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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 2h
For those asking, the seats were based on the 1969 "Carousel" by American industrial designer Elsie Crawford and used the very a la mode new material of fibreglass. They pop up online for sale occasionally but we're talking multiple thousands of pounds
Orange plastic "carousel" 6 person fibreglass moulded seat
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2h
Mark Butcher is Reform UK's candidate in Claremont, Blackpool, standing tomorrow. He's seen here with a group intimidating a council worker taking flags down. A worker, just doing his job. That's him climbing the ladder. Just think how a he would treat council staff if he was a councillor.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 22h
Walker's Shortbread HQ is in Aberlour-on-Spey 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland. I think they got this one a little wrong. www.trbusiness.com/product-news...
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Walker’s Shortbread rolls out Union Jack branded products exclusively with Avolta
Walker’s Shortbread has expanded its global travel retail offering with three Union Jack-branded products, available exclusively in Avolta’s World Duty Free stores.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 4h
Here’s the moment @labourlewis.bsky.social read out the letter at a fringe event at Labour conference hosted by @the-citizens.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/the-...
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 5h
NEW: ‘It’s an implicit threat’. Lord Tom Watson of Palantir writes to one of its biggest critics -Labour MP @labourlewis.bsky.social - to tell him the surveillance firm is watching him. www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...
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They’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising Palantir
In a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 13h
Morocco appoints its first woman prime minister, Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri
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Morocco appoints its first woman prime minister, Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri
Nearly a week after her party, the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), won the parliamentary elections, the mayor of Marrakech was named Morocco's prime minister on September 29.
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Kirsty Hughes @kirstyshughes.bsky.social · 4h
Scottish Labour's new leader doesn't think now is the time to rejoin EU just as Burnham opens the door a bit to that possibility. You have to wonder which voters Marra thinks he's appealing to when polls show 75% support rejoin in Scotland. www.politico.eu/article/scot...
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Scottish Labour leader says UK rejoining EU ‘not a realistic prospect’
Michael Marra said that current political conditions in Europe mean the bloc is not in a position to consider a British return.
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Pete Morgan @mobymooby.bsky.social · 3h
Writer’s Room: so, we thought in this episode the crime family that’s taken over the country and is milking it for all it’s worth decides to leave the European Group of States against Corruption Head of Writers Room (pulling a face): That’s a bit obvious isn’t it?
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 20h
🐳📖🌊 Ep 9 is up! Chapters 54-58: “The Town-Ho’s Story” to “Brit.” Endless gratitude to everyone reading & listening along. exploringthegreats.com/moby-dick @hesterblum.bsky.social
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Dr. Uncle Beard 🦊 🌈 @unclebeard1978.bsky.social · 13h
This is an interesting site. Lost villages catalogued and seen from the air. The idea of lost villages fascinates me, that a community who all know each other should just disperse and abandon their village… experience.arcgis.com/experience/2...
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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 13h
This eldritch-ass tree. My gardener wife tells me it's a condition called fasciation caused by any number of various cellular trauma. I think it's elder gods breathing on the thing when it was a sapling.
A tree compressed and mutated in a truly disturbing way.
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 15h
If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 14h
It’s fascinating that English progressives seem so keen to celebrate Burnham as a leftwing hope whereas in Scotland the view is ‘nope, it’s just words - prove it or beat it’. Independence provides a completely different prism. I feel genuine sympathy that English progressives seem to feel so trapped
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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 19h
As a non-fan, this is a fantastic bit of explanation. Hoo-boy. This is one spicy meatball right here.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 17h
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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 17h
I’m Gail, a one woman (and a feline assistant) business, based in Manchester. I create prints, homewares, T-shirts & cards inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture. Have a look gailmyerscough.co.uk
A grid of twelve illustrations featuring music designs, architecture designs, books, retro abstract designs and swimmers. Bold and colourful.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 17h
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay “They were men who felt that The Time Had Come. Regimes can survive barbarian hordes, crazed terrorists and hooded secret societies, but they're in real trouble when prosperous and anonymous men sit around a big table and think thoughts like that.”
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20h
Tweed is such a beautiful fabric to wear this time of year because it produces, in Dolly Parton's phrasing, a coat of many colors. Even a solid-colored brown is not just brown, but bits of red, blue, and yellow to produce something that looks lifted off the Scottish landscape.
There are two photos taped together. The top shows a brown stone building with a brown thatched roof. It's surrounded by green grass, stone walkways, and blue-gray sea. Below is a checked brown tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it. There are two photos taped together. The one at te top shows a rocky hillside with green and straw-colored grass, gray rocks, and a tan sandy beach below. The blue waters are crashing at the shore. Below is a green herringbone tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it. There are two photos taped together. The top shows a field of green and straw colored fields with bits of purple flowers. Below is a a series of checked brown tweed that reflect the colors in the landscape above it. A swatch book of solid-colored tweeds. The green tweed has visible flecks of red, gold, and blue.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 19h
okay guys, we need to brainstorm a way to look on top of closets and bunk beds.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 19h
Plans have been submitted for an immense data centre campus in Dumfries and Galloway which, if built, would be the largest in the world
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Plans submitted for 'largest data centre campus in the world'
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 18h
If you do one thing today, check out this glorious hall carpet!
