Maryanne
@abigbirdruns.bsky.social
Runner. Co-Chair of the 100 Marathon Club UK. Dog lover. Sea swimmer all year round.
Finally this is reaching national media!
Woman pulled out of UK ultra marathon after death threats over her fundraising for Afghanistan
Woman pulled out of UK ultra marathon after death threats over her fundraising for Afghanistan
Sarah Porter was running the 108-mile Montane Winter Spine Challenger South race when she was withdrawn due to threats to her life
A woman was pulled out of Britain’s most gruelling ultra marathon after receiving death threats over her fundraising for Afghan women and girls.
Sarah Porter was nearly a third of the way through the 108-mile Montane Winter Spine Challenger South endurance race when organisers made the “difficult decision” to withdraw her, due to threats to her life in relation to the charity she runs helping women and girls in war zones. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Finally this is reaching national media!
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I was asked to look at this post!
And while the story obviously has important context that’s missing from the headline - which I’ll cover obvs 😜 - what’s more important is to question why this is being posted!
And what to ask yourself when you see something like this…
1/12
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And while the story obviously has important context that’s missing from the headline - which I’ll cover obvs 😜 - what’s more important is to question why this is being posted!
And what to ask yourself when you see something like this…
1/12
🧵
January 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I was asked to look at this post!
And while the story obviously has important context that’s missing from the headline - which I’ll cover obvs 😜 - what’s more important is to question why this is being posted!
And what to ask yourself when you see something like this…
1/12
🧵
And while the story obviously has important context that’s missing from the headline - which I’ll cover obvs 😜 - what’s more important is to question why this is being posted!
And what to ask yourself when you see something like this…
1/12
🧵
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Sometimes people find out I used to have a vaguely glamorous job where I met lots of rock stars and film stars and they're like "I bet you have LOADS of great stories about that time in your life" and I'm like "Nope not really but I do have quite a good story about badgers if you want to hear that?"
January 14, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Sometimes people find out I used to have a vaguely glamorous job where I met lots of rock stars and film stars and they're like "I bet you have LOADS of great stories about that time in your life" and I'm like "Nope not really but I do have quite a good story about badgers if you want to hear that?"
@trientertainment.bsky.social why are you still on X? Staying on it suggests you support the making of non consensual serial images of women and children. Come over here full time
January 14, 2026 at 8:56 AM
@trientertainment.bsky.social why are you still on X? Staying on it suggests you support the making of non consensual serial images of women and children. Come over here full time
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Adagio For Scissors
January 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Adagio For Scissors
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Zahawi can lead Reform's crackdown on tax avoidance. Plenty of experience.
January 12, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Zahawi can lead Reform's crackdown on tax avoidance. Plenty of experience.
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It's awards time again. You can vote for me in the PCO awards, aka The Splats, for Best Gag Cartoon, Best Current Affairs Cartoon and even "Best" Reject Cartoon! Link: s.surveyplanet.com/bqq48opj
January 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
It's awards time again. You can vote for me in the PCO awards, aka The Splats, for Best Gag Cartoon, Best Current Affairs Cartoon and even "Best" Reject Cartoon! Link: s.surveyplanet.com/bqq48opj
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Exclusive: a Conservative councillor has been suspended after
@theobserveruk.bsky.social found her name on a member list for a white supremacist dating site. Another member has several details in common with a Reform councillor.
@theobserveruk.bsky.social found her name on a member list for a white supremacist dating site. Another member has several details in common with a Reform councillor.
White supremacist dating site profiles linked to Tory and...
Conservative councillor suspended after her account is included on a leaked user list from WhiteDate site
observer.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Exclusive: a Conservative councillor has been suspended after
@theobserveruk.bsky.social found her name on a member list for a white supremacist dating site. Another member has several details in common with a Reform councillor.
@theobserveruk.bsky.social found her name on a member list for a white supremacist dating site. Another member has several details in common with a Reform councillor.
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined
January 10, 2026 at 7:45 PM
The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined
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I hate AI with a passion but this blog from @herring1967.bsky.social was absolutely fucking fascinating!
richardherring.substack.com/p/my-new-gir...
richardherring.substack.com/p/my-new-gir...
My New Girlfriend (Sorry Catie, I've Moved On)
Warming Up
richardherring.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:53 AM
I hate AI with a passion but this blog from @herring1967.bsky.social was absolutely fucking fascinating!
richardherring.substack.com/p/my-new-gir...
richardherring.substack.com/p/my-new-gir...
