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@brendanl2011.bsky.social
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Wide range of interest from science and technology throughout to politics, current affairs and sport. Re-tweets are not necessarily endorsements. Due to previous experience on the Twitter/X I don't do DMs, so apologies if I don't reply to them.

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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 3h
Johnson was a security risk. The security service would not tell him anything that might have been passed back to his friend in the KGB/SVR, Alexei Lebedev.
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 3h
The USA paid compensation to the US company ITT for bombing their Focke-Wulf aircraft factories
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 3h
The British bought Zeiss binoculars from Germany in the early years of WW1. As First Lord of the Admiralty, he would probably have been involved.
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Jen @jennyflower.bsky.social · 7h
Reform are NOT in power, they may NEVER be in power. Why is this considered "news" BBC? It has not happened, cannot happen at the moment and may never happen. Report on actual news please.
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FRANCE 24 @france24.com · 5h
Exécution aux États-Unis : l’UE met en garde les plateformes contre une diffusion en direct
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Exécution aux États-Unis : l’UE met en garde les plateformes contre une diffusion en direct
L’Union européenne a mis en garde, lundi, les plateformes numériques contre toute diffusion en direct de l’exécution de Nidal Hasan, condamné à être fusillé aux États-Unis pour avoir tué 13 personnes sur une base militaire au Texas en 2009.
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 6h
Why does Canada sell diesel below global prices?
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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · 7h
ÚLTIMA HORA | Agentes federales registran la casa de Ilhan Omar, la congresista demócrata más amenazada por Donald Trump
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Agentes federales registran la casa de Ilhan Omar, la congresista demócrata más amenazada por Donald Trump
El registro lo llevaron a cabo agentes de Investigaciones de Seguridad Nacional (HSI) y por el momento no se conocen más detalles sobre la investigación.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 8h
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 6h
The owners of the Minerva Zen have said that the ship is carrying fertilizer, not diesel. The USA imports about 18% of its fertilizer from Russia. It is not embargoed.
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 6h
It is also the measure that bulk oil and petroleum products are sold in Although I would doubt whether Trump has any idea how much he is buying no matter what units are used. He will only be interested in the cost.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It’s due to be 34 degrees Celsius in Seville in the coming days. 34 degrees well into the second week of October
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Lady Anytimenow working with Sir Nearlythere @lady-anytimenow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 14h
The main buildings of Glasgow University in yesterday's occasional sunshine. Primarily designed by George Gilbert Scott, the University moved to this building in 1870. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #glasgowuniversity
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John Bentley @johnbentlegs.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This Kent Paedophile Ring were jiled for a total of 100 years. Very little coverage in the press.
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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 9h
A double villa on the corner of Kelvinside Terrace West and Wilton Street in the North Kelvinside area of Glasgow. Built around 1860, it's described as Thomsonesque, and is a beautiful little building. #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #northkelvinside
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 8h
The House of Lords is no more than a retirement home for failed politicians & rich donors. Scotland deserves better. It's time to abolish the House of Lords. Davidson said that when she left Holyrood it was to spend time wie her Son, Sarwar campaigned to abolish it. Now both hoover up £371 A DAY
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 8h
www.heraldscotland.com/news/1314005...
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Cameron's plea to Putin: help me stop Salmond
Itar-Tass, citing a source in the Conservative Prime Minister's office, said Britain was "extremely interested" in referendum support from Russia, which this year holds the presidency of the influenti...
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Boothby Graffoe @boothbygraffoe.bsky.social · 11h
Tories accuse Burnham of “unforgivable crime” of telling the truth about Brexit.
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 9h
It did. Cameron asked Putin to intervene to support No.
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 9h
In 2014, the UK PM actually asked Putin to intervene in the Scottish Referendum.
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 9h
Plus ça change...
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P.R. Belle et ? @pierrebelley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13h
You don't fix one security crisis by creating another. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending
Exclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 9h
Will he comment on alleged Israeli interference in the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections?
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Haud Ma Chips 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @haudmachips.bsky.social · 13h
How can his “union” be “safe” if Burnham and the poodles in the unionist media turn a blind eye to Israeli interference in Scottish parliamentary elections? novaramedia.com/2026/08/12/u...
