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Gavin Greig
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Software developer wha bides i the East Neuk. He/him. Likes 28/32mm models for role-playing games, especially pulp/steampunk/scientific romance. Thinks Scotland should be a normal country - independent. http://ggreig.com, https://mastodon.scot/@ggreig
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Gavin Greig @ggreig.com · Nov 16
Should probably do an "introductory" thread:

I work as a software developer, now for a company in London, but I live in a village in Fife, Scotland. Technically I've been on BlueSky for a bit over a year already but have only fully committed to the move since the US elected Trump for a second time.
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Nick Stevens @nick-stevens.com · 1d
Seems about right
In the 1968 movie 2001:A Space Odyssey, in the future people eat their meals while staring at images on flat, portable rectangular screens. Nice bit of prediction. In the next bit of the movie Al takes over and kills everybody.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6h
The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.

He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.

How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 18h
the extrajudicial boat murders have become so prevalent they meet the official definition of serial killing
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Gavin Greig @ggreig.com · 1h
The U.S. is being run by crooks.
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Glen Dunlap @glendunlap.bsky.social · 3h
Here's a Milky Way shot from a Joshua Tree forest in Death Valley back in July. Already dreaming about next season! #Photography
Photo of the Milky Way rising over a stand of Joshua Trees
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 8h
Teen Vogue rising after the 2016 election and dying after the 2024 election doesn't even feel like a metaphor as much as a microcosm of what is happening all over places that were once strong areas of resistance.
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 11h
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 11h
I wonder what finally made Condé Nast bring Teen Vogue to heel. 😞
leximcmenamin.com Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 3d
NEW 🚨 @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social made time to catch up with @teenvogue.com in advance of Tuesday's elections 🗳️

we talked about the campaign's base of energized young people, and why politics isn't just about the ballot box — it's about "a sense of belonging in the city that you call home."
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 13h
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Snowy. @snowy.bsky.social · 1d
This. A thousand times this.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 20h
Britain is not in the grip of mass violence.

The Cambridgeshire train stabbings were horrific - and incredibly rare.

Your odds of being attacked by a stranger are much lower than they were.

Here's the facts! 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/britain-is...
Britain isn't in the grip of mass violence
The far right are trying to whip up fear and panic with lies
www.owenjones.news
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Wullie @wullieforindy.bsky.social · 1d
Nothing flows North but the highest energy costs.

They’re spending £Billions to run underwater cables to supply themselves.

Do the Scottish public realise we,re being had here ?
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Gavin Greig @ggreig.com · 23h
Ingenious - build the needle’s eye bigger…
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chiller @thechiller.bsky.social · 2d
You know when I say "never trust the #LibDems?" and I get quite angry with you when you say they are your party?

Yeah this is why.

Here's their EQUALITIES SPOKESWOMAN, calling for segregation to be put in place in UK society, urgently.
Marie Goldman MP @mariecgoldman.bsky.social I'm disappointed to hear that the EHRC final guidance after the Supreme Court ruling could be delayed up to a year. This is simply not good enough. We urgently need clarity. The Government must bring the final guidance forward as quickly as possible: Marie Goldman MP @mariecgoldman.bsky.social 4.4K followers 256 following 287 posts Liberal Democrat MP for Chelmsford ii Dem Women and Equalities Spokesperson Promoted by Liberal Democrats, 1Vincent Square, SW1P 2PN.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 1d
If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 1d
Thoroughly justified criticism is being focused on Sheffield Hallam University here, but I think their insurers deserve to be named and shamed too, since it was their decision to remove cover which made the university's financial position untenable. They should not evade being held to account.
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 1d
👇 What does Labour have against rural Scotland?
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ian.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 1d
"Prime Minister comments on X" about it, today.

all of our politicians are mainlining the sewer into their veins
fenrisgames.com ian.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 2d
the train stabbings are obviously awful but "MP posted on X in response" really stands out these days
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 1d
Why does so much of the media pursue a 'Scotland is shit' reporting strategy? Because they support the Union and will do all they can to undermine your confidence in Scotland's ability to control its own destiny. It's a kind of bullying. Do you want to stay in a relationship with a bully?
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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 2d
I wish someone would ask Nigel Farage still supports proportional representation, now Reform are leading in the polls.

My guess is the answer is now "No." Though in a lot more words.
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Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇺 @carnaptiousmadeye.bsky.social · 1d
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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 1d
Last I knew, the average number of hops required to link two people *on Earth* was 2.7.
davelevitan.bsky.social Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 2d
Off the top of my head, in terms of degrees of separation I managed to get from myself to *Jimi Hendrix* in "three hops," this is a WILD assertion to make

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Several lawmakers said Thursday that the Pentagon relayed that it did not need to know the identities of those being targeted in the attacks, or if those killed had been trafficking drugs. “What they told us is they have to show a connection to a designated terrorist organization or their affiliate, and as long as they can show that connection, they believe they are authorized to strike,” Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-California) said in an interview. But such connections could be as much as “three hops away” from a known drug trafficker, Jacobs told reporters after the briefing.
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Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.1 @tammi.bsky.social · 1d
Kevin Bacon has gone into hiding.
davelevitan.bsky.social Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 2d
Off the top of my head, in terms of degrees of separation I managed to get from myself to *Jimi Hendrix* in "three hops," this is a WILD assertion to make

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Several lawmakers said Thursday that the Pentagon relayed that it did not need to know the identities of those being targeted in the attacks, or if those killed had been trafficking drugs. “What they told us is they have to show a connection to a designated terrorist organization or their affiliate, and as long as they can show that connection, they believe they are authorized to strike,” Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-California) said in an interview. But such connections could be as much as “three hops away” from a known drug trafficker, Jacobs told reporters after the briefing.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d
Hannan and Frost in the Telegraph.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.
rolandmcs.bsky.social Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2d
A Brexiter writes...
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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 1d
it's rather telling how people react to the awful stabbing incident on the LNER train

your usual, braindead suspects are going all-in on racism

everyone else (including myself) is at awe of the professionalism and conduct of the train staff and signallers
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