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Colette Austin

@coletteaustin.bsky.social

Brexile in Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ. Ex-lawyer, serial student of International Relations, Politics (BA; LLB, LLM; MSt Cantab), focus on nuclear strategy, EU Security. Interest: autocracy. Web design. Garden design. Foodie. Currently clean on OPSEC

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Smuggled midnight pizza is the best flavour there is!

02.08.2025 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m so tired of this โ€˜greatest in the worldโ€™ horseshit that I could heave.

02.08.2025 10:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ask how many female friends have these self-pitiers bothered to make? Do they even like women (as opposed to just fucking)? Make some female friends, FFS, especially if they donโ€™t have sisters! If men only know how to be friends with other men, theyโ€™re massively missing out in lots of ways.

02.08.2025 08:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"The BBC World Service has compiled material on over 160 cases where children have been shot in Gaza, and found that in 95 cases the child was shot in the head or the chest. In most of these cases the victim was under 12 years old"

01.08.2025 08:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 255    ๐Ÿ” 208    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30

Lifeโ€™s too short to read anything Simon Jenkins writes. Ever.

01.08.2025 11:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If the BBC was doing its job, it would note in its coverage of Reform that 92% of the party's donations come from the fossil fuel industry.

01.08.2025 07:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1192    ๐Ÿ” 530    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 40    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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We all might have our own small qualms with Bluesky but X is quite literally not real

01.08.2025 00:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1081    ๐Ÿ” 255    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23

British dialect? American English is a dialect of British English! We spoke it first! ๐Ÿ˜‚

01.08.2025 04:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hereโ€™s how to do the S.O.S. hand signal

1๏ธโƒฃ Hold one hand up, palm facing out (like youโ€™re waving)
2๏ธโƒฃ Tuck your thumb into your palm
3๏ธโƒฃ Fold your fingers down over your thumb, like youโ€™re trapping it

The signal can be anywhere by anyone. #WorldDayAgainstTrafficking

30.07.2025 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 509    ๐Ÿ” 238    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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Accord douanier UE-ร‰tats-Unisย : ยซย Pour รชtre libre, il faut รชtre craint. Nous nโ€™avons pas รฉtรฉ assez craintsย ยป, regrette Macron Le chef de lโ€™ร‰tat a trouvรฉ ยซย surprenantย ยป que lโ€™accord douanier entre lโ€™UE et Donald Trump se fasseโ€ฆ dans un club de golf en ร‰cosse. Et lais

Emmanuel Macron is entirely right when commenting on the EU-US Trade Deal

"To be free, you have to be feared. We have not been feared enough"

And this is why we need to rethink everything about the European Union and replace Ursula von der Leyen
www.leparisien.fr/politique/ac...

30.07.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lโ€™Europe ne se vit pas encore suffisamment comme une puissance ยป

Exactly this!

30.07.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Follow-up questions: What was Ms Giuffreโ€™s role at the spa? How old was she at the time?

30.07.2025 06:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also, human dignity, self-respect, exploitation, etc.

30.07.2025 05:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Amen ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ

29.07.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Indeed

29.07.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

71% of Republicans, though! ๐Ÿ˜ฒ Thatโ€™s shameful.

29.07.2025 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Petition: Direct the UKHSA to monitor COVID infections that occur in particular settings Ensure that the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) monitors, and reports on, the numbers of COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings through its routine surveillance programmes, and advises o...

Please do consider supporting this petition to the UK Parliament: 'Direct the UKHSA to monitor COVID infections that occur in particular settings...'
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

28.07.2025 21:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Always post the link, too. They canโ€™t argue with that.

28.07.2025 06:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s unbelievably selfish and cruel to imprison wild creatures.

28.07.2025 06:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Boeing again.

28.07.2025 06:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are you confusing Saudi and Qatar?

28.07.2025 06:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hello, I am every character in an American film or TV programme.

I always abruptly end phone calls without saying goodbye and absolutely nobody finds that strange.

27.07.2025 21:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Heโ€™s a cheating liar. Dump him or youโ€™ll regret it for the rest of your life. Do it today!

27.07.2025 07:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s rich!

26.07.2025 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If itโ€™s an Asian hornet, call your local estate agent immediately! Those things attack just for fun.

26.07.2025 21:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Two in five arrested for last summerโ€™s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse

In "Legitimate Concerns" news.

41% of the 899 arrested for taking part in Farage Riots last year had been reported for crimes associated with intimate partner violence.

For those arrested by one police force, this figure was 68%.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

26.07.2025 12:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1791    ๐Ÿ” 905    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 111    ๐Ÿ“Œ 98

Trump clearly jealous of Macronโ€™s statesmanship and international standing.

26.07.2025 06:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today, we remember and celebrate Janey Godley.

25.07.2025 08:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2573    ๐Ÿ” 675    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 40    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20

Oh fuck off

26.07.2025 06:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Europe replies โ€œFuck off, moronโ€

25.07.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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