Lightbody
@lightbody.bsky.social
Refugee from Elon's ruined twitter. Glasgow. Cars, UK politics etc.
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Notable that public satisfaction with Scottish schools peaked at 85% in 2011 at the end of the SNP's first, non-independence-focused term in office, and has declined precipitously since then to now sit at 69%, as "doing devolved government well" has given way to "picking fights and pushing indy".
Scottish Household Survey: Satisfaction with Schools, 2024
Key findings on satisfaction with local schools from the 2024 Scottish Household Survey, Scotland
www.gov.scot
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Notable that public satisfaction with Scottish schools peaked at 85% in 2011 at the end of the SNP's first, non-independence-focused term in office, and has declined precipitously since then to now sit at 69%, as "doing devolved government well" has given way to "picking fights and pushing indy".
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Complaining to Labour about problems created by the Tories is at epidemic proportions on here. How the fuck are they meant to have reversed fourteen years of decline in fourteen months?
Hi Lisa Nandy! I’m a BAFTA winner from a small town. Instead of asinine questions like this, why not tell us how we can continue to make a living in the eviscerated creative sector over which you notionally preside?
October 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Complaining to Labour about problems created by the Tories is at epidemic proportions on here. How the fuck are they meant to have reversed fourteen years of decline in fourteen months?
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The US broadcast media giants have bowed the knee to Trump with barely a whimper. Pathetic..
BREAKING: First Colbert. Now Kimmel. variety.com/2025/tv/news...
ABC Pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Indefinitely After Host’s Charlie Kirk Comments
Nexstar, one of the biggest owners o US f TV stations in, said will pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel's late night show due to the host's Charlie Kirk remarks
variety.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The US broadcast media giants have bowed the knee to Trump with barely a whimper. Pathetic..
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KEY to the story about ABC suspending Kimmel's show: Nexstar and Sinclair, two big owners of ABC-affiliated stations, both need FCC approval for pending deals. With a lot of $$ on the line, both have reason to curry favor with the Trump admin. Both decided to yank Kimmel's show.
September 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM
KEY to the story about ABC suspending Kimmel's show: Nexstar and Sinclair, two big owners of ABC-affiliated stations, both need FCC approval for pending deals. With a lot of $$ on the line, both have reason to curry favor with the Trump admin. Both decided to yank Kimmel's show.
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The WGA’s statement on ABC’s decision to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
September 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The WGA’s statement on ABC’s decision to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
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It’s happening. The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to use the power of the White House to wipe out Trump’s critics and his political opponents.
But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.
But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.
September 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It’s happening. The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to use the power of the White House to wipe out Trump’s critics and his political opponents.
But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.
But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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❤️ if you think Kimmel and Colbert need to start their own podcasts immediately to amplify the resistance so the truth can be made loud and clear and we can take back the House and Senate come 2026 midterms.
September 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
❤️ if you think Kimmel and Colbert need to start their own podcasts immediately to amplify the resistance so the truth can be made loud and clear and we can take back the House and Senate come 2026 midterms.
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Fascism is seeing people like Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert being fired for speaking truth to power against repugnant fascists and their criminal immoral actions.
September 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Fascism is seeing people like Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert being fired for speaking truth to power against repugnant fascists and their criminal immoral actions.
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I was a bit unsure about Channel 4's 'Trump vs The Truth', but it's started very strongly. The format is beautifully simple, with fact checks just written in text after each lie is shown. It will stand as an important record of the most venal, glibly self-serving, idiot shyster ever to hold office.
September 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I was a bit unsure about Channel 4's 'Trump vs The Truth', but it's started very strongly. The format is beautifully simple, with fact checks just written in text after each lie is shown. It will stand as an important record of the most venal, glibly self-serving, idiot shyster ever to hold office.
The real pension problem is in the public sector
We will pay £57 billion this year to fund payouts to retired state workers www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
We will pay £57 billion this year to fund payouts to retired state workers www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
The real pension problem is in the public sector
We will pay £57 billion this year to fund payouts to retired state workers
www.thetimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The real pension problem is in the public sector
We will pay £57 billion this year to fund payouts to retired state workers www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
We will pay £57 billion this year to fund payouts to retired state workers www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
The hidden perks enjoyed by the public sector iea.org.uk/the-hidden-p...