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UK Government Won’t Release Files on Israeli Firm ‘Meddling’ in Election
The British government has refused to release any files about alleged meddling by an Israeli firm in elections in Scotland earlier this year.
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 9h
No surprise there. As is stated in the article, behind every Russian oligarch there is a horde of Western financial, legal and PR service providers busily whitewashing them. London is reputedly where much of the money laundering for these people was done
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 9h
Not just AI. US tech firms dominate cloud storage and services and are bound by US law to grant the US Government access to any data on their service if this is requested. This applies no matter what country the server is in.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12h
UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute. UK infrastructure is owned by foreign investors/states - ports, airports, water, energy, microchips, auto, steel, computers, phones. Can't reduce UK vulnerability without abandoning neoliberalism.
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UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute
George Williamson says ‘national resilience’ is key focus of ATI amid US and China’s runaway leadership in field
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 9h
Exactly what we have come to expect from the BBC these days
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 11h
I'm grateful to Justin Webb on Radio 4 this morning for letting Zia Yusuf repeatedly blame all the problems of the NHS on asylum seekers without challenge, as if it is an accepted fact.
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 10h
Thanks for the clarification
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Emily Dumortier @emilydumortier.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The monumental Scottish Provident Institution Building on St Vincent Place in central Glasgow. Constructed in 1904 in a French Renaissance style that would be just as much at home in Paris as it is in Scotland's largest city, it was designed by J. M. Dick Peddie. #glasgow #architecture
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Chris Gough @toulousain.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Mason is an over promoted, overpaid odious jerk
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 22h
The BBC is already giving Nigel Farage coverage for a speech he hasn’t even delivered. Report on what he says tomorrow, by all means. But previewing it now gives him free publicity and lets him set the agenda before anyone can scrutinise his words.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 11/10/2026
1 College 4 High Schools 13 Primary Schools are within 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨 of the Royal Navy's first-ever test of nuclear-powered submarine dismantling by direct removal of the pressure vessel. Described by the British government as a "complex world first" operation. www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
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Rosyth Nuclear Submarine Decommissioning - Google My Maps
Places of note close to the British government's decommissioning of nuclear submarines at the Rosyth Docks in Scotland.
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
🇬🇧 🇷🇺 It’s clear that the british Prime Minister begged Vladimir Putin to interfere in the Scottish independence referendum in 2014 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎
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Cameron's plea to Putin: help me stop Salmond
Itar-Tass, citing a source in the Conservative Prime Minister's office, said Britain was "extremely interested" in referendum support from Russia, which this year holds the presidency of the influenti...
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 23h
Not all the public lives in the USA with its attachment to archaic units.
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The "Shine" walks are women only charity walks, originally primarily aimed at raising funds for breast and cervical cancers
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Quelle surprise
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Why not just look it up? The US diesel consumption and the current spot price for diesel are published figures.
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IS HE DEAD YET? ..Dave hater of racism , ignorance and hypocrisy @davehaterofracism.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
USA buys billions of $ worth of fertilizer from Russia every year , has for a long time and the war against Ukraine never changed it.
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It could apply to join in that way. That would start the process of becoming a Candidate Member.
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Zelenskiy's first language is actually Russian, with Ukrainian his second. English would be his third.
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Eric Johnson @erictjohnson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Elons propaganda machine has been crippled by Zelensky
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brendanl2011.bsky.social @brendanl2011.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Most exporters and importers work in tonnes.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 11/10/2026
The BBC make it clear in the questioner's language that it sees the First Ministers of Scotland Wales and NI as a "threat" to "their" UK. The English establishment sees self determination as only existing in England, it would appear.
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Lest we forget... Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage both supported Donald Trump's war of choice against Iran. A war that is not only illegal but which has resulted in needless suffering and instability, as well as undermining the UK's economic recovery. #bbclaurak www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Screencap of Telegraph article headline:

'Farage and Badenoch back Trump after Labour MPs say Iran strikes illegal.'
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
There are a far greater proportion of black & brown people, working for the NHS as doctors, nurses & ancillary staff, than there are of patients ... "Not to bite the hand that feeds you – heaven help us if fash organisations like Reform or Restore ever get any power" via The UK Against Hate
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