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East Lothian Greens @eastlothiangreens.bsky.social · 1d

Ross Greer said "The system isn't broken. It's rigged in favour of very wealthy individuals."
🐟 Salmon farms owned by huge multinationals pay no tax.
✈️ Scottish Government isn't using powers to tax the 12,000 private jet flights to or from Scotland each year.
👪 While 1 in 5 kids live in poverty.

East Lothian Greens @eastlothiangreens.bsky.social · 1d

Green Co-Leader @ross-greer.bsky.social speaking at the @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social event today.

Due to strained public finances, there's either going to be major tax reform or massive cuts to services.✂️ Ross tabled amendments to make Council Tax fairer, but they were voted down by other parties. 💔

Five men are on a stage, three sitting down. In front of a big screen that says Tax Justice. Many people are sitting at round tables, looking at them.

A blue pull up banner that says Tax Justice: Choosing a fairer future for all.

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Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 23h

Beware anyone who wants to limit the study of literature. Literature is the beginning of empathy, critical thinking, understanding context and complexity, and learning beyond your borders.

Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

If you want to create a docile, obedient nation, first attack the arts so you deskill children of critical thinking. Once you’ve done that the people can be moulded as their rulers please. Beware this barbarism. It’s a path to demagoguery and authoritarianism

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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 1d

I'm planning to set up a food delivery business, but don't want to pay the people who make the food. If they won't give me free food, they'll kill my business.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 1d

Congratulations, mate! 👏🏻

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 2d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Gennifer Hutchison @gennhutchison.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favorite bits of worldbuilding on a show ever was in the Watchmen pilot (I believe that's the ep). Regina King is driving, and baby squid suddenly rain down from the sky. She pulls over, resigned and annoyed, gets out and cleans the windshield.

It's brilliant.

Here's why:

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Tom Lloyd @tomlloydwrites.bsky.social · 2d

If anyone wants a bit of gently creepy contemporary fantasy this Halloween, The Devil in the Vicarage goes on sale the 30th of October and you can buy it here:

UK: www.amazon.co.uk/Devil-Vicara...
US: www.amazon.com/Devil-Vicara...

Promo card for The Devil in the Vicarage with the artwork and cover copy: Something bad lurks in the leafy heart of Surrey. Well yes, obviously there’s Guildford, but that’s not what I...

Okay, fine – there’s another horror lurking in the depths of Surrey. When I receive a cryptic phone call one morning, it’s my new life as a gentlewoman-wizard calling. The Carnells may be unpopular and almost extinct, but apparently one of us still has a duty.

My destination? Winterfold Vicarage in the village of Cranleigh. My task? Unknown, but how could sending me of all people to a vicarage possibly go badly? Yes, obviously apart from me being slightly possessed by a devil?

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Neil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, a great, tough, all-too-human read.
(Just wish I'd remembered there was a fourth one still to come when I binged the first three. The need to know how it all turns out is killing me!)

Tom Lloyd @tomlloydwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Just finished the excellent The Damned King by @justinleeanderson.com - by turns twisty and brutal, filled with flawed and broken people trying to do the right thing in the face of overwhelming awfulness - that maybe has a few parallels to present day, given truth matters so little to some.

A copy of the damned king by Justin Lee Anderson

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Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 2d

Tom knows. Be like Tom.

Tom Lloyd @tomlloydwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Just finished the excellent The Damned King by @justinleeanderson.com - by turns twisty and brutal, filled with flawed and broken people trying to do the right thing in the face of overwhelming awfulness - that maybe has a few parallels to present day, given truth matters so little to some.

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Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 2d

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Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 2d

So after spending , what, six months dismantling government agencies that either regulated him or had contracts with him, Elon Musk is now richer than anyone on earth has ever been?
I wonder what the connection could be? 🤔

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Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 3d

Ha! You’re a gambling man.

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Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 3d

This really shouldn’t need saying AGAIN, but FFS every Jew is not responsible for this Israeli government. Treating them as if they are is vile. Solidarity with the UK Jewish community who must be feeling very vulnerable.

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Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 6d

It’s true, I did. 👇🏻

Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 6d

Project Hanuman is out on November 11th. Today, I wanted to highlight that the gent that is @justinleeanderson.com gave it this summary: Battlestar Galactica crossed with The Matrix on a heavy dose of LSD.

Which, honestly, will do for me. #sff #sciencefiction #scifi

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East Lothian Greens @eastlothiangreens.bsky.social · 9d

If Keir Starmer was serious about heading off the threat of Reform, he could implement proportional representation, like his own party voted for.

If he does not, it will be a clear sign of him putting party before country, and would be a stark betrayal of his responsibilities as Prime Minister.

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Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 9d

Shona writes with feeling and heart. Everything I’ve read of hers gets that people are the heart of great stories.

Shona Kinsella @shonak.bsky.social · 9d

Available for pre-order now: www.flametreepublishing.com/daughters-of...

Green graphic with book cover and text.

Book cover: Daughters of Nicnevin by Shona Kinsella. Two women in 18th century highland dress stand back to back in a field. They are surrounded by men made of straw. The atmosphere is brooding and menacing.

Text reads: Out November 11th from Flame Tree Press. "set against the backdrop of Scotland in the 1700s, the Jacobite uprising and the witch trials, Daughters of Nicnevin is a haunting, ethereal tale of love, sisterhood and magic." - Helen Glynn Jones, author of The Last Raven

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Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 9d

a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the word kepler is on the bottom right

Alt: Cassian Andor saying “Welcome to the rebellion” to Mon Mothma.

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Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 9d

Part of me thinks it’s important to make sure this is seen by as many Trump supporters as possible, but then I worry that many of them will just cheer the loss of their own civil rights to authoritarianism because it’s currently being used against the people they’ve been convinced to hate.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 9d

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.

I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.

Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

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East Lothian Greens @eastlothiangreens.bsky.social · 10d

Difficult to understand why Labour get more unpopular with every poll when they’re doing such a good job clearing the streets of dangerous terrorists like <checks notes> young women quietly protesting the mass murder of children. 🤷

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10d

What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?

Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.

It undermines police and the law.

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 10d

Literally everyone I know with indefinite leave to remain is either in the NHS or education - so I’m not sure how they can prove they’ve contributed more to society than they’ve always done. They’ve certainly done more than any no mark Labour politician whose sat on their lazy arse their entire life

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Tom Lloyd @tomlloydwrites.bsky.social · 10d

The Damned King by @justinleeanderson.com which I'm greatly enjoying!

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11d

One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.

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Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com · 11d

Watched that a few years back with my son and totally forgot about the casual nudity!

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Kaushik Karforma @kaushikkwrites.bsky.social · 11d

I've been fortunate to receive mentoring from @annasmithwrites.bsky.social who's 1/3 of TWA. She's extremely patient, comes up with brilliant insights, and really wants to make the story better. I'd to leave because of some life issues, but will resume early next year.

The Write Advice @thewriteadvice.bsky.social · 22d

Get in touch for next year, though! Email us at [email protected] or check out www.thewriteadvice.co.uk ~ Anna

The Write Advice

Editorial Services from Experienced Authors

www.thewriteadvice.co.uk

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The Write Advice @thewriteadvice.bsky.social · 22d

I've worked on 8 editorial projects this year, both novels and novellas at developmental and copy/line.
Finishing up the last two over the next 6 weeks and then taking a break until next year.
It's been brilliant to be so busy and work with so many talented authors, but I need a rest.
Like Bailey!

A fluffy brown dog sleeps on a bed, his head on the pillow. A true Prince.

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