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fitzjohn.bsky.social
As Sparks Fly Upwards
@fitzjohn.bsky.social
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Failed writer, failing better. MDANT, so there's that.
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fitzjohn.bsky.social
#WhenTaken #713 (09.02.2026)

I scored 892/1000🏆

1️⃣📍494 m - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥇195/200
2️⃣📍15.6 km - 🗓️16 yrs - 🥈166/200
3️⃣📍258 km - 🗓️13 yrs - 🥈167/200
4️⃣📍1.2K km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥈165/200
5️⃣📍6.4 km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥇199/200
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February 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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#WhenTaken #712 (08.02.2026)

I scored 658/1000🎗️

1️⃣📍2.7K km - 🗓️30 yrs - 🎗️58/200
2️⃣📍2.9K km - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥈132/200
3️⃣📍3.1K km - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥈130/200
4️⃣📍13.8 km - 🗓️13 yrs - 🥇175/200
5️⃣📍1.1K km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥈163/200
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February 8, 2026 at 9:36 PM
fitzjohn.bsky.social
#WhenTaken #711 (07.02.2026)

I scored 679/1000🎗️

1️⃣📍2.5K km - 🗓️11 yrs - 🥈127/200
2️⃣📍1.5 km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥇200/200
3️⃣📍1.2K km - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥈160/200
4️⃣📍1.0K km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥈169/200
5️⃣📍14.9K km - 🗓️28 yrs - 🎗️23/200
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February 7, 2026 at 11:19 AM
fitzjohn.bsky.social
#WhenTaken #709 (05.02.2026)

I scored 813/1000🏅

1️⃣📍383 m - 🗓️6 yrs - 🥇193/200
2️⃣📍964 km - 🗓️38 yrs - 🎗️71/200
3️⃣📍229 km - 🗓️12 yrs - 🥈171/200
4️⃣📍356 km - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥇180/200
5️⃣📍3.1 km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥇198/200
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February 5, 2026 at 7:04 PM
fitzjohn.bsky.social
#WhenTaken #708 (04.02.2026)

I scored 960/1000👑

1️⃣📍275 km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥇187/200
2️⃣📍2.3 km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥇199/200
3️⃣📍9.0 km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥇200/200
4️⃣📍797 km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥈174/200
5️⃣📍5.6 km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥇200/200
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February 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
fitzjohn.bsky.social
#WhenTaken #707 (03.02.2026)

I scored 769/1000🏅

1️⃣📍2.9K km - 🗓️11 yrs - 🥉123/200
2️⃣📍5.1 km - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥇191/200
3️⃣📍1.9K km - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥈144/200
4️⃣📍5.4K km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥉116/200
5️⃣📍336 m - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥇195/200
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February 3, 2026 at 6:26 PM
fitzjohn.bsky.social
#WhenTaken #706 (02.02.2026)

I scored 808/1000🏅

1️⃣📍9.8 km - 🗓️10 yrs - 🥇185/200
2️⃣📍11.2K km - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥉97/200
3️⃣📍583 km - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥇178/200
4️⃣📍24.8 km - 🗓️7 yrs - 🥇190/200
5️⃣📍69.4 km - 🗓️18 yrs - 🥈158/200
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February 2, 2026 at 8:08 PM
fitzjohn.bsky.social
Scenes from a Maltese bar... Malta v England, Euro qualifier 1972 - Joe Royle looming large in these two, then...
February 1, 2026 at 10:45 PM
fitzjohn.bsky.social
This smacks slightly of sending Heydrich to Prague...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Donald Trump says he is sending his ‘border czar’ Tom Homan to Minnesota – US politics live
President makes announcement on Truth Social and also makes unsubstantiated claims about protests in Minnesota
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:06 PM
fitzjohn.bsky.social
Griffin Dunne, After Hours?
January 25, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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coldwarhost.bsky.social
Boycott the World Cup
Boycott the Olympics

Disinvite the Administration from anything that gives them a platform on the world stage.
January 25, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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mickeykuhns.bsky.social
Question: What’s the difference between these two executions?

