Gill Kirk
@gillkirk.bsky.social
A constellation: pol comms strategist (restricted), playwright/screenwriter & tutor, media law & Norsk student, on/off French horn player & proud Glaswegian. Ex SW1, now Trumpton (Bath). All fab. LinkedIn 👀 https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillkirk
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The 19 Buddhist monks carrying a message of peace made it to Richmond on Monday, the 100th day of their walk from Texas to D.C.
The mayor’s office estimated 10,000 people lined the route through the city. https://wapo.st/3NUrWaj
The mayor’s office estimated 10,000 people lined the route through the city. https://wapo.st/3NUrWaj
February 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The 19 Buddhist monks carrying a message of peace made it to Richmond on Monday, the 100th day of their walk from Texas to D.C.
The mayor’s office estimated 10,000 people lined the route through the city. https://wapo.st/3NUrWaj
The mayor’s office estimated 10,000 people lined the route through the city. https://wapo.st/3NUrWaj
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One of my silly guilty pleasures is listening to muzak on YouTube. They tend to have titles like 'A rainy street in Paris' or 'You are sitting in a Gothic library as snow coats the city outside'.
But I have just found one called 'You've found shelter in the Nuclear Winter (Post Apocalyptic Ambient)
But I have just found one called 'You've found shelter in the Nuclear Winter (Post Apocalyptic Ambient)
February 3, 2026 at 10:14 PM
One of my silly guilty pleasures is listening to muzak on YouTube. They tend to have titles like 'A rainy street in Paris' or 'You are sitting in a Gothic library as snow coats the city outside'.
But I have just found one called 'You've found shelter in the Nuclear Winter (Post Apocalyptic Ambient)
But I have just found one called 'You've found shelter in the Nuclear Winter (Post Apocalyptic Ambient)
I liked being in the murk today.
February 3, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I liked being in the murk today.
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Just a bit of rare blog burble on what this writer's got up to this year. You won't learn anything exciting, win stunning insights, or get rich. gillkirk.com/2025/12/31/a...
All of 2025 in one post
Being a writer is a bit depressing. The screenwriting world is in crisis. Theatre is in freefall. If you back this profession up – like I do – with writing-related corporate work (I do …
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January 2, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Just a bit of rare blog burble on what this writer's got up to this year. You won't learn anything exciting, win stunning insights, or get rich. gillkirk.com/2025/12/31/a...
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London in the good old days - before everyone's feet pointed forwards.
January 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM
London in the good old days - before everyone's feet pointed forwards.
Just a bit of rare blog burble on what this writer's got up to this year. You won't learn anything exciting, win stunning insights, or get rich. gillkirk.com/2025/12/31/a...
All of 2025 in one post
Being a writer is a bit depressing. The screenwriting world is in crisis. Theatre is in freefall. If you back this profession up – like I do – with writing-related corporate work (I do …
gillkirk.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Just a bit of rare blog burble on what this writer's got up to this year. You won't learn anything exciting, win stunning insights, or get rich. gillkirk.com/2025/12/31/a...
youtu.be/iOnymx5eTi8 Cindy Gallop is doing extraordinary things. Let’s usurp porn from its sex education throne-
How Sex Education Can Help End Gender Violence and Bring Back Love
YouTube video by MLNP
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November 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
youtu.be/iOnymx5eTi8 Cindy Gallop is doing extraordinary things. Let’s usurp porn from its sex education throne-
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Disappointingly, my boss is no longer surprised when I come out with things like "I bet you didn't know that British Rail patented a flying saucer, did you?"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
British Rail flying saucer - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Disappointingly, my boss is no longer surprised when I come out with things like "I bet you didn't know that British Rail patented a flying saucer, did you?"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
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5. HMRC penalties: the impact on the poor
Over the past five years, HMRC have issued around 600,000 late-filing penalties to people too poor to pay any tax. Far more penalties were issued to people too poor to pay tax than to those in the top income deciles:
Over the past five years, HMRC have issued around 600,000 late-filing penalties to people too poor to pay any tax. Far more penalties were issued to people too poor to pay tax than to those in the top income deciles:
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
5. HMRC penalties: the impact on the poor
Over the past five years, HMRC have issued around 600,000 late-filing penalties to people too poor to pay any tax. Far more penalties were issued to people too poor to pay tax than to those in the top income deciles:
Over the past five years, HMRC have issued around 600,000 late-filing penalties to people too poor to pay any tax. Far more penalties were issued to people too poor to pay tax than to those in the top income deciles:
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Does anyone use apps or services to provide live captions or a transcript during IRL meetings/Events?
