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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert portrays JD Vance.

“We heard that JD Vance loves a good-natured, funny meme, so we made one just for him!”

I'm choosing to believe this is actual footage and not 'AI'

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 5d

Garlic:

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 6d

Pronouns: I, me.

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 5d

Autumn quinces:

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tweety @bluskypolitics.bsky.social · 6d

📌 The entire world 🌎 is
laughing at America now 🐥

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 5d

It's not my church, but it is this country's 'established' church, and what happens to it concerns us all a little bit. I think the kindest thing to do would be to disestablish it. He was Cameron's appointment, which says a lot, she is Starmer's.

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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 6d

📷 #Gaza, Palestine, 1898

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 5d

😆😅😂
Here are the leaders of Albania and Azerbaijan joking with Macron about how Trump brought peace to their two countries – even though they were never at war! 🤣
#PlanetTaco

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 5d

Mr 15 Bessent?

Fighting Liberal Texas Dem🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 5d

Treasury secretary twists Trump’s tariffs to put the blame on Biden https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/10/2/2346591/-Treasury-secretary-twists-Trump-s-tariffs-to-put-the-blame-on-Biden?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=

Treasury secretary twists Trump’s tariffs to put the blame on Biden

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent struggled to spin the fallout from the Trump administration’s misguided trade war, blaming former President Joe Biden for China’s response to President Donald ...

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Neon Deutschland @neondeutschland.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Tag der Deutschen Einheit from everyone’s favourite anthropomorphic beer.

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 6d

She will nurse the Church of England back to life? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...

Dame Sarah Mullally speaking after being named first woman Archbishop of Canterbury

Mullally begins by addressing

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Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 6d

Pulling the cracker: Ukraine's systematic destruction of Russian oil production. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Attacking An Oil Production System

Some Of The Nuts And Bolts--Starting With Refineries

open.substack.com

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 6d

Blair is godfather to the oldest of Murdoch & Deng’s daughters.

His TB Institute is swimming in Larry Ellison / Oracle 💰 …to the tune of £half a BILLION

Ellison is best mates with Netanyahu

Oracle & its partner company Rafael Systems are deep in Israeli defence and intelligence industry.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 7d

REVEALED: Donald Trump has picked Tony Blair for central role in Gaza ‘peace plan’…

…but in our inaugural investigation for @thenerve_news, we reveal extensive previously unreported links to Israeli defence, media & tech. 🧵
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