@samillian.bsky.social
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With the final Chinese pandas removed from Japan, one zoo is left with only a small Japanese dog.
It's a Shih Tzu.
www.independent.co.uk/news/japan-t...
It's a Shih Tzu.
www.independent.co.uk/news/japan-t...
Thousands flock to a Tokyo zoo to see the last 2 pandas in Japan before their return to China
Thousands of people flocked to Tokyo’s Ueno zoo to have a last glimpse of the popular twin pandas that are set to return to their homeland in China next month
www.independent.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
With the final Chinese pandas removed from Japan, one zoo is left with only a small Japanese dog.
It's a Shih Tzu.
www.independent.co.uk/news/japan-t...
It's a Shih Tzu.
www.independent.co.uk/news/japan-t...
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Reform’s new London mayoral candidate, Laila Cunningham, was undone by a rare GB News miracle: a good question.
Asked why a party that says the Tories are terrible keeps hiring so many of them, the ex-Tory herself had a rock-solid response:
"I can’t answer that."🤨
Asked why a party that says the Tories are terrible keeps hiring so many of them, the ex-Tory herself had a rock-solid response:
"I can’t answer that."🤨
January 9, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Reform’s new London mayoral candidate, Laila Cunningham, was undone by a rare GB News miracle: a good question.
Asked why a party that says the Tories are terrible keeps hiring so many of them, the ex-Tory herself had a rock-solid response:
"I can’t answer that."🤨
Asked why a party that says the Tories are terrible keeps hiring so many of them, the ex-Tory herself had a rock-solid response:
"I can’t answer that."🤨
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Ball. His court.
January 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Ball. His court.
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Under brutal repression by an authoritarian regime, young Iranian women’s voices are clearer than ever in calling for freedom and democracy
By Dr Ela Zabihi
By Dr Ela Zabihi
The true face of Iran’s protesters and the human cost of their courage
Under brutal repression by an authoritarian regime, young Iranian women’s voices are clearer than ever in calling for freedom and democracy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Under brutal repression by an authoritarian regime, young Iranian women’s voices are clearer than ever in calling for freedom and democracy
By Dr Ela Zabihi
By Dr Ela Zabihi
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This made me laugh much more then it strictly should have done.
January 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
This made me laugh much more then it strictly should have done.
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Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
January 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
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Remember when we used to have those chats about what would tempt us into becoming paying subscribers on old Twitter. Who could have guessed that the company's eventual proposal would be paedo-porn-on-demand.
January 9, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Remember when we used to have those chats about what would tempt us into becoming paying subscribers on old Twitter. Who could have guessed that the company's eventual proposal would be paedo-porn-on-demand.
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It would be good if the dehumanising and abusive way migrants still get treated in the UK got even half the coverage and attention as what is happening under Trump in the States
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
100 People Detained in UK Immigration Removal Centres Say They Are Subjected to Extreme Physical and Emotional Abuse
Individuals detained at two detention centres report experiencing physical, psychological and emotional abuse at the hands of officers
bylinetimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:04 PM
It would be good if the dehumanising and abusive way migrants still get treated in the UK got even half the coverage and attention as what is happening under Trump in the States
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/09/1...
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In Suturing Wounds, Egyptian artist Sara Sallam presents a series of self-portraits wearing a tunic of antique textile fragments, bearing witness to the 19th-century practice of excavating Byzantine-era cemeteries in Egypt & tearing garments from the dead. On display until 25 Jan.
bit.ly/3L6QX0n
bit.ly/3L6QX0n
January 9, 2026 at 1:28 PM
In Suturing Wounds, Egyptian artist Sara Sallam presents a series of self-portraits wearing a tunic of antique textile fragments, bearing witness to the 19th-century practice of excavating Byzantine-era cemeteries in Egypt & tearing garments from the dead. On display until 25 Jan.
bit.ly/3L6QX0n
bit.ly/3L6QX0n
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Remembering the late 🇺🇸 American actor #LeeVanCleef (9 January 1925 – 16 December 1989) born #OnThisDay in Somerville, New Jersey
January 9, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Remembering the late 🇺🇸 American actor #LeeVanCleef (9 January 1925 – 16 December 1989) born #OnThisDay in Somerville, New Jersey
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Women and children are being digitally undressed on social media
X users are asking the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, to create sexualized images
www.salon.com/2026/01/09/w...
X users are asking the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, to create sexualized images
www.salon.com/2026/01/09/w...
Women and children are being digitally undressed on social media - Salon.com
X users are asking the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, to create sexualized images.
www.salon.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Women and children are being digitally undressed on social media
X users are asking the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, to create sexualized images
www.salon.com/2026/01/09/w...
X users are asking the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, to create sexualized images
www.salon.com/2026/01/09/w...
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Everything Trump does, Farage and Truss want the same thing to happen here!.. Make sure the special people get to know this!
January 8, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Everything Trump does, Farage and Truss want the same thing to happen here!.. Make sure the special people get to know this!
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Grok has not "turned off" its CSAM generator for anyone - it has simply put it behind a paywall.
