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Some guy from Embra. No longer does a media thing for money. Proud Scottish Green and lefty Scotpol pipedog gang (sadly depleted) member.
To which I'd add: i) it creates a suspicion that people who actually need glasses are equally noncey, so THANKS FOR THAT; ii) hopefully anyone seen wearing Ray-Bans from now on will be shunned and mocked; iii) have chewing gum ready at all times to stick over those lenses.
glasses with little cameras in them are not wearable tech they're pervert glasses
February 15, 2026 at 10:44 PM
To which I'd add: i) it creates a suspicion that people who actually need glasses are equally noncey, so THANKS FOR THAT; ii) hopefully anyone seen wearing Ray-Bans from now on will be shunned and mocked; iii) have chewing gum ready at all times to stick over those lenses.
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Just looking through some old comics and found a mail order advert for Small Prophets
February 15, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Just looking through some old comics and found a mail order advert for Small Prophets
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If you've seen the Sunday Times today you'll know Labour Together were secretly hiring people to investigate journalists.
Sadly you won't know that The National broke this story six months ago, since our work is not credited at all.
Here's the original 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2550403...
Sadly you won't know that The National broke this story six months ago, since our work is not credited at all.
Here's the original 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2550403...
Starmer allies hired investigators to look into author of McSweeney book
KEIR Starmer's allies hired private investigators to explore the background of an author whose book led to the resignation of the Prime Minister's…
www.thenational.scot
February 15, 2026 at 12:12 PM
If you've seen the Sunday Times today you'll know Labour Together were secretly hiring people to investigate journalists.
Sadly you won't know that The National broke this story six months ago, since our work is not credited at all.
Here's the original 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2550403...
Sadly you won't know that The National broke this story six months ago, since our work is not credited at all.
Here's the original 👇
www.thenational.scot/news/2550403...
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Something extremely funny could happen tomorrow
🚨 PICTURED: Liz Truss meets with Donald Trump at his golf course in Palm Beach
February 15, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Something extremely funny could happen tomorrow
Even if you sort of knew the Dems were a bit shit, I promise you that the Pelosi ramble in this is the equal of any of Biden or Trump's deranged non-sequiturs. Also "politics pub"? Limmy wants a word.
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February 15, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Even if you sort of knew the Dems were a bit shit, I promise you that the Pelosi ramble in this is the equal of any of Biden or Trump's deranged non-sequiturs. Also "politics pub"? Limmy wants a word.
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Just to reiterate that all you need to know about UK class system is that Lord of the Flies is read as a comment about human nature and not about how inept and bullying public school boys can be.
February 15, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Just to reiterate that all you need to know about UK class system is that Lord of the Flies is read as a comment about human nature and not about how inept and bullying public school boys can be.
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The fact that Four Women Scotland are celebrating having driven Dr Upton out of the NHS should tell the media everything about their actual aims
February 15, 2026 at 10:48 AM
The fact that Four Women Scotland are celebrating having driven Dr Upton out of the NHS should tell the media everything about their actual aims
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Nothing but sympathy for Beth Upton. Never did a thing wrong but had her life completely upended, her character assassinated and her bins publicly raked through to the point she's had to leave the country for the crime of simply existing. And still the bigots won't leave her alone.
February 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Nothing but sympathy for Beth Upton. Never did a thing wrong but had her life completely upended, her character assassinated and her bins publicly raked through to the point she's had to leave the country for the crime of simply existing. And still the bigots won't leave her alone.
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Yeah, i don't mind the rain. But we've reached the point where Wilfred Owen is standing outside my patio door doing poetry.
And when I say 'garden' I mean the muddy puddle at the back of the house where the grass used to be
February 15, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Yeah, i don't mind the rain. But we've reached the point where Wilfred Owen is standing outside my patio door doing poetry.
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This week's @mindlessones.bsky.social Sunday colour supplement is here for you.
mindless-ones.ghost.io/bored-witles...
mindless-ones.ghost.io/bored-witles...
Bored witless and just waiting to break up the furniture
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Superman Says Don’t Smoke (Redux)
That's why he never says yes. Superman has thought about it. He’s felt the temptation. He knows how hard it would be to stop. It takes the intervention of a blu...
mindless-ones.ghost.io
February 15, 2026 at 9:46 AM
This week's @mindlessones.bsky.social Sunday colour supplement is here for you.
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So I carved off a lean chunk of the steak before cooking it,
And made sure to set it on the edge of my plate, after I was done.
And then to look the other way. To let her steal it.
I got her her favorite thing, for her birthday -
Crime.
And made sure to set it on the edge of my plate, after I was done.
And then to look the other way. To let her steal it.
I got her her favorite thing, for her birthday -
Crime.
February 15, 2026 at 6:22 AM
So I carved off a lean chunk of the steak before cooking it,
And made sure to set it on the edge of my plate, after I was done.
And then to look the other way. To let her steal it.
I got her her favorite thing, for her birthday -
Crime.
And made sure to set it on the edge of my plate, after I was done.
And then to look the other way. To let her steal it.
I got her her favorite thing, for her birthday -
Crime.
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Every single person involved in this hate campaign and everyone who has supported them - Anas Sarwar, for example - needs to be run out of public life the way they've run Dr Upton out the NHS. Being trans isn't a risk factor for people around you; this obsessive hate absolutely is.
Susan Smith of For Women Scotland is quoted in this piece saying that Dr Upton leaving the NHS will be "a relief to female patients."
The employment tribunal found that Upton had done nothing wrong! She was completely innocent of any kind of harassment!
