7 year old.”

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Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 2h

Ooh sir, me sir, I do
Read it as a child, read it to our children, and grandchildren. Took family to RSC Christmas show. Despite being raised Methodist I was a teenager before someone said you do know it’s an allegory, aslan = Jesus etc. Still love the book. A few years ago The Curve staged it.

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Andrew Quigley @qdrew.bsky.social · 3h

I'm on a panel talking about The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at Leicester Cathedral next week, to mark the 75th anniversary of publication. Anyone doing anything to mark this? Anyone got any comments on the impact the book had on them? (Tickets from Leicester Cathedral if you're interested)

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 3h

There is no systemic free speech problem in Britain that needs fixing. There are some tricky fine lines between free speech and incitement – a balancing of rights – as has been the case for a *very* long time and was the case here. Nothing more.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 3h

This is written like it was just fortuitous that this particular judge was assigned to the Coskun case co-sponsored by Toby's FSU.... Like the judgment was solely at the judge's discretion.

No, the judgment was rooted in English Law with a heavy nod to the ECHR.

Strange, Toby doesn't mention ECHR

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Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 3h

You always see the bigger picture

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Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 3h

Sorry DJ, you misunderstand, it’s not Justice she was obstructing
It was just ICE

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Dj Ripley @djripley.bsky.social · 3h

is the justice in the room with us now

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social · 3h

Is it just me or did everyone zoom in to check if the bike was locked?

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 3h

📷 Harry Gruyaert

Photo of a laundromat taken from the outside at night. One person sits on a bench inside, facing away from the lens. A bike leans against a post outside.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 5h

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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