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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 52m

Jared Leto thinks he’s method acting and in a way he is - he‘s an insufferable asshole to everybody on set and that’s how he comes across on screen.

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Edinburgh Greens @edinburghgreens.bsky.social · 1h

Chip in today to elect Q Manivannan – a radical voice to the Scottish Parliament who is ready to fight for change.

Any contribution - big or small - will make a huge difference to our people-powered campaign to deliver a record 3 Green MSPs for Edinburgh!

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/elect-q-ma...

Campaign poster for Q Manivannan of the Scottish Greens, smiling outdoors in a light blue blazer and purple shirt. Text reads: ‘Q Manivannan. Donate to support Q’s election campaign today! Scottish Parliament Election 2026.

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 2h

Apparently the ‘adult‘ way of approaching politics is to chew the scenery over an immigrant ‘crisis‘ that isn’t real because someone waved an England flag in your face.

Anything else is just immature, student politics.

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 3h

Fortunately their current president is an expert at going bankrupt so I’m sure he can steer them through it.

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 14h

The European Court of Human Rights. Even then, its judges are only human and I’m allowed to disagree with their decisions. Just because something has ‘Equality‘ or ‘Human rights‘ in its name doesn’t make it right.

Unless you believe North Korea is actually a democratic people‘s republic as well.

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 19h

In its current form, yes. When Baronness Faulkner took over seven people quit in protest at her transphobia. So which EHRC am I supposed to be supporting? I choose its previous, not transphobic, composition.

www.vice.com/en/article/e...

Exclusive: Senior Officials Quit Britain’s Equalities Watchdog EHRC Over Transphobia

Seven senior officials have quit the Equality and Human Rights Commission because of concerns over transphobia, VICE World News can reveal.

www.vice.com

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 23h

One part Mr Burns, one part Charlie Day in front of a cork board.

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

He actually wants to hire a transvestigator! This is something else.

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

He‘s gone from being Nero to full on Caligula.

Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

Trump posted a drawing of the arch in a wordless Truth Social post overnight Friday.

Trump Teases Apparently Huge Triumphal Arch Across From Lincoln Memorial

Trump posted a drawing of the arch in a wordless Truth Social post overnight Friday.

www.forbes.com

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

So a trick our household just learned which works with at least some types:

Wrap a £10 note around the neck of the bottle, under the cap, and slide it up. With the right type of security cap it will just pop off easily.

Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

I would kill everyone involved, starting with myself.

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

Would it be unfair of me to point out that we have already had a majority SNP Scottish Parliament and it did not result in independence?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

John Swinney's independence strategy backed by SNP members

The first minister will declare a mandate for a second independence referendum, if the SNP wins a majority of seats in the 2026 Holyrood election.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

Hacksaw?

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

Obviously, what we need is for the cis men to speak for the lesbians. Because, as every person who has met a lesbian knows, they are universally shrinking violets who are unable to speak for themselves.

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 2d

To give an example of what I mean I’m not sure other nations let democratically elected leaders keep their honorific after their term is over but it’s common for people to refer to ex-US presidents as ‘President such and such’.

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 2d

Deference that other countries gave to their monarch. (Bear in mind the US *almost* had presidents for life - it was seriously considered.)

In the late 18th century this wouldn’t have been considered odd but as more democracies bloomed it became quite a strange quirk.

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 2d

OK so I have a degree in history (not of journalism) but… Americans are weirdly deferential towards their president compared with other democratic countries imo.

I think it comes from being one of the first modern republics so they set a precedent early on of treating a president with the same…

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 2d

I would say Kelvin, as that has good Scottish roots in the university of Glasgow, but I’m not 100% sure she will have heard of it.

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 2d

I have bad news about how likely anyone antifa is to agree with each other, let alone anyone else.

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 2d

Alex Jones voice:
They’re turning the freakin‘ frogs antifa!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, it’s called a trial at The Hague.

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 3d

if i had a nickel for every time Ash Regan had run for leadership of a party, lost, and then quit that party entirely i’d have two nickels, etc, etc

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 3d

Well… yeah. Unless I’ve seriously misremembered the story of the Good Samaritan and they beat him up afterwards and then force him out of the country.

Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, to be fair I think that’s about when you get your National Insurance number. Of course, the fact we already have an NI number makes digital ID pointless for the problem they claim it solves.

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 3d

Sounds like ‘right to addiction recovery’ is as big a misnomer as ‘right to work‘ is in the US.

Patrick Harvie MSP @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 4d

This afternoon MSPs will decide whether to support a Bill called ‘Right to Addiction Recovery’. The title sounds like a good thing, and we all know that Scotland has appallingly high numbers of drug related deaths. So why is this Bill the wrong answer? 🧵

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