Tony Gurney
@tonygurney.bsky.social
Educator, innovator, technologist, SNP councillor, spider daddy.
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this is brilliant satire:
“Given what I took to be the anti-Trump nature of the Sketch, I of course assumed there would be a similar, balancing Sketch discussing the possibility that the Capitol building had attacked the rioters....."
“Given what I took to be the anti-Trump nature of the Sketch, I of course assumed there would be a similar, balancing Sketch discussing the possibility that the Capitol building had attacked the rioters....."
Crisis at the Critic Sketchcasting Corporation!
Crisis at the CSC | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
From the desk of Lord Kronsteen, founder and proprietor of the Critic Sketchcasting Corporation. To all staff, It is with a heavy heart that I take pen in hand to inform you of the resignation of both…
thecritic.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
this is brilliant satire:
“Given what I took to be the anti-Trump nature of the Sketch, I of course assumed there would be a similar, balancing Sketch discussing the possibility that the Capitol building had attacked the rioters....."
“Given what I took to be the anti-Trump nature of the Sketch, I of course assumed there would be a similar, balancing Sketch discussing the possibility that the Capitol building had attacked the rioters....."
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ZZ Top – La Grange (Asian Folk Metal Cover) | NiNi Music
YouTube video by Nini Music
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Hello new followers, from me and Jim! We'd also like to invite you over to my website, which you might like if you like writing about landscape, books, owls, architecture, social history, ghosts, toads, deer, art and old records.
I also sometimes write about Jim on there.
www.tom-cox.com
I also sometimes write about Jim on there.
www.tom-cox.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hello new followers, from me and Jim! We'd also like to invite you over to my website, which you might like if you like writing about landscape, books, owls, architecture, social history, ghosts, toads, deer, art and old records.
I also sometimes write about Jim on there.
www.tom-cox.com
I also sometimes write about Jim on there.
www.tom-cox.com
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They’re running Under Milk Wood as originally broadcast, for the first time, this weekend on R4 Extra. Obviously, it’s brilliant. And I highly recommend a listen. It still sounds amazing; truly timeless. The most dated bit is the credits - but, oh, those character names.
November 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
They’re running Under Milk Wood as originally broadcast, for the first time, this weekend on R4 Extra. Obviously, it’s brilliant. And I highly recommend a listen. It still sounds amazing; truly timeless. The most dated bit is the credits - but, oh, those character names.
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Chris Mason is what happens when a Hospital Radio DJ, whose sole qualification appears to be a sort of soporific inoffensiveness, is somehow promoted to BBC Politics Editor - a position that demands unflinching insight, objectivity, and sharpness. It's like a puddle trying to be the ocean.
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Chris Mason is what happens when a Hospital Radio DJ, whose sole qualification appears to be a sort of soporific inoffensiveness, is somehow promoted to BBC Politics Editor - a position that demands unflinching insight, objectivity, and sharpness. It's like a puddle trying to be the ocean.
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Waterloo Bridge, Effect of Fog - 1903
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10901
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10901
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Waterloo Bridge, Effect of Fog - 1903
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10901
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10901
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A fantastic piece of reporting, brilliantly illustrated data, thorough, neutral analysis, transparent data collection… and frightening conclusions. Well done @skynewsrss.bsky.social for putting in long miles on this one
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:54 AM
A fantastic piece of reporting, brilliantly illustrated data, thorough, neutral analysis, transparent data collection… and frightening conclusions. Well done @skynewsrss.bsky.social for putting in long miles on this one
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“We do not want an independent Scotland because we dislike the English, but because we want separation from that Union of financial, military and monarchic establishments calling itself Great Britain.”
—Alasdair Gray, “Independence: An Argument for Home Rule”, 2014.
—Alasdair Gray, “Independence: An Argument for Home Rule”, 2014.
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“We do not want an independent Scotland because we dislike the English, but because we want separation from that Union of financial, military and monarchic establishments calling itself Great Britain.”
