Karen
@karendotscott.bsky.social
Bubble bath enthusiast; dog lover; tea drinker.
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
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The British Medical Association appears to be fed up with Streeting and his TERFy nonsense:
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
Policy position on the rights of transgender and non-binary people in healthcare settings
Our policy position is centred around the need to advocate for equitable access to healthcare, create safe and inclusive workplaces for trans and non-binary people working in healthcare settings, and ...
www.bma.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The British Medical Association appears to be fed up with Streeting and his TERFy nonsense:
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
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we all still think you're a soulless bought cunt who would sell your nan's ventilator for pennies to whatever obviously evil grifter happened to be strolling past
I realise now that my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive. We all need better evidence | Wes Streeting
I realise now that my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive. We all need better evidence | Wes Streeting
The surge in mental ill health is hugely distressing. That’s why I’ve commissioned a review to find out what’s driving it, says health secretary Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
we all still think you're a soulless bought cunt who would sell your nan's ventilator for pennies to whatever obviously evil grifter happened to be strolling past
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Once a symbol of unity and hope across Europe, the Eurovision Song Contest has been turned into a pink-washing front for war criminals in Israel.
After today's decision, there must be a global boycott of Eurovision.
After today's decision, there must be a global boycott of Eurovision.
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Once a symbol of unity and hope across Europe, the Eurovision Song Contest has been turned into a pink-washing front for war criminals in Israel.
After today's decision, there must be a global boycott of Eurovision.
After today's decision, there must be a global boycott of Eurovision.
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Women are 16 times higher risk of suicide because of undiagnosed ADHD than men, because underdiagnosis and misinformation has denied them compassion and empathy at the minimum levels to sustain basic mental wellbeing.
This man is a murderer. He is here to kill your friends and family. Act.
This man is a murderer. He is here to kill your friends and family. Act.
Considering Streeting's well stated belief autism, ADHD etc, along with mental health issues, are "overdiagnosed", I won't hold my breath for this doing anything other than being used to cut support, along with opportunities for diagnosis, for people who need it. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Women are 16 times higher risk of suicide because of undiagnosed ADHD than men, because underdiagnosis and misinformation has denied them compassion and empathy at the minimum levels to sustain basic mental wellbeing.
This man is a murderer. He is here to kill your friends and family. Act.
This man is a murderer. He is here to kill your friends and family. Act.
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Historically speaking, the problem of the overwhelming power of royalty and aristocracy has been resolved by the wealthy agreeing to reduced influence. The alternative to that has traditionally been them accepting reduced stature, in the sense they are personally made about seven inches shorter.
December 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Historically speaking, the problem of the overwhelming power of royalty and aristocracy has been resolved by the wealthy agreeing to reduced influence. The alternative to that has traditionally been them accepting reduced stature, in the sense they are personally made about seven inches shorter.
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If your choice is between an existential risk to your organisation, vs being a fascist collaborator, and you make the difficult choice to be a collaborator...
...then you are still a collaborator.
...then you are still a collaborator.
Like, I'm sorry the fascists are giving you difficult choices. But that's what fascists fucking do. The only legit answer is "fuck you make me". The only answer that shows you have actual fucking principles not preferences is "fuck you make me". And that sucks. But here we are.
December 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
If your choice is between an existential risk to your organisation, vs being a fascist collaborator, and you make the difficult choice to be a collaborator...
...then you are still a collaborator.
...then you are still a collaborator.
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Every dollar JK Rowling makes from Harry Potter is going into bankrolling an extortion racket issuing legal threats to organizations across the UK to purge themselves of trans people or face ruinous lawfare.
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Every dollar JK Rowling makes from Harry Potter is going into bankrolling an extortion racket issuing legal threats to organizations across the UK to purge themselves of trans people or face ruinous lawfare.
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Read in full at - www.theferret.scot/far-right-ag...
Far-right agitators stand accused of stirring up trouble at asylum hotel protests. But anti-racists are standing firm.
Following a sharp rise in far right activity, we’ve spent the last three months attending protests, speaking to activists under threat, and tracking anti-asylum seeker demonstrations across Scotland.
www.theferret.scot
December 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Read in full at - www.theferret.scot/far-right-ag...
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I personally set up a recurring donation to LGBTYS in an earlier round of nastiness in Scotland, and if you value the "controversial" work of supporting queer young people in a society where MSPs don't want them to be, you can donate here: www.justgiving.com/charity/lgbt...
LGBT Youth Scotland
www.justgiving.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I personally set up a recurring donation to LGBTYS in an earlier round of nastiness in Scotland, and if you value the "controversial" work of supporting queer young people in a society where MSPs don't want them to be, you can donate here: www.justgiving.com/charity/lgbt...
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This is what I called hegemonic defeatism, looking at the French case
We're about to see a lot of people who pretended to be against the far right when it was easy give up before taking any real stand
academic.oup.com/pa/article/7...
