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BT openreach is such a racket- you know your broadband isn't going to work a lot of the time if you pay less to a different billing agency other than BT. But every 2 years there's the complete farce of being on the phone to BT for 1hr 45mins to not properly renew the fkn contract

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

even more annoying is when store loyalty cards send an email advertising discounts for the exact thing you just bought.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

and first response on this was a fkn bot that I had to block- do better bluesky!

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Via Pictish Arts Society just found out that Dr Rena Maguire has passed away. I am absolutely gutted and send deepest sympathies to her family, friends and colleagues. She was so supportive of me when applying for FSA (Scot) & always helped with access to articles, updates on research etc.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

thought for today, some politicians are obsessed with the idea that poor folk would squander their UC on cigarettes & bevvy, because they themselves are functioning alcoholics who spend at least £100 a week on wine?

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I'm in my annual "2 months of random grief" cos everyone important in my life died in August-October, & grief sneaks up on you sometimes, even decades later. But it's worse than usual this year because I'm also grieving me & opportunities missed because poorer Scottish women are forced to care.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

3.2 (cos it's me). I feel like academia pulled up the drawbridge for people like me to do a PhD. It just isn't feasible to be disabled, have care responsibilities, study AND work to pay the rent. & DWP doesnt understand Scottish students cant get the loans English postgrads do.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

2.2 Had high hopes of going back to do a Masters/PhD but it just isnt financially viable with limited Scottish AHRC funding instead of a post grad loan. My health isnt up to it either. But I feel like I've let a lot of folk who helped me down by giving up so have just avoided being on here.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I haven't been on here for months, because I associate it with my History Hobby & it has been something that I had to step away from for disability reasons. I dont know what I am going to do next, but I was finding folk using my knowledge but not being willing to pay me for it a bit rubbish. 1.2

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

can the government please make up their fkn minds? Do you want less NEET under 25s or not? Why attack degrees like nursing? bsky.app/profile/preh...

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

so there's a crisis in NHS waiting lists and social care is depleted in most areas due to lack of staff, but yeah, let's defund nursing education?At the same time as stopping migrant NHS/care staff from getting visas, but then moaning about family carers being on benefits. No economic sense at all!

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Some religious people want to publicly distance themselves from extremists so hide their beliefs and experiences. But people who dont identify as religious still speak of such things but with different contexts. As something uncanny or connected to nature or they make sense using psychology/science?

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

took a break because "personal reasons" Felt I had to leave a comment about the past week up the Toon in Glasgow. To understand why it happened, look up "Glasgow Council Processions" Click on links to the diary of organised processions. Look at last wknd & tomorrow 🙄

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

how can Hamilton be "South Scotland" and "Motherwell/Wishaw" be Central Scotland? It makes absolutely no sense at all to have them on different regional lists. Opportunity lost for 2 SNP party list seats in the real South Scotland tory heartlands because of this daft boundary?

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

the party list system needs to get in the bin- how is it fair for someone who came third in their constituency to get a seat? And for the party that came second in vote % share to get 1 less msp than the one in third % place?

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

dont read the bbc or other news channel reports today. As usual the text says things that the map and statistics contradict. Labour have kept control of some councils. Others are no majority. Numbers of councillors vary by council so national totals mean nothing. Noone is reporting %s of votes.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

The most wtf thing about the current elections is the media's obsession with claiming that members of a party which elected a Jewish man as its leader are antisemitic, & that he is too. The party which btw doesnt take donations from media or any other industry. Fkn dogwhistle bollocks.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

crip life part x of 100s. Universal Credit is set up based on English laws. It's automated service requests cant cope with Scottish people not having rent increases in April because our Housing Laws are different. That's a person inputting the bulk request dates btw, AI would've adjusted it by now.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

4. Just as I felt in 1997 when the funding was refused-all men need to start to take responsibility for how their words and actions affect boys. They need to stop blaming books/music/videos/games/the next media. They need to stop expecting that only Mums make changes to nurture & educate boys. END.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

3. ... every bit of misogyny I've experienced comes from men in the real world. Every horrible thing which has been learned by Youngster, wasn't from at home. It was from hearing other kids repeat what their Dad says and from teachers long before Youngster even had a phone...

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

2. "... this year." and didn't give any help to seek alternative funding. I look at how things have turned out. I know the theory behind how it has happened. It has happened to my own child. Misogyny is not "just" learned online. Society reaps what it sows. It actually starts in schools...

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

🧵 1. Way back in 1997, I had just completed my BA. I was accepted for a MPhil by my University. My research was to be "education for boys and young men." Despite being the only person in Scotland at the time doing that research, the University said "it's a different department's turn..."

