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Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 5h

Stalin was at various times anti-antifa and antifa

Which iteration do you think Putin prefers?

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 6h

Antisemitic, pro-Putin, in league with white nationalists, promoted the Pizzagate conspiracy theory - and now being platformed by the president of the United States

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 6h

Ne Me Quitte Pas - to anglophone Brel fans

But the Dutch version is great too

Kubra Benelli @benelli.bsky.social · 7h

Jacques Brel - Laat me niet alleen #WeekvanhetNederlands https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MY433G8bDZQ&si=EpkSvQ_NFjY_7320&feature=xapp_share

Laat Me Niet Alleen

YouTube video by Jacques Brel - Topic

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 7h

Berlin’s City Palace in 1924 — Spree view with the Schlossbrücke on the right featuring a statue of the goddess Nike (named after the streetwear brand) riding in a chariot pulled by four horses. Photo by Kurt Hielscher.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 7h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Observatoire québécois du fascisme @observatoirequebecoisdufascisme.org · 13h

Mark Bray, prof d'université et auteur d'Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook (un livre que vous devriez lire), a été doxxé et menacé.

Il est présentement en exil (temporaire, pour le moment) en Europe.

Vous savez si nos médias en ont parlé? J'ai rien vu passer.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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The Haters Guide 🍉 @thehatersguide.bsky.social · 6h

They arrested Churchill’s wife?

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 8h

Bondi claiming they arrested [checks notes] "the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa" has me in stitches

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 8h

Here’s how you report a fatal tragic incident with a cyclist

Via France3

Picture of a car on a road alone with fields of long green grass either side

Headline says - mort d’un cycliste de 62 ans, renversé par un automobiliste dans les Ardennes [death of a 62-year-old cyclist, run over by a driver in the Ardennes]

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Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 8h

… or he knows he has someone else to do his typing

You

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👕 The Bertieful South @bertiefulsouth.bsky.social · 8h

Reading there will be quite a few Southern, Northern Premier and Isthmian League games live streamed on ClubberTV this season.

Starting this week
#NonLeague

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Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 8h

So odd times for kick offs then

VAR next?

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Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 8h

“He’s a cat”

That’s the only explanation needed

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Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.myatproto.social · 10h

Just a reminder that anti-queer and anti-trans policies aren't actually popular.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Les Écologistes - EELV 🌻 @lesecologistes.fr · 10h

Si Macron refuse la cohabitation, il devra partir

Paris, le 8 octobre 2025

Le départ précipité de Sébastien Lecornu est la conséquence prévisible du refus de la part du Président de la République de prendre en compte les résultats des élections législatives qu’il avait lui-même convoquées l’été dernier.

Jusqu’au bout, le camp présidentiel aura voulu s’appuyer sur une alliance bancale et minoritaire avec LR plutôt que d’ouvrir des discussions sérieuses avec le socle du NFP pourtant arrivé en tête aux dernières élections législatives.

Retranché à l’Elysée, déjugé par son propre camp, Emmanuel Macron est seul face à la crise qu’il a créée et entretenue par une obstruction systématique à la logique d’alternance.

Nous l’avons dit : nous, la gauche et les écologistes, nous tenons prêt·es à conduire un gouvernement dans ce contexte difficile. Car les Françaises et les Français ont plus que jamais besoin de politiques publiques qui les protègent : abrogation de la réforme des retraites, mesures d’urgence pour le pouvoir d’achat et les services publics, politique environnementale à la mesure du péril climatique et de l’effondrement de la biodiversité.

Nous appelons solennellement, une dernière fois, Emmanuel Macron à se conformer aux résultats des élections et à nommer à Matignon un·e Premier·e ministre de gauche et écologiste.

Si, une nouvelle fois, le président venait à refuser le résultat des urnes, il devra partir.

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Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 9h

“Was owned”

“Has taken control”

Kind of kyboshes the headline

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Feargal McKay @cycologies.com · 10h

The website was hijacked?

Or the owner allowed the domain to lapse and it was subsequently acquired by a pron site?

That is not hijacking.

UK libraries urged to remove children’s books with URL hijacked by porn site

Puffin issues alert to schools and local authorities over books in popular Spy Dog series by Andrew Cope

www.theguardian.com

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The British Continental @thebritishcontinental.co.uk · 10h

After making his name on the British scene, Mauritian rider Alexandre Mayer has stepped up to Burgos Burpellet BH. He reflects on his unlikely route to the pros, the lessons learned on UK roads, and representing Africa on cycling’s biggest stage.

thebritishcontinental.co.uk/2025/10/08/a...

Alexandre Mayer interview: a Mauritian’s road from Britain to the big time

After making his name on the British scene with Saint Piran and Foran, Mauritian rider Alexandre Mayer has stepped up to the Spanish ProTeam Burgos Burpellet BH. He reflects on his unlikely route t…

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Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 10h

Black cats rock

www.cats.org.uk/cats-blog/wh...

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Kubra Benelli @benelli.bsky.social · 10h

Flip Kowlier - Zwembad #WeekvanhetNederlands https://youtu.be/rYZKzu1jPTE?si=TB-Wv8wl0VdGtr5g

Flip Kowlier - Zwembad

YouTube video by Hans Buyse

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Dan Hayes @danhayesjourno.bsky.social · 13h

Chesterfield has fallen

Thieves target famous crooked spire church dubbed 'Pisa of the north'

Police are hunting thieves who stripped lead from the roof of the church bearing Chesterfield’s famous crooked spire.

www.thestar.co.uk

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 10h

Just remembered that it's LBC's 52nd birthday today. So I'm even more chuffed than usual to have been on with @mrjamesob.bsky.social this morning @lbc.co.uk, albeit talking about the evisceration of US democracy.

🎧: audioboom.com/posts/878880...

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BFMTV @bfmtv.com · 10h

💬 "Pas Bernard Cazeneuve" ▶️ https://l.bfmtv.com/q0ET

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Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 10h

Lotto aren’t rich either

Never have been but going it alone has hurt their finances even more so

Not sure if the merger is affordable, which means they’ll be totally screwed as a WT team next season unless a knight can be found to guide them to a “magic money tree”

Escape Collective @escapecollective.bsky.social · 10h

Big debt is impeding Lotto-Intermarché Wanty merger

escapecollective.com/big-debt-is-...

Big debt is impeding Lotto-Intermarché Wanty merger

The embattled Intermarché team owes a reported €2.5 million, which must be settled before it can combine operations with Lotto.

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Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 10h

Oh and meet Katie

We adopted her privately when she was 13. She doesn’t like our other two adopted cats, from Cats Protection, despite sharing the house and garden with them since autumn 2019

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Mike @ksmikey.bsky.social · 10h

Adopt an older cat, especially one in their last years

They deserve it

And you are giving them a little love too

www.cats.org.uk/cats-blog/8-...

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