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Boatwrite

@boatwrite.bsky.social
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🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺🇨🇦 Scottish, boat-dweller, writer, performer, occasional poet. Definitely of the pro-LGBTQ+ 'woke' persuasion. Left wing boomer given to reminiscing about the future, possibility, diversity and new ideas. Sorry, No live chat. No TERFs. No GCs.

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Boatwrite @boatwrite.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Well! Gosh & golly! Don't we Scots just feel SO included in the jolly union! Hurrah! Still voting independence though. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Kate officially names new Royal Navy warship HMS Glasgow
It is the first of eight Type 26 frigates to be built by BAE Systems at its shipbuilding facilities on the River Clyde
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Boatwrite @boatwrite.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
#UK Supreme Court win for wild camping on Dartmoor. Supreme Court backs wild camping on Dartmoor www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Wild camping on Dartmoor backed by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upholds the legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor in Devon.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
While committing climate change mass murder "Shell pays no UK tax on North Sea drilling & gets £12.4m back from HMRC" 'In contrast, the company paid a total of $3.4 billion to the Norwegian government last year & $243m in Germany' www.thenational.scot/news/2517667... #MakePollutersPay #TaxTheRich
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Shell pays no tax on North Sea drilling and gets £12.4m back from HMRC
THE oil giant Shell effectively paid no tax in the UK last year and got £12.4 million back from the UK Government, new filings show.
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EagleOwl @eagleowlsheila.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
BBC News website is still running this disgraceful front page headline. Presenters should not be expected to "keep quiet" on basic human rights abuses. And his past record of speaking out shouldn't be conflated with his error re the rat reposting (I didn't know that was an antisemitic slur either).
Headline reading: "Gary Lineker could not keep quiet. In the end, it finished his BBC career".
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Nadia Whittome M.P. Wealth Tax Now
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patthepublican2 @patthepublican2.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Last night, Labour ministers were emphasising that we remain outside the EU and that decision will never be open to renegotiation in any way. The sheer arrogance ignorance and incompetence
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Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
My painting SPRING RIDE
A colorful acrylic painting by Jim Musil depicting a woman riding her bike through blossoming pink trees. The grass is a bright yellow green for Spring.
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 19/05/2025
I can't stop thinking about how the "Gender Critical" response to hundreds of leading UK biologists signing a letter saying sex isn't binary or immutable is "I can't believe that school kids know more about biology than these biologists". Can you imagine saying that out loud without thinking?! Mad
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
... the BBC was always the propaganda arm of the British Establishment, the difference nowadays is that it's becoming more blatant
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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Latest – Heart operation waiting list in NHS England 50% longer than in NHS Scotland
Professor John Robertson OBA In the Guardian today, the above prompted me to check the media reporting of waiting lists for heart operations in Scotland. In February 2025, STV had: Waiting times fo…
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Mack Campbell @mackcampbell.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
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John Henry @priveteye.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Shamima Begum was a child when she was groomed by ISIS operatives. She has paid heavily for her mistakes, made as a 15year old. If she were white she would not have had her citizenship stripped from her and would be home now with her parents.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
This isn't a Brexit reset. It's a face lift. Some of the most visible symptoms get a bit of correction: holiday queues & touring musicians. But the fundamental problems surrounding trade, investment, agriculture, fishing and freedom of movement still remain. It's lipstick on a pig. A wasted chance.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Owners of 236,500 properties in England and Wales worth £64bn are hidden behind opaque trusts. Appeasement of the rich facilitates corruption, illicit financial flows. Compare this to how govts treat the poor. Soon their bank accounts will be snooped on.
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At least £64bn of property in England and Wales is hidden behind opaque trusts
Campaigners say secretive ownership structures are becoming the ‘go-to vehicle for kleptocrats’
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Boatwrite @boatwrite.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
A cowardlt piece from #BBC. Gary Lineker spoke out about fascism, putting morality before career, and paid the price. Ok, he made a mistake with his choice of symbol, but fascism is fascism whoever perpetrates it. He did right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Gary Lineker: A sorry end to a BBC career
His years as a BBC host end in circumstances nobody would have wanted, but some might have predicted.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
via Iva Wedgy
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"Hi, I'm Graham off the Internet" 🔞🦀 (Crab Verified) @ipsumlorem.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
This can fuck right off. A womans body is her own. It does not belong to the state. This is abhorrent.
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Cindy Michels 🇺🇲🇪🇺🇨🇦 @cindymichels.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
#IDAHOBIT
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
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For Heaven’s sake just fix the leaks in the South-East where they have less water than Syria should be the ‘Scottish’ Daily Mail’s message
Professor John Robertson OBA The SDM today has For Heaven’s sake just fix the leaks! front page. I’m not arguing against the idea of fixing leaks but it’s worth getting the figure…
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 17/05/2025
Be proud. Proud of whom you love. Proud of who you are. Proud of who you are becoming. Because your journey is your power. Always remember: Europe is your ally. I am your ally. This week and every week. Be proud. Always.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/05/2025
ecological catastrophe in florida but no worries they are focusing on the real threats: fluoridated water project.tampabay.com/investigatio...
