Dominique
@dominiquemadrid.bsky.social
Legal English nerd, expat happily settled in Madrid, hail from Newcastle, have a BD from Edinburgh University, I volunteer with BSO and have 2 teenage kids who play football rather well.
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… i guarantee my American citizen, Somali born step-mom does more for Americans through her philanthropy than this trouser-stain.
This man has nothing to offer the world but fertilizer.
This man has nothing to offer the world but fertilizer.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
… i guarantee my American citizen, Somali born step-mom does more for Americans through her philanthropy than this trouser-stain.
This man has nothing to offer the world but fertilizer.
This man has nothing to offer the world but fertilizer.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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Trump manufactured a crime wave, deployed the National Guard, two got shot, and it’s somehow Biden’s fault.
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Trump manufactured a crime wave, deployed the National Guard, two got shot, and it’s somehow Biden’s fault.
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The North-South divide is as wide as ever
Ninety years after Orwell exposed northern hardship, new data shows deprivation remains stark across England’s North
Ninety years after Orwell exposed northern hardship, new data shows deprivation remains stark across England’s North
The North-South divide is as wide as ever
Ninety years after Orwell exposed northern hardship, new data shows deprivation remains stark across England’s North
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The North-South divide is as wide as ever
Ninety years after Orwell exposed northern hardship, new data shows deprivation remains stark across England’s North
Ninety years after Orwell exposed northern hardship, new data shows deprivation remains stark across England’s North
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You can see why @zackpolanski.bsky.social Polanski has got the elite panicking.
October 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You can see why @zackpolanski.bsky.social Polanski has got the elite panicking.
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301. Gaza: The First Arab-Israeli War & the Creation of the Gaza Strip
Empire – Apple Podcasts share.google/4LzOUhS6jF3B...
Empire – Apple Podcasts share.google/4LzOUhS6jF3B...
301. Gaza: The First Arab-Israeli War & The Creation of The Gaza Strip (Part 11)
Podcast Episode · Empire · 22/10/2025 · 45m
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October 23, 2025 at 3:55 AM
301. Gaza: The First Arab-Israeli War & the Creation of the Gaza Strip
Empire – Apple Podcasts share.google/4LzOUhS6jF3B...
Empire – Apple Podcasts share.google/4LzOUhS6jF3B...
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AI, soon to put mathematicians out of work. You just got ratioed.
October 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
AI, soon to put mathematicians out of work. You just got ratioed.
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It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.
October 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.
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El equipo ciclista Israel-Premier Tech renuncia a su "identidad israelí" tras las manifestaciones de La Vuelta a España ver.20m.es/fqasd4
➡ El equipo ciclista, que ha confirmado su desvinculación del Estado de Israel, aún no ha revelado su nuevo nombre
➡ El equipo ciclista, que ha confirmado su desvinculación del Estado de Israel, aún no ha revelado su nuevo nombre
El equipo ciclista Israel-Premier Tech renuncia a su "identidad israelí" tras las manifestaciones de La Vuelta a España
El equipo ciclista, que ha confirmado su desvinculación del Estado de Israel, aún no ha revelado su nuevo nombre.
ver.20m.es
October 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
El equipo ciclista Israel-Premier Tech renuncia a su "identidad israelí" tras las manifestaciones de La Vuelta a España ver.20m.es/fqasd4
➡ El equipo ciclista, que ha confirmado su desvinculación del Estado de Israel, aún no ha revelado su nuevo nombre
➡ El equipo ciclista, que ha confirmado su desvinculación del Estado de Israel, aún no ha revelado su nuevo nombre
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“A mack-truck-sized breach”: @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social discusses being accidentally added to a Trump administration group chat planning military strikes.
Read more in The Atlantic Daily: theatln.tc/0VASTR78
Read more in The Atlantic Daily: theatln.tc/0VASTR78
A Conversation With Jeffrey Goldberg About His Extraordinary Scoop
How The Atlantic’s editor in chief found himself in a group chat with Trump-administration officials who were planning an attack on Yemen
theatln.tc
March 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“A mack-truck-sized breach”: @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social discusses being accidentally added to a Trump administration group chat planning military strikes.
Read more in The Atlantic Daily: theatln.tc/0VASTR78
Read more in The Atlantic Daily: theatln.tc/0VASTR78
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From @newcastleunited.com on twitter. #NUFC
March 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
From @newcastleunited.com on twitter. #NUFC
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A reminder for these times.
March 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A reminder for these times.
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I know Stathis. He was a colleague of mine at the University of Chicago. He is a pretty buttoned-down scholar. For him to tweet this out is… something.
February 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I know Stathis. He was a colleague of mine at the University of Chicago. He is a pretty buttoned-down scholar. For him to tweet this out is… something.
