Beans on Toast
@beansontoast1.bsky.social
Under the (fluffy, black and feline) paw. Very fond of beans on toast. Intermittent quiddler and dedicated hurkle-durkler. Views are my own, reposts aren't endorsements.
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I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
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The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
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One of the hardest things to do is bring campaign-level communications to the work of governance, and snowstorms are notoriously one of the biggest litmus tests that less-engaged voters use to judge mayoral administrations. This is an excellent way to communicate.
January 25, 2026 at 4:39 PM
One of the hardest things to do is bring campaign-level communications to the work of governance, and snowstorms are notoriously one of the biggest litmus tests that less-engaged voters use to judge mayoral administrations. This is an excellent way to communicate.
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
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Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
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In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
January 20, 2026 at 12:30 AM
In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
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Why are the Scottish Gov (£9.25 million) and Edinburgh Council (£1.7 million) paying more than £10M to have the Tour de France come to Edinburgh. Given the enormous financial shortfalls they both have is this really a priority? Is the man on the 44 bus going to benefit? I think not. #Edinburgh
January 15, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Why are the Scottish Gov (£9.25 million) and Edinburgh Council (£1.7 million) paying more than £10M to have the Tour de France come to Edinburgh. Given the enormous financial shortfalls they both have is this really a priority? Is the man on the 44 bus going to benefit? I think not. #Edinburgh
The Announcers.
The Beadles
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(slightly diminish a band)
The Jimi Hendrix Expedience
(slightly diminish a band)
(slightly diminish a band)
January 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The Announcers.
Wolf moon at 8.45am on Sunday morning over Pilrig Park in Leith/Edinburgh. Can't remember when I last saw a moon so big and bright after sunrise!
January 4, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Wolf moon at 8.45am on Sunday morning over Pilrig Park in Leith/Edinburgh. Can't remember when I last saw a moon so big and bright after sunrise!
@classicfm.com Thank you for #PetClassics - My cat Lucy is almost asleep! Please keep the calming music coming! Katherine in Edinburgh.
December 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
@classicfm.com Thank you for #PetClassics - My cat Lucy is almost asleep! Please keep the calming music coming! Katherine in Edinburgh.
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Pet Classics is back with a special extended edition, to help calm pets during the New Year’s Eve fireworks. 🐾
Join us together with Go.Compare for a soothing musical sanctuary in the company of Katie Breathwick and Karthi Gnanasegaram on Classic FM.
Listen on 31 December, 6pm to 1am.
Join us together with Go.Compare for a soothing musical sanctuary in the company of Katie Breathwick and Karthi Gnanasegaram on Classic FM.
Listen on 31 December, 6pm to 1am.
December 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Pet Classics is back with a special extended edition, to help calm pets during the New Year’s Eve fireworks. 🐾
Join us together with Go.Compare for a soothing musical sanctuary in the company of Katie Breathwick and Karthi Gnanasegaram on Classic FM.
Listen on 31 December, 6pm to 1am.
Join us together with Go.Compare for a soothing musical sanctuary in the company of Katie Breathwick and Karthi Gnanasegaram on Classic FM.
Listen on 31 December, 6pm to 1am.
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NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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December 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
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Not ESPC but too glorious not to share
Seen in a property ad yesterday. Fashions come and go. I think this one I wouldn't mind going for good. 😁
[my screenshot, unaltered]
[my screenshot, unaltered]
December 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Not ESPC but too glorious not to share
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This is the full list of info the US is proposing to require from applicants for an ESTA (electronic travel authorisation) to secure visa-free travel to America. This would apply to every UK holidaymaker, conference attendee or businessperson. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22461.pdf
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is the full list of info the US is proposing to require from applicants for an ESTA (electronic travel authorisation) to secure visa-free travel to America. This would apply to every UK holidaymaker, conference attendee or businessperson. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22461.pdf
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE HYPHENS
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE HYPHENS
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The trees in St Andrew’s Sq and PSG are some of the most valuable in Edinburgh.
The Spurtle, me and many others have been pushing @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social to follow their own policies and properly protect them for over a decade.
Now they need to decompact the soil & repair some of the damage
The Spurtle, me and many others have been pushing @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social to follow their own policies and properly protect them for over a decade.
Now they need to decompact the soil & repair some of the damage
ISSUE 357 PUBLISHED TODAY.—Printed December Spurtles available in pubs, shops, cafes, libraries and other services across Broughton and beyond. Christmas-resistant colour pdfs downloadable from www.
broughtonspurtle.org.uk
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
broughtonspurtle.org.uk
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The trees in St Andrew’s Sq and PSG are some of the most valuable in Edinburgh.
The Spurtle, me and many others have been pushing @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social to follow their own policies and properly protect them for over a decade.
Now they need to decompact the soil & repair some of the damage
The Spurtle, me and many others have been pushing @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social to follow their own policies and properly protect them for over a decade.
Now they need to decompact the soil & repair some of the damage
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It's back to being effectively closed again, where the fence bulges out around their equipment... bsky.app/profile/wing...
#EdTravCyc Ferry Road path behind Leonardo down to less than 30cm in places where they've pushed the temporary fence back out without leaving enough space to pass. No way anything other than a narrow standard cycle can get past there without going on the (squelchy, muddy) grass...
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
It's back to being effectively closed again, where the fence bulges out around their equipment... bsky.app/profile/wing...
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We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Happy Doctor Who day!
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Happy Doctor Who day!
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The Bethany Christian Trust Rapid Re-accommodation Welcome Centre at Els House in Gorgie is available to anyone facing street homelessness this winter. It offers food, sleeping facilities and a high level of support to people who do not have any accommodation.
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Bethany Christian Trust Rapid Re-accommodation Welcome Centre at Els House in Gorgie is available to anyone facing street homelessness this winter. It offers food, sleeping facilities and a high level of support to people who do not have any accommodation.
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GOOD NEWS! According to my councillor, the path should reopening tomorrow and officers will explore more sensible options
Ferry Road Path CLOSED to pedestrians and cyclists from today to 16 January for installation of a security fence at Leonardo. TTRO closure order was signed on Wednesday with the below diversion: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/fi... #EdTravCyc @spokes.org.uk @edi.bike
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
GOOD NEWS! According to my councillor, the path should reopening tomorrow and officers will explore more sensible options