Douglas Murray
@hairyscotsman.bsky.social
He/They. Cis. Global Citizen. Wordsmith. Anti-nationist. Anti-othering. 13th Age artificer guy. The only thing to hate is hate itself. #GTTO #TTRPG
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Still puzzles me why people are so easily persuaded to attack migrants and refugees; when destroying Billionaires would be more rewarding for them.
It isn’t the refugees paying you rubbish wages.
It isn’t refugees trashing your planet.
No Billionaires, means a better life for everyone else.
It isn’t the refugees paying you rubbish wages.
It isn’t refugees trashing your planet.
No Billionaires, means a better life for everyone else.
December 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Still puzzles me why people are so easily persuaded to attack migrants and refugees; when destroying Billionaires would be more rewarding for them.
It isn’t the refugees paying you rubbish wages.
It isn’t refugees trashing your planet.
No Billionaires, means a better life for everyone else.
It isn’t the refugees paying you rubbish wages.
It isn’t refugees trashing your planet.
No Billionaires, means a better life for everyone else.
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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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So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
December 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
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“The world really has to wake up and do something about chemical pollution. I would argue that the problem of chemical pollution is every bit as serious as the problem with climate change.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds
Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environment
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
“The world really has to wake up and do something about chemical pollution. I would argue that the problem of chemical pollution is every bit as serious as the problem with climate change.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Wealth inequality is increasing rapidly across the world - it's a threat to our democracies, our planet and our freedoms. That's why governments must tax us, the super-rich #TaxTheSuperRich
https://theguardian.pulse.ly/appmydcun4
https://theguardian.pulse.ly/appmydcun4
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%
theguardian.pulse.ly
December 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Wealth inequality is increasing rapidly across the world - it's a threat to our democracies, our planet and our freedoms. That's why governments must tax us, the super-rich #TaxTheSuperRich
https://theguardian.pulse.ly/appmydcun4
https://theguardian.pulse.ly/appmydcun4
Is this the pure aisle?
December 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Is this the pure aisle?
Influencer: You have to have the latest...
Shiny television
person: You have to have the
latest...
Product
placement: You have to have
this as it is
ubiquitous...
You: Are a trained
consumer
monkey
Shiny television
person: You have to have the
latest...
Product
placement: You have to have
this as it is
ubiquitous...
You: Are a trained
consumer
monkey
December 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Influencer: You have to have the latest...
Shiny television
person: You have to have the
latest...
Product
placement: You have to have
this as it is
ubiquitous...
You: Are a trained
consumer
monkey
Shiny television
person: You have to have the
latest...
Product
placement: You have to have
this as it is
ubiquitous...
You: Are a trained
consumer
monkey
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I notice the bedraggled sociopath makes no mention of private jets at private airports, or the VIP lounge at Heathrow. Every accusation etc.
December 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I notice the bedraggled sociopath makes no mention of private jets at private airports, or the VIP lounge at Heathrow. Every accusation etc.
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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"I have never known such existential dread as when I realized that one of the only available jobs for writers these days is training AI to replace us"
This piece, via @suw.bsky.social, is both depressing and accurate for all kinds of writers, me included
www.mfolson.com/post/publish...
This piece, via @suw.bsky.social, is both depressing and accurate for all kinds of writers, me included
www.mfolson.com/post/publish...
Publishing: The Age of Unpredictability
Every now and then, I encounter someone who's been working on a book or comic or short story collection, and they ask me for advice on how to "break in" to the publishing industry.There are some authors who like to answer this question with a sardonic, embittered "Don't quit your day job," but I always hated that. So I tried to have a good answer ready for developing writers. (Incidentally, I hate the term “aspiring writer.” My friends, if you write, you’re a writer. That's how verbs work.) I wo
www.mfolson.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"I have never known such existential dread as when I realized that one of the only available jobs for writers these days is training AI to replace us"
This piece, via @suw.bsky.social, is both depressing and accurate for all kinds of writers, me included
www.mfolson.com/post/publish...
This piece, via @suw.bsky.social, is both depressing and accurate for all kinds of writers, me included
www.mfolson.com/post/publish...
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MI5 impeded inquiry into Stakeknife agent who murdered for IRA, says official report
MI5 impeded inquiry into Stakeknife agent who murdered for IRA, says official report
Nine-year investigation paints highly critical picture of MI5’s handling of double agent
Britain’s security services allowed a top agent inside the IRA to commit murders and then impeded a police investigation into the affair, according to a damning official report.
MI5 helped the double agent known as Stakeknife to evade justice from a perverse sense of loyalty that outlasted Northern Ireland’s Troubles, the police investigation known as Operation Kenova said on Tuesday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
MI5 impeded inquiry into Stakeknife agent who murdered for IRA, says official report
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An important point to come out of the Sandie Peggie case is that 'gender critical' employees can't take matters into their own hands and confront trans employees. If they do that it is likely to be harassment/ bullying/ a hate incident.
