Adam Turner 🏳️🌈
@awjt.bsky.social
Just a big, neurodivergent queer who plans and designs places. Views are my own. He/him.
📍 Glasgow, Scotland
📍 Glasgow, Scotland
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Adam Turner 🏳️🌈
@awjt.bsky.social
· Nov 8
Hi. 👋 It's nice to get a little influx of new followers. I'm Adam and, as you can see, I'm a town planner with a particular interest in how urban design and infrastructure can deliver climate solutions. Looking like a long-lost member of the Village People is an added perk of the job.
More of this please.
Today, we fined X for non-compliance with transparency obligations under the DSA.
We're holding X accountable for:
🔹Deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’
🔹Lack of transparency of its advertising repository
🔹Failure to provide access to public data for researchers
link.europa.eu/bcmC87
We're holding X accountable for:
🔹Deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’
🔹Lack of transparency of its advertising repository
🔹Failure to provide access to public data for researchers
link.europa.eu/bcmC87
December 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
More of this please.
Migration is the reason *English* people are here. I suppose they can be fun and beautiful sometimes.
actually insane that people keep talking about migration as a bad thing when it's the reason for so much of what's fun and beautiful here
Zack Polanski, "Labour are a government of cowards because you won't tell people the truth about migration"
"Migration is a positive thing for our country"
"We need migration"
"We need fair and managed migration"
"And that's what will change this conversation"
*huge clap* #BBCQT
"Migration is a positive thing for our country"
"We need migration"
"We need fair and managed migration"
"And that's what will change this conversation"
*huge clap* #BBCQT
December 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Migration is the reason *English* people are here. I suppose they can be fun and beautiful sometimes.
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This time last week, First Minister John Swinney announced a move towards devolution for the Glasgow City Region.
But is it too little too late?
Read the blog👇
www.centreforcities.org/blog/glasgow...
But is it too little too late?
Read the blog👇
www.centreforcities.org/blog/glasgow...
Glasgow City Region is moving towards devolution, but it risks being too little too late - Centre for Cities
Swinney’s devolution proposal marks progress for Glasgow City Region but leaves major questions over powers, leadership and timing.
www.centreforcities.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This time last week, First Minister John Swinney announced a move towards devolution for the Glasgow City Region.
But is it too little too late?
Read the blog👇
www.centreforcities.org/blog/glasgow...
But is it too little too late?
Read the blog👇
www.centreforcities.org/blog/glasgow...
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Once again, a Scottish newspaper takes a stand, refusing to follow the mainstream media mob in perpetuating the great fiction that is the Gaza “ceasefire”.
The @scotnational.bsky.social puts their peers to shame.
The @scotnational.bsky.social puts their peers to shame.
December 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Once again, a Scottish newspaper takes a stand, refusing to follow the mainstream media mob in perpetuating the great fiction that is the Gaza “ceasefire”.
The @scotnational.bsky.social puts their peers to shame.
The @scotnational.bsky.social puts their peers to shame.
In an era where principle seems in short supply, props to Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands for refusing to share a stage with an apartheid state.
Ireland will not take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 after it was confirmed that Israel would be allowed to participate in the competition.
Spain and the Netherlands have also confirmed that they have withdrawn from the contest.
jrnl.ie/6893728
Spain and the Netherlands have also confirmed that they have withdrawn from the contest.
jrnl.ie/6893728
Ireland will not participate in Eurovision 2026 after Israel is allowed to compete
Spain and the Netherlands have also confirmed that they have withdrawn from the contest.
jrnl.ie
December 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
In an era where principle seems in short supply, props to Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands for refusing to share a stage with an apartheid state.
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This is windpunk
Oh, now that we're on the brink, you sickos want more? Fine, have more!
December 2, 2025 at 6:56 AM
This is windpunk
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I don't think using 'populists' is accurate here, I would just use far right/reactionary, but the essential point still stands.
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I don't think using 'populists' is accurate here, I would just use far right/reactionary, but the essential point still stands.
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For how many years/decades/centuries have women been fighting not to be reduced to our hair, tits and clothes?
Well done everybody. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Well done everybody. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
For how many years/decades/centuries have women been fighting not to be reduced to our hair, tits and clothes?
Well done everybody. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Well done everybody. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I hope you meet patriarchal standards of how a "man" or a "woman" is supposed to look or you too could be banned from public facilities.
This is "feminism" apparently.
This is "feminism" apparently.
You're not asking trans people. You're asking all people. This affects us all. Anyone could be barred from services based on appearance. Since, surprisingly we all have a fecking appearance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I hope you meet patriarchal standards of how a "man" or a "woman" is supposed to look or you too could be banned from public facilities.
This is "feminism" apparently.
This is "feminism" apparently.
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If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
On a whole range of issues, those who warned that Labour would be indistinguishable from the Tories before them were fundamentally right.
Labour: cutting the green crap, Cameron-style.
Labour: cutting the green crap, Cameron-style.
We've heard the grant to switch to heat pumps may be scrapped. If this happens, we're looking at the terminal collapse of the heat pump industry - meaning tens of thousands of job losses, including hundreds if not thousands of small to medium businesses. We're speaking to panicked business owners.
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
On a whole range of issues, those who warned that Labour would be indistinguishable from the Tories before them were fundamentally right.
Labour: cutting the green crap, Cameron-style.
