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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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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1h

#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...

BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · 1h

Anticipating heaps of in-depth coverage of the extensive crimes of this heinous individual across the various outlets of News UK... Oh wait 🤦

BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · 10h

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 😱

BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · 10h

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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Alan Owlport 🦉 🎃 @alanallport.bsky.social · 2d

“Drawing on unpublished first-hand accounts, this is a gripping history of the experiences of the Commandos and their unsung allies in one of the bloodiest battles of the Burma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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BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for the heads-up 👍

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Unofficial Guardian (UK) Bot @guardian-uk-rss.bsky.social · 2d

Demand the Impossible review – powerful punk rage at injustices of police violence and spycops scandal

Demand the Impossible review – powerful punk rage at injustices of police violence and spycops scandal

Everyday oppression is explored through the narratives of a Black Lives Matter activist, a blacklisted construction worker and an environmental campaigner

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BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · 1d

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

BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · 26d

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!

BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · 26d

Cheers for the recommendation - it definitely looks like it is in his wheelhouse 🫡

BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · 26d

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

BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · 26d

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 👍

BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · 26d

@alexdecampi.bsky.social @andiewington.bsky.social @rhi.bsky.social @calumalexanderwatt.bsky.social I think he likes it 🤣

Kid pisses himself laughing as he reads 'Campaigns & Companions' by Andi Ewington, Rhiannon Pratchett, Calum Alexander Watt & Alex De Campi

BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · Aug 8

Review by Steve Holland of ‘Irish Conflict in Comics’ by James Bacon - looks fascinating!

bearalley.blogspot.com/2025/08/iris...

Irish Conflict in Comics by James Bacon

There are very few studies of historical events as they are portrayed through comics. An introduction may tackle the origins of individual c...

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COPS campaign @copscampaign.bsky.social · Aug 6

Catching up on our summaries of #spycops public inquiry hearings, we've just published the day they heard from Liz Fuller who was deceived into a long-term relationship by officer HN1 'Matt Rayner' in the early 1990s
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UCPI – Daily Report: 14 January 2025 - Liz (Denise) Fuller

The Undercover Policing Inquiry hears from Liz Fuller who was deceived into a relationship by spycop HN1 'Matt Rayner' in the early 1990s

campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com

BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · Aug 6

@mikeowencarroll.bsky.social Another satisfied reader 🫡

A young reader chugs from a bottle of orange juice whilst avidly devouring 'Rico Dredd: The Titan Years' by Michael Carroll

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · Jul 28

#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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Matthias Monroy @matthimon.bsky.social · Jul 22

‘So that attention does not diminish’:
Members from three German parties visit Maja T. in custody in #Hungary. They return with information and demands.
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‘So that attention does not diminish’: Members from three German parties visit Maja T. in Hungarian custody | Matthias Monroy

Three members of the Bundestag visited anti-fascist Maja T., who is being held in Hungary. They are calling for a political reappraisal and her return to Germany. An inter-party delegation of three…

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · Jul 2

BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · Jun 11

Presumably there will be an exit interview...

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BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · May 21

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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Police Spies Out Of Lives @spiesoutoflives.bsky.social · Mar 13

💥💥OUT NOW! 📣📣Paperback of ‘The Undercover Police Scandal: Love & Lies Exposed’. On @ITV tonight at 9pm.
#spycops
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The Undercover Police Scandal

Go to The Undercover Police Scandal.

BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · Mar 19

What're your thoughts on John Mitting's current handling of the Undercover Police Inquiry?

Your feedback is important!

#spycops

Bumper sticker reading ‘HOW'S MY CHAIRING? CALL 020 7035 4848’, which just so happens to be the main switchboard telephone number for the Home Office, the UK government department under which the Inquiry was constituted.

BristleKRS @bristlekrs.bsky.social · Mar 14

Looks like a superb line-up!

Great to see Si Gane being lured out!

#Arnie4Life!

Rob Williams @robwilliams71.bsky.social · Mar 14

There's a mass Bristol (& nearby shires) Comics signing at @excelsiorbristol.bsky.social this Sunday @ 2pm. Come get books signed by me, @kierongillen.bsky.social @paulcornell.bsky.social @simonjgane.bsky.social @davekendall.bsky.social @cavan.bsky.social @rachaelstott.bsky.social & more.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · Mar 12

#OtD 12 Mar 1977 authorities shut down Radio Alice, a radical pirate radio station in Bologna, during a rebellion in response to the police murder of Francesco Lorusso. The station had been an essential hub for workers, students, feminists & gay groups stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8...