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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I was once canvassing with a candidate who was complimented on their good teeth 😁

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A Wombling Merry Christmas is still on my Christmas playlist

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In today’s episode of depressingly unsurprising research…

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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Forget pervert glasses - what about smart plugs? Me on domestic abusers taking over home devices as.ft.com/r/8f4ab2f1-4... How smart tech is being weaponised in the home

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Tiffany C. Graham @bluenote123.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but that’s rape. www.salon.com/2026/07/15/m...

Quote from a paragraph in the attached article.

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

My brother is retired - I’d rock at that!

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Best seat on the bus @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social except when it’s raining 🌧️

Looking from the top of the bus through a steamed up window

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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 02/07/2026

Most people know that richer people tend to be thinner. Less appreciated is that this divide is largely driven by women. My column: The economics of women's weight 300 free clicks: as.ft.com/r/feaaaacf-8...

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I’ve recently discovered the Magnetic Fields, thanks to The Algorithm - would totally recommend

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Can’t Imagine what that might be…

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Oh I remember that John Collins goal - what a beautiful moment!

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Off to karaoke which is the only thing to do on a day like this!

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I remain of the view that regulation of social media is better than a ban for young people. But I also pretty much agree with all these proposals.

Ban continuous scroll. Appears to one of the most addictive features with no downside in banning it.
Require a 20s delay before playing any video. Would make essentially no difference to watching TV episodes or films, but would effectively nuke short-form video.8
Require all platforms to have the default feed

as people you follow, in chronological order. Reduces algorithmic effects.
Any platform that uses an algorithm more complex than ‘people you follow in chronological order’ to be treated as a publisher, and held to account for content. As above, but more robustly.
Require users to use real names. Much of the worst content is produced by anons; it would also make it easier to hold people to account for things that are banned in real life, such as libel or incitement to violence.
Require all platforms to provide a suite of user tools. This might include hard blocks, ability to detag yourself or restrict ‘quote tweets’, and community notes.

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Terrifying truth for some women is that keeping their finances separate is a protective move from a controlling partner. (Not to take away from the gender pension gap which is much bigger than the pay gap) Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman…

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I’d echo this from a couple of conversations - I think maybe based on what Lowe is saying on grooming gangs

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Excellent article by @danigaravelli.bsky.social - we must be as clear about holding our own political tribes to account as pointing to the failings in the other sides.

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Loving my journey through the solar system with @dreochapman.bsky.social - not least because she gives a summary at the end of the chapter to remind me of what I’ve just learned ☀️🌍🌒

I The Radio Universe - screenshot of an audio book by Emma Chapman

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Tiffany Aching is a very relatable female character, aside from being a witch - and even then, much of witching she discovers is being an ordinary good person and getting others to be ordinary good people

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Fun Friday fact - Manchester is the Swedish word for corduroy

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Reckon I could have just stayed on Cuddy’s Isle

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Ooh, I walked St Cuthbert’s way last year and have been recommended this!

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Fabian Society @thefabians.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Applications for the Fabian Women's Network Mentoring Programme are now open! For 15 years, the programme has supported women who want to build a career in public life to develop their skills, grow their confidence and build their network.

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

From canvassing, I feel like more people are saying the quiet part out loud now

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

“And here’s where Georgian women kept their pockets” Splendid demonstration of practical fashion on the tour at Gladstone’s Land in Edinburgh #PocketsInDresses

Tour guide lifting up a blue dress on a dressmaker model, to show the pockets underneath the skirts

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Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

With news that the PM has appointed Brown and Harman, the mystery to me is why both traditional parties don’t draw on more of their respected, broad experience, and really double down on it, to show voters they have deep experience (fair, not all good!) to differentiate from challengers.

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

On the counterfactual of whether identities would have hardened in the same way if Remain had won, the evidence from Scotland post IndyRef suggests that they would

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Constitutionally it is for Westminster to grant a referendum and there is a pro UK majority of Scottish MPs, elected less than two years ago

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

… and that epic bow is only the second best thing on that platform

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

And yet we seem to still be hours away from list results - why are we not using electronic counting as we do for council elections?!

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

For my birthday I would like an 18yo sherry oak Macallan and a jig saw

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

“Royal Mail says it plans to meet its new targets for delivering letters across its network within the next 12 months” Bold plans for mail delivery promised on Today 📮

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

The radio version of Tomb with a View is well worth a listen - though it wasn’t enough for me, had to get the book as well!

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

307 McTernans in the 1926 Irish Census, most from the same county as my great grandparents.

Page from the Irish Census, household of McTernans

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

1983 - the year I discovered pop music #totp

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(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Let she,octopus or human, who has not felt this way regularly, cast the first stone....

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Ah, you had the lovely Vonnie Sandland with you!

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

How does this work beyond offices, in workplaces such as schools, hospitals, shops, public transport, building trades? 4 day working week is a great aspiration, but most work places would still require the same number of work hours, making this a costly change

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Here’s a nice beach to calm you

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