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Max Sefton @maxsefton.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

As someone who did a 36 hour shift last election day, this is very much welcome. Tradition be damned.

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Max Sefton @maxsefton.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Some extracurricular writing from me, this time on two very fun indie rock bands in my favourite Edinburgh venue.

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Max Sefton @maxsefton.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Still in the market for an Edinburgh Oasis ticket, any night, if anyone knows of one going spare #Oasis #Murrayfield www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaeL...

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Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol (Official HD Remastered Video)

YouTube video by Oasis

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Max Sefton @maxsefton.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Asked about concerns her bill could drive prostitution underground, Ms Regan said: "If you even think for one second, you cannot possibly drive prostitution underground. "If you had a lot of women in underground cellars with a locked door, how would the punters get to them?" Iconic

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Alba's Ash Regan says 'many politicians' avoid the issue of prostitution in Scotland

The sole Alba MSP bringing forward plans to make the buying of sex illegal has said she will not let the issue of prostitution fall ‘into the…

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Max Sefton @maxsefton.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

The big day arrives. Stage one of @orkneymsp.bsky.social’s Assisted Dying bill. Time to give terminally ill Scots the choice of a compassionate death if they want one.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 05/03/2025

Right now, Kemi Badenoch is doing more to defend JD Vance than the US is doing to defend Ukraine.

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Max Sefton @maxsefton.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

They’re playing Natalie Imbruglia and The Cranberries before the Touché Amore show. Pretty sure that wasn’t the intro playlist I was expecting.

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Max Sefton @maxsefton.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

One of my new New Year’s resolutions is to write more non-work stuff, so in that spirit here’s some word on very fun Welsh rockers The Bug Club and humour in music for @resoundonline.bluesky.social re-sound.co.uk/the-bug-club...

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THE BUG CLUB: THE VOODOO ROOMS, EDINBURGH

The alternative view - live reviews and musical meanderings

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Max Sefton @maxsefton.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Approximately 6-7 years ago, the New Statesman had a host of rising journalistic stars and an excellent podcast before the medium reached saturation. There’s a centrish Labour government in power, it should be an essential read. Instead it is publishing nonsense like this.

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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

This is a superb piece of writing and analysis by @stephenkb.bsky.social in which he takes apart Tory opportunism and pandering to Elon Musk over the grooming gangs and compares it to Farage’s consistent red line on Tommy Robinson. Compulsory reading.

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Good morning. I hope you were able to have a good restorative break. My thanks to Jim, Robert, Miranda, Lucy, Jen, Jude, Chris and Georgina for minding the fort while I was on holiday.

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Max Sefton @maxsefton.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Despite generally reading 25-50 books a year I actually can’t think of that many fiction authors where I’ve read 5+. Terry Pratchett (about 50) Cormac McCarthy (about 10) Stephen King (about 10) Jane Austen (6) Ali Smith (5)

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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

This is another shocking turn in the perplexingly long-running Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, after other victims said they had lost confidence in the chair herself - by Marc Horne @timesscotland.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...

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Abuse victim’s ‘final’ message after anonymity denied by inquiry

Kevin Sutherland begged chairwoman of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry to remove his testimony and wrote on social media: If you are reading this it means I have died

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Max Sefton @maxsefton.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Appealed to the Information Commissioner in December 2022 over the Scottish Government's refusal to give me information relating to Crown Consent on dubious grounds. Just had an email that the staff member handling my case is leaving. Still no sign of the information. A broken system #FOI

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Max Sefton @maxsefton.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

In the final week of term the Scottish Government are going to give a statement today on their highly suss use of WhatsApp and deletion of messages. They’ve been sat on the relevant report since July. Burying bad news season has arrived.

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Max Sefton @maxsefton.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I’d read a deep dive on why Labour loves centralising things so much.

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Max Sefton @maxsefton.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

A list to keep even music nerds humble. I listen to a bunch of new releases every week and I’ve still only played 23 of these and heard tracks off a handful more.

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Alistair Carmichael MP @amcarmichaelmp.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Glad to see Richard Tice taking such care over UK fishing. It is just a shame that neither he nor any of his Reform colleagues could be bothered to show up this afternoon to my debate... on UK fishing.

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Max Sefton @maxsefton.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Over the past year, SNP ministers have chosen to remove funding for affordable housing, mental health and drug services. When you do that, there are inevitable consequences.

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Max Sefton @maxsefton.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

This has been one of those low-key annoyances that has bugged me for about five years. Good work @dvdhmltn.bsky.social #HolyroodFOI

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Alistair Grant @alistairkgrant.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

🔴 The number of homeless people in Scotland's biggest cities has rocketed by almost 10% since pre-pandemic. @thescotsmanpaper.bsky.social has joined forces with Cyrenians to help raise essential funds for people experiencing homelessness this winter & beyond. www.scotsman.com/news/scottis...

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Edinburgh at 'sharp end' in Scotland's homelessness crisis as Cyrenians launch winter campaign

The Scotsman has joined forces with Cyrenians to raise money for people experiencing homelessness

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 20/11/2024

Since I've been here for a while… here are some useful features on Bluesky that you might not have discovered yet! 🧵

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kate solomon @katiesol.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

what is the point of giving an award to someone for having "the best chance of mainstream success" other than to later take credit for them having the mainstream success. redundant. make Sound Of for the year just gone! why am i so annoyed by this!

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Max Sefton @maxsefton.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Powerful (but extremely cold) #AssistedDying event with @dignityindying.org.uk this morning. It’s time for people with terminal illness to be given the choice over how their life ends.

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