Bentley Steed
@bentleysteed.bsky.social
Andrew makes bespoke furniture from sustainable local hardwoods in Fife, Scotland. Writes and paints. Enjoys history, very original fiction and Bruichladdich. Recovering bookseller.
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I'm in! When do we march? Time is running out . . .
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I'm in! When do we march? Time is running out . . .
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February 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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I'm in! When do we march? Time is running out . . .
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I'm in! When do we march? Time is running out . . .
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Have written fiction for years for my own amusement. First draft novels, screenplays, story outlines...
I'm not a noob. Studied IT as a postgrad. Firewall settings always cranked-up to MYOFB. Everything locked-up tight.
Looked in the system tray just now and feel like I've burgled.
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I'm not a noob. Studied IT as a postgrad. Firewall settings always cranked-up to MYOFB. Everything locked-up tight.
Looked in the system tray just now and feel like I've burgled.
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February 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Have written fiction for years for my own amusement. First draft novels, screenplays, story outlines...
I'm not a noob. Studied IT as a postgrad. Firewall settings always cranked-up to MYOFB. Everything locked-up tight.
Looked in the system tray just now and feel like I've burgled.
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I'm not a noob. Studied IT as a postgrad. Firewall settings always cranked-up to MYOFB. Everything locked-up tight.
Looked in the system tray just now and feel like I've burgled.
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Spent 3 days researching which CAD program to best use on next big project because nothing can justify the AutoDesk rip-off.
I opted for Dassault's SolidWorks. Affordable and I've used it before with the big plus that's created by a European company.
www.solidworks.com
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I opted for Dassault's SolidWorks. Affordable and I've used it before with the big plus that's created by a European company.
www.solidworks.com
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www.solidworks.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Spent 3 days researching which CAD program to best use on next big project because nothing can justify the AutoDesk rip-off.
I opted for Dassault's SolidWorks. Affordable and I've used it before with the big plus that's created by a European company.
www.solidworks.com
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I opted for Dassault's SolidWorks. Affordable and I've used it before with the big plus that's created by a European company.
www.solidworks.com
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Oi, @channel4news.bsky.social are you even awake? The merger of SpaceX with xAI is not the big news about Jeffrey Epstein's other South-African friend, Elon Musk.
Why not swap notes with your chums in Manchester?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Why not swap notes with your chums in Manchester?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit
Prosecutors’ announcement comes amid a hardening of European attitudes to social media firms
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Oi, @channel4news.bsky.social are you even awake? The merger of SpaceX with xAI is not the big news about Jeffrey Epstein's other South-African friend, Elon Musk.
Why not swap notes with your chums in Manchester?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Why not swap notes with your chums in Manchester?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Somehow, there are still folk in Scotland (and the rest of the UK) who think that the UK govt is better placed to defend us than an independent Scotland. Last week, the same muppets who made Peter Mandelson the UK ambassador, signed a defence agreement with Peter Thiel's company Palantir.
EFTA00852324.pdf -
07/2015- That time Epstein introduced Peter Theil to known high ranking Russian FSB official Sergey Belyakov.
07/2015- That time Epstein introduced Peter Theil to known high ranking Russian FSB official Sergey Belyakov.
two men in suits and ties are laughing with the words nothing suspicious here written below them
ALT: two men in suits and ties are laughing with the words nothing suspicious here written below them
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Somehow, there are still folk in Scotland (and the rest of the UK) who think that the UK govt is better placed to defend us than an independent Scotland. Last week, the same muppets who made Peter Mandelson the UK ambassador, signed a defence agreement with Peter Thiel's company Palantir.
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It's not radical to think every vote should count.
It's not radical to think every constituency should matter.
It's not radical to think 34% of the vote is not a landslide.
It's not radical to want to vote for the party you truly support.
It's common sense. #PRnow
It's not radical to think every constituency should matter.
It's not radical to think 34% of the vote is not a landslide.
It's not radical to want to vote for the party you truly support.
It's common sense. #PRnow
January 27, 2026 at 12:35 PM
It's not radical to think every vote should count.
It's not radical to think every constituency should matter.
It's not radical to think 34% of the vote is not a landslide.
It's not radical to want to vote for the party you truly support.
It's common sense. #PRnow
It's not radical to think every constituency should matter.
It's not radical to think 34% of the vote is not a landslide.
It's not radical to want to vote for the party you truly support.
It's common sense. #PRnow
Absolute butt-nugget.
English is a Germanic dialect but then maybe if Yank schools taught kids how to spell, they'd have also been able to write to their elected representatives to not only ask about the delayed release of the Epstein Files but why they're not called 'The Trump Files'.
English is a Germanic dialect but then maybe if Yank schools taught kids how to spell, they'd have also been able to write to their elected representatives to not only ask about the delayed release of the Epstein Files but why they're not called 'The Trump Files'.
Trump in Davos, Switzerland:
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
January 21, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Absolute butt-nugget.
English is a Germanic dialect but then maybe if Yank schools taught kids how to spell, they'd have also been able to write to their elected representatives to not only ask about the delayed release of the Epstein Files but why they're not called 'The Trump Files'.
English is a Germanic dialect but then maybe if Yank schools taught kids how to spell, they'd have also been able to write to their elected representatives to not only ask about the delayed release of the Epstein Files but why they're not called 'The Trump Files'.
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Bonus: people who voted for Trump won't even get the joke.
January 20, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Bonus: people who voted for Trump won't even get the joke.
There's no such thing as "British Greens". What a feckin' idjit.
The Green Party of England & Wales is led by Zac Polanski.
The Scottish Greens are a pro-independence party registered in Scotland.
Tonight's winner of Russian-sponsored bot...
The Green Party of England & Wales is led by Zac Polanski.
The Scottish Greens are a pro-independence party registered in Scotland.
Tonight's winner of Russian-sponsored bot...
British Greens had a great run. Now they will start talking about foreign policy, probably the usual Putin bootlicking, and their popularity will collapse.
January 18, 2026 at 9:23 PM
There's no such thing as "British Greens". What a feckin' idjit.
The Green Party of England & Wales is led by Zac Polanski.
The Scottish Greens are a pro-independence party registered in Scotland.
Tonight's winner of Russian-sponsored bot...
The Green Party of England & Wales is led by Zac Polanski.
The Scottish Greens are a pro-independence party registered in Scotland.
Tonight's winner of Russian-sponsored bot...
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Where are the trees?
We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub…We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep, grouse and deer stalking.
We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub…We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep, grouse and deer stalking.
January 17, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Where are the trees?
We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub…We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep, grouse and deer stalking.
We have A LOT of this landscape and less than 4% native woodland. This should be a rich mosaic of habitats, moor, bog, woodland, montane scrub…We force it to remain in this artificial state. We don’t need to give every inch of our uplands over to sheep, grouse and deer stalking.
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N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth series made her the first Black author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel. She is the first author to win in 3 consecutive years & the first to win for all 3 novels in a trilogy. Recipient MacArthur Genius Grant, 2020.
#ScienceFictionDay #ScienceFantasy #scifi #booksky
#ScienceFictionDay #ScienceFantasy #scifi #booksky
January 2, 2026 at 4:23 PM
N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth series made her the first Black author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel. She is the first author to win in 3 consecutive years & the first to win for all 3 novels in a trilogy. Recipient MacArthur Genius Grant, 2020.
#ScienceFictionDay #ScienceFantasy #scifi #booksky
#ScienceFictionDay #ScienceFantasy #scifi #booksky
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“the only people who would want to stay connected to a politics that no longer exists are, you’ve guessed it, unionists.”
~Brian Feeney
The Irish News
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~Brian Feeney
The Irish News
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December 31, 2025 at 7:07 AM
“the only people who would want to stay connected to a politics that no longer exists are, you’ve guessed it, unionists.”
