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Cassie Premo Steele @cassiepremosteele.bsky.social · 13h

Do you remember a few weeks ago when I posted about saving 1000 tree frog eggs and creating a pond with my wife so we could raise the tadpoles? Well, may I present to you Soujourner, the first frog to leave the pond and take residence on the grasses nearby. Oh, my. Oh, my heart. #nature

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Julie of Tynedale @julie-tynedale.bsky.social · 4h

Dig me a well to cry in ... Right in the feels isn't it.

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Star Wars Holocron @swholocron.bsky.social · 18h

In exactly 1 week, the deluxe edition of the REVENGE OF THE SITH novelization arrives.

Read our review of the book and learn about all the new features/additions here: theholofiles.com/2025/10/02/b...

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Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

This is a huge loss in my culture www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘Absolutely divine!’ How Jilly Cooper changed the world – one bonkbuster at a time

Her romances were so intelligent, raunchy and outrageously readable that she created her own category, bewitching generations of readers

www.theguardian.com

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Julie of Tynedale @julie-tynedale.bsky.social · 1d

My favourite is Appassionata (Also The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (to be read after Polo).

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Julie of Tynedale @julie-tynedale.bsky.social · 2d

That is good to know - thank you. 😊

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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 2d

Leaving the European Convention on Human Rights would be an act of self-sabotage, not independence, because the convention was forged from British ideals of justice and human dignity, written by our own lawyers in the ruins of war, to ensure that tyranny could never again take hold in Europe.

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Julie of Tynedale @julie-tynedale.bsky.social · 2d

I nearly said "except for that big spider!" 🤣

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

Tories and Reform want to quit the European Convention on Human Rights.

Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs.

Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights.
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Leaving the ECHR won’t fix illegal migration

Half-baked tales of rulings turning on chicken nuggets are no basis for cutting Britain adrift

www.thetimes.com

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Julie of Tynedale @julie-tynedale.bsky.social · 2d

Is that what causes it? We buy them regularly (UK) - and they used to be huge! these days - carrot sized! Still yummy though 😊

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Julie of Tynedale @julie-tynedale.bsky.social · 2d

I am convinced they will have had no reason to change it. They show every sign of wanting everything to be authentic - and your dad ticked all those boxes!

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Julie of Tynedale @julie-tynedale.bsky.social · 3d

How lovely! I'm sure they will have kept it!! 😊

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Julie of Tynedale @julie-tynedale.bsky.social · 3d

A lovely article on James Herriot - worth a read.

Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 3d

✍️ All Creatures Great and Small: a Yorkshire phenomenon

The stories of Yorkshire-based vet ‘James Herriot’ are renowned. A Thirsk museum offers a fascinating insight into his life and times

By Dr Pam Jarvis
@drpam.bsky.social

All Creatures Great and Small: a Yorkshire phenomenon

The stories of Yorkshire-based vet ‘James Herriot’ are renowned. A Thirsk museum offers a fascinating insight into his life and times

yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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Julie of Tynedale @julie-tynedale.bsky.social · 3d

We will need it more than ever to protect us from our own government(s) I fear. 😔

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3d

Thorough, important, and gripping journalism.

Please take time to read.

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 3d

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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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Star Wars Holocron @swholocron.bsky.social · 4d

With today being the 11th anniversary of STAR WARS REBELS, check out our ranking of the Top 10 Best Episodes and see if you agree here: theholofiles.com/2023/05/09/t...

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Julie of Tynedale @julie-tynedale.bsky.social · 5d

Sad to hear this. A big part of my youth was watching the antics from "The Bucket Residence - the Lady of the House Speaking". RIP Patricia, thank you for the laughs! ❤️

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Star Wars Holocron @swholocron.bsky.social · 5d

Even if you’ve read the REVENGE OF THE SITH novelization before, you have never read it quite like this, with 170+ insightful annotations that will deepen your love of this story

Read our full review of the REVENGE OF THE SITH novelization deluxe edition: theholofiles.com/2025/10/02/b...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6d

Disclosure: Care Home Undercover review – this brilliant, blood-boiling documentary exposes a grim reality

This Inverness institution promised fine dining and champagne for residents. Instead, this documentary depicts abhorrent neglect

www.theguardian.com

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 7d

Like all the greats, Brian Patten wrote simply and personally - and in that, communicated the profound nature of what it is to be.

