Reposted by Barney HigginsCia 👁️COMMISIONS OPEN👁️ @ciainhell.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Terminator wip #warhammer40k #miniaturepainting 510810
Reposted by Barney HigginsOsaka, we 🐇 @osaka.zone · 09/02/2026I said this in like 2018. I am glad to hear it still echoed.youtu.beThe Content Situation is CrazyYouTube video by Zane Little 082
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 08/02/2026When someone new follows me, I check out the profile and block if it's spam, porn, or empty. My profile shows 259 followers, of which 80 are not blocked. 000
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Surely no person offered a vote on the lesser of two evils can be upbraided for choosing not to vote for either. 000
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Witness the endless problems caused by insistence on discussing deeply complex and nuanced social and economic challenges in binary terms. Nothing is simple. Nothing is easy. Every decision leads to a vast, spreading network of important consequences when we're working at such scale. Get nuance. 000
Reposted by Barney HigginsNew Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Does GDP tell the full story of thriving societies? According to our chief executive, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, there's more: We need an urgent reset of our economic fundamentals around growth, equity, and human flourishing. His full thoughts: desapublications.un.org/un-desa-voic... 076
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Are you fucking serious? The co-leader of the Scottish Greens is into Warhammer?? And you've read all the Horus Heresy books??? This makes me extremely happy :) 010
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Returning to bsky after a long absence, weeding out a handful of spam accounts that have followed my account in the interim, typing this... that's plenty for now. 000
Reposted by Barney HigginsRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2025I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market." 433208365260
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 19/08/2025This is great, well worth reading through to the end. 010
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Gillian's consistent message of focusing on policy is incredibly important. Too often, actual policy gets lost under a sea of sound bites. That lets politicians away with forgetting manifesto commitments after election day and slipping damaging policies through under the radar. 051
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 19/08/2025"I would also make a point of providing support and solidarity to those too frequently at the sharp end of unacceptable behaviour... We have lost far too many great volunteers, particularly women, as a result of this atmosphere of negativity. That cycle needs to be broken." This. Thank you. 020
Reposted by Barney HigginsBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 18/08/2025Did you spot JD Vance in the background HATING every minute of progress being made? ~AA 5642387
Reposted by Barney HigginsGerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 18/08/2025This is important for Starmer & Europe to get right. Holding Trump to a process which respects & stands with Ukraine & is not appeasement of Putin & reward for his aggression. 051
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 18/08/2025UBI would be a catalyst for economic changes that would benefit so many people. UBI would empower communities and individuals to get involved in politics, in art, in volunteering, in starting new businesses. It would fix the broken tax system, cut inequality, reduce rents, and boost economic growth. 030
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 18/08/2025We have to ask why such misconceptions are still so common? I suspect it's because a Citizen's Income would empower poor people to make choices that would threaten the interests of those who extract most profit from the current system. So silly. Everyone could live well if everyone worked together. 020
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 18/08/2025I love this. Modern economics feels more and more like an exercise in extraction. Corporations extract money from the country's economy in the form of profits, incentives, and tax breaks, and are allowed to do so on the false premise that the money is trickling down, rather than flowing up and out. 000
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 18/08/2025"By offering solutions rather than solely highlighting problems, we can transform how we do politics." ~Gillian MacKay MSP. So many good things here from @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social and @ross-greer.bsky.social. Not just good lines, but a lot of solid, clear, ambitious, actionable policy direction.greenhousethinktank.orgResponses from candidates for Leader of the Scottish Green PartyResponses from Scottish Greens Leadership candidates to the Questions Green House Think Tank is asking of potential Green Leaders 110
Reposted by Barney HigginsBarney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Voters are poorly-served when elected representatives oversimplify complex arguments and amplify reactionary, inaccurate narratives. But complex problems require complex solutions, and communicating complexity in a way that people can get behind is more challenging than just getting people wound up. 131
Reposted by Barney HigginsBarney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Collaboration and communication are the most important tools we have available to us if we want to challange the terrible norms of global politics. 001
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 18/08/2025I was excited about the Your Party project at the beginning, but watching @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social and @ross-greer.bsky.social campaigning for the Scottish Greens leadership recently, I see that the SGP already stands for much of what I want from YP should do. Scotland needs Greens in 2026. 030
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Unregulated market capitalism has caused massive and increasing income inequality. Capitalism is predatory; one group's riches can only exist in the context of another's poverty. There are enough resources for all to live well. The problems come from an economic system that incentivises inequality. 000
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 18/08/2025This is spot on. Fear and division thrive on scapegoat politics and simplistic narratives that have nothing to do with the complexities of real world challenges. Organising around hope is much harder, but that's what we need. What are we for? What can we do? What will we build? 061
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 15/08/2025This podcast is really something @neweconomics.bsky.social I'd not heard of Marshall Ganz before. This guy just has so many good, clear ideas, so many great lines as well. NEF's podcast is one of my best discoveries in recent weeks.neweconomics.orgCan organising save American democracy with Marshall GanzHannah Peaker is joined by Marshall Ganz 110
Reposted by Barney HigginsIreland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Something to remember always 👇 215566
