*stares* I'm sorry, this guy is going to be your advisor on culture and integration? The one who makes these videos?
James Austin@jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 16h agoI'll be honest: I'd buy this a lot more if his main outlet wasn't abusively attacking opposition politicians via AI slop in ways which obviously nod to other forms of prejudice.
I really should be a professional Scottish Labour faction whisperer
Finn@finnob.bsky.social · 2d agoI suspect Joe Long will endorse Marra or Fagan (possibly leaning towards Fagan) and Mackinnon will endorse Fagan or Lennon (again more likely Fagan)
I defeated imposter syndrome by thinking about how Anas Sarwar thought he was going to be First Minister right until the results came in
DukeCarge @ fire emblem resurgence@dukecarge.bsky.social · last yr.Saw this and thought my oomfs' feeds could use this
Once again, I come back to the fact these guys have created a situation where one of the UK's leading, cis female athletes is scared to go to the loo alone, and the fact that they are celebrating this as a step forward for women's rights.
Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 16h agoOur code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx
To paraphrase the men’s wear guy, flying hasn’t got worse. If you aren’t flying business class now, you wouldn’t have been able to afford it then. It’s become more accessible
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 22h agoFood, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
Genuinely formative news clip when I was a teenager and knew nothing about trans women except the crass jokes rampant in British comedy. A wee “oh yeah, why do we make a spectacle of this?” lightbulb moment.
cait (and adonis)@cait.bsky.social · 4mo agothe best way to describe my feelings about people occasionally assuming I'm a trans woman is this Lady Gaga interview where she told Anderson Cooper she doesn't give a fuck because it doesn't matter
I know I’m going to sound mental but they need new grass in England
Met4Cast@met4cast.net · yesterdayMany parts of southern England recorded 0mm of rainfall in July, a first since records began in 1871. No sign of meaningful rainfall in the next 2 weeks either as high pressure re-builds, the drought continues. 📷 Blackheath, London
This is what happens when anti-racism norms erode, and elites bear a lot of the responsibility for norm erosion, as they have disproportionate power to set and enforce norms
Charles EP Murphy@cepmurphy.bsky.social · 2d agonews.sky.com/story/nhs-st... stereotypically this has been seen as Old People, but not only would the old people of now have often been born post-Windrush, lot of this will be younger people who've always lived in a diverse Britain. The guy with a pregnant wife likely millennial at oldest
Its quite hard to know what, exactly, will actually lose someone their licence if 59 points, driving while disqualified and no insurance doesn't. Its not juat dangerous - its clear contempt for the law. We should treat car crime like any other crime
Jon Owen@anotherjon.bsky.social · 2d ago"I'm getting fed up with getting pulled by you guys, so this one will result in a complaint," says the driver with 59 points on his licence. 59 points, and still driving, and he didn't go to prison. The system is broken. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What? No?? Public transport isn’t supposed to generate revenue, it’s a public good and a CBA will always ignore the non monetised benefits
Ari Ofsevit@ofsevit.bsky.social · 2d agoThis is more Markey performative nonsense. The right answer is to use the money to electrify commuter rail and make it accessible. Way more ROI on that! www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/03/m...
I will never not think about the time an Irish person said “i don’t want Gavin for president” and an American responding calling them a Russian troll
Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 3d agoQuoting András, not the offending post because I don’t want to pile on…one thing that has made me a “the phones are in fact bad for you” are the sheer number of people who take zero responsibility for what they see when they scroll and put zero thought into what they are replying to.
Reading this, and thinking about the 2026 election where activists boycotted campaigning for Scottish Labour and LGBT+ voters held with SNP on the constituency and Greens on the list, wondering what on earth the theory of victory is from left-wing transphobes www.heraldscotland.com/news/2642848...