We're about to see a lot of people who pretended to be against the far right when it was easy give up before taking any real stand
academic.oup.com/pa/article/7...
November 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is what I called hegemonic defeatism, looking at the French case
We're about to see a lot of people who pretended to be against the far right when it was easy give up before taking any real stand
academic.oup.com/pa/article/7...
We're about to see a lot of people who pretended to be against the far right when it was easy give up before taking any real stand
academic.oup.com/pa/article/7...
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Let's try this again... Glad tidings we bring to you and your quim! We are fundraising this festive period. Earlier this year, the future looked bleak for the Vagina Museum. But we're still here, and there's many reasons for you to become a vital part of our future... www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Let's try this again... Glad tidings we bring to you and your quim! We are fundraising this festive period. Earlier this year, the future looked bleak for the Vagina Museum. But we're still here, and there's many reasons for you to become a vital part of our future... www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Shell has exited its ScotWind projects, handing its lease back to Crown Estate Scotland and leaving questions as to what happens next.
It's a stark reminder of the risks in relying on distant investors and fossil fuel giants to deliver Scotland’s renewable energy future.
www.ft.com/content/b9d0...
It's a stark reminder of the risks in relying on distant investors and fossil fuel giants to deliver Scotland’s renewable energy future.
www.ft.com/content/b9d0...
Shell abandons floating North Sea wind farm projects
UK energy group to focus on potentially more lucrative activities such as power trading
www.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Shell has exited its ScotWind projects, handing its lease back to Crown Estate Scotland and leaving questions as to what happens next.
It's a stark reminder of the risks in relying on distant investors and fossil fuel giants to deliver Scotland’s renewable energy future.
www.ft.com/content/b9d0...
It's a stark reminder of the risks in relying on distant investors and fossil fuel giants to deliver Scotland’s renewable energy future.
www.ft.com/content/b9d0...
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Lots of stuff here that you won't read in most of the legacy media which seems completely uninterested in the backgrounds, associations and possible motivations of those behind the BBC crisis.
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Lots of stuff here that you won't read in most of the legacy media which seems completely uninterested in the backgrounds, associations and possible motivations of those behind the BBC crisis.
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
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But lo! What is this? The wife of the Russian agent who bribed Nathan Gill visiting the Guardian offices during the same period?!?
Why, yes it is. Read all about it in this week’s newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Why, yes it is. Read all about it in this week’s newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
'Nigel Farage is Not My Friend...He's Just a Very Handsome Man'
The wife of a Russian spy gets in touch...
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
But lo! What is this? The wife of the Russian agent who bribed Nathan Gill visiting the Guardian offices during the same period?!?
Why, yes it is. Read all about it in this week’s newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Why, yes it is. Read all about it in this week’s newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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This is the kicker - the "Puberty blockers study under investigation" headline which kicked off reams of coverage elsewhere was entirely concocted, because it was the *journalists themselves* who forced the investigation to happen. The investigation found nothing wrong, but by then it was too late.
The ultimate twist is that 'gender critical' activist-journalists, Deborah Cohen and Hannah Barnes, reported the study to the HRA themselves!
The HRA was required to open an investigation because they’d received a report... which gave the Newsnight duo the shocking headline they desired.
The HRA was required to open an investigation because they’d received a report... which gave the Newsnight duo the shocking headline they desired.
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is the kicker - the "Puberty blockers study under investigation" headline which kicked off reams of coverage elsewhere was entirely concocted, because it was the *journalists themselves* who forced the investigation to happen. The investigation found nothing wrong, but by then it was too late.
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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Scotland’s offshore wind should power a fairer future - not just profits for distant shareholders.
The wind belongs to all of us. We should all have a stake in our energy future. 🧵
The wind belongs to all of us. We should all have a stake in our energy future. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Scotland’s offshore wind should power a fairer future - not just profits for distant shareholders.
The wind belongs to all of us. We should all have a stake in our energy future. 🧵
The wind belongs to all of us. We should all have a stake in our energy future. 🧵
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This absolutely comes from the legal fights of transphobes to “protect their beliefs”. Congratulations, JK Rowling, Maya Forstater, Julie Bindel, Alison Bailey, et al. One more time: transphobia harms everyone. Everyone.
Yeah, I'm sorry but the idea that being a racist cunt is a protected characteristic now is extremely clearly not the intent of the law and it's ridiculous to pretend it is.
The District Judge doesn't consider each of the 5 limbs of Grainger, neither does he set out what Tommy Robinson said his beliefs were. How does this lead to a conclusion of Robinson having a protected belief?
November 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
This absolutely comes from the legal fights of transphobes to “protect their beliefs”. Congratulations, JK Rowling, Maya Forstater, Julie Bindel, Alison Bailey, et al. One more time: transphobia harms everyone. Everyone.