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 15/08/2025"...a robust policy, grounded in plausible revenue estimates and implemented without theatrics, can survive scare stories." 000
Reposted by Barney HigginsDr Matt Firth @mattfirth.bsky.social · 11/08/2025My latest article is out in the a Journal of Medieval History (open access). It examines depictions of viking activity in the Sagas of Icelanders and the perceived moral implications of raiding in pre-/post-conversion settings. Quickest proofs turnaround ever...tandfonline.comVíking Across Conversion: Depictions of Víkingar in the Sagas of IcelandersVikings commonly feature in the Íslendingasögur (Sagas of Icelanders). The words víking (the act of raiding) or víkingr (a raider) appear over 180 times across the forty-some texts of the corpus. H... 37820
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 14/08/2025@bsky.app is really pretty good, in the sense that using it has actively added value to my life in various ways. In comparison to other platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and the hellsite, Bluesky has genuinely allowed me to connect with people of interest to me and to learn new things. 000
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 14/08/2025This is fucking obscene. Thank you @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social for this article. It hurt to read it, but it's so important. This is what I call journalism. www.reuters.com/investigates...reuters.comA flirty Meta AI bot invited a retiree to meet. He never made it home.Impaired by a stroke, a man fell for a Meta chatbot originally created with Kendall Jenner. His death spotlights Metaâs AI rules, which let bots tell falsehoods. 010
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Though I'm sure it's not the first time it's happened, this is the first time I've seen a politician in such a high-profile position state clear support for universal basic income in the press. Thank you and well done @gillianmacmsp.bsky.social, good luck to you and @ross-greer.bsky.social today. 0102
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Thread:🧵Every time someone follows me on Bluesky, I have a quick look at their profile and make a call. Do I think they are a real person? If so, do I feel their intentions in following me are good? If the answer to either of those questions is no, I block them. My profile shows 176 followers... 100
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Looking forward to hearing the results of the Scottish Greens leadership election. @patrickharvie.bsky.social has been a force for good in Scottish politics during most of my adult life. I'm hopeful that the new co-leaders will continue to increase the SGP's reach and influence for good in Scotland. 1101
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 13/08/2025If one side is talking sense and the other is talking rubbish, the job of journalism is to determine which side is true and interpret that for the public. It’s not to give both people equal airtime and then shrug and call it balance. 000
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 13/08/2025@sebmang.bsky.social just listened to your excellent conversation on @neweconomics.bsky.social podcast in February. I’ve had a crappy day, but the podcast cheered me right up. Really good to hear people talking sense. 110
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 13/08/2025But... but the thing... what's it... what about the free speech thing? It's meant to be freedom to offend and all that? I mean, if the guest had called him a wanker on the Today program then fair enough, pull the clip. But it's a very measured, polite, thoughtful segment. This is wrong. 011
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 11/08/2025So has Donald Trump invaded himself now, is that pretty much where we’re at? 010
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 11/08/2025I guess this is what we get when we decide we’re sick of experts. 000
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 10/08/2025In a world where we humans have greater numbers, greater tech, and greater understanding of ourselves and our reality than ever before in history, what could be beyond us if we collaborate instead of competing? 011
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 10/08/2025The technology and infrastructure exists to halt climate change, feed and clothe and educate and shelter all people. We can meet these challenges, but only if we abandon financial competition and collaborate on a species-wide scale. 011
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 10/08/2025As soon as we start looking, Your Party activists will find things on which we disagree. Our success will hinge on whether we can also find those things on which we agree, and cleave to them. All people are unique, but all people are also the same. We are all facing an existential challenge. 000
Reposted by Barney HigginsRose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 08/08/2025People getting big mad about trans people wanting to know if Your Party will support trans rights and not assuming they will Like i get you Want the party to be good, so do i, but i’m not gonna assume the best ive been burned too many times for that 2152358
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Government should provide the vision, the direction of travel, the desired outcomes, representative of the desires of the population. But the route to those outcomes should always be the result of detailed work by people who truly understand the issues - experts and people with lived experience. 000
Reposted by Barney HigginsBarney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 08/08/2025In developing all policy, including equality policy, I reject the idea that Britain is sick of experts. I want to work on embracing evidence based policy – that means embracing those who know the subjects inside out, being guided by expert knowledge and voices of those with lived experience. 001
Reposted by Barney HigginsHattiehead @harrtownjaz.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Policy gets gutted through language drift all the time: “Affordable housing” → becomes unaffordable. “Green energy” → includes fossil gas. “Free trade” → is neither free nor fair. I am trying to prevent that from happening with UBI-UCI 021
Reposted by Barney HigginsThe Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 04/08/2025I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts. The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative. Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there. 9465412469
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Challenging the status quo and fighting for a principle can be seen as "divisive," because it does not rest on the pretence that everyone is acting in good faith. 010
Barney Higgins @barneyhiggins.bsky.social · 29/07/2025@skembear.bsky.social Hi John, thanks for the follow back. I chose to follow you because I saw you expressing the same idea as I have been about Your Party - that it's a new venture whose future direction and policies are yet to be decided, and will be decided by us, the people who've signed up. 220
