Stephanie
@stephanieoffer.bsky.social
Researching links between the Church of England in Croydon &the slave trade
Have ME, FM &mental health problems. Christian
Also into knitting, gardening #TheArchers
She/her
Formerly known as foggyknitter
Have ME, FM &mental health problems. Christian
Also into knitting, gardening #TheArchers
She/her
Formerly known as foggyknitter
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Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%.
Brexit has brought no benefits and left the UK exposed in the era of tariffs and trade wars.
Farage and Tories lied about Brexit.
Govt can get economic growth by rejoining the EU. Our future is in Europe, not in being the 51st state.
Brexit has brought no benefits and left the UK exposed in the era of tariffs and trade wars.
Farage and Tories lied about Brexit.
Govt can get economic growth by rejoining the EU. Our future is in Europe, not in being the 51st state.
Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%
NFU warn it could take years to restore Brexit losses despite efforts to smooth negotiations on farming and other elements of UK-EU reset
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%.
Brexit has brought no benefits and left the UK exposed in the era of tariffs and trade wars.
Farage and Tories lied about Brexit.
Govt can get economic growth by rejoining the EU. Our future is in Europe, not in being the 51st state.
Brexit has brought no benefits and left the UK exposed in the era of tariffs and trade wars.
Farage and Tories lied about Brexit.
Govt can get economic growth by rejoining the EU. Our future is in Europe, not in being the 51st state.
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What are your favorite new books about the French Revolution?
What about your favorite new microhistories?
I need to burn through this library budget, and I want to know what everybody is reading!
What about your favorite new microhistories?
I need to burn through this library budget, and I want to know what everybody is reading!
February 9, 2026 at 5:55 PM
What are your favorite new books about the French Revolution?
What about your favorite new microhistories?
I need to burn through this library budget, and I want to know what everybody is reading!
What about your favorite new microhistories?
I need to burn through this library budget, and I want to know what everybody is reading!
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BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
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If you're a newer arrival to Blue Sky and looking for a leg-up for some Church of England related accounts to follow, look no further:
(As always, suggestions for additions welcome)
#StarterPack #Church
bsky.app/starter-pack...
(As always, suggestions for additions welcome)
#StarterPack #Church
bsky.app/starter-pack...
January 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
If you're a newer arrival to Blue Sky and looking for a leg-up for some Church of England related accounts to follow, look no further:
(As always, suggestions for additions welcome)
#StarterPack #Church
bsky.app/starter-pack...
(As always, suggestions for additions welcome)
#StarterPack #Church
bsky.app/starter-pack...
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PLEASE REPOST 🥺🙏
The Canadian Letters & Images Project is an online digital archive of Canadians’ experience during wartime at home & in battle. It contains thousands of personal letters & photos that reveal people’s experience through their own words & eyes.
www.canadianletters.ca/content/abou...
The Canadian Letters & Images Project is an online digital archive of Canadians’ experience during wartime at home & in battle. It contains thousands of personal letters & photos that reveal people’s experience through their own words & eyes.
www.canadianletters.ca/content/abou...
February 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
PLEASE REPOST 🥺🙏
The Canadian Letters & Images Project is an online digital archive of Canadians’ experience during wartime at home & in battle. It contains thousands of personal letters & photos that reveal people’s experience through their own words & eyes.
www.canadianletters.ca/content/abou...
The Canadian Letters & Images Project is an online digital archive of Canadians’ experience during wartime at home & in battle. It contains thousands of personal letters & photos that reveal people’s experience through their own words & eyes.
www.canadianletters.ca/content/abou...
