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Estelle Wolfers
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brucespringsteen.net
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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candscmagazine.bsky.social
Enjoy this atmospheric tribute to historic roadside garages: buff.ly/qt2osro.
Photographer Philip Butler has captured historic roadside garages up and down the UK
January 28, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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lomelindi12.bsky.social
The Samaritans Board 😒

Private Eye
Private Eye - Samaritans volunteers who disagreed publicly with the charity’s plan to close 1/2 branches have faced lifetime ban’s & misconduct charges Some volunteers contacted Private Eye but all wanted to be anonymous because of feared reprisals
January 28, 2026 at 2:27 PM
firetower.bsky.social
1913 Alfa Aerodinamica - a missile-shaped car in silver metal with red-spoked skinny wheels
January 28, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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paolosandro.bsky.social
This is such a dire, as well as enraging, read. Is this form of accounting by the Edinburgh VC happening elsewhere in the sector? Is it at the basis of mass layoffs elsewhere?

www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreci...
Depreciating the University of Edinburgh into the Ground — UCU Edinburgh
There are four key takeaways from the University of Edinburgh’s 2024-25 annual report, which this post explores: The University continues to make a sizeable surplus. What financial pressures exi...
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk
January 28, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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paulbernal.bsky.social
I've written something about why banning kids from social media could be a terrible idea.

paulbernal.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/b...
Banning kids from social media? A very bad idea…
As the idea of banning kids from social media is spreading round the globe – the new ban of under-16s from social media in Australia comes into action in a week or so – it is worth look…
paulbernal.wordpress.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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electricland.bsky.social
I think about this post a lot
Tumblr post by stimmyabby Sometimes people use "respect" to mean "treating someone like a person" and sometimes they use "respect" to mean "treating someone like an authority" and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say "if you won't respect me I won't respect you" and they mean "if you won't treat me like an authority I won't treat you like a person" and they think they're being fair but they aren't, and it's not okay. 642,270 notes
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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eucourtofjustice.bsky.social
⚖️ Judgment in Case C-271/23 Commission v Hungary:
Can a Member State vote against an EU common position at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs on the ground that it considers that position unlawful?

🎥 💬 President Lenaerts explains with subtitles in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/site/jcms/12...
January 27, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
"Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator, but, above all, thou shalt not be a bystander."

#HolocaustMemorialDay
January 27, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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seanjones.org
I’d never seen One Life before. It’s an incredible tribute to Nicholas Winton and an exploration of the power of asking “what can be done and how can I do it?”. It’s shameful that today children are still suffering, but a source of hope that people are still asking themselves those questions.
January 26, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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stevepeers.bsky.social
The US ambassador is criticising another country's...health care?!
onestpress.onestnetwork.com Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3d
US Amb to UN Waltz: "Denmark has ignored Greenland from a defense standpoint and they have ignored the Greenlandic native iniut people (…) if you get a cancer diagnosis in Greenland right now, it's darn near a death sentence. Denmark has not invested in the way it should've over the years."
January 26, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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beautysurroundsyou.com
It took me more than 4 years to capture a scene I could only dream of. A magnificent Condor soars above the peaks of Argentina's Mount Fitz Roy, as they are spot lit in beautiful morning light.

#bluesky #photography #landscape #birds #nature #art
#landscapephotography #naturephotography #sunrise
January 26, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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rsthomaspoet.bsky.social
Dydd Santes Dwynwen Hapus i chi gyd! ❤️❤️
Happy St. Dwynwen’s Day to you all!❤️❤️
In Cymru (Wales) & for Cymry (Welsh people) everywhere, today (25th January) is Dydd Santes Dwynwen – St. Dwynwen’s Day.
Dwynwen is the Welsh Saint of Love.
‘Luminary’ - #RSThomas
(Uncollected Poems, @BloodaxeBooks)
January 25, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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teslatakedownuk.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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batariangal.bsky.social
Now going to do this. A couple of links to help with the complaint

The exact entry where the BBC omitted lines from the parents’ statement: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...

An article that references the omitted lines:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
January 25, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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trahias.bsky.social
Leslie Ragan (American, 1897–1972)

"New York Central System", 1946.

Oil on Canvas, 71 × 56 cm.
Private Collection.

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
January 24, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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seanjones.org
Is there a formal definition of “domestic terrorist” or is it just “someone ICE has shot”?
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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tim0.bsky.social
The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable.

𝙒𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙛 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙪𝙥‼️

Please add your name to the petition...
Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 24, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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richardmortimer.bsky.social
This is an incredibly depressing, indeed horrifying read, and I would dearly like my American friends to tell me it ain't so....
Please?

bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
'Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election': US Defence Insider
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues Brynn Tannehill
bylinetimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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robertsaunders.bsky.social
So much admiration for those out protesting in freezing conditions. This is what standing up against authoritarianism looks like.
harrylitman.bsky.social Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 4d
Wow
Minneapolis today
January 24, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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jayhulmepoet.bsky.social
A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.

A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.

The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
January 23, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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iandunt.bsky.social
Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen's note to Starmer after visiting Chequers yesterday.
January 23, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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stephencollins.bsky.social
Off and on it
[Scene is heaven, in clouds. JESUS, acting as God’s PA, is briefing God, a big ball of light with arms sat at an executive desk, with a computer on it]. Jesus [holding a tablet computer]: OK, so - The next one to check in on is… ‘Earth’. God: Spelling? Jesus: E-A-R-T-H. [God types into the computer] tap-tap-tap-tap-tap. Tap. God: F—ing hell. What’s happened here!? We need to complain - get me the manager. Jesus: Uh, well, the most powerful one is… [Jesus turns his iPad round to show God. We can’t see the screen] God: What is that. I mean, it’s been a while but that’s definitely not how I designed them. Are you sure we’ve got the right planet? Jesus: Yes, this is the… top human. God: Off and on it again Jesus: I’ll book the meteor [Ends]
January 23, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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ryanenos.bsky.social
Put it on every screen in America so that we can see what we have allowed ourselves to become and how desperately we need to fight to come back from this.
January 22, 2026 at 1:50 PM