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How many citizens were killed by police in each country between 2010-2019:
Canada: 305
France: 233
Germany: 100
Australia: 53
United Kingdom: 22
United States: 15,008
Canada: 305
France: 233
Germany: 100
Australia: 53
United Kingdom: 22
United States: 15,008
January 9, 2026 at 12:48 PM
How many citizens were killed by police in each country between 2010-2019:
Canada: 305
France: 233
Germany: 100
Australia: 53
United Kingdom: 22
United States: 15,008
Canada: 305
France: 233
Germany: 100
Australia: 53
United Kingdom: 22
United States: 15,008
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The processing of child pornography was a grueling, manual process until Elon Musk’s invention of the child pornography gin.
January 10, 2026 at 12:29 AM
The processing of child pornography was a grueling, manual process until Elon Musk’s invention of the child pornography gin.
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I legitimately have reached the age where I feel I have to turn the music down in my car so I can see better when pulling out of a junction.
January 9, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I legitimately have reached the age where I feel I have to turn the music down in my car so I can see better when pulling out of a junction.
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Channel 4 News close to examplary this evening. It pains me to point out that some people working for the broadcast partner of Bari Weiss's CBS News, the BBC, could learn a lot from Matt Frei & Anushka Asthana. But I also wonder how much 'balance' we give to obvious liars, however powerful they are.
January 8, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Channel 4 News close to examplary this evening. It pains me to point out that some people working for the broadcast partner of Bari Weiss's CBS News, the BBC, could learn a lot from Matt Frei & Anushka Asthana. But I also wonder how much 'balance' we give to obvious liars, however powerful they are.
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I generally think reporters at outlets like the Mail need some leeway: especially early career people need jobs and experience, so have to work places they might not want to.
But genuinely, I’d quit my job rather than have my byline appear next to that headline. Surely any decent person would.
But genuinely, I’d quit my job rather than have my byline appear next to that headline. Surely any decent person would.
The no-angeling is already in full swing.
January 8, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I generally think reporters at outlets like the Mail need some leeway: especially early career people need jobs and experience, so have to work places they might not want to.
But genuinely, I’d quit my job rather than have my byline appear next to that headline. Surely any decent person would.
But genuinely, I’d quit my job rather than have my byline appear next to that headline. Surely any decent person would.
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It has become increasingly clear that X - a platform now actively producing explicit and abusive material against women and children - is not an appropriate platform to be using for our comms.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
January 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
It has become increasingly clear that X - a platform now actively producing explicit and abusive material against women and children - is not an appropriate platform to be using for our comms.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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Sky News on Renee Nicole Good murder: "There are deeply conflicting accounts of what happened."
REALLY? Gonna both-sides this? One "account" can be seen on video and is confirmed by a dozen eye-witnesses. The other is a social media post by history's most notorious pathological liar.
Grow a spine.
REALLY? Gonna both-sides this? One "account" can be seen on video and is confirmed by a dozen eye-witnesses. The other is a social media post by history's most notorious pathological liar.
Grow a spine.
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Sky News on Renee Nicole Good murder: "There are deeply conflicting accounts of what happened."
REALLY? Gonna both-sides this? One "account" can be seen on video and is confirmed by a dozen eye-witnesses. The other is a social media post by history's most notorious pathological liar.
Grow a spine.
REALLY? Gonna both-sides this? One "account" can be seen on video and is confirmed by a dozen eye-witnesses. The other is a social media post by history's most notorious pathological liar.
Grow a spine.
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I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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Don’t look down! Lightbulb-changers on Clifton Suspension Bridge: Beezer’s best photograph
Don’t look down! Lightbulb-changers on Clifton Suspension Bridge: Beezer’s best photograph
‘I have outtakes of them all standing up – there’s no safety equipment and they’re not hanging on to anything. They just said to me, “Hurry up, Beez!”’
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Don’t look down! Lightbulb-changers on Clifton Suspension Bridge: Beezer’s best photograph
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Save this, it's perfect.
December 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Save this, it's perfect.
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Want to know more about the history and political game of Venezuelan oil?
A thread with some research papers and short-form political forces at play.
A thread with some research papers and short-form political forces at play.
January 5, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Want to know more about the history and political game of Venezuelan oil?
A thread with some research papers and short-form political forces at play.
A thread with some research papers and short-form political forces at play.
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secretary breakfast gin is trying to make good on his threat against mark kelly for daring to tell servicemembers they have the right to refuse illegal orders. kelly isn’t having it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
January 5, 2026 at 6:08 PM
secretary breakfast gin is trying to make good on his threat against mark kelly for daring to tell servicemembers they have the right to refuse illegal orders. kelly isn’t having it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...