December 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
An important point to come out of the Sandie Peggie case is that 'gender critical' employees can't take matters into their own hands and confront trans employees. If they do that it is likely to be harassment/ bullying/ a hate incident.
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When are we to expect newspaper front-page interview features with Dr. Beth Upton about her two-year ordeal of having her right to anonymity removed and her name dragged through the mud and being decried as a sexual predator only for a tribunal to clear her and find SHE was discriminated against?
Sandie Peggie's agony...
BBC News - Scotland's papers: Sandie Peggie 'agony' as NHS board 'harassed nurse'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Scotland's papers: Sandie Peggie 'agony' as NHS board 'harassed nurse'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scotland's papers: Sandie Peggie 'agony' as NHS board 'harassed nurse'
A review of the front page stories from the daily newspapers in Scotland.
www.bbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
When are we to expect newspaper front-page interview features with Dr. Beth Upton about her two-year ordeal of having her right to anonymity removed and her name dragged through the mud and being decried as a sexual predator only for a tribunal to clear her and find SHE was discriminated against?
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Imagine appealing against dignity, equality and inclusion.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Woman loses sex discrimination case after toilet complaint
Maria Kelly took legal action against Leonardo UK alleging harassment and discrimination after seeing a trans colleague in female toilets.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Imagine appealing against dignity, equality and inclusion.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The idea that “once any transphobe has complained, we lose our rights” is now portrayed by the media as the new law. In reality, no lawyer would take that as a correct takeaway of the ET judgment.
Also another recent ET, Leonardo, goes even further, held that inclusion is not optional.
Also another recent ET, Leonardo, goes even further, held that inclusion is not optional.
December 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The idea that “once any transphobe has complained, we lose our rights” is now portrayed by the media as the new law. In reality, no lawyer would take that as a correct takeaway of the ET judgment.
Also another recent ET, Leonardo, goes even further, held that inclusion is not optional.
Also another recent ET, Leonardo, goes even further, held that inclusion is not optional.
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it's genuinely insane to see boomers like piers morgan or whoever lecturing younger generations about how the instant gratification of phones and social media have ruined their generations. are you fucking insane? it's the boomers and xers who have been cooked down to a slurry by their phones
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
it's genuinely insane to see boomers like piers morgan or whoever lecturing younger generations about how the instant gratification of phones and social media have ruined their generations. are you fucking insane? it's the boomers and xers who have been cooked down to a slurry by their phones
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It is becoming increasingly obvious that the oligarchs, backed by the scum in the Kremlin and the White House, want to carve up Europe between the USA and Russia.
December 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the oligarchs, backed by the scum in the Kremlin and the White House, want to carve up Europe between the USA and Russia.
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Critics of disability benefits largely frame it as a concern for government spending but beneath it, there’s often a clear prejudice: disabled people should have miserable little lives (unlike hardworking, normal people).
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Critics of disability benefits largely frame it as a concern for government spending but beneath it, there’s often a clear prejudice: disabled people should have miserable little lives (unlike hardworking, normal people).
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I've been trying to use AI to support a narrative review. Has worked well in many aspects of the work. But it's screwed up royally in three ways:
1. Failed to suspect a study with 100% response rate and 100% agreement by >6000 participants to have a blood test. Saw this as a "quality feature".
1. Failed to suspect a study with 100% response rate and 100% agreement by >6000 participants to have a blood test. Saw this as a "quality feature".
December 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I've been trying to use AI to support a narrative review. Has worked well in many aspects of the work. But it's screwed up royally in three ways:
1. Failed to suspect a study with 100% response rate and 100% agreement by >6000 participants to have a blood test. Saw this as a "quality feature".
1. Failed to suspect a study with 100% response rate and 100% agreement by >6000 participants to have a blood test. Saw this as a "quality feature".
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I'm old enough to remember when FIFA was about kicking balls, not sucking them.
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I'm old enough to remember when FIFA was about kicking balls, not sucking them.
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Ah yes, Nick Timothy. Adviser to Theresa May. Responsible for, among other things, the...
- Hostile Environment
- Windrush Scandal
- Go Home Vans
- "Strong and stable"
- Hostile Environment
- Windrush Scandal
- Go Home Vans
- "Strong and stable"
December 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Ah yes, Nick Timothy. Adviser to Theresa May. Responsible for, among other things, the...
- Hostile Environment
- Windrush Scandal
- Go Home Vans
- "Strong and stable"
- Hostile Environment
- Windrush Scandal
- Go Home Vans
- "Strong and stable"