Gillian🇺🇦🇬🇧🇩🇪
@gilliancarrin.bsky.social
Brit in Berlin, law.
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Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
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Genuinely one of the greatest derelictions of core duty by western governments of our time - not pushing for the provision of adequate ventilation and/or HEPA filters in most public buildings and settings to curb spread of all airborne pathogens
My hotel in Hong Kong, where people understand airborne transmission of respiratory viruses, has HEPA filters everywhere
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Genuinely one of the greatest derelictions of core duty by western governments of our time - not pushing for the provision of adequate ventilation and/or HEPA filters in most public buildings and settings to curb spread of all airborne pathogens
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I love this idea. My dad died when I was three and I had to figure out simple things like how to tie a tie and even shave on my own. Please retweet this because I know there are a lot of kids out there who could use some help with day to day life.
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I love this idea. My dad died when I was three and I had to figure out simple things like how to tie a tie and even shave on my own. Please retweet this because I know there are a lot of kids out there who could use some help with day to day life.
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Oxmas is here - our seasonal celebration for students before term ends next week....
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Oxmas is here - our seasonal celebration for students before term ends next week....
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November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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あさんぼする犬🐶
Good morning. Happy Thanksgiving!
Good morning. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
あさんぼする犬🐶
Good morning. Happy Thanksgiving!
Good morning. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Valid question. One would like to get a bit more celebration of that improbable success story called EU unity during the Ukraine war. All too often commentary goes from 'surely this thing will sink the EU' straight to 'okay, so the EU survived this thing really well BUT surely, now it will sink?'
My Charlemagne column this week on the unintended consequences of peace (one day, hopefully soon!) in Ukraine. War on its doorstep brought the EU together. Can this hard-won unity endure after the fighting ends?
If the fighting ends in Ukraine, the infighting in Europe will begin
Beware Europe’s great de-galvanisation
www.economist.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Valid question. One would like to get a bit more celebration of that improbable success story called EU unity during the Ukraine war. All too often commentary goes from 'surely this thing will sink the EU' straight to 'okay, so the EU survived this thing really well BUT surely, now it will sink?'
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Mulligan has been drinking out of the people water all afternoon and we just found out
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Mulligan has been drinking out of the people water all afternoon and we just found out
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I told the Branch Manager he could have the day off but he insisted
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I told the Branch Manager he could have the day off but he insisted
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This can be seen as a metaphor for violence or harm done out of prejudice towards ‘the other’ who is seen (wrongly) as evoking fear because they appear threatening, because they are different
Note the use of ‘she’ in the final lines & the short lines that slow the poem down
#poetry
#poemoftheday
Note the use of ‘she’ in the final lines & the short lines that slow the poem down
#poetry
#poemoftheday
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This can be seen as a metaphor for violence or harm done out of prejudice towards ‘the other’ who is seen (wrongly) as evoking fear because they appear threatening, because they are different
Note the use of ‘she’ in the final lines & the short lines that slow the poem down
#poetry
#poemoftheday
Note the use of ‘she’ in the final lines & the short lines that slow the poem down
#poetry
#poemoftheday
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
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If the UK military still wants to sustain an influential role then it has to focus on integration with EU partners in a centre of gravity around European territorial and naval defence and abandon wider aspirations that UK society as a whole no longer shares
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
If the UK military still wants to sustain an influential role then it has to focus on integration with EU partners in a centre of gravity around European territorial and naval defence and abandon wider aspirations that UK society as a whole no longer shares
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We are all the neolithic ceramic hedgehog
Part 218 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Ceramic hedgehog dated to the Neolithic period found at the Hamin archaeological site near Shebotu Town in Inner Mongolia, China
Ceramic hedgehog dated to the Neolithic period found at the Hamin archaeological site near Shebotu Town in Inner Mongolia, China
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We are all the neolithic ceramic hedgehog
You just died. The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Bastard.
Bastard.
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
You just died. The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
Bastard.
Bastard.
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One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Ich würde nicht sagen, dass ich schlechte Laune habe. Aber die anderen Leute in der U-Bahn zeigen mir schon unaufgefordert ihre Fahrkarten.
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Ich würde nicht sagen, dass ich schlechte Laune habe. Aber die anderen Leute in der U-Bahn zeigen mir schon unaufgefordert ihre Fahrkarten.
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I am glad to see I'm not the only one. "You can't just point at things and tax them" I recall her saying. Actually being able to point at the things you tax is a good way to make sure you're taxing them accurately is my take but hey ho
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I am glad to see I'm not the only one. "You can't just point at things and tax them" I recall her saying. Actually being able to point at the things you tax is a good way to make sure you're taxing them accurately is my take but hey ho
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Can’t do it anymore, I love online and the news and being aware and media drama, but I just can’t do it anymore
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Can’t do it anymore, I love online and the news and being aware and media drama, but I just can’t do it anymore
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My best guess regarding the Ukraine/Russia negotiations is that both sides fully realize there is simply no overlap in the Venn Diagram of what each could accept in terms of conditions and assurances.
None.
However neither can afford to alienate the US by not engaging in the pantomime of looking.
None.
However neither can afford to alienate the US by not engaging in the pantomime of looking.
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
My best guess regarding the Ukraine/Russia negotiations is that both sides fully realize there is simply no overlap in the Venn Diagram of what each could accept in terms of conditions and assurances.
None.
However neither can afford to alienate the US by not engaging in the pantomime of looking.
None.
However neither can afford to alienate the US by not engaging in the pantomime of looking.
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didn’t know you could walk back death
CORRECTION: West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey walks back statement that both National Guard members were killed in shooting near White House. (This post corrects a previous post that stated the two members had died.)
Two National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says
Two National Guard soldiers were shot Wednesday near the White House and their conditions aren’t immediately known, according to a law enforcement official not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.Emergency vehicles were seen responding to the area.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
didn’t know you could walk back death
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Spain's air traffic authority was fined for not meeting GDPR Article 35 standards in their DPIA, despite consulting the Spanish DPA under Article 36. In 2024, the ICO found Snap's "My AI" chatbot violated Articles 35 and 36 of the UK GDPR, prompting Snap to revise its DPIA.
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Spain's air traffic authority was fined for not meeting GDPR Article 35 standards in their DPIA, despite consulting the Spanish DPA under Article 36. In 2024, the ICO found Snap's "My AI" chatbot violated Articles 35 and 36 of the UK GDPR, prompting Snap to revise its DPIA.