Scheenagh
scheens.bsky.social
Scheenagh
@scheens.bsky.social
France-based freelance journalist and copywriter. Wife of 1 and mum of 3. Understands the challenges of being neurodiverse. Swoonz over Clive Barker, Jane Austen, history (frocks included). Appreciates those who craft, loves word play and cake. Sweary.
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The Men Making Millions Selling Pepper Spray To ICE
The Men Making Millions Selling Pepper Spray To ICE
Safariland, owned by billionaire Warren Kanders, remains the number one supplier of pepper spray and tear gas to ICE and CBP, via a large federal distributor run by a MAGA-aligned former Marine.
www.forbes.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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Big Oil and their paid mouthpieces in Parliament, Tufton Street, and the media want to keep us hooked on fossil fuels, but a different, cleaner, more optimistic Britain is possible, if only we have to courage to seize it with both hands…👇

youtu.be/i4ct0TQvCX4?...
UK’s first Electric Freightway LIVE! ⚡ eHGV Motorway charging hubs now open for electric trucks 🇬🇧
YouTube video by GRIDSERVE
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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St Martin on the Wall - Wareham - without doubt my favourite Dorset church.
Dating from 1020AD, it’s a wonderful little church with its “Saxon”-style nave & chancel, a lovely Norman chancel arch, 12th Century frescos in the chancel and later wall paintings throughout.
#Dorset
January 29, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Reason #2 why the patriarchy is a shitshow.

Men (and it's nearly always men in charge, so yes, just men) have been warring for fucking ever, creating poverty and misery, then *insist* on unprotected sex.

Lysistrata had it right.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraception
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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TWO SHOOTERS. Not just a lone dumbass in a panic, poorly trained, altho a gun expert claims they were running with fingers on triggers, so they are indeed lacking any real law enforcement skills. Taught to gun people down like it’s their Call Of Duty, the video game they gushed on afterwards,
January 28, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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New podcast episode!
🇫🇷 The French train controversy, and how family-friendly is France?
🇫🇷 What to expect from this spring's local elections and what (if anything) they can tell us about 2027
🇫🇷 Plus crêpes, crazy French festivals and the French football team that sings about a sausage . . .
Talking France: Is France becoming less child-friendly and what's at stake in spring's local elections?
Up this week we'll look at what's at stake in the upcoming local elections in France and whether French voters really care. And we'll look ahead to the French presidential election to see whether a...
pod.fo
January 29, 2026 at 8:22 AM
@truthseekerusa.bsky.social Get the fuck off my timeline.
January 29, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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This giant ICE Army they are building this year is also likely to be at polling places during the midterms in heavily Democratic precincts with the excuse being that they are looking for “illegals trying to vote.”
January 29, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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Learned what sounded like the most amazing 🇫🇷 fact - that Je t'aime . . . Moi Non Plus didn't get airplay in the US so did poorly in the charts. Peaking at . . . number 69!
Unfortunately, I checked and it's not true, it got to number 58. Sometimes I hate myself for ruining good anecdotes like this
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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The City of Philadelphia has introduced legislation to limited ICE in the city. The Federal Agents can not be masked, must have ID visible, must have arrested warrants signed by federal judges. They can't attack people. If they can't do this, they will be arrested.
youtu.be/i5Yvg_HHfbE?...
WATCH: Philadelphia lawmakers introduce 'ICE Out' legislation to restrict federal operations in city
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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Seems like a good video for his trial
January 29, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Oooo this is SUCH a cool book. Always remember Harvey being eaten by the great, grey beast February.

Weaveworld is my Ur-Barker book though. :)
When I was six I hid inside a stage between our school gym and the lunchroom during recess. I had no friends, so I read books. I then started doing this all the time, one I read was Clive Barker “Thief of Always”. I did this until I got in trouble. It’s a fond memory. #booksky #memories
January 28, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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🚨 #GVerse #BreakingNews: Jacksonville, Florida, tonight.

A march has arrived at the United States Courthouse.

From Minnesota to Florida, the message is the same:

People are showing up, and they’re not backing down.

ABOLISH ICE 🔥

#ICEdOut #BlueToTheCore #TogetherWeRise
January 28, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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Last week on the trail, I found one of my favorite quiet miracles.

These are Pipevine flowers — easy to miss, blooming before the leaves arrive, long before most things wake up.

They’re part of a remarkable relationship that eventually gives rise to the Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly.
January 27, 2026 at 10:41 PM
"pour film, ce documentaire, Melania, dont Melania Trump est productrice exécutive, elle a investi non pas de l'argent, mais son nom et elle touche des royalties."

I love the fact they've only sold one ticket in the UK :)

www.franceinfo.fr/culture/cine...
"Melania" : "Au-delà de la qualité de la réalisation, c'est un film de propagande et un fiasco annoncé", estime Romuald Sciora, politologue
Le documentaire consacré à Melania Trump et présenté en grande pompe à la Maison Blanche peu après la mort d'Alex Pretti est un "fiasco annoncé", assure Romuald Sciora, directeur de l'Observatoire pol...
www.franceinfo.fr
January 28, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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January 28, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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Sad for France prop Uini Atonio who has been forced into medical retirement at the age of 35.
In better news for him, he has a brewery that produces some extremely palatable beers (tag - A blonde with a beard)
Rugby : victime d’un « accident cardiaque » le pilier du XV de France Uini Atonio doit mettre un terme à sa carrière
Le pilier droit international de 35 ans, hospitalisé mardi 27 janvier suite à un problème cardiaque, met un terme brutal à sa carrière.
www.leparisien.fr
January 28, 2026 at 8:56 AM
"Can we say no to Trump, just this once? "
January 28, 2026 at 12:16 PM
How? Why? What is the Italian government doing to allow this to happen?
January 28, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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Big moment for Europe: in December, fully electric cars outsold petrol-only cars in the EU for the first time.

This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
January 27, 2026 at 9:42 AM