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Micah @rincewind.run · 18h
I think the entire right wing media ecosystem was primed to make this a huge deal, they all had their talking points ready to go and this was going to be THE big gotcha that brought down Jack Smith and they are just scrambling because it turns out the whole thing was an embarrassing mistake
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h
The funniest part is @ericschmittmo not wanting to leave the Jack Smith “Hawks” game texts up long enough for anyone to read them because he knows he’s full of shit 🤡 😂 @aaron.rupar @ronaldfilipkowski
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 20h
Today in me being insufferable: A number of the zines and band posters inside that record shop, uh, belonged to me. The HF production design team borrowed* them from myself and other Chicago music scene/record store folks. The More You Know etc [*no I didn't get paid lol, I did it For the Culture]
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 22h
BREAKING: Reform UK breached Scottish Parliament rules during Nigel Farage’s visit to Holyrood 👇
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 21h
The leader of a UK government elected on 32% is telling a Scottish government elected on 36% that a 56% pro-Indy Scottish parliament can't hold a referendum that 68% of Scots want. UK democracy, ladies and gentlemen.
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ascottsview.bsky.social @ascottsview.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Guaranteed that the six billion quid announced for submarine cradles for Faslane will be added to Scotlands GERS figures but not one penny of the six billion build will be spent in Scotland. Clue is in Healey’s statement that they’ll be built in the UK by UK workers. By private firms.
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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 22h
My 2026 Christmas Card Collection is here! Available now on my website. Matching wrapping paper coming soon… www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/christmas
A pile of Christmas cards featuring designs of baubles, Christmas lights, crackers and a vinyl record Christmas pudding.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of the best behind the scenes Documentaries on Pop music you’ll ever see. This group of L.A. session musicians were literally the sound of the 60’s & 70’s. They were known in the industry as… THE WRECKING CREW (2015)
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Donaeld the Unready @donaeldtheunready.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dump, Pump and Two Stolen Barrels
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Andy Wightman @andywightman.scot · 28/09/2026
Castle Tioram is an ancient ruined castle in Loch Moidart one of the seats of Macdonald of Clanranald. It hit the headlines over 20 years ago when the person who claimed to own it (Lex Brown) proposed to renovate the property and convert it to residential use 1/4
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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Have you got a copy of Fly Tipping by RAF Fairford? You do? Oh that's wonderful. My name? Fairford. RAF Fairford.'
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Pascal Jacquemain @jacquep.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California | California | The Guardian share.google/IVE2SftiW4vn...
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Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California
The ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast
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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/09/2026
Discworld QOTD, from Pyramids
It will certainly show what our ancestors would be thinking if they were alive today. People have often speculated about this. Would they approve of modern society, they ask, would they marvel at present-day achievements? And of course this misses a fundamental point. What our ancestors would really be thinking, if they were alive today, is: "Why is it so dark in here?”
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Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ten years ago today, the first episode of Britain's Lost Masterpieces* was on BBC4. Here's a thread of all the pictures we featured, with the new attributions and before & after photos. (*internationally, Amazon Prime etc, as 'The Art Detectives')
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 28/09/2026
Great moments in Scottish physics history: James Clerk Maxwell has the lads around to show off his new Ooni tabletop pizza oven and gets ready to slice and serve which is great cos Peter Guthrie Tait is starving
James Clerk Maxwell statue in Edinburgh. In how hand is his colour wheel, which looks rather like a pizza cutter
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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2658732...
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'He is irreplaceable': Tributes as Scottish crime writer Peter May dies aged 74
Peter May has been praised as 'one of the most popular and loved writers of crime fiction of his generation' after passing away at home in…
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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 28/09/2026
Today is my birthday! Please buy my books, I'm so broke
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump and his batshit crazy wars have turned a majority of Britons against the idea of continuing to host US airbases, new polling shows.
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EXCLUSIVE: Iran War – Majority of Britons Do Not Support UK Bases Being Used by the U.S.
A poll conducted for Zeteo UK before the suspected terror plot near RAF Fairford finds that more people oppose the use of UK military bases for the Iran war than support it.
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On hidden camera, pardon brokers Jack Burkman & Jacob Wohl told a 60 Minutes source $300,000 could help a felon get a presidential pardon. Three hundred grand. Wild. When a pardon has a price tag, justice is a luxury item & you can't afford it. #TrumpsCorruptCongress #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 28/09/2026
For sale. Highland moonbase. Moonrover not included. Buyer to provide own space suit. search.savills.com/property-det...
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Druim Na Cracaig Portfolio, Drimnin, Oban, Highland, PA80 5XZ | Property for sale | Savills
Property details for Druim Na Cracaig Portfolio. One of many properties for sale in Drimnin, Oban, Highland, PA80 5XZ from Savills, world leading estate agents.
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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i predict that someone is going to make some money insider trading off of whatever this is
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
👇 A must watch 😍 10/10 No notes 🔭
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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Alison Rodger @alisonro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What are they going to do, poke the pupils with cattle prods because my mouth would stay resolutely shut...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Someone from Reform & their shrill harridan who live as tax free exiles in Dubai have been entertained by the wife of a former minister of state of a country hostile to the UK and he failed to declare it to Parliament he's elected to sit in? You couldn’t make this up" via We loathe Reform UK Ltd
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ᚅᚓᚃ ᚆᚐᚔᚏᚇᚑ ᚃᚆᚑ ᚇᚔᚄ @ciara2001.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
I really think people like this should have to wear the logos of their sponsors on their clothing when they are being interviewed
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He holds a number of paid positions as an adviser for lobbying and consultancy companies.[51] He is paid chair of the Purpose Defence Coalition, members of which include arms manufacturer Leonardo, which has "extensive links" to Israel’s military.[52] He is paid chair of the Purpose Business Coalition, members of which include Leonardo and oil company BP. He is a paid senior adviser to Rud Pedersen, a lobbying company with expertise in security and defence, which has oil and gas companies Glencore and Enwell Energy as clients.[53
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