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@philtaylor.bsky.social
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Proud faither, socialist, trade unionist, anti-racist, rocknroll, the mighty Killie, Cretan,

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philtaylor.bsky.social @philtaylor.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
NEW: Scots venues hosting comedian Jimmy Carr should cancel his performances after he performed at a secret party for the Israeli embassy this week, campaigners say Read more on this: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
People in North of England and Wales would be the hardest hit by disability benefit cuts. They will suffer three times the economic impact and with twice as many affected residents as London and the south-east. Deprived areas have more people with disabilities. No impact assessment from govt.
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Wales and north of England face disability cuts ‘double whammy’
Policy in Practice analysis shows twice as many people affected in north-east, north-west and Wales than in London and south-east
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Kilmarnock Football Club @kilmarnockfc.co.uk · 24/04/2025
60 after ‘65 🙌 A famous day that will never be forgotten… on this day in 1965 we were crowned champions of Scotland 💙
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OldSchool @blueskyoldschool.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Ain't No Mountain High Enough (1967) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
The most boring answer is “because patriarchy”. Patriarchal government – especially the most extreme totalitarian governments – enforce rigid gender roles as a means of social control, so anything or anyone whose existence suggests those gender roles aren’t wholly rigid
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philtaylor.bsky.social @philtaylor.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 18/04/2025
👀 We're just gonna leave this here ... goodlawproject.org/mandelsons-e...
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Mandelson’s embassy fixed Starmer’s visit to spytech firm | Good Law Project
The British Ambassador to the United States is at the centre of a web connecting Palantir and the prime minister. But what did they all discuss?
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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
‘cyber space relies on physical infrastructure we tend to ignore — and the “most complicated supply chains [ever seen] in human history”.’ on.ft.com/3Y7wSL7 Tariffs ignore the reality of global tech supply chains
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Tariffs ignore the reality of global tech supply chains
Nvidia has become a symbol of the looming business nightmare unleashed by Donald Trump
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/04/2025
Microplastics found in human ovary follicular fluid for the first time
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Microplastics found in human ovary follicular fluid for the first time
Peer-reviewed study’s findings raises fresh question on the toxic substances’ impact on fertility Microplastics have been found for the first time in human ovary follicular fluid, raising a new round of questions about the ubiquitous and toxic substances’ potential impact on women’s fertility. The new peer-reviewed research published in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety checked for microplastics in the follicular fluid of 18 women undergoing assisted reproductive treatment at a fertility clinic in Salerno, Italy, and detected them in 14. Continue reading...
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
NEW: An acclaimed Scottish filmmaker has written to David Lammy over the Israeli foreign minister's secret visit to the UK 🗣️ 'Your statements at the dispatch box also showed clear ignorance of the details of the Genocide Convention'
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Scottish filmmaker writes to David Lammy over Israeli minister's secret UK visit
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19/04/2025
Who needs accurate health information? Not the US government.
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Pandemic truthers take over HHS Covid site
Covid.gov now redirects to a page attacking masks, New York, and Anthony Fauci.
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Grant Buttars @gbuttars.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
“What presents itself to us as bourgeois legality is nothing but the violence of the ruling class, a violence raised to an obligatory norm from the outset.” Rosa Luxemburg
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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
A big victory for the forces of reaction: UK supreme court rules definition of woman in Equality Act refers to ‘a biological woman’ – live www.theguardian.com/law/live/202...
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UK supreme court rules definition of woman in Equality Act refers to ‘a biological woman’ – live
Transgender women with gender recognition certificates not included in definition of women in the Equality Act 2010, say judges
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 17/04/2025
"The Supreme Court can kid itself all it likes about this decision not being bad for trans people. Trans people know it is the latest savage blow against a community that is already reeling" - @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social for the Independent www.independent.co.uk/voices/trans...
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We left it to the Supreme Court to decide ‘what a woman is’ – they chose wrong
The Supreme Court’s decision regarding trans women has made me ashamed of my profession – and ashamed of what our law has become, writes Good Law Project founder Jolyon Maugham KC
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Grant Buttars @gbuttars.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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philtaylor.bsky.social @philtaylor.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Brilliant - we all need to take a stand
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
The UK Supreme Court can rule whatever it likes about whether trans women are legally women or not. The law will eventually change and equality will prevail. Fuck this government and its alignment with such hate.
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Grant Buttars @gbuttars.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Off to offer my solidarity to @uniteucu.bsky.social members in Glasgow this morning. It’s time the dispute with @ucu.org.uk was settled. Workers deserve so much better than this uniteucu.wordpress.com/dispute-over... #SettleTheDispute
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UCU SMT Myth Busting
Every trade union member knows that when their branch goes into dispute and starts to take industrial action, the employer’s propaganda machine starts churning out disinformation to damage and unde…
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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Derry socialist, musician and academic Colm Bryce was ‘a power house of social justice’ www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...
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Derry socialist, musician and academic Colm Bryce was ‘a power house of social justice’
The late Derry socialist, musician and Marxist academic Colm Bryce has been described as a ‘powerhouse of social justice’ and ‘warrior in the struggle against oppression’.
