Ungagged!
@ungagged.bsky.social
Scottish left, pro-Indy, pro-LGBTIQA Podcasts. Writing. Campaigns. 🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴 Please join us- help us create a new, fair media- https://linktr.ee/ungagged STOP THE GENOCIDE. Team posts.
created July 31, 2023
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Taj Ali (@tajali1.bsky.social) reposted
NEWS: I’ve set up an independent anti-racist reporting and monitoring organisation. We’ll document racist attacks, support victims, pressure authorities to act, and amplify the voices of smaller, more isolated Black and Asian communities across Britain.🧵
kat (@katcary.bsky.social) reposted
Jacey is a suitable combo of my actual name for privacy reasons (@spacegrace.bsky.social) reposted
My last hope for Your Party goes up in smoke as Zarah Sultana ‘welcomes’ Mark Serwotka. His wife founded a Woman’s Place UK, a TERF group constantly trying to rollback trans people’s freedoms and he even wrote this lovely piece calling for ‘respectful discussion’ about our rights: archive.ph/iPb0L
Mark Copelovitch (@mcopelov.bsky.social) reposted
First of all, again, Don't. Stenographically. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers. Second, the actual headline should be that this is a massive violation of international law. What is journalism, anyway?
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Fox News had to pay 3/4 of a BILLION dollars for lying to its viewers. And it STILL lies.
Jojo she/her (@jojofe24.bsky.social) reposted
Another one i wrote for @ungagged.bsky.social On bias and section 28 I may not be a big youtuber but i do what i can with what i have leftungagged.org/2020/11/30/s...
Lee Saunders (@leesaunders72.bsky.social) reposted
Israel is committing a holocaust. Silence is complicity.
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼
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Reminder...
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Hotels, they say...
Neil Scott (He/Him) (@nwscotty.bsky.social) reposted
The Dekebone roondiboot goes wan better...
CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted
🚨Children🚨Killed by🚨ICE Say their names. Their lives mattered and their deaths were govt. sanctioned murders. 1/2
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
Thou shalt not end vaccines. God will not save you from plague. The Middle Ages should’ve made that very clear.
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
Fleg wars are a stupid waste of time.
Declassified UK (@declassifieduk.org) reposted
Israel’s three largest arms corporations, which all supply the Israeli military, have been allowed by the UK government to exhibit at the DSEI London arms fair in September: 🇮🇱 Elbit Systems 🇮🇱 Israel Aerospace Industries 🇮🇱 Rafael caat.org.uk/data/arms-fa...
Rubberband Girl Stretching Comfortably (@5by5nina.bsky.social) reposted
REMINDER: Newsom has an awesome media team, but he is still anti-trans, blocked funds to Planned Parenthood, and to quote @anarchodoxpod.bsky.social, the only thing he believes in is that he should be president. YOU HAVE MORE OPTIONS. Sincere plea from a Finn watching all GOP does copied in her 1/
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
Disappointment rides high...
Jojo she/her (@jojofe24.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I wrote this a few years ago on the matter for @ungagged.bsky.social What i started to see in YES/scottish left just exhausted me Fighting your own side is exhausting (and a thank you to @ungagged.bsky.social for allowing me to write for them📝🥰) leftungagged.org/2020/12/09/w...
💚 Val she/her 🏴🏳️⚧️🇪🇭 (@scribblingval.bsky.social) reposted
When will the penny drop that the 'legitimate concerns' about women and children come from the same ominously manipulative stable, whether the target is asylum seekers or transgender people.
Mississippi Free Press (@mississippifreepress.org) reposted
“Body parts and blood were all around us, and corpses were scattered on top of each other,” journalist Anas al-Sharif wrote on Aug. 10, the day Israel killed him. “Tell me what words and phrases could help any journalist describe this horrific image."
John (@johngoodman.bsky.social) reposted
realistic Star Trek
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Via @johngoodman.bsky.social
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DatAI...
David Combest (@decombest.bsky.social) reposted
Chicago keeping art alive:
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😆
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What a complete waste of meat this man is.
The National (@scotnational.bsky.social) reposted
An emergency 'counter-demonstration' to 'defend refugees' being housed in Falkirk has been called after a last-minute march on the hotel was announced 👇
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
Straight from t'internet so it must be true. Even if it isn't it's a great read 🤪
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
USA... please sort your Government out. They are treating allies as enemies. It is like US(A)SR.
NevereverDave.bsky.social (@nevereverdave.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Worth a listen to Mr #RitchieVenton too! youtu.be/18qkXHwyKOA?...
Anna (@tgannawade.bsky.social) reposted
Wow, this is incredible and powerful. And don't let the title put you off...
UnicornsRockUK (@unicornsrockuk.bsky.social) reposted
This video is definitely worth a watch!! and a share. I was actually thinking something similar the other day. We once had fun, and fun with ourselves, and now we're attacking inwardly and outwardly. We're better than the bigots and flag-shaggers.
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social) reply parent
We've found out who this is. She is Louise the Poet! www.instagram.com/louisethepoe...
