Neil Squires
@neilsquires.bsky.social
Edinburgh's tallest vegetarian paediatric biochemist.
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I'm looking for a poem about a dad who gets up before the rest of the family to set the fire. It starts, "He rose like a warrior."
I know that's not much information but does anyone know what it is?
#poetry
I know that's not much information but does anyone know what it is?
#poetry
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Might be time to revisit this www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemoc...
We need to talk about where Brexit funder Arron Banks gets his money
openDemocracy investigations raise fresh questions about Arron Banks's wealth and the real source of the Brexit campaign's largest donations.
www.opendemocracy.net
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Might be time to revisit this www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemoc...
I saw Mani with Primal Scream in Edinburgh and he stole the show because everyone was feeding off his humble joy. The others were sullen but he was delighted to be there and clearly taken aback by the audience's excitement to see him.
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I saw Mani with Primal Scream in Edinburgh and he stole the show because everyone was feeding off his humble joy. The others were sullen but he was delighted to be there and clearly taken aback by the audience's excitement to see him.
I'm looking for a poem about a dad who gets up before the rest of the family to set the fire. It starts, "He rose like a warrior."
I know that's not much information but does anyone know what it is?
#poetry
I know that's not much information but does anyone know what it is?
#poetry
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I'm looking for a poem about a dad who gets up before the rest of the family to set the fire. It starts, "He rose like a warrior."
I know that's not much information but does anyone know what it is?
#poetry
I know that's not much information but does anyone know what it is?
#poetry
@petermbenglish.bsky.social I liked your response in BMJ about vaping. Bravo.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Should a smoke-free generation also be vape-free?
The UK is set to make global history with a bill promising a “smoke-free” generation. What the legislation says on vaping calls into question its role in smoking cessation, as well as its impact on yo...
www.bmj.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
@petermbenglish.bsky.social I liked your response in BMJ about vaping. Bravo.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
So the Epstein emails confirms Trump was a Russian asset?
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
So the Epstein emails confirms Trump was a Russian asset?
The BBC has the opportunity to do the funniest thing and put someone less biased like George Monbiot in charge.
Can we promote Ros Atkins to Head of News?
Can we promote Ros Atkins to Head of News?
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The BBC has the opportunity to do the funniest thing and put someone less biased like George Monbiot in charge.
Can we promote Ros Atkins to Head of News?
Can we promote Ros Atkins to Head of News?
"You now get a free Optimus and it’s just going to follow you around and stop you from doing crime,” Musk said. “You don’t have to put people in prisons and stuff."
Like his promise of fully autonomous cars and unobtainable battery distance claims, how is this not fraud akin to Theranos?
Like his promise of fully autonomous cars and unobtainable battery distance claims, how is this not fraud akin to Theranos?
Tesla shareholders approve $1tn pay package for Elon Musk
Chants of ‘Elon’ erupt after compensation plan approved despite opposition from several high-profile investors
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
"You now get a free Optimus and it’s just going to follow you around and stop you from doing crime,” Musk said. “You don’t have to put people in prisons and stuff."
Like his promise of fully autonomous cars and unobtainable battery distance claims, how is this not fraud akin to Theranos?
Like his promise of fully autonomous cars and unobtainable battery distance claims, how is this not fraud akin to Theranos?
Happy halloween! Currently dressed as a disgustingly haggard paediatric pathologist with a meibomian cyst the size of a quail's egg. As I've been since about April; maybe it'll do for next year as well.
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Happy halloween! Currently dressed as a disgustingly haggard paediatric pathologist with a meibomian cyst the size of a quail's egg. As I've been since about April; maybe it'll do for next year as well.
He's been like this for over 4 hours. This is actually a live video.
October 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
He's been like this for over 4 hours. This is actually a live video.
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I just want to make this *abundantly clear*.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I just want to make this *abundantly clear*.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
When “experts” say COVID-19 is mild for kids…
THEY HAD, AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TEN YEARS WORTH OF INFECTIONS WILL CAUSE.
What a star.
the new Plaid Cymru assembly member for Caerphilly sounds like a proper community-minded character:
"Still a councillor, he also has four voluntary jobs, working in two local schools, a community coffee shop and a foodbank...."
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...
"Still a councillor, he also has four voluntary jobs, working in two local schools, a community coffee shop and a foodbank...."
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...
What you need to know about Lindsay Whittle, new Senedd member for Caerphilly
The veteran Plaid Cymru campaigner won the Caerphilly by-election
www.walesonline.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
What a star.
God, covid's rife at the moment, isn't it? I'm looking forward to when we achieve that sweet, sweet herd immunity, because as things stand, we went back to normal, which means everyone getting covid once or twice a year.
