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History: Victorian, ancient, Scottish, Military, Scottish Football, Jesus, Scotland, and standing up for truth among the world's lies! I don't always follow back.

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CNN @cnn.com · 2h
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has funneled just over $100 million to a group trying to defeat a one-time state tax on California’s billionaires this November. cnn.it/4hFof3A
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 8h
Join me on GB News where I will be lying about what Andy Burnham said, pretending to give a shit about pensioners and definitely not mentioning any £5m gifts, illegal donations or police investigations.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 10h
BREAKING: John Swinney has responded after Andy Burnham took aim at him over claims he will be the 'last prime minister of the UK' The First Minister said Burnham should let Scotland 'have a referendum and we'll see who is right'
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Neil Drysdale @neildrysdale.bsky.social · 6h
Pocognoli hasn’t taken long to get his first chorus of boos at a pretty empty Hampden. The red card didn’t help, but as long as the Scottish media are more focused on whether Lewis Ferguson might be rejoining Rangers (who can’t afford his wages) than the national team, this is all we can expect!
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Callum McFadden @cmfootballwriting.com · 6h
A tough night for Scotland especially going down to ten men so early in the game against a confident and composed Swiss side. Another two games left of this international break as Scotland still search for their first goal under Sebastien Pocognoli. North Macedonia away next.
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Searchlight magazine @searchlightmag.bsky.social · 9h
The leader of a neo-nazi group has been arrested in Georgia over alleged attacks on children, amid a wider crackdown on violent far-right groups recruiting and abusing minors. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/09/neo-...
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Neo-nazi leader arrested in Georgia over 'inhuman and degrading' attacks on minors | Searchlight
A suspected neo-nazi leader has been arrested in Georgia over alleged attacks on children, amid a wider crackdown on violent far-right groups recruiting and ...
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 10h
🎧 New PAGE 94 Podcast OUT NOW This week: WHO CARES? Andy, Helen and Adam discuss Labour’s big pitch on the decades-old problem of social care; Piers Moron and Earl Spencer’s running beef; and the scammers preying on self-published authors. Watch: youtu.be/KaNDIIdJk-s?...
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Sasha Talebi @sashat.bsky.social · 21h
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 18h
C'mon Ofcom, do something
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Joel Sked @sked21.bsky.social · 17h
Landry Kabore and MJ Kamson-Kamara were late subs for Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone last night in AFCON qualification. Hearts players to keep an eye on today: Aron Benjaminsen - Moldova v Faroes Rogers Mato - Uganda v Libya Josh McPake - Scotland v Switzerland Sabah Kerjota - San Marino v Albania
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MrMickNL 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mrmicknl.bsky.social · 18h
Where is the BBC interview with Farage about the British men released on bail? I can't see it. Is it filed under 'stand up comedy' or 'live sport' .
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Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social · 19h
Latest post considers the ‘forgotten war’ of Sudan. I consider the state of the fighting, the humanitarian crisis, and the logic of partition. This is another example of the difficulty of extracting a good peace from a bad war. (This one is free). samf.substack.com/p/the-sudan-...?
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The Sudan War: is there any way out?
Since April 2023 Sudan has been consumed by a vicious war that gets far too little attention in the West.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We still don't know what's happened but Farage making a serious twit of himself here.
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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 22h
1 of 4 #scotsfoundedfootball One of, if not the most important match played at any of the Hampdens was May 10th 1947, when a Great Britain Select met a Rest of Europe team. Carlo Parola of Juve and an Italy defender played that day and gave some idea of the ferment in Glasgow.
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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 22h
2 of 4 ‘In the middle of the town one could scarcely move, and the outskirts swarmed with people; Hampden Park was sold out.’ Here comes the kick in the love spuds. Parola calls the opposition the ‘English International team’. BTW they trained at Troon. Why would Parola know any different?
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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 22h
3 of 4 At least he mentions the ‘deafening crowd’. Even though they lost 6-1, he says the Glasgow football papers claimed him as ‘the first centre-back in Europe’ and lauded his trademark bicycle kick. Apparently Chelsea offered him a £15k signing-on fee.
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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 22h
4 of 4 So what? The Scots starting were Archie Macaulay, Billy Steel and Billy Liddell. The Selection played in Scotland’s blue. The match celebrated the Home Nation’s return to FIFA after 27 years of sulking. FIFA got the £35k gate receipts. It saved them from extinction. Thank you, Scottish fans.
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Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · 22h
Consumers who ask an AI assistant to recommend a solicitor risk being directed to firms that have been fined by their regulator or even shut down, a report says today. It was researched by Blind Justice UK, a charity that seeks to improve access to justice. rozenberg.substack.com/p/need-a-goo...