Labour: cutting the green crap, Cameron-style.
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Carbon emissions aside, I think what I also want to highlight here is that the scale of job losses associated with these proposals is truly shocking. Apprenticeships gone. Thousands of businesses going bust. A government truly motivated by growth simply would not do this.
In case you're not across the Budget next Wednesday, it looks like it's going to be really bad for helping Britain reduce its carbon emissions. I'll explain... 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Carbon emissions aside, I think what I also want to highlight here is that the scale of job losses associated with these proposals is truly shocking. Apprenticeships gone. Thousands of businesses going bust. A government truly motivated by growth simply would not do this.
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The passion though. Which is totally justified! It's just something how rare it is to see passionate anger in the face of injustice from our political leaders.
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The passion though. Which is totally justified! It's just something how rare it is to see passionate anger in the face of injustice from our political leaders.
Glasgow is leaving its dirty, grey, car-dominated past behind. The city's Avenues Project is transforming the streetscape. Little wonder that cycling is up by a staggering 43% in just the past year. Now we need to expand the project and build on its success. www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottis...
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Glasgow is leaving its dirty, grey, car-dominated past behind. The city's Avenues Project is transforming the streetscape. Little wonder that cycling is up by a staggering 43% in just the past year. Now we need to expand the project and build on its success. www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottis...
I look for lots of things in a gym but overly dramatic lighting and insane locker room decor are two core criteria, apparently.
November 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I look for lots of things in a gym but overly dramatic lighting and insane locker room decor are two core criteria, apparently.
Also, perhaps Mahmood shouldn't be able to "push her proposals through Parliament"; were they in Labour's manifesto?
It seems we're quick to question the Government's mandate to raise taxes, but less quick to question their mandate for these anti-migration reforms.
It seems we're quick to question the Government's mandate to raise taxes, but less quick to question their mandate for these anti-migration reforms.
Deep breath, once more for those at the back, seeking asylum is not illegal. No matter route used, which considering Labour has closed pretty much all the last remaining alternatives means irregular ones.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Also, perhaps Mahmood shouldn't be able to "push her proposals through Parliament"; were they in Labour's manifesto?
It seems we're quick to question the Government's mandate to raise taxes, but less quick to question their mandate for these anti-migration reforms.
It seems we're quick to question the Government's mandate to raise taxes, but less quick to question their mandate for these anti-migration reforms.
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One out of every 12 rams is gay:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/s...
And this new site sells knitwear using wool from gay rams. All proceeds are going to LGBTQI+ charities.
rainbow-wool.eu/Shop/
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/s...
And this new site sells knitwear using wool from gay rams. All proceeds are going to LGBTQI+ charities.
rainbow-wool.eu/Shop/
Rainbow Wool US-Shop 🌈🐏
Welcome to the Rainbow Wool US online shop. #🌈🐏
rainbow-wool.eu
November 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
One out of every 12 rams is gay:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/s...
And this new site sells knitwear using wool from gay rams. All proceeds are going to LGBTQI+ charities.
rainbow-wool.eu/Shop/
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/s...
And this new site sells knitwear using wool from gay rams. All proceeds are going to LGBTQI+ charities.
rainbow-wool.eu/Shop/
That's the thing about prejudice; your mind is already made up.
The EHRC is fundamentally unfit for purpose.
The EHRC is fundamentally unfit for purpose.
51/ The EHRC Chief Executive, John Kirkpatrick, gave written evidence that it took less than a day to draft the guidance, and just over 24 hours in total to decide to publish it.
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
That's the thing about prejudice; your mind is already made up.
The EHRC is fundamentally unfit for purpose.
The EHRC is fundamentally unfit for purpose.
My pretty walk home tonight. If you were as gloomy as Glasgow in winter, you'd have a million lights too.
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
My pretty walk home tonight. If you were as gloomy as Glasgow in winter, you'd have a million lights too.
To be fair, I doubt Farage gets much pleasure from remembering that his side lost World War Two.
Genuinely cannot stop laughing at this title and tagline.
November 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
To be fair, I doubt Farage gets much pleasure from remembering that his side lost World War Two.
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Sounds based to me. More politicians should follow sex workers. Sex work is work and sexuality is normal. The weird thing is when religious people are conditioned to toxically entangle their faith & shame with regular sexual desires. The weird thing is stigmatizing & criminalizing working people.
James Talarico, a Texas Democrat running for U.S. Senate who has put his faith at the forefront of his campaign, follows several adult film performers, escorts and OnlyFans models on Instagram, according to an Axios review.
Faith-forward Texas Senate candidate follows porn actors, escorts online
James Talarico has become a sensation in Texas politics by talking about how his Christianity is the basis for his progressive politics.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Sounds based to me. More politicians should follow sex workers. Sex work is work and sexuality is normal. The weird thing is when religious people are conditioned to toxically entangle their faith & shame with regular sexual desires. The weird thing is stigmatizing & criminalizing working people.
Hmm I think my campaign slogans could use some work.
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Hmm I think my campaign slogans could use some work.
Pleased to announce my new campaign.
November 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Pleased to announce my new campaign.
It's not an album cover but I've always loved this photograph of Ethel Cain. That truck didn't stand a chance against her immovable aura.
November 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It's not an album cover but I've always loved this photograph of Ethel Cain. That truck didn't stand a chance against her immovable aura.