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Patrick Hadfield
@patrickhadfield@mastodon.scot
mastodon 4.7.2Photography, jazz, art, politics, whisky, wine and more.
Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Joined November 02, 2022
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I'd have expected endangering lives at sea to be a criminal act. I hope this apology for a human being suffers the full effects of the law.
"Thomas filmed himself stabbing a knife into the inflatable dinghy several times and slashing its side. The noise of escaping air was audible, and Thomas shouted: “This is England. This is not France any more.”"
"Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/22/far-right-activist-daniel-thomas-slashes-dinghy-with-blade-while-rescue-worker-onboard?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Boosted by @ferrix@mastodon.online
This is some headline.
"Films more likely to star an actor called Chris or a talking animal than a woman over 60, study finds."
#ageism #misogynyhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/25/films-more-likely-to-star-an-actor-called-chris-or-a-talking-animal-than-a-woman-over-60-study-finds?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
The Lego marketing team have been watching social media ...
In an interview with BBC News, Nigel Farage said "I have been the most attacked, physically, politician of modern times".
I think Jo Cox and David Amess might disagree.
#UKpol #Reform
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jv8xl17l8o
Because Trump claimed the BBC's report damaged his businesses, the judge says he must release financial details of those businesses.
Lol.
"Trump must divulge financial details about businesses in $10bn BBC lawsuit."
#Trump #BBC
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/21/trump-financial-details-bbc-lawsuit?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Reform UK Ltd has released a new policy (possibly illegal were it enacted).
"In order to deport all illegal migrants in Britain, a Reform government will build detention capacity for at least 24,000 illegal migrants at a time.
They will not be able to leave the detention centres, and be held for a short period while they await deportation."
They plan to place "detention centres" in constituencies that vote Green.
They're evil, and this policy is shameful.
#UKpol
https://votegreengetillegals.com/
Adding to my digital shopping list, I made a typo.
And hence I need to buy some "waking up liquid".
I think I've just invented coffee...
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@FlockOfCats@famichiki.jp more importantly, get *other people* to proofread it!
I can't see typos in my own writing. Reading others' work, my pedantry knows no bounds!
A factor of five seems more then just a misstatement!
"Emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar error."
"Google developers significantly misstate carbon emissions of proposed UK datacentres."
Well, this made me smile! It's rather lovely.
"I drive a bus for dogs."
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/31/experience-i-drive-a-bus-for-dogs?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Andy Burnham banging on about "the North" in the Grauniad.
It's not the north, of course. It's the north *of England*.
I'm in favour of more devolution: England's regions need more representation. But despite devolution being a Labour project - badly enacted by Blair's government - Labour show no understanding. They just don't get it.
"It’s not just a No 10 in the north, it’s an engine for growth throughout the whole UK."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/23/number-10-north-growth-uk-andy-burnham?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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@markmason@mas.to @GeofCox@climatejustice.social I seem to recall that the first "economic models" were basically plumbing, with water representing the financial flows and various tasks and levers to model the effect of policy.
(Now I have to go and find an image or something to prove I wasn't dreaming this...)
Here we go...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_macroeconomics
Reform didn't win any constituency seats in Scotland. But they've got fifteen regional seats, with Highlands & Islands - seven seats - yet to declare.
It looks like they won't be the official opposition, as Labour are two seats ahead of them.
Still, when Offord appeared on tv, I let out a stream of invective. It's going to be a long five years ...
Laura Kuenssberg, plugging her show tomorrow morning, says "it feels like a very different political universe" after Thursday's elections.
Utter bollocks. The margin might have moved. The landscape is the same. And the world, let alone the universe, is unmoved.
Many people here seem to appreciate ants, bees and other insects. You might be interested in this!
"Nominate your invertebrate of the year."
#wildlife #invertebrates #insects
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/01/nominate-your-invertebrate-of-the-year?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Good news.
"‘Exploratory': mysterious rise in orca sightings off Northumberland coast."
#wildlife #GoodNews
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/02/northumberland-coast-rise-orca-sightings?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
This is the damning result of years of austerity.
"People in UK spend fewer years in good health than a decade ago, study finds."
