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Xander Flatt

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Politics (financial, social, welfare and justice policy), music, films, sci fi, data and visualisation. You know, all the cool stuff. And also fitbaw.

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

4 years

"The distribution of knowledge is the key contemporary task. Knowledge empowers people. If people know the rules and are sensitised by art, humour and creativity, they are much more likely to accept change." -Antanus Mockus; mathematician, politician, policy and beard maverick,

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

2 years

@mrjamesob Voting for Strictly is open to waaaay more people and is probably better regulated against fraud and interference.

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A response to @Alan_Morrison67 Please expand the pictures for the full text. Below I have tagged a couple of people you'll see why late. I have nothing to add. I'm turning twitter off for a few days. @adamski152 @Follow_Follow_ @ACSOMPOD @Jas72Boyd @ibroxrocks 1/6

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So, as someone who works in analysis and has an interest in football,I was sent me this. It speaks to wider issues in Scottish football and highlights a lot of the reasons our game struggles to move forward. A short thread

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@Alan_Morrison67

6 months

A penalty is hugely impactful in football The absence of jeopardy massively de risks any game but can only happen when there are #patternsofassistance Please share Thanks

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@jessiegender One of the things I disliked about Into Darkness was the Khan "reveal". "I am...." *Slow creeping zoom into close up "Khaaaaannn." And absolutely nobody says "Sorry, who?" It's shot and framed purely for the audience and makes no sense within the context of the story

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@deansmele10 @OwenJones84 This you pal?

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@CaelanConrad Explaining to terfs with crayons: My favourite colour is blue but I have an red crayon. It doesn't make red my favourite colour. If I swap for a blue crayon, I haven't suddenly become a blue fan, I always was but now I'm happier because what I have reflects who I am.

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11 months

@JonathanPieNews "Following today’s ruling, I’m taking the extraordinary step of introducing emergency legislation to confirm the water is safe."

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Xander Flatt

6 months

TLDR: This is an excellent example of what happens when you do a data collection exercise with a preferred outcome in mind. Here are some thoughts, not really in any order

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

6 months

So why does this speak to wider issues holding back Scottish football? Because everyone is so insular, too many people have blinkers on. Standards will not improve while every team believes that anyone not for them must be actively against.

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9 months

@JolyonMaugham "They are not all accounted for, the lost seeing stones. We do not know who else may be watching" Sounds about right

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Xander Flatt

2 years

@AdamWagner1 This guy's even dressed as a positive lateral flow test...

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Xander Flatt

1 year

@Sports_EmmaD Yes sir, I can squeegee?

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Xander Flatt

6 months

Firstly, a couple of caveats. The author has had incidents reviewed by an independent referee. I believe this was done in good faith. HOWEVER, many of the calls are pretty subjective so it's a little dishonest to portray one ref's opinion as objective fact.

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Xander Flatt

6 months

While the data shows no evidence of incorrect decisions benefiting one team over another, let alone intent, it wouldn't surprise me that if the SPFL and SFA set themselves the task of ensuring the dominance of one team, they'd be so useless at it, it would have no impact

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

2 years

Single ticket available for Sunday in the West Stand (B8). Can't go due to + covid test so it's free to anyone who can collect near Haddington, East Lothian. DM if interested. @RangersFC @GersSpareTicket @CazNula @4ladshadadream @ibroxrocks @rangers_spare @RFCtickets

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Xander Flatt

3 years

@qikipedia @jessicamdalt Should've called it GooGaul Maps.

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Xander Flatt

6 months

At this point, I'd happily let someone like @Alan_Morrison67 or @Jas72Boyd challenge my own assumptions.

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Xander Flatt

6 months

1. The data presented to the independent ref is hugely selective. Added to the first caveat, this sets us off on the wrong foot. 2. Some points in this Ran Vs Cel analysis use H2H data and others don't. This appears to be based on what fits the author's assumptions

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Xander Flatt

1 year

@BarclaysFooty You're being pure Cinch

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Xander Flatt

1 year

@TheRockRevival_ Gig "beneath" you? Don't book it. Not your crowd? Have respect, play well and you might pick up some fans along the way. Artists are lucky to perform, not blessing a crowd with your presence. @royalblooduk , congratulations on having less integrity than Daphne and Celeste.

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

6 months

Secondly, I believe the author has put a lot of effort into this but has made fundamental errors at the collection and analysis stages. The conclusions may have come from an honest place but they are as flawed as a result of a flawed process.

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Xander Flatt

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9. There are other issues but I don't need to labour the point. Essentially, this is what happens when you decide what you believe to be true and set out to prove it rather than objectively using data to identify if a problem exists.

