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Kenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social · 6h

I have never seen coverage of a live trial, one involving allegations of multiple sex attacks on multiple women, framed in a more distasteful way. It's not 'Fame under fire' it's a rape trial. And it involves actual women. And this from the *checks notes* BBC

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 2h

Ugh. My dad is at this stage, those were my first thoughts when I saw the photo.

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 9h

Well that's me done on the internet today. Jfc.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

2026: Labour MP Jonathan Hinder says 'nobody thinks that was going to happen,' that Brexit would mean, instead of migrants from the EU, we'd get migrants from outside the EU 2016: Labour's Heidi Alexander explained exactly that; one of many politicians and commentators to do so

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Bríd 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @brid.bsky.social · 13h

The whole discourse about Glasgow city centre being unsafe in 2026 genuinely feels like a psyop at this point because it is so completely at odds with observable reality.

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Pickwick The Dodo @lesleyhustler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Well said. How many of Tommy Robinson’s Sport’s Direct paramilitary division go and help or worship at the churches they claim they want to protect. It’s much easier to don a balaclava and shout at the RNLI. #HopeNotHate

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Luke @helloitsluke.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I simply don't think people should be able to throw around the word "inquiry" to strengthen what is essentially just a media campaign

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Reader, not a writer, but can't resist the opportunity. A few well chosen quotes really work. Too many (especially multiple pages inside the front cover) feel like a hard sell and degrades trust. One contemporary writer provides so many blurbs that if I see one by him, might put the book back down.

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Today in sectarianism...

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Oh yeah. Brexit was 'justice for the Commonwealth'.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

We need to be clear. This isn’t about shooting small boats. It’s about shooting people. Probably shooting small children.

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The dominance of the black/white frame for talking about racial identity makes Europe confusing for a lot of people. This is why the British far right are banging on about ethnicity.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Speaking of voting, if you're a member and you'd like to keep the National Trust's Council free from interference from Britain (and the US's) richest financiers, don't forget to vote before the end of the month. Quick-vote takes moments and avoids the Restore Trust slate of candidates.

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

You might know the Margaret Atwood quotation - 'Men are afraid women will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill them.'

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

There are a lot of fairly small public courses where I used to live, but you have limited access to walk round them because, y'know, flying golf balls. During COVID they were suddenly these totally open green spaces. I imagine some of that happens when a course closes.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The correct response to this would be to make all the evidence used to draw the conclusion public, then challenge Farage to respond, otherwise people will just pick their opinions on the matter based purely on who they trust.

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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 12/10/2026

So, the treasurer of a party that hasn’t won an election in Scotland since the 1950s wants to build enormous data centres here. Conveniently far away from Tory voters in the south of England.

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

And especially if you want to raise taxes.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This would be economically illiterate & environmentally disastrous - and makes us less secure: undermining efforts to reduce energy bills by reducing dependence on gas, increasing vulnerability to global dictators, driving climate emissions & knee capping a market that’s just beginning to take off

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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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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

But they support open access publishing! (Where the people who provide the free labour also pay the publishing costs!)

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

How does the OBR justify using those figures in their model?

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The article includes a picture of a house (presumably in Liverpool) with a mural reading 'You'll never walk alone.' The caption reads 'But the legacy of welfare lingers'. Do they think the mural is saying you won't walk alone because... you'll get a free mobility scooter??

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

It is illegal. The police want to prosecute. X are refusing to give the user data to the police. That is their routine practice for racist hate crimes. (They cooperate on child sexual abuse and some forms of terrorism; they impede the policing of racist/ misogynistic hate crimes on their platform)

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The 80s adaptation of The Box of Delights seemed huge to me (a child) at the time, but it was only three hours. I saw the whole thing in the cinema a few years ago, it was considerably stranger than I remembered!

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I'd like a Weirdstone trilogy.

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I have a visceral memory of an implant in someone's flabby 80s armpit...

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I think it continued forever, didn't it? Like the cartoon 'Cities of Gold'.

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Lisounours @lise-l.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Ils étaient mi-cerf mi-escargot, et re mi-cerf derrière

Image de deux cerfs allongés devant des rouleaux de foin

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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

On 7 October, a video shared by Stand Up to Racism Scotland, with the caption This is what happens when you keep telling racists that they have "legitimate concerns"... appeared to show a group of black-clad men ‘patrolling’ the streets of Glasgow while making racist threats.

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I saw a thing a while back about how raw milk farms in California are creating a great reservoir for bird flu to mutate to spread to people. The farmer interviewed said he knew his milk was infected, but 'no one's got really sick, so it's ok!' So far! 😵‍💫

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Thanks, that makes sense (not as policy but you know what I mean!). So the chilling effect has time to have an impact.

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Are there any signs of action being taken against any universities who are non-compliant now? If trusted sponsor status was removed from an institution, would that bring scrutiny of HO change in approval practices?

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I think ethnic identity happens 'at home' and national identity is about public life. Feel the same way about religion. If in conflict, the requirements of the nation win. Want to follow a religion that outlaws abortion? Have at it. Want to impose that on everyone else in the nation? Nope.

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I have a (white) friend who has lived in Scotland since around age of 5, has a very strong English accent because of parents and despite being schooled in Aberdeenshire and Dundee, and voluably names herself as Scottish. Freaks some other Scottish people out 😁

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If you ask white Scottish or Irish people if they have the same ethnicity as white English people, I think a lot would say no! It's a very porous concept. But arguing about content of ethnicity is moving to their turf. The point is, people of different ethnicities can live in the same nationstate.

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Somewhere thinks there's a difference, or why is this being counted. I can't remember if 'white English' is typically an option (cause it's not my option), would be interesting if it's excluded.

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

So I understand the context of the question and I'm not remotely justifying how ethnicity is being used in this context. But. Ethnic difference doesn't require racial difference and a lot of HR-type questionnaires these days ask people to choose 'white Scottish', 'white Irish' etc. So someone...

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

My gut reaction was at least 5.

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martinbarrow.bsky.social @martinbarrow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A pilot programme that saw four local authorities routinely gather the views of care-experienced children on issues related to their wellbeing has been shown to build relationships and help practitioners understand what makes a difference. www.cypnow.co.uk/content/anal...

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Councils listen and act on care-experienced young people’s views - CYP Now

A pilot programme that saw four local authorities routinely gather the views of care-experienced children on issues related to their wellbeing has been shown...

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

So the correct headline would be more like 'may in the future be at risk of over-diagnosis'?

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I don't think people were crying out for a story about Wallace. It inspired people who didn't have much of a clue beforehand who Wallace was. You still see people do the face paint. There's unfortunately a big Scottish audience for tartan touristry.

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Like, people talked about whether it had an impact on the devolution vote in 97.

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It got slagged off for inaccuracy, and things like Gibson's accent, and the geography making no sense, but as an instance of myth-making about Scotland / representation of Scottish assertiveness it had a real impact.

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

But in Scotland, at the time it came out, people fucking loved it. I remember seeing it in the cinema and there was a standing ovation.

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Men who hate women are bad men shocker.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026

the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Or, they just believe his feelings matter more than yours. I'm so sorry!

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ktk @ktk66.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I don't know you but I'm really sorry this is happening to you. I've worked with people targeted by stalkers and I know people (men!) do the thing you're describing. They can't just believe a woman made a rational decision to cut off / prevent contact. They assume they know better. Assholes.

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026

You *know* he's convicted of stalking women. You've *read* the deranged letters you add as attachments. And you still think you're doing the right thing in sending them on his behalf to a woman you don't know? Two now from the same clergyman. I have gone fucking nuclear. Go White Knight elsewhere.

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