Ted Booth-Main
@tedboothmain.bsky.social
Politics & Sociology undergrad at Aberdeen uni | Social Sciences Tutor and Owner @dundeetutors.co.uk | MSP Caseworker | cat enjoyer | Green Anarchist |
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I would love for someone like Zack to turn to Andrea and say: "are you going to contribute to this conversation with any meaningful facts or are you going to keep acting like a child having a tantrum? Because if it's the latter, I'm struggling to see the point of your being on this programme."
Zack Polanski, "It's not about me vs Nigel Farage"
"It's about his form of hate and division"
*Andrea Jenkyns starts moaning*
"Vs the politics of doing something about a broken system"
*Andrea Jenkyns moans even more professing: oh my god*
"About tackling inequality and offering hope to people"
"It's about his form of hate and division"
*Andrea Jenkyns starts moaning*
"Vs the politics of doing something about a broken system"
*Andrea Jenkyns moans even more professing: oh my god*
"About tackling inequality and offering hope to people"
December 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I would love for someone like Zack to turn to Andrea and say: "are you going to contribute to this conversation with any meaningful facts or are you going to keep acting like a child having a tantrum? Because if it's the latter, I'm struggling to see the point of your being on this programme."
It's actually nice to be on a platform where their primary aim isn't for you to produce free content for them, or have them try and push you towards content as a means of becoming an "influencer".
agree with this and think there's something v telling about people going "ooh but why are you on Bluesky it's irrelevant" - what if I don't really care about being relevant! the vast majority of people post on social media not because they want to be famous but because they enjoy it! just be normal!
the proximate reason i post here — beyond the fact that i like a lot of you and enjoy reading your thoughts and jokes and observations — is that this is a non-algorithmic platform where people share lots of stuff and people read what is shared. that's still valuable even if it doesn't "influence!"
December 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
It's actually nice to be on a platform where their primary aim isn't for you to produce free content for them, or have them try and push you towards content as a means of becoming an "influencer".
I might be reading far too deep into these types of polls, but isn't it a bit concerning that we seem to be at a point where every politician ever asked about has a negative popularity rating?
Latest party leader net favourability ratings, December 2025
Kemi Badenoch: -26
Nigel Farage: -35
Keir Starmer: -54
Zack Polanski: -6 (49% DK)
Ed Davey: -10 (38% DK)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Kemi Badenoch: -26
Nigel Farage: -35
Keir Starmer: -54
Zack Polanski: -6 (49% DK)
Ed Davey: -10 (38% DK)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
December 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I might be reading far too deep into these types of polls, but isn't it a bit concerning that we seem to be at a point where every politician ever asked about has a negative popularity rating?
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One crucial thing I've observed (in middle class circles) is that everyone thinks that apprenticeships are a really good idea and more people should do them instead of degrees except for them/their children, who were perfectly suited for higher education
With a report suggesting half of graduates would earn more if they had done an apprenticeship instead, our polling shows that 46% of Britons think apprenticeships better prepare young people for the future - only 6% say the same of degrees, while 43% say both equally
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
December 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
One crucial thing I've observed (in middle class circles) is that everyone thinks that apprenticeships are a really good idea and more people should do them instead of degrees except for them/their children, who were perfectly suited for higher education
What Jack Reed is missing here is that the situation is even worse. They're bombing fishermen, not soldiers, there isn't a war, simply ongoing crimes against humanity.
Sen. Jack Reed: "I must remind everyone that we follow the law of war, and because of that, we expect other countries. So that when our service members are in distress, they're not shot up in the water or if they're wounded, left to die. If we don't do it, then we can't expect other countries."
December 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
What Jack Reed is missing here is that the situation is even worse. They're bombing fishermen, not soldiers, there isn't a war, simply ongoing crimes against humanity.
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When you use a tragedy like Bondi Beach to further your genocide you're as big a monster as the shooters
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Israel's Netanyahu accuses Australian PM of fuelling antisemitism
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Sunday's deadly shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration in Sydney and said he had warned his Australian counterpart that the country's support for ...
www.reuters.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
When you use a tragedy like Bondi Beach to further your genocide you're as big a monster as the shooters
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
I felt like a rant about advertisements and the state of the internet. Please enjoy.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I felt like a rant about advertisements and the state of the internet. Please enjoy.
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In November an 18 month investigation into ADHD concluded.
It found ADHD is massively underdiagnosed with less than 1 in 20 people over 40 receiving treatment.
It said GPs need to be diagnosing it.
Instead a review has been launched looking into it being 'overdiagnosed'
It found ADHD is massively underdiagnosed with less than 1 in 20 people over 40 receiving treatment.
It said GPs need to be diagnosing it.
Instead a review has been launched looking into it being 'overdiagnosed'
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In November an 18 month investigation into ADHD concluded.
It found ADHD is massively underdiagnosed with less than 1 in 20 people over 40 receiving treatment.
It said GPs need to be diagnosing it.
Instead a review has been launched looking into it being 'overdiagnosed'
It found ADHD is massively underdiagnosed with less than 1 in 20 people over 40 receiving treatment.
It said GPs need to be diagnosing it.
Instead a review has been launched looking into it being 'overdiagnosed'
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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Had to make a complaint to NHS Tayside. I've been waiting since early August for an appointment for a CT scan. Been told by 3 different medical professionals that this referral has been made. I have waited and waited, and even had a doctor chase it up on November 17th.
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Had to make a complaint to NHS Tayside. I've been waiting since early August for an appointment for a CT scan. Been told by 3 different medical professionals that this referral has been made. I have waited and waited, and even had a doctor chase it up on November 17th.
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the difference between how FWS are portrayed and the absolutely wild stuff they come out with online, on their official account, would be quite a good story if the UK media weren't institutionally transphobic
I’d actually forgotten this. Genuinely repulsive stuff.
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
the difference between how FWS are portrayed and the absolutely wild stuff they come out with online, on their official account, would be quite a good story if the UK media weren't institutionally transphobic
From what I've watched of the YP conference, it is amazing how quickly people are to jump to conspiratorial thinking. "Sects being silenced", "small unelected clique", kind of language, when have they just considered that people are most often simply incompetent?
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
From what I've watched of the YP conference, it is amazing how quickly people are to jump to conspiratorial thinking. "Sects being silenced", "small unelected clique", kind of language, when have they just considered that people are most often simply incompetent?
This country, the government, its press, and a large section of its people, are disgustingly cruel. To the point, I think they get off on it like some sort of weird sad little sadist.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This country, the government, its press, and a large section of its people, are disgustingly cruel. To the point, I think they get off on it like some sort of weird sad little sadist.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"You seem happier"
Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.
Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
"You seem happier"
Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.
Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.
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Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
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It is IMO not possible to operate any kind of meaningful democracy when your national press is a joke and a travesty, but your mileage on that may vary. I think it’s incontestable that it is impossible to govern well and effectively, while being in hock to these pantomime clowns.
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It is IMO not possible to operate any kind of meaningful democracy when your national press is a joke and a travesty, but your mileage on that may vary. I think it’s incontestable that it is impossible to govern well and effectively, while being in hock to these pantomime clowns.
This framing is deliberate...
Putting YOUR TAX IS GOING UP alongside "ending the two-child welfare cap" and a story below with the title "How the chancellor just took a chunk out of your future pay". Suggesting X is because of Y.
Putting YOUR TAX IS GOING UP alongside "ending the two-child welfare cap" and a story below with the title "How the chancellor just took a chunk out of your future pay". Suggesting X is because of Y.
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This framing is deliberate...
Putting YOUR TAX IS GOING UP alongside "ending the two-child welfare cap" and a story below with the title "How the chancellor just took a chunk out of your future pay". Suggesting X is because of Y.
Putting YOUR TAX IS GOING UP alongside "ending the two-child welfare cap" and a story below with the title "How the chancellor just took a chunk out of your future pay". Suggesting X is because of Y.
Considering that people with EVs pay more for not-so-fancy car models, simply for having a battery, how much extra VAT have we contributed compared to someone buying a petrol/diesel car?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Electric vehicle owners to face pay-per-mile tax
Drivers of electric cars will pay a road charge of 3p per mile, while plug-in hybrid drivers will pay 1.5p per mile from April 2028.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Considering that people with EVs pay more for not-so-fancy car models, simply for having a battery, how much extra VAT have we contributed compared to someone buying a petrol/diesel car?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Whenever I hear a group being described as "vulnerable", I begin to seethe. Vulnerable implies they're that way due to some natural factor, rather than because of societal and state oppression.
Sorry, no, Motability was not about 'helping the most vulnerable' - it was about providing people who need modified vehicles modified vehicles!
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Whenever I hear a group being described as "vulnerable", I begin to seethe. Vulnerable implies they're that way due to some natural factor, rather than because of societal and state oppression.
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Like it was obvious when the Supreme Court randomly decided to rewrite the Equality Act, but I think there's a large amount if journalistic negligence that no one really treats judges as anything other than neutral conduits through which the word of law moves
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Like it was obvious when the Supreme Court randomly decided to rewrite the Equality Act, but I think there's a large amount if journalistic negligence that no one really treats judges as anything other than neutral conduits through which the word of law moves
A year or two ago I went to a community centre for Gàidhlig classes, at the same time there were multiple kids sports classes going on. I didn't need a background check to attend, and neither did the other 8 people attending...
NEW: Glasgow City Council is set for a long-running stand-off with protesters targeting a local primary over English classes for pupils’ mums
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A year or two ago I went to a community centre for Gàidhlig classes, at the same time there were multiple kids sports classes going on. I didn't need a background check to attend, and neither did the other 8 people attending...
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
Fella looks like a haunted ventriloquist doll
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Fella looks like a haunted ventriloquist doll
One of my gripes about bluesky is how little info you have about blocked accounts. If I have blocked someone and their post is shared then I should be allowed to click on and decide if I want to see who it is from. Instead you're left wondering and unable to see anything.
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
One of my gripes about bluesky is how little info you have about blocked accounts. If I have blocked someone and their post is shared then I should be allowed to click on and decide if I want to see who it is from. Instead you're left wondering and unable to see anything.