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Seymour Strangely

@seymourstrangely.bsky.social
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Ex-bookseller, writer, Lefty, Scottish not British. Curiosity, perspective and humour are what keep us from despair or ennui. Fascism is a very Bad Thing. I will block any "followers" who have zero posts.

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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 10h
Badenoch has killed off the once in a generation claim The Tories have officially ripped up the Vow to which they were signatories in 2014. This was the panicked promise made by the Better Together parties one of which was the Conservatives 👇 weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/10/07/b...
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Badenoch has killed off the once in a generation claim
The Tories have officially ripped up the Vow to which they were signatories in 2014. This was the panicked promise made by the Better Together parties – one of which was the Conservatives &#8…
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 8h
"Badenoch’s plan underscores the democratic deficit at the heart of the Union. Scottish voters simply do not have control over the future of their own parliament; English voters do. Holyrood has become a pawn in a play between two hard-right, English parties." www.thenational.scot/news/2661629...
thenational.scot
How the Tories have made Scotland a pawn in their play for English votes
A TORY pledge to take powers away from Scotland is not really an offer to Scottish voters at all. It is an offer to Reform-leaning voters in England ...
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 15h
mate, nobody's watching it anyway. www.thenational.scot/news/2661065...
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BBC Scotland ‘to become online only’ in major cost-cutting shake-up
BBC Scotland is expected to become online only as the broadcaster pushes ahead with sweeping cuts aimed at saving £500 million, according to reports.
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
psst, hey BBC Politics webpages - you seem to have forgotten to publish anything about Farage being investigated by the Standards Committee. I'm sure this is just an accident.. maybe your reporters are all off sick today?
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Stephen Knowles @stephenknowles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Searched the BBC website for "Nigel Farage questioned by the parliamentary standards commissioner" Tumbleweeds
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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rprobbins.bsky.social @rprobbins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The intelligent way to employ data centers 💯🎯
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The logics that must be abandoned should be clear by now. Unlimited violence. Unconstrained exploitation. Insatiable wealth. Unchecked dominance. Those are the drives that make coexistence impossible. " www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The end times fascists are plotting their escape from our world. Our mission is clear | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
An unholy alliance is working toward an apocalyptic future from which only a chosen few will emerge unscathed. It’s becoming clear how we stop them
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"We are up against an ideology that has given up not only on the premise and promise of liberal democracy but on the livability of our shared world – on its beauty, on its people, on our children, on other species." www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The end times fascists are plotting their escape from our world. Our mission is clear | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
An unholy alliance is working toward an apocalyptic future from which only a chosen few will emerge unscathed. It’s becoming clear how we stop them
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Rhashanna Jasmine Grant @rhashanna.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I have zero problems believing this "rumor" ... gawd, #Trump is a dumbass !!!
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hegseth, the US Secretary for War: “While we wage physical war, we all know the real battle is spiritual. God is good. Evil is not. And America’s military must understand the difference… Today, at my direction, I’m establishing the Office of Religious Affairs.” WTF???🫨
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
well, here's a terrifying headline: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare
A year after his explosive tenure at Doge, the SpaceX CEO is back in the Trump administration’s good graces
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-year-old Arya Satheesh from Ireland has developed a plant-based plastic that can biodegrade and release an enzyme that helps break down other plastic waste. A plastic that could actually help clean up plastic waste.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Macron: “Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years. “Those who said, "We will be richer" - eight points of GDP less ten years later. "”We will solve the problem of immigration" - it is more complicated than before. "”We are going to crush it in international trade" - it is worse.”
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Independent Voices @indyvoices.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wouldn’t disagree with much that Burnham said today in what was an excellent speech. But… 90% of the substance is focused on England catching up with Scotland (Bus fares, rail nationalisation, water in public control, free social care and PR in elections). Not much for Scotland except Unionism!
