Giles MacDonogh
@gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social
British-Austrian Historian, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, author, occasional artist, linguist, food, wine and cooking.
What will he dream up next? #TrumpyPumpy must have promised to resuscitate Otto Skorzeny? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Brazil's ex-President Bolsonaro undergoes medical treatment for hiccups
The 70-year-old had suffered with the spasms for nine months, his wife says, and was already in hospital for hernia surgery.
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December 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
What will he dream up next? #TrumpyPumpy must have promised to resuscitate Otto Skorzeny? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Proof that there is more than one way to prostitute yourself.
Too bad.
Too bad.
December 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Proof that there is more than one way to prostitute yourself.
Too bad.
Too bad.
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Fuck Trump for his staggering absence of good manners and lack of grace.
Fuck Putin, too.
Fuck Putin, too.
Zelensky lands in Miami. Not a single US official is on hand to greet him. In the language of diplomacy this send an unequivocal message of coldness and hostility. Compare it with the lavish pomp and red carpet shown to Putin when he landed in Alaska a few weeks ago.
December 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Fuck Trump for his staggering absence of good manners and lack of grace.
Fuck Putin, too.
Fuck Putin, too.
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Beware the bot:
December 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Beware the bot:
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🤣🤣😂 yeah.. yep.. sure Donny.. Putin craves peace with Ukraine.. you can tell it’s sooo obvious 🙄
F*ck me I seriously pity the decent, normal people of America having the worlds biggliest Clown as President 🤡
F*ck me I seriously pity the decent, normal people of America having the worlds biggliest Clown as President 🤡
December 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
🤣🤣😂 yeah.. yep.. sure Donny.. Putin craves peace with Ukraine.. you can tell it’s sooo obvious 🙄
F*ck me I seriously pity the decent, normal people of America having the worlds biggliest Clown as President 🤡
F*ck me I seriously pity the decent, normal people of America having the worlds biggliest Clown as President 🤡
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Hi from the world's most-glamorous Spa supermarket.
December 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Hi from the world's most-glamorous Spa supermarket.
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You mean accused of rape again...
December 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
You mean accused of rape again...
Just put your head in my mouth, says Putain, I promise not to bite:
Le Kremlin appelle l’Ukraine à accepter de retirer ses troupes du Donbass afin de « mettre fin » à la guerre
Le Kremlin appelle l’Ukraine à accepter de retirer ses troupes du Donbass afin de « mettre fin » à la guerre
December 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Just put your head in my mouth, says Putain, I promise not to bite:
Le Kremlin appelle l’Ukraine à accepter de retirer ses troupes du Donbass afin de « mettre fin » à la guerre
Le Kremlin appelle l’Ukraine à accepter de retirer ses troupes du Donbass afin de « mettre fin » à la guerre
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Reform UK Review 2025
Reform UK Welsh Leader, Nathan Gill was charged and then found guilty of 8 counts of taking bribes from Russia.
Rupert Lowe said Gill was ‘running operations for Farage in the European Parliament’. Gill was a close colleague of Farage over decades.
Reform UK Welsh Leader, Nathan Gill was charged and then found guilty of 8 counts of taking bribes from Russia.
Rupert Lowe said Gill was ‘running operations for Farage in the European Parliament’. Gill was a close colleague of Farage over decades.
December 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Reform UK Review 2025
Reform UK Welsh Leader, Nathan Gill was charged and then found guilty of 8 counts of taking bribes from Russia.
Rupert Lowe said Gill was ‘running operations for Farage in the European Parliament’. Gill was a close colleague of Farage over decades.
Reform UK Welsh Leader, Nathan Gill was charged and then found guilty of 8 counts of taking bribes from Russia.
Rupert Lowe said Gill was ‘running operations for Farage in the European Parliament’. Gill was a close colleague of Farage over decades.
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28 December 1915 | An Austrian Jewish woman, Gertrude Rosenbaum, was born in Vienna. An actress. During the war she lived in Berlin.
In 1944, she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
In 1944, she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
December 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
28 December 1915 | An Austrian Jewish woman, Gertrude Rosenbaum, was born in Vienna. An actress. During the war she lived in Berlin.
In 1944, she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
In 1944, she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
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One of my favourite 20th c piano pieces (along with The Girl With the Flaxen Hair by Debussy)
#Ravel died on 28 December 1937. Here he is on a 1922 piano roll playing Pavane pour une infante défunte: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn6_...
Ravel "Pavane pour une infante défunte" 1922 piano roll
YouTube video by mattsak12
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December 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
One of my favourite 20th c piano pieces (along with The Girl With the Flaxen Hair by Debussy)
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Yes, but as ever I have a question…
December 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Yes, but as ever I have a question…
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Billy :) Quite a large sign compared to most similar British / German plaques.
December 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Billy :) Quite a large sign compared to most similar British / German plaques.
What we have more than likely seen over the last eleven months is play-acting designed to string Ukraine and European states along; to give them hope that Trump might break with Putin, but in actuality to give Russia more time to fight the war as it wants.
Weekend Update #165: Why the Pantomime?
The Anchorage "Framework"; Storm/Shadow Scalps show the importance of Taurus/Tomahawks
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December 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
What we have more than likely seen over the last eleven months is play-acting designed to string Ukraine and European states along; to give them hope that Trump might break with Putin, but in actuality to give Russia more time to fight the war as it wants.
Dmitriev and his agents Witloof and Kuschner meet in Mar Key Largo:
December 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Dmitriev and his agents Witloof and Kuschner meet in Mar Key Largo:
The famous Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau duet: www.google.com/search?q=Bri...
Google Search
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December 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The famous Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau duet: www.google.com/search?q=Bri...
She was very lovely. In her old age, rather cranky.
December 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
She was very lovely. In her old age, rather cranky.
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We note that #TrumpyPumpy's protection of Christians does not extend to those who live in Palestine and Israel, who are subjected to abuse, malicious wounding, killing and bombing, including the destruction of historic sites.
December 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We note that #TrumpyPumpy's protection of Christians does not extend to those who live in Palestine and Israel, who are subjected to abuse, malicious wounding, killing and bombing, including the destruction of historic sites.
#TrumpyPumpy wishes us all a merry Christmas: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 27, 2025
Over the Christmas holiday, the Trump administration threw its weight against the U.S.
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December 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
#TrumpyPumpy wishes us all a merry Christmas: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
'I am the President of Ukraine. Who are you?'
December 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
'I am the President of Ukraine. Who are you?'
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At what point does Congress say, "ENOUGH" and phuqueing do something about this criminal grifter...??
December 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
At what point does Congress say, "ENOUGH" and phuqueing do something about this criminal grifter...??
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If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
December 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.