@arianebogain.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in French and IR Northumbria University. Personal account.
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Party that wants to retrospectively change rules so as to remove migrants also says retrospective rules on party funding are "dictatorship tactics".
September 14, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Party that wants to retrospectively change rules so as to remove migrants also says retrospective rules on party funding are "dictatorship tactics".
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Dolly Parton was wit, warmth, courage, mischief and an astonishing talent gloriously herself in a world that so often asks us to be less.
What a woman. What a life. What a legacy.
The world has lost some of its sparkle today. ✨💕
#RIPdollyparton
What a woman. What a life. What a legacy.
The world has lost some of its sparkle today. ✨💕
#RIPdollyparton
August 25, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Dolly Parton was wit, warmth, courage, mischief and an astonishing talent gloriously herself in a world that so often asks us to be less.
What a woman. What a life. What a legacy.
The world has lost some of its sparkle today. ✨💕
#RIPdollyparton
What a woman. What a life. What a legacy.
The world has lost some of its sparkle today. ✨💕
#RIPdollyparton
Always a delight to go back to my Alpine roots in summer 😍
August 6, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Always a delight to go back to my Alpine roots in summer 😍
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Tariffs on all countries that call for Infantino’s head? A US ban on soccer? An invasion of Spain to reclaim the 🏆? The possibilities are endless
August 3, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Tariffs on all countries that call for Infantino’s head? A US ban on soccer? An invasion of Spain to reclaim the 🏆? The possibilities are endless
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Glad to see the UK update its Equality Act. It’s time we ended microaggressions against multi-millionaires, like rolling your eyes when they complain about stamp duty on their seventh home.
July 29, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Glad to see the UK update its Equality Act. It’s time we ended microaggressions against multi-millionaires, like rolling your eyes when they complain about stamp duty on their seventh home.
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Buses, famously for the richer classes and upper orders.
July 22, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Buses, famously for the richer classes and upper orders.
Trying to recover from the academic year one picture at a time 🤣🤣
July 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Trying to recover from the academic year one picture at a time 🤣🤣
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My eldest spot-on: “I love parking the bus for 40 mins with a one goal lead against a team that keeps coming from behind this tournament.”
Super Simple
ALT: Super Simple
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July 15, 2026 at 9:05 PM
My eldest spot-on: “I love parking the bus for 40 mins with a one goal lead against a team that keeps coming from behind this tournament.”
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The pitch here is that you now get to pay 20% of your cargo value to run the Strait of Hormuz while Iran shoots at you.
The President just announced a 20% toll on all cargo shipped through Hormuz, payable...to the US>
July 13, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The pitch here is that you now get to pay 20% of your cargo value to run the Strait of Hormuz while Iran shoots at you.
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Watching a politician who failed as thoroughly as Theresa May lecture Andy Burnham on what it takes to be a good Prime Minister is a symbol of the hubris and inability to engage in self-reflection in Westminster that has repeatedly crashed the UK over the past twenty years
July 9, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Watching a politician who failed as thoroughly as Theresa May lecture Andy Burnham on what it takes to be a good Prime Minister is a symbol of the hubris and inability to engage in self-reflection in Westminster that has repeatedly crashed the UK over the past twenty years
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after everything you could almost forget Zelenskyy was a successful comedian
TRUMP: Would you go to Moscow?
ZELENSKYY: It is difficult. There are lots of Ukrainian drones there. It's dangerous.
ZELENSKYY: It is difficult. There are lots of Ukrainian drones there. It's dangerous.
July 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
after everything you could almost forget Zelenskyy was a successful comedian
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@ucu.org.uk @ucucommons.org @uculeft.bsky.social @newcastleucu.bsky.social @tucneyh.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @unisoninhe.bsky.social @unison.org.uk www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Northumbria University staff 'outraged' at job cuts after pension row strikes
After lecturers staged weeks of strike action over a pension dispute earlier this year, a fresh row over job losses at Northumbria University has now broken out
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
July 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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There are many reasons to love Britain and this is one of them.
In case you missed it, here's Count Binface's appearance on the BBC this morning.
July 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
There are many reasons to love Britain and this is one of them.
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The greatest Mexico v England tweets you will ever read. 😂
As you were.
As you were.
July 3, 2026 at 7:17 PM
The greatest Mexico v England tweets you will ever read. 😂
As you were.
As you were.
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Siri, what is a metaphor
The stage is falling apart at the rehearsal for Freedom 250's July 4th celebration.
July 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Siri, what is a metaphor
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All the people who are saying it's too expensive to tackle climate change today are the same people who twenty years ago said that climate change wasn't really happening
June 26, 2026 at 12:57 PM
All the people who are saying it's too expensive to tackle climate change today are the same people who twenty years ago said that climate change wasn't really happening
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The cooling system was installed by the village AC technician, Thermodynamix 😊
June 26, 2026 at 11:25 AM
The cooling system was installed by the village AC technician, Thermodynamix 😊
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If Iran had a sense of humor they'd name it the "Liberation Day Tariff".
TOLLS NOT ON THE TABLE BUT IRAN IS EXPECTED TO PROPOSE ENVIRONMENTAL, NAVIGATION AND SECURITY FEE, DIPLOMAT SAYS
June 24, 2026 at 8:40 PM
If Iran had a sense of humor they'd name it the "Liberation Day Tariff".
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can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool
June 24, 2026 at 2:45 PM
can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool
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NEC will open nominations for new leader on July 9th - after the Nato summit.
If there are no other candidates, you can expect Burnham to be in Number 10 by the following week.
If there are no other candidates, you can expect Burnham to be in Number 10 by the following week.
June 22, 2026 at 8:39 AM
NEC will open nominations for new leader on July 9th - after the Nato summit.
If there are no other candidates, you can expect Burnham to be in Number 10 by the following week.
If there are no other candidates, you can expect Burnham to be in Number 10 by the following week.
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Seven resignation speeches in just (two days) under ten years. Stability, that’s the thing about First Past the Post…
June 22, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Seven resignation speeches in just (two days) under ten years. Stability, that’s the thing about First Past the Post…
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What if there was … two tier journalism …
Let's play 'Hunt the Edinburgh attack story in the Telegraph'...
June 21, 2026 at 6:30 AM
What if there was … two tier journalism …
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And not a squeak from Farage, Lowe, Robinson or Tice.
Nothing. Literally nothing.
Nothing. Literally nothing.
A shirtless white man, in the street with a knife in his hand, having attacked and wounded five people, allegedly shouting anti-Muslim slogans is the sixth story on the BBC UK news page. There is absolutely no doubt at all this would be the lead story if attacker and intended victims were reversed.
June 20, 2026 at 8:51 PM
And not a squeak from Farage, Lowe, Robinson or Tice.
Nothing. Literally nothing.
Nothing. Literally nothing.