October 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
God, covid's rife at the moment, isn't it? I'm looking forward to when we achieve that sweet, sweet herd immunity, because as things stand, we went back to normal, which means everyone getting covid once or twice a year.
Rainbow at dawn, Blairgowrie.
October 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Rainbow at dawn, Blairgowrie.
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Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened?
Oopsie, Stephen.
Oopsie, Stephen.
October 8, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Did anyone else see this today and wonder wtf happened?
Oopsie, Stephen.
Oopsie, Stephen.
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DEMOCRACY SUNDAY: NIGEL FARAGE AND THE REFORM LIES
1. Nigel Farage owns the Party as a private company.
2. Farage met the Russian Ambassador to London in 2013 while later claiming he had never met the Russian Ambassador.
3. Nigel Farage made many appearances as a commentator on RT the Russian
1. Nigel Farage owns the Party as a private company.
2. Farage met the Russian Ambassador to London in 2013 while later claiming he had never met the Russian Ambassador.
3. Nigel Farage made many appearances as a commentator on RT the Russian
September 28, 2025 at 5:53 AM
DEMOCRACY SUNDAY: NIGEL FARAGE AND THE REFORM LIES
1. Nigel Farage owns the Party as a private company.
2. Farage met the Russian Ambassador to London in 2013 while later claiming he had never met the Russian Ambassador.
3. Nigel Farage made many appearances as a commentator on RT the Russian
1. Nigel Farage owns the Party as a private company.
2. Farage met the Russian Ambassador to London in 2013 while later claiming he had never met the Russian Ambassador.
3. Nigel Farage made many appearances as a commentator on RT the Russian
Did anyone else get raptured yesterday or was it just me? Feeling very lonely rn. It's just me and God and he doesn't seem very chatty. I think he's in a mood.
Send cat memes.
Send cat memes.
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Did anyone else get raptured yesterday or was it just me? Feeling very lonely rn. It's just me and God and he doesn't seem very chatty. I think he's in a mood.
Send cat memes.
Send cat memes.
It seems to me, it pays to have increasingly extreme viewpoints, especially on the right. Where's the left balance? I argue we haven't gone nearly woke enough. I want to see:
transgender beef
non-binary computer code
mandatory rainbows at all times, preferably them double ones
transgender beef
non-binary computer code
mandatory rainbows at all times, preferably them double ones
September 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
It seems to me, it pays to have increasingly extreme viewpoints, especially on the right. Where's the left balance? I argue we haven't gone nearly woke enough. I want to see:
transgender beef
non-binary computer code
mandatory rainbows at all times, preferably them double ones
transgender beef
non-binary computer code
mandatory rainbows at all times, preferably them double ones
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I think Musk's comments to a rally of 100k people are the highest profile advocacy of political violence in the UK since the end of the Northern Ireland conflict. Does anybody have a counter-example?
"Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die."
"Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die."
September 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I think Musk's comments to a rally of 100k people are the highest profile advocacy of political violence in the UK since the end of the Northern Ireland conflict. Does anybody have a counter-example?
"Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die."
"Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die."
Elon Musk, appearing via video link, told the crowd: “Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die, that’s the truth."
How is this not incitement to violence? Surely this is clearly illegal?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
How is this not incitement to violence? Surely this is clearly illegal?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Far right’s show of force leaves Met desperately kettling counter-protesters
Police almost overwhelmed by brawlers whipped up by Tommy Robinson and his guest demagogues
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Elon Musk, appearing via video link, told the crowd: “Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die, that’s the truth."
How is this not incitement to violence? Surely this is clearly illegal?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
How is this not incitement to violence? Surely this is clearly illegal?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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We've reached a point where it's wildly undemocratic to continue clinging to first past the post.
Since WW2, 19 seats in Westminster have been won with less than 30% of the vote. Ten of those were last year. They'll be a lot more next time.
5 parties on more than 12%, winner gains seat with under 30%. Results like this used to be rare, freak outliers. Now they are routine (there was a second just like this yesterday). Electoral chaos.
September 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We've reached a point where it's wildly undemocratic to continue clinging to first past the post.
So whatever you do, definitely don't go floppy because the police find it really annoying.
This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
![One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested.
Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away.
House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.”
Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests?
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House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7uvcqt45oqlutlrtgx7bpodq/bafkreie7yqxb4cj2t4gxftiqsno5wgk2kczb5vbtj7wh2b2u5sjtqtdrku@jpeg)
September 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
So whatever you do, definitely don't go floppy because the police find it really annoying.
Wow. Why won't politicians in Britain speak this frankly? Succinct and accurate.
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Wow. Why won't politicians in Britain speak this frankly? Succinct and accurate.
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Christopher Hitchens warns about Vladimir Putin
YouTube video by Fallopium Films
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August 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM