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Aggy @aggykins.bsky.social · 4h

Degrees that teach critical thinking can never be a ‘rip-off’ | Letters

“They all aim to teach students to read critically, to discuss, to evaluate and, ultimately, to call out bullshit. Which is why those on the right find them so dangerous”

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Degrees that teach critical thinking can never be a ‘rip-off’ | Letters

Letters: Readers defend courses that Kemi Badenoch has deemed not worthy of government funding

www.theguardian.com

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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 14h

This article is quite clearly true but I doubt our English friends are ready to hear it. The paradox is that the end of the union would be a fresh start for us all and independence for all our countries would be much healthier than the unequal & unholy union.
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

How Empire and the Union ruined England, by Neil Mackay

A case could be made that the best medicine for what ails England would be an English departure from the Union, argues Writer at Large Neil Mackay

www.heraldscotland.com

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 13h

The houses in question, which the Telegraph is having a fannywobble about this time? Worth tens-of-millions of pounds.

It’s absurd this keening about the problems of billionaires - many of whom only have the properties as investments and contribute sweet blue fuck all to the local economy anyway.

'Nobody wants to live here: London's enclaves of the super-rich are emptying
out
Labour's war on wealth has blown a cold wind through the capital's most exclusive neighbourhoods

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Colin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (cms48X) @cms48.bsky.social · 11h

Is your life filled with hate? Are you afraid of others in our society, who aren't the same colour, religion or meet the standards, set by others, for gender? FFS stop reading the Daily Mail or listening to the BBC and any of the other fascist medias in the uk.
FFS, GET A LIFE!

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 10h

Universal Basic Income is automatic, unconditional, paperwork-free insurance we can actually use. It's always there—before, during, and after uncontrollable shocks occur. It's a non-withdrawable stable floor for a stable society. Want certainty? UBI delivers it; same amount, same date, every month.

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The SNP @snp.org · 17h

🎯Last night’s Debate Night audience gets it - Scotland’s future must be Scotland’s choice. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Iris Cook @montrose.bsky.social · 12h

True
Can Starmer answer this

Picture this

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Aggy @aggykins.bsky.social · 9h

The latest Prince Andrew abuse claims are a new low for the Royal Family. In this form, it can’t survive | Simon Jenkins

Sir Jimmy Savile
Sir Cyril Smith
Bishop Peter Ball
… etc?

#AbolishTheMonarchy

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The latest Prince Andrew abuse claims are a new low for the Royal Family. In this form, it can’t survive | Simon Jenkins

‘The Firm’ as a modernising strategy was already falling apart, but with the shocking allegations so fully in the public domain, it has now collapsed, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

www.theguardian.com

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Deadman the Saint @deadmanthesaint.bsky.social · 18h

just a beautifully written article to read in the morning and remember that we are the river.

When the voice of hate met the river of humanity - Freedom News

A steward’s-eye view of the London march for Gaza ~ Tabitha Troughton / Photos: Peter Marshall ~ The people were marching again for Palestine.

freedomnews.org.uk

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Aggy @aggykins.bsky.social · 9h

Virginia Giuffre’s story of abuse exposes impunity of powerful men, UK experts say

“And many of those men are still going about their daily lives, enjoying the benefits of their power”

Eg: #PrinceAndrew
Release the #EpsteinFiles

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

Virginia Giuffre’s story of abuse exposes impunity of powerful men, UK experts say

Women’s campaigners say book excerpts reveal ‘network of privilege’ that protected Jeffrey Epstein amid wider misogynistic culture

www.theguardian.com

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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 1d

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 17h

Marie McGowan, 89, has died 3 years after a brutal assault during which she was put headfirst into a rubbish bin. Her attacker, Alex Bailey, believed she was "a man dressed as a woman."

This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women."

RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...

Woman, 80s, dies three years after Dublin attack

A woman in her 80s who was attacked in south Dublin just over three years ago has passed away.

share.google

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: Labour and Greens have TIED in the latest Westminster poll, as Keir Starmer's party plummets to a historic low

Labour and Greens TIED new poll finds, as Starmer's party plummets to historic low

www.thenational.scot

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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 17h

My latest blog piece. Joani Reid and the rat pack. Labour's MP for East Kilbride and Stathaven has become one of those people that her late great grandfather Jimmy Reid warned us about

weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/j...

Joani Reid and the rat-pack

Maybe it’s something in the water in East Kilbride and Strathaven, but the Westminster constituency seems to be cursed with morally bankrupt MPs. The present constituency boundaries are new a…

weegingerdug.wordpress.com

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 17h

UBI is a universal floor. A starting amount. Everyone gets it. Everyone pays taxes on all other income. Depending on details, the bottom 50%-90% of households can expect a boost after taxes.

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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 22h

World’s laziest man enjoys laziness machine.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22h

In today's least surprising news

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 17h

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17h

Say it!

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 1d

As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive

And do it often.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18h

Reform candidate visibly squirms as he's confronted by a local family in Caerphilly.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19h

👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."

"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."

"I blame you for that."

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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 1d

“England Wants Reform”

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 INDEPENDENCE
or
🇬🇧 FASCISM

That’s the stark choice at Holyrood 2026

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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 23h

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 19h

I’m in Zambia, where I’m seeing first hand the impact of 20 years of partnership and friendship between our countries.

Scotland is proud to play our part in the world and support many life-saving development projects - showing the kind of country we can be on the world stage.

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Aggy @aggykins.bsky.social · 16h

Addiction should be treated in the medical system, not the criminal one

AND
I should be able to pop in to my local cannabis pharmacy to get the strain that helps me sleep or eases my pain etc…

AND/OR
helps me to relax and chill like your glass of wine does

Ring-fence the tax revenue for the NHS

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Steve @stefek.bsky.social · 1d

@zackpolanski.bsky.social is the first politician I've heard say something sensible about drugs in my life. Clearly the war on drugs has failed, it's wreaked lives and made criminals very rich, and we need to manage drugs in a far more positive way.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

"Polanski slammed” reports the Daily Express. The person doing that “slamming” is, err, Daily Express journalist Carole Malone.

And the reason? Because I want us to follow a science led public health approach to regulate drug use.

Polanski slammed over bid to legalise drugs

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