John The Scot ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
@johnthescot.bsky.social
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One of the 8 Billion on the planet. Atheist. Software developer. Scottish. Peace not war.
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Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?
YouTube video by The Guardian
https://youtu.be/ptfmAY6M6aA?si=1aqv9xKY8EpoHhKZ
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Lewis Goodall
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Fascinating piece on how AI may well think more like us than weโd like to believe. And why thatโs both groundreaking and curiously sad.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The Case That A.I. Is Thinking
ChatGPT does not have an inner life. Yet it seems to know what itโs talking about.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/10/the-case-that-ai-is-thinking
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Trades Union Congress
12 days ago
Which one is more English?
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Reform Party UK Exposed
6 days ago
Reform UK councillor threatens legal action to shut down debate over Lancashire care home closures
national.thelead.uk/p/exclusive-...
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Exclusive: Reform UK councillor threatens legal action to silence debate over Lancashire care home closures
Emails seen by The Lead show the councillor, through Lancashire County Council staff, issuing legal threats after his role in private care was questioned.
https://national.thelead.uk/p/exclusive-reform-uk-councillor-legal-threat-lancashire
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Lewis Goodall
8 days ago
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think. New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
https://open.substack.com/pub/goodallandgoodluck/p/the-truth-about-impartiality-at-the?r=4i04j3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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JustSayin
8 days ago
FELON RAPIST TRUMP SHOULD HAVE BEEN BEHIND BARS ON JANUARY 7th.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Steph Petrie
9 days ago
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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Organ harvesting scandal โ UK surgeon says Israel returned bodies with organs missing
Organ harvesting scandal: Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah exposes Israelโs removal of organs from Palestinian victims before returning their bodies
https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/11/09/organ-harvesting-israel-returned-bodies-with-no-organs/?__s=ztqmuity8ihud2sq55tt
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Mark Chadbourn
9 days ago
Davie and Turness resign from the BBC, ironically after the Right whip up confected outrage about a Trump documentary. Now thereโs a chance to get someone sympathetic to the BBC into the top job.
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BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary edit
Deborah Turness, the CEO of news, says โmistakes have been madeโ.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd9kqz1yyxkt?app-referrer=push-notification
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Trump is a bastard. I have many US friends I can't visit anymore.
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Quentin Willson has died ages 68. He was always the gentleman of car shows. A sad day for sure.
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If you don't like films without an ending don't watch A house of dynamite.
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James Neill - ๐บ๐ฆ๐ ๐ช๐บ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ง๐ถ
10 days ago
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@jessicacheshire.bsky.social
@johnwestjaws.bsky.social
@nemeses666.bsky.social
@elljay1.bsky.social
@JohnFinagin.bsky.social
@janehogarth.bsky.social
@johntopham.bsky.social
@natpearson.bsky.social
@ibjhealth.uk
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John The Scot ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
The Horseshoe Party UK ๐ฆ๐งฒ๐ฅณ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฎ๐ช๐บ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ต๐ธ๐บ๐ฆโฏ๏ธ
about 2 months ago
Else for positivity I always recommend ๐๐ป
positive.news
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Positive News | Good journalism about good things
Positive News is the first media organisation in the world dedicated to quality, independent reporting about whatโs going right
https://positive.news
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Ian Fraser
11 days ago
Two donors to Nigel Farageโs partner Laure Ferrari convicted of fraud, money-laundering and forgery. Belgian court rules that Daniel Pawlowiec and Marian Szolucha illegally funnelled over ยฃ100,000โlargely in public fundsโto the think tank she ran.
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Two donors to think tank of Nigel Farageโs partner convicted of fraud
Laure Ferrari served as executive director of the organisation, which went into liquidation after a European Commission anti-fraud investigation
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/nigel-farage-laure-ferrari-fraud-donors-think-tank-7f5wcnxht
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John The Scot ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
The Horseshoe Party UK ๐ฆ๐งฒ๐ฅณ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฎ๐ช๐บ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ต๐ธ๐บ๐ฆโฏ๏ธ
14 days ago
#Climate
#ClimateAction
#EnergySky
accounts and GOOD news accounts to follow.
