Severin Carrell
@severincarrell.bsky.social
Scotland editor for the Guardian. A personal account. Likes and reposts ≠ approval or endorsements (with thanks to Dr Seuss)
I once played in the second violins for the Edinburgh primary schools orchestra. Just once
I once played in the second violins for the Edinburgh primary schools orchestra. Just once
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Germany and France joining Denmark and Sweden in Greenland.
Official confirmation of German participation in European troop deployment to Greenland. First Bundeswehr soldiers to arrive tomorrow. 🇪🇺 / NATO solidarity in action.
January 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Germany and France joining Denmark and Sweden in Greenland.
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Sport England are leaving X/Twitter.
Chris Boardman explains it is because it has become a toxic environment - exemplified by the unlawful stripping & harassment of women and girls
But also one where effective & useful communication is less and less possible
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Chris Boardman explains it is because it has become a toxic environment - exemplified by the unlawful stripping & harassment of women and girls
But also one where effective & useful communication is less and less possible
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Sport England suspends X social media account and takes aim at Elon Musk
Sport England has revealed that it has suspended its account on the social media platform X
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Sport England are leaving X/Twitter.
Chris Boardman explains it is because it has become a toxic environment - exemplified by the unlawful stripping & harassment of women and girls
But also one where effective & useful communication is less and less possible
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
Chris Boardman explains it is because it has become a toxic environment - exemplified by the unlawful stripping & harassment of women and girls
But also one where effective & useful communication is less and less possible
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
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We've launched an investigation into X over Grok sexualised imagery.
We've opened a formal investigation into X under the Online Safety Act, to determine whether it has complied with its duties to protect people in the UK from content that is illegal in the UK.
🔗 www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
We've opened a formal investigation into X under the Online Safety Act, to determine whether it has complied with its duties to protect people in the UK from content that is illegal in the UK.
🔗 www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
January 12, 2026 at 11:50 AM
We've launched an investigation into X over Grok sexualised imagery.
We've opened a formal investigation into X under the Online Safety Act, to determine whether it has complied with its duties to protect people in the UK from content that is illegal in the UK.
🔗 www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
We've opened a formal investigation into X under the Online Safety Act, to determine whether it has complied with its duties to protect people in the UK from content that is illegal in the UK.
🔗 www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
and this provides some numbers harrisdistillery.com/blogs/journa...
Ten Reasons To Love Aluminium | Isle of Harris Distillery
Read our blog post Ten Reasons To Love Aluminium by Michael Donald from Isle of Harris Distillery
harrisdistillery.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:13 AM
and this provides some numbers harrisdistillery.com/blogs/journa...
it is set out in the article
January 12, 2026 at 10:12 AM
it is set out in the article
Green whisky? Heresy? Scottish distillery tests eco-friendly aluminium bottles for its flagship malt whisky 👇🏴🥃
#maltwhisky #climatecrisis #aluminium
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
#maltwhisky #climatecrisis #aluminium
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Green whisky? Scottish distillery tests eco-friendly aluminium bottles
Stirling Distillery project risks being viewed as heresy but it says it wants to make the industry more sustainable
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Green whisky? Heresy? Scottish distillery tests eco-friendly aluminium bottles for its flagship malt whisky 👇🏴🥃
#maltwhisky #climatecrisis #aluminium
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
#maltwhisky #climatecrisis #aluminium
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Copy editors and all other headline writers should have bylines so people can scream at whoever actually wrote the headline instead of the reporter(s) who wrote the story
January 10, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Copy editors and all other headline writers should have bylines so people can scream at whoever actually wrote the headline instead of the reporter(s) who wrote the story
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Trump: "we are going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not because if we don't do it Russia or China will take over...I would like to make a deal...the easy way. But if we don't do it the easy way, we're going to do it the hard way." news.sky.com/story/venezu...
Trump latest: US will 'do something' on Greenland 'whether they like it or not,' says president
Donald Trump has hosted oil bosses at the White House to discuss plans for Venezuela. There, he turned attentions briefly to Greenland - warning the US will "do something" the easy way or the hard way...
news.sky.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Trump: "we are going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not because if we don't do it Russia or China will take over...I would like to make a deal...the easy way. But if we don't do it the easy way, we're going to do it the hard way." news.sky.com/story/venezu...
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The DG of the BBC said this week that it remains on X because it has to reach a worldwide audience.
40m followers....
40k views and 92 likes.
A local Facebook group has more reach.
40m followers....
40k views and 92 likes.
A local Facebook group has more reach.
January 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The DG of the BBC said this week that it remains on X because it has to reach a worldwide audience.
40m followers....
40k views and 92 likes.
A local Facebook group has more reach.
40m followers....
40k views and 92 likes.
A local Facebook group has more reach.