An excellent post by @cocteautriplets@mastodon.scot on the troubled history of Leith Central station.
I had no idea the Central bar predated the station - I'd always assumed it had been the station's bar!
As a student some friends and I explored a bit of the station one afternoon in 1984... (I remember nothing except that I went there!)
#Leith #Edinburgh #railways
https://threadinburgh.scot/2026/07/03/the-station-nobody-wanted-the-thread-about-leith-central/
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@FlockOfCats@famichiki.jp I suggest an anvil bearing the trade mark "Acme".
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@alice@lgbtqia.space I noticed all my tags get boosted this evening, something I'd not noticed before. Now I know why! Thanks!
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@hellgy on the plus side, had they not claimed AI, I wouldn't have seen the video, which I think is beautiful! :)
@xdej @princesse
Some lovely pictures here.
"Britain and Ireland’s wildflowers."
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@weirdestate@aus.social that's quite some house! With added suits of armour.
... And right next to Gatwick! I don't think so.
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@jimfrost@mastodon.scot that was a remarkable display! I'd been out for the evening, came home and saw the reports, and stuck my head out of the window looking north. Nothing.
Then someone posted that it was *in the south*. So I headed up Calton Hill, and the lights were dancing over Arthur's Seat (to the south)!
It was such an amazing display - in central Edinburgh - that I've been a bit blasé since then!
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@MiasAlt@sunny.garden it's the hyperbole that gets me. All it achieves is to diminish what is actually going on!
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@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt I bet they vote Reform...!
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@Geri@mastodon.online that's given me the biggest laugh so far this weekend! :)
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@theplaguedoc@glitterkitten.co.uk I fully support your sentiment, but odious Offord is likely to get in as the top of the list vote.
I think he'll be completely out of place in parliament. But it's going to be painful his rabble will get any attention at all.
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@pauloldhamsnp@mastodon.scot work? Reform? You're having a laugh!
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@IndyRichard@mastodon.scot @TCMuffin@toot.wales tell him to move to Scotland! I've Welsh and Irish friends - as well as Scottish. And English! ;)
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@nusher I'm fuming! It's made me so angry.
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@hollie@social.coop I thought it was the most beautiful film I'd seen - every shot looked like an exquisite painting!
(Aside from that, it didn't do much for me.)
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@Edwin085@mastodon.nl does everything a SPLDFR can!
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@dillyd@turtleisland.social that is wonderfully abstract! And a gorgeous colour.
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@futzle@old.mermaid.town it depends, I think, on my mood!
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@jimfrost@mastodon.scot wonderful pictures, btw!
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@joannejacobs@aus.social @jaycee@toot.community ... If they can manoeuvre him into parliament. It's not certain that there are any "safe" seats left. And were a pro-Burnham MP to stand down to make way for him, it would get labelled undemocratic, and the other parties - notably Reform and Greens - would pour in resources to upset the by election!
"Seven BBC Radio 3 programmes to mark Miles Davis Centenary."
https://ukjazznews.com/seven-bbc-radio-3-programmes-to-mark-miles-davis-centenary/
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@Edent unless you believe you owe the government (or officials within it), I'd publish and if you get an FoI response, write a second post.
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@joannaholman@aus.social just because they're cute doesn't mean they're not trying to kill you...!
"The football chant mystery: where do fans’ favourite songs come from in the first place?"
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@outdoorsbeth I've done that walk! We stayed in the bothy at Carnmore before doing the Munros. It's a long walk! And feels even longer on the walk out... ;)
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@drnoble@mastodon.scot @eclectech@things.uk I was wondering! I looked for and couldn't find an official definition.
I reckon Labour would have more claim to the title as a result of two constituency seats. (I know it shouldn't, but constituency seats still seem to have more legitimacy than regional list seats.)
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@tompearce49@mastodon.scot @alanferrier@mastodon.scot the prospect of odious Offord in Holyrood for five years is awful.
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@seanbala@mas.to @Sheril@mastodon.social "Piranesi" is a very different work to "Jonathan Strange". I found it disturbing, but very good!
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@theplaguedoc@glitterkitten.co.uk I don't believe in God, but please God...!