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14 Nov 2024
I think people who use X for work do need to let people know they won’t be readily available on this platform. I’m still here if you need to DM. But *obviously* this site is rapidly losing its usefulness for reporters and, like many others, I’m no longer spending much time here.
14 Nov 2024
Rumour has it you don’t have tell everyone you’re leaving twitter. Like apparently you don’t need an official statement. You can just simply not log on.
Breaking news, more as we have it.
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David Leask retweeted
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That’s the wrong attitude. I’m brown myself and I’m ashamed of new immigrants. how they r behaving. Because they were let en masse they were not given time 2assimilate, and brought their primitive ways with them. U were allowed as a guest u shouldn’t talk about rising up.
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3 Aug 2025
Meet the preacher John Swinney used to persuade Trump on Gaza
thetimes.com/article/ff74fe7…
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Why Scotland’s stone harbours are at risk of crumbling into the sea
Violent storms and years of neglect by cash-strapped councils mean the tiny ports that dot the coastline are increasingly in peril - @LeaskyHT
thetimes.com/uk/scotland/art…
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25 Jul 2025
Why Scotland’s stone harbours are at risk of crumbling into the sea
thetimes.com/article/de8fdbb…
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25 Jul 2025
Is it weird that this reply makes me feel nostaligic? After ages on BlueSky I’d almost forgotten how easily some people are manipulated by online influencers.
25 Jul 2025
Useless prick!!! x.com/WingsScotland/status/1…
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25 Jul 2025
Reporters don’t write headlines or sub-headings but in newspapers and legit media orgs we all work to try and fix mistakes as quickly as possible. So if you see something wrong on a story, let me know.
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25 Jul 2025
There are obviously those who wish to weaponise mistakes in mainstream journalism - even very minor ones. There are people who simply want to demonise those of us who work in our trade. These people, including various online influencers, rarely acknowledge or correct errors.
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David Leask retweeted
22 Jul 2025
And here are the key numbers:
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David Leask retweeted
22 Jul 2025
In this column I make reference to a fabulous piece in the Sunday Times by @LeaskyHT.
Here's a link:
thetimes.com/uk/scotland/art…
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David Leask retweeted
22 Jul 2025
NEW: Independence or more immigration? Why Scotland can’t have both.
My column in @thetimes.
thetimes.com/uk/scotland/art…
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8 Jul 2025
I don't usually waste time posting on this
platform but maybe it is the right place to push stories about AI-generated slop about SNP leaders? thetimes.com/uk/scotland/art…
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David Leask retweeted
18 Jun 2025
👆That’s inadvertently very funny and rather shocking. I wrote here about pidgins and creoles, fwiw thetimes.com/uk/article/oliv…
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18 Jun 2025
If you’re remotely interested in languages or language politics I don’t think there is anything funnier than somebody with a Ukrainian flag in their bio declaring Scots to be “pigeon English”.
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18 Jun 2025
Look, I don’t think there any hope of a meaningful conversation on language or linguistics and related politics on X. Why not? Cos We have low public knowledge of languages. And cos being abusive about minority languages/ speakers is just a way marking your online gang.
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18 Jun 2025
As an aside: there is nothing wrong with pidgin languages. Scots isn’t one. That is neither a good thing or a bad thing. It’s just that - and sorry to be a bore - linguistics terms have meanings.
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15 Jun 2025
Who needs Tesco? Orkney shop keeps customers satisfied after 170 years
thetimes.com/article/a3de65f…
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David Leask retweeted
20 May 2025
I am looking for folk who have moved to Scotland from England, Wales or Northern Ireland recently. I want to know why! It's for the paper. Do get in touch!
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