Stop uncritically repeating the narratives of tech companies.
Stop uncritically repeating the narratives of tech companies.
January 9, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Grok has not "turned off" its CSAM generator for anyone - it has simply put it behind a paywall.
Stop uncritically repeating the narratives of tech companies.
Stop uncritically repeating the narratives of tech companies.
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First they came for Nigel Farage and I said ”it’s that bloke over there, pointing at the sea”.
January 8, 2026 at 7:26 PM
First they came for Nigel Farage and I said ”it’s that bloke over there, pointing at the sea”.
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Lee Van Cleef, Klaus Kinski “FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE” (1965) dir. Sergio Leone
🎬 United Artists
🎬 United Artists
January 9, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Lee Van Cleef, Klaus Kinski “FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE” (1965) dir. Sergio Leone
🎬 United Artists
🎬 United Artists
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Fire Brigades Union leader, Steve Wright: “If people think that Nigel Farage, a city trader millionaire & his mate, Richard Tice, are gonna be the people that can fix this country for the benefit of the majority, they are wrong”
#politicslive
#politicslive
January 8, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Fire Brigades Union leader, Steve Wright: “If people think that Nigel Farage, a city trader millionaire & his mate, Richard Tice, are gonna be the people that can fix this country for the benefit of the majority, they are wrong”
#politicslive
#politicslive
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Reform is full of Incompetent fools and crooks.
Reform UK politician who boasts of skills in business ‘compliance’ has had at least ten companies struck-off for breaking company law.
Reform UK politician who boasts of skills in business ‘compliance’ has had at least ten companies struck-off for breaking company law.
Reform Chairman Who Boasts of Expertise in Business 'Compliance' Had Ten Firms Struck off for Breaking Company Law
Exclusive: Paul Donaghy established at least 10 firms struck off by Companies House, according to official records
bylinetimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Reform is full of Incompetent fools and crooks.
Reform UK politician who boasts of skills in business ‘compliance’ has had at least ten companies struck-off for breaking company law.
Reform UK politician who boasts of skills in business ‘compliance’ has had at least ten companies struck-off for breaking company law.
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Dan Wootton is Liz Truss’s muse. He’d like to lock up @bethrigby.bsky.social and Robert Peston for their services to the Deep State. It’s all happening on her Liz’s new show. And, boy, is it odd www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/con...
How did Liz Truss become prime minister?
Truss has launched a bizarre YouTube show steeped in conspiracy theories. Thank goodness her time in Number 10 lasted just 49 days
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Dan Wootton is Liz Truss’s muse. He’d like to lock up @bethrigby.bsky.social and Robert Peston for their services to the Deep State. It’s all happening on her Liz’s new show. And, boy, is it odd www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/con...
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Whilst Labour is focused on cutting the cost of living, Farage's Reform spread hatred and division wherever they go.
January 9, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Whilst Labour is focused on cutting the cost of living, Farage's Reform spread hatred and division wherever they go.
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I know expecting sense from Heath is like expecting haiku from a Basset hound, but this is a particularly wild piece. Why would the United Kingdom *ever* have an interest in being influential over American policy towards Venezuela?
January 8, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I know expecting sense from Heath is like expecting haiku from a Basset hound, but this is a particularly wild piece. Why would the United Kingdom *ever* have an interest in being influential over American policy towards Venezuela?
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If a new app was produced which had, as its core features, the generation of sexual deep fake images of children and calls for a violent global far-right revolution, then not only would it be swiftly banned, but you wouldn't have a single mainstream politician willing to associate themselves with it
January 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
If a new app was produced which had, as its core features, the generation of sexual deep fake images of children and calls for a violent global far-right revolution, then not only would it be swiftly banned, but you wouldn't have a single mainstream politician willing to associate themselves with it
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“FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE” (1965) dir. Sergio Leone
Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté, Klaus Kinski,
Mario Breda
🎬 Produzioni Europee Associati
🎞 United Artists
Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté, Klaus Kinski,
Mario Breda
🎬 Produzioni Europee Associati
🎞 United Artists
January 9, 2026 at 10:19 AM
“FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE” (1965) dir. Sergio Leone
Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté, Klaus Kinski,
Mario Breda
🎬 Produzioni Europee Associati
🎞 United Artists
Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté, Klaus Kinski,
Mario Breda
🎬 Produzioni Europee Associati
🎞 United Artists
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January 9, 2026 at 6:14 AM
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I, for one, cannot understand why men like Rupert Lowe are opposed to banning X, despite it assisting sex offenders, paying people to invite the foreign powers to invade the U.K, and allowing state-sponsored cyber warfare against our democracy.
It's a real mystery...🤔
It's a real mystery...🤔
January 9, 2026 at 9:35 AM
I, for one, cannot understand why men like Rupert Lowe are opposed to banning X, despite it assisting sex offenders, paying people to invite the foreign powers to invade the U.K, and allowing state-sponsored cyber warfare against our democracy.
It's a real mystery...🤔
It's a real mystery...🤔