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Pirate Irwin
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Irish Old Etonian Damon Runyonesque sports journalist. Author of historical thrillers set in Occupied and then Liberated Paris the complex Chief Inspector Gaston Lafarge from The Tortured Detective through to The Redeemed Detective
Pinned
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C8QW4TJL/ - Gaston Lafarge returns to Paris to settle his account with bete noire Rene Bousquet and solve a cold case of the murder of a collaborationist publisher (a real life one). However, there are many who wish him ill too. Noir in the City of Light.
Bondige
July 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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July 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Ring of truth
July 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Devil is in the detail
July 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Hello @pirateirwin.bsky.social & nice to meet you!
July 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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@patientadvocacy.bsky.social
yep he's here too, actually we follow each other
@pirateirwin.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
indeed
July 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Indeed
July 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Oh yes
June 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
June 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Does Prince Charming still exist? A spate of media scrutinizing the one-percent—including “Materialists” and “Anora”—attests to the difficulty of romanticizing wealth and love.
The Rise of the Anti-Cinderella Story
A pair of recent films, Celine Song’s “Materialists” and Sean Baker’s “Anora,” turn the fairy tale on its head, with mixed results.
www.newyorker.com
June 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
White House under Trump the most obvious example
June 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Top effort …..
June 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Terry Moran is a TRUE PATRIOT 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Moran Says He Doesn’t Regret Posts Criticizing Trump Administration - The New York Times
What Was Terry Moran Thinking?
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Birds of a feather always flock together
June 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Yup
June 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Spot on
June 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Out of Kurtisy
Kosovo has agreed to an American request to host migrants deported from the United States, the Balkan nation's caretaker Prime Minister Albin Kurti said Wednesday.
u.afp.com/SNoU
June 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Time files
June 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Betrayal of the lowest kind
⚡️US to cut military aid to Ukraine, Hegseth says.

The U.S. will reduce funding allocated for military assistance to Ukraine in its upcoming defense budget, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a congressional hearing on June 10.
US to cut military aid to Ukraine, Hegseth says
The U.S. will reduce funding allocated for military assistance to Ukraine in its upcoming defense budget, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a congressional hearing on June 10.
kyivindependent.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A drunk speaks
⚡️US to cut military aid to Ukraine, Hegseth says.

The U.S. will reduce funding allocated for military assistance to Ukraine in its upcoming defense budget, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a congressional hearing on June 10.
US to cut military aid to Ukraine, Hegseth says
The U.S. will reduce funding allocated for military assistance to Ukraine in its upcoming defense budget, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a congressional hearing on June 10.
kyivindependent.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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⚡️US to cut military aid to Ukraine, Hegseth says.

The U.S. will reduce funding allocated for military assistance to Ukraine in its upcoming defense budget, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a congressional hearing on June 10.
US to cut military aid to Ukraine, Hegseth says
The U.S. will reduce funding allocated for military assistance to Ukraine in its upcoming defense budget, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a congressional hearing on June 10.
kyivindependent.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Last fall, @stationcdrkelly.bsky.social visited Kyiv for the 3rd time in the last 3 years. Our ambassador emphasized the resilience he saw in Ukrainians and urged his country and the world to stand with Ukraine.
3 months ago, 3 years ago, today, tomorrow — this is the way💙💛
Thank you, Scott!
June 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Gov. Newsom is asking for a restraining order on Trump/Hegseth's use of the military in Los Angeles, saying they are preparing to go on immigration raids with ICE. He wants a ruling within two hours. "They must be stopped immediately."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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#Ukrainians take their animals with them to shelters and protect them during Russian attacks. They are also afraid.

Everything living in #Ukraine suffers from Russian aggression.
June 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM