Alex Scott Fairley
@alexscottfairley.bsky.social
New-Scottish Tasmanian. Professional actor and proof-reader. Loves nature, words, mountains, whippets, and paleontology. Currently in the process of writing the 'Dinosaur Dell' stories.
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Zadie Smith.
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Zadie Smith.
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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#OnThisDay 7 November 1990 - FAST FORWARD
Someone's going home without their trousers when the #GrangeHill lads go swimming.
Arthur's donning his pink pinny in #EastEnders the cartoon.
Someone's going home without their trousers when the #GrangeHill lads go swimming.
Arthur's donning his pink pinny in #EastEnders the cartoon.
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
#OnThisDay 7 November 1990 - FAST FORWARD
Someone's going home without their trousers when the #GrangeHill lads go swimming.
Arthur's donning his pink pinny in #EastEnders the cartoon.
Someone's going home without their trousers when the #GrangeHill lads go swimming.
Arthur's donning his pink pinny in #EastEnders the cartoon.
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#OnThisDay 6 November 1976
HOW THE BACKROOM BOYS KEPT STAN OGDEN OUT OF JAIL
TV Times is given unique access to the storylining conference for episodes 1650 1655 of #CoronationStreet, including the vetoing of some suggestions by producer Bill Podmore.
HOW THE BACKROOM BOYS KEPT STAN OGDEN OUT OF JAIL
TV Times is given unique access to the storylining conference for episodes 1650 1655 of #CoronationStreet, including the vetoing of some suggestions by producer Bill Podmore.
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#OnThisDay 6 November 1976
HOW THE BACKROOM BOYS KEPT STAN OGDEN OUT OF JAIL
TV Times is given unique access to the storylining conference for episodes 1650 1655 of #CoronationStreet, including the vetoing of some suggestions by producer Bill Podmore.
HOW THE BACKROOM BOYS KEPT STAN OGDEN OUT OF JAIL
TV Times is given unique access to the storylining conference for episodes 1650 1655 of #CoronationStreet, including the vetoing of some suggestions by producer Bill Podmore.
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#OnThisDay 6 November 1980
IS DR WHO, AGED 750, ABOUT TO FACE UP TO SEX?
Bachelor Time Lord #DrWho could become a sex symbol at the ripe old age of 750. For taking control of the flying police telephone box is 29-year-old #PeterDavison, the tastiest looking #DoctorWho so far...
IS DR WHO, AGED 750, ABOUT TO FACE UP TO SEX?
Bachelor Time Lord #DrWho could become a sex symbol at the ripe old age of 750. For taking control of the flying police telephone box is 29-year-old #PeterDavison, the tastiest looking #DoctorWho so far...
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#OnThisDay 6 November 1980
IS DR WHO, AGED 750, ABOUT TO FACE UP TO SEX?
Bachelor Time Lord #DrWho could become a sex symbol at the ripe old age of 750. For taking control of the flying police telephone box is 29-year-old #PeterDavison, the tastiest looking #DoctorWho so far...
IS DR WHO, AGED 750, ABOUT TO FACE UP TO SEX?
Bachelor Time Lord #DrWho could become a sex symbol at the ripe old age of 750. For taking control of the flying police telephone box is 29-year-old #PeterDavison, the tastiest looking #DoctorWho so far...
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#OnThisDay 7 November 1987
EASTENDERS BAN GAY TV CUDDLE - Stars' Fury Over 'Censored' Scene -
A blazing row has broken out on the set of #EastEnders over the banning of a hug between two gays. Producer Tony Virgo admitted the ban was part of BBC policy to clean up homosexual. . .
EASTENDERS BAN GAY TV CUDDLE - Stars' Fury Over 'Censored' Scene -
A blazing row has broken out on the set of #EastEnders over the banning of a hug between two gays. Producer Tony Virgo admitted the ban was part of BBC policy to clean up homosexual. . .
