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Rory

@origamiwolf.bsky.social
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Editor/founder/writer @ScottishRugbyBlog.co.uk, singer-songwriter, web designer, sarcasmist who likes Films/TV/music/writing/#Mariners. An actual Highlander. Progressive.

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
According to Merriam-Webster a terrorist is defined as ”a person who uses or advocates violence, destruction, and fear to achieve political, religious, or ideological goals”. Daniel Thomas is a terrorist, not a protestor, and if you support him, you support terrorism. bsky.app/profile/news...
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There are so many crimes in this thread you have to wonder what the police and Home Secretary think they are doing at this point.
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Guy Milner (BurnAfterRunning / Unconventional GMs) @burnafterrunning.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If Bluesky wants to be a serious social media platform, it really needs much more Bake Off bantz.
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Rory @origamiwolf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Watching Nigella "easy, laid back simple food" discovering the concept of stress in real time #gbbo
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Steve J @reallyfubar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I refuse to believe someone who loves using windows so much wouldnt pay for it but 🤷🏼‍♀️
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I dunno about you, but I’m more concerned that the rich bloke with the fancy crown is potentially shielding his brother from charges of sexual assault involving a minor than I am about what he might have said about his ex-wife several decades ago.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Macklemore: Palestinian children are people. Robert Kraft *actively getting a handjob from a strip mall prostitute he refuses to tip*: We must ban this hate speech from every stadium in America. Let me call up my friends, the Epstein client list. Ed Sheeran: Good point, sir. Both sides, sir.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
And PS. YES, THAT ROBERT KRAFT, the one who was arrested for patronizing trafficked women in spas near Mar-a-Lago. www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
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Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged on two counts of first-degree solicitation
Patriots owner Robert Kraft has been charged with two counts of first-degree solicitation of a prostitute, with a scheduled court date of April 24.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Russian Businessman Financed Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Celebrations
Umar Kremlev paid for two nights of celebration after the wedding, Donald Trump Jr. and his wife confirmed.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Amy Borrett @amyborrett.ft.com · 08/09/2026
Britain’s state-owned electricity system operator has awarded Palantir a £21mn contract without inviting rival bids, arguing critical processes are too reliant on its tech to run a competitive procurement process Latest for @financialtimes.com: as.ft.com/r/7fe6c0b7-2...
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Britain’s grid operator gave Palantir contract without inviting rival bids
Neso cited a legal exemption that removes the requirement to consider other suppliers if dependencies leave no alternative
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Seriously, if you think hordes of balaclava-clad thugs are in the same category as homespun-wearing middle-class pensioners holding placards, you need to give your head a wobble.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I wish the media had the same urgency about the state of Mitch McConnell as they did for Kamala's W-2 from McDonald's in the 80s.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 06/09/2026
Witkoff and Kushner landed in Rzeszow, Poland close to the Ukrainian border. So they’ll have to take a train. But… I thought daddy Putin was granting them a flyover to Kyiv directly? He also conveniently bombed both airports in and near Kyiv the day prior.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Jared Kushner is currently negotiating for the USA. How gifted is Jared at negotiating? In 2007, Jared bought an office tower at the top of the market, the most expensive single-building real estate purchase in NYC history. The market tanked in 2008, leaving his company over $1 billion in debt.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Whether it's Bluesky users saying "Latinx" or X using AI that was trained on child pornography, both platforms have serious problems.
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Rory @origamiwolf.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"no known interest in the museum" what about "no obvious interest in the good of humanity" with a side of "continuous desecration of Tolkien's languages". What's the British Museum playing at?
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Film idea. Trading Places 2. Two rich old guys bet on what would happen if a total fucking idiot became leader of the free world.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Russian intelligence operatives were deeply engaged in fomenting the incident in Ceuta and then fanning it aggressively to right-wing and populist media in Europe and the UK. www.atalayar.com/en/articulo/...
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Networks Linked to Russia Amplified the Migration Crisis in Ceuta and Raised Alarms in Brussels
Networks linked to Russia amplified the migration crisis in Ceuta with far-right messages and conspiracy theories, raising alarms in&nbsp...
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Lotta people this weekend are gonna have a karaoke mic in their hand when they find out that Dolly was a SINGER singer and even the songs she made sound easy are very hard. Keep your head on a swivel.
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Rory @origamiwolf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Why are people mentioning G Hansard in the same breath as Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, Sam Neill?
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
What happens if the rank and file also have their feet up, asking this dumb robot to do their jobs while they have a wank and a Pot Noodle.
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Rory @origamiwolf.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
That BBC Marvin Gaye Prom was a belter, check it out while you can
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I think the ultimate test of this is actually Boris Johnson. Boris *was fired from his first job* for making up stories, only to go on to be hired into a prestigious role at the Telegraph and spend years lying about the EU at Brussels. And I mean literally lying here; not bad punditry.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Over 3000 people died this summer due to excess heat.
Richard Rice: Scrap net zero and enjoy the weather
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Nialler9 | Niall Byrne @nialler9.com · 15/08/2026
What wasn't said about Glen Hansard nialler9music.substack.com/p/the-news-a...