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Wasting Away: Rampant pollution caused manatees to starve. Florida waters are getting worse.
A Times analysis of millions of water samples found dangerous contamination across the state.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
"As an ambassador, I'm firmly behind The Big Issue's call for a ‘Poverty Zero’ law – the establishment of statutory poverty reduction targets. Please join me in my support by signing the petition at bigissue.com/poverty-zero – thank you!" via Chris Packham
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Will you sign the Big Issue Poverty Zero petition?
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Boatwrite @boatwrite.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Two guys in car yesterday in Waltham Abbey, #Essex #UK: Passenger sucking on large balloon. Raced away along Abbey View. Laying a bet driver had done some too. I hate that shit. Reg: DV14 RAU. Not teens either.
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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9 months in and UK Labour oversees massive private sector out-sourcing of x-rays while NHS Scotland cuts waiting times for third time
Professor John Robertson OBA In the Guardian today, the above further evidence of UK Labour’s real intentions for the NHS – allow it to fail then sell it off. Meanwhile in Scotland, to …
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens. Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
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Leia BlueSkywalker @blueskye2025.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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Boatwrite @boatwrite.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
#Scotland
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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Reform is a Limited Company Farage owns 53% It was formed in 2019 to push for a “no-deal Brexit” It wants to reintroduce the Liz Truss budget It wants to privatise the NHS & invest in fossil fuels Close the BBC & break International law It’s a scam Please retweet widely
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MEDIUM WITH A MIC podcast at: sacredwhispers1111.com @sacredwhispers1111.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
💫 Narcissistic Personality Disorder Healthy relationships have balance. If you are constantly walking on eggshells, it's time to reassess. ⚖️ If something feels off in a relationship, it probably is. TRUST YOURSELF #EmotionalIntelligence
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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Why is BBC Scotland not reporting thousands of NHS staff accepting a pay rise to maintain Scotland unique strike-free health care over several years?
Professor John Robertson OBA BBC Scotland’s 12 top stories today with no mention of this: I feel sure BBC Scotland’s Health Correspondent, Lisa Summers, gets the Nursing Times so why is…
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Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
🚨NEWS🚨 'Dangerous' DWP needs 'deep-rooted change' to stop benefit claimants from dying, damning report finds www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
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DWP needs 'deep-rooted change' to stop benefit claimants' deaths
Deaths of benefit claimants “could have been prevented” by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) according to a damning new report.
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Or you could just vote Labour and get Reform anyway ...
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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We're about 3 lines deep into the "first they came for" poem.
It's not a very long poem, folks
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
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Would Anas Sarwar prefer we gave that £1bn ferry spend to loan companies, for shareholder dividends and in exec bonuses instead of investing in state-of-the-art ferries built in Scotland?
Professor John Robertson OBA In Tory Lord Ashcroft’s Holyrood Mag today and being spread over the other media: SNP has presided over ‘£1bn ferry fiasco’ says Anas Sarwar – The Scottish …
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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
At Saddlescombe farm on the South Downs Way. A door with a story. #AdoorableThursday
Very old wooden door on a barn, lots of latches, random strips of metal bolted to it, scythe blades.
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David JW Bailey @davidjwbailey.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Here is a clue for UK Labour: START with a VISION that is emotionally intelligent, empathic, cooperative, inclusive, sustainable, social, & human centred; THEN communicating it effectively is easier. Don’t try to bullshit once you’ve already screwed up. www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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Top Starmer Aide: Reform Voters Are 'Labour People' – They're Just 'Pissed Off'
Reform UK voters are “our people” but are “pissed off” with Keir Starmer’s government, Labour’s political director has said.
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Len Pennie @lenniesaurus.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Making dinner. youtube.com/shorts/UK-zd...
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off to make dinner! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙
YouTube video by Miss PunnyPennie
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
In case you missed it ... Winston Churchill's mother was an immigrant. #NotStrangers
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George Futers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @wee-jordi.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
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SCOTLAND, THE COUNTRY WITH NO VOICE
YouTube video by The Scotland Channel
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Patrick Harvie @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
In these times of hostility against LGBTQ+ people, let's remember that it doesn't have to be this way. Just nine years ago, this was the position. I was there, and it felt like an astonishing celebration of progress. We got there before. We can get back there again. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scot...
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Party leader consensus at LGBTI hustings
The five Scottish party leaders talk gender-neutral passports and combating bullying at the LGBTI election hustings.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
In case you missed it ... 💥 This is the type of speech Starmer could have given on immigration. But unlike the Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez, Starmer doesn't seem to feel any sense of duty, protection, or thanks towards the foreigners in the UK who are holding this country together. #NotStrangers
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Tony Cello @cellotony.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
ffm.to/tw-curiosity Wrote this peaceful piano piece in my head one night when I was looking at the moon. Wish I'd worked out the ending a bit more. Maybe the moon stopped me from over complicating it.
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Tony Woollard - Curiosity
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