Depressing, but accurate.

Kemi Badenoch might be in the doldrums & seen as useless & irrelevant by most voters. But at least she can count on an endorsement from J.K. Rowling!

I fully support trans rights and think last week's supreme court ruling was wrong, but as a middle-aged cis man I feel uncomfortable commenting on an issue where my lived experience is so much different from those involved. I agree with the views of this video though, and am happy to share it.

Imagine if Hitler had televised the Wannsee conference.

ADF keep your fucking nose out of Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 politics and policies. A total of 51.1% in Scotland’s Census 2022 responded ‘no religion’ up from 36.7% in 2011. Stop harrassing women at health clinics, you bunch of fuckwits.Take your delusional sky fairy elsewhere. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allianc...

My daughter just moved to Bangkok on Wednesday to start a new job. I got a message from her this morning telling me she was evacuated from a shopping mall due to the quake.

Wonder why Badenoch has had a change of heart. bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...

Scotland is a majority secular nation We enshrined the UN rights of the child in law So why do we still enforce religious worship in schools? All high school pupils - not just parents - should have the right to opt out My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

Read parts 14+15 of our special report into the lessons of the Lucy Letby case online: www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo... MD's latest on the Lucy Letby case, only in the new Private Eye, out now.

During the Cuban missile crisis the doomsday clock was set at seven minutes to midnight. thebulletin.org/doomsday-clo...

Posted without comment for the late, great Janey Godley

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 Scotland stands in full solidarity with Ukraine, and we will continue to unequivocally support Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity. At this moment of uncertainty, let me be clear: Ukraine must sit at the table of any peace negotiation.

I don’t know if American readers can even begin to comprehend how badly a right-wing politician has to behave to lose the Daily Mail. They even led the pre-war cheerleading for Hitler.

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

@davidallengreen.bsky.social The Angry Scotland podcast have done three excellent episodes on Letby if you're interested: angryscotland.com

#DoctorWho meets #StarTrek in a mildly nsfw cartoon from the 1970s.

The Daily Heil once again proving that they don't know the meaning of factual reporting.

Now that America's entered its new fascist age I decided to listen to The Deconstructionists by @danamilbank.bsky.social I'd just like say, fuck Newt Gingrich.

Oh look. Yet another Brexit benefit… The thrill of being “held over a barrel by Trump” who may let us sell out our farmers and stock our shelves with hormone-pumped 🇺🇸 shite if we ask v nicely. Because the option of properly fixing what we broke with the EU will piss off the Daily Mail. Chef’s kiss.

"The temptation that eternally confronts the woman”, Peterson writes, “is the idea that maternal benevolence can be pridefully extended to the entire world, to even the most poisonous of snakes” and “used to claim unearned moral virtue”. Sexist, misogynistic claptrap.

Maybe not the best idea listening to Anger on the Scotrail Express from @angryscotland.bsky.social while sitting on a late night Scotrail train, especially when I too was nearly stuck on a late train from Edinburgh during the Fringe when they cancelled all the stops between there and Glasgow.

Our first hint that Commander Maddox is the bad guy is that he consistently calls Data "it," never "he" In 1989, the writers correctly calculated that the fastest way to make folks intuitively grasp that this guy sucks is to have him misgender Data

In reality, you can't separate trans rights from any other human rights, and you can't separate access to trans-related health care from the right to everyone’s access to healthcare and right to bodily autonomy.

In memory of #JaneyGodley

I mentioned yesterday that I was reading Heather Pringle's "The Master Plan", a book about Nazi archaeologists; last night I came across this passage.

Does anyone else read multiple books at the same time? I'm currently reading Heather Pringle's The Master Plan, about nazi archaeologists. I'm also reading @abeewords.bsky.social's Displeasure Island, and when I can't read a physical book I'm listening to @scalzi.com's Starter Villain. Too much?

I wonder what the results would be if the question was "What percentage of politicians do you think are ___?" bsky.app/profile/owas...

In Glasgow to see the RSNO perform Orff's Carmina Burana. On the way here I was listening to yesterday's @knowledgefight.bsky.social and heard Alex Jones playing a selection from the piece just after @theonion.com had bought Info Wars, and I don't know if that'll affect my enjoyment tonight.

"We need to offer good remuneration to attract the best people for the job" Why do we only hear that said about the salaries paid to politicians and business leaders, but not teachers and nurses?