@bobbyllew.bsky.social
@twobitdavinci.bsky.social
@mattferrell.bsky.social
@katharinehayhoe.com
@jrfhanger.bsky.social
#GoodNews
@goodnewsnetwork.org
@0lsi.bsky.social
Positive.news
thebetter.news
Enjoy!๐๐ป
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Positive News | Good journalism about good things
Positive News is the first media organisation in the world dedicated to quality, independent reporting about whatโs going right
https://Positive.news
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Paul Eric Scannell
22 days ago
They are still digging up mass graves of Palestinians killed by the Israeli army, not that the world notices or cares ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐คฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ
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BladeoftheSun
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Private Healthcare
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Exactly what the UK digital ID is about. Government tracking of you, from your bank accounts to social media.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq7J...
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HMRC's New Powers Are Insane
YouTube video by Your Accountant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq7J0CMmZOg
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From a distance I thought these were Tits, on closer inspection they turned out to be Robins.
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Dave ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ช๐บ
14 days ago
Just over a year ago, Stephen Flynn was telling everyone who would listen there was a ยฃ20 billion pound black hole in Labourโs manifesto. Looks like he was correct.
#Budget2025
#RachelReeves
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reeves' pre-Budget speech fails to rule out tax rises
The chancellor says she will make 'necessary choices' in an unusual pre-Budget speech.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8g6kdgzelo
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Michael
14 days ago
A country led by psychopaths
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Video: Israel advances bill proposing death penalty for Palestinian prisoners
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/video-israel-advances-bill-proposing-death-penalty-palestinian-prisoners
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The Horseshoe Party UK ๐ฆ๐งฒ๐ฅณ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฎ๐ช๐บ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ต๐ธ๐บ๐ฆโฏ๏ธ
14 days ago
I used to like Ian Dunt. Then I found out Rothermere owns iNews and I see exactly what's going on. ๐๐ป
mediabiasfactcheck.com/inews/
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Resist ๐๐
15 days ago
#WATCH
| Two hours after Israeli regime forces murdered a 17-year-old in Beit Furik, a settler near Hebron in the occupied West Bank shot another Palestinian. Fellow settlers then blocked paramedics, ensuring a second execution.
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Kuy Von Braun II
15 days ago
Iโm sure this will generate endless hours of chatter on the radio, & a bazillion nigh identical comments by blue ticks over on the other placeโฆ
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16 days ago
King Charles takes back huge statue that the Queen loaned to Kew Gardens 60 yrs ago for the public to enjoy The greedy King wants it for his personal enjoyment despite already owning 7 palaces with many many statues and 1000s of acres of grounds
#NotmyKing
#NoKings
#Andrew
#KewGardens
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Codfather #FBPE ๐ซ๐ท๐ช๐บ
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Rejoin Campaign
18 days ago
What chance of properly funding the NHS when the Health Secretary has accepted ยฃ270,000 from those with links to the private health care sector? MONEY OUT OF POLITICS!
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Trump is an arsehole wanting to stop this type of investment.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Wind power has cut ยฃ104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/28/wind-power-cut-uk-energy-costs-ucl-study
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The National
18 days ago
Scottish Water has completed its 'biggest ever' water infrastructure investment, which it says will benefit almost one million people across the west of Scotland
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Scottish Water completes record ยฃ235m investment to deliver 'world class water'
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25586013.scottish-water-completes-record-235-million-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1761907082-2
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Marina Purkiss
18 days ago
A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK... 78% are murdered by a partner/ex Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this Not once have I heard them back measures to protect womenโs safety In fact, they voted against them...
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To poor to go it alone? Bullshit.
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