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Alan Burkitt-Gray

@alanburkittgray.bsky.social
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Full-time tech and telecoms journalist from 1973 to 2023. Now retired from paid work but active in Blackheath Society, GLIAS and GIHS. London SE3

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cdog62.bsky.social @cdog62.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Jayo @jayo-dublin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Margaret Thatcher’s government initiated a policy under the 1981 Regulation 909 that allowed local education authorities to sell off school playing fields considered surplus to their requirements. But not the private schools! Even took away free school milk to underprivileged areas.
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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 06/10/2026
In June, Belgium’s diamond industry gifted Trump an 18-karat gold ring encrusted with 321 diamonds and 75 gemstones. A month later, European diamonds got an exemption from Trump’s tariffs. We don’t know where the ring is today. Where did it go? Did Trump keep it for himself?
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You don't eulogize a fucking child rapist unless you're a sympathizer or one yourself. Don't get me started on this bullshit. You know MAGA will cry like little twatsicles when their pedo idol finally does America a favor and finally resides in Hell.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The wrecking crew in action again: destroy things, replace them with nothing then complain everything is increasingly broken and shit.
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NEW: BBC Scotland is to become online only as the broadcaster pushes ahead with sweeping cuts aimed at saving £500 million
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The prosecution case is that Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate used and threatened physical and sexual violence in order to maintain control and compliance." Where are the voices from the self appointed defenders of women and young girls who would usually be on this? www.reuters.com/world/uk/tat...
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Tate brothers used 'lover boy' model to exploit women, Britain says
Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate used a "lover boy" model to lure women with the ‌promise of romantic relationships before coercing them to create online pornography, British law enfor...
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Agreed.......
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Andy @judgedreddful.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Archer is half remembered as a bit of a joke, a humorous footnote to 80’s pop culture. He was actually an utter cunt. We need to remember that.
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Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As ever, and for the last time in connection with lying shit Jeffrey Archer, we remember Monica Coghlan, whose life he destroyed.
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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.
Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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mklinger421.bsky.social @mklinger421.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When @people.com does better journalism.... people.com/dennis-haste...
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Dennis Hastert, Former House Speaker Disgraced by Child Sex Abuse Scandal, Dies at 84
Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican House speaker who was later convicted of financial crimes related to the sexual abuse of underage boys, died at 84.
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Harry Campbell @flipdrivel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"[T]hey are casting their problems on society and who is society? There is no such thing! There are individual men and women" www.margaretthatcher.org/document/106...
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Interview for Woman's Own ("no such thing [as society]") | Margaret Thatcher Foundation
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Wulfhelm @wulfhelm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Everything that's wrong with our nation. Everything that's broken. Everything that's corrupted. Started with her.
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Andrew Rait @andrewrait.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
But I enjoyed the current Govts comms dept response 😂
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Plague is a bacterial infection not a virus. Stop spreading misinformation.
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Alan Burkitt-Gray @alanburkittgray.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
See those vertical poles? That's what you hold on to
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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Because the federal government doesn't seriously fund rail travel and would rather pump billions of dollars in subsidies into airline companies that shit on customers daily. And because the automobile lobby has spent decades fighting rail spending at local, state, and federal levels. Next question.
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M @0xcd16.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
They did last time (during the coalition government) and the time before that (in London the ban on combustible materials on facades, in place since 1666, was lifted under Thatcher), as described in exhaustive detail in @peteapps.bsky.social's Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Labour just don't get it. They don't get how scared people are with extreme weather becoming our new normal. We need voices in parliament that will force them to take wildfires seriously, not quietly shirk responsibility.
Revealed: government quietly dropped plan to orepare England for wildfires
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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Latest #BBCNewswatch: ex bbc Midlands health correspondent Michele Paduano on more proposed cuts to BBC regional news. Plus the curious case of the BBC News online story about bare nails… on link now: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Newswatch - 03/10/2026
What will be the impact on the audience of the cuts proposed to the BBC's local and regional broadcasting?
