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Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · 26d

*BONUS EPISODE: Putin v Poland*

🚀 A 30min deep dive into Putin's outrageous launch of drones into Poland, with @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social and geopolitics guru @snellarthur.bsky.social

❗'NATO's red line isn't red enough'

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Quiet Riot: Putin v Poland special

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Gillian Campbell-Thow @senoract.bsky.social · Sep 3

@womenedscotland.bsky.social #womenedwednesday

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Polly @paulinemurray08.bsky.social · Aug 31

Did you go into the Community Hub?

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Polly @paulinemurray08.bsky.social · Aug 31

@senoract.bsky.social

This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · Aug 31

I took the dog down to Ardeer beach on the Clyde Coast yesterday and in amongst the seaweed, jellyfish and the occasional Portuguese Man-o-War(!) cast up on the shore, I found this. Who knew the inside of a crab's shell could quite such a vivid purple!

#glasgow #beach #crab #beachcombing #purple

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · Aug 30

"She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not protecting lives at a gate in Iraq; she was forcing her way through windows in the Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power."

New from @markhertling.bsky.social:

Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military

If there’s no difference between upholding the Constitution and attacking it, then there’s no honor in service.

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · Aug 24

I'm certain government ending a lot of short term prison sentences will enrage many. But I've never known anyone to work in or with a prison, in including an ex prison minister, who hasn't said that they are the wrong places for the vast majority of inmates.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Aug 24

“Tabloids tell us Connolly is lovely, ordinary, caring, a great Mum. But she wasn’t punished for any of that. She was punished for telling a mob it's okay to set fire to hotels full of people she sees as lesser. That she did it between a cuppa and walking the dog, makes it more chilling, not less.”

Quiet Riot @quietriotpod.bsky.social · Aug 24

📚 Sunday School: Tweet and Sour 🎓

🔥 Has Gavin Newsom hacked Trump's social media operation?
💥 Connolly is not a victim of "two-tier" justice - she demands it!
🤖 Is Tech killing Art?

Stonking edition of your favourite pod.

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Sunday School: Tweet and Sour

Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 24/08/2025 · 1h

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · Aug 14

It's a tax "raid". When you or I pay our income tax it's just a tax. But when a fabulously wealthy millionaire who refuses to contribute to the country whose public services they use (and yes, they use roads, defence, police etc) it's a "raid".
www.ft.com/content/8882...

Meet the non-doms fighting Rachel Reeves’s tax raid

With chancellor planning tax shake-up in this month’s Budget, Foreign Investors for Britain is trying to affect debate

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · Aug 14

⚡️Do NOT let Musk get his hands on British utilities. He’s applied for a license to supply energy here.

✍️ Tell Ofgem what you think about that:

www.bestforbritain.org/petition-elo...

Take Action: Stop Elon Musk's Energy Power Grab

Change Minds → Change Politics

www.bestforbritain.org

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Polly @paulinemurray08.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thank you @bestforbritain.org

Please support this

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Aug 13

Very revealing moment on Channel 5 earlier today.

Ann Widdecombe claimed people abuse disability benefits.

I asked several times for her evidence - she said she’d “heard it from people” when she was a minister.

My response? That right there is why our country is in a mess.

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Gillian Campbell-Thow @senoract.bsky.social · Aug 12

New schooll year.... #gaidhlig #gme

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Polly @paulinemurray08.bsky.social · Aug 10

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Awkward Librarian @tracy-prien.bsky.social · Jul 20

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Polly @paulinemurray08.bsky.social · Aug 9

Have you seen etianverse.com? Glasgow based! @etianversestudios.bsky.social

Etianverse Comics - Where screen meets reality

Where screen meets reality

etianverse.com

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · Aug 4

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · Aug 3

Saying goodnight to the Duke, his horse, and his road cone outside the GoMA in Glasgow.

#glasgow #dukeofwellington #goma #glasgowatnight #nightphotography

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Teaching with my eyes shut @eyesshutteacher.bsky.social · Aug 3

Please share.

Lovely seaside retirement house. All the benefits of a retirement complex (laundry room, extra visitor bedrooms to rent) in a separate house away from the main block. 5 mins walk from Cromers’s seafront.

It was my mum’s & is full of happy memories.

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Ashdown Court, Cromer NR27, 2 bed semi-detached house for sale, £180,000 - Zoopla

2 bed semi-detached house for sale in Ashdown Court, Cromer NR27, selling for £180,000 from William H Brown - Cromer. See property details on Zoopla or browse all our range of properties in Ashdown Co...

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Polly @paulinemurray08.bsky.social · Aug 1

Absolutely this!

Polly @paulinemurray08.bsky.social · Aug 1

This is absolutely spot on!

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Aug 1

OK so feeling slightly apprehensive about this, which I suppose is kind of the point. This is an attempt at a progressive view on masculinity and on men getting laid. God help me. iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...

How to be a man

The right story narrative about male attractiveness is grounded in Social Darwinism and free market economics. Can progressives tell a better story?

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Polly @paulinemurray08.bsky.social · Jul 29

two men are standing on stairs in front of a wall with a guitar on it and a sign that says " love capitalism "

ALT: two men are standing on stairs in front of a wall with a guitar on it and a sign that says " love capitalism "

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Gemma Clark 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @gemmaclark.bsky.social · Jul 28

You should read this article about the horrifying abuse of people seeking asylum. These so called hotels are more like dehumanising holding pens where sexual abuse is rife and children are getting rickets www.opendemocracy.net/en/asylum-ho...

Home Office recorded 1500 asylum hotel complaints in 2023

Asylum hotel providers receive billions in government contracts while residents report harassment and abuse

www.opendemocracy.net

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Awkward Librarian @tracy-prien.bsky.social · Jul 27

I’m going to keep being dangerous…are you? 🤔

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Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · Jun 17

@ealglasgow.bsky.social hi 🙋🏻‍♀️Nice to see you here. I've added you to my fab Educators of Scotland starter pack. You can check it out here 👇🏽

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