Hit me up with your recommendations, you could save me a lot of time.
Thanks in advance.
Hit me up with your recommendations, you could save me a lot of time.
Thanks in advance.
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Does anyone use apps or services to provide live captions or a transcript during IRL meetings/Events?
Hit me up with your recommendations, you could save me a lot of time.
Thanks in advance.
Hit me up with your recommendations, you could save me a lot of time.
Thanks in advance.
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Siri: Show me the #StreisandEffect
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Siri: Show me the #StreisandEffect
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Exactly. AI does not "think" or "make" or "dream" or "design."
It mimics established patterns. That's it.
It mimics established patterns. That's it.
AI (in the form of LLMs) will never be creative. It copies; it does not innovate.
A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity
A new study argues that the algorithms driving tools like ChatGPT impose a hard limit on originality. By prioritizing probable answers, these models are structurally confined to producing amateur-leve...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Exactly. AI does not "think" or "make" or "dream" or "design."
It mimics established patterns. That's it.
It mimics established patterns. That's it.
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Very pleased that I got to review this, after last week’s cancelled press night: #ToKillAMockingbird starring Richard Coyle, @theatreroyalbath.bsky.social til Sat.
www.bristol247.com/culture/thea...
www.bristol247.com/culture/thea...
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird, Theatre Royal Bath – ‘Richard Coyle delivers the performance of a lifetime’
Bartlett Sher directs Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic American novel
www.bristol247.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Very pleased that I got to review this, after last week’s cancelled press night: #ToKillAMockingbird starring Richard Coyle, @theatreroyalbath.bsky.social til Sat.
www.bristol247.com/culture/thea...
www.bristol247.com/culture/thea...
Very pleased that I got to review this, after last week’s cancelled press night: #ToKillAMockingbird starring Richard Coyle, @theatreroyalbath.bsky.social til Sat.
www.bristol247.com/culture/thea...
www.bristol247.com/culture/thea...
Review: To Kill a Mockingbird, Theatre Royal Bath – ‘Richard Coyle delivers the performance of a lifetime’
Bartlett Sher directs Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic American novel
www.bristol247.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Very pleased that I got to review this, after last week’s cancelled press night: #ToKillAMockingbird starring Richard Coyle, @theatreroyalbath.bsky.social til Sat.
www.bristol247.com/culture/thea...
www.bristol247.com/culture/thea...
What a delight. I Was Monty’s Double. Total classic, making the residents 14-year old gasp. (And here is Sid James at the start, with John Mills). It’s on BBC iplayer, if you fancy joining in.
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
What a delight. I Was Monty’s Double. Total classic, making the residents 14-year old gasp. (And here is Sid James at the start, with John Mills). It’s on BBC iplayer, if you fancy joining in.
Oh my bloody goodness- what a satisfying read. Zoë Apostolides has a glorious voice. Huge thanks to @saltpublishing.com - if one of you hadn’t followed me here, I’d never have bought this. #Superb #Eerie #NewFiction
Happy publication day to our author Zoë Apostolides 🎉 Her debut novel THE HOMECOMING is a quietly disturbing part mystery, part ghost story, about isolation, memory, spirits and secrets, intergenerational friendship and motherhood. Published by @saltpublishing.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Oh my bloody goodness- what a satisfying read. Zoë Apostolides has a glorious voice. Huge thanks to @saltpublishing.com - if one of you hadn’t followed me here, I’d never have bought this. #Superb #Eerie #NewFiction
“Everyone else thinks…” But the possibility that this isn’t true (even tho’ you’re convinced of it) is rising – as is the chance that you’re being manipulated. #CollectiveIllusions. #melrobbins
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November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“Everyone else thinks…” But the possibility that this isn’t true (even tho’ you’re convinced of it) is rising – as is the chance that you’re being manipulated. #CollectiveIllusions. #melrobbins
www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FRXL8G4...
www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FRXL8G4...
