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Bob Jamieson

@bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

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#democraticsocialism #LGBTQally #transally #EU #independentScotland #antifascist #SOSNHS #FOSS
Male, retired. Equality for all, regardless of gender, colour or sexual orientation. Society without socialism is not society, but exploitation of the weakest. He/him Lives in Hawick, Scottish Borders @bobjmsn.bsky.social
Header is a drone photo of my former home in Shetland.
Avatar is Aurora borealis over Loch of Voe Shetland

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Joined November 21, 2022

Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 2w ago

Normal Island News Ed Sheeran performs half a show to his few remaining fans "Ed Sheeran performed at Lincoln Financial Field last night, only two and a half hours later than planned. He cut his show in half after his support acts dropped out in solidarity with Gaza. Apparently, something bad is happening over there. Anyway, the concert was the most exciting experience since the bank left me on hold for 45 minutes," https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/ed-sheeran-performs-half-a-show-to?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #NormalIslandNews #satire #GazaGenocide #Sheeran

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 2w ago

Harry's Last Stand Run Rabbit Run JM Smith "When the First World War broke out in 1914, a British diplomat lamented that the lights were going out across Europe. Yet most were excited by the prospect of conflict, as if battle were a bath to cleanse civilisation of the grime of peace. The start of the Second World War wasn’t like that." https://jmsmith.substack.com/p/run-rabbit-run?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #HarrysLastStand #HarryLeslieSmith #JohnSmith #history #politics

Run Rabbit Run

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Run Rabbit Run

When the First World War broke out in 1914, a British diplomat lamented that the lights were going out across Europe.

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

Normal Island News

Huge relief as America's no. 1 rapist, paedophile, and war criminal survives another shooting

Americans sighed in relief after their most popular rapist, paedophile, and war criminal survived a shooting at the White House Correspondent’s dinner, last night. The assassin shot and injured a police officer, but thankfully no rich people were harmed in this production, and I’m told that Trump’s ears were unscathed. Thank god.

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/huge-relief-as-americas-no-1-rapist?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#NormalIslandNews #satire

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 6mo ago

RE: @NationCymru@toot.wales

A simple urine test to detect early stage breast cancer.

#BreastCancerPrevention

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 4mo ago

Normal Island News

Man in silly outfit cheerfully announces new age of authoritarianism on behalf of prime minister everyone hates

Yesterday, an unelected man sat in the unelected House of Lords, wearing a silly hat and the skin of several small, furry animals that made him look like he had just returned from a medieval stag do and was bravely fighting a hangover. We’ve all been there…

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/man-in-silly-outfit-cheerfully-announces?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#NormalIslandNews #satire #uk_politics #Starmer #Labour #fascism

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 6mo ago

RE: @Infrogmation@mastodon.online

Liberty in fascist chains. #ICE #FascistUSA #NoFreedomInTheUS

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

Normal Island News

Netanyahu relieved as peace talks collapse at "perfect moment", just before his corruption trial was set to resume

Benjamin Netanyahu is said to be delighted that peace talks between Iran and the US have collapsed, just as his corruption trial was set to resume. The Israeli prime minister is hopeful that his trial can once again be postponed on the basis that he is dead, I mean preoccupied by the war.

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/netanyahu-relieved-as-peace-talks?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#NormalIslandNews #satire #Israel #Iran #US

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 6mo ago

Normal Island News

Trump looking forward to launching Power Plant Tuesday from British military bases

President Trump says he is looking forward to launching Power Plant Tuesday from military bases in the UK, unless Iran opens the Strait that is only closed because Trump started this war. The US president was furious that the Iranians seem in no mood for negotiation, due to the minor issue that Israel killed all of the negotiators.

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/trump-looking-forward-to-launching?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#NormalIslandNews #satire #Iran #US

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@KatyElphinstone 6/ It can be difficult for teachers to provide support for autistic children because they're under time pressure, particularly with cuts to SEND. They can end up firefighting problems and not have time to devote to help the child who is not acting up. We have a friend with an autistic son who manages to cope with school, but has an emotional outburst when he gets home. He cannot cope with sudden changes that he has not been prepared for and she cannot understand why they do this

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@KatyElphinstone I want to tell you how much your posts help me towards understanding the trauma that neurodivergent friends and family experience.

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

Normal Island News

SHOCKING SCANDAL: Zack Polanski changed his name in 2002 to avoid a £3.50 library fine

Millions of impressionable voters will soon be heading to the polls, dreaming of saving the planet, hugging trees, and finally getting proportional representation. Their inspiration is the charismatic supervillain who currently goes by the name of Zack Polanski. Who knows what he will be called tomorrow?

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/shocking-scandal-zack-polanski-changed?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#NormalIslandNews #satire #politics #UKElections

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 6mo ago

Normal Island News

Police to resume Palestine Action arrests due to staggering rise in terrorism that has so far seen zero casualties

With all the terrible things going on in the world, you will be pleased to hear the Metropolitan Police has decided to once again focus its energy on the most important issue of all: people holding up signs the government doesn’t like.

https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/police-to-resume-palestine-action?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#NormalIslandNews #satire #GazaGenocide #PalestineAction #fascismUK

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@KatyElphinstone 5/ The point I am trying to get to is we all experience stress and many of us are traumatised at some time, and we all mask aspects of our behaviour as a result in order to fit in. Masking is not just behaviour that relates to autism, and autism is not a psychiatric disorder, but a brain that functions a bit differently. We should celebrate our differences, not stigmatise them, because everyone's thoughts are valid, even when they seem blunt to some.

