Mr Pepin
@leighpepin.bsky.social
Teacher in Scotland, Dad, Husband, sometime musician, love books, films, Liverpool FC, Scotland National Team, football, photography, writing, history, archaeology and hillwalking.
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Not even 9am. So far on Radio 6, the news bulletins have featured a mother saying her daughters aren't safe because of asylum seekers, a Tory politician lambasting Labour for crossing numbers & Badenoch encouraging councils to lodge legal challenges against hotels. An endless stream of hateful bile.
August 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Not even 9am. So far on Radio 6, the news bulletins have featured a mother saying her daughters aren't safe because of asylum seekers, a Tory politician lambasting Labour for crossing numbers & Badenoch encouraging councils to lodge legal challenges against hotels. An endless stream of hateful bile.
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Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
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Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
February 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
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Now on 99,250 signatures!
By almost every economic and financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK - lets get this petition to the 100,000 needed today and start an honest and open conversation about it
By almost every economic and financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK - lets get this petition to the 100,000 needed today and start an honest and open conversation about it
This Petition just needs 5,000 signatures to get over the 100k needed for consideration for a Parliamentary debate
By almost every economic and financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK - lets start the conversation
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
By almost every economic and financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK - lets start the conversation
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible
I believe joining the EU would boost the economy, increase global influence, improve collaboration and provide stability & freedom. I believe that Brexit hasn't brought any tangible benefit and there ...
petition.parliament.uk
February 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Now on 99,250 signatures!
By almost every economic and financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK - lets get this petition to the 100,000 needed today and start an honest and open conversation about it
By almost every economic and financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK - lets get this petition to the 100,000 needed today and start an honest and open conversation about it
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This video is just epic.
The beauty of the human spirit’s ability to overcome & thrive. 🇵🇸 ❤️
The beauty of the human spirit’s ability to overcome & thrive. 🇵🇸 ❤️
February 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This video is just epic.
The beauty of the human spirit’s ability to overcome & thrive. 🇵🇸 ❤️
The beauty of the human spirit’s ability to overcome & thrive. 🇵🇸 ❤️
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That Trump is normalising the notion of a forcible eviction of an entire people from a patch of Middle Eastern land does not seem to bother Netanyahu. Caught up in his genocidal mania, he cannot even discern what a lethal notion this is for Israeli Jews. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Trump wants US to ‘take over’ Gaza after ethnically cleansing Palestinians
Trump unveiled shocking plan for Gaza at news conference with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu after White House meeting.
www.aljazeera.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
That Trump is normalising the notion of a forcible eviction of an entire people from a patch of Middle Eastern land does not seem to bother Netanyahu. Caught up in his genocidal mania, he cannot even discern what a lethal notion this is for Israeli Jews. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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YouGov find just 30% of people think we were right to leave the EU. The lowest number yet.
Just 10% of 18-24 year olds think it was the right decision.
Just 10% of 18-24 year olds think it was the right decision.
January 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
YouGov find just 30% of people think we were right to leave the EU. The lowest number yet.
Just 10% of 18-24 year olds think it was the right decision.
Just 10% of 18-24 year olds think it was the right decision.
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This is a good and accessible piece on the place of big tech in people’s lives. To me, that notion of being more deliberate about tech use will become increasingly important. A lot of what we do is habit, be that visiting Instagram or shopping on Amazon. Habits can be broken – sometimes within days.
Big tech is now formally in league with the far-right. The resistance to it will be personal and political iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-res...
How to resist the tech overlords
Big tech has now made its position clear. It is on the far-right. Here's what happens next.
iandunt.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is a good and accessible piece on the place of big tech in people’s lives. To me, that notion of being more deliberate about tech use will become increasingly important. A lot of what we do is habit, be that visiting Instagram or shopping on Amazon. Habits can be broken – sometimes within days.
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Led by donkeys killing it
January 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Led by donkeys killing it
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The Pulp Fiction dance scene except it’s to the theme song for Duck Tales
January 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Pulp Fiction dance scene except it’s to the theme song for Duck Tales
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Mick Lynch is retiring. An unparalleled communicator standing up for straightforward left values.
Here he calls out Labour for “being afraid of itself” 🙌
Always against nationalism, & for tackling wealth inequality. Legend.
Here he calls out Labour for “being afraid of itself” 🙌
Always against nationalism, & for tackling wealth inequality. Legend.
January 10, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Mick Lynch is retiring. An unparalleled communicator standing up for straightforward left values.
Here he calls out Labour for “being afraid of itself” 🙌
Always against nationalism, & for tackling wealth inequality. Legend.
Here he calls out Labour for “being afraid of itself” 🙌
Always against nationalism, & for tackling wealth inequality. Legend.
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Word of the day is ‘pavonise’ (19th century): to strut about like a peacock, all puffed up with conceit.
January 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Word of the day is ‘pavonise’ (19th century): to strut about like a peacock, all puffed up with conceit.
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And for those of you who don’t want to know tonight’s score, look away now
December 27, 2024 at 5:19 PM
And for those of you who don’t want to know tonight’s score, look away now
Been swithering about this one for a few days as it clearly has that Christmas feel but looks terrible. My kids (6 & 9) will most likely love it despite all its terribleness.
December 16, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Been swithering about this one for a few days as it clearly has that Christmas feel but looks terrible. My kids (6 & 9) will most likely love it despite all its terribleness.
Ben Lomond on the way home from work today and the sunset from Helensburgh.
December 9, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Ben Lomond on the way home from work today and the sunset from Helensburgh.
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Americans who sound like Carabao Cup ties
December 6, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Americans who sound like Carabao Cup ties
Seems fair enough. Olafur Arnalds was top last year.
December 4, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Seems fair enough. Olafur Arnalds was top last year.
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Massive away win for the little fella.
December 2, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Massive away win for the little fella.
An offering to the tea gods. Every morning, my wife makes a cup of tea. She then gets distracted, forgets about said tea, then discovers it again, only to discard it as she doesn't drink cold tea. (sometimes she regeats it in the microwave).
November 30, 2024 at 9:34 AM
An offering to the tea gods. Every morning, my wife makes a cup of tea. She then gets distracted, forgets about said tea, then discovers it again, only to discard it as she doesn't drink cold tea. (sometimes she regeats it in the microwave).
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The meme I didn't know I needed
November 29, 2024 at 1:06 AM
The meme I didn't know I needed
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“But the eggs were just so expensive.”
November 29, 2024 at 4:02 AM
“But the eggs were just so expensive.”
I found an unopened bottle of Virgin Olive Oil in the cupboard I didn't know was there/had forgotten about. Like finding a tenner down the back of the couch.
November 29, 2024 at 10:41 AM
I found an unopened bottle of Virgin Olive Oil in the cupboard I didn't know was there/had forgotten about. Like finding a tenner down the back of the couch.
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Etymology of the day: before a tapering piece of hanging ice was called an ‘icicle’ it was an ‘ickle’. In the Middle Ages people decided to add ‘ice’ for extra oomph and (tautologically) called it an ‘ice ickle’, until the two words eventually blended together.
November 28, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Etymology of the day: before a tapering piece of hanging ice was called an ‘icicle’ it was an ‘ickle’. In the Middle Ages people decided to add ‘ice’ for extra oomph and (tautologically) called it an ‘ice ickle’, until the two words eventually blended together.