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Trevor Chaplin

@trevorchaplin.bsky.social
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He/him. Fine with “they”. Lives in Glasgow, musician, likes coffee, music, archaeology, science, art, all things Palaeolithic, practises Zen Plum Village style, atheist, anarchist, living with chronic fatigue and chronic pain.

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bugs xo ↙↙↙ 🐞 @psyllobora22.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Don't share the Canary. Don't link to them or repost their stuff
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
There are 315 'Data Centres' queued up to be added to the UK grid. They will use 73GW of electricity. The current average use for the ENTIRE UK is 24GW. They will use 3x more electricity than everyone in the UK combined. And YOU will be paying their heavily subsidised bills.
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minor compositions @minorcompositions.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Raoul Vaneigem has died. He leaves us no instruction manual, thankfully – only an insistence that everyday life can still be stolen back from work, boredom and obedience: in argument, song, drink, dance, love, revolt and the invention of new poetry.
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
For decades, Jodrell Bank has helped us understand the universe, but now it's facing pointless funding cuts. Withdrawing funds won't save much money, but it will seriously hurt UK science. I’ve added my name to help stop this—please join me and sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save Jodrell Bank
For decades, Jodrell Bank has helped us understand the universe, but now its funding is being threatened. Add your name to help stop these short-sighted cuts and protect UK science:
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
PSA on the Victoria Line tube in London. Phillipson and every other GC weirdo needs to take note.
Are you having fanatical thoughts about other people's crotches?
Has hating a minority group become your entire personality?
Do you obsess over other people's toilet use?
If so, you could be a danger to others - it's time to seek help.
Contact our team: youneedhelp@leavetranspeoplealone.com
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Sorry about the cliche, but this really is "First they came for ...". You might be comfortable with a loss of rights for people with whom you disagree. But you might not have grasped that this is everyone's loss. Which group will next be classed as terrorist, because it opposes government policy?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I would beg you to read the whole thread, as I think very few people have seen how fast the foundations of democracy are being torn out in the UK, and how far down the road towards authoritarianism we have already travelled. Sorry to pester you, but this could not be more important. Thanks.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
What you have to understand is that for Starmer's team, the right is not the enemy. The left is. Its driving mission, from the moment Starmer took over, was to stamp out first the Labour left, then the wider left. It hates us, deeply and viscerally, with a passion never directed at the right.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
If you say "I support Palestine Action", they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on the news.
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Never heard of it. But good, that’s a start.
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Arvindjadwa @arvindjadwa.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Nearly 2 billion people live in the red area. It is becoming completely uninhabitable. What do the climate deniers, who also hate immigration, think is going to happen?
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Netpol @netpol.org · 28/05/2026
The government will find out whether it has won or lost its appeal against the High Court ruling that banning Palestine Action was unlawful on Monday 15 June at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. If you can make it, come down for 10.30
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
To bring a smile to your face A 2,000 year-old figurine of two ‘Dancing Dogs’ 🐾❤️ Blackware ceramic, Colima, West Mexico, 200 BC - 200 AD. 📷 Princeton University Art Museum #Archaeology
This Princeton University Art Museum photo shows a blackware ceramic figurine of two stylised dogs which look as if they are dancing. They are standing upright on their hind legs, front legs raised, with paws resting against each other as if holding hands. The dog on the left has its face turned to front, with snout slightly raised and seeming to smile. The dog on the right, rests its raised snout against the cheek of its partner. The figures are rounded and smooth with short legs, pointed snouts, pointed ears, and short curved tails. They have oval-shaped incised eyes and their bodies and faces are decorated with incised lines, which according to the museum, represent folds of skin, indicating that these canines are Mexican hairless dogs.

Museum info: 
“Comala, Late Formative Period, 200 BC –200 AD, Colima, West Mexico, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Dancing dogs. Blackware ceramic; 12.6 x 13.5 x 7.5 cm. Museum purchase (Object Number y1985-49)
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Two things: 1. Because we keep being told it is. 2. Depending on how the question was put, people might correctly say it’s the biggest issue for others even if it isn’t for them.
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live: The Fall Dinosaur Jr Jesus and Mary Chain The Cure PJ Harvey Mogwai Arab Strap Teenage Fanclub Hole Zigue Zigue Sputnik
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
A very good afternoon to the absolute hero who organised and parked this beauty in the middle of little Tommy’s far-right hate march. ❤️
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
“The issue is not – and must never be – that the left should get a free pass on antisemitism. The issue is that no one should get a free pass. Yet perversely, the right, the hard right and far right often get away with it.”
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 10/05/2026
UNISON stands with Britain’s Jewish community to oppose antisemitism. Message of support for today's rally in central London.
Message from UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan: UNISON stands in solidarity with those speaking up against antisemitism and all forms of hatred and extremism.

The recent rise in antisemitic attacks and abuse in the UK and across the world is deeply alarming. Jewish workers, families, and communities deserve to live free from fear, intimidation, and discrimination. 

We reject attempts to divide communities and we stand alongside our Jewish members and neighbours in saying clearly: antisemitism has no place in our workplaces, our streets, or our society.

