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Alison D 🇬🇧🇹🇹🇪🇺💃📚🗺️
@amhoste.bsky.social
"There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.” Vicki Baum ☺️

Dance teacher living in rural-ish England.
Had long career in retail merchandising (£ not 👁️).
🗣️French & Italian (both rusty).
💗 Books 💗 Dancing 💗 Italy💗Big skies
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The felon's policies in the US are scooping up American born citizens, visa holders, green card holders, tourists from other countries, many are missing and some were sent to El Salvador - most of them with no criminal convictions.

If you think you are safe to travel there, you are mistaken.
April 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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This seems like a big deal. US not invited to a NATO summit on March 11th.
More than 30 nations will participate in Paris planning talks on a security force for Ukraine
Military officials from more than 30 nations are expected to take part in Paris talks on the creation of an international security force for Ukraine.
apnews.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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True facts.
March 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
One of the several village halls that I teach ballroom dancing at. Flying the Ukrainian flag in solidarity. 💗
- Stockcross, near Newbury, Berkshire, UK.
March 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
There was a ladybird in my coffee! I just had to take it out of my mouth. 😱 There was shrieking, ditching the coffee, and brushing of teeth.
Little fuckers overwinter in door and window frames and they're always about at this time of year. But this is the first time I nearly swallowed one. 😝
March 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Cover of the German news magazine Focus this week… (“The Brotherly Kiss”)
March 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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WE GOT THIS!

Starts NOW - through the 14th. Don’t touch Amazon or anything Jeff Bezos owns.
March 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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March 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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March 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad
March 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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I'm at @unibirmingham.bsky.social tomorrow!!! Come listen to me chat about queer myths and monsters and grab a copy of 'Queer As Folklore' from the lovely folk at The Heath Bookshop!
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/lgbt-...
March 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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March 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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No comment required. 🪶😡🇨🇦👇🏽
March 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Carnival in Germany
March 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I hope that the UK has stopped sharing intelligence with the USA.

And I also hope that plans are being made to remove USA military bases from UK soil.
March 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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1. Aid to Ukraine was "paused" but I'm not sure it'll ever restart.
2. An EO was signed to start cutting down millions of acres of National Forest.
3. Trump wants to lift sanctions on Russia while keeping tariffs on our allies.
4. Hegseth cancels cyber activity against Russia.

I'm so tired now.
a cartoon of spongebob standing in a doorway with the words so tired below him
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob standing in a doorway with the words so tired below him
media.tenor.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I was looking for a list of make up brands that I'd be happy to continue buying because they are UK or European (trying to avoid USA goods & services). Found this article which is actually quite helpful though not intended for that purpose.
www.crueltyfreekitty.com/news/who-own...
Who Owns What? The Surprising Truth Behind Your Favorite Beauty Brands | Cruelty-Free Kitty
You might be surprised to learn that a handful of giant corporations own the entire beauty industry. Though all brands seem separate when you’re walking through Sephora, most of them are in fact owned...
www.crueltyfreekitty.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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This was posted as a full page paid advertisement in today’s New York Times
March 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I sincerely hope that all the bad things happen to Trump, Vance & Musk.
March 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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USA loses another war 🤦‍♂️
March 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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The duo with Vance make the perfect storm. The 3 Stooges
March 4, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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words I never imagined writing in my lifetime.....

General Sir Richard Shirreff, the former Nato deputy supreme allied commander in Europe, has told Times Radio:

"I think we have to assume, after the events of the last 10 days, that we cannot in any way count on America as an ally"
March 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Good morning all! 🇺🇦

Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻
March 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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I need a reality show where we lock rfk in a house with 10 ebola patients and tell him to demonstrate the value of diet and exercise
RFK Jr. said in his Fox News OpEd that “Good nutrition remains a best defense against most chronic and infectious illnesses”.

The best diet in the world will not prevent infection if you are unvaccinated and sharing air with someone who has measles.
March 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM