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kevwilliamson.bsky.social
Writer, author, poetry, editor, publisher. Founder of Rebel Inc. Co-founder of Bella Caledonia. Co-founder of Neu! Reekie! Co-founder of Push The Boat Out international poetry festival. MDANT. Love poetry, books, chess, volcanoes, Hibs. Citizen of Leith
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Today sees the publication of the wonderful 'Fower Pessoas' by @brambrella.bsky.social from @carcanet.bsky.social We spoke with Colin Bramwell - well worth a look #poetry #translation #scots #scotland #pessoa #fernandopessoa themadridreview.com/f/fower-pess...

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Oo to be 💚

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My poem ‘Climbing to Seefin Passage Tomb on Summer Solstice’, which is an homage to my late mentor John Burnside, has just been published in the Times Literary Supplement. Please have a read. www.the-tls.co.uk/literature/o...

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The British government must not legalise music theft to benefit AI companies. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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I dont know how your day has been but mine was superb from the moment I woke up to the moment I got home, still singing Sunshine on Leith 💚

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In this week's column, I explore what I see as a very real prospect of systemic collapse, caused by Trump's actions, and suggest we start preparing. I try to explain how complex systems fail, and suggest some of the failure paths we could be on. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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One of my weekly things is choosing Poem of The Week for The Scotsman. Been doing it for the last 2+ years. A labour of love which motivates me to read loads of new poetry collections that come in to the Scottish Poetry Library. This week was a poem by Christopher Crawford. Love his new collection.

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‘Tonight I lingered over your name’ -Naomi Shihab Nye

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Worth a follow.. 😉

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Tesla as the 21stC version of Ratners. Cannae help laughing.

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The first line is the title, not an extra long start :) #Poetry #TheScotsman ( @robinince.bsky.social @redogrereview.bsky.social #AlienBuddhaPress #MariscatPress they meant it! Hurray! ) @kevwilliamson.bsky.social @byleaveswelive.bsky.social thank you so much x

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🎬 28 Days Later + 28 Weeks Later Tonight's viewing. Double bill, getting up to speed for 3rd instalment in the summer. Rage Virus takes hold in London and spreads like fascism. Gripping, great acting, even if neither break new ground in the genre. #skyhorror #skyfilm

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Trump is capitalism in human form, stripped of its disguises. The violent seizure of other people's resources, the exploitation of other people's catastrophes, the predatory gleam in the psychopath's eye. #Gaza #Genocide

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Elon Musk is committing a lot of felonies. He belongs in jail, and so do his criminal associates. He may not comprehend that. And if and when he does it may make him more reckless. No assumptions about where we go from here.

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Every poem is political. The very act of writing a poem is a political act. Poems emerge from the space where the writer intersects with community and the natural world. Could anywhere be less political?

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Official Gaza Death Toll Soars to Nearly 62,000 as Thousands of Missing Now Presumed Dead www.commondreams.org/news/civilia...

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I've now had 3 people send me Coldplay's cover of Sunshine on Leith. Just make it go away please. 🤮

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How you gonna build your brand and sell books like that?

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A fascinating poem by Jenny George from her book After Image…

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Tomorrow is Groundhog Day.

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BBC reporting this as verbatim, taking it straight from the German space corporation's PR release. Unreal. Next time you see a huge plastic island in the ocean remember: its an artificial reef made to serve marine wildlife.

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Today is a good news day for arts funding across the board in Scotland. Can feel relief all round. Great to see Aye Write festival, Glasgow CCA, rise from the ashes. StAnza, PTBO, BPOC w/group, I Am Loud secure for next 3 years. Well done to Creative Scotland & Scot Govt getting their acts together.

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"OpenAI and its major backer, Microsoft, have been investigating whether DeepSeek obtained data in an unauthorised manner" - The Guardian

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Tonight in Glasgow. Looks good.

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Just checking that everyone is fully aware that Trump attempted an unlawful Executive coup this week. The legancy media seem to be ignoring it or minimising the extent of it.

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

3 days to get my tax return finished and filed so spent an hour drawing my shoe instead

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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.

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Final shout for 'In Quest of a Film Culture', my piece for 'Bella Caledonia' on 'Cinma, Culture, Scotland: Selected Essays by Colin McArthur', edited by Jonathan Murray: #BookSky 💙📚 #ScottishFilm 💙🎬 #ScottishCulture

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#BringThemDown In cinemas 7th Feb! Thanks for the ace review @davidhughesbluey.bsky.social “As bleak and chilly as a winter’s night in the Irish hinterland”

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