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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 4h

Disability doesn’t care how old you are. Specialist food is no cheaper if you’re 19. Employers don’t lose their prejudice if you’re 21. This is blatant intergenerational inequality from Labour. Younger disabled people of all severities deserve better. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Key disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changes

Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment

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Gavin Greig @ggreig.com · 2h

This temple’s a bit busted.

A ruined temple with lots of vegetation. Steps rise up to a dais with a low, black-topped altar. Behind it is an archway leading out. The carvings on the wall retain some red and white colour.

The same ruined temple from one side. Steps rise up to a dais with a low, black-topped altar. This wall is heavily covered with bushes and creepers, some of which are in flower. The altar can be seen over the top of the wall.

The back of the ruined temple. Steps rise up to the archway we could see from the front. The steps are fairly clear but the rest is covered in plants. The carvings on the wall retain some red and white colour.

A ruined temple with lots of vegetation, seen from the other side. There are lots of plants, and some evidence of moisture - moss and rushes.

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 21h

File this under shocking but not surprising

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🦇💀 Rigg-or Mortis 💀🦇 @rigg.lgbt · 01/10/2026

Insert "British public wrong about almost everything" headline screencap here

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Gavin Greig @ggreig.com · 01/10/2026

Ancient ruins in the woods

An old green John Deere combine harvester, quite overgrown among the trees. We’re looking at it from the right rear - the front with the blades is well-hidden among brambles.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

a short poem name like when we meet a bovine and we say 'hi coo' #NationalPoetryDay #Haiku

A black and white archive photograph of a cow standing beside a track leading down to a mill. The cow is looking at the camera.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied.

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Gavin Greig @ggreig.com · 01/10/2026

October 2026 update: In the immortal words of ABC (but without the bitterness) that was then, but this is now. I no longer work as a software developer, but still live in Fife.

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The SNP @snp.org · 01/10/2026

Andy Burnham's "National Care Service" turns out to be Free Personal Care in England. Inspired by a policy already delivered in Scotland by the SNP.

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ElizaB @figandpen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Roses are red Trump is a snake One day he will die And I will eat cake #nationalpoetryday

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Gavin Greig @ggreig.com · 30/09/2026

The contrast of the black is better. But I’m a bit R/G colourblind and choose black too often.

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Gavin Greig @ggreig.com · 30/09/2026

That’s my current intention! More time for painting minis 🙂

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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Millionaires and billionaires aren't paying their fair share. I'm one of them and I'm calling it out. A nurse doesn't get to decide if she pays her taxes, why do millionaires and billionaires get to decide what tax rate they're gonna pay?" PMUK's Kristina has a message for the PM #TaxTheSuperRich

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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Most of Burnham's promises were for policies to be introduced after the next GE, the national care service, reform of the voting system, closer ties with the EU, all put off until after the next GE - political code for ‘never’. It was a very traditional Labour speech, the jam is always tomorrow.

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Independent Voices @indyvoices.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wouldn’t disagree with much that Burnham said today in what was an excellent speech. But… 90% of the substance is focused on England catching up with Scotland (Bus fares, rail nationalisation, water in public control, free social care and PR in elections). Not much for Scotland except Unionism!

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Sinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Noticing a curious absence of sensibles going “oh is Andy Burnham going to plant them all himself?” About this incredibly pathetic number designed to overwhelm people who don’t understand scale.

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Kevin Connor @kevintconnor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Bit on the nose for to design an AI mascot that looks eerily similar to a Doctor Who alien that wholesale murders people who turn to it for help

Little cute murderous alien blob monsters named Adipose from Doctor Who

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It is time for people of courage to walk away from Labour www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/09... They have had their chance. They have blown it. We need a real alternative in this country now. They will never be it again.

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It is time for people of courage to walk away from Labour

As I say on fiscal rules in the glossary to this blog: Fiscal rules are targets set by governments to limit borrowing, debt, or deficits over time. They are presented as if they are neutral, technical...

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Gavin Greig @ggreig.com · 28/09/2026

You wouldn’t think this would be radical.

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For all that it's been barely reported in the UK press, it's still hard to understate the importance of the stance @labourunionsuk.bsky.social has taken on trans and non-binary rights this week. Every single trade union affiliated to the party of government has stood up and said we will not comply.

Joint statement from National TULO

Solidarity with the trans and non-binary community

Labour's 11 affiliated trade unions stand in total solidarity with the trans and non-binary community.

Trans rights are human rights, and trans rights are workers' rights.

We in the trade union movement will do all we can to stand up for our trans members and all our trans siblings, to protect them from persecution, harassment and attack.

The government must act now to protect all trans people, to make sure their rights are protected, expanded and upheld in our workplaces and communities.

