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Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 6h

It's three years since I walked from Garlieston to Cruggleton Castle at Rigg Bay, but I recognised the view immediately.

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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 7h

"the gruesome Badenoch-Jenrick double act, and the Putin-friendly chums of the oil lobby in Nigel Farage and Reform is where right wing politics is right now: as a naked and open defence of class relations and oligarchical interests.”

averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com/p/about.html

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · 6h

"Nobody is above the law"

Except the King.
160 times.

#AbolishTheMonarchy

Republic @republiccampaign.bsky.social · 2d

Why should the monarchy be able to opt-out of laws when they want to? #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy

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Blairer @haggisblarer.bsky.social · 7h

Good riddance.
Stale
Fixated
Uniformed comments
Habitually failed to interrogate the media on the most basic level.
Fed the rumor mill with information it failed to vet or even really look into,
all to assist in a culture war.
It’s didn’t serve 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 16h

Good Morning Scotland has become 'stale' and fixated on echoing 'uninformed comments' from listeners, which has led to the show's potential axing, insiders have reportedly claimed

Good Morning Scotland fixated on echoing 'uninformed comments', BBC insider claims

www.thenational.scot

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 8h

Labour's Neil Bibby on BBC Scotland claims 1 in 6 Scots on NHS waiting list when it is 1 in 8.6. publichealthscotland.scot/publications...

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Wendy O'Rourke @wendyo.bsky.social · 6d

Stereo Commander C-105 design by Willy Rizzo (1968)

Stereo Commander C-105, a 1968 Italian hi-fi console by artist-photographer Willy Rizzo, featuring a sleek aluminum pedestal base, open purple acrylic lid, and integrated components like a turntable, cassette recorder, and 8-track player.

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 23h

Being ignored TV by interviewers today - More than TWICE as many Scots trust the SNP Government in Edinburgh as trust the UK (Con or Lab) Government!
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/09/s...

SHOCK – More than TWICE as many Scots trust the SNP Government in Edinburgh as trust the UK (Con or Lab) Government!

in trust in the Scottish Government since the start of devolution, with less than half of respondents saying it acts in the country’s best interests. Professor John Robertson OBA What were th…

talkingupscotlandtwo.com

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Lynne Jones FB99% @lynnejonesorguk.bsky.social · 7h

“The playbook is simple: keep the public fighting about borders and boats while corporations dismantle the state from within.”

EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 21h

Great that @zackpolanski.bsky.social is calling out Farage’s lies.
But something far more important is being meticulously installed behind the headlines.
The duopoly have colluded in carving up the UK into deregulated free zones.
Starmer is turbocharging the privatization of critical infrastructure

EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 6d

What's happening behind those relentless headlines about immigration?
A Silent Coup where US corporations are restructuring the British State and commodifying the entire public sector.
open.substack.com/pub/european...

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 7h

The framing of the Gaza ceasefire by Trevor Phillips as some sort of vindication of Trump in some ongoing battle with the Labour gov't is just so small, so English, and so misconceived as to be genuinely funny.

But, also, quite enough from him for another week.

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Garrie Coleman @garriecoleman.bsky.social · 9h

This is one example of how anti-racism and anti-fascism has to be delivered at community level because the current Govt is ill-equipped to do so. In many cases, itself endorsing or sympathetic to xenophobic and racist rhetoric. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far right

A message of neighbourly solidarity is thriving in Birmingham against a backdrop of racist intimidation

www.theguardian.com

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 8h

graham linehan’s latest escalation is hiring ppl to dox and harass trans women. 🤷‍♀️

jus imagine for a second that a cis man was doing this to cis women.

society says not only is it okay to do it to trans women but it’s fine to publicly crowdfund to pay for it. 😕

Let's hire a private detective!
Here's where we are: for wears, Ive been reporting a group of men to the police. They ve harassed dozens of people.
the harassment and death threats they send my way, nothing happens. When others report them, nothing happens.
But here's what does happen: the police investigate us for talking about them.
Ine grotesque nature or this colacerason would be laservano trom a oritance. Unortunatty, fi not as a ostance, and it's been going on for years.
So I've decided to do something that feets wonderfully ridiculous and also completely necessary, hire a proper private detective. Someone who actually investigates things. Novel concept, I know.
I'm deughted to say that our prece on Melody Uawion has resuited in members of his tamity ottung m touch. And that s what we can do without a private detective. Think what will happen if we get professionals on the case.
Picture it: a licensed imestigater with a proper case file, following leads from Sussex to Capetown, gathering evidence the authorities keco oretendina doesn't exist. Well comale everything, oresent & to indroundent abservers and every maic)
outlet we can find.
What Your Money Gets
• A licensed investigator who actually does the job
• Document searches, survellance, evidence gathering
• Property documented findings that can be used legally or journalistically
Iknow vou're sick of the Cancel Tax. I'm sick ct it too. But ths onels dicent. This one micht oroduce results that and
decoly satistving no matter where you are in the foht. The l& detective work. And when tis done, we'll have something
Why It Costs What It Costs
The goal looks high because this isn't some bloke following someone to Tesco. This is a proper irvestigation spanning multiple juriscictions. Were not just atter a few bad actors. We want to out all of them.
Every donation puts us closer to exposing something the authorities have worked very

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Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 9h

By early 90s, I mean the Chris Sprouse Legionnaires; I don't want to see the 5YL Legion again. Grimdark LSH is the last thing we need now.
The Bendis/Sook designs wete so diverse and interesting, with so much unexplored potential. It seems a pity to dismiss it.

Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 9h

The LSH is coming back. I don't suppose the Bendis/Sook Legion will be featured but they really don't need another redesign. The 80s LSH has been done to death, so either go to the early 90s or the 60s. But let it be its own thing, free of crossovers.

Joshua Williamson (NYCC Booth #H-42) @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social · 18h

I love writing Superman and will continue to do so. I'm still working with DC on the All-In Saga. Very happy with the work we're doing. Lots of cool stuff is on the horizon. To be continued!

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Richard Saville-Smith PhD @dranamorphosis.bsky.social · 16h

About bloody time. GMS is a disgrace to public service broadcasting. Sack the lot of them because that's the only way their culture will be reformed.

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 16h

Good Morning Scotland has become 'stale' and fixated on echoing 'uninformed comments' from listeners, which has led to the show's potential axing, insiders have reportedly claimed

Good Morning Scotland fixated on echoing 'uninformed comments', BBC insider claims

www.thenational.scot

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Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @carnaptiousmadeye.bsky.social · 10d

Within “Britain” (= Greater England) Scots are paying even more for energy and enduring higher levels of fuel poverty than England. Yet Scotland is a renewables superpower.

Welcome to the Disunited Kingdom of Mediocrity and Stagnation.

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alextone Ⓥ @alextone.bsky.social · Apr 7

Is this the same Gordon Brown who sold off the UK's gold at the bottom of the market in a move now immortalized as "Brown's Bottom", and put considerable pressure on the UK economy as a result, while presenting the UK's image as dumb as a box of frogs ?

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 1d

We’re entering a fascinating new phase of the #climate end-game, one where leaders, from Mark Carney in Canada to Micheál Martin here, perfectly understand how dire the situation is, yet decide - choose - to do absolutely nothing.

theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.

theconversation.com

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 15h

It's inexcusable that the 'herd-immunity' lie is still being peddled by mainstream media - especially the state broadcaster. This specific story is the single worst take, in so many ways, I have ever seen. Mitigations are easy. Covid is potentially very dangerous.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 10h

I got this beautiful comic in Hamilton in the 70s. My second Kull story (and first of his own series). It also carried an ad for the death of Gwen Stacy in ASM.

Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 14h

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Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · 13h

Brian Bolland covered the Batman Official Annual 1982 (UK). Presented as published, and without lettering.

Under the Bat-Signal, Batman stands holding a joker playing card, as the Joker levels a gun at his back. Published cover.

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Alastair Παν 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇷🇪🇺 @alastair-pandelus.bsky.social · 16h

Good Morning Scotland has indeed become 'stale' and is fixated with running Scotland down.

Is there any other country in the world where its national broadcaster is against its own country?

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Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 10h

TBH, I'm glad people haven't flooded D&G with Starbucks and parcel lockers.

JR Tomlin (she/her) @jrtomlin.bsky.social · 10h

From Wicker Man fires to Viking hoards: Dumfries and Galloway revealed

An absolutely gorgeous part of Scotland that is too often ignored by visitors. www.thenational.scot/culture/2553...

Haunted castles and holy caves: Inside Scotland’s hidden south-west

I’M standing on the Machars – the iconic coastal plains of Wigtown in Dumfries and Galloway. A silver sheet of cloud rises across the River…

www.thenational.scot

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taylordauthor.bsky.social @taylordauthor.bsky.social · 17h

The Union now knows Scottish Independence is imminent, so even its press puppets are discussing 'Indyref'.

We don't need Indyref, we need to take Independence.

We don't want 'Westminster Lite' we want complete redesign to modern people standards and to leave abuse theft and imperialism behind.

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Stuart Budd @stuartbudd.bsky.social · 19h

It is clear to me that the English don't really wish to fix anything and didn't really understand what they voted for, even now.

Whereas the Scottish do wish to fix things and very much do understand what they voted for.

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Dughlas @dughlas1.bsky.social · 21h

A portmanteau film in the Amicus vein (hoho) for Octoberthon. Looks a lot like its contemporary, Hammer House of Horror. Includes BA Robertson and the Aldenham Park bridge- the one Tara King runs along in the Suits of Armour title sequence of The Avengers.