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......
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Gerard @groverxv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wasting North Sea oil revenues to keep taxes low was right up there as the worst decision of all.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“A woman could be blacked out drunk, nakėd, alone in a room and she wouldn’t be r@ped unless there was a r@pıst in the room. Post Anything Here: InteractInk.com
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/10/2026
French President Emmanuel Macron: "If the British want to come back and if the Prime Minister is moving in that direction, I think that is very good news, both for his country and for the Europeans." ♥️
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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My husband and I once got called a homophobic slur on a Tube platform. My response was immediate and loud and profane, and reader, I made a scene. Was proud of myself for not taking it. Then I had to go lie down for 45 minutes.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Farage says Brexit was a disaster because of Boris Johnson’s deal? Please MEDIA point out that at the time Farage supported his Brexit deal.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Blimey. Baroness Margaret Hodge - the Govt anti-corruption champion, on the £72m donations to Reform recently: "I think it came from the Russians." She's speaking at a Fabian event on donation caps
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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You can catch up on report progress via any of these links: Website: findingada.com/blog/categor... Newsletter: adalovelaceday.substack.com/s/research LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ada-... And if you could possibly share this with people off Bluesky, that'd be marvellous. Thank you!
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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
help me cover travel costs for these events via a small donation. Industry no longer feels the need to support organisations like ALD, but the work still needs doing, so I'm hoping the community will step in! www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
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Donate to Help Me Finish My Workplace Gender Equity Report, organized by Suw Charman-Anderson
What are the barriers preventing gender equity in the workplac… Suw Charman-Anderson needs your support for Help Me Finish My Workplace Gender Equity Report
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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
exploring the state of gender equity in the workplace, which was very generously kickstarted by @digital-science.com. I've made huge amounts of progress, but some promised additional funding fell through. So it'd be great if you could support Ada Lovelace Day, the finishing of my report, and...
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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ada Lovelace Day is coming up again on 13 Oct and, as you know, these days it is almost entirely unfunded. I've been invited to speak at or attend a few events, all of which I've said yes to because the mission won't further itself. I'm also still writing my report...
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 23/09/2026
am having to force myself to live in a state of at least partial denial because I find the currenty situation so deeply nauseating that constant knowledge of it would probably have a significant impact on my day-to-day
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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Samantha Meows @stiggylou.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Under maritime law it’s severe and can carry a life sentence.
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Samantha Meows @stiggylou.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Attempted murder?
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Bartek Ogryczak @vartec.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Attacking another vessel in international water is like the literal definition of piracy.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
6. As far as we can see, the rescuer was okay - though this is bordering on attempted murder. RNLI then headed towards the Solent, AIS off and chased by the far-right. Authorities in Portsmouth likely were warned that people would be offloaded and processed at Gosport, so Thomas rallied activists.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 22/09/2026
We're calling on the Government to refer the evidence to HMRC for a full investigation. Add your name to the petition today ✍️ secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/199860/...
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CALL FOR AN HMRC INVESTIGATION INTO STEPHEN LENNON
A year-long Channel 4 Dispatches investigation has raised serious questions about Stephen Lennon’s finances. Add your name and call on the Government to refer them to HMRC for investigation.
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Turned down last week: 2 festivals with no budget for speakers 1 writing course with no budget for teachers 1 film project with no budget to option the book - plus they wanted me to write the screenplay. For free. Don't do it, kids. Don't work for free. Because to them, what's free is worthless.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Absolutely horrifying. How can our government be planning to drill for new oil and gas when we know these are the consequences? We have to keep the pressure on this Labour Government to keep all fossil fuels in the ground and secure a safe future for our children and grandchildren.
Babies will face almost twice as much extreme fire weather in Europe that great grandparents
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
No joke. You trashy asswipes need to put those damn traitor flags down and figure out how to better your own lives. Hating others for stupid reasons won't improve your situation.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So damn wrong on so many levels 😡
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