@coorie.bsky.social
Mum fae Edinburgh. Interested in history, language, and getting around by public transport.
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As somebody with asthma who uses inhalers - SHUT THE FUCK UP. THIS ARTICLE IS SHAMING PEOPLE WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION.
"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.
Fuck you - fuck you again.
"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.
Fuck you - fuck you again.
Inhalers contribute significantly to global warming, study finds
Millions of Americans using inhalers for chronic lung diseases like asthma may be unknowingly contributing to global warming, according to new research.
local12.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
As somebody with asthma who uses inhalers - SHUT THE FUCK UP. THIS ARTICLE IS SHAMING PEOPLE WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION.
"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.
Fuck you - fuck you again.
"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.
Fuck you - fuck you again.
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Buckle is just correct about reactionary centrists in the UK, they are a genuine threat to our democracy and will have us down the same path as the USA. Seeing how much of the authoritarian drive in the US has been due to elite acquiescence has shaken me.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...
What is a reactionary centrist, and does the UK have them?
A term favoured by US progressives can help us understand Britain’s drift to the right
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Buckle is just correct about reactionary centrists in the UK, they are a genuine threat to our democracy and will have us down the same path as the USA. Seeing how much of the authoritarian drive in the US has been due to elite acquiescence has shaken me.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...
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![Comic. [Two people on shore looking at body of water] PERSON 1: Hey, where’s that big island we were looking at this morning? PERSON 2 with short hair: Oh, it’s underwater. The ocean’s depth here goes up and down by like ten feet every day. PERSON 1: What? PERSON 2: It’s because the planet has a big moon orbiting near the surface. It causes weird gravity effects. PERSON 1: *What???* [caption] People here are used to them, but tides are one of the weirdest and most sci-fi elements of life on Earth.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidj2tdqhkgoamiqf5reqt7kvbpt26x3cgjxsp4rtwwb46qumcltdq@jpeg)
September 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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What voters think nativism will mean: stop giving benefits to others, so you can focus resources on citizens
What it actually means in practice: stop giving citizens benefits, so you can focus resources on punishing others
What it actually means in practice: stop giving citizens benefits, so you can focus resources on punishing others
July 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
What voters think nativism will mean: stop giving benefits to others, so you can focus resources on citizens
What it actually means in practice: stop giving citizens benefits, so you can focus resources on punishing others
What it actually means in practice: stop giving citizens benefits, so you can focus resources on punishing others
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It's Tuesday. You're dragging yourself through the world, one cup of coffee at a time. Can nothing liven up this day?
How 'bout a thread of eel ships on maps? These maps are what got me into eels in the first place!
"Cool!" you say. "But wait...what's an eel ship?"
Well...
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How 'bout a thread of eel ships on maps? These maps are what got me into eels in the first place!
"Cool!" you say. "But wait...what's an eel ship?"
Well...
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July 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It's Tuesday. You're dragging yourself through the world, one cup of coffee at a time. Can nothing liven up this day?
How 'bout a thread of eel ships on maps? These maps are what got me into eels in the first place!
"Cool!" you say. "But wait...what's an eel ship?"
Well...
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How 'bout a thread of eel ships on maps? These maps are what got me into eels in the first place!
"Cool!" you say. "But wait...what's an eel ship?"
Well...
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Given a public house wasn't established here until 1970 (the "Gold Medal", referencing the Commonwealth Games), and Conan Doyle died in 1930, it doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to deduce that this probably *wasn't* actually a "favourite watering hole" of Sir Arthur
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June 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Given a public house wasn't established here until 1970 (the "Gold Medal", referencing the Commonwealth Games), and Conan Doyle died in 1930, it doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to deduce that this probably *wasn't* actually a "favourite watering hole" of Sir Arthur
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you’ll note from gender critical target selection that they are always ‘saving women’ from some outgroup, whether it’s trans people or immigrants, and never addressing male violence or structural inequality or anything else that might actually threaten the status quo or their position within it
April 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
you’ll note from gender critical target selection that they are always ‘saving women’ from some outgroup, whether it’s trans people or immigrants, and never addressing male violence or structural inequality or anything else that might actually threaten the status quo or their position within it
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Trans women ARE biologically women and no biased court can stop that basic fact from being true. Sex is a homeostatic property cluster containing an array of primary, secondary, and tertiary sexual characteristics. Trans people can and do change sex
April 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Trans women ARE biologically women and no biased court can stop that basic fact from being true. Sex is a homeostatic property cluster containing an array of primary, secondary, and tertiary sexual characteristics. Trans people can and do change sex
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The absolute irony of anarchists posting "talk to your MP" only to be told it's pointless by liberals lol. It's not about asking for help! It's about *pressure*. They have to know that fucking with us will cause them problems, that it's not worth the energy nor expenditure of political capital.
You're not wrong you're just patronising.
Trans people are fighting on other fronts as well but if you have an in with your MP you need to be keeping pressure up so we aren't alone. So when trans youth are being nicked fighting for their rights the MPs know they're not alone
Trans people are fighting on other fronts as well but if you have an in with your MP you need to be keeping pressure up so we aren't alone. So when trans youth are being nicked fighting for their rights the MPs know they're not alone
February 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The absolute irony of anarchists posting "talk to your MP" only to be told it's pointless by liberals lol. It's not about asking for help! It's about *pressure*. They have to know that fucking with us will cause them problems, that it's not worth the energy nor expenditure of political capital.
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Water is the binding magic of a world where you call it science.
Do you understand, to any extent, this chemical chained by supernova is the permission key in its quirk physics. If it sank when it froze? Nothing exists
I'm an agnostic. But water. Water is the strongest argument for God.
