Joy
@joybe.bsky.social
Fifer, reader, crafter, lefty, independence supporter. 🏴
I read a lot of books and watch a lot of tv, talk about politics and admire beautiful art & photography. I post about all these things.
I read a lot of books and watch a lot of tv, talk about politics and admire beautiful art & photography. I post about all these things.
This is how I feel today:
In Scottish slang, feeling "kind of hingy" means feeling slightly unwell, out of sorts, or below par. It is a term used to describe a general feeling of being run down or potentially coming down with an illness, often without definite symptoms. #scottish
In Scottish slang, feeling "kind of hingy" means feeling slightly unwell, out of sorts, or below par. It is a term used to describe a general feeling of being run down or potentially coming down with an illness, often without definite symptoms. #scottish
December 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This is how I feel today:
In Scottish slang, feeling "kind of hingy" means feeling slightly unwell, out of sorts, or below par. It is a term used to describe a general feeling of being run down or potentially coming down with an illness, often without definite symptoms. #scottish
In Scottish slang, feeling "kind of hingy" means feeling slightly unwell, out of sorts, or below par. It is a term used to describe a general feeling of being run down or potentially coming down with an illness, often without definite symptoms. #scottish
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Laurence Fox’s Reclaim Party founded with over £1 million from Jeremy Hosking, same donor who gave £1.7m to Farage’s Brexit Party. Hosking previously donated £570,000 to Conservative Party before a split. Follow the money: A network of wealthy backers funding increasingly extreme political rhetoric.
December 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Laurence Fox’s Reclaim Party founded with over £1 million from Jeremy Hosking, same donor who gave £1.7m to Farage’s Brexit Party. Hosking previously donated £570,000 to Conservative Party before a split. Follow the money: A network of wealthy backers funding increasingly extreme political rhetoric.
Why are LBC giving Liz Truss a platform to spew her bile?
She had the top job & totally blew it. She's more interested thesedays in grifting off the MAGA types than being a serious politician.
She had the top job & totally blew it. She's more interested thesedays in grifting off the MAGA types than being a serious politician.
December 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Why are LBC giving Liz Truss a platform to spew her bile?
She had the top job & totally blew it. She's more interested thesedays in grifting off the MAGA types than being a serious politician.
She had the top job & totally blew it. She's more interested thesedays in grifting off the MAGA types than being a serious politician.
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🧵The man on the left is Thomas Kramer
He's the other Epstein in Trump's life for over 35 yrs
He's the guy who developed South Beach, had a dungeon in his 5 Star Island mansion that drugged girls would wake up in, and his infamous sex lair bedroom w whips & teddy bears
Brace yourself for this read
He's the other Epstein in Trump's life for over 35 yrs
He's the guy who developed South Beach, had a dungeon in his 5 Star Island mansion that drugged girls would wake up in, and his infamous sex lair bedroom w whips & teddy bears
Brace yourself for this read
July 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
🧵The man on the left is Thomas Kramer
He's the other Epstein in Trump's life for over 35 yrs
He's the guy who developed South Beach, had a dungeon in his 5 Star Island mansion that drugged girls would wake up in, and his infamous sex lair bedroom w whips & teddy bears
Brace yourself for this read
He's the other Epstein in Trump's life for over 35 yrs
He's the guy who developed South Beach, had a dungeon in his 5 Star Island mansion that drugged girls would wake up in, and his infamous sex lair bedroom w whips & teddy bears
Brace yourself for this read
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This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
December 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
Kemi has 3 young children. What will she tell them when they're old enough to ask her what she did to safeguard their future?
Cut green spending to make UK ready for war, Conservatives say
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says defence
www.bbc.co.uk
December 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Kemi has 3 young children. What will she tell them when they're old enough to ask her what she did to safeguard their future?
