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565 years ago, on the 30th of December 1460, Richard of York was killed by Lancastrians during the Battle of Wakefield. This did not end the War of The Roses as Richard's son Edward inherited his father's claim to the English throne, one he would successfully press only months later. #otd #history 🗃️
December 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
565 years ago, on the 30th of December 1460, Richard of York was killed by Lancastrians during the Battle of Wakefield. This did not end the War of The Roses as Richard's son Edward inherited his father's claim to the English throne, one he would successfully press only months later. #otd #history 🗃️
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#MosaicMonday live from Museo archeologico nazionale di Palestrina! It houses the magnificent Nile Mosaic, depicting the Egyptian landscape during a flood of the Nile. Created by Alexandrian artists at the end of the 2nd century BCE, it is one of the largest and most significant Hellenistic mosaics
December 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
#MosaicMonday live from Museo archeologico nazionale di Palestrina! It houses the magnificent Nile Mosaic, depicting the Egyptian landscape during a flood of the Nile. Created by Alexandrian artists at the end of the 2nd century BCE, it is one of the largest and most significant Hellenistic mosaics
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The Immigration Act of 1924 helped keep out Italian immigrants, who were considered non-white. Dino Paul Crocetti changed his name to Dean Martin for his career. Frank Sinatra refused to change his name. Here he is reminding kids what it means to be accepting of differences…and not act like Nazis.
December 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Immigration Act of 1924 helped keep out Italian immigrants, who were considered non-white. Dino Paul Crocetti changed his name to Dean Martin for his career. Frank Sinatra refused to change his name. Here he is reminding kids what it means to be accepting of differences…and not act like Nazis.
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Why do you need a reason⁉️
December 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Why do you need a reason⁉️
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Some people do my head in.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
December 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Some people do my head in.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
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What happened starting in 1980?
Mass Privatisation.
So instead of your wages being decided by what your Government could afford and what you earned, you are paid as little as possible to maximise profit.
Mass Privatisation.
So instead of your wages being decided by what your Government could afford and what you earned, you are paid as little as possible to maximise profit.
December 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What happened starting in 1980?
Mass Privatisation.
So instead of your wages being decided by what your Government could afford and what you earned, you are paid as little as possible to maximise profit.
Mass Privatisation.
So instead of your wages being decided by what your Government could afford and what you earned, you are paid as little as possible to maximise profit.
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Abolish the House of Lords, RT if you want it gone.
Tear it down.
Tear it down.
December 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Abolish the House of Lords, RT if you want it gone.
Tear it down.
Tear it down.
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On the first day of Foxmas, a very comfy fox . . . one curled up quite nicely in a box !
Thank you to Dora Nightingale of Fox Guardians #FoxOfTheDay
Thank you to Dora Nightingale of Fox Guardians #FoxOfTheDay
December 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
On the first day of Foxmas, a very comfy fox . . . one curled up quite nicely in a box !
Thank you to Dora Nightingale of Fox Guardians #FoxOfTheDay
Thank you to Dora Nightingale of Fox Guardians #FoxOfTheDay
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George Michael died on Christmas Day in 2016.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
December 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
George Michael died on Christmas Day in 2016.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
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My favorite places in #Paris💚
Best exhibition venue: Centre Pompidou
Best historic building: Grand Palais
Best popular passageway: Passage Brady
Best wooded area: Bois de Vincennes
Best bridge: Pont Neuf
Best island: Île Saint-Louis
Best alternative venue: Le 104
Best metro station: Arts et Métiers
Best exhibition venue: Centre Pompidou
Best historic building: Grand Palais
Best popular passageway: Passage Brady
Best wooded area: Bois de Vincennes
Best bridge: Pont Neuf
Best island: Île Saint-Louis
Best alternative venue: Le 104
Best metro station: Arts et Métiers
December 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
My favorite places in #Paris💚
Best exhibition venue: Centre Pompidou
Best historic building: Grand Palais
Best popular passageway: Passage Brady
Best wooded area: Bois de Vincennes
Best bridge: Pont Neuf
Best island: Île Saint-Louis
Best alternative venue: Le 104
Best metro station: Arts et Métiers
Best exhibition venue: Centre Pompidou
Best historic building: Grand Palais
Best popular passageway: Passage Brady
Best wooded area: Bois de Vincennes
Best bridge: Pont Neuf
Best island: Île Saint-Louis
Best alternative venue: Le 104
Best metro station: Arts et Métiers
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They brought smallpox, measles, and influenza, wiped out Indigenous populations, and took the land left behind.
That wasn’t fate. It was colonization.
ERASED exposes the genocide and the lies America was built on.
Read it before they bury it again.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
That wasn’t fate. It was colonization.
ERASED exposes the genocide and the lies America was built on.
Read it before they bury it again.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
December 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
They brought smallpox, measles, and influenza, wiped out Indigenous populations, and took the land left behind.
That wasn’t fate. It was colonization.
ERASED exposes the genocide and the lies America was built on.
Read it before they bury it again.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
That wasn’t fate. It was colonization.
ERASED exposes the genocide and the lies America was built on.
Read it before they bury it again.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
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Dear Santa:
All I want for Christmas is for the Oxford comma to be cherished, loved, and respected.
All I want for Christmas is for the Oxford comma to be cherished, loved, and respected.
December 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Dear Santa:
All I want for Christmas is for the Oxford comma to be cherished, loved, and respected.
All I want for Christmas is for the Oxford comma to be cherished, loved, and respected.
