eilidh
@eilidh.bsky.social
everything for everyone, all at once / well adjusted dilettante, occasional writer, housing/climate organiser/ views my own, duh!
bit early for new year’s resolutions but can 2026 be the death of barrel leg trouser please x
December 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
bit early for new year’s resolutions but can 2026 be the death of barrel leg trouser please x
one reason people never seem the reference when discussing the death of the high street - online shopping will never force you overheat in your big winter coat in a middle of a rammed bookshop in the run up to christmas
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
one reason people never seem the reference when discussing the death of the high street - online shopping will never force you overheat in your big winter coat in a middle of a rammed bookshop in the run up to christmas
do think it’s pretty appalling that employers can’t even send you a generic email to say your application is not being considered for interview. the hours that an applicant spends on a single application warrants that at least!
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
do think it’s pretty appalling that employers can’t even send you a generic email to say your application is not being considered for interview. the hours that an applicant spends on a single application warrants that at least!
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Because when you burn down a house and nobody ever rebuilds it, someone is still forced to live in the ashes
Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle
Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle
Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Because when you burn down a house and nobody ever rebuilds it, someone is still forced to live in the ashes
does anyone remember that young communist league article from a few years back which lambasted the left about not not looking “normal”
October 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
does anyone remember that young communist league article from a few years back which lambasted the left about not not looking “normal”
i don’t doubt AI has some wonderful uses but if you’re using AI to write the most basic emails you need to get a grip
October 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
i don’t doubt AI has some wonderful uses but if you’re using AI to write the most basic emails you need to get a grip
digital social cleansing - but i guess influencers would call that aesthetic
okay you’ve got to admit: edinburgh influencers using ai to literally erase the people of edinburgh is so spectacularly on the nose
October 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
digital social cleansing - but i guess influencers would call that aesthetic
reddit reviews of taylor’s new album are great
October 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
reddit reviews of taylor’s new album are great
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Apparently Israel’s genocidal acts are just “daft”.
October 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Apparently Israel’s genocidal acts are just “daft”.
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NEW: Rent controls are set to be introduced in Scotland after the Government’s housing reform legislation passed at Holyrood
'Important step forwards' as Housing Bill passes with plan for rent controls
www.thenational.scot
September 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
NEW: Rent controls are set to be introduced in Scotland after the Government’s housing reform legislation passed at Holyrood
anyway bill passed! scotland has rent controls! onwards comrades
watching the rent control vote by myself in a hotel at labour conference which is just such a depressing and also comically evil end to years of organising for this moment lmao
September 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
anyway bill passed! scotland has rent controls! onwards comrades
watching the rent control vote by myself in a hotel at labour conference which is just such a depressing and also comically evil end to years of organising for this moment lmao
September 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
watching the rent control vote by myself in a hotel at labour conference which is just such a depressing and also comically evil end to years of organising for this moment lmao
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it was his own staffer 💀
September 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
it was his own staffer 💀
from our final rally for rent controls last night. debate is today and the vote is tomorrow - then towards a future of permanent rent controls in scotland. up the might living rent 💚
September 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
from our final rally for rent controls last night. debate is today and the vote is tomorrow - then towards a future of permanent rent controls in scotland. up the might living rent 💚
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also engenders a dangerous complacency where the mass civil society response that is required to actually push back on this stuff doesn‘t happen because people convince themselves “it won’t happen so why should they have to put their heads above water on it“
Retrospectively removing indefinite leave to remain would be immoral and economically damaging. It would tear families apart.
Attacking it as ‘potentially illegal’ is completely beside the point.
Argue with the (awful) idea. Don’t try ’well, actually you can’t do that’.
Attacking it as ‘potentially illegal’ is completely beside the point.
Argue with the (awful) idea. Don’t try ’well, actually you can’t do that’.
September 22, 2025 at 7:52 AM
also engenders a dangerous complacency where the mass civil society response that is required to actually push back on this stuff doesn‘t happen because people convince themselves “it won’t happen so why should they have to put their heads above water on it“
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We are going to avoid worst case climate projections because of them…but at what cost?
September 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
We are going to avoid worst case climate projections because of them…but at what cost?
big bold beautiful journey was terrible btw. farrell and robbie both being hot still doesn’t redeem it
September 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
big bold beautiful journey was terrible btw. farrell and robbie both being hot still doesn’t redeem it
one of the fash kept showing a pic of a cross on their phone to me and kat so every time he did we’d would roll our eyes back and act like we were going through an exorcism lmao
September 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
one of the fash kept showing a pic of a cross on their phone to me and kat so every time he did we’d would roll our eyes back and act like we were going through an exorcism lmao
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NEW
Has the government overreached in using terrorism law against Palestine Action?
A disclosed MI5 document indicates that the basis for proscription may be weak
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Has the government overreached in using terrorism law against Palestine Action?
A disclosed MI5 document indicates that the basis for proscription may be weak
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
September 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW
Has the government overreached in using terrorism law against Palestine Action?
A disclosed MI5 document indicates that the basis for proscription may be weak
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Has the government overreached in using terrorism law against Palestine Action?
A disclosed MI5 document indicates that the basis for proscription may be weak
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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your party changing its avatar to a black circle and doing a notes apology
September 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
your party changing its avatar to a black circle and doing a notes apology
take this offline for the love of god
September 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
take this offline for the love of god
bastani should retract his “snivelling little shit” statement. archie, although a pedant, is very insightful
Good explainer thread on this chaos from @archimbaldo.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
bastani should retract his “snivelling little shit” statement. archie, although a pedant, is very insightful
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In Britain, every time you...
— turn on a tap
— flip a light switch
— board a train or bus
— post a letter
— drop your child at nursery
... you take part in a system designed to extract wealth & concentrate power.
🧵 From cradle to grave, this is how a failed experiment has shaped your life.
— turn on a tap
— flip a light switch
— board a train or bus
— post a letter
— drop your child at nursery
... you take part in a system designed to extract wealth & concentrate power.
🧵 From cradle to grave, this is how a failed experiment has shaped your life.
September 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
In Britain, every time you...
— turn on a tap
— flip a light switch
— board a train or bus
— post a letter
— drop your child at nursery
... you take part in a system designed to extract wealth & concentrate power.
🧵 From cradle to grave, this is how a failed experiment has shaped your life.
— turn on a tap
— flip a light switch
— board a train or bus
— post a letter
— drop your child at nursery
... you take part in a system designed to extract wealth & concentrate power.
🧵 From cradle to grave, this is how a failed experiment has shaped your life.
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Good explainer thread on this chaos from @archimbaldo.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Good explainer thread on this chaos from @archimbaldo.bsky.social