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Ex-British Army. Mountain bike. Nature. Animal welfare before food. Forestry maintenance. Modern Jazz. A bit of 🎹. Adrift in the outskirts of philosophical coherence. Francophile. Aspiring socialist. 📷 🏏 🏉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇵🇸 (🖕Trump⛔️)
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Old Comrades…
Before ‘veterans’ became a thing.
Active service.
Before ‘veterans’ became a thing.
Active service.
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'The Skate Girls of Kabul' photographic series by Jessica Fulford-Dobson featuring girls from the Afghan capital before the Taliban took control. #womensart #NeverForget women and girls of Afghanistan #HumanRights
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
'The Skate Girls of Kabul' photographic series by Jessica Fulford-Dobson featuring girls from the Afghan capital before the Taliban took control. #womensart #NeverForget women and girls of Afghanistan #HumanRights
In fairness I thought Ben Stokes’ post-match with Aggers #TMS was reassuringly sincere and frank. Whereas I literally have no idea what he means when McCullum says, “As we all know the game is played in the first two inches”!!! Inches of what FFS!!! WTAF does that even mean? #Gabba #Ashes 🏏
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Eric Dolphy with Benny Bailey, tpt. Vintage Dolphy and the underexposed Bailey.
« I’ll Remember April »
#Jazzsky
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« I’ll Remember April »
#Jazzsky
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I'll Remember April par Eric Dolphy sur Apple Music
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December 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Eric Dolphy with Benny Bailey, tpt. Vintage Dolphy and the underexposed Bailey.
« I’ll Remember April »
#Jazzsky
music.apple.com/fr/album/ill...
« I’ll Remember April »
#Jazzsky
music.apple.com/fr/album/ill...
December 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Will Nigel 'Hitler was right' Farage apologise' - we're waiting ...
"Holocaust survivors call on Farage to apologise over allegations of racism and anti-semitism"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/holo...
"Holocaust survivors call on Farage to apologise over allegations of racism and anti-semitism"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/holo...
Holocaust survivors call on Farage to apologise over allegations of racism and anti-semitism
HOLOCAUST survivors called on Nigel Farage today to apologise over allegations of racism and anti-semitism during his school days.The Reform UK leader has faced claims about his behaviour while he was...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Will Nigel 'Hitler was right' Farage apologise' - we're waiting ...
"Holocaust survivors call on Farage to apologise over allegations of racism and anti-semitism"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/holo...
"Holocaust survivors call on Farage to apologise over allegations of racism and anti-semitism"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/holo...
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Fascism cannot be fought without people willing to lose their jobs and people willing to go to jail.
December 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Fascism cannot be fought without people willing to lose their jobs and people willing to go to jail.
My Corporals’ Mess entertainments committee rejected Jim Davidson and chose Bob Monkhouse for our Minden Day do. We had black NCOs. Quick witted Monkhouse didn’t need the #race card. Jim Davidson: It was never just a bit a of fun.
December 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My Corporals’ Mess entertainments committee rejected Jim Davidson and chose Bob Monkhouse for our Minden Day do. We had black NCOs. Quick witted Monkhouse didn’t need the #race card. Jim Davidson: It was never just a bit a of fun.
#Farage’s rebuke of #BBC allegations of youthful #antisemitism is pitiful. On #SkyNews witnesses make it seem so much darker than banter, so much darker than that unfortunate light entertainment debacle, the Black & White Minstrels.
December 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
#Farage’s rebuke of #BBC allegations of youthful #antisemitism is pitiful. On #SkyNews witnesses make it seem so much darker than banter, so much darker than that unfortunate light entertainment debacle, the Black & White Minstrels.
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Sky News leading on Farage’s racism. BBC ignoring it.
December 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Sky News leading on Farage’s racism. BBC ignoring it.
Why is #gerrymandering in US politics (though apparently not along racial lines) constitutional? Are there genuine (democratic) problems that arrive without it? Why change at census time? Why not simply cope with it?
December 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Why is #gerrymandering in US politics (though apparently not along racial lines) constitutional? Are there genuine (democratic) problems that arrive without it? Why change at census time? Why not simply cope with it?
Excellent TLS critical review of Mark Mazower’s “On #Antisemitism: A Word in #History”. Reviewer Abigail Green is concerned that the author’s exclusive focus on the #historical use of “antisemitism” ignores both #religious and #geographical contexts: www.the-tls.com/politics-soc...
To wit,
To wit,
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Excellent TLS critical review of Mark Mazower’s “On #Antisemitism: A Word in #History”. Reviewer Abigail Green is concerned that the author’s exclusive focus on the #historical use of “antisemitism” ignores both #religious and #geographical contexts: www.the-tls.com/politics-soc...
To wit,
To wit,
Watched an old 1980s tv drama of Hitler and the Reich’s last days, The Bunker (CBS, 1981). Anthony Hopkins was outstanding as the fuhrer.
December 6, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Watched an old 1980s tv drama of Hitler and the Reich’s last days, The Bunker (CBS, 1981). Anthony Hopkins was outstanding as the fuhrer.
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
What the absolute fuck is the #FIFA #PeacePrize?? #WorldCup. #FIFA riddled with corruption. I don’t even follow the sport but billions do who deserve better than this. #Sport
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
What the absolute fuck is the #FIFA #PeacePrize?? #WorldCup. #FIFA riddled with corruption. I don’t even follow the sport but billions do who deserve better than this. #Sport
Absolutely this. Two essentially non-football nations on the the bounce have financially controlled #FIFA and the #WorldCup. Where’s the African continent?
FIFA is a joke. It is supposed to represent players and fans of the beautiful game, but it is corrupt organization run by a Trump sycophant. The World Cup should bring together the world in joy and celebration. Instead, FIFA is going out of its way to worship at the alter of authoritarianism.
December 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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December 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Apparently #Trump is getting increasingly angry about reports about his mental health and cognitive decline. Doubtless it’s just fake hard psychological fact.
December 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Apparently #Trump is getting increasingly angry about reports about his mental health and cognitive decline. Doubtless it’s just fake hard psychological fact.
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A 16h sur @franceculture.fr Sciences Chrono raconte comment l'astrophysicienne Cecilia Payne a découvert la composition des étoiles. Une découverte fondatrice pour l'astrophysique moderne qui n'a pas empêché à la chercheuse d'être maintenue dans l'ombre www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Cécilia Payne : au cœur des étoiles
En 1925, Cecilia Payne bouleverse l’histoire de l’astrophysique en comprenant pour la première fois que les étoiles ne sont pas composées de la même façon que la Terre. S’il a fallu quelque temps pour...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A 16h sur @franceculture.fr Sciences Chrono raconte comment l'astrophysicienne Cecilia Payne a découvert la composition des étoiles. Une découverte fondatrice pour l'astrophysique moderne qui n'a pas empêché à la chercheuse d'être maintenue dans l'ombre www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...