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"GB Grid will use the [£4bn] funding to build more connections, as well as to maximise and speed up the rollout of renewables across the UK. It will be the first publicly owned player in electricity networks since privatisation." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham to announce government-backed body to invest in electricity grid
Exclusive: Creation of GB Grid will be major step towards putting Britain’s utility companies into public control
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way.
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@VerseCycle / Caroline Burrows / Poet Performer Writer Teacher @versecycle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There was a lot of Poetry Bombing going on during the Forres Culture Day yesterday as part of the incredibly fun @Findhorn Bay Arts Festival. #findhornbayarts #spokenword #performancepoetry #versecycle #carolineburrowspoet #cyclepoet @findhornbayarts.bsky.social
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“In a chilling echo of the earlier clearances for sheep, farming families were driven out of their homes to make way for sporting estates.. the Duke of Leeds cleared out six farming families and their livestock and replaced them all with a single gamekeeper.” www.thenational.scot/news/2658470...
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This book will leave many uncomfortable in the traditional sport shooting industry
RIGHT now, the hills of the Scottish Highlands are alive with the sound of roaring red deer as they engage in the ritual autumn rut. A new book…
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
..er.. ok.. great job, guys.🫤 phys.org/news/2026-09...
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Physicists crack the math connecting ultraslow quantum magnetism to ultrafast black-hole physics
A team led by University at Buffalo physicists has found a mathematical solution that shows how a frustrated quantum magnet can transition from ultraslow behavior to ultrafast, highly entangled behavi...
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 26/09/2026
The BBC is part of the problem...
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Tony Matthews VEGANPROUD @tonytheauthor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is a potent message which should be at the forefront of everyone in the world - especially now when we face a future of catastrophic climate change which is starting to recast our future in the worst possible way. Corpses are not food. They are simply the by-product of profound human cruelty.
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Future spacecraft will have to analyze many individual ice particles in the plume. But if they come across one with microbial material in it, they could identify biosignatures in the particle relatively easily with already available technology." phys.org/news/2026-09...
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Great news from Saturn's moon Enceladus in the search for life in space
What are the chances of finding extraterrestrial life in our solar system? Frank Postberg, a professor of planetary science at Freie Universität Berlin, has published a study in Science Advances with ...
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Gina Gwenffrewi @ginagwenffrewi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The University of Edinburgh's management is launching a massive job-cutting programme while sitting on a surplus. In the face of this vandalism against one of the city's main sources of employment, 700 students & staff came together yesterday to inspire protest and signal another way is possible.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yes, it's that time again when the Fascism scene returns to London and this year black is very much in vogue. From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It’s a problem when you only have white men and no people of colour with a voice, within the decision-making roles in society. Those white men get to decide what is and what isn’t, hence no one in power is alarmed about the racism. Kemi, Lammy, Trevor Phillips, Braverman etc are not on our side.
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just when you thought Trump's destructive anti-scientism couldn't get any worse, now he's threatening life in the oceans. "US waters could end up with just 4% under any form of protection – down from 26% – a number far too small to sustain marine biodiversity.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump’s executive order on recreational fishing is a ‘giveaway of fish and ocean ecosystem’, advocates warn
Federal agencies told to prioritize recreational fishing and to reconsider scientific standards as well as regulations
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sarkar: “I feel like I’m going completely nuts, because there are mobs of men styling themselves as paramilitaries and both of you have had more to say about refugees and asylum seekers than you have had racism, which I just think is completely obscene." www.thenational.scot/news/2658099...
thenational.scot
Ash Sarkar brands far-right thuggery 'small penis behaviour' in Question Time clash
ASH Sarkar has branded the behaviour of far-right activists “small penis behaviour” during a fiery clash over immigration and racism on BBC…
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Anna H @athenepallas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If the Home Secretary doesn't wake up and stomp on this, she's going to lose the rule of law in this country as well as the next election.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 24/09/2026
"appeared to show" I miss the time when journalists could just say what they saw with their own fucking eyes.
