@bellfieldboy1960.bsky.social
Retired Mechanical Engineer, Dad. Like books and politics. Scottish Independence Supporter. Not as severe as profile pic
If Tesco, Halfords etc are giving you a big discount for your data then one can only imagine what Palantir are getting for access to all of our digital ID information alongside medical records etc. We must stop Palantir. Our future lives may depend on it. app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/71511/...
How Palantir infiltrated the state
At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company
app.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
If Tesco, Halfords etc are giving you a big discount for your data then one can only imagine what Palantir are getting for access to all of our digital ID information alongside medical records etc. We must stop Palantir. Our future lives may depend on it. app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/71511/...
Some joy for the day. Enjoy!
#TheTwen2ie5
#15 (Day 36)
Leave the Door Open
Silk Sonic
From "An Evening with Silk Sonic"
2021 (US)
Retro funk and soul sounds are everywhere lately. But Mars and Paak's obvious love, respect, and thorough understanding of the source material elevate this album.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=adLG...
#15 (Day 36)
Leave the Door Open
Silk Sonic
From "An Evening with Silk Sonic"
2021 (US)
Retro funk and soul sounds are everywhere lately. But Mars and Paak's obvious love, respect, and thorough understanding of the source material elevate this album.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=adLG...
Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic - Leave the Door Open [Official Video]
YouTube video by Bruno Mars
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Some joy for the day. Enjoy!
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The reality behind Michel Prescott, the Telegraph and the long war against the BBC bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/10/f...
Fake News and the War on the BBC
The war on the BBC by Britain’s right-wing press has been a constant for the past thirty years, attempting to threaten and control the public broadcaster to yield to their political agenda. T…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The reality behind Michel Prescott, the Telegraph and the long war against the BBC bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/10/f...
Ian Dunt as ever hitting the nail on the head here. We know the BBC isn’t perfect, BBC Scotland News is a propaganda channel for the union but it is still an institution which should be held together despite the right’s attacks. Johnson, Gibb & Fagash fuck off! open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
Extra edition: The populist assault on the BBC
Johnson, Gibb and the Telegraph are trying to turn the BBC into GB News.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Ian Dunt as ever hitting the nail on the head here. We know the BBC isn’t perfect, BBC Scotland News is a propaganda channel for the union but it is still an institution which should be held together despite the right’s attacks. Johnson, Gibb & Fagash fuck off! open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
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Insightful review of Barrett’s book by @mgraber1.bsky.social I was reminded throughout of Barrett’s eye roll when asked by Bari Weiss whether we are in a constitutional crisis.
Justice Barrett’s Campaign Biography washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...
Justice Barrett’s Campaign Biography washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...
Justice Barrett’s Campaign Biography
Amy Coney Barrett’s book, "Listening to the Law," claims the Supreme Court is above politics. Its very existence proves otherwise.
washingtonmonthly.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Insightful review of Barrett’s book by @mgraber1.bsky.social I was reminded throughout of Barrett’s eye roll when asked by Bari Weiss whether we are in a constitutional crisis.
Justice Barrett’s Campaign Biography washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...
Justice Barrett’s Campaign Biography washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...
An excellent piece here. Probably the best essay length analysis of monarchy since Tom Nairn’s book The Enchanted Glass. England can’t abolish the monarchy because they lack the self-confidence to exist without the false-consciousness of monarchy.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Abolish the monarchy
It’s more than Prince Andrew – the whole House of Windsor is rotten to the core
www.newstatesman.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
An excellent piece here. Probably the best essay length analysis of monarchy since Tom Nairn’s book The Enchanted Glass. England can’t abolish the monarchy because they lack the self-confidence to exist without the false-consciousness of monarchy.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
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Victor Klemperer lived in Dresden during the Third Reich & his diaries of the era are a testimony & warning of the appeal of Nazism & fascism & the everyday collusions which aided it. In his 'The Language of the Third Reich' he wrote about they dehumanised language; relevant for today.
October 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Victor Klemperer lived in Dresden during the Third Reich & his diaries of the era are a testimony & warning of the appeal of Nazism & fascism & the everyday collusions which aided it. In his 'The Language of the Third Reich' he wrote about they dehumanised language; relevant for today.
Four years ago and still on point.
October 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Four years ago and still on point.
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(Prince) Andrew needs to be fully investigated by the Metropolitan Police.
Repost if you agree.
Repost if you agree.
October 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
(Prince) Andrew needs to be fully investigated by the Metropolitan Police.
Repost if you agree.
Repost if you agree.
