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05.12.2024 19:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
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At last! The demise of Twitter can be described in a single word - βenshitificationβ, what a timesaver! Thank you Australia!
26.11.2024 23:59 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
26.11.2024 18:11 β π 55017 π 20406 π¬ 1416 π 1538
Wee Brexit joke, still no funny though
24.11.2024 10:39 β π 429 π 65 π¬ 1 π 4
βOne of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.β
-Plato
21.11.2024 21:03 β π 39365 π 6998 π¬ 608 π 374
Call me old fashioned but I prefer MPs to focus on real issues like child poverty, cost of living crisis, climate change etc rather than critiquing advertising campaignsβ¦
22.11.2024 08:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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20.11.2024 22:32 β π 363 π 50 π¬ 18 π 8
Exactly this. Lots of issues around Brexit implications and other economic factors are being conflated with the IHT changes. The real question should be what can be done to make farming profitable?
19.11.2024 23:18 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Theyβre definitely not!
19.11.2024 19:42 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
βGonnae Snow Do Thatβ is definitely a favourite! π
19.11.2024 18:08 β π 12 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Itβs been sad to see the loss of momentum for #indyref2 and #ScottishIndependence but the case remains compellingβ¦
19.11.2024 11:28 β π 9 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Of all my deeply held beliefs, I did not anticipate that the one of about The Empire Strikes Back being the best #StarWars movie would be the most controversial. Jeez! Somebody back me up! π
19.11.2024 09:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
@brendagough.bsky.social here it is, if youβre not following Farrukh already, would recommend! x
19.11.2024 09:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I thought @mhairiblack.bsky.social was spot on here and also with her comments on farming tax. Sadly missed in frontline politics, you must reconsider standing for upcoming Holyrood elections! π³οΈ
19.11.2024 02:14 β π 22 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
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Being laid up with Whooping Cough has its benefitsβ¦ spent the day watching Star Wars 4, 5 and 6 again with my son. Although I havenβt yet been able to get his agreement on the fact that the Empire Strikes Back is clearly the π #starwars #fact #goat
17.11.2024 19:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
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Hello @bsky.app. I decided to escape the toxicity of the other app whose name we shall not mention and Iβm so glad I did! Who else is up for changing the world for the better? π¦
15.11.2024 00:02 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
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