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Not the former drummer with Roxy Music.
Freelance researcher & writer with an award-winning PhD from St Andrews.
Author: 'Masculinity in Lesbian “Pulp” Fiction: Disappearing Heteronormativity?'
Mid-20c queer books. Queer spaces and phenomenology.
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Doc Paperback @docpaperback.bsky.social · Nov 15
#Scotland
Sunlight on Glamaig, Isle of Skye.
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Oldthinkers unbellyfeel Amcap.
September 17, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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cliff229.bsky.social
Those who call themselves centrist, non-political, neither left nor right: You are doing exactly what the cult wants. If we are going to save this world, the only one we have, we have to take a very strong and active stance. Now.
September 17, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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pauleric70.bsky.social
It's time to remind ourselves what Desmond Tutu said…

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."

That's meant for you Mr Sheeran🤬
September 16, 2026 at 2:44 AM
docpaperback.bsky.social
Reform, the party of ordinary working people, eh?
September 13, 2026 at 8:53 AM
docpaperback.bsky.social
The way things are going in the UK, watch out for goons in black balaclavas outside our polling stations too, next time there's an election.
theatlantic.com The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 5d
As the midterms approach, the most serious threat to free and fair elections is local—in statehouses and county offices, where a cohort of election deniers are taking control, Toluse Olorunnipa reports.
The Election Deniers’ Long Game
Right-wing activists have slowly taken control of a significant part of America’s local election apparatus. The country isn’t prepared for what they might do.
bit.ly
September 12, 2026 at 5:11 PM
docpaperback.bsky.social
Watch as Burnham drops his principles one by one until there are none left.
September 12, 2026 at 5:03 PM
docpaperback.bsky.social
Meanwhile Marina Hyde of @theguardian.com says JKR should be the next Prime Minister of the UK. 😡😡😡😡
If that should happen, I'll apply for Romulan citizenship, end of.
marlownyc.bsky.social Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 6d
‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series:

“She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.”

variety.com/2026/tv/feat...
Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’
‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
variety.com
September 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
docpaperback.bsky.social
You WHAT????
#Trump #Bribe #Corrupt #Corruption #Crime
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US citizens will receive $5,000 if Republicans win midterms, Trump claims in lengthy convention speech
President makes offer that would cost US over $1tn and asks voters to ‘pretend that I’m on the ballot’ despite being deeply unpopular among electorate
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2026 at 6:30 AM
docpaperback.bsky.social
Using an Icelandic VPN means I put up with Icelandic adverts on YouTube. On the other hand, some of them are adorable.
#Iceland #Icelandic #Skanva #Advert [Hannaðu þína eigin glugga og hurðir eftir þínum málum í netverslun okkar og fáðu sent heim, það stendur hér.]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9bd...
Hagstæðir gluggar fyrir íslenskar aðstæður
YouTube video by Skanva - Gluggar og hurðir
www.youtube.com
September 9, 2026 at 7:58 AM
docpaperback.bsky.social
SMRT FAŠIZMU, SLOBODA NARODU!
#DeathToFascism #FreedomForThePeople #Partisan
Yugoslav partisan Stjepan Filipović shouting "Death to Fascism, freedom for the People!" from the scaffold.
September 8, 2026 at 6:43 AM
docpaperback.bsky.social
As usual, @bjennings90.bsky.social puts it brilliantly (if a little too gently) in @theguardian.com Just imagine if this was the 1930s and thugs like these were stopping the Kindertransport!
#Nazis #Nazism #FarRight #Fascism #DannyTommo
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ben Jennings on the far-right disturbances in Dover and Portsmouth – cartoon
Black-clad men in balaclavas disrupted traffic and fought with police over the weekend
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2026 at 6:26 AM
docpaperback.bsky.social
1/2
In 1939 these goons would have been interned along with Oswald Mosley. 😡
#Nazis #Nazism #FarRight #Fascism
[And what's more, #Christian my arse!]
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Army of patriots’: how a black-clad Christian vigilante group swarmed Portsmouth
Daniel Thomas has spent months trying to unify the UK’s disparate far right to form a disciplined anti-migrant force
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2026 at 6:21 AM
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September 7, 2026 at 6:24 AM
docpaperback.bsky.social
Scheiß auf das Vierte Reich! 😡
#AFD #Nazism
September 7, 2026 at 6:15 AM
docpaperback.bsky.social
My late father fought from 1939 to 1945 to stop blackshirts marching down our streets. Now they stomp through Dover and Portsmouth! My dad fought IN VAIN! 😡
#Nazism #Blackshirts #racism
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Hundreds of far-right protesters descend on Portsmouth after small boat arrival
Influencer livestreams event calling for men to travel to port to block coaches carrying asylum seekers from leaving
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2026 at 5:48 AM
docpaperback.bsky.social
My late father fought from 1939 to 1945 IN VAIN! 😡
#Nazism #AFD www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
Far-right AfD wins key German state election but falls just short of majority
Alternative für Deutschland surges to victory in Saxony-Anhalt as Friedrich Merz’s CDU slumps to disastrous result
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2026 at 5:45 AM
docpaperback.bsky.social
THIS!
#AI
levostregc.bsky.social Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 10d
And yn the nakid lighte Ich sawe
Millions of people, maybe more
People talkinge wythout speakinge
People hearinge wythout listeninge
People writinge songes that voyces nevir shared
And no one dared
Disturbe the reign of A.I.
September 7, 2026 at 5:33 AM
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Doc Paperback... nul points.

