Gavin Greig
@ggreig.com
Software developer wha bides i the East Neuk. He/him. Likes 28/32mm models for role-playing games, especially pulp/steampunk/scientific romance. Thinks Scotland should be a normal country - independent. http://ggreig.com, https://mastodon.scot/@ggreig
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Gavin Greig
@ggreig.com
· Nov 16
Should probably do an "introductory" thread:
I work as a software developer, now for a company in London, but I live in a village in Fife, Scotland. Technically I've been on BlueSky for a bit over a year already but have only fully committed to the move since the US elected Trump for a second time.
I work as a software developer, now for a company in London, but I live in a village in Fife, Scotland. Technically I've been on BlueSky for a bit over a year already but have only fully committed to the move since the US elected Trump for a second time.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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The World Cup should not be held in the United States.
January 9, 2026 at 2:17 AM
The World Cup should not be held in the United States.
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This is very good news for Scotland - I am grateful to everyone involved in the discussions.
This ensures that the progress we are making in our NHS recovery can be maintained.
This ensures that the progress we are making in our NHS recovery can be maintained.
Doctors strike called off in Scotland as union backs latest pay deal - BBC News
Medics had been set to go on the first national walkout staged by NHS workers on Tuesday in a dispute over pay.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
This is very good news for Scotland - I am grateful to everyone involved in the discussions.
This ensures that the progress we are making in our NHS recovery can be maintained.
This ensures that the progress we are making in our NHS recovery can be maintained.
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Almost can't believe I felt the need to write this but... Is Trump about to attack Greenland?
There has been a clear escalation in rhetoric in recent weeks.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/is-trump-g...
There has been a clear escalation in rhetoric in recent weeks.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/is-trump-g...
Is Trump going to attack Greenland?
It seems hard to believe, but the administration seems to be building up to something
christinapagel.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Almost can't believe I felt the need to write this but... Is Trump about to attack Greenland?
There has been a clear escalation in rhetoric in recent weeks.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/is-trump-g...
There has been a clear escalation in rhetoric in recent weeks.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/is-trump-g...
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The creators of these apps make choices. Grok was created with the production of deep-fake abuse imagery as an option and that was a choice. The fact that the app is still producing these images, for free, with no restrictions, for anyone who wants them, is also an ongoing choice by its creators.
I've been testing Grok vs. ChatGPT and how they compare when generating deepfakes.
- ask the chatbot to search the web for photos of me and then regenerate me in a bikini: Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- upload a photo of myself (not id'ing as a public figure): Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- ask the chatbot to search the web for photos of me and then regenerate me in a bikini: Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
- upload a photo of myself (not id'ing as a public figure): Grok complies; ChatGPT refuses
January 9, 2026 at 9:56 PM
The creators of these apps make choices. Grok was created with the production of deep-fake abuse imagery as an option and that was a choice. The fact that the app is still producing these images, for free, with no restrictions, for anyone who wants them, is also an ongoing choice by its creators.
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America isn’t drifting toward authoritarianism. It is living it. Authoritarianism doesn’t arrive with a dramatic or coup-like event. It advances quietly, in daylight, through choices, habits, and silence. The administration made all their actions clear, they spelled it out!
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January 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
America isn’t drifting toward authoritarianism. It is living it. Authoritarianism doesn’t arrive with a dramatic or coup-like event. It advances quietly, in daylight, through choices, habits, and silence. The administration made all their actions clear, they spelled it out!
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When associating with foreigners in their own country, it would be ill-bred not to adopt their rules. When you become their guest, you obtain the benefits of their laws and protection and the enjoyment of their climate and country. All the politeness you can show in return is due to them.
January 9, 2026 at 7:46 PM
When associating with foreigners in their own country, it would be ill-bred not to adopt their rules. When you become their guest, you obtain the benefits of their laws and protection and the enjoyment of their climate and country. All the politeness you can show in return is due to them.
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Pearl-clutching is such a pathetic, cowardly, gleefully dishonest and drearily predictable reaction from the empty suits & talking heads of the right.
Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
January 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Pearl-clutching is such a pathetic, cowardly, gleefully dishonest and drearily predictable reaction from the empty suits & talking heads of the right.
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GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
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Live scenes from Pacific Quay as BBC Scotland news editors frantically search for a new story to attack the Scottish Govt following the cancellation of the planned doctors' strike.
a man in a red shirt is running in front of a banner that says movies
Alt: a man in a red shirt overturns a green rubbish bin and rummages through the garbage.
media.tenor.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Live scenes from Pacific Quay as BBC Scotland news editors frantically search for a new story to attack the Scottish Govt following the cancellation of the planned doctors' strike.
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The little-known Scottish Spice Girl
January 9, 2026 at 9:35 AM
The little-known Scottish Spice Girl
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At some point there was obviously a meeting about this and this is the solution they came up with. It suggests there is zero moral thought in that organisation at all. Indicative of an utterly toxic culture.
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
At some point there was obviously a meeting about this and this is the solution they came up with. It suggests there is zero moral thought in that organisation at all. Indicative of an utterly toxic culture.