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#OnThisDay 7 November 1987
EASTENDERS BAN GAY TV CUDDLE - Stars' Fury Over 'Censored' Scene -
A blazing row has broken out on the set of #EastEnders over the banning of a hug between two gays. Producer Tony Virgo admitted the ban was part of BBC policy to clean up homosexual. . .
EASTENDERS BAN GAY TV CUDDLE - Stars' Fury Over 'Censored' Scene -
A blazing row has broken out on the set of #EastEnders over the banning of a hug between two gays. Producer Tony Virgo admitted the ban was part of BBC policy to clean up homosexual. . .
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There’s a good chance the British Prime Minister’s main adviser on AI is an OpenAI shareholder - but the government refuses to say whether she is.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
There’s a good chance the British Prime Minister’s main adviser on AI is an OpenAI shareholder - but the government refuses to say whether she is.
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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I've been reading in public all my life purely for the pleasure of reading and long before The Independent existed... they can fuck off with this kind of pearl-clutching, mocking, attempt to make me feel bad about it.
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I've been reading in public all my life purely for the pleasure of reading and long before The Independent existed... they can fuck off with this kind of pearl-clutching, mocking, attempt to make me feel bad about it.
Making #animal friends at the petting #zoo and feeding the #goats on my day off. Also, I think I ran about 19K in the soft play and the #playground attempting to superintend. Also, a #llama sneezed in my hair. Gross.
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Making #animal friends at the petting #zoo and feeding the #goats on my day off. Also, I think I ran about 19K in the soft play and the #playground attempting to superintend. Also, a #llama sneezed in my hair. Gross.
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DO NOT (& I cannot emphasise this enough) BUY TASMANIAN SALMON.
You are not supporting Tasmania by purchasing it. You are supporting the rape of our environment, the profits of a foreign company and outrageous animal cruelty.
You are not supporting Tasmania by purchasing it. You are supporting the rape of our environment, the profits of a foreign company and outrageous animal cruelty.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Fantastic way to destroy recreational fishing in Tasmania. Well done to the fuckheads responsible for approving this decision.
Fantastic way to destroy recreational fishing in Tasmania. Well done to the fuckheads responsible for approving this decision.
Antibiotic approved for Tasmania's farmed salmon — but don't eat fish caught nearby
The industry's use of the drug is in response to an "endemic" bacterial disease that caused the deaths of up to 15,000 tonnes of salmon from January to April, resulting in dead fish material washing u...
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
DO NOT (& I cannot emphasise this enough) BUY TASMANIAN SALMON.
You are not supporting Tasmania by purchasing it. You are supporting the rape of our environment, the profits of a foreign company and outrageous animal cruelty.
You are not supporting Tasmania by purchasing it. You are supporting the rape of our environment, the profits of a foreign company and outrageous animal cruelty.
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Yeah, this was set to "Hide" in my settings. Fuck right off with that.
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Yeah, this was set to "Hide" in my settings. Fuck right off with that.
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Every year we get closer to this happening on the news
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Every year we get closer to this happening on the news
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If I didn't live in California I'd move to Illinois.
November 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
If I didn't live in California I'd move to Illinois.
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79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
🗣️ "The one thing that there is a problem with is housing right across the state, and the more that come to seek asylum, the more pressure it puts on that system.” - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Timmy Dooley
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.
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The ecological impacts of "AI" are bad but if people only used it intentionally, they'd stay there. But with every provider, every search engine, every website firing up some chatbot or summarizer even when not asked it quickly turns from bad to monstrous.
November 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The ecological impacts of "AI" are bad but if people only used it intentionally, they'd stay there. But with every provider, every search engine, every website firing up some chatbot or summarizer even when not asked it quickly turns from bad to monstrous.
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Another simple solution:
Ban "A.i."
Ban "A.i."