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Election officials and Home Office piloting software to tackle deepfakes ahead of Scottish and Welsh elections 👇🏴🏴
#Senedd26 #Holyrood26 #deepfake
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#Senedd26 #Holyrood26 #deepfake
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Officials piloting software to tackle deepfakes ahead of Scottish and Welsh elections
Electoral Commission says tools to detect AI-generated content could be in place before campaigns begin
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Election officials and Home Office piloting software to tackle deepfakes ahead of Scottish and Welsh elections 👇🏴🏴
#Senedd26 #Holyrood26 #deepfake
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#Senedd26 #Holyrood26 #deepfake
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Election officials and Home Office piloting software to tackle deepfakes ahead of Scottish and Welsh elections 👇🏴🏴
#Senedd26 #Holyrood26 #deepfake
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#Senedd26 #Holyrood26 #deepfake
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Officials piloting software to tackle deepfakes ahead of Scottish and Welsh elections
Electoral Commission says tools to detect AI-generated content could be in place before campaigns begin
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Election officials and Home Office piloting software to tackle deepfakes ahead of Scottish and Welsh elections 👇🏴🏴
#Senedd26 #Holyrood26 #deepfake
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#Senedd26 #Holyrood26 #deepfake
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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John Swinney backs UK's role in seizure of Russian oil tanker, amid suggestion US military used Scottish airport, @severincarrell.bsky.social reports - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
January 8, 2026 at 2:07 PM
John Swinney backs UK's role in seizure of Russian oil tanker, amid suggestion US military used Scottish airport, @severincarrell.bsky.social reports - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Exclusive: The Navy will build a new “Trump-class” battleship, Trump is set to announce. on.wsj.com/459nA4M
Exclusive | New Class of Warship to Be Named After President Trump
The new vessels, which the president calls battleships, will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a “Golden Fleet.”
on.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Exclusive: The Navy will build a new “Trump-class” battleship, Trump is set to announce. on.wsj.com/459nA4M
We'll see. I wonder what accountancy whizzery they can deploy to elide that...
December 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We'll see. I wonder what accountancy whizzery they can deploy to elide that...
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CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes story
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcry
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes story
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration
60M's Sharyn Alfonsi said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage
My NPR story
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
“We are applying a capitalist model, unashamedly and proudly,” says “Moneyball” carbon capitalist Rich Stockdale, boss of UK’s fast growing natural capital land owner #OxygenConservation 👇🏾🌳🦅
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Unashamedly capitalist’ rewilders claim ‘Moneyball’ approach could make millions – but experts sceptical
Rich Stockdale says model of ‘regenerative capitalism’ would maximise profits by planting trees, restoring peatlands, and installing windfarms across its estates
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“We are applying a capitalist model, unashamedly and proudly,” says “Moneyball” carbon capitalist Rich Stockdale, boss of UK’s fast growing natural capital land owner #OxygenConservation 👇🏾🌳🦅
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Exclusive: Scottish government weighs up smoking ban exemption for crack cocaine users at safe consumption rooms 👇🏴 #drugspolicy #ThistleCentre #smokingban
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Scotland officials weigh up smoking ban exception for supervised crack use
Move follows increase in drug users switching from injecting heroin to smoking crack in Glasgow and Edinburgh
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Exclusive: Scottish government weighs up smoking ban exemption for crack cocaine users at safe consumption rooms 👇🏴 #drugspolicy #ThistleCentre #smokingban
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Exclusive: Scottish government weighs up smoking ban exemption for crack cocaine users at safe consumption rooms 👇🏴 #drugspolicy #ThistleCentre #smokingban
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Scotland officials weigh up smoking ban exception for supervised crack use
Move follows increase in drug users switching from injecting heroin to smoking crack in Glasgow and Edinburgh
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Exclusive: Scottish government weighs up smoking ban exemption for crack cocaine users at safe consumption rooms 👇🏴 #drugspolicy #ThistleCentre #smokingban
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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‘Craig Callender, a philosophy professor at the University of California San Diego … agrees with that assessment, observing that “the appearance of legitimacy to non-existent journals is like the logical end product of existing trends.”’
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
‘Craig Callender, a philosophy professor at the University of California San Diego … agrees with that assessment, observing that “the appearance of legitimacy to non-existent journals is like the logical end product of existing trends.”’
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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In 2023, the Education Department launched investigations into a Texas school district after several alleged incidents of racial bullying, and an investigator was planning to visit.
Then the 2024 presidential election happened — and the visit didn’t.
Then the 2024 presidential election happened — and the visit didn’t.
Epithets and accusations: Probes into racism in schools stall under Trump
Parents say incidents are going unchecked after the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights retreated from investigating schools in Lubbock, Texas.
wapo.st
December 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
In 2023, the Education Department launched investigations into a Texas school district after several alleged incidents of racial bullying, and an investigator was planning to visit.
Then the 2024 presidential election happened — and the visit didn’t.
Then the 2024 presidential election happened — and the visit didn’t.
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"The Epstein files have been released."
December 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"The Epstein files have been released."
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
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How pleasingly ironic it would be for the British Broadcasting Corporation to remind Americans what the First Amendment is all about. The BBC may be about to lose a director general, but it still has a spine. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has no choice but to teach Trump a lesson about free speech
The corporation may have lost a director general, but now needs to prove it still has a spine
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
How pleasingly ironic it would be for the British Broadcasting Corporation to remind Americans what the First Amendment is all about. The BBC may be about to lose a director general, but it still has a spine. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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In Florida the forward march of child labour was halted this year
But will capitalism let things rest there? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7184...
But will capitalism let things rest there? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7184...
December 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In Florida the forward march of child labour was halted this year
But will capitalism let things rest there? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7184...
But will capitalism let things rest there? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7184...