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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 6d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social · 10d

Time Out on Finnieston. Pure waffle from London 🤪 😂
"Today ‘WeMo’ (West of Motorway), as local Wags have dubbed it, is the city’s go-to hipster hub. The savvy set from Byres Road have upped sticks here, bringing their creativity and energy."

Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social · Sep 12

I could listen to the BBBC all day. Most sense I’ve heard talked about religion
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Provisional IRA Edwardian Minotaur Sex Porn

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Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social · Sep 11

So great to have this brilliant book at last. Makes a change to hear some positivity about the internet/www. Cheers! @timbernerslee.bsky.social

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Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social · Sep 10

Far out. Great listen #TimHayward #bbcsounds
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

BBC Sounds - Understand - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of Understand on BBC Sounds.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social · Sep 10

Love love loved this. What a guy. Beautifully produced #LeoHornak #bbcworldservice
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In the Studio - Wynton Marsalis: The sound of democracy - BBC Sounds

The creative process of Pulitzer Prize-winning trumpeter and bandleader Wynton Marsalis

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Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Guardian - keeping it real 🤪
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

You be the judge: my boyfriend wants two types of potato with our meals, but I prefer rice. Should he compromise?

Paul loves his spuds and finds Noor’s preference for rice mystifying. She wants a more equal approach to carbs. You decide who gets a roasting?

www.theguardian.com

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Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social · Sep 1

Brilliant. Inspirational. And a bonus to have Mark Steel as presenter. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

BBC Sounds - Shadow World - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of Shadow World on BBC Sounds.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Ferret @theferret.scot · Aug 9

🔴 NEW: Loch Long on the Clyde has been contaminated by radioactive waste from the UK’s nuclear bomb store where old water pipes have repeatedly burst and caused floods, files released after a six-year secrecy battle reveal.

Our investigation: theferret.scot/radio...

View of Loch Long surrounded by wooded hills under a clear sky. Overlaid text reads: “Loch polluted by radioactive waste from nuclear bomb plant.”

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Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social · Jul 31

Brilliant! 🥰

C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · Jul 30

💥The Bernat Klein Studio has been saved! This morning the coalition of Scottish heritage organisations secured the property at auction with a winning bid of £279,000.

The studio will now be restored and brought back into public use, creating a new venue for creative arts in the Scottish Borders.

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Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social · Jul 15

Keith McIvor (JD Twitch) care support www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/love2jdtwi...

Keith McIvor (JD Twitch) care support

Helping Keith McIvor (JD Twitch) access urgent care and therapies to manage and ease symptoms

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social · Jul 14

OBEs for the landlords

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · May 13

‘Landlordism is the closest thing we have to a national industry. King Charles is a private landlord. John Lewis is a private landlord. The homelessness charity St Mungo’s is a private landlord. So are many MPs and doctors.’

Jack Shenker on the UK’s rental crisis: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Jack Shenker · Renters v. Rentiers

Housing injustice, unlike most of the social ills afflicting our atomised society, has the potential to unite and...

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Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social · Jul 11

July 11th marks the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, when over 8000 men and boys were massacred. Survivors of the Bosnian conflict tell their stories in this podcast for @BeyondSreb

bit.ly/TheSoundsofWar

Bosnia: The Sounds of War

Srebrenica Stories · Episode

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Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social · Jul 10

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

‘The voices of our dead have not faded away’: the fight for the memory of genocide in Srebrenica

Three decades on, as leaders deny what happened, remains of the thousands killed continue to be identified and buried

www.theguardian.com

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The Ferret @theferret.scot · Jul 7

And if you want to support the next decade of The Ferret, become a member or make a one-off donation today: theferret.scot/subscribe

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Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social · Jun 24

Remember this? www.opendemocracy.net/en/disarming...

Disarming war: the Hawk Ploughshares story

Two decades on, an inspiring example of successful direct action against powerful states and the arms industry is recalled.

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Jun 18

Words To Live By Number 219

James Anderson @1jamesanderson.bsky.social · Jun 17

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Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social · Jun 10

Congrats, Wayne!

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Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social · Jun 10

Fabulous book. Loved it. Although according to my mum, 'it dragged on a bit' ?!

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The Ferret @theferret.scot · Jun 10

NEW: A new bill to widen freedom of information legislation in Scotland and cover private firms providing public services has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament. bit.ly/447uRlo

New bill to widen freedom of information law could cover firms providing public services

A new bill to widen freedom of information law in Scotland and cover private firms providing public services has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament.

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Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social · Jun 9

Brilliant gig @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social A seat in the gods at The Pavilion is scary as feck when ur rippin w/ vertigo but I wouldn’t have missed it. So great to hear ‘I’ll give you Barcelona’ live and to see Frankie Boyle again ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Wayne Connolly @wayneconnolly.bsky.social · Jun 9

Donate blood. Save a life.

BBC News - NHS calls for 200,000 new blood donors as supplies run low
www.bbc.com/news/article...

NHS calls for 200,000 new blood donors as supplies run low

The health service issued an "amber alert" last year and stocks remain low ever since.

www.bbc.com

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Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social · Jun 8

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza

Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Jun 5

Reddit sues Anthropic over AI scraping that retained users’ deleted posts

Amazon’s revamped Alexa at center of Reddit’s legal fight with Anthropic.

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Gill Davies @gilldavies.bsky.social · Jun 4

Saw this a few years ago on a live stream from The Lyceum. It’s brilliant ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

National Theatre of Scotland @ntsonline.bsky.social · Jun 4

#KELI and Kingdom Brass hit the high notes opening at Perth Theatre tonight!🎶

John Murray of Kingdom FM and Fife Free Press caught the show in Dundee

"KELI is superb, blending miners history with original brass music"🎺⛏️

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www.fifetoday.co.uk/arts-and-cul...

📸Mihaela Bodlovic

A young woman is standing on a metal staircase, clutching a silver tenor horn. She is wearing a dirty band uniform, and is looking forward. Behind her on the staircase she is watched by a man. On either side of the stairs, a brass band are standing holding their instruments.

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