Tom Hogg
@tomhogg.bsky.social
Edinburgh based Partick Thistle fan. Member of the anti-growth coalition. I like football, beer, books, & active travel. Do a bit of gardening too.
That David Coburn story 👀
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
That David Coburn story 👀
Looking forward to hearing BBC Scotland reporting on the mooted ending of jury trials south of the border.
"...there are FIFTEEN PEOPLE on a Scottish jury *roll eyes emoji*"
"...there are FIFTEEN PEOPLE on a Scottish jury *roll eyes emoji*"
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Looking forward to hearing BBC Scotland reporting on the mooted ending of jury trials south of the border.
"...there are FIFTEEN PEOPLE on a Scottish jury *roll eyes emoji*"
"...there are FIFTEEN PEOPLE on a Scottish jury *roll eyes emoji*"
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Everyday you wake up and the news is even worse, but don't worry because today there's going to be a budget today at some point, so there will be an extra round of bad news at around lunch time.
You will forget the morning's bad news.
Except the jury thing. Fucking hell, the jury thing.
You will forget the morning's bad news.
Except the jury thing. Fucking hell, the jury thing.
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Everyday you wake up and the news is even worse, but don't worry because today there's going to be a budget today at some point, so there will be an extra round of bad news at around lunch time.
You will forget the morning's bad news.
Except the jury thing. Fucking hell, the jury thing.
You will forget the morning's bad news.
Except the jury thing. Fucking hell, the jury thing.
Presumably he'd sing it ragtime style while wearing blackface if he wanted to do that
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Presumably he'd sing it ragtime style while wearing blackface if he wanted to do that
Still going to the US World Cup?
ICE detained Katie, a British woman in the final stages of her green card process, while she was holding her 6 month old son.
She’s married to an American and was following the process, yet at her last immigration meeting they grabbed her.
She’s been detained ever since:
She’s married to an American and was following the process, yet at her last immigration meeting they grabbed her.
She’s been detained ever since:
British woman arrested by ICE agents in California while holding newborn son
Katie was in the final stages of securing her green card when she was detained.
metro.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Still going to the US World Cup?
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Such a shame that funding cuts are affecting many of Edinburgh's small scale wellbeing projects. I know that these activities are of great help to participants.
Due to a lack of continued funding, we completed our final walk with our Redhall group. We thank each and every walker for turning up in all kinds of weather, making everyone feel welcome and for their adventurous spirit.
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Such a shame that funding cuts are affecting many of Edinburgh's small scale wellbeing projects. I know that these activities are of great help to participants.
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Labour's anti-asylum policies are already fundamentally inhumane and discriminatory. Applying them retrospectively is pure cruelty though. It serves absolutely no purpose. Meanwhile it will increase the costs and bureaucracy of an already dysfunctional Home Office.
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Labour's anti-asylum policies are already fundamentally inhumane and discriminatory. Applying them retrospectively is pure cruelty though. It serves absolutely no purpose. Meanwhile it will increase the costs and bureaucracy of an already dysfunctional Home Office.
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
Stolpersteine are amazing wee things. Last year in Bamberg, N Bavaria, we walked along a street where the position of every house (not all were still houses) had multiple pavement plaques. Probably Jewish familes forced to live together before eventual removal to the camps.
In 1932 Jane Haining took on the role of matron at the Scottish Mission School in Budapest, which had about 400 pupils, a mixture of Jews and Christians. She helped keep the children safe until she was betrayed and arrested by German officers in April 1944. #Edinburgh
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Plaque for Scottish Holocaust victim to be unveiled in Edinburgh
The Stolperstein stone has been laid outside St Stephen's Church in Stockbridge in Edinburgh.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Stolpersteine are amazing wee things. Last year in Bamberg, N Bavaria, we walked along a street where the position of every house (not all were still houses) had multiple pavement plaques. Probably Jewish familes forced to live together before eventual removal to the camps.
Utterly grim. Hopefully this is taken seriously by the relevant authorities.
Far-right mob plans protest over migrants’ English class at primary school
www.thetimes.com/article/badd...
www.thetimes.com/article/badd...
Far-right mob plans protest over migrants’ English class at primary school
Glasgow city council has rounded on a self-styled child protection group which is aiming to picket a school on Monday
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Utterly grim. Hopefully this is taken seriously by the relevant authorities.
So today's football was quite fun. Still buzzing to be honest.
November 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
So today's football was quite fun. Still buzzing to be honest.
Traitors? Where people conspire to have others excluded on spurious grounds. Very on brand.
November 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Traitors? Where people conspire to have others excluded on spurious grounds. Very on brand.
This could, of course, just be a distraction while he forces Ukraine to give up large chunks of territory.
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This could, of course, just be a distraction while he forces Ukraine to give up large chunks of territory.
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While I'm not quite at the point of losing my house, the harm ai has done to my animation work income is huge, like 80% gone and it makes me wonder how many freelance artists and animators ARE losing everything while billionaire con men continue to rake it in.
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
While I'm not quite at the point of losing my house, the harm ai has done to my animation work income is huge, like 80% gone and it makes me wonder how many freelance artists and animators ARE losing everything while billionaire con men continue to rake it in.
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Compare and contrast the Government language.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Compare and contrast the Government language.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
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Odd how Farage was doing similar stuff at the same time, but I am totally 100% sure Farage was doing it for free.
November 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Odd how Farage was doing similar stuff at the same time, but I am totally 100% sure Farage was doing it for free.
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NEW: Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 10 and a half years for taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia when he was an MEP. Full story 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro-Russia speeches
Police say Nathan Gill received at least £40,000 while he was an MEP from Oleg Voloshyn, an alleged Russian asset
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
NEW: Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 10 and a half years for taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia when he was an MEP. Full story 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Exactly.
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Exactly.
I just caught a single wispy cloud in the western sky. It's gone now, but there are still some pink and grey highlights around. #edinburgh
November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I just caught a single wispy cloud in the western sky. It's gone now, but there are still some pink and grey highlights around. #edinburgh
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Does he even own a suit?
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Does he even own a suit?
We're missing what's happening elsewhere due to our self generated migrant hysteria. See also ongoing killings in Gaza and the West Bank, and the dreadful war in Sudan.
⚡️ 10 killed, 86 injured, emergency power outages across Ukraine as Russia launches mass missile, drone attack.
Russia launched 476 drones and 48 missiles at Ukraine, the Air Force reported.
Russia launched 476 drones and 48 missiles at Ukraine, the Air Force reported.
10 killed, 86 injured, emergency power outages across Ukraine as Russia launches mass missile, drone attack
Russia launched 476 drones and 48 missiles at Ukraine, including 47 cruise missiles and one ballistic missile, the Air Force reported.
kyivindependent.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We're missing what's happening elsewhere due to our self generated migrant hysteria. See also ongoing killings in Gaza and the West Bank, and the dreadful war in Sudan.
I'm a casual observer, at best, of our Scottish national football team. But last night I went to bed after watching the game on the telly, and there was adrenaline almost audibly roaring through my veins. No chance of sleep until after midnight.
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I'm a casual observer, at best, of our Scottish national football team. But last night I went to bed after watching the game on the telly, and there was adrenaline almost audibly roaring through my veins. No chance of sleep until after midnight.
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POINTS BASED IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, YOUR BOYS TOOK A HELL OF A BEATING
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
POINTS BASED IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, YOUR BOYS TOOK A HELL OF A BEATING
I'm not going to the USA. But Mexico or Canada..? Mebbes aye!
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I'm not going to the USA. But Mexico or Canada..? Mebbes aye!
Who is Troy Parrot again?
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Who is Troy Parrot again?