Do you understand, to any extent, this chemical chained by supernova is the permission key in its quirk physics. If it sank when it froze? Nothing exists
I'm an agnostic. But water. Water is the strongest argument for God.
January 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Water is the binding magic of a world where you call it science.
Do you understand, to any extent, this chemical chained by supernova is the permission key in its quirk physics. If it sank when it froze? Nothing exists
I'm an agnostic. But water. Water is the strongest argument for God.
Do you understand, to any extent, this chemical chained by supernova is the permission key in its quirk physics. If it sank when it froze? Nothing exists
I'm an agnostic. But water. Water is the strongest argument for God.
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The luddites were also probably the largest domestic insurgency Britain has ever faced, with the crown cracking down on the movement hard. Large numbers of luddites were exiled to Australia.
The fact they're seen as anti-tech fools is a result of deliberate propaganda succeeding.
The fact they're seen as anti-tech fools is a result of deliberate propaganda succeeding.
At risk of repeating myself: The Luddites weren’t against technology. They were against getting put out of work by a technology that did a version of their job faster but worse, in the service of increasing profits for their bosses.
December 26, 2024 at 8:22 PM
The luddites were also probably the largest domestic insurgency Britain has ever faced, with the crown cracking down on the movement hard. Large numbers of luddites were exiled to Australia.
The fact they're seen as anti-tech fools is a result of deliberate propaganda succeeding.
The fact they're seen as anti-tech fools is a result of deliberate propaganda succeeding.
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The promise of Trump and the modern GOP is seductive. It says, “you don’t have to care. Lay down the social burden of pretending to give a shit. In fact, if anyone asks you to give a shit about somebody else, we will punish them.” Rightward retreat as self care.
December 12, 2024 at 12:44 AM
The promise of Trump and the modern GOP is seductive. It says, “you don’t have to care. Lay down the social burden of pretending to give a shit. In fact, if anyone asks you to give a shit about somebody else, we will punish them.” Rightward retreat as self care.
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A Joint Statement from LGBT+ Lib Dems, Out for Independence, LGBTIQA+ Greens and Rainbow Greens on the UK Puberty Blockers ban.
December 11, 2024 at 5:37 PM
A Joint Statement from LGBT+ Lib Dems, Out for Independence, LGBTIQA+ Greens and Rainbow Greens on the UK Puberty Blockers ban.
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Hard work is not the path to success, hard work is the path to maybe doing ok. The path to success is doing massive and severe fraud
November 17, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Hard work is not the path to success, hard work is the path to maybe doing ok. The path to success is doing massive and severe fraud
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I wrote on Starmer’s “smash the gangs” slogan & the danger for Labour of learning the wrong lessons from Trump’s victory.
“voters reached the obvious conclusion. If the border had to be sealed, & more spent on smashing smuggling gangs – Trump would do it better.”
national.thelead.uk/p/people-smu...
“voters reached the obvious conclusion. If the border had to be sealed, & more spent on smashing smuggling gangs – Trump would do it better.”
national.thelead.uk/p/people-smu...
People smugglers aren’t terrorists, and “smashing the gangs” won’t work
On immigration, Labour seems poised to learn the wrong lessons from Trump’s victory - and make the far right more likely to win in the UK, too. But there's a different path.
national.thelead.uk
November 15, 2024 at 6:51 AM
I wrote on Starmer’s “smash the gangs” slogan & the danger for Labour of learning the wrong lessons from Trump’s victory.
“voters reached the obvious conclusion. If the border had to be sealed, & more spent on smashing smuggling gangs – Trump would do it better.”
national.thelead.uk/p/people-smu...
“voters reached the obvious conclusion. If the border had to be sealed, & more spent on smashing smuggling gangs – Trump would do it better.”
national.thelead.uk/p/people-smu...
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This article is absolutely fascinating.
August 13, 2024 at 5:26 PM
This article is absolutely fascinating.
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"Left wing students are getting too censorious" turned into "arrest those left wing students for protesting" without even tapping the brakes
April 19, 2024 at 2:26 PM
"Left wing students are getting too censorious" turned into "arrest those left wing students for protesting" without even tapping the brakes
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Gillick was established to support young people accessing contraceptives and reproductive care. Once Gillick competency is shot down for gender affirming care, reproductive rights are next - obvious when you look at the anti-trans lobby's bedfellows.
April 12, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Gillick was established to support young people accessing contraceptives and reproductive care. Once Gillick competency is shot down for gender affirming care, reproductive rights are next - obvious when you look at the anti-trans lobby's bedfellows.
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I asked half a dozen comms and marketing types if the Tories were making deliberately terrible ads for clicks. Their overwhelming response was "what are you, an idiot?" Me, for Politics Home.
Are Tories Deliberately Posting Terrible Social Media?
It’s difficult to decide what the most ridiculous aspect of the Conservative party’s now-deleted twitter ad actually was. It could have been the presence of the England football team, or a Canadian ca...
www.politicshome.com
April 12, 2024 at 9:48 AM
I asked half a dozen comms and marketing types if the Tories were making deliberately terrible ads for clicks. Their overwhelming response was "what are you, an idiot?" Me, for Politics Home.
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Bringing back this one thats been goin around tumblr cause it’s relevant again
April 10, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Bringing back this one thats been goin around tumblr cause it’s relevant again
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Astrophysicists theorize that 85% of the day is spent doing “dark work” which cannot be directly measured but is implied by how tired I feel
March 28, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Astrophysicists theorize that 85% of the day is spent doing “dark work” which cannot be directly measured but is implied by how tired I feel
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One in every 21 UK adults is a landlord.
March 20, 2024 at 9:25 AM
One in every 21 UK adults is a landlord.