~Brian Feeney
The Irish News
☕️🥐
~Brian Feeney
The Irish News
☕️🥐
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“I voted once for Trump in 2016 — I’ve learned right wing media is just a propaganda machine… ask yourself if the principles of this administration are actually in line with the teachings of Jesus. All they’re doing is exploiting the poor for the benefit of the billionaires.”
December 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
“I voted once for Trump in 2016 — I’ve learned right wing media is just a propaganda machine… ask yourself if the principles of this administration are actually in line with the teachings of Jesus. All they’re doing is exploiting the poor for the benefit of the billionaires.”
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Read this. Then read it again.
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Read this. Then read it again.
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From President Zelensky's official telegram account.
December 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
From President Zelensky's official telegram account.
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Amazon is making money off AI copies of books - and putting the onus on authors to prove they’ve been plagiarised.
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon Is the World's Biggest Online Book Marketplace. It's Filled With AI Knockoffs
Authors say Amazon's knockoff book problem is leaving them frustrated — and making the internet worse in the process.
www.rollingstone.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Amazon is making money off AI copies of books - and putting the onus on authors to prove they’ve been plagiarised.
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Honestly, just stop buying books from Amazon. Get them from an actual bookshop or order them from a reputable book supplier like bookshop.org
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
It's official, and as someone who was diagnosed dyslexic later in life, I can't say I'm surprised, Times New Roman is the official font of 21st Century fascism:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I prefer Courier: it's the font on old typewriters & looks just as good on all operating systems.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I prefer Courier: it's the font on old typewriters & looks just as good on all operating systems.
Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman
Memo from Marco Rubio reportedly said cutting Calibri from official communication would ‘abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program’
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It's official, and as someone who was diagnosed dyslexic later in life, I can't say I'm surprised, Times New Roman is the official font of 21st Century fascism:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I prefer Courier: it's the font on old typewriters & looks just as good on all operating systems.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I prefer Courier: it's the font on old typewriters & looks just as good on all operating systems.
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Even with Scotland’s relatively large 65+ population - the group least likely to back independence - the overall picture is clear.
Across the full voting population, current polling shows YES would win a referendum with almost 59% support.
Scotland has already moved on.
#ENDTHEUNION
#FREESCOTLAND
Across the full voting population, current polling shows YES would win a referendum with almost 59% support.
Scotland has already moved on.
#ENDTHEUNION
#FREESCOTLAND
December 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Even with Scotland’s relatively large 65+ population - the group least likely to back independence - the overall picture is clear.
Across the full voting population, current polling shows YES would win a referendum with almost 59% support.
Scotland has already moved on.
#ENDTHEUNION
#FREESCOTLAND
Across the full voting population, current polling shows YES would win a referendum with almost 59% support.
Scotland has already moved on.
#ENDTHEUNION
#FREESCOTLAND
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*cough* If you're gift shopping for anyone interested in how the world works, do consider these. Storm in a Teacup is all about the physics of everyday life and Blue Machine is all about how the ocean works - the water itself, which is the biggest story on Earth. Share the joy of nature & science!
December 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
*cough* If you're gift shopping for anyone interested in how the world works, do consider these. Storm in a Teacup is all about the physics of everyday life and Blue Machine is all about how the ocean works - the water itself, which is the biggest story on Earth. Share the joy of nature & science!
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December 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"Britain" is not a country and while folks in England continue to delude themselves otherwise, Russia will continue to accurately assess that the United Kingdom is a weak link between Europe and the US. The ability to control the future begins with some honest reflection of past and present actions.
"There’s a bit of an obsession with Britain. We're a nuclear power, we're on the UN security council, and we have a relationship with Washington closer than any other European country. Brexit and our economic problems all play to this idea that the UK is a soft target."
archive.is/2025.12.06-0...
archive.is/2025.12.06-0...
December 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Britain" is not a country and while folks in England continue to delude themselves otherwise, Russia will continue to accurately assess that the United Kingdom is a weak link between Europe and the US. The ability to control the future begins with some honest reflection of past and present actions.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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