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Sometime professional historian, oftentimes aspiring author, gamer, reader, film-goer, bad guitarist. Belfast.
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Israel's outrage and upset at Iran's bombs hitting a hospital and other civilian areas when they're still flattening and murdering everyone in Gaza themselves is jaw dropping.

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Ooh. Pre-emptive block already carried out. Thanks BlueSky 😊

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Oh, terrific. President Rapeyhands McBonespurs wants a war of his own now. Him with his diminished cognitive ability and scrabbly little raccoon fingers, pawing frantically at the nuclear button like it’s a young woman resisting his advances.

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Lock up your couches! I read mascara-wearer of the year and serial couch fondler JayDee Vance (or whatever his name is) has joined BlueSky.

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This is a great cartoon from The Guardian

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Nothing worrying at all about events in the Middle East and the ravings of a nuclear-armed lunatic. 😳

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Oh, shit. Will Liverpool be in this farce next year?

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Jaysus, that Club World Cup is a steaming pile of poo.

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Look. Gorrammit! It’s not all bad. Not all the time. Sometimes there’s the extraordinary #RobertCray in Bristol.

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I look forward to Florian speaking in perfect Scouse-accented English at his meet-the-press.

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Yup. This was my experience. ‘‘Tis the future. Thank goodness I’ve retired. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Oh, hello, Bristol.

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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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Perfect

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Dreadful news coming out of the US. I hope people stay safe at the resistance marches.

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I hate getting up at stupid o’clock.

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Judging from yesterday’s practice, all the best people will be going to Duh Führer’s Birthday Parade. Bow down, America.

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Oh, terrific. Missiles again.

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There seems to be no end to the suffering and death Netanyahu is willing to inflict to keep himself out of prison.

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🇩🇪 😊 #YNWA ✊

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I’m more than a bit fed up with living in interesting times.

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A the Trentrums continue…

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Pretty much everyone reading the news today.

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In other news, I’m very much enjoying Elania Wormtongue groveling and pulling faces because he’s missing out on the big rally with all the goose-stepping and the big guns this weekend.

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Mood. youtu.be/uBPX3PfBcSs?...

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Lot of this vibe going round today.

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Barcola? Didn’t see that coming. Still, the best thing about this ridiculous mini- transfer window is the rumours. I fondly remember the noise around Mbappé coming to Anfield.

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Sometimes, Northern Ireland is a really ugly little place.

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I would very happy to see Lucho stay at Anfield.

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From the CWS Archives. 13th August 2024.

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Oh, my. I didn’t realise they would be celebrating the Führer’s birthday this weekend with a military show of strength.

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This is funny

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Bit more #Labour from #Labour.

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This Spending Review is much more upbeat and obviously pitched towards people who actually might want to vote for the Labour party, than previous Reeves statements

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I’m totally fine with anyone posting and trying to sell something they created. Goodness knows I do it often enough. But I’m immediately unfollowing anyone who posts ads or ‘sponsored’ content. Save that shit for TwiXter.

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Big trouble in Ballymena-hey. Fuckwittery given license by opportunist politicians. I once tried to explain the Northern Ireland thing of putting people out of their homes to an English colleague. They refused to believe such a thing could happen. Then they lived here for a while.

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Wirtz! #YNWA ✊

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Your regular reminder that fraudsters read the news more closely than anyone - and use real hooks like the winter fuel payment u-turn to make their fraudulent scams more believable. Please warn your family members

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Another in-depth cuddly-fuzzy Reform BBC interview on #WATO just now. Honestly, British Fascism hasn’t enjoyed this kind of love since the Daily Mail’s ‘Hurrah For The Blackshirts’ headline in 1934.

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This is profoundly sad. Ten dead in Austria school attack, says Graz mayor www.rte.ie/news/2025/06...

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And this fucking Florian Wirtz saga is gone on longer than Game of Thrones.

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Very cross today. There’s a lot going on that I can do nothing about. So, if you’re feeling like that, too, here’s a novel about magic and zombies. Might take your mind off things.

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Ugh. This recrudescence of fascism is making me very cross.

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I see Duh Führer is deploying military force against unarmed citizens of his own country to deliberately provoke violence and provide an excuse for even more sweeping oppression.

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