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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 24/09/2026
Please excuse me while I scream into a cushion at the thought of ALL the articles I had to write on the "UK productivity puzzle" in the 2010s www.ft.com/content/c819...
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
No, BBC, he has not been arrested over the video of dinghy slashing. He’s been arrested over the dinghy slashing. Words matter.
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ascottsview.bsky.social @ascottsview.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fixed that Sky headline for you.
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Since January, at least 895,657 hectares of land – nearly six times the size of Greater London – have been burned." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Haze-choked Indonesia records more than 170,000 respiratory cases
More than 40,000 of the cases – which range from mild coughs to pneumonia – involve toddlers.
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Paul Russell @pwrussell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The UK desperately needs an independent national news broadcaster that can be trusted by everyone. Unfortunately, the BBC is not it.
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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I mean, any time now would be good. If it's not too much trouble
Headline: "‘Outright racist’ Daniel Thomas will face full force of law over any crimes, says home secretary"
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🥹😍🤩✊🏽👏🏽👏🏽👀🗣️🫦✌🏽🔥💟💙💟💙💟💙
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 22/09/2026
"The only people he's interested in speaking to is his closest acolytes, the lurid fantasies of his own brain and the 7,000 saddos that tuned into Trump TV." Has Trump stopped speaking to the American people, and slipped back into 'real estate developer' mode?
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Rutger @rutger-van-soelen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Retired General Mark Milley described Donald Trump as "fascist to the core" and "the most dangerous person to this country" in Bob Woodward's 2024 book, War. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
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Trump is ‘fascist to the core,’ Milley says in Woodward book
The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs says Trump is “the most dangerous person to this country,” echoing dire warnings of others in national security circles.
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Latest developments in the country that accuses the UK of restricting free speech.
CNN, MSNOW and Politico, banned from the White House, announce plans to fight the President's decision in the courts.
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Over 1.9 million people in Japan urged to evacuate as Typhoon Dujuan dumps record torrential rain on Tokyo and the Kanto region. As extreme weather events rapidly intensify worldwide, delay on systemic green policies is suicidal. Why ignore climate reality? 🤔 #ClimateCrisis
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Japan urges nearly 2 million people to evacuate as powerful Typhoon Dujuan sparks flooding and landslide warnings | LBC
Forecasters warned of "an imminent threat to life" as the strong typhoon approaches eastern Japan.
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Prestwick Branch SNP @prestwickbranchsnp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Almost 3-1 MP’s opposed Brexit . Yet. Farage and Boris managed to stir up enough crap and inaccurate rubbish , aided by the BBC and other MSM outlets they managed to persuade enough patriots to push it through. Let’s get back into the #EU and get this via #independence .
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Very difficult to argue against this…
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
just wondering, why does Trump think he will need more snipers and drones all over Washington DC?🤔
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump's latest brilliant ideas: 1 build a huge nuclear powered plane, with missiles and machine guns & snipers & everything. voom! 2 rebuild the Kennedy Centre as a massive underground bunker with an underground swimming pool, a burger joint and stuff. it'll be great. 3 rename Europe "Trumpland."
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026
YouGov’s latest poll: 628 out of 632 constituencies in Britain want to rejoin the EU. It couldn’t be clearer: It’s time to talk about EU membership. Read more: bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-mo…
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Seymour Strangely @seymourstrangely.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
the President of the USA clearly has a mental age of about 8. news.sky.com/story/donald...
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Donald Trump says planned arch would be military complex for drones and snipers
The US president said he had agreed to the move following a "strong request" from the military and also cited national security concerns.
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Major opinion poll shows that every constituency in the UK except four would vote to reverse Brexit and rejoin the EU
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Credit to @bestforbritain.org … and to @the-independent.com for its pro-EU/anti-Brexit reporting. Good to have some organisations willing to represent us and our shared best interests, rather than those of non-dom billionaires and populist politicians who couldn’t care less. bsky.app/profile/best...
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