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Edward Harkins

@edwardhar.bsky.social
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Active citizen & writer, housing, economics, culture, politics, Company Member The Citizens theatre (Glasgow, Scotland).

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Caolan Robertson @caolanrob.bsky.social · 3h
Putin claims he has captured this town But I'm here now looking for the his mighty army and can't find a single russian soldier Turns out they are full of shit and their offensive has failed
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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 28m
Much more of this good trouble.
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 13m
The discreet practice of hand washing.
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 16m
AI is not human. It's 'products' are not due the same respect as human ingenuity & creativity. Absurd that this has to be stated.
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 1h
I’m intrigued. Listening to the Kelly podcast is best way to put it to the test. TBH I found it persuasive in it’s detail.
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 6h
Well, there is histrionic, but proclaiming the 'polar opposite to the truth'? Seems a tad more than histrionic.
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 22h
It's... it's almost as though there's a pattern...
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Of course a difficulty with 'Christian' is, what does it mean? Seems almost anyone can claim to be, 'Christian'? Hence the Trump MAGA legion of barbarism can claim to be Christian, as much as anyone else?
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
At that time my Glasgow neighbourhood had 2 adjacent schools. Divided by an empty road. One Roman Catholic, one 'non-denominational' i.e. 'protestant'. Home-style apartheid called sectarianism? Still alive & rancid?
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Like what we promised when we brought in the military & attacked Iran, & then said we had achieved... several times.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We've ended up in a country where Jenrick spouts nauseating racist cr*p.
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Fact: Pre devolution Scotland had the highest concentration of most deprived wards in the UK. That continued under the post-devolution 'Scottish' Labour led Scottish Executive. Under an SNP Scottish Govt that was reversed. England now hosts most of the most deprived. Not a pro-SNP take just facts?
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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🚨 BREAKING: A senior Liberal Democrat MP has resigned from the party's frontbench in an attempt to trigger a leadership challenge against Sir Ed Davey.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
via Zurainee Tehek
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
As #solar PV continues to grow globally, the technology is set to become the largest contributor to the world’s #electricity mix from 2031. www.pv-tech.org/dnv-solar-pv...
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DNV: Solar PV to become largest global contributor to electricity mix from 2031
As solar PV continues to grow globally, it is set to become the largest contributor to the world’s electricity mix from 2031, according to DNV
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Repugnant, repellent. Is this now The American Way?
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My last two posts on here have highlighted two massive errors in the Tory policies announced this week. If this was the Greens, or Labour, or the Lib Dems who had announced policies this broken the right wing media would be all over them announcing they were "unfit to govern". Tories do it and...
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Tumbleweed Rolling in the Desert
Alt: Tumbleweed Rolling in the Desert
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David Pratt @foreigncorr1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
One for the diary. I'm really pleased to announce a major exhibition of my work entitled, 'War Times' opening mid January 2027 @StreetLevel_ It will include work never exhibited before alongside personal diary and frontline field notes. Details here: 👇 www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/event/david-...
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
All getting a bit personal & contentious? Podcaster James Kelly recently did a pretty strong take-down of McAlpine's seemingly "polar opposite of the truth" comments on Swinney's speech at last year's SNP conference? YouTube 'Is Robin MacAlpine was hallucinating...'?
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They're fighting down in the Far Right sludge. Maajid Nawaz (remember him?) is taunting Carl Benjamin of Restore ('Sargon of Akkad') over a surfaced old recording. Others wading in with other old recordings, one with Benjamin saying he has a black grandparent 'so he's a fraud'. It's grim but... 🍿
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Remember those who opposed the anti terrorism laws, said that they would be eventually misused by government, on its own citizens? They were told to shut up and stop overreacting.
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Perhaps what's next after the botched double-try at 'execution' (judicial killing) it'll be cruel & unusual execution? Quite seriously, after all we're at that stage with ICE violent street captures then inhumane treatment & detention conditions (deliberately so). Moral pit the US is descending?
