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dcaldwell1.bsky.social
@dcaldwell1.bsky.social
Londoner. Academic. Mother. Not necessarily in that order. Love art, food, travel, football. Hate fascist, racist, misogynistic bastards
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You could argue that the roast potatoes are the most important element to get right at Christmas. Perfect Roast Potatoes create perfect happiness. Which is why they are, indeed, #RecipeOfTheDay!
www.nigella.com/recipes/perf...
Perfect Roast Potatoes
Needs must and all that, so I have always been an open anti-perfectionist, but in truth (and I’m sorry to repeat what I’ve said before) it is impossible to cook roast potatoes without needing them to ...
www.nigella.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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We condemn the scandalous US visa ban on former EU Commisioner Breton and digital activists. Protecting democracy isn’t censorship. ✋🏼

Disinformation isn’t free speech. Europe won’t take lessons from those undermining democracy and free speech.

Here in Europe we set our own laws. 🇪🇺✊🏼
December 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Email from "A" in "Balmoral" asked Ghislaine Maxwell for "inappropriate friends" 🤢
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
Email by 'A' from 'Balmoral' asked Ghislaine Maxwell for 'inappropriate friends', Epstein files show - live updates
The emails do not indicate any wrongdoing. The BBC has contacted Mountbatten-Windsor's team for a response.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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People missing the point ENTIRELY. This is nothing to do with the authenticity/credibility of the document. The attempt to suppress it is prima facie unlawful, explicit under s.(b)(1) of the act Congress passed last month, signed into law by Trump himself. "Turned out to be fake" is *not* a defence.
December 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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"The flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware), including during the period we would expect to charge in a Maxwell case”
December 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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White men are 30% of the population.

They are also:

- 98% of presidents
- 90% of CEOs
- 90% of billionaires
- 80% of Congress

Forever oppressed.
December 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Of course someone has mad a mirror site of the Epstein files - so every time some DOJ stooge deletes something incriminating to Trump, we can see their crimes in real time

epstein-files-browser.vercel.app
epstein-files-browser.vercel.app
December 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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FT defends London, one of the greatest cities in the world

www.ft.com/content/dd79...
December 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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My son Rory died suddenly in August. He was a wonderful boy: outward looking, funny & kind. He used to help homeless people so a local charity have set up “Rory’s gift” in his name. He would have been 19 today, if you’d like to make an internet stranger happy please consider donating, however small.
Rory's Gift
Rory was an incredibly kind and thoughtful young man. He would very often stop to give food to local people who were experiencing homelessness. In memory of his life, we have set up 'Rory's Gift', an...
www.justgiving.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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On International Migrants Day, let’s celebrate the generations of migrants who’ve helped make London what it is today - the greatest city in the world.
December 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Fact-check: true
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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'I'll play you Donald Trump lying, and the Met Commissioner doing what every patriotic Brit should be doing...'

@mrjamesob.bsky.social cautions against 'treachery', as Sir Mark Rowley rubbishes Trump's claims about safety under Sadiq Khan last month.
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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I used to work for an American company and there was always the possibility of moving out there.

You honestly couldn't pay me enough to even try to visit there now
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.

The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.

Below is the full, mind-blowing list.

🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨

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December 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Musk, Medvedev and the Long War on Europe

Dmitry Medvedev joining Elon Musk in a call for the abolition of the EU captures fifteen years of Kremlin information warfare since Ukraine’s EU Maidan, and encapsulates the story of Trojan Horses

pdjukes.substack.com/p/musk-medve...
Musk, Medvedev and the Long War on Europe
Dmitry Medvedev joining Elon Musk post in call for the abolition of the EU captures fifteen years of Kremlin information warfare, and encapsulates the story of Trojan Horses
pdjukes.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Fifa are supposed to serve the voters, the national associations, not the other way around.

How many will speak up about how the World Cup has been used to make highly politicised points, and push specific agendas?
December 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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A supposedly grassroots anti-migrant movement led by 'ordinary' women, which is backed by Reform and Conservative politicians and is regularly invited onto news channels to promote their views, is funded by a far-right group and has platformed a Neo-Nazi activist

bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/t...
The 'Pink Ladies' Laundering Anti-Migrant Views Into the Mainstream
An anti-migrant movement backed by Reform and Conservative politicians and regularly invited onto news channels is funded by a far-right group and has platformed a Neo-Nazi activist
bylinetimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Chat-gpt offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, warn psychologists
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
Research finds OpenAI’s free chatbot fails to identify risky behaviour or challenge delusional beliefs
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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I've done a deep dive into the Trump family's global moneymaking campaign. The White House says there's no conflict of interest. But from Serbia to Vietnam to crypto it's being called "pay to play" on a vast scale. If you have info, get in touch @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.

Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.

We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.

It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM