Stephen Young
@sjyoung1967.bsky.social
Scottish. Bookworm. Nerd.
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A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
December 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
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It’s that time of year again, where I give this wee piece I wrote another outing. Every year, I get messages from people saying it helped them at what can be a difficult time of year. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A stranger's generous, unexpected remarks helped me deal with bereavement
A woman approached me after my choir’s Christmas concert in Trafalgar Square … What she said gave me what I needed to move on
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
It’s that time of year again, where I give this wee piece I wrote another outing. Every year, I get messages from people saying it helped them at what can be a difficult time of year. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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If you want to fully grasp the damage being done by Amazon Prime etc, try setting up an online offering yourseif. Since launching my charity Xmas gift shop on Contrado in aid of RNIB, I have a new awareness of how challenging delivery costs alone are, never mind the making. tinyurl.com/3wu5t9wy
December 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
If you want to fully grasp the damage being done by Amazon Prime etc, try setting up an online offering yourseif. Since launching my charity Xmas gift shop on Contrado in aid of RNIB, I have a new awareness of how challenging delivery costs alone are, never mind the making. tinyurl.com/3wu5t9wy
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Cronenberg should have used this for his version.
[Publicity for THE FLY (1958), supposedly found by David J. Schow in the Motion Picture Herald. Can this be real?]
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Cronenberg should have used this for his version.
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Action fans take note! LAST SAMURAI STANDING is a fantastic chanbara spin on Battle Royale & Squid Game starring Junichi Okada, who also produces and serves as action choreographer. Drops on Netflix this Friday: www.scmp.com/lifestyle/en...
Review | Last Samurai Standing: 1800s Japan meets Squid Game in bloody Netflix drama
Thrilling saga with Junichi Okada as a warrior in a deadly race across Japan gives a new perspective on a sadistic premise we’ve seen before.
www.scmp.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Action fans take note! LAST SAMURAI STANDING is a fantastic chanbara spin on Battle Royale & Squid Game starring Junichi Okada, who also produces and serves as action choreographer. Drops on Netflix this Friday: www.scmp.com/lifestyle/en...
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I imagine @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social will be getting the usual abuse for speaking out - solidarity with her and all those fighting against hate manipulated by the wealthy right gleefully creating a distracting wedge issue
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I imagine @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social will be getting the usual abuse for speaking out - solidarity with her and all those fighting against hate manipulated by the wealthy right gleefully creating a distracting wedge issue
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Seems the bbc will do absolutely anything for celebrity traitors.
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Seems the bbc will do absolutely anything for celebrity traitors.
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Great to see *checks notes* two time Emmy nominee Nick Mohammed finally breaking through.
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Great to see *checks notes* two time Emmy nominee Nick Mohammed finally breaking through.
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The fact that 30% of our stock market is wrapped up in “help-kids-kill-themselves” technology seems to be an important datapoint in the evolution of late stage capitalism.
ChatGPT advised a suicidal young woman on how to take her own life, telling her "If you choose death, I'm with you - till the end, without judging."
I wanted ChatGPT to help me. So why did it advise me how to kill myself?
ChatGPT wrote a woman a suicide note and another AI chatbot role-played sexual acts with children, BBC finds.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The fact that 30% of our stock market is wrapped up in “help-kids-kill-themselves” technology seems to be an important datapoint in the evolution of late stage capitalism.
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Guy Fawkes' signature before & after saying on Bluesky that he lets his cat go outside
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Guy Fawkes' signature before & after saying on Bluesky that he lets his cat go outside
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Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
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A disaster for a magazine that has produced some outstanding political journalism over the past few years. Guess that’s over.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
A disaster for a magazine that has produced some outstanding political journalism over the past few years. Guess that’s over.
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Suddenly when puberty blockers are given to cis kids, the Daily Mail (the same newspaper which backed Hitler btw) finally admits that "their effects are not permanent, and once a child lets their blocking treatment lapse, puberty will just continue as normal."
Which is true for trans kids too.
Which is true for trans kids too.
Because it’s cis kids.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
November 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Suddenly when puberty blockers are given to cis kids, the Daily Mail (the same newspaper which backed Hitler btw) finally admits that "their effects are not permanent, and once a child lets their blocking treatment lapse, puberty will just continue as normal."
Which is true for trans kids too.
Which is true for trans kids too.
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Actually, seeing a man of color, getting scared, and calling The Police, is pretty typical racist behavior
sting? fucking STING? who in 2025 wants to see solo sting? this has to be a joke
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
NFL Succumbs To Bad Bunny Criticism And Announces Special Super Bowl Concert With Sting
In an unexpected bid to calm the frenzy over Bad Bunny headlining the 2026 Super Bowl show, the NFL has introduced a special feature.
www.yahoo.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Actually, seeing a man of color, getting scared, and calling The Police, is pretty typical racist behavior
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Now, I'm sure I've seen a similar aesthetic somewhere, but somehow kann ich einfach nicht meinen Finger drauflegen.
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Now, I'm sure I've seen a similar aesthetic somewhere, but somehow kann ich einfach nicht meinen Finger drauflegen.
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The British Library would amount to nothing if it only had its hordes of books. The real power is in the immeasurable treasures of staff expertise and dedication. Pay them real money!
Out this morning supporting British Library workers demanding decent pay. I have been using the library regularly for 20+ years
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The British Library would amount to nothing if it only had its hordes of books. The real power is in the immeasurable treasures of staff expertise and dedication. Pay them real money!
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Yeah. Definitely nothing Nazi-ish here... 👀
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Yeah. Definitely nothing Nazi-ish here... 👀
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I love Gail's work. I did a generic repost and then cancelled it to say this instead - just reposting is easy but feels a bit impersonal sometimes? And since I have actually bought from Gail several times I thought it was worth saying so. It's good stuff, and a small business well worth supporting.
Hello!
It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards.
I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
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It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business.
My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards.
I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I love Gail's work. I did a generic repost and then cancelled it to say this instead - just reposting is easy but feels a bit impersonal sometimes? And since I have actually bought from Gail several times I thought it was worth saying so. It's good stuff, and a small business well worth supporting.
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an Italian restaurant in Highgate has closed and they’re not happy, I mean really ‘what a sad little life Jane’ not happy
Don Ciccio Osteria Italiana | Italian Restaurant | 1A Hampstead Lane, London, UK
Don Ciccio Osteria is a true italian resturant in North London.
Home made fresh pasta, meat and fish specialities.
We're home of the authentic italian truffle
www.donciccio-highgate.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
an Italian restaurant in Highgate has closed and they’re not happy, I mean really ‘what a sad little life Jane’ not happy
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you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
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We got the Lucha contingency out here
October 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We got the Lucha contingency out here