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
That true, & IME it's the authenticity that appeals. I've occasionally sought the poster's advice on matters of history facts & always with success (with a rare response of TBH I don't know).
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Rachel Extremely Indy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿♥️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿♥️ @rachelyn75.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It ALL about the Engerlish
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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🚨 NEW: A second major British health organisation has cut commercial ties with Israeli pharmaceutical giant Teva following pressure from pro-Palestinian campaigners.
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Edzard Ernst @edzard.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The tentacles of Palantir reaching into the very recesses of UK Govt & public services. TheLabour Party has a real problem with lobbyists, not just from this quarter.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Billionaire David Reuben says he quit UK for Monaco ... actually already there since 2014. Worth £28bn, objects to non-dom tax changes. Doesn't want to be taxed on the same basis as UK residents Super-rich happy to make profits in the UK, want special treatment, hold govts to ransom.
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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
That’s a relief. I thought I was losing my memory & recall ability from my bygone years of living in North London.
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Need to have a good think about this, but maybe not overly.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I'm starting to think we may be divided by more than a common language... bsky.app/profile/simo...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 08/10/2026
Italy foreign ministry says it has come under cyber attack reut.rs/3Vy45Rz
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Italy foreign ministry says it has come under cyber attack
Italy's Foreign Ministry said ​on Thursday its ‌website had come under cyber attack ​but security systems ​had successfully mitigated the ⁠threat, with ​no disruption to ​services.
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Agreed, on the domestic & Trump-blighted global fronts, this has to be an ok for the UK.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Kinda reason that so many of us gave up on Radio4 Today. Lamentable bias over Brexit coverage was final straw for many (John Humphrys, oh dear). Viewing figures attest to the once must-listen-daily BBC flagship #R4Today
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Another retrograde aspect (parochial for some) of the data centre mania: One aim of the ‘nationally significant infrastructure’ is to disempower the elected Scottish Parliament of its planning powers. Data centre construction then driven through Scotland by Westminster… & then new nuclear plants?
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
UK Labour market, steady as she goes? #UK
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I see BBC Scotland, and the anti-independence press, all of whom made a huge song and dance about Gordon Brown's Vow in 2014, aren't too bothered that the Tories - one of the signatories of the Vow - have just ripped it up and now want to strip powers from Holyrood.
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What an awful few months & weeks that very elderly lady in Spain suffered before her death. Landlordism in the raw.
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A horrendous economic, political & social tragedy for America & much of the world. Creation of Trump, his family & his White House team.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Apparently Reform are now launching their own website as a full TV station. They are recruiting right now. ... And the question for Ofcom is this: When will you finally clamp down on this client media masquerading as a news channel?" via Reform Are Not Your Friends www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
MPs call for investigation following suicide of BGC Partners whistleblower Simon Andriesz and failure of Financial Conduct Authority to take his allegations seriously.
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JOE.ie - MPs call for investigation following death of Epstein whistleblower
British trader found dead and MPs want answers One British trader who exposed links between a US secretary and Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead in Thailand, as reported by the BBC. Following the de...
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🔴 SCOOP: The chair of a lobbying firm paid by the UAE sits on a government council advising ministers on how Britain uses sport and culture abroad. As Man City's verdict puts Abu Dhabi in the spotlight, our latest investigation 🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-u...
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Revealed: UAE lobbyist advising UK government on sport and foreign policy
FGS Global chair Roland Rudd accused of "blatant conflict of interest" for advising ministers on foreign affairs while his firm lobbies for UAE embassy
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Edward Harkins @edwardhar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Tories, still the ‘nasty party’, admiring a fraudster, fantasist & lying perjurer. Conservatives values eh?
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Chris #ChangeEverything #VoteGreen @chrisl86.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
💚💚💚👏👏👏💚💚💚 #Moratorium NOW!
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Tim Stanley has become the new Theresa May (2002 version). I confess I didn't have that on my 2026 Bingo card.
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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.
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