Labour Unions

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Basically she has a choice: -implement trans segregation -get yelled at by the telegraph And oppressing an entire minority is a lesser, frivolous cost to her

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🦇💀 Rigg-or Mortis 💀🦇 @rigg.lgbt · 28/09/2026

The government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NO 👇 LIES DETECTED......

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Gavin Greig @ggreig.com · 28/09/2026

People need to urgently find a (non-fascist) alternative to Labour they can vote for.

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🦇💀 Rigg-or Mortis 💀🦇 @rigg.lgbt · 28/09/2026

They're almost - almost - always mediocre cis white men propped up by other mediocre cis white men who get referred to as "sensible" and "a safe pair of hands", and they're absolutely always venal self-serving arseholes who make nothing better and frequently make things worse.

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🦇💀 Rigg-or Mortis 💀🦇 @rigg.lgbt · 28/09/2026

So many of this type in politics (Starmer, not OP). Entitled pricks who think they're due a turn. Not fighting FOR anything, not wanting to change things for the better, just filled with the unshakable belief that they are BETTER & removing the incumbent by any means necessary is therefore justified

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is my favorite genre of report: the big city journalists losing their minds at “bird” and “cow”

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ElizaB @figandpen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Your 1,678,121st reminder than liberals will always side with fascism instead doing what’s right.

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Gavin Greig @ggreig.com · 28/09/2026

Not long I’m afraid, all those splattery small animal bits get everywhere.

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It really sets in stark relief the asymmetry of coverage of the "debate" over trans and women's rights across our media. On the GC side court losses are reported as wins, racism is glossed over and hate is endlessly sane-washed. Meanwhile successes on the pro-trans side are met with silence or lies.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Comment on Reddit about this: "My mum tried to send a gift card to someone at the council who had helped her quit smoking. They turned it down because she wasn't allowed to accept gifts." And yet some MPs (and the authorities) think it's totally normal and fine to do this...

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *inclusion*, it would be all over the Times, Telegraph, Mail etc. This last weekend, attendance at a major women's conference was down 80% due to a boycott fighting against trans *exclusion*. Crickets.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn. Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all. There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.

Patrick Maguire
Chief Political Commentator Oliver Wright Policy Editor

Falling migration numbers could cost the chancellor as much as £7bn in fiscal headroom as he writes his first budget, The Times has been told.
Government insiders believe that John Healey, who already faced an uphill battle to balance the books next month, is likely to have an even bigger challenge after immigration undershot projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated last month that the success of Shabana
Mahmood's
reforms, which have cut net migration to the low hundreds of thousands, could cost Healey some £4bn.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 27/09/2026

The Lib Dems are the smallest party in the Scottish Parliament - after the SNP, Labour, Farage's Reform, the Scottish Greens, and the Tories. So no, not "the most influential group in the Scottish Parliament", whatever they might tell their donors.

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 27/09/2026

Transphobia is genuinely an elite fixation that is much less popular than most politicians and media outlets would have you believe.

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sorry little jimothy, grandma did what she could, i voted the lesser evil every time But gran gran, what do you mean you voted Evil every time

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sounds alarmist and absurd to suggest that the Tories would follow, but they are currently just a couple years behind the far-right parties on these issues. Badenoch is radicalising the party at speed.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The chipping away at citizenship, which started with Shamima Begum, is utterly poisonous. Anytime now, Restore will support the removal of citizenship on the basis of race or religion.

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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🇬🇧 🇫🇰 LABOUR’s Miliband says : “BUT NOT YOU SCOTLAND, IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU VOTE FOR, JUST SHUT UP AND GET BACK IN YOUR BOX” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet ? 🇪🇺

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The whole point of humans as a sociable, tribal species is we should eject people like this, so they starve in the wilderness alone. There are consequences to sociopathic behaviour. Somehow the abstract idea of money has short circuited our basic evolutionary safeguards.

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I dearly wish I had been proved wrong about this, but Andy Burnham has turned out to be exactly who he appeared to be four months ago. Today when asked about violent racist criminals on the UK's streets he accompanied condemnation with "Immigration does have to be dealt with". We have to do better.

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Them Fatale, @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Burnham wants me to drink beer but refuse me use of the toilets.

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Gavin Greig @ggreig.com · 26/09/2026

In no sense do I wish to excuse it, but I don't think it's due to absolute poverty. It's because none of the establishment parties offer a believable prospect of improvement. When you get any hint of it - Corbyn, Polanski - people flock there. And then the establishment do their best to crush it.

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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 26/09/2026

56% Holyrood Indy majority 67% Holyrood on right to vote 68% voter referendum support 52% voter Indy support Sounds like a 'consensus' to me, Andy Burnham. (P.S. Labour's 'mandate' to govern UK was just 32%)

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ElizaB @figandpen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If we are serious about stopping ‘rogue’ AI agents, we need to create one that seeks out and erases debt - student loans, medical debt, mortgages, car finance - all of it. AI would be on the shortest of leashes before you could say ’interest rate’.

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