Scott Dougal
@scottdougal.bsky.social
Strategy, communications, digital and broadcast for World Sailing. Formerly British Cycling and the Press Association.
Fail we may, sail me must.
Face like a dad.
Fail we may, sail me must.
Face like a dad.
Pinned
She shoots, she scores… again.
“I had a mirthless laugh at the New Statesman’s cover this week, which characterised the Mandelson affair as “the scandal of the century”. Guys, it’s not even the biggest scandal of the scandal.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“I had a mirthless laugh at the New Statesman’s cover this week, which characterised the Mandelson affair as “the scandal of the century”. Guys, it’s not even the biggest scandal of the scandal.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
February 6, 2026 at 5:51 PM
She shoots, she scores… again.
“I had a mirthless laugh at the New Statesman’s cover this week, which characterised the Mandelson affair as “the scandal of the century”. Guys, it’s not even the biggest scandal of the scandal.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“I had a mirthless laugh at the New Statesman’s cover this week, which characterised the Mandelson affair as “the scandal of the century”. Guys, it’s not even the biggest scandal of the scandal.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I ‘think’ on this occasion @thetimes.com you can get away without the quotes on racist.
A video shared by President Trump on social media depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys has been condemned as racist by prominent Democrats
Trump shared ‘racist’ video of Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys
www.thetimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:02 AM
I ‘think’ on this occasion @thetimes.com you can get away without the quotes on racist.
Got one of these - 100% worth it.
Valentine's cards for people who don't do soppy.
gailmyerscough.co.uk/valentines-cards
gailmyerscough.co.uk/valentines-cards
February 5, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Got one of these - 100% worth it.
“They all sell out women in the end. So yet again, it’s being left to the victims.”
Marina doesn’t miss.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Marina doesn’t miss.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Never forget Epstein’s little helpers – the powerful men who knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway | Marina Hyde
I’m sorry, but this is not just a political scandal. Time to refocus on the horrific mistreatment of women and girls, and the role of these ghouls, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM
“They all sell out women in the end. So yet again, it’s being left to the victims.”
Marina doesn’t miss.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Marina doesn’t miss.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Katabasis by R F Kuang
I believe the genre is dark academia…
Enjoyable saga about two postgraduate students who voyage into Hell to retrieve their PhD supervisor.
Like all fantasy, as daft or as serious as you want to make it. I was entertained.
#BookSky
I believe the genre is dark academia…
Enjoyable saga about two postgraduate students who voyage into Hell to retrieve their PhD supervisor.
Like all fantasy, as daft or as serious as you want to make it. I was entertained.
#BookSky
February 3, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Katabasis by R F Kuang
I believe the genre is dark academia…
Enjoyable saga about two postgraduate students who voyage into Hell to retrieve their PhD supervisor.
Like all fantasy, as daft or as serious as you want to make it. I was entertained.
#BookSky
I believe the genre is dark academia…
Enjoyable saga about two postgraduate students who voyage into Hell to retrieve their PhD supervisor.
Like all fantasy, as daft or as serious as you want to make it. I was entertained.
#BookSky
Transfer deadline day eh?
Spent the last 12 hours worrying we might not sign a German dude I’d never heard of until last week.
Spent the last 12 hours worrying we might not sign a German dude I’d never heard of until last week.
February 2, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Transfer deadline day eh?
Spent the last 12 hours worrying we might not sign a German dude I’d never heard of until last week.
Spent the last 12 hours worrying we might not sign a German dude I’d never heard of until last week.
Everything about this is tremendous.
recently learned about “dek bass”, a sound system culture in rural West Bengal, using cassette decks and homemade systems, and it’s remarkable because 1) the music and equipment are sick and 2) the DJ always looks like he’s being briefed on a national security issue
January 29, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Everything about this is tremendous.
What a wonderful weekend for Scottish football.
January 25, 2026 at 5:12 PM
What a wonderful weekend for Scottish football.
Quote a post with a clue where you’re from.
January 24, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Quote a post with a clue where you’re from.
January 22, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
Split between the recent past and a post-climate catastrophe future in which Britain is reduced to a rump archipelago.
This is a bleak book filled - McEwan style - by mostly awful people. However, I was pulled in, gripped by the mystery of a vanished poem.