"Criminals increasingly use generative AI to mimic real people’s voices and con their loved ones out of money. There’s a simple solution to this high-tech problem: a code word." www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
Why Every Family Needs a Code Word
Authenticating the voice on the other end of the line is critical in an age of deepfakes.
www.wsj.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Another simple solution:
Ban "A.i."
Ban "A.i."
Please can we have more like this, @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social? It's phenomenal. Essentially a duologue based on real characters, by turns lurid, profoundly moving, though-provoking, and beautiful. #Halloween #novel #witch #book #publishing
October 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Please can we have more like this, @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social? It's phenomenal. Essentially a duologue based on real characters, by turns lurid, profoundly moving, though-provoking, and beautiful. #Halloween #novel #witch #book #publishing
#Fungi are sort of #Halloween adjacent, I guess... As it's #FungiFriday, this week's finds from Esher Common, Alice Holt, and the Malvern Hills. I haven't gotten round to all the IDs yet, so please feel free to have at them! #FungiFriends #mycology #mushroom #nature
October 31, 2025 at 10:46 AM
#Fungi are sort of #Halloween adjacent, I guess... As it's #FungiFriday, this week's finds from Esher Common, Alice Holt, and the Malvern Hills. I haven't gotten round to all the IDs yet, so please feel free to have at them! #FungiFriends #mycology #mushroom #nature
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#OnThisDay 28 October 1989
BYE BYE KYLIE
Get out the tissues - there won't be a dry eye in the house when #KylieMinogue leaves #Neighbours in two weeks' time . . .
BYE BYE KYLIE
Get out the tissues - there won't be a dry eye in the house when #KylieMinogue leaves #Neighbours in two weeks' time . . .
October 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#OnThisDay 28 October 1989
BYE BYE KYLIE
Get out the tissues - there won't be a dry eye in the house when #KylieMinogue leaves #Neighbours in two weeks' time . . .
BYE BYE KYLIE
Get out the tissues - there won't be a dry eye in the house when #KylieMinogue leaves #Neighbours in two weeks' time . . .
This piquant sign from Malvern #Theatres is just to get the attention of anyone that wanted to meet up whilst I'm in the UK! I think 3 and 15 November are my remaining #London days, and 6 November my #Guildford day! If you'd rather not, you only have 70 days til I'm safely 18,000km away again!
October 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This piquant sign from Malvern #Theatres is just to get the attention of anyone that wanted to meet up whilst I'm in the UK! I think 3 and 15 November are my remaining #London days, and 6 November my #Guildford day! If you'd rather not, you only have 70 days til I'm safely 18,000km away again!
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Solar panels using up all of the sun
Yup. That’s Trump’s Energy Secretary.
Have THEY ALL got dementia?
Yup. That’s Trump’s Energy Secretary.
Have THEY ALL got dementia?
BREAKING: Secretary of Energy Chris Wright announces government investigation into “so-called solar energy,” including possible heath risks of “solar radiation” from solar panels and concerns that solar energy initiatives “may use up all of the sun, leaving us dark and cold.”
October 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Solar panels using up all of the sun
Yup. That’s Trump’s Energy Secretary.
Have THEY ALL got dementia?
Yup. That’s Trump’s Energy Secretary.
Have THEY ALL got dementia?
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This. I'm in my late forties, and every few years since I was old enough to pay attention, *something* has happened to change the basic political/economic rules that were stable for the lifetime of anyone older, in ways that disadvantage those my age or younger compared to those older.
Part of the reason that it's hard to "adult" right now is that most of what you're expected to do in "adulting" is activity to set up a stable future.
But most of us have felt for a long time that stability is a lie being told to us with enough "one in a lifetime" disasters every 6 months...
But most of us have felt for a long time that stability is a lie being told to us with enough "one in a lifetime" disasters every 6 months...
October 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This. I'm in my late forties, and every few years since I was old enough to pay attention, *something* has happened to change the basic political/economic rules that were stable for the lifetime of anyone older, in ways that disadvantage those my age or younger compared to those older.
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The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟
October 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