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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 2h

If we allow two years of daily genocidal depravity to be normalised – at the very moment when the far right is in the ascendancy – then we will condemn humanity to barbarism, writes Owen Jones ✍️

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The Indifferent Scot 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍⚧️ @sjlee4wish.bsky.social · 2h

Probably a couple reasons; chief among them being they think they deserve everything they demand.

The second is probably cos Obama got one and it bothers them a black guy got something that a white guy couldn't.

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The Indifferent Scot 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍⚧️ @sjlee4wish.bsky.social · 2h

Trump is so thin skinned and has such a short memory that this will likely tank any kind of alliance regardless

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Stephan Krosecz @stephank.bsky.social · 10h

One could argue that people who are so sexually repressed as to make an app to DEMAND you not see a boob are more likely to snap and do something fucked up than people with a healthy relationship with their sexuality.

One could argue that.

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 13h

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

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The Indifferent Scot 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍⚧️ @sjlee4wish.bsky.social · 3h

Reminds me of the Dara O'brien joke where the news reports that crime is on the rise despite figures showing its dropping.

Reporter: Yes, well, the fear of crime is high

Dara: Well the fear of zombies is high, but they're at an all time low. Doesn't mean we need policies to deal with zombies.

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Justin McElroy @thoughtographic.bsky.social · 18h

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Asghar @asghar123.bsky.social · 1d

Yvette Cooper is a piece of shit, she is complicit in genocide alongside the majority of the British political class.

Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

The foreign secretary says the UK has been contributing to the peace process.

No. What the UK govt has been contributing to is the extermination of the Palestinian people.

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Rae Sigilynk | Free PaIestine @sigilynk.bsky.social · 1d

hi UKer here. I worked up the courage to write to my MP (even though her responses are usually dismissive and toe the government line) including links to some articles about this privacy disaster.

UK oomfs I urge you to find your MP and do the same thing.

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

Really hammer your reps about how catastrophic this is and how bad these laws are for peoples online safety

404 Media @404media.co · 1d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t listen to anyone who minimizes the threat of a government that “only” wants to tighten the authoritarian surveillance noose for “some” people. THATS ALWAYS HOW IT BEGINS YOU FASCISM ENABLERS.

Full Fact @fullfact.org · 2d

On social media and their website, the Liberal Democrats have claimed “Keir Starmer says everyone in the UK will be required to have mandatory digital ID”.

But this isn’t the case, and we can’t find any evidence the Prime Minister said it was.

Digital ID won’t be mandatory for ‘everyone in the UK’ – Full Fact

The Liberal Democrats have claimed Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said everyone in the UK will have to have digital ID, but that’s not the case.

fullfact.org

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foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 1d

I understand that it's discouraging that these battles come up again and again and that we never get to permanently just say "NO".

But if you want a silver lining, think about how frustrated that makes you feel. They're not the only ones who can do that. We can also refuse to stop asking.

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

A small victory! Chat Control has been tabled for now, but it can [and likely will] be brought up for vote again in December

In the meantime, EU citizens will need to continue pressuring their respective govts to oppose chat control

However, do so knowing that pressure WORKS.

Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 1d

Denmark has tabled next week's vote on Chat Control.

Yet, per Peter Hummelgaard:

"The Danish Presidency will, however, continue to work with the member states to find a solution, and therefore negotiations on the technical details of the proposal continue. It is urgent to find common ground."

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

Really hammer your reps about how catastrophic this is and how bad these laws are for peoples online safety

404 Media @404media.co · 1d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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The Indifferent Scot 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍⚧️ @sjlee4wish.bsky.social · 1d

They do remember what Hitler ultimately did to his dog, right?

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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 1d

Be part of overturning a system rigged in favour of the super-rich

👉 members.greens.scot/join

Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 2d

Scotland generates huge amounts of cheap, clean electricity from renewables. That isn't reflected in our bills though, because the UK's energy system is rigged in favour of the corporations who control it, not the people who need it.

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David Lo Pun-ch Nazis @helpmeskeletor.bsky.social · 1d

See how Israel gets to have ‘families’ and Gazans get to be generically referred to as ‘people’.

It’s little digs like this that are designed to tell you where to position your sympathy.

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

My statement on Middle East peace

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The Indifferent Scot 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍⚧️ @sjlee4wish.bsky.social · 1d

Male loneliness is pretty much entirely because of a combination of toxic masculinity and homophobia, generations of men being taught to suppress their feelings and that any sign of vulnerability is 'gay' has left them emotionally handicapped

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The Indifferent Scot 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍⚧️ @sjlee4wish.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, I agree with you on most of that, but sure as hell not on bacon being mid! You obviously haven't tried a double bacon wedge, a bacon sandwich with bacon instead of bread

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The Indifferent Scot 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍⚧️ @sjlee4wish.bsky.social · 1d

Trump claiming he could beat anyone at a sport is hilarious, dude would lose to a slight incline

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 1d

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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The Indifferent Scot 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍⚧️ @sjlee4wish.bsky.social · 1d

Y'know you've got to think of how little folk like her care about their family and friends. Bigots like her are essentially saying they'd rather their loved ones suffer than be trans.

Honestly I don't think they're even capable of love.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 1d

TW: child suicide.

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The NHS continues to fail trans kids.

This child’s suicide was preventable, the coroner said, but not by the NHS as it is currently operating.

17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable says coroner

A 17-year-old trans girl's death by suicide over NHS wait times could have been prevented with swift intervention, a coroner has ruled.

www.thepinknews.com

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LiLBazula 👻 @lilbazza.bsky.social · 1d

If my family life consisted of outsourcing the care of my children to an entourage of maids, nannies & other staff before shipping them off to a boarding school, I would simply stfu about ordinary families being 'disconnected'

Sky News (Mirror) @skynews-m.bsky.social · 1d

Phones creating 'epidemic of disconnection' in families, says Kate
https://news.sky.com/story/phones-creating-epidemic-of-disconnection-in-families-says-princess-of-wales-13447487?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter

Phones creating 'epidemic of disconnection' in families, says Princess of Wales

"Our undivided attention is the most precious gift we can give another person. Yet, increasingly, it's the most difficult gift to offer," Kate writes in a joint essay.

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 1d

Public services in public hands. 🙌

Scotland has a lower cancellation rate than every English region.

We must now invest in expanding the network, increasing capacity, and ensuring a reliable, affordable service is available for all. 🚆

Public ownership pays off. Cancellation rates 24/25. Scotland: 2%. England: 3.5%. Cancellation rates have been falling in Scotland since ScotRail was taken back into public ownership.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Despite getting whatever anti-trans narrative they wanted out of the Charlie Kirk shooting, the American right is now blaming the Jews instead, because content must be created. It is almost like the "first they came for" thing is not hypothetical!

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

It's the golden rule of grievance politics: you will never be happy. You are a permanent captive to the infinity goalpost.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Have you seen 3D animations from the IDF showing secret Hamas hideouts?

According to Israel's +972 magazine, many have "serious spatial inaccuracies or prefabricated assets—sourced not from classified intelligence but rather from commercial libraries, content creators, and cultural institutions."

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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