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Xander Flatt

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3. The word "pattern" assumes non-randomness. Starting with the assumption that a data pattern means deliberate intent is flawed. This is an honest, easily made mistake. But a mistake nonetheless.

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Xander Flatt

2 years

@Broken__Monkey @JolyonMaugham @jordanbpeterson Jordan Peterson, Schroedinger's eejit. He spouts misogynist nonsense and then decides based on public reaction if he's being serious or not. He's as credible as Jeremy Clarkson or Piers Morgan. Also, trans people are not a "debate".

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Xander Flatt

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@MichaelRosenYes The Old Man and the Seabiscuit. Santiago harpoons a horse, then drags it around for a bit to show his pals.

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Xander Flatt

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Lastly, football is a game of random events. Some events become more probable but it's all random. Randomness doesn't happen evenly. The image is areas bombed during WW2, it's random but people assumed deliberate intent because people like patterns. We like things to make sense

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

2 years

@stand_for_all Also, can't help but notice that the nurses are "overseas medics" rather than migrants themselves... It's almost as if having people move to this country can be a good thing.

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Xander Flatt

8 months

@WingsScotland @desolatedoll @networkrail @NetworkRailLBG Could you please explain what makes the progress pride flag a "hate" flag?

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Xander Flatt

6 months

Look at referee announcements: often both teams will see them and both be claiming "he hates us, he won't give us anything".

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Xander Flatt

3 years

Is it pretty universal to stand anywhere on a public football pitch and still think "I could definitely bang it in the top corner from here."? @bobbynwanze_ @ibroxrocks

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Xander Flatt

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4. xPts dropped do not translate into actual points dropped. Assuming 1.7 pts are dropped for an opposition pen might be fair, but if you're 5-0 up at that point, it won't affect the outcome. The author shows potential impact but implies actual impact.

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Xander Flatt

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6. Red cards. Again, this assumes all have the same value and the same impact. It also assumes that red cards have a lesser impact than penalties. That depends on when in a game they occur and what the score was at the time

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Xander Flatt

10 months

@IanDunt Why not just legislate that the boats have stopped?

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Xander Flatt

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@BarryDo77006315 @CaelanConrad You've misunderstood. Perhaps crayons were not simple enough.

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Xander Flatt

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@MailOnline The anti protest law can now affect posh people. Oops.

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Xander Flatt

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8. There is no definitive way to show that a red card changes a result because there's no definitive result to start with. It's a hypothetical comparison. Giving it a numerical value doesn't hold up.

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5. The figure of 1.7 xPts comes from data from a different league and assumes all penalties are equal, however in real life, some are more equal than others.

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Xander Flatt

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7. A universal score for all pens and red cards assumes all penalties are scored and all red cards result in a different result. This is obviously not true

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Xander Flatt

9 months

@PotteryThrow Genuinely, one of the best shows on television.

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Xander Flatt

8 months

@WingsScotland @desolatedoll @networkrail @NetworkRailLBG That's not an explanation. Specifically, what aspects of it make it a "hate" symbol?

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Xander Flatt

2 years

@FabrizioRomano Agreed on their Raskin price?

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

2 years

Classic @RangersFC shirt arrived courtesy of @IainWhyte90 . Great condition, great service, great bloke! Some absolute legends wore this; McCoist, Gough, Gascoigne, Laudrup, Numan, Ferguson(s), v. Bronckhorst, Albertz, McCann, the list goes on...and also includes Steven Boyack

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Xander Flatt

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@davelouca @johnestevens Man's even dressed like a positive PCR test.

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@Normanjam671 Who could have predicted The Crucible would be turned into a witch hunt?

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Xander Flatt

2 years

@DanielaNadj

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@rivloveatomb @jessiegender My point was more that they could have known him, but in the scene, they didn't. They find out later. They could have read his name off a screen and the plot moves exactly the same way meaning that the direction and the camera choices were servicing the viewers, not the story.

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

6 months

@RhonddaBryant Farage as a bridge over the Atlantic? No thanks, Argyll's already got a better one.

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Xander Flatt

1 year

@cocteautriplets Light the beacons, WE RIDE AT DAWN!

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Xander Flatt

2 years

@Sneakyness @chefstefanko @NBCNews Captcha clearly shows that robots can't even be expected to identify traffic lights.

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

2 years

@FootyScran @bovril_official @wembleystadium "OMG Bovril Ice Lollies!" You bolt awake in the mountains of Carthage. You are not online. It is 217 BC. You are the general Hannibal, and you have changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Rome must burn.

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Xander Flatt

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@mer__edith So, if a court ruling can be made on purely religious grounds, would they accept Genesis 2:7 as legal precedent? It clearly states that the soul/life doesn't begin until the first breath.