Ruairí is such a typical public school boy #TheArchers
February 9, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Ruairí is such a typical public school boy #TheArchers
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And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 AM
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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I really feel for the British public. All they want is a decent, affordable life with a political sphere that's more stable than having 6 Prime Ministers in the past ten years
February 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
I really feel for the British public. All they want is a decent, affordable life with a political sphere that's more stable than having 6 Prime Ministers in the past ten years
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Those who don't think UK should take asylum claims at all, must refuse anyone arrive without permission [which language here reinforces] won't be reassured by providing hotels but ban taxis for hospital appointments. Those who realise these are asylum seekers may find this performative + ugly comms
February 8, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Those who don't think UK should take asylum claims at all, must refuse anyone arrive without permission [which language here reinforces] won't be reassured by providing hotels but ban taxis for hospital appointments. Those who realise these are asylum seekers may find this performative + ugly comms
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I agree, but especially with this:
February 8, 2026 at 10:01 AM
I agree, but especially with this:
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Also, for church peoples, there's a very good podcast about Thiel here: open.spotify.com/episode/3BVf...
My favourite quote: He believes in Jesus, just not the one you've heard of.
My favourite quote: He believes in Jesus, just not the one you've heard of.
February 8, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Also, for church peoples, there's a very good podcast about Thiel here: open.spotify.com/episode/3BVf...
My favourite quote: He believes in Jesus, just not the one you've heard of.
My favourite quote: He believes in Jesus, just not the one you've heard of.
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This is the man whose company Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm represents.
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune
The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.
fortune.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:41 AM
This is the man whose company Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm represents.
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
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This is a very brief summary of some of the research I've been doing into the Church of England in Croydon &African chattel enslavement, including royalty, Black Tudors &the American Revolution #skystorian #C18th #C19th 🗃✝️
southwark.anglican.org/wp-content/u...
southwark.anglican.org/wp-content/u...
southwark.anglican.org
February 7, 2026 at 2:22 PM
This is a very brief summary of some of the research I've been doing into the Church of England in Croydon &African chattel enslavement, including royalty, Black Tudors &the American Revolution #skystorian #C18th #C19th 🗃✝️
southwark.anglican.org/wp-content/u...
southwark.anglican.org/wp-content/u...
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Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
lataco.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
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#MorningPrayer
Fill us with your peace, Lord Jesus;
take from us not our care
for what concerns you,
but the anxiety of overthinking,
of the preoccupations and distractions
of our own lives and of the world,
our fidgeting over
what need not worry us.
Keep our focus on your love.
Fill us with your peace, Lord Jesus;
take from us not our care
for what concerns you,
but the anxiety of overthinking,
of the preoccupations and distractions
of our own lives and of the world,
our fidgeting over
what need not worry us.
Keep our focus on your love.
February 8, 2026 at 7:36 AM
#MorningPrayer
Fill us with your peace, Lord Jesus;
take from us not our care
for what concerns you,
but the anxiety of overthinking,
of the preoccupations and distractions
of our own lives and of the world,
our fidgeting over
what need not worry us.
Keep our focus on your love.
Fill us with your peace, Lord Jesus;
take from us not our care
for what concerns you,
but the anxiety of overthinking,
of the preoccupations and distractions
of our own lives and of the world,
our fidgeting over
what need not worry us.
Keep our focus on your love.
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There’s been much outrage about this recent incident, and I think it's got a lot to do with theology...
In God Is Not a White Man, I wrote about how in 1900 Christian author Charles Carroll wrote a book called The Negro a Beast or in the Image of God. Yes, really.
www.instagram.com/p/DUdxnR7keX...
In God Is Not a White Man, I wrote about how in 1900 Christian author Charles Carroll wrote a book called The Negro a Beast or in the Image of God. Yes, really.
www.instagram.com/p/DUdxnR7keX...
February 7, 2026 at 7:02 PM
There’s been much outrage about this recent incident, and I think it's got a lot to do with theology...
In God Is Not a White Man, I wrote about how in 1900 Christian author Charles Carroll wrote a book called The Negro a Beast or in the Image of God. Yes, really.
www.instagram.com/p/DUdxnR7keX...
In God Is Not a White Man, I wrote about how in 1900 Christian author Charles Carroll wrote a book called The Negro a Beast or in the Image of God. Yes, really.
www.instagram.com/p/DUdxnR7keX...
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In the greater story of Minneapolis’ resistance to ICE, one chapter absolutely belongs to the punks organizing at every level. They’re observing, fundraising, running supplies, opening their spaces, coordinating, etc.
