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Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social · 15h

“We care about your privacy.”

Yet this notice is an acknowledgment that they’ve just invaded it and have demanded you make a move to stop them invading it more.

They care as much about your privacy as I do about the House of Lords.

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Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social · 15h

I prophecize he’s lost.

The Sun @thesun.co.uk · 17h

BREAKING: Lostprophets’ paedo Ian Watkins stabbed to death by con in frenzied jail attack

Lostprophets’ paedo Ian Watkins stabbed to death by con in jail attack

PAEDO rocker star Ian Watkins has been murdered in jail in a brutal knife attack by another con. The ex-Lostprophets frontman was ambushed and had his throat slashed after inmates were unlocked fro…

www.thesun.co.uk

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Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social · 19h

I’m not greatly interested in international football but after the recent news of my books being banned in Belarus, the otherwise mundane Scotland v Belarus fixture at Hampden tomorrow has taken on a bit of an edge.

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Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Chief

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Johnsy @johnsy76.bsky.social · 1d

Men in Love, for 30 years now his stories & the characters he’s created have tapped into something in me that’s made it so easy for me to read and get into.. Maybe it’s the proximity (me being a Fifer) the language used, the schemes & scams. Whatever it is @irvinewelsh.bsky.social a doff ma cap sir!

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Bruce Gorrie @bsgorrie.bsky.social · 2d

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David McArdle @davemcardle.bsky.social · 3d

@irvinewelsh.bsky.social saw this coming #bawbag

Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 3d

Scottish readers may wish to look away now.

Edinburgh Oktoberfest dumps 7,000l of beer over Storm Amy www.rte.ie/news/newslen...

Edinburgh Oktoberfest dumps 7,000l of beer over Storm Amy

The organisers of Edinburgh Oktoberfest had to pour away 7,000 litres of beer after events were cancelled over Storm Amy, which swept across Ireland and the UK over the weekend

www.rte.ie

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Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social · 4d

It’s sometimes nowhere near it

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St Andrew’s Book Festival London @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social · 7d

What are you up to today❓Why not book for the St Andrew’s Book Festival, London Nov 27–30!
Hear from @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social
@valmcdermid.bsky.social @irvinewelsh.bsky.social
Justin Currie of @delamitri.bsky.social
Sally Magnusson. 🌟
🎟️ Get tickets now: standrewsbookfestival.org/events

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Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social · 9d

Two top birds

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Sarcophagus Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 9d

You don’t actually have to both sides this. The Jewish community in the UK is not the Israeli government. You can just condemn the murder of two British Jews killed in their place of worship and you don’t have to say a single other thing.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10d

Friday. 1.30pm. 👇🏼

www.lbc.co.uk/article/pola...

Zack Polanski to call for tax on super-rich in speech at Green Party conference | LBC

Zack Polanski will say Britain’s economy is “rigged” for the super-rich as he sets out a vision for taxing the wealthy in his first speech to the Green Party’s annual conference as leader.

www.lbc.co.uk

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Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social · 9d

Going to GRAB a coffee, then JUMP on a zoom.

I love a shit verb.

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Johnsy @johnsy76.bsky.social · 10d

It’s the wee bits that crack me up some times when reading @irvinewelsh.bsky.social books.. Wee bit here with Spud & Begbie, Spud no quite getting his geography right while on the chor in London & Begbie putting him right.. 😆😆

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Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you Bruce. I feel Lukashenko must take his share of the credit though.

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Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social · 10d

Very proud.

Trinovantian @emceegeegee.bsky.social · 11d

10 of 32!! That's some hit rate.

I'd be very interested to know how, specifically, the Edinburgh drug scene of the 80s and 90s is a threat to the stability of present day Belarus.

Do you think Lukashenko will explain? Maybe he's a closet Jambo?

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Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social · 11d

The pen is mightier than the sword. Which ones have escaped the ban? I’m going for Marabou Stork Nightmares and Dead Men’s Trousers…

Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 11d

Who guessed that @irvinewelsh.bsky.social would be banned by Belarus?

Ten books by the British author are among 32 titles added to the blacklist by self-appointed dictator Lukashenko.

A statement said "All of these publications are capable of harming the national interests of our country"

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White Rabbit Books @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social · 12d

Another amazing Convenanza weekend, and thank you to everyone who came to our sold out Sunday Literary Salon feat. @reversediorama.bsky.social, @irvinewelsh.bsky.social and Zofia Page. See you again next year 🙏

📸 Photo by Luis Kramer www.instagram.com/kramerdoingb...

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Scott, outcast since I broke her water. @strontiumdugs.bsky.social · 16d

Started, The Blade Artist, by @irvinewelsh.bsky.social the night. This is gonnae be fun.
Going from, Rendezvous With Rama, to this will be a shock to the system.

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Irvine Welsh @irvinewelsh.bsky.social · 17d

Saw the first two episodes- great work from everyone involved

Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 21d

Robert Redford, me, Toby Jones - and a reporter who found corruption in his own backyard. Thoughts on the coming ITV drama, The Hack www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

Me, Toby Jones and a timely reminder of why we need a free press

A new drama on the phone-hacking scandal shows us journalism at its worst, but also how reporting can make real change

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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pow64.bsky.social @pow64.bsky.social · 18d

Currently reading @irvinewelsh.bsky.social men in love , there’s a cracking few lines from Begbie about the good life , well worth checking out

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Sean Mannion @unclesean.bsky.social · 18d

Also, finally got around to Heinlien’s Stranger in a Strange Land, which made me think a bit much about that owner of the other place but was still interesting.

Today finished Cory Doctorow’s Radicalized (enjoyed) and started @irvinewelsh.bsky.social’s The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins (enjoying).

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 18d

New from @EmpirePodUK

LIKE A WOLF ON THE FOLD-
THE ASSYRIAN WAR MACHINE COMES TO GAZA
With Professor Jo Quinn

Our 12-hour-long deep dive into History of Gaza is already our most popular series ever- people are super hungry to understand all the nuances of this contested past

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JMZ @jmzed.bsky.social · 21d

"Media has you comfortably numb"

Irvine Welsh's [ @irvinewelsh.bsky.social ] sentiments on this issue are clearly aired in his chat with James O Brien [ @mrjamesob.bsky.social ]

www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...

Full Disclosure with James O'Brien - Podcast Episode | Global Player

Irvine Welsh: We’re More Addicted Now Than in Trainspotting

www.globalplayer.com

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Christian Homan @christianhoman.bsky.social · 21d

Twilight w/ @christianhoman.bsky.social @rte.ie Pulse 19Sep25
Listen Back: Linktr.ee/ChristianHoman
Priority Play: @irvinewelsh.bsky.social @SciFiSoulOrchestra @NickReachUp @mrstevemac.bsky.social
Flashback Track: #TheTabernacle
#christianhoman #twilightrte #rte

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