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Need a good lawyer?
Don’t use AI unless you know how to ask searching questions
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Brian @brianscant.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Charlie Mullins. Pro-Brexit. Lives in Marbella. Andrew Neil. Pro-Brexit. Lives in France. Richard Tice. Lives in Dubai. Richard Littlejohn: Florida. Jim The Rat: Monaco. George Galloway: Russia. #RejoinEU
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Andrew Brooks @taxbod.net · 28/09/2026
Should we be thanking these five blokes from London, for making Farage look like a total arse ?
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If brains were dynamite, Yoon's wouldn't have enough to blow their nose... Brain Fart winner - Labour councillor Brian McGinley (Ayr) confirms England IS Scotland's "𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴" Confirming the UK is NOT a union... but guess what dipshit? The EU is! = 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 don't say "𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦"!!!
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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 28/09/2026
We discuss Palantir's links to ICE and the IDF. Listen to or watch the latest episode of the In Solidarity podcast now ⤵️ www.opendemocracy.net/exposing-pala…
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"You ever notice everything is stupid until our generation adopts it?" From the latest Private Eye, out now.
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Tobyh @tobyh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Both my parents served in WW2 & this statement from Miliband is very true. They worked so hard to rebuild & although both are now dead I fully believe in the EU, and our role as a full member. They survived & rebuilt. My father was Kindertransport. #RejoinEU @carladenyer.bsky.social
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Scotland’s ambulances are between 2 and 3 times faster than in England, thousands of times but Daily Record repeats the same one case to to deflect you with
The Daily Record above today repeating a story from 2025. With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at:&…
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The Scottish Football Kick-Off @scottishkickoff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚽️ Your latest Scottish football news round-up. Weekend round-up. Scotland start with a 0-0 draw away to Slovenia. Stenhousemuir sign St Johnstone’s Louis Lloyd on loan. Hibs take Rabbi Matondo on trial. 📰 www.scottishfootballkickoff.co.uk/p/the-kick-o...
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⚽ The Kick-Off - Monday 28th September 2026
Weekend round-up. Scotland start with a 0-0 draw away to Slovenia. Stenhousemuir sign St Johnstone’s Louis Lloyd on loan. Hibs take Rabbi Matondo on trial.
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Scottish midwives have lower absence rates than police officers and this merely ‘circumstantial’ evidence of a ‘crisis’ does not survive a collision with the real ‘forensic’ facts
With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at:  Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN W…
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Fleet Street Fox @fleetstreetfox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
EXC: Thousands of British veterans have had their medical files "hidden", according to MoD emails. Anyone who claimed a war pension had files emptied. Records were never returned, condemning injured troops to worse diagnosis and treatment. whattheydontwantyoutoknow.substack.com/p/nuked-bloo...
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Nuked Blood probe exposes widespread MoD medical record failures
Emails claim the Ministry of Defence "incorrectly hid" files vital to veteran pension claims, risking billions in negligence lawsuits amid NATO commitments
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Full story by ‘Gold Digger’ online and in the latest issue: www.private-eye.co.uk/in-the-back You can contact Gold Digger with financial stories at: golddigger@private-eye.co.uk
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Private Eye | In the Money : Rokos & rolling in it
BILLIONAIRE Chris Rokos must be hoping he gets better advice on his offshore flit to Greece than he has on previous tax ruses.
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🇬🇧 That’ll be the Christine Jardine who represents a british Nationalist party that last week voted AGAINST the motion : “That the Parliament agrees that Scotland is a nation, that has a right to decide its own future” ‘Mind the door doesnae skelp yer erse on the way oot’ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎
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Windsor Davies as Sergeant Major: Oh Dear
ALT: Windsor Davies as Sergeant Major: Oh Dear
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Mike Small @bellacaledonia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Specialism is political. Our traditions are worth understanding and valuing and defending bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/09/27/o...
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On Scottish Generalism
Scotland suffers from institutional memory loss. One of the hidden aspects of the massive cuts to the University of Edinburgh announced last week is the attack on the eroded and hollowed-out Scotti…
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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1 of 6 #scotsfoundedfootball Yesterday I spoke about Facebook. An interesting topic came up from the stalwarts of ‘Sheffield Home of Football’. No - I don’t know if a modifier will ever appear on the site: Yorkshire? England? Europe? I am a cynic. I believe it is left deliberately vague.
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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
2 of 6 They were able to be specific in labelling me as an ‘anti English crank’. I cherish that name. It is a mark of pride. However, they had an important announcement about the oldest ever documented reference to team formation. 19 June 1865. Leeds v Sheffield Norton Royal Park, Leeds.
