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Listening to Beyoncé … Cowboy Carter … Blackbird 🐦‍⬛ (I know it’s a Beatles song) arggg crying for all the people around the world who are having to fight for basic things … and I’m in the bloody gym … 🏋️

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Oooo here’s a beautiful account to follow @rocketbirdbooks.bsky.social … and who wouldn’t want to understand slugs!

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3 hours of beautiful, moving, thought provoking art. When you’re in Copenhagen, always take the train to Humlebæk and visit the Louisiana museum. The exhibitions are stunning and this one called, Havet (The Ocean) is incredibly powerful. Good for the soul.

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Starlink should be banned from European markets on national security grounds. Anything requiring Starlink should be shut out of the European market, and sanctions should be considered against all relevant actors. kyivindependent.com/us-threatens...

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We need this seat everyone.

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According to Human Freedom Index, 13 of top 20 freest countries are European and 9 of the top 10. US wallows in 18th behind the rest of the Anglosphere. It’s not us that need a lecture.

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I think this is worth a go … I must admit that the world that I enjoyed in my life seems to be disappearing fast. Fear can be paralysing. And that’s what all this ultra right wing narrative is about. But I can’t be silent. My feed may get a bit more political and probably angry 😡

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Brits say it’s more important to support Ukraine than to maintain good relations with the US, according to a new YouGov poll. And following a familiar theme, there are those Reform supporters once again showing they’re nothing like other Brits.

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" .. we are skeepwalking closer and closer to the "f" word .. fascism .. fascism wrapped in red, white and blue .. fascism does not [always] come in with evil plans or .. leather jackboots .. it arrives through the othering of people, the normalisation of human cruelty" youtu.be/nVZ3QwA5wy8?...

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After Donald Trump attacked Volodymyr Zelenskyy, calling him a “dictator without elections” who had duped the U.S. into coughing up billions of dollars in military support, Ukrainian politicians, officials and soldiers leaped to their president’s defense.

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Calling Zelensky a “Dictator” must be where the line is drawn. It is my sincere hope that the whole political spectrum in the United Kingdom will speak with one voice in opposition to Trump’s lies.

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Nature was doing her best to ease my worried mind this morning. Very lucky to work in such a beautiful location. This was the view from top floor outside the canteen. #denmark #scandilife #morningmeditation

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The government's preferred proposal on #CopyrightAndAI will have a crippling effect on the UK's creative industries. So, if you're NOT a creative, but you value the arts and like living in a country that has a healthy creative industry and can spare the time to object to this proposal, please do!

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For 16 years, U.S. aviation had a perfect record—ZERO major commercial plane crashes. Then Trump returned and in just 29 days the USA has had seven crashes, 15 aviation disasters, and 85 dead, on pace for this over 1,000 dead this year via plane crash.

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"Reform MP installed solar to cut bills but party calls renewables ‘massive con’" Reform UK are a bunch of con men... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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A dictatorship hosting another dictatorship to negotiate with an aspiring dictatorship about the future of a democracy that’s not represented.

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He's right. The only people who don't want a 'European Army' are Mr Vladimir Putin and his apologists and useful idiots. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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March 8th is International Women’s Day… with all the noise and divisive rhetoric around us, it’s important to remember that women even in the most advanced western economies are often not paid the same as men for doing the same job. As the kids say, it’s not fair. youtu.be/7n3Sov7Zctk?...

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#SubmissionCall #Literary journal accepting collaborative #prose and #poetry including #cento, #ekphrasis, #epigraphs, #renga, #rengay, #renku, #sestinas, #flashfiction, #haibun, and #tanka. They also have a poetry #contest paying $20. Link 👇 🔗 authorspublish.com/collaboratur...

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Wow! German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius SLAMS JD Vance's speech as undemocratic and calls it "not acceptable." “Here in Germany, we fight for your right to disagree against us.” He’s 100% right!

submitted 9 days ago • 305 comments

@smithsmm.bsky.social How wonderful to find you here Simon! I’ve missed our interactions and general chit chat around education and literacy.

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Well … snow was not in the forecast last night! So trundling in on the train 🚊 to the office. But does mean I can read my book!📕 Sometimes the slow journey is good for the soul. Yes, I could drive in, in 15 mins but it’s much better for my soul to take the slower path 🐌.

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Also don’t forget the Bridport Prize also has the Never Too Late Award for Writers Over 60. Please share :)

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At East Anglia Bylines, we have decided to re-name the sea around us. 😆 😉 Sorry @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk

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Over 52,000 - and rising - have complained to Ofcom and disagree. The most ever for a TV clip is 58,000. So Ofcom is certainly going to take a good close look. Add your name here: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...

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This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP. It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

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The curious thing about billionaires defying the rule of law and the orders of the court, is that their wealth depends entirely on enforceable legal rights: contract, property, and so on. Those saying court orders have no value need to be careful what they wish for.

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Hättet ihr vor ein paar Jahren gedacht, dass sich die CDU an einer Kampagne gegen eine zivilgesellschaftliche Gruppe namens ,Omas gegen Rechts‘ beteiligt? Meine Güte, Merz, choose your enemy und rück mal deine Beißer gerade. Was seid ihr denn für Lappen? Was für eine Gesellschaft wollt ihr?

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A vote for The Green Party is never wasted. 1) Every Green vote at a General Election gives us a tiny amount of money towards paying for a Parliamentary office with staff to help us 2) Every Green vote is an indicator to the other parties that the environment is important. 3) And we win seats!

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Neo Nasty Farage’s support for our farmers is odd as he supports a trade deal with the USA which will undermine British farming in addition to his Brexit.

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For all the people who keep wrongly spreading misinformation about Jeremy Clarkson and #brexit Jeremy made this film for the remain campaign. He is and always has been as pro EU as me! Stop spreading lies and hate.

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Absolutely concur. 👏👏👏

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There are secret supply shops in Sweden 🇸🇪 for all good things that keep my husband happy! Syrup sponge pudding and ambrosia custard 🍮 from Taste of Britain 🇬🇧 in Malmö. Oh and marmite, 3 jars of marmite!! So while the world goes mad, I will focus on the important things.

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So … the horrible right wing numpties from Twitter are now appearing here. Block and move on. No more of it for me. I made the mistake of trying to have a rational conversation with them before and it hurt me more than them. Happy to live in my own headspace, thanks!

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Cambridge risks losing ‘unbelievable talent’ amid PhD funding cut

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When an unelected billionaire owned media have more power than our elected government, it must surely be time to address the imbalance. Excellent from Adam Bienkov A Total Eclipse of The Sun www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/a-total-ec...

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#HowDidWeLandInThisMess By listening to liars like these ...

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Not a single person has been put on trial for killing 72 people at Grenfell. But they can lock up non-violent Just Stop Oil protestors for more than 60 years, because they are a 'danger'.

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The ride to work ain’t bad … I don’t know how many pics I have of this inner city lake but it’s a lot. It’s across the road from where I work and sometimes we do a walk and talk around it. Love #Denmark #wildlife #danishlife

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Ugg. Have to protect the NHS. It’s one of the most important British institutions that is there for everyone regardless of ability to pay.

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Ahhh the joys of finding many of my fellow kid lit lovers here! Especially the British SCBWI crowd! I’ll find you all eventually. Lovely to be back in a safe place where we can talk writing and feel free to be ourselves! #kidlit #writerchat

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