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Rose of Northgate @annarose75.bsky.social · 1d

This is just lovely

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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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Rose of Northgate @annarose75.bsky.social · 1d

Not that I am thrilled with Albo, I have to add, there’s lots of room for improvement

Rose of Northgate @annarose75.bsky.social · 1d

I think that was too much of a risk for most people given the global situation, it certainly was for me.

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Rose of Northgate @annarose75.bsky.social · 1d

Terrifying!

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Rose of Northgate @annarose75.bsky.social · 1d

Well yes, but consider the alternative we didn’t choose

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Rose of Northgate @annarose75.bsky.social · 1d

That would get you sacked in Australia

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Rose of Northgate @annarose75.bsky.social · 1d

I keep saying to people to watch the religious undertones of what is happening in the US. They tried it in Australia and it all got booted quick smart.

Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · 1d

Mentions of "god" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party

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Rose of Northgate @annarose75.bsky.social · 2d

Not the cheese platter !

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 6d

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

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Stonekettle @stonekettle.bsky.social · 8d

Pete Hegseth is a basically a meat cybertruck

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 17d

Hope on Sunday.
Reclaim the Flag.
#Manchester #England
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 19d

Jon Stewart, The Daily Show. #PostKimmel
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Jon Stewart's Post-Kimmel Primer on Free Speech in the Glorious Trump Era | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Legend @fubarrockchick.bsky.social · 20d

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Rose of Northgate @annarose75.bsky.social · 25d

Absolutely! I think an advantage of my being older is that I know exactly how any relationship will progress, so I can bin it before it becomes a problem.

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Rose of Northgate @annarose75.bsky.social · 25d

Best to weed these people out early! I gave the benefit of the doubt far too often, and had to learn to be ruthless. I always remember the saying that people show you who they are, very early on.

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 25d

The British media not reporting on this shooting for what it is, a fight between extremist religious hate preachers is really starting to annoy me. Especially as in doing so they are pushing their lies and bile on those who would never have heard it.

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Rose of Northgate @annarose75.bsky.social · 26d

Our video of our Capricon adventures! www.facebook.com/share/v/1Gao...

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Rose of Northgate @annarose75.bsky.social · Sep 8

Love a good Banksy!

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Sep 8

Bravo Banksy. 👏

“A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy has appeared on the side of the Royal Courts of Justice building in central London.”

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · Sep 6

Glad I’m not a fan of blueberries www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

A banned pesticide is showing up in blueberries. No-one can find the source

A scientist investigating why pesticides were appearing in marine life discovers a banned chemical on NSW berries. The underwhelming response from the government has exposed regulatory blind spots in ...

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Toby Martin @tobyfmartin.bsky.social · Sep 5

An early Anglo-Saxon sword bead is on my desk today, and a beautiful one at that.

An Anglo-Saxon sword bead made of glass with black and white ornamentation.

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Rose of Northgate @annarose75.bsky.social · Sep 5

How people perceive authoritarianism is relative, so in a very free society, compulsory voting feels like a restriction.

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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · Sep 4

The entrance to the early 12c Abbey of Fontevraud in the Loire, burial place of the Plantagenet rulers Henry II, his Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and their son Richard I. #adoorablethursday

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Rose of Northgate @annarose75.bsky.social · Sep 4

Having successfully avoided his voice, I heard it today, what is actually wrong with him? He sounds like he has dementia of the voice box

Rose of Northgate @annarose75.bsky.social · Sep 4

Australia has these too, and I believe most other places as well. Can’t imagine why the US hasn’t switched.

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