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Gary Cummins

@garyinscotland.bsky.social
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Home is a 15 min city. Active & Public Transport professional and activist, now retired. Cycle holiday manager (ret). Lived on all the brown bits of the Monopoly board. Weekend Ambo driving volunteer. In the gutter and looking at the gutter.

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Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social · 13h
My partner had never seen the work of genius that is the ‘tea consent’ video, so now I’m sharing it here again, because consent explained through the vehicle of tea is the most British thing ever. And also really fucking important.
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Tea and Consent
YouTube video by Thames Valley Police
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 5h
@drscottarthurmp.bsky.social FYI in case you've not been made aware Dr S
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 6h
Whithorn High Street is extraordinary, a Georgian masterpiece created on a gentle gradient. Even from afar the town appears like an idealised scene in a Jane Austin film. Yet today it feels like a ghost town, just a couple of shops left. Nevertheless a remarkable place.
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wonderful thread on Paris....anyone who ever went there in the 70s-90s would struggle to comprehend this change...
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pressure the film is a very good example of a wonderful bit of theatre that is wrecked on transfer to celluloid. If David Haig's superb play and performance had been left alone, rather than amped up to 12 as this version does, it would have been a far better result.
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'She was immediately suspicious...all the more so when she spotted a “large group of hooded and balaclavaed” men. She called 999...police arrived on scene 15 minutes later.' A couple of weeks ago police dismissed similar reports on the south coast as a spontaneous demonstration, nobody aressted.
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
'Hubble, bubble toil and fucking trouble...'
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Timewalkproject @timewalkproject.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Seeing a lot of genetic AI 'illustration' at craft and art markets nowadays, often alongside legit illustration. It stands out a mile, cheesy, derivative twee stuff. It doesnt seem to sell that well either, there didn't seem to be much interest in these stalls.
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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is what we are up against. It’s why I’ve always said the under 16 social media ban doesn’t go far enough. We shouldn’t be banning it for children, we should be properly regulating it for everyone. This is scary. How do we fight this?
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We've no ability to charge an electric car, we've no off street car storage with power. Are self charging hybrids a good idea? Thankyou.
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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 24/09/2026
Pals I see you sharing links to London Daily & need you to know it's AI bullshit. The Louise Michel is real, Banksy really funded it, but that started in 2020 & the LD link people are sharing is timestamped to today but written as if it's 2020 & elides all the actual journalism about it.
Screenshot reads as follows: 

Welcome to London Daily, an innovative and unique news experiment driven by advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

Our AI system conducts extensive research and fact-checking, presenting a non-biased and diverse perspective on each topic. It meticulously filters out biased or manipulated content, offering you factual summaries essential for your knowledge as an informed citizen.

Our aim is not to replace mainstream media but to provide you with succinct summaries of key headlines, encouraging you to explore these stories in greater depth through your favorite mainstream news sources.

As a privately funded, non-profit initiative, our mission is to provide a concise and comprehensive overview of current events as part of a broader project to enhance fact-checking and AI journalism for journalists and publishers worldwide.

We are building a tool that will help professional journalists and traditional mainstream news outlets enhance their news delivery, boost their readership, ease their workload, and lower their costs while increasing their productivity—all aimed at improving content reliability and readability.
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
What do we want, TISWAS....what do get Playschool.... www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Ready to knock? Play School returns as BBC pushes quality children’s programming
TV heads hope the revamped show – back after four decades – will win over parents seeking quality shows amid concerns about addictive online content
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The PM appears to have finally woken up to the threat from the UK far right....I've read this right haven't I? 'An insidious campaign that reaches into people's homes
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Stanandthat @stanandthat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
(chef's kiss)
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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hospital parking is never free. Someone always pays. In the NHS it steals money that could be used by frontline services. Do you want to make children better, or park for free? Oh and I bet there's no free bus services to that hospital either, so it's even more unfair
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Lib Dems going back to the 80s with full on 'more money in your pocket' Thatcherism....
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
From Saturday's Guardian - why would a local Parish Cllr want to engage with Patriot Action or whatever they are? Why? You really want to talk to bloke with convictions for kidnap? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Not sure I get the fuss about Widows Bay. There's only so many times I can see Mattew Rhys going Duuhhhhhh and baring those glacial white teeth only Americans have. It might get wearing v fast.
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Goldfinches on the feeder I've just put out for winter today. Can anyone confirm please?
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 16/09/2026
Piddington village green with Wicker Man
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I reckon the Marsh family are going to be up there with Viz magazine as a chronicle of late 20th early 21st century Britain...
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Alistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026
English fascists on holiday in Glasgow #1: twat visits Calton Books, gets kicked out by the lads.
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Lifestyle buyers of farmland have fallen to 11 per cent as farmer purchases hit a seven-year high.
thelondoneconomic.com
Inheritance tax changes for farmers have intended impact
New figures show agricultural inheritance tax changes brought in by Rachel Reeves are having the intended impact.
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
@dienekes.bsky.social @almurray.bsky.social @whwnorthernic.bsky.social @whwlondonic.bsky.social @jamesjhistory.bsky.social Re-watching The Pacific and just noticed in the first episode this map of the world during the NCO briefing - Iceland under German occupation? This was never the case was it?
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I used to love Open House weekend when I lived in London, so many great places to see. In Scotland it's known as Doors Open Day - and I'm a bit excited to be hosting a venue myself for the first time tomorrow!
Text and image from the Open House 2026 website indicating the Burntisland First Aid Trust location at 60 High Street, Burntisland.

