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@tooriekep.bsky.social
Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee 2021. She / her / hers / shö. Writer querying my first novel and writing another, library assistant, archivist, book and music enthusiast, views my own. Shetlander in Aberdeen. https://linktr.ee/tooriekep
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Yell, Shetland, 1928. Fourteen-year-old Merran meets a mysterious stranger on the beach who causes her to question whether there was more to her brother's drowning five years prior. But the stranger, Solveg, isn't all she seems, and her presence brings danger to the community.
Yell, Shetland, 1928. Fourteen-year-old Merran meets a mysterious stranger on the beach who causes her to question whether there was more to her brother's drowning five years prior. But the stranger, Solveg, isn't all she seems, and her presence brings danger to the community.
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It's also time to stop using the naturopathic term "natural immunity" and replace it with "disease-acquired immunity" to emphasise all of its disadvantages.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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December 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It's also time to stop using the naturopathic term "natural immunity" and replace it with "disease-acquired immunity" to emphasise all of its disadvantages.
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This quote is so stupid I'm actually refusing to believe it's real on some level. Then I remember it's Starmer we're talking about here.
[wearing my sickos t shirt whilst smiling so wide im like Jack Nicholsons Joker] oh wow, that sounds sooooo bad
December 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This quote is so stupid I'm actually refusing to believe it's real on some level. Then I remember it's Starmer we're talking about here.
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One thing you don't do is fuck around with women gamers - the ban should never have happened, but I am so happy to see fellow cis woman doing what is right and standing with trans women.
Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women's World Cup after trans women were banned.
Women gamers boycott global esports tournament over trans ban
Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women's World Cup after trans women were banned.
bit.ly
December 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
One thing you don't do is fuck around with women gamers - the ban should never have happened, but I am so happy to see fellow cis woman doing what is right and standing with trans women.
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"No citizens anywhere else in the world own so little of their own country. Scotland is a nation which has turned its own people into tenants."
Land is power – Scotland’s people have none
Land isn't just about wealth and justice, it's about power. Scotland is cut off from its own land resources and hence is poorer as a nation
bylines.scot
December 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
"No citizens anywhere else in the world own so little of their own country. Scotland is a nation which has turned its own people into tenants."
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Something I'd like to address. There's this idea that TQ+ folk are all 21 year-old art students... and all the 'normal' old school folk are LGB and entirely left behind and confused by 'pronouns'...
Every talk I give, know who the most outspoken trans allies are? Queer folk in their 70s!!
Every talk I give, know who the most outspoken trans allies are? Queer folk in their 70s!!
December 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Something I'd like to address. There's this idea that TQ+ folk are all 21 year-old art students... and all the 'normal' old school folk are LGB and entirely left behind and confused by 'pronouns'...
Every talk I give, know who the most outspoken trans allies are? Queer folk in their 70s!!
Every talk I give, know who the most outspoken trans allies are? Queer folk in their 70s!!
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Everyone involved knows Mel is a virulently racist fascist lunatic with horrendous views on the use of massive, murderous violence against civilians. But there she still is on Sky News, because her crackpottery is well within acceptable opinion, for our political/media class.
December 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Everyone involved knows Mel is a virulently racist fascist lunatic with horrendous views on the use of massive, murderous violence against civilians. But there she still is on Sky News, because her crackpottery is well within acceptable opinion, for our political/media class.
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“Could you say something for our website about why you think it’s positive to publish with Unbound?” they asked.
“Ok,” I said, trying to forget the late payments and my numerous other concerns, believing everything they told me, trying to assume the best of people, not the worst.
What an idiot.
“Ok,” I said, trying to forget the late payments and my numerous other concerns, believing everything they told me, trying to assume the best of people, not the worst.
What an idiot.
It doesn’t get better the further you get into it - although I note I cannot log in any more.
December 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
“Could you say something for our website about why you think it’s positive to publish with Unbound?” they asked.
“Ok,” I said, trying to forget the late payments and my numerous other concerns, believing everything they told me, trying to assume the best of people, not the worst.
What an idiot.
“Ok,” I said, trying to forget the late payments and my numerous other concerns, believing everything they told me, trying to assume the best of people, not the worst.
What an idiot.
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The founder of the What Every Woman Wants department store has died aged 87.
Vera Weisfeld launched the women's fashion chain with her husband, Gerald, in Glasgow in 1971 before expanding across the UK.
📷 Newsquest
Vera Weisfeld launched the women's fashion chain with her husband, Gerald, in Glasgow in 1971 before expanding across the UK.
📷 Newsquest
December 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The founder of the What Every Woman Wants department store has died aged 87.
Vera Weisfeld launched the women's fashion chain with her husband, Gerald, in Glasgow in 1971 before expanding across the UK.
📷 Newsquest
Vera Weisfeld launched the women's fashion chain with her husband, Gerald, in Glasgow in 1971 before expanding across the UK.
📷 Newsquest
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“I suspect that Shetlanders will be bemused to learn that the Isle of Man is considered to be part of the UK in the eyes of GB Energy, while Shetland is not...”
Shetland omitted from GB Energy map of UK
GB Energy sparks outrage after omitting Shetland – home to major wind farms and oil hubs – from its UK onshore renewables map
bylines.scot
December 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“I suspect that Shetlanders will be bemused to learn that the Isle of Man is considered to be part of the UK in the eyes of GB Energy, while Shetland is not...”
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A reminder: no one should have to “earn” the right to live and move freely. Human rights do not depend on how much (or little!) someone contributes to the country.
