chris-el.bsky.social
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' #Winter night' by Canadian born printmaker and artist Carol Collette #WomensArt ❄️
December 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Populists attack London because it is ‘progressive and successful’, says Sadiq Khan

www.ft.com/content/2e88...
Populists attack London because it is ‘progressive and successful’, says Sadiq Khan
Rightwing attacks on one of the world’s most visited cities at odds with reality, says mayor
www.ft.com
December 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Illustration by Moomins author, Finnish artist Tove Jansson.
#December25th #ArtAdvent 🎄 ❄️ #ChristmasDay 🤍
December 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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This year’s Presidential Christmas card.
December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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If we can't kill foxes, we'll kill our dogs.

Your move.
December 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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“France condemns the visa restriction measures taken by the United States against Thierry Breton and four other European figures. These measures amount to intimidation and coercion aimed at undermining European digital sovereignty”

Emmanuel Macron
December 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Snow Scene at Argenteuil | Claude Monet
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners.

It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
A message to America: we are not your enemy
Last night, the US launched an all-out assault on the "global censorship industrial complex", I respond with some deep breaths, solidarity and a vibey video (it's all I have)
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Lord Houchen’s ‘vanity project’ collapses Labour MP claims bit.ly/44HtKZJ search ‘Houchen allegations’ to read more
Houchen’s £200mn vanity project collapses, leaving Middlesbrough to pick up the pieces
Imposed against the council’s will, Lord Houchen’s MDC has collapsed, leaving wasted millions and unanswered questions
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Wes Streeting has suggested Britain should join a customs union with Europe, as a poll for The Times shows eight out of ten Labour voters support the move 👏

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Wes Streeting: Britain needs to join customs union with EU
The health secretary’s remarks are being seen as a direct challenge to Sir Keir Starmer, who has repeatedly ruled out a policy favoured by many Labour voters
www.thetimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 22
Durham Cathedral
Artist: SRBadmin
December 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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'Stag in the birches'
by printmaker Celia Lewis #WomensArt ❄️
December 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Through the Glass | Kevin Nkrumah
December 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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First Snow | Jef Bourgeau
December 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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December 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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“As well as being the figureheads of their respective Brexit campaigns, Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson share another thing in common: as Russia launched its first phase of war against Ukraine in 2014, they both blamed the EU for the conflict” ⁦‪⁩
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev Must Be Investigated in a New Public Inquiry into Russian Influence
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, linking the Reform UK Party leader's closest aide to the Kremlin, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin's inner circle
bylinetimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Light in the Evening | Shiro Kasamatsu
#Japanese #WoodblockPrint #Ukiyo-e
December 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Debra Tate-Sears (Canadian, b.1951)
"End of the Day," 2020
Egg tempera on gesso cradled birch panel
36 x 12 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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President Clinton is right. This is not getting as much attnetion as it should. The USA under Trumpstein is betraying this promise, which means any agreement involving Russia and the USA is not worth the paper it’s written on 🤷‍♂️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapes...
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 21

Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Winter, 1959)
December 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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My dad also does very lovely landscapes. I'm especially fond of this Peak District scene which he painted in the 80s while working as a supply teacher in rough Nottingham schools and dreaming about escape.

More of his work is on sale here: michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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December 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar
Window 20
‘Winter Sunrise’
Artist: SR Badmin
December 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Great @yorkshirebylines.co.uk write up of my recent talk about Trump for grassroots Europe

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/tru...

Thanks @colinngordon.bsky.social for inviting me back!
Trump’s authoritarian threat to Europe and the UK
No room for complacency: the signs are that US authoritarianism will spread here – and we must be prepared
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM