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Rufus jones @rufeydoof.bsky.social · 5d

Amazon have removed the guns from their Bond posters, giving the tantalising impression that Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan think you’re a wanker.

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Rachel Savage @rachelmsavage.bsky.social · 6d

Two people were killed in the southern Moroccan city of Lqliâa on Wednesday night after security forces opened fire at protesters on the fourth night of youth-led protests calling for better education and healthcare. Local authorities said the shootings were in self-defence.

First deaths in Morocco’s youth-led anti-government protests as police open fire

Two killed in city of Lqliâa on fifth day of demonstrations calling for social justice reforms as unrest rises

www.theguardian.com

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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 7d

Fascinante … Los secretos de John le Carré y el error en 'El topo' que cambió su manera de escribir. Por @mariaramirez.bsky.social

www.eldiario.es/cultura/secr...

Los secretos de John le Carré y el error en 'El topo' que cambió su manera de escribir

El novelista y ex espía, obsesionado con la precisión en los detalles de sus libros, viajaba y estudiaba con una red de expertos para documentarse, como retrata una nueva exposición de la Biblioteca d...

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Lois Beckett @loisbeckett.bsky.social · 7d

"The contest has included levels of on-camera drama that surpass even those of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City."

I covered Fat Bear Week victor "32 Chunk"--a brutal villain from previous seasons who finally found his redemption arc:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Dominant on the river’: 32 Chunk crowned champion in ‘biggest Fat Bear Week yet’

Brown bear’s nearly 100,000 votes leads him to victory despite suffering for most of season with broken jaw

www.theguardian.com

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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 8d

‘Not even animals escape the extreme barbarity’: wildlife caught in Rio’s rampant gun crime. By @tomphillips.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

‘Not even animals escape the extreme barbarity’: wildlife caught in Rio’s rampant gun crime

From capuchin monkeys to mantled hawks - Instituto Vida Livre has treated a myriad of shot animals in a city blighted by gun crime

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 13d

Very pleased with the cover (and reviews) for my new book "Travels through the Spanish Civil War" out on 20 November with @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
Pre-orders, etc here www.hurstpublishers.com/book/travels...

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 15d

I was at Gaddafi’s last big speech in Tripoli. It’s a high bar but I think Trump nudged it

David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 15d

Somewhere in Hell Qaddafi smiles knowing his will never again be seen as the most demented speech in UN General Assembly history.

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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 15d

Cualquier de los libros de Katherine Rundell. El explorador de Amazonas/The Explorer nos gustó mucho.

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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 15d

Enhorabuena, Eduardo!

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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 15d

The curious incident of the dog in the Night Watch: Dog in Rembrandt’s masterpiece was ‘copied from lesser-known artist’. Via @senayboztas.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Dog in Rembrandt’s The Night Watch was ‘copied from lesser-known artist’

Rijksmuseum says that just like Shakespeare, Rembrandt drew widely and shamelessly from earlier sources

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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 18d

Narcstromo …

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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 18d

‘Just imagine spending hours, or days, stuck inside one of these things. It is total madness’. By @tomphillips.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

‘Insane journeys’: inside the narco-subs that cross oceans carrying hundreds of millions of pounds of cocaine

Poorly paid crews risk their lives on voyages in ‘propeller-driven coffins’ to smuggle drugs from Brazil to Europe

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 19d

Reading in York next Wednesday, where I once worked for the Council. The visit has reminded me of this sign in Museum Gardens which apparently banned cycling while allowing you to injure young and old alike by way of recompense. The good management of municipal facilities is all about give and take.

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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 20d

‘Resistance is when I put an end to what I don’t like’: The rise and fall of the Baader-Meinhof gang. By @jasonburke2.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

‘Resistance is when I put an end to what I don’t like’: The rise and fall of the Baader-Meinhof gang | Jason Burke

In the 1970s, the radical leftwing German terrorist organisation may have spread fear through public acts of violence – but its inner workings were characterised by vanity and incompetence

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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 21d

'The supposed “centrists” are ushering fringe politics into the mainstream and normalising the abhorrent'. By Aditya Chakrabortty.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It’s come to this: Keir Starmer is now just the warm-up act for Nigel Farage | Aditya Chakrabortty

As Labour flounders and dabbles in the politics of hatred to gain a point or two, it is those far from power who will suffer most, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 21d

Brenda Fricker had a zest for life that took her to the heights of stage and screen – but behind it lay a terrible story of violence, grooming and abuse. From her bed, flanked by pills and cigarettes, Ireland’s grande dame talks to @rorycarroll72.bsky.social

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‘You think rape’s your fault’: Oscar-winner Brenda Fricker on her devastating memoir

She had a zest for life that propelled her to the heights of stage and screen – but behind all this lay a shocking story of violence, grooming and abuse. From her bed, flanked by pills and cigarettes,...

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 21d

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22d

Breaking news: Robert Redford, the big-screen idol turned Oscar-winning director, independent film advocate and environmental activist, died at 89.

Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89

He made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with the masses, in no small part because of his own star power.

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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 23d

Looking forward to reading this, by William Chislett. Lots of ground to cover …
www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/work-docu...

Fifty years after Franco: Spain’s profound transformation, 1975-2025

General Franco died 50 years ago, but Spain bore no resemblance to the country he took over after winning the 1936-39 Civil War.

www.realinstitutoelcano.org

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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 23d

Looking forward to reading this, by William Chislett. Lots of ground to cover …
www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/work-docu...

Fifty years after Franco: Spain’s profound transformation, 1975-2025

General Franco died 50 years ago, but Spain bore no resemblance to the country he took over after winning the 1936-39 Civil War.

www.realinstitutoelcano.org

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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 24d

“He left his hotel in the centre of the city and the earth ate him,” said Carlos “Maco” Somigliana of the Argentinian Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF). “Nothing more was ever known – until now.”

Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 24d

The bossa nova pianist Francisco Tenório Cerqueira Júnior went out for cigarettes after a concert in Buenos Aires in March 1976 – a forensic team has finally revealed his fate. By @harrietbarber.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Brazilian musician identified as victim of 1976 killing by Argentina military

The bossa nova pianist Francisco Tenório Cerqueira Júnior went out for cigarettes after a concert in Buenos Aires – a forensic team has finally revealed his fate

www.theguardian.com

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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 24d

The bossa nova pianist Francisco Tenório Cerqueira Júnior went out for cigarettes after a concert in Buenos Aires in March 1976 – a forensic team has finally revealed his fate. By @harrietbarber.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Brazilian musician identified as victim of 1976 killing by Argentina military

The bossa nova pianist Francisco Tenório Cerqueira Júnior went out for cigarettes after a concert in Buenos Aires – a forensic team has finally revealed his fate

www.theguardian.com

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 27d

‘The author David Nicholls is rumoured to be working on a novel about a star-crossed couple who run into each other over the decades on the days Mandelson quits.’
Ouch from @roberthutton.co.uk
thecritic.co.uk/oh-mandy/

Oh Mandy … | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

Some of us are old enough to remember where we were every time Peter Mandelson resigned. His departures from high office are like royal weddings: a chance to freeze a moment in our nation’s long story...

thecritic.co.uk

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 29d

I hope this ishmael finds you whale

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · Sep 8

So much weird in here, but hard to disagree that the average Saxon would have recognised policies of sinking vessels you don't like the look of, and imprisoning people who look different.

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