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Grant Buttars @gbuttars.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
It is beyond upsetting to see that @ucu.org.uk staff in @uniteucu.bsky.social have been compelled to take further strike days. Time for this this dispute to be resolved satisfactorily, would you not agree @drjogrady.bsky.social
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philtaylor.bsky.social @philtaylor.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
@ucustandrews.bsky.social
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Grant Buttars @gbuttars.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Fight for every job! @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk
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University of Edinburgh staff balloted on strike action over £140 million budget cuts
Staff at the University of Edinburgh are being balloted on industrial action in a dispute over the university’s plans to slash £140 million from…
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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
… months ahead. But there is no going back.’ on.ft.com/3Yfdtrw Trump goes for shock therapy
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Trump goes for shock therapy
The market was far too optimistic
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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
‘Trump has established a pattern of bold pronouncements followed by hasty retreats, and that may be the case again this time. But yesterday felt different, both because of the hype in the run-up and in the sheer number of commitments made on the day. There will be some abrupt turns in the … 1/
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 26/03/2025
Incredible show of solidarity today at UEA! 💪 #StopTheCuts
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Today, The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism, is published in the UK in paperback. The timing, as the government disastrously follows the neoliberal script to the letter, could scarcely be more appropriate. www.penguin.co.uk/books/455534...
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The Invisible Doctrine
This book is dynamite' - Caroline Lucas | 'Fantastic' - Mark Ruffalo We live under an ideology that preys on every aspect of our lives: our education and our jobs; our healthcare and our leisure; our...
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philtaylor.bsky.social @philtaylor.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Marnie Holborow, ReArmng Europe & EU Imperialism www.rebelnews.ie/2025/03/10/r...
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ReArming Europe and European Imperialism - REBEL
Marnie Holborow explains how the recently announced ReArm Europe plan, which will…
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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
To which the only possible conment is: Swine! on.ft.com/4iTNnCA Thousands of Britons to have welfare income cut by more than 60%
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
A former SNP MP and surgeon who worked in Gaza has paid tribute after her friend was killed during Israeli airstrikes which broke the ceasefire deal
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'Heartbroken': Former SNP MP pays tribute as friend killed in Gaza by Israel
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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Call to organize an International Forum against Political Persecution and Repression prensaobrera.com/internaciona...
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Call to organize an International Forum against Political Persecution and Repression
To be held online on April 26th. -
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philtaylor.bsky.social @philtaylor.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
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Aamer Anwar✊🏾🏳️‍🌈#BlackLivesMatter on X: "This morning the family of Sheku Bayoh will meet for the first time with @PoliceScotland Chief Constable Jo Farrell- As we approach the 10th anniversary of Sheku’s death in police custody, his family have never given up the fight for truth & justice @ShekuBayohInq https://t.co/J1SnBpctdY" / X
This morning the family of Sheku Bayoh will meet for the first time with @PoliceScotland Chief Constable Jo Farrell- As we approach the 10th anniversary of Sheku’s death in police custody, his family have never given up the fight for truth & justice @ShekuBayohInq https://t.co/J1SnBpctdY
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philtaylor.bsky.social @philtaylor.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Rally by UCU members of Dundee Uni as they start 3 week strike against appalling mismanagement that threatens 100s of jobs. Many supporters from other unions here. @ucu.org.uk @ucuscotland.bsky.social
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Hi as soon as Current Pope dies I WILL be calling conclave Pope Idol SO MUCH cheers.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Another Banksy style classic.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 24/02/2025
Solidarity with our members on strike today at @ducuuo.bsky.social 👇 Fighting back against proposed job cuts. Three weeks of strike action start today ✊ The whole union is behind you. We can win this 🔥
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Dundee University staff begin three-week strike
Members of the University and College Union are taking industrial action over potential job cuts
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Grant Buttars @gbuttars.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Dear Manager, here’s what I’ve done this week 1. heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warnin' 2. Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world 3. Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin'
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philtaylor.bsky.social @philtaylor.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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philtaylor.bsky.social @philtaylor.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 20/02/2025
The number of incidents were for self-harm by cutting, which is associated with emotional distress and poor mental health and wellbeing. Read the story here: theferret.scot/private-pris...
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Private prison records highest level of self-harm
Self-harm at Scotland’s only private prison, Addiewell, has soared to nearly 600 incidents in under four years, sparking urgent concerns over safety.
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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 20/02/2025
Self-harm at Scotland’s only private prison, Addiewell, has soared to nearly 600 incidents in under four years, sparking urgent concerns over safety.
Prison hall with text
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philtaylor.bsky.social @philtaylor.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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Grant Buttars @gbuttars.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
These developments are deeply worrying www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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National Archives head resigns as Trump takes control of records
Sources name conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt and far-right journalist John Solomon as potential replacements.
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Sheffield UCU @sheffielducu.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
This afternoon, @ucu.org.uk informed the Vice Chancellor that we will be formally balloting for local industrial action at @sheffielduni.bsky.social in relation to proposed cuts to the staffing budget and the threats to staff jobs due to restructuring.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades. Envy of the world. Poof! www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
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CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 14/02/2025
14 days of strike action incoming at @newcastleucu.bsky.social 🚨 Newcastle vice-chancellor has put 300 jobs on the line. He now needs to stop going half way round the world during a staff travel ban & get back to the negotiating table.
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Up to 14 days of strike action to hit Newcastle University in March
Newcastle University staff will strike for 14 days next month unless management protects jobs.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 13/02/2025
✊ Well done to our @ucuscotland.bsky.social members raising the alarm and getting the scandalous behaviour of Edinburgh University onto the front page of The Scotsman 📢 Read here 👇 www.scotsman.com/education/no...
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