David Innes
@djinnes23.bsky.social
Dad of 4. Humanist. Research Project Manager @ Uni of Glasgow. Scotland, Rangers and Leeds United fan. Anti-Fascist
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Zero. That is how many posts my brand-new account on X – ostensibly belonging to a 15-year-old named Jake – had to scroll through before being shown hard-right political messaging 👇
I made a new X account to see if it promotes the far-right. Here's what happened
www.thenational.scot
December 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Zero. That is how many posts my brand-new account on X – ostensibly belonging to a 15-year-old named Jake – had to scroll through before being shown hard-right political messaging 👇
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Deputy Secy of State Christopher Landau says the US “cannot pretend that we are partners” w/ NATO nations because the European Union—of which many are members—pursues “policies of civilizational suicide.”
Landau is a former clerk of SCOTUS Justice Thomas. Stephen Miller lobbied for his appointment.
Landau is a former clerk of SCOTUS Justice Thomas. Stephen Miller lobbied for his appointment.
December 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Deputy Secy of State Christopher Landau says the US “cannot pretend that we are partners” w/ NATO nations because the European Union—of which many are members—pursues “policies of civilizational suicide.”
Landau is a former clerk of SCOTUS Justice Thomas. Stephen Miller lobbied for his appointment.
Landau is a former clerk of SCOTUS Justice Thomas. Stephen Miller lobbied for his appointment.
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"and it was on his Island where you became best friends...."
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"and it was on his Island where you became best friends...."
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A wee bit I wrote about the hammerblow of watching people from the country that gave us the Glasgow girls and Kenmure Street turn to the right. And about the opportunism of Farage as he heads north. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nigel Farage was once run out of Edinburgh. Now Scottish voters are embracing his rabble-rousing | Dani Garavelli
The Reform leader is exploiting growing resentment towards migrants and hosting a sold-out event - something unimaginable just a few years ago, says freelance columnist Dani Garavelli
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
A wee bit I wrote about the hammerblow of watching people from the country that gave us the Glasgow girls and Kenmure Street turn to the right. And about the opportunism of Farage as he heads north. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The bit in Fairytale of New York where it’s like:
Shane McGowan: Well I could have been someone
and then Kirsty MacColl is all:
WeLL sO cOuLD aNyOnE!!!!!!
she ate him up, no crumbs, men’s mental health who xxx
Shane McGowan: Well I could have been someone
and then Kirsty MacColl is all:
WeLL sO cOuLD aNyOnE!!!!!!
she ate him up, no crumbs, men’s mental health who xxx
December 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The bit in Fairytale of New York where it’s like:
Shane McGowan: Well I could have been someone
and then Kirsty MacColl is all:
WeLL sO cOuLD aNyOnE!!!!!!
she ate him up, no crumbs, men’s mental health who xxx
Shane McGowan: Well I could have been someone
and then Kirsty MacColl is all:
WeLL sO cOuLD aNyOnE!!!!!!
she ate him up, no crumbs, men’s mental health who xxx
Another day in June we’ll pick 11 for football 🏴. I’ve got friends in Boston and DC but won’t be going because I’m not prepared to risk being denied entry and detained due to anti Trump social media posts
December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Another day in June we’ll pick 11 for football 🏴. I’ve got friends in Boston and DC but won’t be going because I’m not prepared to risk being denied entry and detained due to anti Trump social media posts
Not sure the algorithm has quite got this one right 😂
December 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Not sure the algorithm has quite got this one right 😂
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🔴 BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access to 10+ Labour MPs and minister
Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access into heart of Labour government
Ex-Tory MP facilitated meetings with 10+ Labour MPs and met ministers in “cash-for-access operation”
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
🔴 BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access to 10+ Labour MPs and minister
Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
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Vigilante far-right 'street patrols' with links to Neo-Nazis and the support of senior Reform UK figures, are falsely claiming police backing, while attempting to infiltrate school networks in order to "protect" local children.
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
The Reform-Backed Far-Right Street Patrols Coming to British School Gates
EXCLUSIVE: Nationalist vigilante groups, with links to Neo-Nazis, and the support of senior Reform figures, have been falsely claiming police backing while attempting to infiltrate local school networ...
bylinetimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Vigilante far-right 'street patrols' with links to Neo-Nazis and the support of senior Reform UK figures, are falsely claiming police backing, while attempting to infiltrate school networks in order to "protect" local children.
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
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On top of the corruption and total lack of ethics, team Trump has zero understanding of Russia
December 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
On top of the corruption and total lack of ethics, team Trump has zero understanding of Russia
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A top UN counter-terrorism expert has compared Labour's UK to Putin's Russia over the 'abuse of law' banning Palestine Action ⬇️
UN expert likens Labour's 'abuse of law' in Palestine Action terror ban to Russia
www.thenational.scot
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A top UN counter-terrorism expert has compared Labour's UK to Putin's Russia over the 'abuse of law' banning Palestine Action ⬇️
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‘The rise of prejudice is what’s shocking to me.’
Salman Rushdie tells Andrew Marr that ‘casual racism’ from the 1970s is coming back.
Salman Rushdie tells Andrew Marr that ‘casual racism’ from the 1970s is coming back.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
‘The rise of prejudice is what’s shocking to me.’
Salman Rushdie tells Andrew Marr that ‘casual racism’ from the 1970s is coming back.
Salman Rushdie tells Andrew Marr that ‘casual racism’ from the 1970s is coming back.
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🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Meta was aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites; that its products exacerbated mental health issues in teens; and that content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet rarely removed.
time.com/7336204/meta...
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Meta was aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites; that its products exacerbated mental health issues in teens; and that content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet rarely removed.
time.com/7336204/meta...
time.com/7336204/meta...
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
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Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
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In the end, we no longer operate in a marketplace of ideas.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In the end, we no longer operate in a marketplace of ideas.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
Platforms run a marketplace of feeling, where attention, not evidence, decides what rises. Emotional charge beats truth every time. Politics adapts to that logic, producing hollow performances instead of functional decisions.
They could also try being honest about the main reason behind the rise in small boat crossings (Brexit) and actually doing something meaningful about the misinformation epidemic that has led us to the brink of electing a fascist government
This is the politics of blackmail. The alternative is not a Reform government. The alternative is maintaining our international commitments to being a compassionate nation
November 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
They could also try being honest about the main reason behind the rise in small boat crossings (Brexit) and actually doing something meaningful about the misinformation epidemic that has led us to the brink of electing a fascist government
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Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship
New documents show the pair discussing travel arrangements and UK politics in messages from 2018.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Yesterday in Parliament I said that the government should leave X.
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Yesterday in Parliament I said that the government should leave X.
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We are splintered as a civilisation, so atomised that nothing unites us. Debate is reduced to the playground. Narcissism trumps duty. We live more online than in the real-world. Splintered, childish, narcissistic, digital. These are the defining characteristics of this dreadful era we have forged
Crisis-hit BBC is just another casualty of the collapse of the 20th century rulebook
Like the Tory-Labour duopoly and the NHS, the BBC is a hangover from an age that’s dying. We must find how to make the media relevant again,…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We are splintered as a civilisation, so atomised that nothing unites us. Debate is reduced to the playground. Narcissism trumps duty. We live more online than in the real-world. Splintered, childish, narcissistic, digital. These are the defining characteristics of this dreadful era we have forged
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Lebensraum for the late American Century
November 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Lebensraum for the late American Century