—Alasdair Gray, “Independence: An Argument for Home Rule”, 2014.
—Alasdair Gray, “Independence: An Argument for Home Rule”, 2014.
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Westminster’s called the shots for too long... but Scotland’s been watching.
They said staying in the UK kept us in the EU.
They said energy would be cheaper.
They said we were a union of equals.
Enough talk. It’s time to banish Westminster.
They said staying in the UK kept us in the EU.
They said energy would be cheaper.
They said we were a union of equals.
Enough talk. It’s time to banish Westminster.
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Westminster’s called the shots for too long... but Scotland’s been watching.
They said staying in the UK kept us in the EU.
They said energy would be cheaper.
They said we were a union of equals.
Enough talk. It’s time to banish Westminster.
They said staying in the UK kept us in the EU.
They said energy would be cheaper.
They said we were a union of equals.
Enough talk. It’s time to banish Westminster.
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Far from cutting energy bills as they promised, the Labour government is hiking the bills of Scots to pay for nuclear plants in England.
In Scotland, we have vast renewable resources - and with the powers of independence, we can use them to lower bills.
In Scotland, we have vast renewable resources - and with the powers of independence, we can use them to lower bills.
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Far from cutting energy bills as they promised, the Labour government is hiking the bills of Scots to pay for nuclear plants in England.
In Scotland, we have vast renewable resources - and with the powers of independence, we can use them to lower bills.
In Scotland, we have vast renewable resources - and with the powers of independence, we can use them to lower bills.
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Twa weeks the nicht, I’ll be celebratin the guid Scots tongue in Saltcoats in Ayrshire alang wi the unco talented actress an scriever Taylor Dyson. @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social Tickets are free but please register here. www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
Book Week Scotland: Scriever and Freens Tour
We are a national charity bringing the benefits of reading and writing to everyone in Scotland.
www.scottishbooktrust.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Twa weeks the nicht, I’ll be celebratin the guid Scots tongue in Saltcoats in Ayrshire alang wi the unco talented actress an scriever Taylor Dyson. @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social Tickets are free but please register here. www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-sc...
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David Lammy is the third senior Labour Gov figure to call the Scottish Government a national security risk this week
Given this government isn't prepared to say this about China .... this is pretty dreadful. What happened to the "family of nations"?
www.thenational.scot/news/2559871...
Given this government isn't prepared to say this about China .... this is pretty dreadful. What happened to the "family of nations"?
www.thenational.scot/news/2559871...
SNP MPs in priceless reaction as Lammy brands them 'national security threat'
DEPUTY Prime Minister David Lammy has defended Labour's claims that the SNP are a "national security threat" by arguing that he is "5…
www.thenational.scot
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
David Lammy is the third senior Labour Gov figure to call the Scottish Government a national security risk this week
Given this government isn't prepared to say this about China .... this is pretty dreadful. What happened to the "family of nations"?
www.thenational.scot/news/2559871...
Given this government isn't prepared to say this about China .... this is pretty dreadful. What happened to the "family of nations"?
www.thenational.scot/news/2559871...
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Scotland’s land should benefit the people of Scotland.
The Scottish Parliament has just overwhelmingly passed our historic Land Reform Bill - putting more power in the hands of the people, not large landowners.
The Scottish Parliament has just overwhelmingly passed our historic Land Reform Bill - putting more power in the hands of the people, not large landowners.
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Scotland’s land should benefit the people of Scotland.
The Scottish Parliament has just overwhelmingly passed our historic Land Reform Bill - putting more power in the hands of the people, not large landowners.
The Scottish Parliament has just overwhelmingly passed our historic Land Reform Bill - putting more power in the hands of the people, not large landowners.
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The Professor of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh has confirmed the number of people on a waiting list in Scotland is one in nine. Public Health Scotland gives the same figure. BBC Scotland continues to allow Labour to its own made-up "one in six" figure without challenge.