The hidden perks enjoyed by the public sector
Pay and Benefits 1a.) Pensions The biggest difference between compensation packages in the public and private sectors – bearing in … Continue reading "The hidden perks enjoyed by the public sector"
iea.org.uk
September 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The hidden perks enjoyed by the public sector iea.org.uk/the-hidden-p...
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When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.
September 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.
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Nuclear works. It’s safe, clean and reliable. In other countries, it’s affordable too.
Here's how Britain can lead again in nuclear by fixing bad safety rules, streamlining planning, and creating new routes to market.
Here's how Britain can lead again in nuclear by fixing bad safety rules, streamlining planning, and creating new routes to market.
Britain once led the world in nuclear power.
Today, we’re building the most expensive nuclear power station in history.
Why? And how do we fix it?
The answer is here:
www.britainremade.co.uk/cheapernuclear
Today, we’re building the most expensive nuclear power station in history.
Why? And how do we fix it?
The answer is here:
www.britainremade.co.uk/cheapernuclear
A policy playbook for cheaper nuclear
Britain Remade's policy playbook for cheaper nuclear energy.
www.britainremade.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Nuclear works. It’s safe, clean and reliable. In other countries, it’s affordable too.
Here's how Britain can lead again in nuclear by fixing bad safety rules, streamlining planning, and creating new routes to market.
Here's how Britain can lead again in nuclear by fixing bad safety rules, streamlining planning, and creating new routes to market.
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I left Twitter today. Joined Twitter over 16 years ago but since Musk bought it, it has become a lawless hell-hole where anything goes. Met lots of really lovely people from Twitter and was a prolific user but after Musk’s video at the weekend I just cannot justify continued use of the platform.
September 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I left Twitter today. Joined Twitter over 16 years ago but since Musk bought it, it has become a lawless hell-hole where anything goes. Met lots of really lovely people from Twitter and was a prolific user but after Musk’s video at the weekend I just cannot justify continued use of the platform.
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It’s a good job the Scottish Government is full of highly competent people, because they have not sought any outside advice on the wisdom of full fiscal autonomy…
June 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It’s a good job the Scottish Government is full of highly competent people, because they have not sought any outside advice on the wisdom of full fiscal autonomy…
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Dear Canada-
Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever.
❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸
#MakeAmericaNormalAgain
Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever.
❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸
#MakeAmericaNormalAgain
April 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Dear Canada-
Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever.
❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸
#MakeAmericaNormalAgain
Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever.
❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸
#MakeAmericaNormalAgain
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I saw her today.
A gorgeous girl near the National Opera.
Life is going on in Kyiv.
Maybe someday someone will say
'Oh, they knew the price of life'.
A gorgeous girl near the National Opera.
Life is going on in Kyiv.
Maybe someday someone will say
'Oh, they knew the price of life'.
April 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I saw her today.
A gorgeous girl near the National Opera.
Life is going on in Kyiv.
Maybe someday someone will say
'Oh, they knew the price of life'.
A gorgeous girl near the National Opera.
Life is going on in Kyiv.
Maybe someday someone will say
'Oh, they knew the price of life'.
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G'bless @maddow.msnbc.com for shaming big media into covering protests across the country.
April 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
G'bless @maddow.msnbc.com for shaming big media into covering protests across the country.
Best tweet ever!
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Best tweet ever!
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A Trump appointed judge rules that the @AP White House ban is unconstitutional.
April 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A Trump appointed judge rules that the @AP White House ban is unconstitutional.
What the hell is happening in the White House? youtu.be/iSW8ezOmYHs
Maddow: Two new details learned from Trump's Oval Office meltdown
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
What the hell is happening in the White House? youtu.be/iSW8ezOmYHs
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Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
February 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
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Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it.
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
Institute for the Study of War
Russian forces currently occupy around 20 percent of Ukraine, leaving the remaining 80 percent of the country under Ukraine's sovereign control. At the current rate of advance, it would take Russian f...
understandingwar.org
February 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it.
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...