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"Subtract 480,000, though, Lee, as 80% have been found to be bot accounts set up by your own party."
via Against Tories and Tory Austerity
ps the poll company saying Reform
is miles ahead in popularity
just happens to be located
at the same address as Reform plc
via Against Tories and Tory Austerity
ps the poll company saying Reform
is miles ahead in popularity
just happens to be located
at the same address as Reform plc
January 9, 2026 at 9:28 AM
"Subtract 480,000, though, Lee, as 80% have been found to be bot accounts set up by your own party."
via Against Tories and Tory Austerity
ps the poll company saying Reform
is miles ahead in popularity
just happens to be located
at the same address as Reform plc
via Against Tories and Tory Austerity
ps the poll company saying Reform
is miles ahead in popularity
just happens to be located
at the same address as Reform plc
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Keir Starmer's spokesman says X limiting deep fake images to paid users "simply turns a feature that allows the creation of unlawful images into a premium service. It's not a solution.. it's insulting the victims of misogyny and sexual violence."
Still won't commit to a ban or to stop posting there
Still won't commit to a ban or to stop posting there
January 9, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Keir Starmer's spokesman says X limiting deep fake images to paid users "simply turns a feature that allows the creation of unlawful images into a premium service. It's not a solution.. it's insulting the victims of misogyny and sexual violence."
Still won't commit to a ban or to stop posting there
Still won't commit to a ban or to stop posting there
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This made me laugh much more then it strictly should have done.
January 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
This made me laugh much more then it strictly should have done.
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RTÉ News asked Greenlanders how they feel about Donald Trump's takeover threats.
RTÉ is an Irish public service broadcaster.
#Greenland
RTÉ is an Irish public service broadcaster.
#Greenland
January 9, 2026 at 1:20 PM
RTÉ News asked Greenlanders how they feel about Donald Trump's takeover threats.
RTÉ is an Irish public service broadcaster.
#Greenland
RTÉ is an Irish public service broadcaster.
#Greenland
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Translation: Elon Musk makes creating child abuse images and revenge porn available to millions via a paid subscription service.
January 9, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Translation: Elon Musk makes creating child abuse images and revenge porn available to millions via a paid subscription service.
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This is not enough. Even X must comply with the law.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99kn52nx9do
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99kn52nx9do
Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after deepfakes
It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
This is not enough. Even X must comply with the law.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99kn52nx9do
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99kn52nx9do
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The "we have to stay on the fascist child sexual abuse app because otherwise it'll just be full of bad people" line is such an absurdly, pathetically weak version of "we're worried we'll get FOMO if we leave".
Do better.
Do better.
January 9, 2026 at 9:43 AM
The "we have to stay on the fascist child sexual abuse app because otherwise it'll just be full of bad people" line is such an absurdly, pathetically weak version of "we're worried we'll get FOMO if we leave".
Do better.
Do better.
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Yeah I don’t think “we continue to generate kiddie porn based on real children, but now we only do it for profits” is the flex they think it is.
January 9, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Yeah I don’t think “we continue to generate kiddie porn based on real children, but now we only do it for profits” is the flex they think it is.
Clear, deliberate undermining of devolution and sidestepping of Scottish democracy - see the Douglas Alexander quote in the article.
www.thenational.scot/news/2575046...
LABOUR in Wales will decide how a £547 million growth fund is to be distributed – while the UK Government will decide how Scotland's £140m allocation is to be spent, in what is being branded "blatant political bias".
LABOUR in Wales will decide how a £547 million growth fund is to be distributed – while the UK Government will decide how Scotland's £140m allocation is to be spent, in what is being branded "blatant political bias".
Labour 'bypasses' Scotland in growth fund row sparking devolution anger
LABOUR in Wales will decide how a £547 million growth fund is to be distributed – while the UK Government will decide how Scotland's £140m…
www.thenational.scot
January 9, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Clear, deliberate undermining of devolution and sidestepping of Scottish democracy - see the Douglas Alexander quote in the article.
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In six years of shootings, no ICE officer has ever been indicted, regardless of evidence. Absurd.
www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...
www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...
January 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
In six years of shootings, no ICE officer has ever been indicted, regardless of evidence. Absurd.
www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...
www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...
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Saw this on X.
Merlin Strategy, run by Scarlet Maguire (formerly of JL Partners) is Farage's favoured polling company. Until very recently, registered at the same address as the Brexit Party's old one.
I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
Merlin Strategy, run by Scarlet Maguire (formerly of JL Partners) is Farage's favoured polling company. Until very recently, registered at the same address as the Brexit Party's old one.
I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
January 8, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Saw this on X.
Merlin Strategy, run by Scarlet Maguire (formerly of JL Partners) is Farage's favoured polling company. Until very recently, registered at the same address as the Brexit Party's old one.
I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
Merlin Strategy, run by Scarlet Maguire (formerly of JL Partners) is Farage's favoured polling company. Until very recently, registered at the same address as the Brexit Party's old one.
I'm sure it's just a coincidence.