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

is that Thomas Kerr on the right? Conservative Glasgow cooncillor? has he jumped ship? (not at all a surprise if it is)

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

and yes, they changed the boundaries & we have a horrible chance Sarwar will win. But choosing an existing local councillor to stand against him actually seems a smart move. Fingers x cos having to speak to Sarwar about SSS issues is an awful prospect.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Today's lesson is "don't make assumptions, always research the election candidates" There isn't a Green candidate in my ward, they obvs took a bavk seat to not split the anti-Sawar/anti-reform vote. But had a look at the SNP candidate who I wasnt sure about. Turns out he's gonna make a fantastic MSP

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

has anyone else noticed that their memories on Facebook/meta seem to be omitting political rant type posts? I had several from International Women's Day just not showing this year.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I think this work has been ongoing for a while because I know this was the answer to a school group in Govan a few years ago asking GUARD archaeologists "what was your favourite dig?"

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Why dont landlords & tradespeople understand that sending a guy to someone's house unannounced, or not turning up on the day they say they will, has a direct impact on domestic abuse? No-one wants to deal with a family member's rage/upset about something she had no control over.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

was just thinking (having been on the station tours) the problem with any fire near to central is the rabbit warren of tunnels that are underneath the station & surrounding buildings (which have basements) they need to wait to check underground temperatures as well?

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

my favourite archaeology find. I have the cheaper version of the brooch too. I keep forgetting that it blesses "L" (my first initial)

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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

"A spindle-whorl for a spindle-whorl", as the Old Testament says (vaguely remembered). Here's one from Orkney for Women's Day, in Sc. Gaelic & ogham script (Buckquoy, S-ORK-005). It probably reads BENDDACTANIML "a blessing, soul of L". 🔗: ogham.celt.dias.ie/S-ORK-005 📷: @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

trains are aff from Central today. were no outgoing replacement buses planned either for anything other than the sleeper. Low level travelling through central but not stopping. Buses rerouted to avoid Union Street.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

really pleased to see this, the show people have always been part of Govan & Partick communities. They've been moved from every other site for private profit (& a polis station). Showpeople win legal fight to avoid being evicted by Glasgow City Council - BBC News share.google/edk2Mze8tlG9...

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Showpeople win legal fight to avoid being evicted by Glasgow City Council

Glasgow City Council went to the Court of Session in Edinburgh to get permission to force the community from their homes in Govan.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

the big concern folk should have is that this could be a drive to exclude people who have mental capacity but need assistance to vote from voting. That will be a lot of people who dont vote to the right cos they need socially provided housing & services. Dont buy into this.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

it's so common for older & disabled voters to need assistance to vote (transport, physical support for walking, basic instructions) that's why some parties put their logo on the slip. But some small parties deliberately try to trick folk with names/logos so folk still need help to interpret the slip

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Regards to "family voting" if your parent or older relative has vision issues or English as a second language, who else is going to "interpret" the voting slip for them? It just stinks to suddenly have an issue with that (despite any underlying illegality) because a certain party didnt win.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

ah it reminds me of the Isle of Bute sign mistake the Stràc is very important to Bòd/bod 😁

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

This time it's pain relief, previous shortages of migraine meds, ADHD meds, & HRT. That's just the ones I know of cos of friends affected. There's probably more, possibly been changes to anti-depressant prescribing too & not including items removed from NHS lists altogether due to cost.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

There's yet another UK wide medication shortage just now, if anyone is wondering why their newsfeed is constantly full of the files that no-one should have to see to believe the victims. Because our trade routes/supply sources are limited since brexit, 4th shortage over past 2yrs.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

also noticed that any political chat on here isnt being promoted in feeds, unless it's about issues which are US &/or have huge volume. I dunno if it's logarithmic, but I'm not showing on UK feeds if I mention UK government issues like social care or criticise UK right wing narratives.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

3. Jim even allegedly criticised China a few years ago (according to google AI), despite being in partnership with the Chinese state petrochemical company for years. If that doesnt show you how dangerous manipulation of "facts" is, I dunno what will. Powerful people are already manipulating it. End.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

2. Jim is in the news again spouting shit, again. The man costs the UK millions in lost tax revenue cos he lives in Monaco. He is looking for £millions to cover Grangemouth redevelopment. But has rebranded INEOS as "British" & removed mentions of overseas involvement...

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I feel like AI is gaslighting me- as a Scottish person INEOS has always popped up on news, social media etc. Because "Grangemouth" the Chinese involvement was always mentioned. It was an accepted "fact," now just try searching for this rebranded as "British" company's longterm links with China.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

... £50000 debt isnt as scary if your parents mortgage, car, & credit cards are £250000+ But £10000 is scary if the most expensive debt in the house is your laptop (on a worse interest rate than student loans). I dont agree with student loans, but scaring poorer kids out of applying isnt ok.

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I have this theory that the Student Loans debate always appears round about when folk are deciding to go to uni in August (or not) much in the same way the weather forecast is always terrible just as the leccy companies offer annual payment plans? I fear it's to put off poorer kids... 1.2

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St Teneu @stteneu.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I also got poisoned by being prescribed B & D vitamin tablets which are made from lanolin (allergy issues). So watch out cos most B & D vitamin ingredients arent vegan either.

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