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I've been laughing at this for days now. I think it might be the funniest post on Bluesky
October 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I've been laughing at this for days now. I think it might be the funniest post on Bluesky
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This is genuinely the best thing I have ever seen ... my personal highlight was the racoon riding the bear ...
October 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is genuinely the best thing I have ever seen ... my personal highlight was the racoon riding the bear ...
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Yeah well growing up in apartheid South Africa worked wonders for you, ya weird wee prick
October 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Yeah well growing up in apartheid South Africa worked wonders for you, ya weird wee prick
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Yet more whinging from the self-preservation elite. A mere 7% of the UK population go to private schools & refuse to 'integrate' with the remaining 93%.
Yet this minority comprise the vast majority of senior journalists & media, judiciary, senior legal profession & more. Very off-putting.
Yet this minority comprise the vast majority of senior journalists & media, judiciary, senior legal profession & more. Very off-putting.
October 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yet more whinging from the self-preservation elite. A mere 7% of the UK population go to private schools & refuse to 'integrate' with the remaining 93%.
Yet this minority comprise the vast majority of senior journalists & media, judiciary, senior legal profession & more. Very off-putting.
Yet this minority comprise the vast majority of senior journalists & media, judiciary, senior legal profession & more. Very off-putting.
Aaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnddddddd Relaaaaaaaaaaaxxxxxx………… 🙏🏻 Namaste
In times of turmoil and violence, one needs once in a while a place to retreat, fresh air, and the insolent beauty of a wide beach softly stroked by a quiet sea.
#scape #landscape #photography #Lofoten
#scape #landscape #photography #Lofoten
October 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Aaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnddddddd Relaaaaaaaaaaaxxxxxx………… 🙏🏻 Namaste
Who would’ve thought the President of a country that had bankrolled and provided the bombs and weapons for decades to Israel might have been able to apply some pressure to attain a ceasefire. It’s hard to believe that Israel could have done what it has in the region alone. It’s the US attack dog.
October 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Who would’ve thought the President of a country that had bankrolled and provided the bombs and weapons for decades to Israel might have been able to apply some pressure to attain a ceasefire. It’s hard to believe that Israel could have done what it has in the region alone. It’s the US attack dog.
@neilmackay.bsky.social rest your beating heart……..
BREAKING
In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.
In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.
October 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
@neilmackay.bsky.social rest your beating heart……..
This is the ultimate aim of Project 2025 and the Heritage Foundation that is underpinning Trump’s tendency to autocracy and narcissism. US Democracy will die under these pressures and intimidations. That is why resistance is imperative. This will be the new norm across both sides of the Atlantic.
Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened?
Oopsie, Stephen.
Oopsie, Stephen.
October 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This is the ultimate aim of Project 2025 and the Heritage Foundation that is underpinning Trump’s tendency to autocracy and narcissism. US Democracy will die under these pressures and intimidations. That is why resistance is imperative. This will be the new norm across both sides of the Atlantic.
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This is a lie.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
October 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This is a lie.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
Same same. What a fucking tiresome ringpiece the Orange twat is and always has been.
October 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Same same. What a fucking tiresome ringpiece the Orange twat is and always has been.
Jane Goodall. We need more people to hear what was to be her final message to the world. www.instagram.com/reel/DPYqR-6...
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October 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Jane Goodall. We need more people to hear what was to be her final message to the world. www.instagram.com/reel/DPYqR-6...
Ta Negisi Coates is the James Baldwin of our times
I’ve been a follower of both Ezra Klein’s and Ta-Nehisi Coates’ writing and commentary for years.
Klein has progressively gotten on my nerves for a while…and now? I’m done with him completely. 👎
Coates, on the other hand, consistently drops truth and wisdom we all need to hear.
Klein has progressively gotten on my nerves for a while…and now? I’m done with him completely. 👎
Coates, on the other hand, consistently drops truth and wisdom we all need to hear.
October 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Ta Negisi Coates is the James Baldwin of our times
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Calling Chris Mason and BBC News…………….. tumbleweed……….
Reform UK’s Nigel Farage with the Russian Ambassador (that he denied meeting), and with Oleg Voloshyn's wife Nadia Borodi, Voloshyn bribed Nathan Gill.
Farage is still silent.
It’s deafening.
#ReformRussianBribes
Farage is still silent.
It’s deafening.
#ReformRussianBribes
October 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Calling Chris Mason and BBC News…………….. tumbleweed……….
Absolutely this. The collective values of these islands should surely be this.
October 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Absolutely this. The collective values of these islands should surely be this.