Jane Johnson @janejohnsonbakrim.bsky.social · 7d

I was his editor. I shall miss him terribly. Here's 'Armada', about the death of his mother.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 8d

Here is Nathan Gill in 2014 blaming the EU for Russia advancing on Ukraine

Nathan Gill pled guilty to accepting bribes from Russia to promote a pro Russia anti EU position

He started in UKIP, joined the Brexit Party, then Reform UK

Here's what he said at the European Parliament

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 8d

How weird that this should have disappeared from the Telegraph archive...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8d

An extraordinary Telegraph article from 2014 that reminds us where Nigel Farage stood on Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Mr Putin 16 years ago.

Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 8d

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Nigel Farage: Stop opposing Vladmir Putin in Ukraine and join forces to defeat Islamic terrorists
The Ukip leader says that West must stop poking the Russian leader with a stick and realise he is 'on our side' in the fight against terror
By Georgia Graham, Political Correspondent
11:26AM BST 16 Sep 2014

The West must stop opposing Vladimir Putin’s incursion into Ukraine and join forces with the Russian leader in the fight against Islamic extremists, Nigel Farage has said,
The Ukip leader said that Western countries must stop "playing war games in Ukraine and poking the “Russian bear with a stick” because Mr Putin is “on our side” in the war against Islamic extremism.
Mr Farage courted controversy earlier this year when he said that Mr Putin, the former KGB officer, is the statesman he most admires.
In a debate this morning at the European Parliament Mr Farage a sympathetic interpretation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he said European states had “directly encouraged” the uprising that “led in turn to Vladimir Putin reacting”.
Mr Putin has been blamed by the West for prolonging the bloodshed in Syria and propping up the regime by supplying arms including helicopter gunships to President Assad, and repeatedly blocking moves to censure or sanction him at the United Nations.

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However Mr Farage suggested that these differences should be put aside with Russia and European nations “preparing a plan” to defeat to deal with “the real threat that faces us”.
He said: “Perhaps we better recognise that the West faces the biggest threat and crisis to our way of life we have seen for over 70 years. The recent beheadings of the British and American hostages graphically illustrates the problem and of course we have our own citizens from our won countries engaged in that struggle too.
“In the war against Islamic extremism, whatever we may think of him as a human being, he is actually on our side.
“I suggest we grow up, I suggest we recognise the real threat facing all of our countries, communities and societies, we stop playing war games in the Ukraine and we start to prepare a plan like Syria, like Iraq, like Kenya like Nigeria or Syria and help the deal with the real threat that faces us. Let’s not go on provoking Putin whether we like him or not.”
He added: "Amongst the long list of foreign policy failures and contradictions in the last few year, amongst them the bombing of Libya, the desire to arm the rebels in Syria, has been the unnecessary provocation of Vladimir Putin.
“This EU Empire, ever seeking to expand, stated its territorial claim on the Ukraine some years ago, just to make that worse of course some Nato members said they too would like the Ukraine to join Nato
“We directly encouraged the uprising in Ukraine that led to the toppling of the president Yanukovych and that led in turn of course to Vladimir Putin reacting. And the moral of the story is if you poke the Russian bear with stick...”

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jettywalker58.bsky.social @jettywalker58.bsky.social · 9d

BEST 80s #94 “I Got You” by Split Enz
“I don’t know why sometimes I get frightened.” “I Got You” is a neurotic, spiraling, and relentless ride, a power-pop blend of Squeeze and Cars. The song, written and artfully performed by Neil Finn, quickly became the top-selling record ever in Australia.

Split Enz - I Got You (Official Video)

YouTube video by Split Enz

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Julie of Tynedale @julie-tynedale.bsky.social · 9d

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Just read your piece on Redford in The New World. You brought him to life - and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Found it moving too.

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