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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 1h

This show has a chalky after taste

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 15h

I am canceling tonight's antifa pot luck due to the tumor I got from taking the measles vaccine. I appreciate privacy during this difficult time and whatnot.

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 22h

Am I misremembering this: before social media it seemed like, if something dreadful happened, everyone tried to be kinder you. Now it’s a feeding frenzy.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Alleged stalker of parents of Madeleine McCann sent letter signed ‘Madeleine x’

Prosecutor tells jury that Julia Wandelt claimed to remember being abducted from Praia da Luz apartment in 2007

www.theguardian.com

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll be on in central London at St Andrew’s Square Saturday 29th November. Do come!

Picture of Denise Mina who’s appearing at the 26th -30th November 2025 London St Andrews book festival

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 1d

Heads up for a rare London appearance for Marisa and myself. We'll be taking part in the St Andrew's Book Festival on November 29th, alongisde Allan Gaw, and we'll be chaired by none other than the incomparable @damedenisemina.bsky.social.
Details at the link:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/standrewsboo...

www.ticketsource.co.uk

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Nicola Meighan @nicolameighan.bsky.social · 1d

This week! @damedenisemina.bsky.social in conversation at The Stand in Glasgow (opposite Kelvinbridge Subway), Thursday Oct 9, 2.30pm. We’ll chat about Scottish novels, records, films - and Denise’s brilliant books… More info / tickets here! www.akickupthearts.org/live-events/...

In Conversation: Denise Mina (The Stand, Glasgow, Oct 9th, 2.30pm) — A Kick Up The Arts

Well then. I always love chatting with Denise Mina , and I can’t wait to have a blether with her about her latest brilliant crime thriller, The Good Liar (I absolutely love it and am getting a BLOO...

www.akickupthearts.org

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been saying this will happen for ages: I think the BoE are copying me.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee * Business live – latest updates The Bank of England has warned there is a growing risk of a “sudden correction” in global markets as it raised concerns about soaring valuations of leading AI tech companies. Policymakers said there were also threats of a “sharp repricing of US dollar assets” if the Federal Reserve lost credibility in the eyes of global investors. It comes as Donald Trump’s continues to attack the US central bank and threaten its independence. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 1d

Call for Robert O’Neill to stop this incessant flimflamming and make up his dang mind

The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 2d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 1d

It’s fine if you share with the group

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 3d

🎩 King James VI and I Hat Appreciation post 🎩

🎨 (artist unknown, c.1590) www.npg.org.uk/collections/...

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Tom Sutcliffe @tds153.bsky.social · 3d

Really enjoyed talking to Yanis Varoufakis, Mary Vincent and Paul Cartledge about civil war this morning. (Also, if you want some historical perspective on where the USA finds itself right now, I'd recommend Adam Goodheart's excellent 1861: The Civil War Awakening).
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Start the Week - Yanis Varoufakis on Greece’s civil war - BBC Sounds

Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis and historians Paul Cartledge and Mary Vincent.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 2d

writers will identify

An elegantly dilapidated building with a sign that reads ‘BOOKMAKERS Est 1932’

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Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 4d

If theres one thing we know from The Falls Curfew of 1970 is that tear gassing residential districts profoundly radicalises the inhabitants and is remebered for decades

modern mural rembering the Falls Curfew of 1970

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 4d

Let them eat flags
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

Donald Trump issues ultimatum to American flag burners

The president has signed an executive order that says burning the American flag will result in one year of imprisonment.

www.newsweek.com

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 4d

Someone stood up to them. Fucking hell.

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: An FBI agent has been fired for refusing to arrest and perp walk James Comey.

HERO.

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 4d

I’m so sorry to miss Wigtown this year but an amber storm alert and a very small electric car on a coast road is too much excitement, even for me.
See you next year, my Wiggie darlings x

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 5d

Blimey, I thought that was a young Stockard Channing

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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 6d

An excerpt from the transcript of CBS correspondent Edward R. Murrow's broadcast from Buchenwald, April 15, 1945

perspectives.ushmm.org/item/edward-...

In another part of the camp they showed me the children, hundreds of them. Some were only six. One rolled up his sleeve, showed me his number. It was tattooed on his arm. B-6030, it was. The others showed me their numbers. They will carry them till they die. An elderly man standing beside me said, 'The children–enemies of the state!' I could see their ribs through their thin shirts. The old man said, 'I am Professor Charles Richer of the Sorbonne.' The children clung to my hands and stared. We crossed to the courtyard. Men kept coming up to me to speak to me and touch me, professors from Poland, doctors from Vienna, men from all of Europe. Men from the countries that made America.

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Broti Gupta @brotigupta.bsky.social · 7d

(person who doesn't really get what chimps are) jane goodall, you finally live with the chimps now ❤️

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Trekkie Bill 🖖🏻 @trekkiebill.bsky.social · 7d

Do you ever think about the fact that Wikipedia is the last good major website on the internet? You aren't bombarded with ads. It doesn't try to push video on you, and it doesn't redirect you to a scam site.

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 7d

The Knee Cartilage of The Young

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 7d

A snip!

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 7d

Although I am torn between that and this bleach bottle handbag

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Nicola Meighan @nicolameighan.bsky.social · 8d

Next week! Thursday afternoon Oct 9, 2.30pm - The Stand in Glasgow (opposite Kelvinbridge Subway): thee mighty @damedenisemina.bsky.social in conversation. We’ll talk books, films, music, life, the universe, everything. Join us! Tickets / more info: www.akickupthearts.org/live-events/...

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