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Claire
@wombledondog.bsky.social
· Jan 14
Book No 1 of 2025
One Hundred Years of Solitude
By Gabriel Garcia Marquez
(English translation)
Absolutely loved it. Quirky, rambling, confusing but ultimately beautiful.
Someone described the prose as feeling like they were being pulled along by the current of a river. And that's spot on
One Hundred Years of Solitude
By Gabriel Garcia Marquez
(English translation)
Absolutely loved it. Quirky, rambling, confusing but ultimately beautiful.
Someone described the prose as feeling like they were being pulled along by the current of a river. And that's spot on
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Happy New Year everyone! #SophiefromRomania wants to know why nobody is up on this lovely morning
January 1, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Happy New Year everyone! #SophiefromRomania wants to know why nobody is up on this lovely morning
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me when someone asks a simple question about where they can buy some nice shoes
December 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM
me when someone asks a simple question about where they can buy some nice shoes
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White men are 30% of the population.
They are also:
- 98% of presidents
- 90% of CEOs
- 90% of billionaires
- 80% of Congress
Forever oppressed.
They are also:
- 98% of presidents
- 90% of CEOs
- 90% of billionaires
- 80% of Congress
Forever oppressed.
December 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
White men are 30% of the population.
They are also:
- 98% of presidents
- 90% of CEOs
- 90% of billionaires
- 80% of Congress
Forever oppressed.
They are also:
- 98% of presidents
- 90% of CEOs
- 90% of billionaires
- 80% of Congress
Forever oppressed.
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The truth is rationed and obscured while the women who survived these horrors are dragged back through them yet again. Predators remain protected. Evidence is hoarded, withheld, erased. The truth is being smothered in real time & witnessing it is fucking horrific.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
What Was Stolen
Survivors, Silence, and the Injustice of It All
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The truth is rationed and obscured while the women who survived these horrors are dragged back through them yet again. Predators remain protected. Evidence is hoarded, withheld, erased. The truth is being smothered in real time & witnessing it is fucking horrific.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
And here I was not expecting to get any Christmas presents!
🚨 Andrew Tate has been BATTERED and comprehensively beaten by a novice boxer, Chase DeMoor
December 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
And here I was not expecting to get any Christmas presents!
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The worst, most dishonest prime minister we’ve ever had, rocks back and forth in his Daily Mail cubbyhole spewing out idiotic bilge to kid himself that he and his disastrous Brexit weren’t an almighty national fuck-up.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The worst, most dishonest prime minister we’ve ever had, rocks back and forth in his Daily Mail cubbyhole spewing out idiotic bilge to kid himself that he and his disastrous Brexit weren’t an almighty national fuck-up.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
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Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
December 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
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It's hard to find the words for how disgusting this is. It completely silences girls' experiences of male violence. It fails to recognise the importance of education for prevention. It ignores the drivers of men's violence. And it's racist.
Oh and for good measure, which party cut police numbers?
Oh and for good measure, which party cut police numbers?
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's hard to find the words for how disgusting this is. It completely silences girls' experiences of male violence. It fails to recognise the importance of education for prevention. It ignores the drivers of men's violence. And it's racist.
Oh and for good measure, which party cut police numbers?
Oh and for good measure, which party cut police numbers?
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Trump parle de lui-même à la troisième personne dans son étonnant hommage à Rob Reiner : «Il était connu pour rendre les gens FOUS par son obsession dévorante pour le président Donald J. Trump»
Donald Trump affirme que la mort du réalisateur Rob Reiner serait liée à son antitrumpisme «enragé»
Pour le président américain, la mort du réalisateur démocrate de «Quand Harry rencontre Sally» et de sa femme, retrouvés poignardés à leur domicile de Los Angeles dimanche, «serait due à la colère qu’il a suscitée chez d’autres».
www.liberation.fr
December 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Trump parle de lui-même à la troisième personne dans son étonnant hommage à Rob Reiner : «Il était connu pour rendre les gens FOUS par son obsession dévorante pour le président Donald J. Trump»
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"Enemies of the People".
There's a true fascist trope for you.
And yes, Trump actually posted this - on Truth Social.
