@severincarrell.bsky.social
Scotland editor for the Guardian (currently on sabbatical). A personal account. Likes and reposts ≠ approval or endorsements (with thanks to Dr Seuss) I once played in the second violins for the Edinburgh primary schools orchestra. Just once
@ketanjoshi.coReposted by @severincarrell.bsky.socialwho amongst us could have predicted this etc etc
@jonathan-watts.bsky.socialReposted by @severincarrell.bsky.socialMore fire, more crime, more death and a globally important ecosystem driven ever more rapidly towards a point of no return. That’s the prospect for the Amazon rainforest if Flávio Bolsonaro wins Brazil’s election
My take
@severincarrell.bsky.socialIt channels his joy so well
@severincarrell.bsky.socialThis is a small thing, but it was very cool and classy of BBC’s cop drama Blue Light to use Bulbs, a classic from Van Morrison’s under-rated Veedon Fleece, as it’s curtain-fall soundtrack. I like.
@reuters.comReposted by @severincarrell.bsky.socialMeta, TikTok, X challenge UK watchdog over online safety data demands reut.rs/47AtuN7
@zoecrowther.bsky.socialReposted by @severincarrell.bsky.socialThe AI minister has used AI-generated synthetic focus groups provided by a private company to test public opinion on AI and other issues The model is trained on data from real-life focus groups
@sahilkapur.bsky.socialReposted by @severincarrell.bsky.socialThose Pro-Trump TV ads? Funded with money approved for Customs & Border Protection, per official & GOP senator.
Susan Collins says it's from the big beautiful bill, not appropriations.
Wise move? Jim Justice: "Well, if that's exactly what happened, probably not."
@jayhulmepoet.bsky.socialReposted by @severincarrell.bsky.socialI'm going to tell you a story and then, at the end, I'm going to ask you if anyone happens to have the niche knowledge I need to help... The story begins, as so many of my stories do, in an ancient church in the middle of a city. But it's not now. And it's not hundreds of years ago. It's the 1960's
@colinyeo.bsky.socialReposted by @severincarrell.bsky.socialNine white men and one white woman?
@allytibbitt.meReposted by @severincarrell.bsky.socialHaving led a campaign for proper continuous segregated bike lanes on Leith Walk a long time ago, it's very pleasing to read this.
Build bike lanes and they will come... Who knew?
@scottnover.bsky.socialReposted by @severincarrell.bsky.socialThere will effectively be no TV coverage of Trump's UN visit or other presidential events, though I imagine smaller networks may take the White House's own feed. This is a very big deal and one only possible because of solidarity from the whole pool. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
@scottnover.bsky.socialReposted by @severincarrell.bsky.socialBREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said.
It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
@katzish.bsky.socialReposted by @severincarrell.bsky.socialWow. A big deal and I am impressed with Fox and CBS for sticking with the pack here
@astroroyalscot.bsky.socialReposted by @severincarrell.bsky.socialNASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌
ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...
@nickharkaway.comReposted by @severincarrell.bsky.socialThe RNLI is the closest you will ever get to actual Batman. When rescue is visibly, viscerally, obviously impossible; when the water is a smothering, thundering black wall and the wind is screaming straight from Hell; when you are absolutely going to die: someone’s hand pulls you out and you don’t.
@petergeoghegan.bsky.socialReposted by @severincarrell.bsky.social🔴 Something Tom Watson won't tell you: Five police forces in the East Midlands working with Palantir on a controversial surveillance programme are ending their involvement
Exclusive by Democracy for Sale and Liberty Investigates.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...
@nytpitchbot.bsky.socialReposted by @severincarrell.bsky.socialThe fact that very few highly educated people support Donald Trump shows just how biased our educational system has become.
@edinburghminute.comReposted by @severincarrell.bsky.social🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. It’s the 1,000th edition! The headlines: Uni staff plan 5-week walkout, culture groups win 25% funding boost, Leith Walk has more bikes than cars + 135 artists open their homes
⏰ Read more in Edinburgh’s ad-free local newsletter: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...
@tonytassell.bsky.socialReposted by @severincarrell.bsky.socialFrom a @robertshrimsley.bsky.social column on how mega-donors obscure the wider threats to British democracy www.ft.com/content/f270...
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