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
Trump is a cunt.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Frey: I think the impetus has to be on all of us to recognize that we've got more guns in this country than we have people, and it's on all of us to recognize the truth and the reality that we can't just say that this shouldn't happen again, and then allow it to happen again and again
Neil Scott (He/Him) (@nwscotty.bsky.social) reposted
I'm not indigenous.
Neil Scott (He/Him) (@nwscotty.bsky.social) reposted
Farage is aiming to break up your family.
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
@prickknobinson.bsky.social spoils JD Vance's pub lunch...
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
Fight the far right shitty narrative with our first teeshirt design... "Not Indigenous" because we are all human. leftungagged.teemill.com/product/not-...
💚 Val she/her 🏴🏳️⚧️🇪🇭 (@scribblingval.bsky.social) reposted
Labour say that Fartage's anti immigration deportation plans are 'unworkable'. Where are the mainstream voices saying that they are inhumane? @paulsweeney.bsky.social ?
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social) reposted
Who is this? It is SUPERB. A must watch if you are in a country that is being eaten by fascists. youtu.be/r_x7qEEaZy4?...
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social) reposted
Donald Trump is a greedy, delusional failure.
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social) reposted
Ooh, he's such a silly little fash-shit.
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
Fuck Netanyahu and his fascist Government. Fuck fascist Trump. Fuck Nigel Farage. Fascists will pay for their crimes.
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
TW ⚠️ NBC shows another angle of the 2nd strike on Nasser hospital, which targeted rescue workers responding after the first strike killed journalists International volunteers say they were suspiciously required to leave for a training. Bibi calls it a “tragic mishap”
David Roberts (@volts.wtf) reposted
The fascism is here. "What would you do if fascism came to America?" You're doing it.
Mark T. Sneed (@marktsneed.bsky.social) reposted
Good morning Bluesky. "Government of any sort – including democracy – does not possess more wisdom or justice than its individual citizens, and that it is every citizen’s responsibility to avoid acquiescence."- Henry David Thoreau
John Swinney (@johnswinney.bsky.social) reposted
Every time living standards fall, Nigel Farage blames migration. And every time, Keir Starmer nods along. People are struggling with the cost of living and blaming migration won’t fix that. Scotland deserves better - a fairer, wealthier, welcoming future with independence.
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
My current favorite bit of right-wing Christian hypocrisy is Ken Paxton, a man whose wife is divorcing him for adultery, forcing Texas schools to unconstitutionally post "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
Who is this? It is SUPERB. A must watch if you are in a country that is being eaten by fascists. youtu.be/r_x7qEEaZy4?...
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
Donald Trump is a greedy, delusional failure.
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
Ooh, he's such a silly little fash-shit.
NPR (@npr.org) reposted
Virginia Giuffre was one of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's most outspoken accusers. Six months after her death, Giuffre's book detailing her life will be published.
Gary R Simonds (@garys79.bsky.social) reposted
Dems, independents, reasonable republicans, the time to stand up to trump is now.As is reported here by @hcrichardson.bsky.social ,trump is establishing military shock troops to deal with "public order issues." Most likely any form of protest. We need millions in the streets. NOW. While we still can
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social) reply parent
...And he's losing that one...
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social) reply parent
His only combat is spraying deodorant.
Chris Ahuja for Congress (@chrisahuja.bsky.social) reposted
This guy looks weak—like his pacemaker needs a pacemaker. He’s not a strongman. Don’t worry, he’s fine. He’s got the best health care money can buy… after ripping it away from millions of Americans. And yeah, his name’s on the Epstein list. #CA32 #ChrisAhuja #AhujaCongress2026 #Ahuja
Biker Neil 🏴 🇵🇸🍉 ☮️🇧🇲 (@bikerneil.bsky.social) reposted
Last in a series of 13. All available on leftungagged.org AND all usual podcast outlets; Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Podbean, Pocket Casts… Go listen!
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
@scribblingval.bsky.social reviews the reviewers and the outrage. May they all live in their own interesting times
Rima I Anabtawi (@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social) reposted
“most”
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
This is what autocrats say and do. Some threats he intends to carry out, others are just meant to intimidate to produce a change in behavior caused by fear. Every day we move closer to autocracy. Who will be fearless & fight, who will ignore it and hide, & who will bend the knee?
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social) reposted
A Prick in America: Epilogue- "Prick Vance" - @prickknobinson.bsky.social just filed this report from his London pub seat... apparently VP Vance had an English pub meal... (Thanks again to @bikerneil.bsky.social and @nwscotty.bsky.social ) leftungagged.org/2025/08/23/a...
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
Our press isn't free enough to cover the left. Only the decrepid and failed centre, the right and the far right. The press is run by millionaire cucks for billionaires.
Sophie Molly (@sophiemolly.co.uk) reposted
It's a sign that far-right propaganda like this has successfully conditioned the masses for the arrival of Herr Führer (Farage). Pushed by racist mouthpieces like Mr Tombs. archive.is/202508250945...
Joan Weinman (@joanwein.bsky.social) reposted
The only acceptable name change. Please take note, Google.