'The former Burntisland Police Station has now been repurposed into a voluntary sector First Aid Trust Base.

BFAST provides First Aid cover for a very wide range of equestrian, student and endurance events, as well as motor sport and community galas across the region, and their base is used for training and equipment storage.

Our flexible First Aid courses can be delivered on our premises or on yours. They can be customised to meet your specific needs and schedule. They can be informal sessions of only a couple of hours, or certificated for CPD, employment or other regulatory purposes.

The former Police custody cells and BFAST training facilities will be open with equipment on display. '
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Peter Walker, an excellent political reporter on The Guardian giving us the horses mouth on what happened at the hotel hosting a youth cricket team:
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I guess all that stuff about the young prince's modernising the Royal Family has gone out of the stained glass windows then...
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Seeadler @seeadler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
An all-time classic of the genre.
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is good from our FM in Scotland. Thanks to these racist fools celebrating the burning of this building, folks on the housing waiting list in Glasgow will be waiting a bit longer.
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Mr T sums this up really well, Mountain Resucue, RNLI, all those multiple voluntary welfare orgs like WRVS...the best of British - all being slated by our local Nazis for helping anybody without favour...
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anniebannister.bsky.social @anniebannister.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Yesterday was the anniversary of the wonderful #MassBolero, the glorious creation of @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social. Love it to bits! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WOO...
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Mass Bolero - A Tribute To Torvill & Dean
YouTube video by Nottingham Playhouse
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I thought this lot wanted a ban on facecoverings?
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Cllr Anthony Carroll @anthonycarroll.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Beyond disgusting that planned social housing was set alight in Possilpark all because of a hateful lie - sparked by lying, hateful bigots online who couldn't point to Possil on a map. www.thenational.scot/news/2652667...
thenational.scot
Far right cheer 'wilful' Glasgow tenement fire amid false 'migrant housing' claims
FAR-RIGHT groups have been celebrating a fire at a Glasgow tenement amid false claims that it was being renovated to house migrants ...
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do.
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This why some folk find cricket dull. Those 62 mile run ups used to be the norm.
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you build it, they will come.
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A lot of folk who cause death by driving dangerously end up being charged with causing death by careless driving. A lesser sentence but easier conviction for the prosecution
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JenOnTheMove 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jenonthemove.com · 28/08/2026
We really don’t have enough seating in this world I don’t mean “just a bit too little”, I mean, absolutely nowhere near scratching the surface of being enough
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Been trying to watch Ford V Ferrari, I should like it, actors I like, old cars (I don't like cars but like old cars a bit) but these blokey films have to have a scene where the lads have a jokey punch up, almost kill each other and then start laughing...and Christian Bales sounds like Dick Van Dyke!
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Christian Bale as Ken Miles: Oh Really Hmm
ALT: Christian Bale as Ken Miles: Oh Really Hmm
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I recall this well, back in the day when genocide was taken seriously. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, dies aged 84
Bosnian Serb commander responsible for Srebrenica massacre dies in prison while serving life sentence for genocide
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Ricardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 26/08/2026
The best tribute to Dolly Parton is that she regularly and repeatedly refused to have anything to do with Piers Morgan
Piers Morgan

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RIP Dolly Parton.

Never met her, never interviewed her (despite decades of unrequited requests) but thought she was utterly fabulous in every way.
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@dieworkwear.bsky.social What are your thoughts on this chap's attire please Mr Guy?
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
@threadinburgh.scot Andy - The longest serving bus in the Lothian Buses fleet. A one off commission of a rear entry only single deck bus with a conductors counter at the back. Never used succesfully in service and turned into a front entry bus. Then turned back to original condition by enthusiasts.
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Sitting outside a community hall at a public event. Three lads walk past, one says: 'That's the hall we all got smashed in last night, see that lampost there, that's where Kenny got his cock out'
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This is the plot of The Misfits isn't it? How sad and horrible.
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
In Edinburgh we build bike lanes, cycling grows, then we remove them...
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Gary Cummins @garyinscotland.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Bloody Hell! Neil nails it here. Anyone I know boasts about finding a good tradesperson, and when they get them they NEVER use anyone else....
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 21/08/2026
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