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Neil Scott @neilscott.substack.com · 19h

TicketTailor is great, but friends seem to be using this one recently: www.citizenticket.com

Citizen Ticket - Premium software for events and experiences

Host or Livestream your event through Citizen Ticket and sell tickets directly to your fans. Buy tickets to exclusive & private livestream events. Only on Citizen Ticket.

www.citizenticket.com

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chrislesliephoto.bsky.social @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social · 1d

My photo essay - published this morning…

‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Compassion is stronger than division’: Glasgow’s battle over the saltire

Scotland’s national flag has become a flashpoint in a growing cultural battle linked to anti-immigration sentiment. In the racially diverse Springburn area of Glasgow, people fear a storm is gathering...

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Neil Scott @neilscott.substack.com · 1d

Checking in on the Guardian's next generation of football talent page mainly to see what names (and haircuts) are fashionable: Reggie, Kallum, and Elvis are all heading to a pitch near you.

Neil Scott @neilscott.substack.com · 2d

My Spanish wife tells me that I have vicarious lived experience of being Spanish.

Tom Sutcliffe @tds153.bsky.social · 2d

Someone on the news talking about “vicarious lived experience”. Which presumably is another way of saying “unlived experience”.

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Neil Scott @neilscott.substack.com · 3d

www.instagram.com/p/DPqPHBXDNu...

mr.neil.scott on Instagram: "Great Scottish Run + Bök + Stackers + Solid State + Art"

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Neil Scott @neilscott.substack.com · 4d

Hopefully László Krasznahorkai will now be able to afford to buy a keyboard with an operational full stop key.

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Neil Scott @neilscott.substack.com · 4d

One of the few good things to come out of covid is the regular Drink with the Idler, featuring @askwilliamblake.bsky.social's thought for the week.

Last night was @irvinewelsh.bsky.social but I am particularly looking forward to hearing from Tim Richardson.

www.idler.co.uk/events/

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Neil Scott @neilscott.substack.com · 5d

I was going to post something about Jim from the Office for winning the Nobel Prize for Literature but stopped myself for fear of the Bluesky police. But nowadays my feed is full of people mocking sanctimony so I don't know what to think.

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Neil Scott @neilscott.substack.com · 7d

This tour is pretty well organised but I don't envy the three days going between the Isle of Man, Middlesbrough, and Buxton.

Neil Scott @neilscott.substack.com · 10d

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mr.neil.scott on Instagram: "When it rains (+)"

When it rains (+)View all comments

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Neil Scott @neilscott.substack.com · 11d

What were they (I) thinking!!!

Neil Scott @neilscott.substack.com · 11d

If you want something to watch in a storm, Powell and Pressburger's I Know Where I'm Going is perfect.

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Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert @jshphotog.bsky.social · 12d

#Glasgow by Raymond Depardon - PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN photos from 1980, by the #Magnum #photographer who brought out widely discussed book of Glasgow photos in 2016. www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture...

A World in Color: Across the United Kingdom | Magnum Photos Magnum Photos

www.magnumphotos.com

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Neil Scott @neilscott.substack.com · 12d

open.substack.com/pub/neilscot...

Neil Scott @neilscott.substack.com · 13d

How it started / How it's going

poster for Linda Montano and Tehching Hsieh's performance tied together for a year

Youtube thumbnail for MrBeast where people are chained for a month

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 13d

Are we allowed to put the heating on now?

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Bram E. Gieben @bramegieben.bsky.social · 14d

We're all going to capitalist hell

Neil Scott @neilscott.substack.com · 14d

Talk about Capitalist Realism. Someone has condensed Mark Fisher's book in a nine minute audiobook.

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Neil Scott @neilscott.substack.com · 14d

Talk about Capitalist Realism. Someone has condensed Mark Fisher's book in a nine minute audiobook.

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