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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Today’s Short Story Festival Deadline (Oct. 9th): HISTORY Short Story Contest
documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/history-shor...
History is a narrative that describes, analyzes, and questions past events, and examines the patterns of cause and effect.
documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/history-shor...
History is a narrative that describes, analyzes, and questions past events, and examines the patterns of cause and effect.
October 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Today’s Short Story Festival Deadline (Oct. 9th): HISTORY Short Story Contest
documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/history-shor...
History is a narrative that describes, analyzes, and questions past events, and examines the patterns of cause and effect.
documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/history-shor...
History is a narrative that describes, analyzes, and questions past events, and examines the patterns of cause and effect.
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As Halloween nears, here’s a taster for the spooky season.
A dark tale from the ever inventive mind of celticman
Rust and Dust 4 is today’s Pick of the Day.
Do start at the beginning!
www.abctales.com/story/celtic...
Please share if you can.
A dark tale from the ever inventive mind of celticman
Rust and Dust 4 is today’s Pick of the Day.
Do start at the beginning!
www.abctales.com/story/celtic...
Please share if you can.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
As Halloween nears, here’s a taster for the spooky season.
A dark tale from the ever inventive mind of celticman
Rust and Dust 4 is today’s Pick of the Day.
Do start at the beginning!
www.abctales.com/story/celtic...
Please share if you can.
A dark tale from the ever inventive mind of celticman
Rust and Dust 4 is today’s Pick of the Day.
Do start at the beginning!
www.abctales.com/story/celtic...
Please share if you can.
Alignment of the planets this morning. Popped into ever marvellous
@indiespiritbath.bsky.social for a little Xmas planning – with a wish list. Let’s say there was a pretty big gasp - & an even bigger one when I heard there’d just been an extra special delivery 40 minutes earlier! Say no more…
@indiespiritbath.bsky.social for a little Xmas planning – with a wish list. Let’s say there was a pretty big gasp - & an even bigger one when I heard there’d just been an extra special delivery 40 minutes earlier! Say no more…
a man in a suit and tie is smiling and says " our secret "
Alt: Mr Bean in a suit and tie is winking and says "our secret "
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October 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Alignment of the planets this morning. Popped into ever marvellous
@indiespiritbath.bsky.social for a little Xmas planning – with a wish list. Let’s say there was a pretty big gasp - & an even bigger one when I heard there’d just been an extra special delivery 40 minutes earlier! Say no more…
@indiespiritbath.bsky.social for a little Xmas planning – with a wish list. Let’s say there was a pretty big gasp - & an even bigger one when I heard there’d just been an extra special delivery 40 minutes earlier! Say no more…
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Help Salt take its publishing to the next level!
Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery
Help Salt Publish Brilliant New Books in 2026
For twenty-… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026
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October 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Help Salt take its publishing to the next level!
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Northern Lights theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/03/n...
Northern Lights
By Bernie Bell. Tuesday night…..about 9.30…..across the hill at the back of our house….Northern Lights….. Please insert pics The last pic. isn’t The Mother Ship come to collect us – it’s our neighb…
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October 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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The French military has now boarded the Russian ship linked to the Danish drone incidents.
Just nu
Senaste nytt från TV4 Nyheterna
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October 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The French military has now boarded the Russian ship linked to the Danish drone incidents.
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The US government shut down much of its operations on October 1 as deep partisan divisions prevented Congress and the White House from reaching a funding deal, setting off what could be a standoff that could lead to the loss of thousands of federal jobs reut.rs/4nvyxF9
US government shutdown begins as partisan division rules Washington
The U.S. government shut down much of its operations on Wednesday as deep partisan divisions prevented Congress and the White House from reaching a funding deal, setting off what could be a long, grueling standoff that could lead to the loss of thousands of federal jobs.
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October 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The US government shut down much of its operations on October 1 as deep partisan divisions prevented Congress and the White House from reaching a funding deal, setting off what could be a standoff that could lead to the loss of thousands of federal jobs reut.rs/4nvyxF9