#BookSky
Split between the recent past and a post-climate catastrophe future in which Britain is reduced to a rump archipelago.
This is a bleak book filled - McEwan style - by mostly awful people. However, I was pulled in, gripped by the mystery of a vanished poem.
#BookSky
January 21, 2026 at 8:44 PM
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
Split between the recent past and a post-climate catastrophe future in which Britain is reduced to a rump archipelago.
This is a bleak book filled - McEwan style - by mostly awful people. However, I was pulled in, gripped by the mystery of a vanished poem.
#BookSky
Split between the recent past and a post-climate catastrophe future in which Britain is reduced to a rump archipelago.
This is a bleak book filled - McEwan style - by mostly awful people. However, I was pulled in, gripped by the mystery of a vanished poem.
#BookSky
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If you enjoy family dramas filled with secrets and lies, and have Kindle Unlimited, you can now download #TheLiesOurChildrenTell as part of your subscription. #booksky 📚💙 @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social
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January 11, 2026 at 1:04 PM
If you enjoy family dramas filled with secrets and lies, and have Kindle Unlimited, you can now download #TheLiesOurChildrenTell as part of your subscription. #booksky 📚💙 @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social
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amzn.eu/d/45F1ys7
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One of my oldest friends has gone missing in Thailand.
Sharing this on all platforms and would appreciate any reposts
Sharing this on all platforms and would appreciate any reposts
January 18, 2026 at 1:59 PM
One of my oldest friends has gone missing in Thailand.
Sharing this on all platforms and would appreciate any reposts
Sharing this on all platforms and would appreciate any reposts
Fair play to Celtic, they were the better team and - on balance - probably deserved their win over Auchinleck Talbot.
January 18, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Fair play to Celtic, they were the better team and - on balance - probably deserved their win over Auchinleck Talbot.
Bleak, damp day in the north of England so, to keep up morale, I’ve been reading Ian McEwan’s latest. 🕺
January 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Bleak, damp day in the north of England so, to keep up morale, I’ve been reading Ian McEwan’s latest. 🕺
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1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Brilliant retelling of the 1929 crash which succeeds by zeroing in on key individuals and their stories.
Shurely destined to be a film a la The Big Short - final scene the Senate Committee hearings, snappers with big cameras crowding in.
#BookSky
Brilliant retelling of the 1929 crash which succeeds by zeroing in on key individuals and their stories.
Shurely destined to be a film a la The Big Short - final scene the Senate Committee hearings, snappers with big cameras crowding in.
#BookSky
January 18, 2026 at 9:29 AM
1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Brilliant retelling of the 1929 crash which succeeds by zeroing in on key individuals and their stories.
Shurely destined to be a film a la The Big Short - final scene the Senate Committee hearings, snappers with big cameras crowding in.
#BookSky
Brilliant retelling of the 1929 crash which succeeds by zeroing in on key individuals and their stories.
Shurely destined to be a film a la The Big Short - final scene the Senate Committee hearings, snappers with big cameras crowding in.
#BookSky
January 18, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Born on the north bank of the Tweed.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Born on the north bank of the Tweed.
Listening to Nebraska on a Saturday night. 🕺
January 10, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Listening to Nebraska on a Saturday night. 🕺
Ace new album from Monkey Boy.
A pseudonym for Ian Brown or my mate Simon?
Strongly recommend if you like electronic music from deepest Lancashire.
open.spotify.com/album/3eTa3r...
A pseudonym for Ian Brown or my mate Simon?
Strongly recommend if you like electronic music from deepest Lancashire.
open.spotify.com/album/3eTa3r...
Ghosts
open.spotify.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Ace new album from Monkey Boy.
A pseudonym for Ian Brown or my mate Simon?
Strongly recommend if you like electronic music from deepest Lancashire.
open.spotify.com/album/3eTa3r...
A pseudonym for Ian Brown or my mate Simon?
Strongly recommend if you like electronic music from deepest Lancashire.
open.spotify.com/album/3eTa3r...
Danny Rohl has seen off three Celtic managers.
Booooooooooooooo.
January 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Danny Rohl has seen off three Celtic managers.
Booooooooooooooo.
January 5, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Booooooooooooooo.