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allan-p.bsky.social
Regularly shouted at by strangers at pitches across Scotland. Still battling the next blank page of my PhD thesis. Eternal optimist.
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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 👑 youtu.be/E9FipwcV27o?...

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In case anyone is still uncertain whether Trump and Musk are allied to Putin — @bylinetimes.bsky.social has been covering the Trump alliance for six years, and we cottoned onto Musk quite quickly

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Elon’s busy schedule today is claiming astronauts were left in the ISS for political reasons, getting corrected by an ISS astronaut, throwing a fit where he calls the astronaut a slur, then complaining that we should deorbit the ISS

submitted 11 days ago • 349 comments

Been thinking about this speech a lot lately. One for all those happy to burn the rule of law because it's their side doing it this time. youtu.be/PDBiLT3LASk?...

submitted 16 days ago • 59 comments

Keir Starmer Urged to Back Law Blocking Foreign Billionaires Like Elon Musk From Bankrolling UK Political Parties bylinetimes.com/2025/02/12/k...

submitted 19 days ago • 54 comments

This isn't a surprising but it is devastating. The great betrayal of Ukraine begins. We, in Europe, are in a place of danger. We all owe Ukraine & its people a debt of gratitude for its extraordinary courage. 😢

submitted 19 days ago • 360 comments

NEW: Episode 7 - Chemical Attacks. This episode should actually blow your mind. There’s been a lot about Boris Johnson & Evgeny Lebedev but it’s the meeting with his father, the ex-KGB colonel that you need to pay attention to… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

submitted 24 days ago • 16 comments

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

submitted 36 days ago • 1092 comments

Political parties want you to think you have to be a professional to get involved, that politics are a priesthood open only to the initiated. That is nonsense. The people who have been running this show for decades led us here – so why should we trust them to lead us out? More here:

submitted 35 days ago • 12 comments

If you’re looking at what’s happening in the US, seeing Musk considering making massive donations to Reform & trying to subvert our democracy, and are rightly horrified, might I recommend signing this - petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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🔴A Simple Ban on Political Lying Could Radically Transform Our Politics Just one small step would trigger a whole series of positive changes to democratic life in the UK bylinetimes.com/2025/01/22/a...

submitted 41 days ago • 43 comments

Part 3 of my #wehaveways pod on the female SOE agents with @jamesholland.com & @almurray.bsky.social is out today! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

submitted 41 days ago • 12 comments

Doom loops, rage, hopelessness... We may not be able to change what the next few years bring, but we can choose to hold on to an integrity within ourselves – recognising that humanness & life is complicated & conflicting, and we are living through phenomenal change. My editorial on Trump's return 👇

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Andrew Tate who is facing charges of allegedly trafficking minors, sexual intercourse with a minor, and money laundering, asks that you stop sharing this image please. He feels that it is damaging his reputation.

submitted 44 days ago • 17 comments

World Rugby’s new “Kepu Rule” on eligibility is another example of them bowing to the whims of richer rugby nations. English schools win the right to cherry-pick the best - offering scholarships to those across the border - except they will now be English qualified despite having no ancestry.

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The Times’ cartoon today. www.thetimes.com/imageserver/...

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Doddie Aid season is approaching 😆

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Alastair Sim (1951) is THE best Scrooge. There. Said it.

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With results like that, Isaac should be mascot every week!#YNWA

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