(Video MSMMonitor)
(Video MSMMonitor)
November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The Professor of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh has confirmed the number of people on a waiting list in Scotland is one in nine. Public Health Scotland gives the same figure. BBC Scotland continues to allow Labour to its own made-up "one in six" figure without challenge.
(Video MSMMonitor)
(Video MSMMonitor)
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It’s 50 years today since the official opening of the Forties Field in the North Sea. The energy boom benefited many, but others believe the legacy has been squandered. I talked to experts, including the man who helped set up Norway’s oil fund! www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6664...
Did the north east make the best of its energy boom 50 years after Queen Elizabeth opened the Forties Field?
A former chief executive of Oil and Gas UK is among those who have condemned the actions of 'here today, gone tomorrow' politicians.
www.pressandjournal.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It’s 50 years today since the official opening of the Forties Field in the North Sea. The energy boom benefited many, but others believe the legacy has been squandered. I talked to experts, including the man who helped set up Norway’s oil fund! www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6664...
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"exododus"
The New York Post: Come for the shameless propaganda, stay for the embarrassing illiteracy.
The New York Post: Come for the shameless propaganda, stay for the embarrassing illiteracy.
November 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"exododus"
The New York Post: Come for the shameless propaganda, stay for the embarrassing illiteracy.
The New York Post: Come for the shameless propaganda, stay for the embarrassing illiteracy.
Uniquely in the UK, England always gets the policies it votes for delivered by the politicians it chooses.
Second class England
No free bus passes for under 22s in England
Under 21s don't get full minimum wage; pay rent, food, groceries, transport, tax, NIC at full rate.
Scotland: 5- 22yr olds and over 60 get free bus travel, England at 66 rising to 67.
No uni fees, prescription charges in Scotland.
No free bus passes for under 22s in England
Under 21s don't get full minimum wage; pay rent, food, groceries, transport, tax, NIC at full rate.
Scotland: 5- 22yr olds and over 60 get free bus travel, England at 66 rising to 67.
No uni fees, prescription charges in Scotland.
No free bus passes for under 22s, says goverment
The Commons Transport Committee recommended scrapping bus fares for young people in August.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Uniquely in the UK, England always gets the policies it votes for delivered by the politicians it chooses.
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“Marcum could be today’s greatest Sherlockian writer . . . .” - Lee Child www.kickstarter.com/projects/mx-...
The Collected Papers of Sherlock Holmes Volume VIII
David Marcum is back with another collection of 16 traditional Sherlock Holmes stories. Foreword by Nicholas Meyer.
www.kickstarter.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
“Marcum could be today’s greatest Sherlockian writer . . . .” - Lee Child www.kickstarter.com/projects/mx-...
Errrr, isn't that...
Depiction of Bael, “the first king of hell”, with the head of a toad, a man, and a cat — one of the many illustrations by Louis le Breton for the 1863 edition of Jacques Collin de Plancy’s "Dictionnaire infernal". More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/defining-the-demonic/
October 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Errrr, isn't that...
What’s their informed opinion on bears viz a viz woods?
A majority of voters, and a plurality of white voters, think that Reform is a racist party with racist policies.
October 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What’s their informed opinion on bears viz a viz woods?
There’s drag? In pantomimes? Stop the presses!
(Although I am inclined to believe that many BBC employees were fooled.)
(Although I am inclined to believe that many BBC employees were fooled.)
October 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
There’s drag? In pantomimes? Stop the presses!
(Although I am inclined to believe that many BBC employees were fooled.)
(Although I am inclined to believe that many BBC employees were fooled.)
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October 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
England’s decision.
"You left Europe because you wanted less boats, you have more boats. You left Europe because you wanted more investment. You have less investment."
Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania on the UK's decision to leave the European Union.
Watch in full ➡️ bit.ly/4qkZnS0
Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania on the UK's decision to leave the European Union.
Watch in full ➡️ bit.ly/4qkZnS0
October 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
England’s decision.
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