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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 28m

A house full of books is a house full of dust.

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ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ Milla Lorelei Mélomane 💙 ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ @britpoptarts.bsky.social · 3h

🌻 Glory to Ukraine! ♥🇺🇦
🇺🇦 💛Slava Ukraini! 💙🌻
🌻💙Слава Україні!💛🇺🇦

24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 20h

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🇷🇺Fighterbomber reports that the russian Air Force has lost a Ka-52 “Alligator” attack helicopter along with its crew.

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Dr René MD 🇺🇸🩺 @drrenemd.bsky.social · 10h

Guess who was "President" on January 6?

I'll tell you cos you don't have 2 brain cells to rub together. Hope the "advanced imagery" was a Brain MRI.

It was YOU, DJT. Pffft 🖕

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 13h

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A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 4h

John is a very well remunerated Professional Opiner, a stalwart of the British Scrivener Class.

McSweeney is the Éminence Ginge behind the Forensic Throne, the architect of the Starmer landslide.

Wonderful exposition here of the maleficent cluelessness of both parts of our ruling pol-hackistoracy.

Labour, despite all the evidence, pandering to potential Reform defectors

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 4h

Finally the Eiswein was super, and there is half a bottle left over for tonight. This was, I think only the fourth or so made since the C18. Since 1998 Schloss Johannisberg has been making it more regularly.

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 4h

Great trinity: the Veuve 95 was losing its bubble a bit but really intense with waves for peachy flavour. The recently deceased Gerard Perse's Pavie vindicated with this 98 - how they whined about him at the time! I had the 98 Ausone earlier this year. This was more subtle, more enjoyable.

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 5h

Farage - "Brexit is the best thing to happen: for Russia, For America, for Germany and for democracy."

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 5h

Curious syntax:

Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 21h

Oh

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

Don't miss our new @EmpirePodUK double bill on:

OTTOMAN GAZA:

From Selim the Grim to Allenby & the WW1 Battles of Gaza
With the great Eugene Rogan, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford
podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/2...

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Patrick O. Cohrs @pocohrs.bsky.social · 2d

The first “real” peace settlement after the First World War. What we can learn from the Locarno Pact of 1925 today, 100 years later:

unitednationslibrarygeneva.podbean.com/e/the-locarn...

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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 7h

This time last year, we were in Zamora. A truly wonderful town.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14h

I keep seeing this get posted. The AZ electors were charged a year and a half ago. The AZ Superior Court ENDED the case five months ago. The AZ AG will have to appeal to the AZ Supreme Court or go back and start again with a grand jury. Please stop sharing this.

Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 18h

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 7h

'How much money do you vont?'

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 7h

Press Barron?

goldmartin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 7h

The grift (and takeover of all media) continues

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goldmartin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 7h

The grift (and takeover of all media) continues

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 7h

Physicians examining Donald P Trump report that he is in excellent physical and mental condition:

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 7h

She's about to whack the OAPs again?

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 7h

He and Furgle could govern Tristan da Cunha? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What can the King do about Prince Andrew scandals?

What sanctions could King Charles apply to Prince Andrew after the latest claims about links to Epstein?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 8h

'And ye know, I met Jeff and it was a hole in one...'

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 8h

Once more into the breach... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Macron reappoints Lecornu as French PM after days of turmoil

Sébastien Lecornu resigned on Monday after 26 days in the job and he said two days later his

www.bbc.co.uk

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 8h

A case of mistaken identity: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Marie Antoinette portrait really her sister, Oxford study finds

Oxford researchers believe the painting is actually of the last queen of France's older sibling.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 8h

Her Grace the duchess Ferggle of York:

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 18h

The Eiswein was a reward for translating a bit of Goethe:

Don't slam the thing down, you thug:
Can't you perform any act with class?
He must come in friendship who brings the jug,
Lest he spoil the comet in the glass.

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 23h

Birthday Dinner (not mine):

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