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Only Keir Starmer's Labour could arrest the world's most famous climate activist for holding a placard
All I want for Christmas is a vote of no confidence in Keir Starmer for trashing the UK's humanitarian reputation
Come on decent Labour MPs, where are you?
All I want for Christmas is a vote of no confidence in Keir Starmer for trashing the UK's humanitarian reputation
Come on decent Labour MPs, where are you?
December 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Only Keir Starmer's Labour could arrest the world's most famous climate activist for holding a placard
All I want for Christmas is a vote of no confidence in Keir Starmer for trashing the UK's humanitarian reputation
Come on decent Labour MPs, where are you?
All I want for Christmas is a vote of no confidence in Keir Starmer for trashing the UK's humanitarian reputation
Come on decent Labour MPs, where are you?
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I'm not sure what was decided at Stonehenge during the winter solstice this year, but I approve of the new god/ruler/emperor/pagan supreme being or whatever the rank is of the one that was chosen:
December 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I'm not sure what was decided at Stonehenge during the winter solstice this year, but I approve of the new god/ruler/emperor/pagan supreme being or whatever the rank is of the one that was chosen:
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How it started…
How it’s going!
A HUGE thank you to everyone who came to the rescue & helped support independent journalism in this darkest of years. We lost our news organisation…but we built a new one! @thenerve_news 🙏🙏🙏
How it’s going!
A HUGE thank you to everyone who came to the rescue & helped support independent journalism in this darkest of years. We lost our news organisation…but we built a new one! @thenerve_news 🙏🙏🙏
December 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
How it started…
How it’s going!
A HUGE thank you to everyone who came to the rescue & helped support independent journalism in this darkest of years. We lost our news organisation…but we built a new one! @thenerve_news 🙏🙏🙏
How it’s going!
A HUGE thank you to everyone who came to the rescue & helped support independent journalism in this darkest of years. We lost our news organisation…but we built a new one! @thenerve_news 🙏🙏🙏
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They taught a lie and called it history.
ERASED exposes the genocide, land theft, and erasure of Indigenous people — without apology.
This truth wasn’t lost. It was hidden.
Read it before it’s buried again.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
ERASED exposes the genocide, land theft, and erasure of Indigenous people — without apology.
This truth wasn’t lost. It was hidden.
Read it before it’s buried again.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
December 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
They taught a lie and called it history.
ERASED exposes the genocide, land theft, and erasure of Indigenous people — without apology.
This truth wasn’t lost. It was hidden.
Read it before it’s buried again.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
ERASED exposes the genocide, land theft, and erasure of Indigenous people — without apology.
This truth wasn’t lost. It was hidden.
Read it before it’s buried again.
Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
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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...
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
“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...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...
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Noam Chomsky explaining why Palestine has so little support.
Also explains why no one on the Epstein List ever goes to jail.
Also explains why no one on the Epstein List ever goes to jail.
December 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Noam Chomsky explaining why Palestine has so little support.
Also explains why no one on the Epstein List ever goes to jail.
Also explains why no one on the Epstein List ever goes to jail.
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This is some writing I did about Bridge. It's massively niche and therefore entirely free to read for anyone. Some of it is quite interesting, I think.
open.substack.com/pub/nedboult...
open.substack.com/pub/nedboult...
December 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This is some writing I did about Bridge. It's massively niche and therefore entirely free to read for anyone. Some of it is quite interesting, I think.
open.substack.com/pub/nedboult...
open.substack.com/pub/nedboult...
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UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup Antwerp: Mathieu van der Poel destroys all rivals to take win as Wout Van Aert finished seventh in first matchup between rivals www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...
December 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup Antwerp: Mathieu van der Poel destroys all rivals to take win as Wout Van Aert finished seventh in first matchup between rivals www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...
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Post Mortem, by Private Eye’s Richard Brooks, chronicling how the Post Office scandal and cover-up developed and later unravelled, is on sale now at all good bookshops.
➡️ Available at: private-eye.co.uk/books
➡️ Available at: private-eye.co.uk/books
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Post Mortem, by Private Eye’s Richard Brooks, chronicling how the Post Office scandal and cover-up developed and later unravelled, is on sale now at all good bookshops.
➡️ Available at: private-eye.co.uk/books
➡️ Available at: private-eye.co.uk/books
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“I promise to question everything my leaders tell me. I promise to use my critical faculties. I promise to develop my independence of thought. I promise to educate myself so I can make my own judgements.”
― Carl Sagan
― Carl Sagan
December 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“I promise to question everything my leaders tell me. I promise to use my critical faculties. I promise to develop my independence of thought. I promise to educate myself so I can make my own judgements.”
― Carl Sagan
― Carl Sagan
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Qesser Zuhrah and Amu Gib have been on hunger strike for 46 days.
They are at serious risk of death.
They are in prison because the UK would prefer to lock up young opponents of mass murder than stop facilitating genocide.
The Home Secretary must intervene.
They are at serious risk of death.
They are in prison because the UK would prefer to lock up young opponents of mass murder than stop facilitating genocide.
The Home Secretary must intervene.
December 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Qesser Zuhrah and Amu Gib have been on hunger strike for 46 days.
They are at serious risk of death.
They are in prison because the UK would prefer to lock up young opponents of mass murder than stop facilitating genocide.
The Home Secretary must intervene.
They are at serious risk of death.
They are in prison because the UK would prefer to lock up young opponents of mass murder than stop facilitating genocide.
The Home Secretary must intervene.