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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 1d

If only there were a French expression to denote an uncanny feeling of having experienced something before

Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 1d

France’s new prime minister is…the very one who resigned on Monday, Sébastien Lecornu. It rounds off the most chaotic and absurdist week in French politics in modern times

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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 1d

Fin de cloche?

William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 1d

Fight The Power (Public Enemy) 10/10
Fight The Power (The Isley Brothers) 8/10

Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d

Loaded (Primal Scream) 10/10
Loaded (Deacon Blue) 9/10

Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 1d

Fun music game.

Take two songs with the same name and post your combined score out of 10. How high can you get?

No covers/no triples (e.g. Power of Love)

My first effort, which i think is hard to beat...

Zombie (Fela Kuti) 10/10
Zombie (The Cranberries) 7/10

Total score: 17

William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 1d

"Needless to say, I had the last laugh."

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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 1d

I still have the Danish and German apps on my phone too!

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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 1d

"For President Trump’s goal of a “strong, durable and everlasting peace” to be achieved, this initiative must be grounded in the fundamental principles of international law. It must ensure an end to Israel’s illegal occupation of all Palestinian territory within the 1967 borders, not just of Gaza."

The Elders @theelders.bsky.social · 1d

ELDERS’ STATEMENT | US deal must stop Gaza genocide, end occupation and build a just two-state solution

The ceasefire is a welcome step - but it must be built upon. The Elders set out what’s needed next to achieve a just and lasting peace ⬇️

theelders.org/news/us-deal...

ELDERS' STATEMENT 10.10.2025
US deal must stop Gaza genocide, end occupation and build a just two-state solution

ELDERS' STATEMENT 10.10.2025
ISRAEL/PALESTINE
“Making further progress will be a test of leaders’ resolve and commitment. Now is not the time to relax pressure on either Israel or Hamas, particularly for the US, European and Arab states with leverage via various political, cultural and economic relationships.”
READ IN FULL VIA THEELDERS.ORG

William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 1d

By their friends shall ye know them.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

Tommy Robinson has endorsed Robert Jenrick's decision to turn up in person to offer support and solidarity to the asylum seeker Hamit Coskun, who shouted, “Koran is burning”, “Fuck Islam” and “Islam is the religion of terrorism" while burning the Quran.

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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 2d

Both Clinton and former Pres Joe Biden had an “emotional identification” with Israel and Biden seemed “ideologically incapable” of wielding real leverage over Netanyahu even when politicians in his party and officials in his administration were calling for it.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Column | How much credit does Trump deserve for Gaza ‘peace’ deal?

What happens in the coming weeks will be much more defining of Trump’s legacy than the victory lap he’ll take this weekend.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 2d

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 won by a woman - Maria Corina Machado

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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 2d

Taking a page out of the Sweden Democrats playbook.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

Shadow Justice Secretary has made a symbolic gesture of support for Quran burning, both in law & apparently in practice too

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 2d

I am pro-NATO because I am anti-imperialist.

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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 2d

A truly terrible and misrepresentative headline. Not a brilliant article either, neither one thing nor t'other, but if I were Ms. Parkinson I'd be quite aggrieved.

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury being directed at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chapp...

www.theguardian.com

William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 2d

He needs the money even less than Clegg, which makes it all the more pathetic.

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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 2d

Trading terrible Franglais puns on Twitter with my favourite Irish writer - almost made the whole thing worthwhile.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 4d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 2d

President Gazza. youtu.be/FZOZdwD0Jls?...

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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 2d

The old man himself would laugh like a drain at that, I'm sure. Magnificent.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 2d

I for one wasn't aware they'd even started.

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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 2d

The once and future Californian, as Marina Hyde so perfectly called him.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 2d

Rishi Sunak takes Microsoft and Anthropic advisory jobs on.ft.com/4mWjQtk

Rishi Sunak takes Microsoft and Anthropic advisory jobs

Former prime minister becomes latest UK politician to take Silicon Valley roles

on.ft.com

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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 2d

Was rewatching The Death Of Yugoslavia the other day, when the Slovenes basically blocked the JNA into their bases. Is JB Pritzker the Milan Kučan de nos jours? (Though I don't want to think about who'd be Tuđman, let alone Izetbegović.)

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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 2d

Another show would have spun a whole episode out of the sports day, but having it just as an aside made it even better. I guess we know where Coogan stands on the Riyadh Comedy Festival, too...

William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 2d

Norris McWhirter for a posthumous peace prize.

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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, it's good is it? Saw a trailer before the latest Partridge, which am enjoying greatly. (Book club was exquisite.)

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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 2d

I thought better of Ronnie Corbett, frankly.

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Thomas Penny @thomaswpenny.bsky.social · 2d

I tell you who did win the Nobel Peace Prize: The European Union, in 2012, for" promoting peace, democracy and human rights for six decades".
And they deserved it.

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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 3d

This @theguardian.com piece contains the following line, seemingly without irony: "As the US president spoke at an anti-antifa roundtable on Wednesday afternoon..." Apart from anything else, what's the style guide policy on double negatives?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A Gaza ceasefire deal could be Trump’s biggest diplomatic achievement – but the devil is in the detail

The plan attempts to thread the needle between creating the conditions for a ceasefire and negotiating a lasting end to the war but hard questions remain

www.theguardian.com