eilidh
@eilidh.bsky.social
everything for everyone, all at once / well adjusted dilettante, occasional writer, housing/climate organiser/ views my own, duh!
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we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)
January 20, 2026 at 9:25 PM
we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)
senior scottish labour strategist reportedly encouraging sarwar to attend kneecap’s next gig to show voters he’s not shite chat
January 20, 2026 at 9:01 PM
senior scottish labour strategist reportedly encouraging sarwar to attend kneecap’s next gig to show voters he’s not shite chat
you know it’s long 2016 when celebs are dropping absolute clangers via the notes app
January 19, 2026 at 10:24 PM
you know it’s long 2016 when celebs are dropping absolute clangers via the notes app
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You're all here talking about geopolitics and meanwhile Brooklyn Beckham is spilling the tea on the family feud
January 19, 2026 at 10:05 PM
You're all here talking about geopolitics and meanwhile Brooklyn Beckham is spilling the tea on the family feud
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pretty much everyone in the central belt has an opinion about this that they cannot share due to ludicrous UK libel law
The millionaire brothers who reportedly pledged a six-figure donation to Scottish Labour did not make any policy demands of the party, Anas Sarwar has claimed
Easdale brothers did not make policy demands with donation offer, Anas Sarwar claims
www.thenational.scot
January 19, 2026 at 9:11 PM
pretty much everyone in the central belt has an opinion about this that they cannot share due to ludicrous UK libel law
can denmark put insane tariffs on ozempic or something. surely that’ll do it
January 19, 2026 at 8:07 AM
can denmark put insane tariffs on ozempic or something. surely that’ll do it
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Three UK hunger strikers end their hunger strike after the MoD meets one of their demands: The MoD has denied a major new £2 billion contract with the Israeli defence firm's subsidiary, Elbit Systems UK, for an Army training program..
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Three Palestine Action protesters end their hunger strike
Four more who had paused opt not to continue after government opts against giving contract to Elbit Systems UK
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Three UK hunger strikers end their hunger strike after the MoD meets one of their demands: The MoD has denied a major new £2 billion contract with the Israeli defence firm's subsidiary, Elbit Systems UK, for an Army training program..
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
obsessed with harriet acting like a martyr. “do not let this sacrifice be in vein” girl please
January 14, 2026 at 8:57 PM
obsessed with harriet acting like a martyr. “do not let this sacrifice be in vein” girl please
is it too early to say this is the best series of the traitors yet
January 14, 2026 at 8:52 PM
is it too early to say this is the best series of the traitors yet
i have deleted tiktok as one of my new years resolutions. i am not placing blame on it entirely but i will say it short form content has undoubtedly made me (feel) stupider, particularly over the past year. what is more angering though is how aware i am of this “decline”
January 8, 2026 at 10:52 PM
i have deleted tiktok as one of my new years resolutions. i am not placing blame on it entirely but i will say it short form content has undoubtedly made me (feel) stupider, particularly over the past year. what is more angering though is how aware i am of this “decline”
need really twitter back i am gaaaaaged by this latest traitor episode
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
need really twitter back i am gaaaaaged by this latest traitor episode
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one thing you have to respect about traitors is that it has systematically destroyed the mystique of every profession. barristers, detectives, magicians, all frauds
January 8, 2026 at 10:29 PM
one thing you have to respect about traitors is that it has systematically destroyed the mystique of every profession. barristers, detectives, magicians, all frauds
bit early for new year’s resolutions but can 2026 be the death of barrel leg trouser please x
December 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
bit early for new year’s resolutions but can 2026 be the death of barrel leg trouser please x
one reason people never seem the reference when discussing the death of the high street - online shopping will never force you overheat in your big winter coat in a middle of a rammed bookshop in the run up to christmas
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
one reason people never seem the reference when discussing the death of the high street - online shopping will never force you overheat in your big winter coat in a middle of a rammed bookshop in the run up to christmas
do think it’s pretty appalling that employers can’t even send you a generic email to say your application is not being considered for interview. the hours that an applicant spends on a single application warrants that at least!
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
do think it’s pretty appalling that employers can’t even send you a generic email to say your application is not being considered for interview. the hours that an applicant spends on a single application warrants that at least!
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Because when you burn down a house and nobody ever rebuilds it, someone is still forced to live in the ashes
Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle
Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle
Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Because when you burn down a house and nobody ever rebuilds it, someone is still forced to live in the ashes
does anyone remember that young communist league article from a few years back which lambasted the left about not not looking “normal”
October 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
does anyone remember that young communist league article from a few years back which lambasted the left about not not looking “normal”
i don’t doubt AI has some wonderful uses but if you’re using AI to write the most basic emails you need to get a grip
October 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
i don’t doubt AI has some wonderful uses but if you’re using AI to write the most basic emails you need to get a grip
digital social cleansing - but i guess influencers would call that aesthetic
okay you’ve got to admit: edinburgh influencers using ai to literally erase the people of edinburgh is so spectacularly on the nose
October 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
digital social cleansing - but i guess influencers would call that aesthetic
reddit reviews of taylor’s new album are great
October 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
reddit reviews of taylor’s new album are great
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Apparently Israel’s genocidal acts are just “daft”.
October 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Apparently Israel’s genocidal acts are just “daft”.
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NEW: Rent controls are set to be introduced in Scotland after the Government’s housing reform legislation passed at Holyrood
'Important step forwards' as Housing Bill passes with plan for rent controls
www.thenational.scot
September 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
NEW: Rent controls are set to be introduced in Scotland after the Government’s housing reform legislation passed at Holyrood
anyway bill passed! scotland has rent controls! onwards comrades
watching the rent control vote by myself in a hotel at labour conference which is just such a depressing and also comically evil end to years of organising for this moment lmao
September 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
anyway bill passed! scotland has rent controls! onwards comrades
watching the rent control vote by myself in a hotel at labour conference which is just such a depressing and also comically evil end to years of organising for this moment lmao
September 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
watching the rent control vote by myself in a hotel at labour conference which is just such a depressing and also comically evil end to years of organising for this moment lmao
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it was his own staffer 💀
September 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
it was his own staffer 💀