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NickRichardsยฎ๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ต

@nickrichards935.bsky.social

Devonian, formerly an intra-EU professional migrant, now settled in Burdigala ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท. Not interested in political antics, anywhere. Occasional writer: ko-fi.com/ripper38

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Americaโ€™s Future Is Hungary MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbรกn. But heโ€™s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.

Remember: Viktor Orban has built a corrupt, stagnant Hungary that is much poorer than it should be

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

16.02.2026 18:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1731    ๐Ÿ” 643    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 55    ๐Ÿ“Œ 42
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Read and share all over..he nails it

16.02.2026 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19901    ๐Ÿ” 8366    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 422    ๐Ÿ“Œ 401

IDK... the Bentley sponsoring, though?

14.02.2026 09:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!

"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

13.02.2026 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6418    ๐Ÿ” 2062    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 97    ๐Ÿ“Œ 172
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The other day Manchester Unitedโ€™s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"โ€ฆ.today thereโ€™s this billboard outside of Old Trafford ๐Ÿ”ฅโ€ฆ.way to go Manchester ๐Ÿ’ช!

13.02.2026 21:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5072    ๐Ÿ” 1222    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 67    ๐Ÿ“Œ 46
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Rubio at Munich security meet to address Europeans rattled by Trump US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was set to address European leaders on Saturday as they try to step up their autonomy in defence while salvaging transatlantic ties badly strained under President Don...

... but will he read the room or just parrot Trump/Miller inanities

www.rfi.fr/en/internati...

14.02.2026 07:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services arenโ€™t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records.

Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.

Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

13.02.2026 10:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4155    ๐Ÿ” 1896    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 118    ๐Ÿ“Œ 85

I think the people of this country have had enough of tax-exile billionaires.

12.02.2026 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1669    ๐Ÿ” 226    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

08.02.2026 01:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wife took the photo last Friday, 06 jan. This wasn't taken at some tropical garden centre but a Bordeaux ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท local shopping centre.

08.02.2026 08:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Them good ole accountability receipts doing their job.๐Ÿ‘

08.02.2026 08:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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McSweeney โ€˜asked if Mandelson US embassy role could be pa... PMโ€™s chief of staff sought advice on behalf of disgraced former Labour peer, senior government sources claim

This fucking clown observer.co.uk/news/politic...

05.02.2026 07:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 397    ๐Ÿ” 69    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 55    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

Where? In the White House?

01.02.2026 07:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m ok. Iโ€™m a survivor so this small agitator isnโ€™t going to intimidate me from doing my work.

I donโ€™t let bullies win.

Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

28.01.2026 02:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84807    ๐Ÿ” 11621    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2478    ๐Ÿ“Œ 620
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. Itโ€™s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

28.01.2026 17:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 97475    ๐Ÿ” 40947    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4311    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5380
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Capgemini dans la tourmente pour son travail avec lโ€™ICE, la police de lโ€™immigration amรฉricaine Une filiale amรฉricaine du groupe de services informatiques, trรจs impliquรฉe auprรจs du gouvernement, aide ร  rechercher les personnes en situation irrรฉguliรจre pour le compte de lโ€™ICE.

Capgemini dans la tourmente pour son travail avec lโ€™ICE, la police de lโ€™immigration amรฉricaine

27.01.2026 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 62    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

27.01.2026 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11990    ๐Ÿ” 5900    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 236    ๐Ÿ“Œ 345
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China 'hacked phones of top Downing Street staff under Johnson, Truss and Sunak'

Just China? Colour me scandalised.

metro.co.uk/2026/01/27/c...

27.01.2026 14:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today's front page on @lemonde.fr

27.01.2026 06:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3098    ๐Ÿ” 1289    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 80    ๐Ÿ“Œ 50
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Australia makes ยฃ4.5 trillion mineral discovery Australia makes ยฃ4.5 trillion mineral discovery that could reshape global markets.

Ooooh! I wouldn't go around boasting about it... "You know who" might decide to try and reappropriate it !
www.dagens.com/world/austra...

26.01.2026 14:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Brooklyn Beckham's 11-word admission that dad David admitted broke his heart David Beckham was left heartbroken after his Brooklyn told him how he felt

No, seriously, WTF๐Ÿคฆ

Brooklyn Beckham's honest 11-word admission that dad David admitted broke his heart
go.squidapp.co/n/eHvjgDQNi,

25.01.2026 13:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Detestable IRL rage baiting: capture an infant to enrage people to cause a disturbance.

24.01.2026 11:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mark Carney has delivered one of the most important speeches of our era. There is a better future waiting for Britain if we dare to follow his example.

inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...

21.01.2026 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1193    ๐Ÿ” 259    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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โ€œNo man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent...And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.โ€
John Donne, English metaphysical poet, Dean of St Paulโ€™s London; born #OTD 1572.
Portrait after Isaac Oliver, National Portrait Gallery London

22.01.2026 06:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Paraphrasing one comment: He doesn't know the difference between Greenland and Switzerland. Understandable, they both have 'land' in their names.

22.01.2026 07:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump greenlit tiny Kei cars but will Americans actually buy them? The president wants to bring to the US tiny vehicles, like those commonly seen on the streets of Japan.

If these "Kei" cars are popular in Japan it's for a reason that obviously escapes P47.

bbc.com/news/article...

21.01.2026 07:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What's the word for this? Ah, yes. Maskirovka...

20.01.2026 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

irrelevance personified.

20.01.2026 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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There is no strategy
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

20.01.2026 06:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6670    ๐Ÿ” 2099    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 522    ๐Ÿ“Œ 211

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