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Isak extends hot streak to sink Wolves and lift Newcastle into top four
Isak extends hot streak to sink Wolves and lift Newcastle into top four
Newcastle’s sixth straight Premier League win – and ninth in all competitions – lifted Eddie Howe’s renascent team to fourth place as Alexander Isak demonstrated precisely why his manager believes he is a good as any striker in the world right now.…
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Isak extends hot streak to sink Wolves and lift Newcastle into top four
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JUST IN: Another team of Mexican firefighters has landed in LA to help combat the wildfires.
Thank you, Mexico 🇲🇽🇺🇸
Thank you, Mexico 🇲🇽🇺🇸
January 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
JUST IN: Another team of Mexican firefighters has landed in LA to help combat the wildfires.
Thank you, Mexico 🇲🇽🇺🇸
Thank you, Mexico 🇲🇽🇺🇸
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Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X.
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
January 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Over 60 German universities quit social media platform X.
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
Platform accused of failing to uphold values of diversity, freedom, and scholarship.
Hearing @jemmaforte.bsky.social mention those sweets in a strip that were emblematicof trips to France when we were kids and @marina-purkiss.bsky.social not knowing what she meant on today's episode made me smile. I love your friendship. Happy New Year to you both @thetrawl.bsky.social
January 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hearing @jemmaforte.bsky.social mention those sweets in a strip that were emblematicof trips to France when we were kids and @marina-purkiss.bsky.social not knowing what she meant on today's episode made me smile. I love your friendship. Happy New Year to you both @thetrawl.bsky.social
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It seems 2025 will be very unsubtle with its metaphors and foreshadowing.
January 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It seems 2025 will be very unsubtle with its metaphors and foreshadowing.
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Palestinian Christians struggle to find hope at Christmas
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Palestinian Christians struggle to find hope at Christmas
For the second year running, tourists are staying away and public festivities have been cancelled.
www.bbc.com
December 25, 2024 at 6:07 AM
Palestinian Christians struggle to find hope at Christmas
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Happy Christmas, @traceythorn.bsky.social, hope you like this version of ‘Joy’ some of the most important musicians of the Basque Country did in a semi-improvised mood at the end of the Christmas concert of my podcast Discos Mon Oncle, in a theatre of San Sebastián. ❤️
youtu.be/oNQrjDI6_hg?...
Joy - Extra de Navidad 2024 kontzertua Discos Mon Oncle
YouTube video by Joserra Senperena
youtu.be
December 24, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Happy Christmas, @traceythorn.bsky.social, hope you like this version of ‘Joy’ some of the most important musicians of the Basque Country did in a semi-improvised mood at the end of the Christmas concert of my podcast Discos Mon Oncle, in a theatre of San Sebastián. ❤️
youtu.be/oNQrjDI6_hg?...
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Every year now people send me clips of new performances of this song. Here is this year's. I can't tell you how moving it is for me to see this happen. Merry Christmas and love to all ❤️
Happy Christmas, @traceythorn.bsky.social, hope you like this version of ‘Joy’ some of the most important musicians of the Basque Country did in a semi-improvised mood at the end of the Christmas concert of my podcast Discos Mon Oncle, in a theatre of San Sebastián. ❤️
youtu.be/oNQrjDI6_hg?...
Joy - Extra de Navidad 2024 kontzertua Discos Mon Oncle
YouTube video by Joserra Senperena
youtu.be
December 24, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Every year now people send me clips of new performances of this song. Here is this year's. I can't tell you how moving it is for me to see this happen. Merry Christmas and love to all ❤️
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Peter Thiel co-founder of Palantir and co-founder of PayPal (with Elon Musk) is a venture capitalist and proponent of charter cities and deregulated special economic zones.
Watch how Thiel's ideology of 'exit from democracy' shapes the UK's corporate governing of SEZs.
wired.com/story/itana-...
Watch how Thiel's ideology of 'exit from democracy' shapes the UK's corporate governing of SEZs.
wired.com/story/itana-...
A Peter Thiel-Backed Startup City Wants to Be Africa’s Delaware
Nigeria’s Itana partnered with Binance and the Charter Cities Institute to build a physical tech hub near Lagos, but the plan has sparked controversy.
wired.com
December 12, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Peter Thiel co-founder of Palantir and co-founder of PayPal (with Elon Musk) is a venture capitalist and proponent of charter cities and deregulated special economic zones.
Watch how Thiel's ideology of 'exit from democracy' shapes the UK's corporate governing of SEZs.
wired.com/story/itana-...
Watch how Thiel's ideology of 'exit from democracy' shapes the UK's corporate governing of SEZs.
wired.com/story/itana-...