At a time of growing extremism and tension, it is vital that people come together to defend democratic values, human dignity, and mutual respect.
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Wow. 20 years!
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 08/05/2026
David Attenborough - who turns 100 today - dominates our poll of who Britons consider to be a UK national treasure Top 3 1. David Attenborough - 36% wrote his name when asked an open question 2. Judi Dench: 17% 3. Stephen Fry: 7% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Make Hate Weird Again.
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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 06/05/2026
It was wrong when the media did this to Ed Miliband when he was leader and it is wrong to do this to Polanski. Genuinely have no idea how awfulness like this gets past editors… It’s really not that hard to criticise policies or politicians without being antisemitic.
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Netpol @netpol.org · 05/05/2026
Now that the Filton verdict is out, we can confirm that the senior lawyer who is currently facing contempt of court charges, for eloquently defending one of his Palestine Action clients, is Rajiv Menon KC of Garden Court Chambers
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I've seen a few people here denying that antisemitic hate crimes are still a major or widespread problem in this country. This denial does no one any favours. We must be rock-solid against all hate and prejudice.
Chart showing recorded hate crimes by perceived religion of victim per 10,000 population in 2024-25. Published in The Guardian
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Regardless of what you think of Polanski, it’s eye opening that in a supposed democracy, Communities Secretary Steve Reed feels it’s fine to call it "shameful" that anyone might want to "question the police's response" to something. And this is the top story. Really? Nothing else going on?
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Netpol @netpol.org · 30/04/2026
Severe reporting restrictions mean there are no headlines in Britain. We can't mention the barrister who is on trial for contempt of court or the case they were defending – although it will come as little surprise that it involved the state's determination to crush Palestine Action defendants
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
You know about this trial? You weren’t meant to.
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
It’s 21 degrees in Glasgow. Everyone has their windows open, listening to Christopher Columbus diss tracks.
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Another appalling antisemitic in North London. Jewish people, as with all people, deserve to live without fear of violence. We must stand against racism of any sort. My thoughts are with the victims, those close to them, and the Jewish community in These Islands.
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
On Twitter I once shared that transport accounts for only 3-6% of food-related emissions, and the vast bulk of food emissions are from land use & ag production, and WHAT (eg beef) matters way more than WHERE. I woke up to hundreds of angry responses from people in the UK who produce or eat meat.
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Project Slingshot launch, with Diane Morgan - watch it here: youtu.be/zGhcWFpw7bk
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We're Not Buying It
YouTube video by Project Slingshot
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Everyone: “jeez, look at Starmer digging a deeper and deeper hole for himself!” Tories: “We don’t need to do anything. He’s doing our job for us”. Kemi Badenoch: “Hold my beer!” “Remember Partygate?”
Kemi Badenoch on Good Morning Britain saying “it’s not about Partygate”.
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Corbyn doesn’t really want a party. Never did. That’s why he was annoyed with Sultana from the start. He just wants to be an independent with his landlord mates.
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Netpol @netpol.org · 01/04/2026
Some people spent five years reaching a conclusion that anti-racists have been saying for decades: "an external framework is incapable of overcoming a culture that does not want to change.” Policing is institutionally racist and impossible to reform www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Police chiefs failed to tackle racism due to lack of leadership, watchdog finds
Review finds no ‘meaningful impact’ five years after race action plan launched, amid calls for government to step in
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Everyone: The food industry: hear us out, is there any way we can put milk powder in this?
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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🚨Today, the UK government announced harsh new asylum rules that will make refugee status for people fleeing war and persecution temporary. These proposals are cruel, unworkable and undemocratic. Here is our response: scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/cruel…
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 02/03/2026
Actually yes I am saying that you shouldn’t dehumanize anyone No exceptions to the rule 🤷🏽‍♀️
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Authors: As a disabled reader, I need your book as an audiobook. If it is not on apps like Libro fm, Libby, or Xigxag, but just on A*dible, then I'm afraid I won't be able to read it. #Ethical #Reading
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Glasgow Woodside Viaduct : Option 3, remove.
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Elena Sgarbossa MD @elenasgarbossamd.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Now is a great time to go vegan and stop supporting Animal Ag, the top cause of human infectious diseases #chickens #BirdFlu #TakePandemicsOffTheMenu #CancelAnimalAG #health
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
If Starmer wants to understand the word “extreme” he need only look at what his government has done and is doing to pensioners, disabled people, trans people, immigrants, working class people, benefits claimants and more. If he calls that “moderate”, then that truly is doublespeak come true.
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
It’s time to @replacethem8.bsky.social Get in touch with @transportscotland.bsky.social and tell them we need Option 3 of the Woodside Viaduct consultation at a bare minimum. Boulevards, trees, parks, public squares, trams and canals. The city needs to heal from the M8.
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Replace the M8 (@replacethem8.bsky.social)
Campaign to remove the motorway from Glasgow city centre and replace it with something better
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
And anyone with any conscience vows to oppose them tooth and nail.
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David Hinchliffe Bradford @dbfreelance.co.uk · 20/02/2026
I'm looking forward to the rewilding of the requisitioned estates of the criminal Windsor racket 🌳
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
🤞🤞🤞
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
There’s always that 18%, eh?
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
It’s time to ban the breeding, release and killing of birds for sport. I have asked my MP to take action today. Will you ask yours to do the same? action.animalaid.org.uk/page/181865/...
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It’s time to ban the breeding, release and killing of birds for sport
I have asked my MP to take action today. Will you ask yours to do the same?
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Er, hello, yes, sorry, hello, we just wanted to remind you that as well as being soft on child abuse and massively corrupt, we’re also extremely racist
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Shabana Mahmood defends immigration reforms amid Labour opposition
Around 40 Labour MPs have raised concerns about the impact of the government's proposals.
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Starmer chooses longwinded way of saying “I’m not racist but”. Let me guess, Keir, who are you defending “core British values” from? Is it billionaire sex abuse networks? Oh, not that? Funny.
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Trevor Chaplin @trevorchaplin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
*meme of an astronaut pointing a gun at head of another astronaut while looking at the Earth*
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