A story for @rollingstone.com. Thanks to everyone who spoke on the record.
A story for @rollingstone.com. Thanks to everyone who spoke on the record.
Meet the Minneapolis Punks Fighting ICE
People in the DIY music scene are using the community organizing tactics they learned by putting on shows to battle ICE.
www.rollingstone.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:09 PM
In the greater story of Minneapolis’ resistance to ICE, one chapter absolutely belongs to the punks organizing at every level. They’re observing, fundraising, running supplies, opening their spaces, coordinating, etc.
A story for @rollingstone.com. Thanks to everyone who spoke on the record.
A story for @rollingstone.com. Thanks to everyone who spoke on the record.
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7 FEBRUARY 1776, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS: Newly recruited Private Obadiah Brown, who only arrived at the Boston siege lines four days ago, records in his diary that “Two Sodiers Drank 33 glases of Brandy & Gin one Died.”
February 7, 2026 at 5:58 PM
7 FEBRUARY 1776, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS: Newly recruited Private Obadiah Brown, who only arrived at the Boston siege lines four days ago, records in his diary that “Two Sodiers Drank 33 glases of Brandy & Gin one Died.”
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Sylvia Pankhurst witnesses the war tourists and lynch mobs
February 7, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Sylvia Pankhurst witnesses the war tourists and lynch mobs
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anti-German riots in the East End after the sinking of the Lusitania, 1915
February 7, 2026 at 3:06 PM
anti-German riots in the East End after the sinking of the Lusitania, 1915
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'Racism tears Britain apart.' - 2002 NUS/UJS Poster - History Education Network #historyimages #historicalphotos #historylessons #history #historyeducationnetwork #education #old #historical
February 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
'Racism tears Britain apart.' - 2002 NUS/UJS Poster - History Education Network #historyimages #historicalphotos #historylessons #history #historyeducationnetwork #education #old #historical
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I think a lot of politicians & commentators see all this very differently from most of the country. They see it as part of an ongoing story about decision-making, personalities, probity, money etc. For everyone else it’s part of a long series of events: Saville, Huw Edwards, Rotherham & more (1/)
February 7, 2026 at 3:30 PM
I think a lot of politicians & commentators see all this very differently from most of the country. They see it as part of an ongoing story about decision-making, personalities, probity, money etc. For everyone else it’s part of a long series of events: Saville, Huw Edwards, Rotherham & more (1/)
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It’s good to see the @thetimes.com taking Epstein’s links with Putin’s regime seriously. Next step: it wasn’t just about compromising material & finance, but destabilising Western democracies using Bannon, Farage & the far right.
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Was Epstein really a Russian spy? The evidence examined
Files expose his links to the Kremlin through ambassadors, oligarchs and intelligence officers — plus his attempts to meet Putin
www.thetimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:25 AM
It’s good to see the @thetimes.com taking Epstein’s links with Putin’s regime seriously. Next step: it wasn’t just about compromising material & finance, but destabilising Western democracies using Bannon, Farage & the far right.
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
This is a very brief summary of some of the research I've been doing into the Church of England in Croydon &African chattel enslavement, including royalty, Black Tudors &the American Revolution #skystorian #C18th #C19th 🗃✝️
southwark.anglican.org/wp-content/u...
southwark.anglican.org/wp-content/u...
southwark.anglican.org
February 7, 2026 at 2:22 PM
This is a very brief summary of some of the research I've been doing into the Church of England in Croydon &African chattel enslavement, including royalty, Black Tudors &the American Revolution #skystorian #C18th #C19th 🗃✝️
southwark.anglican.org/wp-content/u...
southwark.anglican.org/wp-content/u...
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7 FEBRUARY 1776, LONDON: The Earl of Huntingdon writes to Henry Clinton that the mood in London this winter has been “very gay, and not in the least concerned about what is passing on the other side of the Atlantic.”
February 7, 2026 at 1:58 PM
7 FEBRUARY 1776, LONDON: The Earl of Huntingdon writes to Henry Clinton that the mood in London this winter has been “very gay, and not in the least concerned about what is passing on the other side of the Atlantic.”