Basil Pieroni
@basilatwork.bsky.social
Scotsman. Guitar player with Butcher Boy, Glasgow’s best least successful chamber pop group. Country music turns me on.
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What Marco Rubio conveniently left out of his "ode to empire" at Munich over the weekend.
I brought some receipts about the human costs of Western imperialism in my latest Guardian column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I brought some receipts about the human costs of Western imperialism in my latest Guardian column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
February 18, 2026 at 2:06 AM
What Marco Rubio conveniently left out of his "ode to empire" at Munich over the weekend.
I brought some receipts about the human costs of Western imperialism in my latest Guardian column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I brought some receipts about the human costs of Western imperialism in my latest Guardian column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The last wild European bison was shot in 1927. At the time there were fewer than 60 such bison alive in zoos & private parks. Now, the great, shaggy beasts are once again roaming the Carpathian Mountains.
And they're helping bring wild lands back to life.
Good news story! No pay wall.
And they're helping bring wild lands back to life.
Good news story! No pay wall.
A Century After Vanishing, a Gentle Giant Returns
Wild European bison are roaming the Carpathian Mountains for the first time in 100 years — and bringing the land back to life.
reasonstobecheerful.world
February 11, 2026 at 8:49 PM
The last wild European bison was shot in 1927. At the time there were fewer than 60 such bison alive in zoos & private parks. Now, the great, shaggy beasts are once again roaming the Carpathian Mountains.
And they're helping bring wild lands back to life.
Good news story! No pay wall.
And they're helping bring wild lands back to life.
Good news story! No pay wall.
Woke up thinking “how much worse would I feel if I wasn’t taking vitamins“.
January 31, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Woke up thinking “how much worse would I feel if I wasn’t taking vitamins“.
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Noam Chomsky: I hung out with Jeffrey Epstein because he was a smart guy, fun to talk to
Jeffrey Epstein: congragulations
Jeffrey Epstein: congragulations
January 31, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Noam Chomsky: I hung out with Jeffrey Epstein because he was a smart guy, fun to talk to
Jeffrey Epstein: congragulations
Jeffrey Epstein: congragulations
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“Trump is a predator but will shrink from forces stronger than him; through his languid stupor and lifeless eyes a glint of panic and a heavy dose of fear is emerging.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
'The Story'
Times like these have a way of showing us what we are made of - and for that we should be grateful.
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:14 PM
“Trump is a predator but will shrink from forces stronger than him; through his languid stupor and lifeless eyes a glint of panic and a heavy dose of fear is emerging.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
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This is one of the strangest and most screwed-up stories I’ve worked on. www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...
Who's secretly filming fake TikToks inside Londoners' homes?
We tracked down the viral video account invading people's houses to spread false claims about immigrants.
www.londoncentric.media
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 AM
This is one of the strangest and most screwed-up stories I’ve worked on. www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...
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I don't wish the BBC to seem *overly* reliant on the truth as LAID OUT BEFORE US ALL in video evidence, of course. I respect their determination to present both sides of an argument. But Grandpa Mindfuck and his fascist goons aren't on sodding Question Time, are they? See it, say it, fuck 'em.
January 25, 2026 at 9:38 AM
I don't wish the BBC to seem *overly* reliant on the truth as LAID OUT BEFORE US ALL in video evidence, of course. I respect their determination to present both sides of an argument. But Grandpa Mindfuck and his fascist goons aren't on sodding Question Time, are they? See it, say it, fuck 'em.
Yeah, you need a distraction. Here it is. Art project from Wick high school Scotland 1978. Gregory’s Girl on acid. youtu.be/ck7xz91L6PI?...
'Mainline' School project from 1978
YouTube video by David Graham Scott
youtu.be
January 22, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Yeah, you need a distraction. Here it is. Art project from Wick high school Scotland 1978. Gregory’s Girl on acid. youtu.be/ck7xz91L6PI?...
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Everybody To Kenmure Street, the new doc from 'Nae Pasaran' director Felipe Bustos Sierra, will kick off this year's @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
It's a mix of archive, verbatim testimony and on-the-ground footage, with a score by @mogwai.scot's Barry Burns
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/ev...
It's a mix of archive, verbatim testimony and on-the-ground footage, with a score by @mogwai.scot's Barry Burns
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/ev...
Everybody to Kenmure Street to open Glasgow Film Festival - The Skinny
Felipe Bustos Sierra's documentary on Glaswegians' successful stand against a Home Office deportation van will kick off this year's Glasgow Film Festival.
www.theskinny.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Everybody To Kenmure Street, the new doc from 'Nae Pasaran' director Felipe Bustos Sierra, will kick off this year's @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
It's a mix of archive, verbatim testimony and on-the-ground footage, with a score by @mogwai.scot's Barry Burns
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/ev...
It's a mix of archive, verbatim testimony and on-the-ground footage, with a score by @mogwai.scot's Barry Burns
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/ev...
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Andy McCabe could do the funniest thing right now.
JUST IN: Federal judges Virginia are seeking applicants to succeed Lindsey Halligan as interim U.S. attorney, whose 120-day appointment expires today, they say. www.vaed.uscourts.gov/sites/vaed/f...
January 20, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Andy McCabe could do the funniest thing right now.
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Please read this. The UK political & media establishment is asleep at the wheel.
We have made ourselves wholly dependent on a Trump ally for our national security at the exact moment Trump is threatening to invade a NATO ally
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
We have made ourselves wholly dependent on a Trump ally for our national security at the exact moment Trump is threatening to invade a NATO ally
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
January 11, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Please read this. The UK political & media establishment is asleep at the wheel.