September 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A reminder: no one should have to “earn” the right to live and move freely. Human rights do not depend on how much (or little!) someone contributes to the country.
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reminder: labour describes disabled ppl as 'economically inactive' and the tories just let old ppl die during covid.
these ppl are not to be trusted.
these ppl are not to be trusted.
The House of Lords must not be allowed to block the clear and settled will of elected Members of Parliament
Those peers who’ve tabled countless wrecking amendments to the Assisted Dying Bill are bringing Parliament into disrepute and undermining the very fabric of our democracy
They must give way
Those peers who’ve tabled countless wrecking amendments to the Assisted Dying Bill are bringing Parliament into disrepute and undermining the very fabric of our democracy
They must give way
Peers’ delay of assisted dying bill ‘could lead to constitutional crisis’
Opponents are playing with fire with 1,100 amendments, critics say, as filibuster tactics to defeat Kim Leadbeater’s law ‘threaten the upper chamber’s future’
www.thetimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
reminder: labour describes disabled ppl as 'economically inactive' and the tories just let old ppl die during covid.
these ppl are not to be trusted.
these ppl are not to be trusted.
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That would be because the Isle of Man contributes massively to the national grid whilst Shetland does not. Checks to verify... oh, hang on...!
GB Energy is a joke.
GB Energy is a joke.
“I suspect that Shetlanders will be bemused to learn that the Isle of Man is considered to be part of the UK in the eyes of GB Energy, while Shetland is not...”
Shetland omitted from GB Energy map of UK
GB Energy sparks outrage after omitting Shetland – home to major wind farms and oil hubs – from its UK onshore renewables map
bylines.scot
December 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
That would be because the Isle of Man contributes massively to the national grid whilst Shetland does not. Checks to verify... oh, hang on...!
GB Energy is a joke.
GB Energy is a joke.
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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If you're over 65 and putting 20k a year into a cash ISA you can definitely afford to pay more tax.
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
If you're over 65 and putting 20k a year into a cash ISA you can definitely afford to pay more tax.
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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thinking about how like 3 years ago labour mps would appear on the news and mock tories for obsessing over bathrooms
now we have @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, pat macfadden, and so on all in favour of the most severe levels of segregation this country has ever seen
labour have lurched so far right
now we have @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, pat macfadden, and so on all in favour of the most severe levels of segregation this country has ever seen
labour have lurched so far right
December 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
thinking about how like 3 years ago labour mps would appear on the news and mock tories for obsessing over bathrooms
now we have @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, pat macfadden, and so on all in favour of the most severe levels of segregation this country has ever seen
labour have lurched so far right
now we have @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, pat macfadden, and so on all in favour of the most severe levels of segregation this country has ever seen
labour have lurched so far right
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The EIS will have to be dragged kicking and screaming. Many staffrooms in Glasgow and East Ren could just combust.
All unions should be disaffiliating with the Labour Party
Pat McFadden is asked, how would Labour cope if
@unitetheunion.bsky.social disaffiliated from the party.
MacFadden: "I think I read this story every few months.. maybe its true this time, I would regret it but we'd survive & go on"
I'm a member of Unite. I back disaffiliation.
@unitetheunion.bsky.social disaffiliated from the party.
MacFadden: "I think I read this story every few months.. maybe its true this time, I would regret it but we'd survive & go on"
I'm a member of Unite. I back disaffiliation.
December 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The EIS will have to be dragged kicking and screaming. Many staffrooms in Glasgow and East Ren could just combust.
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Okay but this would slap, actually. I need this show.
December 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Okay but this would slap, actually. I need this show.
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“A recent study published in The Journal of Pediatrics adds yet another data point…finding that suicidality scores dropped significantly an average of two years and up to five years after patients received gender-affirming treatment.”
Gender affirming care helps save young trans lives. It’s simple.
Gender affirming care helps save young trans lives. It’s simple.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
“A recent study published in The Journal of Pediatrics adds yet another data point…finding that suicidality scores dropped significantly an average of two years and up to five years after patients received gender-affirming treatment.”
Gender affirming care helps save young trans lives. It’s simple.
Gender affirming care helps save young trans lives. It’s simple.
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i can't think of anything less likely to improve labour's fortunes.
December 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
i can't think of anything less likely to improve labour's fortunes.
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My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
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Through its knee-jerk attack on a prominent Black woman, I wonder whether the Mail has found a deeper truth.
How many, through reading the Mail, became so toxic their children and grandchildren no longer enjoy seeing them? How many readers are asking themselves 'will this be me?'
How many, through reading the Mail, became so toxic their children and grandchildren no longer enjoy seeing them? How many readers are asking themselves 'will this be me?'
December 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Through its knee-jerk attack on a prominent Black woman, I wonder whether the Mail has found a deeper truth.
How many, through reading the Mail, became so toxic their children and grandchildren no longer enjoy seeing them? How many readers are asking themselves 'will this be me?'
How many, through reading the Mail, became so toxic their children and grandchildren no longer enjoy seeing them? How many readers are asking themselves 'will this be me?'
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"I thought you were the worst mom in the world. But decades have passed, and Kate—if I can call you Kate, since we're peers now—I need you to know how sorry I am, because now I'm a mom, too, and I get it."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-l...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-l...
Letters to Moms: A Letter to Kevin McCallister’s Mom
In this column, Kristen Mulrooney writes letters to famous mothers from literature, TV, and film whom she finds herself relating to on a different ...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I thought you were the worst mom in the world. But decades have passed, and Kate—if I can call you Kate, since we're peers now—I need you to know how sorry I am, because now I'm a mom, too, and I get it."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-l...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-l...