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Anna Macleod
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Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social · 17h
If you read nothing else this day, this week, this year, read this - the most beautiful ode imaginable to life, love and friendship
Manchán Magan was a great man for a video message. You’d never know what you might get

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Manchán Magan was a great man for a video message. You’d never know what you might get
One of the most precious gifts cancer has given me is a deep friendship with this extraordinary Irish man
www.irishtimes.com
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 23h
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d
Spying case collapsed after UK refused to label China a ‘threat’, prosecutors say on.ft.com/4mPWLsf
Spying case collapsed after UK refused to label China a ‘threat’, prosecutors say
Crown Prosecution Service had charged two Britons with espionage offences
on.ft.com
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 1d
This is Eeyore. He led a sheriff's deputy to his grandma after she fell during their walk. We are awarding him the incredibly rare 15/10 (FB: OkaloosaSheriff)
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Nicola @scrapegroat.bsky.social · 1d
Them: Buckle up, technology is the future, you're getting left behind
Technology:
Google maps can't find Brighton
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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 1d
Rail travel - my odyssey:
1) Booked a train to London using split tickets to make it £170 return instead of £240.
2) Train delayed. Next train is the same company and gets in later than planned train but split ticket doesn’t count. Nice staff say it is up to the train manager if he will let me on.
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Captain Fanta @sassy0210.bsky.social · 2d
"Do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Savior Edgar Allan Poe?"

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Victoria Coren Mitchell @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social · 2d
Only Connect is on tonight! And, *as far as I know*, all the facts I read out will be correct.

But I guess we’ll soon find out.

8pm, BBC Two
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 2d
A startling chart from Goldman, esp if like me you had not noticed Spain doing *quite* that well
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 2d
www.economist.com/business/202...
J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was a darkly authoritarian figure. During his 48-year reign at the FBI and its forerunner, he exercised personal oversight over decisions large and small, from wiretaps to dress codes. Control bred unthinking obedience. When Hoover once scrawled “Watch the borders” on one of the memoranda that passed across his desk, agents were reportedly dispatched to America’s frontiers with Mexico and Canada. It turned out that he was in fact concerned about the width of the margins on the document.
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Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · 3d
A thread of inspirational quotes from two of my idols: Kemi Badenoch and Ange Postecoglou

(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)

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Anna Macleod @akcmacleod.bsky.social · 3d
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Defakator (Officiel) 🧆 @defakator.bsky.social · 3d
Haddock : Quelle semaine, hein ? Tintin : Capitaine, on est lundi, il est 10h
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Steven Seggie @stevenhseggie.bsky.social · 3d
even by Macron government standards that was quick - he should appoint Russel Martin as PM
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 3d
"excusez-moi, aimeriez-vous être premier ministre de la France"
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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · 3d
Sébastien Lecornu 🇫🇷 has resigned after serving 0.55 Liz Trusses in office
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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 5d
seven-year-old: “who’s voice is that”

me: “Bob Dylan”

7yo: “is that yr friend”

me: “no a singer”

7yo: “not a very good singer”
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Catherine Colonna @ccolonna.bsky.social · 5d
35 ans d’unité allemande 🇩🇪Joyeux Anniversaire !

Le 3 octobre 1990 a vu triompher le désir partagé de liberté et de démocratie pour tout le continent européen.

L’Histoire ne reviendra pas en arrière en Europe, malgré les menaces, les manœuvres et les intimidations russes.
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 6d
Seven years ago today, the Saudi Crown Prince directed the murder of VA resident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

As we honor Jamal's memory, we are reminded that we must protect reporters around the world as they uncover the truth, inform the public, and promote accountability.
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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 6d
Even creepier given that this was written by a 63-year-old dude
Tyler Cowen, creep
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 7d
Some British citizens are more British citizens than others as a result of the process where the UK has gradually sought to reduce the rights of its former imperial subjects since WW2. The Windrush scandal was one effect of that process and this is another.
UK accused of ‘stark injustice’ as woman from Montserrat refused free NHS care
Cherry Brown, 69, a British overseas territory citizen, was left sleeping rough after being sent to England for treatment
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7d
Breaking News: Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, died at 91. Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.” nyti.ms/42kpGxt
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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 8d
Happy International Coffee Day! A German word that describes a coffee substitute, usually made from barley malt, is Muckefuck. It essentially means "rotting wood mulch" and can also describe any weak coffee. So next time someone makes you a bad coffee feel free to say "What the Muckefuck is this?"
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 8d
A reminder: Feb 2022 after IOPC report into discriminatory WhatsApps between Charing X officers,
Met Police launched 16-point Action Plan, ‘Not in my Met’ campaign to encourage officers to speak out, a culture-change programme & there was the Casey Report, too.

Yet, 3 years on, here we are again.
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 8d
Allegations include "excessive use of force, making discriminatory & misogynistic comments, failing to report or challenge inappropriate behaviour", says IOPC.
On & off duty, Aug 24-Jan 25.
In response:
Met Police has replaced entire 60-strong Charing X custody team...
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