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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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Gavin Greig @ggreig.com · 1h

Ingenious - build the needle’s eye bigger…

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chiller @thechiller.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 4h

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 · 4h

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.

www.bbc.com

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 14h

👇 What does Labour have against rural Scotland?

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ian.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 16h

"Prime Minister comments on X" about it, today.

all of our politicians are mainlining the sewer into their veins

ian.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 1d

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 · 21h

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 · 1d

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.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 23h

Kevin Bacon has gone into hiding.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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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.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 1d

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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Gavin Greig @ggreig.com · 23h

No, Y’hanathlei, no, there must be more to life, there has to be a way that we can restore to life the light that we have lost!

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Aditya @adityadubey.bsky.social · 1d

This is at BBC. It's sad how terror has become an euphemism. If this wasn't a terrifying incident I don't know what is.

screenshot of BBC news headline saying that: "Nothing to suggest train stabbing attack is terror-related, police say"

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 1d

How depressing that they feel they must make this the headline.

Guardian top story headline: “Cambridgeshire train stabbing: police say suspects are both British”

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Wullie @wullieforindy.bsky.social · 1d

inview.org.uk/news/183965-...
It’s our land, and our waters, but @uklabour.bsky.social our colonial masters act with impunity.
They’re withholding the details, which means whatever happened imo is serious enough to require a cover up by the MOD
#Scottishindependence would remove this toxic menace

MoD confirms ‘Category A’ nuclear incident at Faslane base but withholds details • InView.org.uk • Independent News

A serious nuclear incident took place at a UK naval base earlier this year, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has revealed.

inview.org.uk

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 1d

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor will now have to be called by his real name, just like everybody else, and rent or buy somewhere to live, just everybody else. That's supposed to be a punishment, by the way.

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Gavin Greig @ggreig.com · 1d

With not much information to share at the moment, a large part of the update on the train attacks seems to consist of the ethnicity of the people arrested.

With no other details about them, this can have no relevance to anyone except racists. Shocking that this is official policy in the UK.

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Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇺 @carnaptiousmadeye.bsky.social · 1d

Starmer has reneged on this statement from 2020.

Now we know why (apart from the fact duplicity is all we now expect from him).

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Greg Moodie @gregmoodie.bsky.social · 1d

A single paragraph that is likely to make you angry.

Scotland is expected to generate nearly three quarters of Britain’s onshore wind power with in five years — sparking fears the country is facing North Sea oil-style exploitation as a green energy supplier for England.

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Gavin Greig @ggreig.com · 1d

There’s a rogue nation in this post, but it’s not Nigeria.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Trump threatens to invade Nigeria "guns-a-blazing.”

“I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians!”

Trump: If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. Will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, "guns-a-blazing," to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities. I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians!
WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT
BETTER MOVE FAST!
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Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇺 @carnaptiousmadeye.bsky.social · 1d

This shit is happening 25 miles from Glasgow.

Now imagine it was 25 miles from Westminster.

MoD confirms ‘Category A’ nuclear incident at Faslane base but withholds details

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MoD confirms ‘Category A’ nuclear incident at Faslane base but withholds details

A serious nuclear incident occurred at a UK naval base earlier this year, as disclosed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The “category A” incident took place at HMNB Clyde in Faslane, Scotland, between January and April.

A “category A” event refers to those which have “actual or high potential for radioactive release to the environment”.

Independent News In View

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Fair Political Coverage - we want to hear from ALL our parties @fairpoliticsnow.bsky.social · 1d

Why is Reform’s Zia Yusuf the second major interview on the Laura Kunesburg Sunday programme this morning? Shouldn’t we be hearing from our 3 biggest UK parties on the morning of a potential terror attack? @kierstarmermp.bsky.social @kemibadenochmp.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk

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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 1d

Bookmark this one for future reference. Pretty spot on, I fear.

Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 1d

The thing about Johnson not swearing in Grijalva is that’s it a test for 2026.

If you think they will accept an outcome they don’t like, they will just Grijalva it.

So what’s the plan when the GOP says “we ain’t leaving, fuck you, make us.”

Because that IS what they are going to say.

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