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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I did buy the latest Samsung release once, but my old pho¹ne was dying and I couldn't get the current version in the months running up to the release. I really like my folding phone that actually fits in the stupidly small pockets in women's clothing and is narrow enough to fit in my hand.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I doubt it since Samsung folding phones don't drop that much in a year. I had to look into this as I managed to smash my 1 year old Z Flip 7 (and I might be an outlier but I was upgrading from a flip 3 last year).
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This was a very entertaining watch and meant not having to watch the "documentary" myself. Thank you @drdeanburnett.bsky.social for taking the bullet for us.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So very close in Southside and Newington too. Just a few more votes and we would have got it.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Yes. Staff cost money, offices cost money, leaflets cost money, IT and infrastructure costs money, etc. Most parties are National and that requires a much bigger machine than one local event.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The issue is they said across the UK. Scotland doesn't do GCSEs. Technically they should have said across England and Wales.
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
PSA If you encounter someone who dismisses your #ADHD because they watched 'The Great ADHD Myth?', feel free to tell them to contact me via my site so I can explain, at length, why they're an idiot Hell, send my their address and I'll do it face to face. I'm willing to go full 'Punisher' over this
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
He didn't say the Gren Party 9f England and Wales either did he?
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
My two favourite podcasters have found eachother!
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Despite a few setbacks we managed to get loads of Green News copies out in Linlithgow yesterday. The 2027 #LocalElections seem like a long way off but it will fly by. Let's go @westlothiansgp.bsky.social!
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Did they cancel it? I thought it was just meant to be a one off series. Felt like they wrapped it up well anyway.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Thankfully nobody I know personally but it's shocking how many arguments I've had online with people insisting *insert extreme right wing policy* can't happen here. These people paid no attention in history class.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A massive chunk of A Christmas Carol is the Ghost of Christmas Past. We know how he came to be the way he was. They also seem to be implying they called him Scrooge because he was a Scrooge when A Christmas Carol is where the insult came from... Very odd.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Have also sent the link to someone who I think would be great.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Don't personally have a lot of regional engagement experience (yet) but I know people who do.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Yes, but all parties at the end of the day have a lot of members who don't campaign and don't realise there's something they can offer
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I know a lot of people are uncomfortable knocking on strangers' doors but there is so much more you can do if you want to get involved in campaigning. We need people doing data entry, research, planning routes etc. Even just coming along socials to get to know everyone.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Would make a great prop for your stand up horror!
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Also, nursing of all things? How's that a vote winner for anyone?
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The guy behind Count Binface would 100% do the job and I think he'd be really good at it too. He'd simultaneously be destroying Nigel Farage's political career (well, for now, he has an annoying habit of bouncing back).
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Not sure about that. He got less than 50% of the vote last time and he's pissed off a lot of people who voted for him last time. I think there's a fair chance he might lose. Wouldn't bet my house on it but I wouldn't be surprised either.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
And if he loses to Binface thats the end of his political career (plus Clacton get a much better MP).
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Can you add Alt text? I don't even have eyesight issues and this is really hard to read on mobile!
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Edinburgh Greens @edinburghgreens.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
A great weekend of action across Edinburgh! Thanks to everyone who spoke to us about our positive vision for a fairer, greener Edinburgh. On September 3rd, let's demand better - vote Scottish Greens #1 in Southside/Newington and Portobello/Craigmillar.
A group of Green activists stand by a church, holding up boards with Scottish Greens logos.Scottish Greens' activists stand in front of a gate, holding boards with Scottish Greens logos.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Went out canvassing for East Edinburgh Greens for the byelection in Portobello today. Four of us from @westlothiansgp.bsky.social came along for this one. Lorenzo is a great candidate and it was lovely to meet team. Lots of positives on the doorsteps too.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
My favourite Marvel film!
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Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill @kaykinoneill.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
👨‍🦽‍➡️ July is Disability Pride Month - some might say "Why are you so proud of being disabled?" My lived experience has taught me resilience, empathy, justice and strength. It has also made me stubborn and ready to call out against what's wrong in the world. There should be nothing about us without us.