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The news at Nine: What wasn't said about Glen Hansard
What wasn't said about Glen Hansard
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
When are journalists in the established press and elsewhere going to openly admit that journalists and their publications are invested in their own power to shape and influence how stories unfold and what happens to people's lives? This isn't a position of neutrality. And it is the starting point.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Again I note that parts of the right are literally trying to turn empathy into a negative and that this is a bad thing.
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Tony - Pod Guy - Groves @tonygroves.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The last thing we need is a witch hunt against those who participated in a so-called witch hunt | someone in the Spectator-Telegraph shortly
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Dr Neutopia @oceanclub.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The same UK media that hounded Jason Arday to his death were last week sharing amusing anecdotes about how Rod Liddle's copy was full of lies.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026
This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.
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Jason Arday found dead
2 hours ago — Mr Arday was found •unresponsive• at an address in Battersea. south London. on Froy
afternoon. He was uter pronounced dead at the scene. A Read rnore
Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His .
6 hours ago — Jason Arday says he was an i&erate. mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black
professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11
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A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance — take it from Dr Arday
1 day aeo — Juon Arday resigns from the Unwersity of Cambrdge after The Telegraph reports he had
falseb• claimed to have pubåshed a book
We are all Jason Arday now
S days ago — Jason Arday resons from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had
falsew cGimed to have published a book Aug 7.2028. Read more
Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up..
2 Aug 2026 — He was not bom until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academk
plagiarism after The Tekgragh that he had been accused
The Jason Arday 'memoir' that now appears to be more .
7 days ago — Instead of tales of triumph over adversity. the now-fomer Cambridge professors
autob"qraphy is a case study in self-rnythobgising,
Arday failed to mention 'months-long coma' in autobiography
8 days ago — Jason Arday toz publishers he was k•ft a three-month coma fohwhg a car gash. but
never wrote about the ordeal his memoirs_
Jason Arday is living proof that you reap what you sow
6 Aug 2028 — The Cambridge professor feed plagiarism alegations and made fantastical clä'ns about
his life. so what did he expect woUz happen? Read rmre
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Arday 'accused student of Miite privilege' after she
4 days ago — Forrner Cambrdge professor alleged* htplied that Roehamptm student was racist after
cornplaint about essay SOOre.
Jason Arday is rnerely a symptom of the Leffs corruption
Aug 2026 — Lab-curs on school standards is on the same toxic assumptions that created his
academic career.
Cambridge hired Arday after 'listening to black stu…
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Your regular reminder that Nigel Farage is every inch an establishment figure. Public school, the city, long career in politics. Multimillionaire.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Funny how no one asked russia to halt strikes on Ukrainian civilians.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 12/08/2026
I wonder if Chinese officials also have meetings debating which highly efficient energy infastructure technology options are unacceptable on account of being too woke and gay.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The Mandelson/Lebedev/Deripaska connections get more and more disturbing the deeper you dive
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Emissions from two proposed Scottish oil and gas projects would cause so many heat deaths it would be equivalent to killing more people than live in Inverness, according to new analysis 👇 Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Rory @origamiwolf.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I quite liked Tenet, which I finally got round to watching last night.
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Ben Edwards @bostonhistory.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The president of the United States is a mentally deranged con man and a pathological liar.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The hilarious thing about this slam on Jeanine Pirro is that Donald Trump *quite famously* doesn’t know how to fold an umbrella.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Nigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him
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kc kc kc (ichabod era) @katecrane.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"And just remember, the guy who is willing to say shit out loud, even when no one believes them, is most likely THE ONLY person willing to put their body on the line FOR YOU. Men aren’t going to do it. So fucking value us."
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IN WHAT FUCKING UNIVERSE?
This last week I was just cookin’ along minding my business when I suddenly found myself quite depressed.
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Rory @origamiwolf.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This'll be like the football where everyone's running around the parliament waving their hand over their mouth trying to snitch on people "did you hear that ref?!"
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The Kind And Ethical Gooner @wolter6231.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
if you see someone putting a piece of printed cardboard into their phone case because they like it, and you get mad because you think the printed cardboard belongs on a shelf, you are a sad sad person and i hope you learn to love life more and be more human.
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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Thoughts on the dead singer. Yesterday, my middle aged straight hairy biker son went on one on social media about the dead singer and those eulogising him. He did not hold back. What was unusual was that he took to social media to vent knowing it would attract vile bile. I asked him why.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Big new story from @annaisaac.bsky.social. Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother before she made Reform & Tice donations. The even bigger question now is where did Cottrell’s money come from? And this is where I think a very big problem lies.. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK
Exclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her son
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 27/07/2026
Welcome to the frontpage of the Daily Telegraph* website... * The newspaper that has relentlessly spent the past three decades seeking to belittle climate science and undermine climate action at every turn
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Bill Oddie, naturalist and broadcaster, dies aged 85 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Bill Oddie, naturalist and broadcaster, dies aged 85
Coming to fame in The Goodies, Oddie was later known for his wildlife expertise and presented BBC Springwatch
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