Chop the turkey, stuffing, sprouts, potatoes, parsnips & wee sausages into small pieces, then stir fry in the woke with some garlic & remaining gravy....mix through some cranberry, delicious! #leftovers
December 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Chop the turkey, stuffing, sprouts, potatoes, parsnips & wee sausages into small pieces, then stir fry in the woke with some garlic & remaining gravy....mix through some cranberry, delicious! #leftovers
Seeing vids of people taking down their decorations already is so odd to me. Maybe it's because im Scottish, but the festive season has always continued into New Year, probably because our New Years day dinner is as much a big deal as Christmas dinner & I couldn't imagine it without the decorations.
December 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Seeing vids of people taking down their decorations already is so odd to me. Maybe it's because im Scottish, but the festive season has always continued into New Year, probably because our New Years day dinner is as much a big deal as Christmas dinner & I couldn't imagine it without the decorations.
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This is what's known as "consciousness of guilt"
December 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This is what's known as "consciousness of guilt"
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He let loose almost 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day.
You’d think someone would have wrestled his phone away after 20, 40 or even a hundred posts.
They know he’s too far gone.
They also know he won’t escape the Epstein fallout.
They’re letting him make his case for the 25th amendment.
You’d think someone would have wrestled his phone away after 20, 40 or even a hundred posts.
They know he’s too far gone.
They also know he won’t escape the Epstein fallout.
They’re letting him make his case for the 25th amendment.
December 26, 2025 at 6:13 AM
He let loose almost 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day.
You’d think someone would have wrestled his phone away after 20, 40 or even a hundred posts.
They know he’s too far gone.
They also know he won’t escape the Epstein fallout.
They’re letting him make his case for the 25th amendment.
You’d think someone would have wrestled his phone away after 20, 40 or even a hundred posts.
They know he’s too far gone.
They also know he won’t escape the Epstein fallout.
They’re letting him make his case for the 25th amendment.
PS: You can also believe in all these things even if you don't have a faith. Not believing in a specific god doesn't mean you don't have morals or values.
From King Charles Christmas message:
"As I meet people of different faiths I find it enrmously encouraging to hear about how much we have in common"
"A shared longing for peace"
"And a deep respect for all life"
Well said 👏
"As I meet people of different faiths I find it enrmously encouraging to hear about how much we have in common"
"A shared longing for peace"
"And a deep respect for all life"
Well said 👏
December 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
PS: You can also believe in all these things even if you don't have a faith. Not believing in a specific god doesn't mean you don't have morals or values.
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What’s now needed is SNP/ScotGov to use this to show the bias of the media.
Why 4.5 years, why so many blue tents, why does story surface just before elections?
Use it to make a point!
Why 4.5 years, why so many blue tents, why does story surface just before elections?
Use it to make a point!
December 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
What’s now needed is SNP/ScotGov to use this to show the bias of the media.
Why 4.5 years, why so many blue tents, why does story surface just before elections?
Use it to make a point!
Why 4.5 years, why so many blue tents, why does story surface just before elections?
Use it to make a point!
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The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
December 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
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This Christmas Eve, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
December 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This Christmas Eve, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
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Not YOUR free speech. Only OURS
It’s about time the UK found a back bone regarding Trump.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
US bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online
The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints
www.independent.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Not YOUR free speech. Only OURS
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In his first hundred years of business in Scotland, Santa Claus delivered to children on Hogmanay (31st Dec), not Christmas Eve.
By the 1960s, he had fully synchronised his visits and Scotland ran on the same timetable as the US and England.
#OldWeirdScotland
By the 1960s, he had fully synchronised his visits and Scotland ran on the same timetable as the US and England.
#OldWeirdScotland
December 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
In his first hundred years of business in Scotland, Santa Claus delivered to children on Hogmanay (31st Dec), not Christmas Eve.
By the 1960s, he had fully synchronised his visits and Scotland ran on the same timetable as the US and England.
#OldWeirdScotland
By the 1960s, he had fully synchronised his visits and Scotland ran on the same timetable as the US and England.