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Fife Greens @fifegreens.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Today’s the deadline for objections to the 600MW AI data centre in Auchtertool. There’s still time to tell Fife Council to block the proposals: greens.scot/stopfifeaida...
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Stop the Fife Mega AI Data Centre
Stop the Fife Mega AI Data Centre -
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It's heartbreaking to me that we have regressed so much on the treatment of trans people in this country.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I guessed right 😂
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Pat Tonge @tappy01.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Well done Wales for being the first parliament to try to stop lying politicians! Only one member of the Senedd in Wales voted against a law to make it illegal for candidates to lie during Senedd elections. Have a guess which party that member represents? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Law to make it illegal to lie in elections passed in Senedd
Welsh parliament agrees law to outlaw lying in future Senedd election campaigns.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Just checked the tour list and it starts this year so, yeah someone's messed up the poster.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Some big cities missed off that he usually does so I'm guessing copy and paste error.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The latter mostly.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
And those countries are also getting even hotter...
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
And we know exactly which year in the 70s it hit that because everyone alive at the time told us younguns growing up how extraordinary it was! How have some of the same people now got it into their heads it was normal?
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It works really well the other way around too though. I know a lot of people who did degrees whilst in work having started out as an apprentice and none of them regret it.
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Even if you put aside the serious environmental concerns, from a logistical point of view we cannot cope with the electricity demands of these. It's utterly ridiculous!
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Personally I didn't trust him in 2020 either but 5 years ago is still years before no. 10. April 2020 he hadn't shown his true colours yet. It wasn't long afterwards he did though - within months he was going back on everything
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
He didn't say 6 years ago. This was immediately after he'd won the Labour leadership before he started publicly going back on every pledge (and before we knew about all the Labour Together nonsense). It was also before he came out pro genocide.
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Almost 5,000 people have joined our call for a halt to new hyperscale data centres in Scotland. Have you? The 24 applications in so far would require 1.5 times as much energy as all of Scotland uses at peak demand. We can't let this free-for-all continue. greens.scot/datacentres
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Stop hyper-scale data centres in Scotland
Stop hyper-scale data centres in Scotland -
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The right wing media do its best to portray me as something that I'm not, much of which has racist undertones. The Daily mail have now apologised to me. More apologies to come...
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
#ScottishGreenParty #WestLothian social in #Linlithgow in the 12th July. Come along if you are a member or just want to find out more. edinburgh.greens.scot/events/west-... @westlothiansgp.bsky.social @wallace-kerner.bsky.social @merecomp.com @yangyyoung.com
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West Lothian social in Linlithgow - Edinburgh Green Party
Get to know other West Lothian Greens at this Sunday afternoon social event in Linlithgow
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Less than 24 hours to back the next series of the best #audiodrama. If you haven't backed it yet it's your last chance: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/j...
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Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu
Something ancient is stirring. The Lovecraft Investigations brings H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu into the modern world — a new season of cosmic horror from the hit independent audio fiction sho...
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Based on the number of YouTube ads I saw they spent an absolute fortune in the National campaign too. Reform too based on the ridiculous number of Royal Mail posted leaflets.
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Matt Gallagher @mattmgallagher.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The UK's youth social media ban will require *all adults* to submit their biometric and personal data to a host of third-party ID verification providers. Some have questionable privacy records – and ties to the Israeli Govt and Peter Thiel. 🧵 bylinetimes.com/2025/07/31/t...
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The Online Safety Act is Forcing Brits to Hand Over Personal Data to 'Unregulated' Overseas Corporations With Questionable Privacy Records
The age verification services used by social media platforms include a company funded by a Trump-supporting billionaire and a firm set up by former Israeli intelligence officers
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 15/06/2026
Banning children from social media?
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Daily Mail posts lies about the Greens that are spread far and wide. I wish half the number of people saw their apologies. Solidarity with Kamel.
Daily mail clarification and correction on green party councilor Kamel Hawwash
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Just in case anyone has somehow missed this...
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samanthatonge.bsky.social @samanthatonge.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Yeah... how about we regulate social media and ban algorithms that are just as harmful for adults as they are kids instead of not only letting the tech bros off but giving them our personal data and ID for them to abuse (and lose to hackers in the meantime).
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