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@KatyElphinstone 2/. ...because we are not neurotypical on this side of a fence, and neurodivergent on that side, we are individuals with male/female mental and emotional differences, on top of which is an array of experience, convictions, obsessions etc. Add to that, that by the time someone begins to think they might be autistic, they have faced so much self doubt in their ability to communicate and be understood, that they find it difficult to open up for fear of ability to explain.

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@KatyElphinstone 7/ It seems obvious to her that this could be prevented by teachers telling the pupil in advance of upcoming changes " miss Smith will not be in tomorrow, so you will have another member of staff ". This is what I mean about lack of training teachers to deal with autistic children; never spring something unexpected on them, try to understand the way they experience the world and remember that they can be overwhelmed, as can we all! We all need space and quiet to recover.

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

Harry's Last Stand

Keir Starmer: NHS Slayer
Harry Leslie Smith’s Past Became Our Present
JM Smith

Things have been falling apart in Britain since the era of Margaret Thatcher. State infrastructure has been starved of public investment so that it becomes inefficient, incompetent, and inadequate for the needs of society. This is neoliberalism’s grand plan: to privatise every aspect of the state,from healthcare to education.

https://open.substack.com/pub/jmsmith/p/keir-starmer-nhs-slayer?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#HarrysLastStand #JohnSmith #HarryLeslieSmith

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@RickiTarr@beige.party That's why the NHS in the UK was so successful until the government started to privatise it and then it began to fail financially because costs sky rocketed.

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@KatyElphinstone 4/ While autism diagnosis can be vital to gain access to psychiatric counselling and services in schools, labelling someone can lead to "othering", particularly when stress and trauma lead to other diagnosis like PTSD or similar acronym. I have had someone comment that every counselling session seems to add another possible acronym, but little practical help to deal with stress in everyday life. Understanding and empathy from the counsellor make a huge difference.

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 6mo ago

Harry's Last Stand

Living in Fight or Flight
Poverty’s oldest symptom
JM Smith

"The only way I can describe this tiredness over the last three months is the moment before anaesthesia takes hold, when your arms and legs feel weighed down. I think it’s a response to living in a constant state of fight or flight. It wears you down. Hopefully, it will pass. I’m finding it harder to tread water."

https://open.substack.com/pub/jmsmith/p/living-in-fight-or-flight?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#HarrysLastStand #HarryLeslieSmith #johnSmith

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@Thebratdragon@mastodon.scot @RickiTarr@beige.party Then watch them collapse, because shareholders in those companies are milking profits, and the companies are asset stripping them.

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social 👏 👏 👏 Wise words!

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@RickiTarr@beige.party I get what you're saying, but there's a flaw in that argument since you are very clearly not bad at everything 😏

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@smutmag Respect!!

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 6mo ago

Harry's Last Stand

"Years of economic turmoil wore away our common courtesy."
JM Smith

"It seems like forever now that I’ve been piecing together and editing my dad’s The Green and Pleasant Land. The first volume is done, aside from some tinkering. This gives me a sense of enormous relief because I am always concerned that my health will pack right in before this job is done."

https://open.substack.com/pub/jmsmith/p/years-of-economic-turmoil-wore-away?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#HarrysLastStand #HarryLeslieSmith #JohnSmith

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 8mo ago

Replying to

@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt That's more of a slippery slope than steps

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 12mo ago

Replying to

@Geri don`t care. UK fascism can go hang

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 12mo ago

Replying to

@_elena @sylvia I am #GratefulForYou for this hashtag and for introducing positivity and acknowledging people`s contributions. Nice to meet you, and thank you.

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

Harry's Last Stand Neoliberalism Bins Everything of Value JM Smith "During the Brexit referendum, I once saw the Liberal Democrat life peer and political commentator Paddy Ashdown on an overcrowded weekend train to Cornwall during a June heatwave. It was standing room only with weekend holidaymakers and foreign tourists. My dad was in a mobility wheelchair, pushed up against luggage stacked against a wall." https://open.substack.com/pub/jmsmith/p/neoliberalism-bins-everything-of?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #HarrysLastStand #HarryLeslieSmith #JohnSmith #politics

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 2mo ago

Harry's Last Stand Staying On JM Smith "Late last week, I became aware of the class action lawsuit against Anthropic in the United States over its harvesting of millions of books, more than a decade ago, without the permission of their authors or publishers. Curious, I searched the database of works listed in the lawsuit. To my astonishment, I found my dad’s first book, 1923, among the titles that had allegedly been scraped." https://open.substack.com/pub/jmsmith/p/staying-on?r=12u3ju&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #HarrysLastStand #JohnSmith

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 16mo ago

Replying to

@Daojoan@mastodon.social Increasingly, simply having a body is becoming woke and therefore needs to be suppressed, especially if that body has female characteristics. I feel that, in the current political situation, I have to clarify that this is my attempt at satire, because the boundary between reality and satire is becoming blurred.

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Bob Jamieson @bobjmsn@mastodon.scot

· 5mo ago

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@Strandjunker@mstdn.social Indeed! Biologically female is the primary sex. Higher organisms that reproduce asexually are female. Male offspring are produced from time to time to provide fresh genetic input and maintain genetic health. No man can reproduce without a woman, but women have a womb, and theoretically egg nuclei could be fused to produce female offspring from two "mothers"

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