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1592555...
The employment tribunal found that Upton had done nothing wrong! She was completely innocent of any kind of harassment!
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1592555...
Trans doc at centre of landmark Sandi Peggie court battle quits NHS
THE trans medic at the heart of a changing room war that cost taxpayers a staggering £400,000 has walked out on the NHS. NHS Fife bosses racked up the eye-watering bill in a failed bid to hush up n…
www.thescottishsun.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Every single person involved in this hate campaign and everyone who has supported them - Anas Sarwar, for example - needs to be run out of public life the way they've run Dr Upton out the NHS. Being trans isn't a risk factor for people around you; this obsessive hate absolutely is.
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John Carroll says his nighttime rounds are protecting the community. Critics say his “abhorrent” views on Hitler, the Holocaust and race are incompatible with his adopted role.
https://www.theferret.scot/self-styled-nightwatchmen-patrol-a-scottish-village-their-leader-is-a-nazi
https://www.theferret.scot/self-styled-nightwatchmen-patrol-a-scottish-village-their-leader-is-a-nazi
February 13, 2026 at 7:01 AM
John Carroll says his nighttime rounds are protecting the community. Critics say his “abhorrent” views on Hitler, the Holocaust and race are incompatible with his adopted role.
https://www.theferret.scot/self-styled-nightwatchmen-patrol-a-scottish-village-their-leader-is-a-nazi
https://www.theferret.scot/self-styled-nightwatchmen-patrol-a-scottish-village-their-leader-is-a-nazi
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I just went on LBC to talk about Rothermere’s attempt to buy the Telegraph titles. The long and the short of it for me is that while it would philosophically be a terrible thing for him to control 49% of the British newspaper market, the idea that there is a plurality of views is a joke anyway.
February 15, 2026 at 8:20 AM
I just went on LBC to talk about Rothermere’s attempt to buy the Telegraph titles. The long and the short of it for me is that while it would philosophically be a terrible thing for him to control 49% of the British newspaper market, the idea that there is a plurality of views is a joke anyway.
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11yo: what’s that show you wanted us to watch, from when you were kids, about rats or something, that paraded around london
us:
11yo: the theme tune was like (sings the wombles theme)
us:
11yo: the theme tune was like (sings the wombles theme)
February 13, 2026 at 9:28 PM
11yo: what’s that show you wanted us to watch, from when you were kids, about rats or something, that paraded around london
us:
11yo: the theme tune was like (sings the wombles theme)
us:
11yo: the theme tune was like (sings the wombles theme)
I wonder if generations of our leaders in the UK took the wrong message about the Berlin Wall, that it was great and sensible politics, actually.
Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport
Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport
New border controls require ‘certificate of entitlement’ to attach to second nationality passport that costs £589
Dual British nationals have been warned they may be denied boarding a flight, ferry or train to the UK after 25 February unless they carry a valid British passport.
The warning by the Home Office comes amid scores of complaints from British people living or travelling abroad who have suddenly found themselves at risk of not being allowed into the country.
If you are affected by the change and want to share your story, email [email protected] Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM
I wonder if generations of our leaders in the UK took the wrong message about the Berlin Wall, that it was great and sensible politics, actually.
We need a hit record playing in shops with the lyrics "Hey, Meta, wipe all files" on a loop.
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM
We need a hit record playing in shops with the lyrics "Hey, Meta, wipe all files" on a loop.
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The Welsh government get a DRS including glass whereas the Scottish government got partisan shenanigans and costly legal battles.
www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/wales-g...
www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/wales-g...
Wales given Internal Market go-ahead to include glass in deposit return scheme
The UK government today announced it had approved the Welsh government's application under the Internal Market Act for devolved powers to push ahead with a breakaway DRS
www.thegrocer.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 1:02 PM
The Welsh government get a DRS including glass whereas the Scottish government got partisan shenanigans and costly legal battles.
www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/wales-g...
www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/wales-g...
I regularly look through a company's spam folder to check for false positives and bin hundreds of scams. Among all those many thousands of emails, not one has bothered trying to sell AI stuff. If even the scammers know nobody wants it, what does that say about the big firms betting the farm on it?
February 13, 2026 at 12:24 PM
I regularly look through a company's spam folder to check for false positives and bin hundreds of scams. Among all those many thousands of emails, not one has bothered trying to sell AI stuff. If even the scammers know nobody wants it, what does that say about the big firms betting the farm on it?
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💦 The weather otter get better!🦦
Before we all need webbed feet.😉
📸 Lovely shot by George Kelsey at the Water of Leith.👏
Before we all need webbed feet.😉
📸 Lovely shot by George Kelsey at the Water of Leith.👏
February 12, 2026 at 5:15 PM
💦 The weather otter get better!🦦
Before we all need webbed feet.😉
📸 Lovely shot by George Kelsey at the Water of Leith.👏
Before we all need webbed feet.😉
📸 Lovely shot by George Kelsey at the Water of Leith.👏
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Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The reform candidate turned up at a local hustings for the Denton and Gorton by election today with private security because he felt scared...what the actual!??! Add this to the million reasons why I won't be voting for them. We need someone to champion our area...not be scared of it FFS.
Six things we learned at the Manchester Evening News' by-election hustings
With two weeks to go until polling day, a campaign dominated by candidates stressing their Mancunian credentials were tested at the M.E.N. offices by real Mancs - this is what it told us
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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Hell yeah. Pressure works. Keep it up.
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 12, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Hell yeah. Pressure works. Keep it up.
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