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Seamus McBurly
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STEM ambassador, Star Wars enjoyer, Gamer, Queer, Anti fascist, former Canadian. He/him
Scratch a liberal and a Tory bleeds
Mark Carney was asked whether the US strikes on Iran were a violation of international law. In response, he ignored the substance of the question and listed off a bunch of grievances the West has with Iran.

It’s a shameful and cowardly response from someone who claims to defend international law.
June 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Awful lot of back patting for this election result when the Cons still picked up 24 seats and the liberal victory seems predicated on leftist voters plugging their noses and voting strategically for Liberal candidates. #cdnpoli
April 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Reposted by Seamus McBurly
Today is #worldbookday and I’m over the moon to be spending the day parceling up and posting the first edition copies of my new book Mill Dust and Dreaming Bread - Exploring Scottish Folk Belief and Folk Magic to early Kickstarter backers.
March 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Reposted by Seamus McBurly
Pedro Pascal responding to transphobia on social media: “I can’t think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist.” (via @charliejane.bsky.social) [capitalfm.com]
Pedro Pascal calls out “vile and pathetic” transphobic trolls after defending trans rights
Pedro Pascal, whose sister Lux is a trans woman, is a prominent trans ally and he has no time for transphobia.
www.capitalfm.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
People used to get their knees broken for crossing picket lines.
At the scene of the Amazon strike:

The NYPD has now erected barricades to allow Amazon contractors to enter and leave the distribution center, helping Amazon break the picket line.
December 19, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Serenity is on the tree people, Xmas is here. #firefly #serenity
November 30, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Quick video of some testing we did for a PhD student investigating the use of British hardwood timber as a more sustainable construction material.

You can see the material twist so we've since added a more robust load spreading system to apply a more representative load across the surface.
November 19, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Okay, I'm officially off Twitter, hoping to start being by more active (or at all active) starting this week.
November 18, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Getting the structures lab ready for a new year of civil and structural engineering students! Excited to start my first full year at University of Edinburgh!
September 11, 2024 at 5:46 PM