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September 6, 2026 at 7:58 AM
docpaperback.bsky.social
Something else added to my stack of bedside reading arived today!

'A History of the Novel in Britain' by Philip Hensher.
Dook cover of 'A History of the Novel in Britain' by Philip Hensher.
September 4, 2026 at 8:01 AM
docpaperback.bsky.social
Newsflash!
Donald Trump to rename Washington DC.
Trumpton - a British children's TV show.
September 3, 2026 at 8:09 AM
docpaperback.bsky.social
Now, where have I heard this kind of bloody nonsense before? Ah yes, Trump.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK bans three journalists from its conference after critical reporting
Guardian City editor Anna Isaac among those who had credentials to cover event declined
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2026 at 6:22 AM
docpaperback.bsky.social
#ICE #RightWing
#Leopards #Face
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Milo Yiannopoulos, a far-right political commentator, detained by ICE
A former editor of Breitbart News, Yiannopoulos has also served as an intern for Marjorie Taylor Greene
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2026 at 7:43 AM
docpaperback.bsky.social
This is US "diplomacy."

Actually, a Canadian took this photo. The fight lasted 20 mins and the eagle fled. You do not mess with geese.*

[*Ever seen a goose attack a speeding motorcycle? Happened to me.]
charlesrusnell.bsky.social Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 20d
The U.S. ambassador to Canada reposted this
Repost by American ambassador to Canada Pete Hoeskstra of a Whitehouse post of an AI-generated photo of an eagle killing a Canada goose.
August 29, 2026 at 5:22 AM
docpaperback.bsky.social
#Canada #LakeOntario
LAKE ONTARIO. LAKE ONTARIO. LAKE ONTARIO. LAKE ONTARIO. LAKE ONTARIO. LAKE ONTARIO. LAKE ONTARIO. LAKE ONTARIO. LAKE ONTARIO. LAKE ONTARIO. LAKE ONTARIO. LAKE ONTARIO. LAKE ONTARIO. LAKE ONTARIO. LAKE ONTARIO. LAKE ONTARIO. LAKE ONTARIO. LAKE ONTARIO. LAKE ONTARIO.
Map of Lake Ontario.
August 28, 2026 at 4:55 PM
docpaperback.bsky.social
Oh please utterly fck off!
[At least we now know which side John Swinney's on!]
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’
Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2026 at 6:17 AM