Holly Franklin-Trubshawe
@hollyft.bsky.social
Lover of cricket, star wars, music, museums and walking in nature. Ex museum professional now civil servant living in Devon. Pronouns She/Her
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If you’re wanting a bit of England v Aus on a dark, wet December morning, it’s on 5 Live Extra or you can listen here 👇🏼
#AUSvENG
#AUSvENG
Prime Minister's XI vs England LIVE: Tour match, day one, Canberra - cricket score & radio commentary
Listen to ABC commentary from the opening day of England's tour match against a Prime Minister's XI in Canberra.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
If you’re wanting a bit of England v Aus on a dark, wet December morning, it’s on 5 Live Extra or you can listen here 👇🏼
#AUSvENG
#AUSvENG
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS FROM THE UPSIDE DOWN 🚨
Gloucestershire have added some supernatural talent by signing World Cup winner Dawid Malan on a 2-year T20 deal! 💛🖤
For more details 👉 gloscricket.co.uk/news/world-cup-winner-dawid-malan-joins-glos-for-t20-vitality-blast/
#BecomeGlorious
Gloucestershire have added some supernatural talent by signing World Cup winner Dawid Malan on a 2-year T20 deal! 💛🖤
For more details 👉 gloscricket.co.uk/news/world-cup-winner-dawid-malan-joins-glos-for-t20-vitality-blast/
#BecomeGlorious
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🚨 BREAKING NEWS FROM THE UPSIDE DOWN 🚨
Gloucestershire have added some supernatural talent by signing World Cup winner Dawid Malan on a 2-year T20 deal! 💛🖤
For more details 👉 gloscricket.co.uk/news/world-cup-winner-dawid-malan-joins-glos-for-t20-vitality-blast/
#BecomeGlorious
Gloucestershire have added some supernatural talent by signing World Cup winner Dawid Malan on a 2-year T20 deal! 💛🖤
For more details 👉 gloscricket.co.uk/news/world-cup-winner-dawid-malan-joins-glos-for-t20-vitality-blast/
#BecomeGlorious
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The way Sutton Hoo dismiss and look down upon the silliness and joy of the "Boaty Mc Boatface" competition has really riled me
They've already formulated the competition so they shortlist out any names they don't approve of, there's no need for their sneering 😤
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They've already formulated the competition so they shortlist out any names they don't approve of, there's no need for their sneering 😤
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The way Sutton Hoo dismiss and look down upon the silliness and joy of the "Boaty Mc Boatface" competition has really riled me
They've already formulated the competition so they shortlist out any names they don't approve of, there's no need for their sneering 😤
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They've already formulated the competition so they shortlist out any names they don't approve of, there's no need for their sneering 😤
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
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Scientists recently combined DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
Things went sideways real fast.
Things went sideways real fast.
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Scientists recently combined DNA of a cheetah with the DNA of a crab.
Things went sideways real fast.
Things went sideways real fast.
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You can’t assess a wicket until both sides have batted like shit on it #TheCricket
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
You can’t assess a wicket until both sides have batted like shit on it #TheCricket
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November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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England cricket fans at 6am
England cricket fans at 9.45am
England cricket fans at 9.45am
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
England cricket fans at 6am
England cricket fans at 9.45am
England cricket fans at 9.45am
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Perfect timing from England. Shit when everyone’s asleep, excellent when they wake up. #TheCricket #Ashes
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Perfect timing from England. Shit when everyone’s asleep, excellent when they wake up. #TheCricket #Ashes
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If you’re only going to last 32 overs, might as well score over 5 an over. Smart batting from England.
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 AM
If you’re only going to last 32 overs, might as well score over 5 an over. Smart batting from England.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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#TodayInQueerHistory
November 20 (1999)
#TransDayOfRemembrance was set up to remember Rita Hester (pictured), who was murdered in 1998. Organised by Gwendolyn Anne Smith, who said the day is: "Not something to trot out ... and forget about. We should be working every day for all of us."
November 20 (1999)
#TransDayOfRemembrance was set up to remember Rita Hester (pictured), who was murdered in 1998. Organised by Gwendolyn Anne Smith, who said the day is: "Not something to trot out ... and forget about. We should be working every day for all of us."
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#TodayInQueerHistory
November 20 (1999)
#TransDayOfRemembrance was set up to remember Rita Hester (pictured), who was murdered in 1998. Organised by Gwendolyn Anne Smith, who said the day is: "Not something to trot out ... and forget about. We should be working every day for all of us."