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
Fight the right!
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Brilliant space for yer da to paint a big red cross.
John Collins (@logicallyjc.bsky.social) reposted
That aged poorly.
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
Question to Scottish Indy supporters: If Scotland was independent,would these companies be banned from printing from Israel? Does the Scottish Parliament have the power to stop them now? greens.scot/news/scottis...
Kevin (Des) (@jambodes.bsky.social) reposted
Thread
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rugby team." This situation is worrying and requires a coordinated antifacist response.
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connections to fascist organizations like Britain First. It's concerning to see how many people are accepting the explanations of "it's the national flag,what's the problem?"or "we're just supporting the England women's
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social) reply parent
RIGHT NOW, SO WE'RE HIDING IT BEHIND A DENIABLE NATIONAL FLAG. BUT WHAT WE MEAN IS - WE HATE YOU AND WANT TO PUT OUR BOOT ON YOUR FACE." The group behind this is "Operation Raise The Colours," which has
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
When certain groups on the political left and liberal spectrum dismiss the flying of the St. George's Cross as a harmless display of national pride, they're missing a critical subtext which is: "WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO SAY THIS EXPLICLITY
Neil Scott (He/Him) (@nwscotty.bsky.social) reposted
Prick is becoming subtle on his old age...
Prick Knobinson (@prickknobinson.bsky.social) reposted
Veep, tacky, obsequious baby JD Vance spoiled my pub for an hour or so.
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
A Prick in America: Epilogue- "Prick Vance" - @prickknobinson.bsky.social just filed this report from his London pub seat... apparently VP Vance had an English pub meal... (Thanks again to @bikerneil.bsky.social and @nwscotty.bsky.social ) leftungagged.org/2025/08/23/a...
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
Scottish Labour are NOT a Scottish Party. They'd be in the red if only for a huge injection of cash from London based Labour.
Tom Humberstone (@tomhumberstone.com) reposted
Hi #portfolioday I’m Tom. I’m a comic artist, illustrator and writer based in Edinburgh. I make poetry comics, non-fiction comics, and I like to write illustrated essays about the intersection of pop culture and politics. I’m writing my 2nd graphic novel and would love to do more covers.
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social)
No surprise re Billy Idol tbh. The surprise (then) was John Lydon, who is a complete sell out now, of course.George Clooney,though... someone who,like Bono,lives off his morality-but advertising one of the most dangerous & boycotted corporations in the world. Great video. youtube.com/watch?v=anJE...
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social) reposted
If you are anti Trans and we've followed you by mistake, block the fuck out of us, because we'll make sure you are thrown off this platform.
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If you are anti Trans and we've followed you by mistake, block the fuck out of us, because we'll make sure you are thrown off this platform.
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I can't find her? Has she been kicked off?
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
A woman who criticized Ghislaine Maxwell’s transfer to their facility in an interview has been transferred out to another facility which houses violent offenders. Trump’s DOJ is now punishing people who criticize his sex offender friends. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Ungagged! (@ungagged.bsky.social) reposted
Brilliant DC 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 Solidarity from Scotland!
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Brilliant DC 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 Solidarity from Scotland!
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He's a peanut dick.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Stephen Miller: "All these demonstrators that you've seen out here in recent days, all these elderly white hippies, they're not part of the city and never have been ... we're gonna ignore these stupid white hippies that all need to go home and take a nap because they're all over 90 years old."
Mad_as_hell (Maddie) (@maddie-says.bsky.social) reposted
Stephen Miller is 39 years old. Hate really ages you! #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks
Kye (@gxldsociety.bsky.social) reposted
JUST IN: Every boo that followed Vance and Hegseth at Union Station was earned. You send troops into American streets, you lose the right to walk them without shame.
The Guardian (@theguardian.com) reposted
Case against Kneecap rapper Mo Chara should be thrown out, defence tells court
Saul Staniforth (@saulstaniforth.bsky.social) reposted
Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh/Mo Chara addressing the crowd outside Westminster magistrate court today.
Hillary Rodham Clinton (@hillaryclinton.bsky.social) reposted
I stand with state Rep. Nicole Collier and other Texas Democrats on the front lines of protecting American democracy. In a free country, state lawmakers don't get held hostage by the opposition. Texas Dems believe America should still be a free country. Do Republicans?
kat (@katcary.bsky.social) reposted
LLMs are going to have equal rights before women aren’t they
Blue Blood (@alwaysblueblood.bsky.social) reposted
Describe
hope-post.bsky.social (@hope-post.bsky.social) reposted
My son in DC right now says the restaurants and businesses are empty, that it looks like a ghost town bc no one is going out, so Trump declaring that businesses & restaurants are booming bc of him making DC safe is complete bullshit as usual. Hospitality in DC is down 25% since his fascist invasion!
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Reported.
New International (@newintermag.bsky.social) reposted
Meriem Hadjal recounts her experience of the Global March to Gaza: “June 12, 2025, was a historic date. More than 4,000 people from around the world gathered in Cairo for an unprecedented act of solidarity with the Palestinian people.” newintermag.com/the-global-m...