Unknown Yorkshire newspaper 'Sheffield Briefing' with subtitle 'Blue Plaque Recognises Use of Football Tactics for the First Time'. There is a photo of various Sheffield protagonists pointing at the plaque on a wall.
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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
3 of 6 The newspaper article says how positions came from cricket. John Stock says that the captain in his red cap ‘orchestrated the state of play. This switch made passing in the game inevitable’. Until this point - says the journo Christopher Hallam - ‘passing had not been a key element’.
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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
4 of 6 Add ‘in Sheffield’ in case you think this applies to Scotland. Thanks to Scottish historians, we know that Shinty and Football shared an idea of positions: the box in Shinty being replicated in the four defenders protecting the goalkeeper. This is the scientific aspect of Scottish culture.
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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
5 of 6 Sheffield pre 1850 might have had a shot of the passing and running games, though they were still taking a mark. This immediately stopped a game and therefore stopped passing. At the time of this ‘passing’ and field positioning - the way their game was played was not Association.
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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
6 of 6 So What? William Chesterman wrote to ‘The Field’ in Feb 1866 supporting an abolition of the Fair Catch. If there was passing, it was with a handling game in mind. The variation of Sheffield Rules at this time is bewildering and contradictory. If you want Sheffield passing, look to Melbourne.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The police have asked everyone to please not speculate about the RAF Fairford incident, so naturally I'm going to waste no time in making up total bollocks to suit my own agenda.
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James FBSI 🐸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺 (Fanatic) @toplandscaper.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026
He doesn't think is Scotland a country and shouldn't be allowed to exist then why does he take part in an "illegitimate" parliament other than to keep his snout in the trough? Scotland 'can never and should never exist again', Scottish LibDems leader says www.thenational.scot/news/2352418...
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Scotland 'can never and should never exist again', Scottish LibDems leader says
THE leader of the Scottish LibDems has said that Scotland “can never and should never exist again” in an “extraordinary” intervention during…
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reposted for greater attention to this shocking objective measure of just how resilient NHS Scotland is in contrast to NHS England riven by multiple critical incidents more than 200 in a year in which Scotland saw only one! talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/09/27/i...
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In one year NHS England declared 217 times as many critical and major incidents as NHS Scotland did
With only 3 days left, support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: Crowdfunder at:  Or by direct bank transfer to: JOHN W…
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Ben Cooper @btcooper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Had a lovely explore of Warriston Cemetery as part of e Edinburgh's #OpenDoorsDay. A lovely mix of history and wildlife on a beautiful day!
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Dave Mac/ Dàibhidh MacDhòmhnaill @davemac1112.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
1 of 5 #scotsfoundedfootball A few days ago I talked about Tour Guide Brice on Facebook getting a lot of pushback from people who just know that he is wrong. Unsurprisingly, the objections tend to be either straight ‘you’re wrong’ or listing facts which tell us nothing. I give you Mr. Woz Beadle.
Screenshot from comments on the Tour Guide Brice piece about Scotland inventing modern Football. The extract is from 'Woz Beadle' and runs 'My AI says you are talking the usual Jockanese bollocks.' He quotes the unnamed AI as saying 'Invention is about structure and administration. England took a chaotic, fragmented pastime played with different rules in every town and created a single, unified, codified sport. Without England, there is no global, organized FIFA framework.'
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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
2 of 5 ‘My AI says you’re talking the usual Jockanese bollocks! To think that - six years ago - I was warning of the Dangers of Wiki. Who saw the horse with the pale rider thundering along the rails? Mr Beadle is in fact correct, in that AI confidently asserts that England invented Football.
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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
3 of 5 Therefore, if you have the Critical Thinking Skills of a Dodoballista, that’s your research done for you. AI would be up there with the Alumni of the University of Facebook, except for the fact that you need to have been born before Sky TV to even know what Zuckerberg’s Swamp smells like.
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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
4 of 5 YouTube is in the mix. However - if you have a keen brain - you can find lots of info about any topic under the sun. For example, I follow people who focus on long-distance flying. Their content puts the old TV companies to shame - which explains why YouTube has eaten their lunch.
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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
5 of 5 So What? Social media is a problem and an opportunity for Scottish Football Historians. tinyurl.com/3n97cyyu I will return to the theme again, in more detail. #DangersofAI looks like it will replace Wiki for me. Dullards are now getting their info from the University of ChatGPT.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Rupert must have had a change of heart. I'm sure he used to be all in favour of local people expressing their understandable anger at strange fighting age men suddenly appearing in their community.
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Everybody loves IJ @everybodylovesij.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Everyone remembers Edin Dzeko made his debut against Hearts, nobody remembers Harry Kane did too. Then missed a penalty
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