November 20 (1999)
#TransDayOfRemembrance was set up to remember Rita Hester (pictured), who was murdered in 1998. Organised by Gwendolyn Anne Smith, who said the day is: "Not something to trot out ... and forget about. We should be working every day for all of us."
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Lunchtime reading #Ashes 🏏
The Pundits’ Folly: Why The Ashes Is Already Decided
Musings on has-beens and what will be, from an anonymous knighted former England Test cricket captain #Ashes 🏏
newsletter.danliebke.com/p/the-pundit...
Musings on has-beens and what will be, from an anonymous knighted former England Test cricket captain #Ashes 🏏
newsletter.danliebke.com/p/the-pundit...
The Pundits’ Folly: Why The Ashes Is Already Decided
Musings on has-beens and what will be, from an anonymous knighted former England Test cricket captain
newsletter.danliebke.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Lunchtime reading #Ashes 🏏
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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'Capitalism also depends on domestic labour' by See Red Womens Workshop, feminist silk-screen poster collective, UK (1970s-90s) #womensart #Monday
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
'Capitalism also depends on domestic labour' by See Red Womens Workshop, feminist silk-screen poster collective, UK (1970s-90s) #womensart #Monday
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We must stop the hostility towards, and demonisation of, people just trying to seek safety. Our statement on just some of the Home Secretary's proposed changes to the asylum system
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
We must stop the hostility towards, and demonisation of, people just trying to seek safety. Our statement on just some of the Home Secretary's proposed changes to the asylum system
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I’ve no idea why Labour thinks what they’re doing is morally acceptable or why they apparently think a majority will applaud it.
Treating refugees as monsters will only appeal to neo Nazis who often hide behind other labels but neo Nazis is what they are.
I make no apologies for those words.
Treating refugees as monsters will only appeal to neo Nazis who often hide behind other labels but neo Nazis is what they are.
I make no apologies for those words.
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I’ve no idea why Labour thinks what they’re doing is morally acceptable or why they apparently think a majority will applaud it.
Treating refugees as monsters will only appeal to neo Nazis who often hide behind other labels but neo Nazis is what they are.
I make no apologies for those words.
Treating refugees as monsters will only appeal to neo Nazis who often hide behind other labels but neo Nazis is what they are.
I make no apologies for those words.
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Whenever someone mocks “science for science’s sake”, I point them to discoveries like this one — which literally emerged from looking at common dirt.
Seeking knowledge is a process and an ethos.
The wider our horizons, the more we can see.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Seeking knowledge is a process and an ethos.
The wider our horizons, the more we can see.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It ...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Whenever someone mocks “science for science’s sake”, I point them to discoveries like this one — which literally emerged from looking at common dirt.
Seeking knowledge is a process and an ethos.
The wider our horizons, the more we can see.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Seeking knowledge is a process and an ethos.
The wider our horizons, the more we can see.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Naomi is both a brilliant novelist and a wise ponderer, so I commend this extract unto you 👇
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Naomi is both a brilliant novelist and a wise ponderer, so I commend this extract unto you 👇
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Oh lawd she's gonna burn down. Again.
EXCL:
Final decision on restoring the Palace of Westminster will be delayed until 2030s
MPs were expected to vote by the end of 2025 on a way forward for fixing the crumbling parliament, but that now won't happen
Story w/@danbloom1.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
Final decision on restoring the Palace of Westminster will be delayed until 2030s
MPs were expected to vote by the end of 2025 on a way forward for fixing the crumbling parliament, but that now won't happen
Story w/@danbloom1.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
Final decision on fate of crumbling UK parliament delayed to 2030s
It’s a fire-hazard that’s prone to tumbling masonry — but fear of a public backlash is again delaying repairs to the world famous building.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Oh lawd she's gonna burn down. Again.
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This sounds incredibly exciting www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde
Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This sounds incredibly exciting www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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florence pew: thread
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
florence pew: thread
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This man was trafficked into Britain, in ways which the government would now use to make him subject to deportation. According to a leading political pundit, he brought with him ancestral violence, which means that he *and his British-born children* should be expelled.
This man.
This man.
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This man was trafficked into Britain, in ways which the government would now use to make him subject to deportation. According to a leading political pundit, he brought with him ancestral violence, which means that he *and his British-born children* should be expelled.
This man.
This man.