Chris Scott (he/him)
@chrisdonia.bsky.social
I'm mostly around Edinburgh, often lurking in corners with a camera at cultural events.
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Can you imagine a similar headline in #Edinburgh?
It would be “controversial bike lanes disliked in consultation by locals”
It would be “controversial bike lanes disliked in consultation by locals”
Mind Blowingly Good Cycle Lanes planned
That’s a bold statement. I like it
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
That’s a bold statement. I like it
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
Inside ‘mind-blowingly good’ plans for new cycle lanes in central London
The West End’s traffic-congested streets could get a radical redesign.
www.timeout.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Can you imagine a similar headline in #Edinburgh?
It would be “controversial bike lanes disliked in consultation by locals”
It would be “controversial bike lanes disliked in consultation by locals”
I pass this regularly and not only are the Voi bikes blocking the bike racks, they often spread far across the pavement. Yesterday I saw pedestrians struggling to pass, anyone with a buggy or mobility problems would have been screwed.
🔒 Keeping Edinburgh's cycle parking free of hire bikes
- 📸 Three new parking images added to our campaign
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- 📸 Three new parking images added to our campaign
edi.bike/projects/202...
Send your photos to hello+voiracks@edi.bike or @ us on Bluesky with them
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I pass this regularly and not only are the Voi bikes blocking the bike racks, they often spread far across the pavement. Yesterday I saw pedestrians struggling to pass, anyone with a buggy or mobility problems would have been screwed.
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Presumably this means they asked him for evidence that he'd been hacked and he couldn't provide any because he hadn't been hacked
NEW: Presenter Mike Graham has been dismissed from Rupert Murdoch’s digital channel TalkTV.
Company says he failed to cooperate with an investigation into a racist post that appeared on one of his social media accounts.
He said he has been hacked:
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Company says he failed to cooperate with an investigation into a racist post that appeared on one of his social media accounts.
He said he has been hacked:
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Mike Graham sacked from TalkTV after ‘failure’ to assist inquiry into racist post
Broadcaster suspended presenter last month over Facebook post he said happened after account was hacked
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Presumably this means they asked him for evidence that he'd been hacked and he couldn't provide any because he hadn't been hacked
Seeing this caption made me feel angry and insulted.
Then I realised, for many people (ie home owners) moving house IS fun. And deliberate.
Turns out when ten of the twelve moves you've made since turning 18 are forced on you, it's not fun and more like trauma.
Housing badly needs a reboot.
Then I realised, for many people (ie home owners) moving house IS fun. And deliberate.
Turns out when ten of the twelve moves you've made since turning 18 are forced on you, it's not fun and more like trauma.
Housing badly needs a reboot.
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Seeing this caption made me feel angry and insulted.
Then I realised, for many people (ie home owners) moving house IS fun. And deliberate.
Turns out when ten of the twelve moves you've made since turning 18 are forced on you, it's not fun and more like trauma.
Housing badly needs a reboot.
Then I realised, for many people (ie home owners) moving house IS fun. And deliberate.
Turns out when ten of the twelve moves you've made since turning 18 are forced on you, it's not fun and more like trauma.
Housing badly needs a reboot.
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The funniest part of this is, the politics we’ve had over the last 15 years has given rise to a hard right nationalist movement spanning the U.K- and the politics they support is “sell the NHS and stop anyone brown ever coming to the uk again” as if that’s some logical, sensible position.
And today it's the turn of The Times to try and patronise us all.
Every single day the right wing establishment tries to close ranks.
And every day we are growing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Every single day the right wing establishment tries to close ranks.
And every day we are growing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The funniest part of this is, the politics we’ve had over the last 15 years has given rise to a hard right nationalist movement spanning the U.K- and the politics they support is “sell the NHS and stop anyone brown ever coming to the uk again” as if that’s some logical, sensible position.
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I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
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If someone mentions trans women and then gets mad about using the term pregnant people, they either don’t know that some trans men get pregnant, or they know their audience doesn’t and want them to think that “pregnant people” is stupid woke nonsense to not offend trans women.
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
If someone mentions trans women and then gets mad about using the term pregnant people, they either don’t know that some trans men get pregnant, or they know their audience doesn’t and want them to think that “pregnant people” is stupid woke nonsense to not offend trans women.
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Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library - great speech by @zadiesmith.bsky.social #lovelibraries www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith
The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced priorities, says novelist Zadie Smith
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library - great speech by @zadiesmith.bsky.social #lovelibraries www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I think Musk is like a LLM and doesn't really "know" anything. He just reproduces content.
Do you think Elon Musk knows that Tolkien and Hitler fought on opposing sides at the Battle of the Somme? That Tolkien much later called Hitler a “ruddy little ignoramus” in a refusal to a German publisher to provide proof of his non-Jewish ancestry in order to be published in Germany?
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I think Musk is like a LLM and doesn't really "know" anything. He just reproduces content.
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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It's so weird how antidepressants only cause the impulse to commit mass violence in the country where there is easy access to guns. What a coincidence!
First they came for reproductive rights.
Then they came for vaccines.
Now they’re coming for mental health.
There is zero evidence SSRIs cause mass violence.
You know what does? Guns — and the fact that anyone can access weapons that kill hundreds in seconds.
#GunReformNow
Then they came for vaccines.
Now they’re coming for mental health.
There is zero evidence SSRIs cause mass violence.
You know what does? Guns — and the fact that anyone can access weapons that kill hundreds in seconds.
#GunReformNow
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It's so weird how antidepressants only cause the impulse to commit mass violence in the country where there is easy access to guns. What a coincidence!