Inside Scottish Labour's civil war: Indyref2 and trans rights 'ripping' party apart
Scottish Labour's civil war is about more than just who replaces Anas Sarwar as leader. There are fears the party could be left…
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I gently implied he was fash once and, like the great libertarian he is, he threatened to sue me for libel. Guess I was right.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 4d agoThe highly confident Kisin believes it is "gaslighting" to point out the border controls + document requirements between Ceuta & mainland Spain, having confidently (but wrongly) asserted there were none, imagining (wrongly) that this gave those in Ceuta from Morocco unimpeded access across Europe
I am once again asking why the think tank founded after the murder and in memory of a pro-immigration Labour MP has such a raging stauner for the right wing
Important to note that Bev Craig, the new Mayor of Greater Manchester, won her overwhelming victory on a platform of trans inclusion, as an out lesbian. A stark reminder to the GC crowd that a) transphobia is a losing policy, and b) the vast majority of lesbians support trans inclusion.
Despite various injuries I ran 7k for the first time in about five months this morning. I’m not back to where I was in time or distance, but I’m pretty happy with this
As far as I can tell the new app does not allow you to see the different trains that make up a multi train journey. I’m so glad ScotRail have designed an app that’s designed to fit with how people use their services now!
Finn@finnob.bsky.social · 7d agoWho needs to use their railcard anyway!
porn site: it looks like you're trying to fap from a state that requires us to check your age :3 please put in your ID or credit card me: CURSE OF RA 𓀀 𓀁 𓀂 𓀃 𓀄 𓀅 𓀆 𓀇 𓀈 𓀉 𓀊 𓀋 𓀌 𓀍 𓀎 𓀏 𓀐 𓀑 𓀒 𓀓 𓀔 𓀕 𓀖 𓀗 𓀘 𓀙 𓀚 𓀛 𓀜 𓀝 𓀞 𓀟 𓀠 𓀡 𓀢 𓀣 𓀤 𓀥 𓀦 𓀧 𓀨 𓀩 𓀪 𓀫 𓀬 𓀭 𓀮 𓀯 𓀰 𓀱 𓀲 𓀳 𓀴 𓀵 𓀶 𓀷 𓀸 𓀹 𓀺 𓀻 𓀼 𓀽 𓀾 𓀿 𓁀 𓁁 𓁂 𓁃 𓁄 𓁅 𓁆 𓁇 𓁈 𓁉
Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 7d agoKids: 1 KIDS Act: 0
whenever someone tells you that it's simply impossible for police to be charged with misconduct or criminal charges, you can tell they're wrong because some cops do get charged regularly — when they are whistleblowers or reformers prosecutors are actually extremely eager to help drum them out!
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 5d agoProsecutors charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues’ racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job
it is so funny how personally devastating this must be for starmer and his supporters and their entire theory of politics
John Rentoul@rentouljohn.bsky.social · 5d agoBMG poll for the i paper 28-30 Jul Lab 28% +5 Reform 23% -4 Con 20% ±0 Lib Dem 10% -1 Green 10% -3 Change since 23-24 Jun inews.co.uk/news/politic...
rather noticeable that Abdul el-Sayed, born in Michigan, went to college (undergrad) in Michigan, returned home when he was 30 to work in his state's public health system, apparently *doesn't* get to count as being a Michigander. For Reasons.
Rav@rvbdrm.com · 7d agoWhat the fuck?? “While Mr. El-Sayed is fringy and radical, he’s also a Muslim man. Ms. Stevens is a white woman. This puts her at a disadvantage in the identity Olympics that internal Democratic Party politics have become.” www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
I don’t want to hate on it just because it’s new but if you’re launching an app in 2026 without dark mode, you clearly don’t care about customers. It’s the same app with a poorer UI, less features and, crucially, it doesn’t work. What’s the point in that?
Finn@finnob.bsky.social · 7d agoWho needs to use their railcard anyway!
holy *crap* "One missing underscore in a Skyrim-themed username put an innocent Nova Scotia man in prison for 18 months" full story here: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months
When the first step goes wrong, bad results follow.
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There is literally no medical condition that contentedly uninformed journalists wont blame on chicken dippers.
Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.“While traits of ADHD undeniably exist – the question is why they exist. Is ADHD actually a neurodevelopmental disorder? Do people with ADHD have differently wired brains? Or does our world – with…processed food, and regimented education – serve as the catalyst for certain…patterns of behaviour?”
We need to boo more as a society
Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · last wk.Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...
They were playing the instrumental version of Beauty and the Beat by Justin Bieber feat Nicki Minaj