There's a true fascist trope for you.
And yes, Trump actually posted this - on Truth Social.
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"Enemies of the People".
There's a true fascist trope for you.
And yes, Trump actually posted this - on Truth Social.
There's a true fascist trope for you.
And yes, Trump actually posted this - on Truth Social.
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Oh well. In for a penny and all that.
Trump is a cunt.
Trump is a cunt.
December 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Oh well. In for a penny and all that.
Trump is a cunt.
Trump is a cunt.
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*IF* you want to watch the show that @mrjamesob.bsky.social is talking of and DON'T want to monetise it for the, arguably mentally fragile, owner use the link that @sturdyalex.bsky.social has supplied 👍
If you are curious and want to watch The Liz Truss Show without boosting her figures or giving her ad revenue you can do so here. Share freely. yewtu.be/watch?v=PpH8...
December 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
*IF* you want to watch the show that @mrjamesob.bsky.social is talking of and DON'T want to monetise it for the, arguably mentally fragile, owner use the link that @sturdyalex.bsky.social has supplied 👍
This is the funniest post I've read in ages.
Then we have this - I call it The Delirium Desk - where Ms Truss does her opening and closing monologues, 90% of which are devoted to raving against the "bourgeoisie establishment". Against a backdrop which, if it were on a dropdown menu, would be called "Bourgeoisie Establishment Basic". 2/
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This is the funniest post I've read in ages.
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Then we have this - I call it The Delirium Desk - where Ms Truss does her opening and closing monologues, 90% of which are devoted to raving against the "bourgeoisie establishment". Against a backdrop which, if it were on a dropdown menu, would be called "Bourgeoisie Establishment Basic". 2/
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Then we have this - I call it The Delirium Desk - where Ms Truss does her opening and closing monologues, 90% of which are devoted to raving against the "bourgeoisie establishment". Against a backdrop which, if it were on a dropdown menu, would be called "Bourgeoisie Establishment Basic". 2/
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As a side note, I resent Phillips' assertion that back in the 1970s and 1980s white school kids like me were routinely racist. It is absolute bollocks. We weren't. We knew how fucked up racism was back then as much as we do now.
The "I'm no apologist for Farage, here's some apologism for Farage" column that everyone knew Trevor Phillips would write is a monument to bad faith and whataboutery. It's so tedious and predictable.
Is Nigel Farage racist? There’s a more urgent question
Reform leader’s schooldays were a different age and pale compared with the failure to protect minority children today
www.thetimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
As a side note, I resent Phillips' assertion that back in the 1970s and 1980s white school kids like me were routinely racist. It is absolute bollocks. We weren't. We knew how fucked up racism was back then as much as we do now.
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Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year
December 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year
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Your search for the perfect Christmas present is over - the #sophiefromromania calendar is just £9.99 with all profits going to Cure Parkinson’s
Your search for the perfect Christmas present is over - the #sophiefromromania calendar is just £9.99 with all profits going to Cure Parkinson’s
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
cureparkinsonsshop.com/products/sop...
Your search for the perfect Christmas present is over - the #sophiefromromania calendar is just £9.99 with all profits going to Cure Parkinson’s
Your search for the perfect Christmas present is over - the #sophiefromromania calendar is just £9.99 with all profits going to Cure Parkinson’s
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“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
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We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
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Fair play to the Greens - this is excellent.
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Fair play to the Greens - this is excellent.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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This headline will not be repeated by most other newspapers, neither will it lead the TV news. Our agenda-driven, bad faith media is one of the major reasons why we’re in the fix we’re in and why the government is terrified of taking the steps needed to change things. More fool them.
OBR board member says Reeves did not mislead public on Budget on.ft.com/3Ka0h3H
OBR board member says Reeves did not mislead public on Budget
UK chancellor’s fiscal warnings backed by David Miles a day after economic watchdog’s chair resigns
on.ft.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This headline will not be repeated by most other newspapers, neither will it lead the TV news. Our agenda-driven, bad faith media is one of the major reasons why we’re in the fix we’re in and why the government is terrified of taking the steps needed to change things. More fool them.
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.