Answer: Nine additional bullets. 🤬
January 25, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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markruffalo.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/germ...
This is what we need to do!
German football executive urges World Cup boycott to protest Trump
Calls grow to weaponize football as the U.S. president escalates tensions with Europe.
www.politico.eu
January 25, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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candidkathie.bsky.social
I couldn't agree more.
January 24, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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bcdreyer.social
Yes, we know.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17d
Kristi Noem: "They responded according to their training"
January 25, 2026 at 1:11 AM
fitzjohn.bsky.social
The poor man's Gilbert & George.
jenbren.bsky.social __________ @jenbren.bsky.social · 17d
Ah, famed lovers of Ireland, them two.
January 24, 2026 at 8:24 PM
fitzjohn.bsky.social
#WhenTaken #697 (24.01.2026)

I scored 968/1000👑

1️⃣📍429 m - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥇196/200
2️⃣📍23.6 km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥇199/200
3️⃣📍220 km - 🗓️6 yrs - 🥇185/200
4️⃣📍163 km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥇191/200
5️⃣📍675 m - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥇197/200
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That's it, I'm done.
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January 24, 2026 at 5:14 PM
fitzjohn.bsky.social
#WhenTaken #694 (21.01.2026)

I scored 800/1000🏅

1️⃣📍1.4 km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥇200/200
2️⃣📍7.7K km - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥉106/200
3️⃣📍150 km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥇193/200
4️⃣📍1.0K km - 🗓️13 yrs - 🥈145/200
5️⃣📍1.7K km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥈156/200
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January 23, 2026 at 10:55 PM
fitzjohn.bsky.social
This is the guy who wants to run the UK, while bashfully admitting that he couldn't run a whelk stall. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage apologises for 17 breaches of MPs’ code of conduct
Reform UK leader, who failed to declare £380,000 on time, says he is computer-illiterate ‘oddball’
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:11 AM
fitzjohn.bsky.social
#WhenTaken #693 (20.01.2026)

I scored 811/1000🏅

1️⃣📍2.2 km - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥇195/200
2️⃣📍1.4 km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥇196/200
3️⃣📍3.4K km - 🗓️18 yrs - 🥉97/200
4️⃣📍4.1K km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥈129/200
5️⃣📍16.9 km - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥇194/200
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January 20, 2026 at 7:09 PM
fitzjohn.bsky.social
#WhenTaken #692 (19.01.2026)

I scored 746/1000🎗️

1️⃣📍1.0K km - 🗓️10 yrs - 🥈154/200
2️⃣📍1.5K km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥈161/200
3️⃣📍5.1K km - 🗓️5 yrs - 🥉115/200
4️⃣📍557 km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥇181/200
5️⃣📍1.2K km - 🗓️15 yrs - 🥈135/200
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January 19, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
“Nazis are, to the last man, fucking cowards.”
January 18, 2026 at 1:32 PM
fitzjohn.bsky.social
That's all right, I'm not selling anything there, unless some MAGA wants to buy a bridge.
ashfromenfield.bsky.social AshfromEnfield @ashfromenfield.bsky.social · 23d
BREAKING 🚨: Trump has announced a 25% Tariff on Anyone who reposts this…
January 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM
fitzjohn.bsky.social
#WhenTaken #691 (18.01.2026)

I scored 791/1000🏅

1️⃣📍3.0K km - 🗓️9 yrs - 🥈127/200
2️⃣📍467 km - 🗓️13 yrs - 🥈162/200
3️⃣📍1.1K km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥈166/200
4️⃣📍2.3K km - 🗓️4 yrs - 🥈143/200
5️⃣📍131 km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥇193/200
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January 18, 2026 at 1:01 PM
fitzjohn.bsky.social
@cnn.com Newsroom asking Suzanne Moloney "what the US and its allies can do about Iran". The US doesn't have allies anymore. Trump's burned all that.
January 17, 2026 at 11:25 PM