We have made ourselves wholly dependent on a Trump ally for our national security at the exact moment Trump is threatening to invade a NATO ally
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
We have made ourselves wholly dependent on a Trump ally for our national security at the exact moment Trump is threatening to invade a NATO ally
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Soup that would ’put a bane in yer shite’ as they say in Ayrshire.
January 11, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Soup that would ’put a bane in yer shite’ as they say in Ayrshire.
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This week’s ‘Noel’s Notes’ is out now, thanks for reading & sharing. Link to subscribe: open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
January 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
This week’s ‘Noel’s Notes’ is out now, thanks for reading & sharing. Link to subscribe: open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
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Meanwhile, over on Mastodon: mastodon.social/@mhoye/11586...
January 10, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Meanwhile, over on Mastodon: mastodon.social/@mhoye/11586...
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Here's something to make us all feel better, a truly heartwarming tale: Captain Beefheart and the Girl Scout cookies.
www.beefheart.com/don-and-the-...
www.beefheart.com/don-and-the-...
www.beefheart.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Here's something to make us all feel better, a truly heartwarming tale: Captain Beefheart and the Girl Scout cookies.
www.beefheart.com/don-and-the-...
www.beefheart.com/don-and-the-...
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This week’s ‘Noel’s Notes’ is out now, thanks for reading & sharing. Link to subscribe: open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
January 4, 2026 at 6:04 PM
This week’s ‘Noel’s Notes’ is out now, thanks for reading & sharing. Link to subscribe: open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
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🔴I Met Migrant Women in Calais Hoping to Reach the UK and This Is What I Learnt
It is time to move away from a politics in which cruelty is always portrayed as “toughness” and moral abdication as “realism”, argues Green Party Deputy Leader @rachelmillward.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/i...
It is time to move away from a politics in which cruelty is always portrayed as “toughness” and moral abdication as “realism”, argues Green Party Deputy Leader @rachelmillward.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/i...
I Met Migrant Women in Calais Hoping to Reach the UK and This Is What I Learnt
It is time to move away from a politics in which cruelty is always portrayed as “toughness” and moral abdication as “realism”, argues Green Party Deputy Leader Rachel Millward
bylinetimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🔴I Met Migrant Women in Calais Hoping to Reach the UK and This Is What I Learnt
It is time to move away from a politics in which cruelty is always portrayed as “toughness” and moral abdication as “realism”, argues Green Party Deputy Leader @rachelmillward.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/i...
It is time to move away from a politics in which cruelty is always portrayed as “toughness” and moral abdication as “realism”, argues Green Party Deputy Leader @rachelmillward.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/i...
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Your annual festive reminder that Saint Nicholas bears an uncanny resemblance to Lieutenant Worf.
December 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Your annual festive reminder that Saint Nicholas bears an uncanny resemblance to Lieutenant Worf.
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This absolutely needs to be a campaign. The UK and the EU (Germany especially,) need to get all government business OFF of X. Start with that and charities and other organizations will follow.
Come to BlueSky. Cut off the oxygen at X.
Come to BlueSky. Cut off the oxygen at X.
Nothing is more symbolic of Europe's inherent weakness of resolve - EU and UK - than the failure of governments and institutions to leave X/Twitter en masse. It's easier to stay, so stay they do. Pathetic.
First, leave X. Leave X. Now.
December 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This absolutely needs to be a campaign. The UK and the EU (Germany especially,) need to get all government business OFF of X. Start with that and charities and other organizations will follow.
Come to BlueSky. Cut off the oxygen at X.
Come to BlueSky. Cut off the oxygen at X.
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This week’s ‘Noel’s Notes’ is out now, thanks for reading & sharing. Link to subscribe: open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
December 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This week’s ‘Noel’s Notes’ is out now, thanks for reading & sharing. Link to subscribe: open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Eating sultana fingerellas and now can’t get a certain Dead Kennedys song out my head.
November 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Eating sultana fingerellas and now can’t get a certain Dead Kennedys song out my head.
Hey - the Broadway cinema in Prestwick, Scotland that I’ve been helping renovate this year is taking bookings for next weekend for the newly-built pop-up museum & first look at the auditorium since 1976. (Pic from this summer). #cinema #museum
www.broadway.scot/post/the-bro...
www.broadway.scot/post/the-bro...
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Hey - the Broadway cinema in Prestwick, Scotland that I’ve been helping renovate this year is taking bookings for next weekend for the newly-built pop-up museum & first look at the auditorium since 1976. (Pic from this summer). #cinema #museum
www.broadway.scot/post/the-bro...
www.broadway.scot/post/the-bro...
Elspeth King - a remarkable life and champion of Glasgow’s working class cultural history. I’d forgotten she’d been snubbed for her rightful position to run all of Glasgow’s museums in 1990 (to Stirling’s benefit). She was some wummin.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Elspeth King obituary
Museum director and curator of the People’s Palace in Glasgow who reshaped it into a living record of the city’s social history
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Elspeth King - a remarkable life and champion of Glasgow’s working class cultural history. I’d forgotten she’d been snubbed for her rightful position to run all of Glasgow’s museums in 1990 (to Stirling’s benefit). She was some wummin.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
I used all my years of experience in Word to make this attractive poster. Please absorb and if you’ll be around, act on the info thereon. Includes songs by Tom T Hall, Jerry Jeff Walker, David Berman, J Cash, Louvin Bros, Wilco etc. You get the picture.
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I used all my years of experience in Word to make this attractive poster. Please absorb and if you’ll be around, act on the info thereon. Includes songs by Tom T Hall, Jerry Jeff Walker, David Berman, J Cash, Louvin Bros, Wilco etc. You get the picture.