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Ladies and gentlemen, Sir Robbie Gibb, the BBC Board Member with the impartiality remit
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, Sir Robbie Gibb, the BBC Board Member with the impartiality remit
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Well if it could boost GDP 0.2% it’s worth a shot
![A financial times graph showing that I if it leads to a tech singularity will either end scarcity or destroy humanity and if [when] we don’t reach tech singularity it’ll boost GDP by 0.2%](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tiaodgr5mu3iyiqiwfunedxw/bafkreibt4orl6x22vff6xkufm44qf55xeejshihba26trpapvj6jj4j54y@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Well if it could boost GDP 0.2% it’s worth a shot
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Labour's permanent ban on puberty blockers for trans children is costing lives. It has nothing to do with "protecting children". They cannot claim to care about children's welfare while supporting a ban which has been shown, repeatedly, to cause them more harm.
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
MP fails to support suicidal constituent
A mother pleaded with her MP to help her suicidal15-year-old daughter who said she ‘wanted to take her own life’
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Labour's permanent ban on puberty blockers for trans children is costing lives. It has nothing to do with "protecting children". They cannot claim to care about children's welfare while supporting a ban which has been shown, repeatedly, to cause them more harm.
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
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This feels like peak infantilisation of the elderly.
What exactly is ‘disgraceful’ about giving the elderly/infirm practical advice about how to be physically intimate in a safe way? They aren’t children. Their innocent eyes don’t need to be protected. Plus it’s medical guidance not a jazz mag
What exactly is ‘disgraceful’ about giving the elderly/infirm practical advice about how to be physically intimate in a safe way? They aren’t children. Their innocent eyes don’t need to be protected. Plus it’s medical guidance not a jazz mag
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This feels like peak infantilisation of the elderly.
What exactly is ‘disgraceful’ about giving the elderly/infirm practical advice about how to be physically intimate in a safe way? They aren’t children. Their innocent eyes don’t need to be protected. Plus it’s medical guidance not a jazz mag
What exactly is ‘disgraceful’ about giving the elderly/infirm practical advice about how to be physically intimate in a safe way? They aren’t children. Their innocent eyes don’t need to be protected. Plus it’s medical guidance not a jazz mag
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The lack of respect white men have for women, but specifically Black women, is next level bullshit!
Who raised these assholes?
There is no room in our future for the most educated demographic in our country to be treated this way!
#Pinks
#ReclaimOurTime
#BlackWomenAreTheFuture
#Shero
Who raised these assholes?
There is no room in our future for the most educated demographic in our country to be treated this way!
#Pinks
#ReclaimOurTime
#BlackWomenAreTheFuture
#Shero
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The lack of respect white men have for women, but specifically Black women, is next level bullshit!
Who raised these assholes?
There is no room in our future for the most educated demographic in our country to be treated this way!
#Pinks
#ReclaimOurTime
#BlackWomenAreTheFuture
#Shero
Who raised these assholes?
There is no room in our future for the most educated demographic in our country to be treated this way!
#Pinks
#ReclaimOurTime
#BlackWomenAreTheFuture
#Shero
The programming for the crossings all up Leith Walk and around to York Place are bonkers. You'd think they were being run by chimps rolling dice.
Hello @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social , any reason pedestrians/cyclists have to wait through 6 traffic phases (c5 minutes) before we get a chance to cross London Road?
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The programming for the crossings all up Leith Walk and around to York Place are bonkers. You'd think they were being run by chimps rolling dice.
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the BBC should apologise with a montage of all the times Trump showed support for 6 Jan and they should get the person who does the end of World Cup montage to do it
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
the BBC should apologise with a montage of all the times Trump showed support for 6 Jan and they should get the person who does the end of World Cup montage to do it
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Prescott's claims that the BBC has a pro-trans bias are even flimsier than you might imagine. He thinks all positive stories about trans people represent bias unless some ghoul from Sex Matters is invited to say that they are awful actually. Crackpot green-ink stuff
So the Telegraph’s “BBC bias dossier” - supposedly written by ex-BBC adviser Michael Prescott - is being used to claim there’s a rogue LGBT+ unit “censoring” gender-critical voices inside the BBC.
Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
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Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
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For reference - Here’s the Telegraph article with the Prescott memo complaining about the BBC published in FULL.
Obviously, it’s an archived link which circumvents their paywall - as there’s no way I’m gonna give that transphobic rag any clicks or coin! 😣
👉 archive.ph/mJIsB
Obviously, it’s an archived link which circumvents their paywall - as there’s no way I’m gonna give that transphobic rag any clicks or coin! 😣
👉 archive.ph/mJIsB
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Prescott's claims that the BBC has a pro-trans bias are even flimsier than you might imagine. He thinks all positive stories about trans people represent bias unless some ghoul from Sex Matters is invited to say that they are awful actually. Crackpot green-ink stuff
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They used to wiretap your phones to collect this kind of information from you but now you pay for a Bluecheck and post it yourself
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
They used to wiretap your phones to collect this kind of information from you but now you pay for a Bluecheck and post it yourself
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If? IF?
I’m sure Lucy will let Charlie Brown kick the football THIS time…
I’m sure Lucy will let Charlie Brown kick the football THIS time…
1. We need to fight hard for a good ACA extension early in December and hold Republicans fiercely accountable if they betray everyone.
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If? IF?
I’m sure Lucy will let Charlie Brown kick the football THIS time…
I’m sure Lucy will let Charlie Brown kick the football THIS time…
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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You might have thought Question Time was biased.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
You might have thought Question Time was biased.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
But you never realised how much.
UKIP never even had a single MP.
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Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."