#OldWeirdScotland
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Another sanction by the Trump administration that exceeds the Kremlin’s wildest dreams, and shows exactly how and why Putin’s agenda lines up with the tech bros
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Two British anti-hate speech campaigners sanctioned by US state department – UK politics live
Imran Ahmed and Clare Melford among five Europeans hit with visa bans over claims they wish to ‘suppress American viewpoints they oppose’
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Another sanction by the Trump administration that exceeds the Kremlin’s wildest dreams, and shows exactly how and why Putin’s agenda lines up with the tech bros
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Everything wrong with the world in one picture.
This guy wasn't in this match because he's a great boxer or to create a memorable fight. He was obviously never a match for Joshua, but for every one of the 989 secs in the ring Paul earned £69k.
Is this really the type of sport people want to watch?
This guy wasn't in this match because he's a great boxer or to create a memorable fight. He was obviously never a match for Joshua, but for every one of the 989 secs in the ring Paul earned £69k.
Is this really the type of sport people want to watch?
December 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Everything wrong with the world in one picture.
This guy wasn't in this match because he's a great boxer or to create a memorable fight. He was obviously never a match for Joshua, but for every one of the 989 secs in the ring Paul earned £69k.
Is this really the type of sport people want to watch?
This guy wasn't in this match because he's a great boxer or to create a memorable fight. He was obviously never a match for Joshua, but for every one of the 989 secs in the ring Paul earned £69k.
Is this really the type of sport people want to watch?
I have never once, in my whole life, watched the King/Queens speech. Sorry, but im just not that interested in what they have to say.
King's Christmas speech to come from Westminster Abbey
The King is expected to talk about the
www.bbc.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I have never once, in my whole life, watched the King/Queens speech. Sorry, but im just not that interested in what they have to say.
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American tech companies are not truly concerned about censorship, as they happily operate in countries with strict regulations.
You never hear the Trump administration complain about Saudi Arabia, Russia, or China.
This is about bullying Europe, nothing more
You never hear the Trump administration complain about Saudi Arabia, Russia, or China.
This is about bullying Europe, nothing more
December 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
American tech companies are not truly concerned about censorship, as they happily operate in countries with strict regulations.
You never hear the Trump administration complain about Saudi Arabia, Russia, or China.
This is about bullying Europe, nothing more
You never hear the Trump administration complain about Saudi Arabia, Russia, or China.
This is about bullying Europe, nothing more
This is so beautiful & courageous when you imagine the pain this wee girl must have gone through.
9-year-old Oleksandra Pascal, who lost her leg due to the war, won bronze in the gymnastics tournament
📹pascals2016/Instagram
📹pascals2016/Instagram
December 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This is so beautiful & courageous when you imagine the pain this wee girl must have gone through.
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"While Keir Starmer secured a trade deal with Trump in May, whisky imports from the UK into the US are still subject to a 10% tariff. The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has estimated that it costs the sector £4m a week."
Shall we put a tariff on Trump's Scottish golf courses? He loves a tariff.
Shall we put a tariff on Trump's Scottish golf courses? He loves a tariff.
Scottish whisky market slides into supply glut amid falling sales and US tariffs
Global sales fall by 3% in third consecutive year of decline as distilleries scale back production or expand storage
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"While Keir Starmer secured a trade deal with Trump in May, whisky imports from the UK into the US are still subject to a 10% tariff. The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has estimated that it costs the sector £4m a week."
Shall we put a tariff on Trump's Scottish golf courses? He loves a tariff.
Shall we put a tariff on Trump's Scottish golf courses? He loves a tariff.
We always knew who he really was!
#trump
#trump
Donald Trump Makes Lewd Remarks About Women On Video | NBC News
YouTube video by NBC News
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December 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
We always knew who he really was!
#trump
#trump
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Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
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Community. Note.
December 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Community. Note.