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

2 years

@JohnJCrace In his experience, he probably goes off to make a coffee, attends an illegal gathering, goes to the fridge, gets ambushed by cake, hacks off the families of those lost to covid and then tramples very roughly over the Good Friday Agreement

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

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@FandomAnxiety @Aarow_16 @TheNSpecter @DomTheBombYT It took about 2 seconds to prove you wrong: Stop trying to ragebait people ya blue tick dafty.

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Xander Flatt

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@stand_for_all Wait until they find out that in France, a Monsieur can be turned into a Madame just by putting an egg on top

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Xander Flatt

1 year

@Komaniecki_R "Run with Us" from The Raccoons. Nice, simple rearrangement of the theme tune over the end credits? Nah, let's throw in a 5 minute long, electro power ballad about self-identity, acceptance and empowerment

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

2 years

@ianbremmer To paraphrase Douglas Adams: "Australia is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to Australia."

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Xander Flatt

9 months

@SBarrettBar Translation: I am in favour of every instance of this without exception, except this one. Because someone I don't like did it.

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Xander Flatt

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@PeterStefanovi2 And this might sound like a small point, but the hold music and the "did you know you can do this online?" messages on a short cycle (designed to nudge/irritate you away from calling) can be extremely distressing and anxiety-inducing for neuro-divergant people.

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Xander Flatt

6 months

I don't share your greed, the only card I need is...

@LochsidePress

The Lochside Press

6 months

Long-serving independent Dougie Philand has just become provost of Argyll and Bute Council - by drawing the 8 of spades after a tied vote. More to follow.

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

2 years

@john_actuary Someone had to go out of their way to plot and scale that axis. It's not the result of someone not knowing what they're doing... It's someone who knows exactly what they're doing.

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Xander Flatt

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@rainnwilson The man's had all these symptoms too. He's just forgotten.

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

2 years

This is really valuable signposting. If you're not already on one of the qualifying benefits the uk gov site is, sadly, designed to nudge you away from claiming all you can (see pics). Get advice, get the support you need.

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@BenMacpherson

Ben Macpherson MSP

2 years

Scottish Child Payment has been uplifted to £25 per week per eligible child, and extended to eligible children under 16. You can apply online here: . More information on @SocSecScot ’s website too: .

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Xander Flatt

9 months

I judge all ABC books by what they choose to do with "X". It's usually either "xylophone" or a total cop out. This is a guaranteed banger

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FANGORIA

9 months

Wanna teach your kids the alphabet while also teaching them about Xenomorphs? Penguin Random House's A IS FOR ALIEN: AN ABC BOOK has you covered.

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@SpeccyTwat @BobJSweeney @miffythegamer Then, they came for Farage, and I was like "he's over there behind the sofa"

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Xander Flatt

1 year

@cjnovo992 Is this a new fun fact?

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

5 months

@RestIsPolitics Sunak would waste months in the attempt to quickly pass legislation that said the room had been escaped from.

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Xander Flatt

2 years

@AdamBienkov Yet, if he'd been firmly in favour of the government's policy, he'd still be on MOTD

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Jonny McFarlane

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4 months

I can’t believe I’m writing this but bravo Piers Morgan. Absolutely nails this nonsense.

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

2 years

@EduDetective Your background won't define who you are or will become. Although there will be a lot of people telling you, and themselves, that it does. If you want to move "up" and manage to do it, don't pull the ladder up behind you.

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

2 years

@paddingtonbear I had to double check this was the real Paddington, and not some random bear paying $8 per month. It's hard to tell these days

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

1 year

@TabitaSurge Ah, the old "But, but, but they can't be FAR right, because I agree with everything they say" ... Keep going pal, you're close to making a pretty big discovery about yourself.

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

6 months

@Alan_Morrison67 For transparency, yes. I'm a Rangers fan. It was forwarded to me by a hibs fan who thought I'd find it interesting, not with the intention of disproving it. I've attempted to apply my own rules and be objective about methodology.

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

1 year

@MarinaPurkiss After watching him fumble through his interview with you, I'm questioning the "preparation" element.

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

9 months

She was "fighting" for the postmasters at this time ... #PostOfficeScandal

@pritipatel

Priti Patel MP

9 years

Looking forward to speaking at Fujitsu's North West #SeePotential Employer Conference this morning

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

2 years

@RoseSchmits Ah yes, Linekar's First Law: If you accurately describe something a bigot says, that will be deemed worse and more worthy of censure than the original bigotry.

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

2 years

So who's going to get custody of @BorisJohnson and @GOVUK ?

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Xander Flatt

1 year

Happy #edballsday

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@PressStartnGame @Candi_CGS @AliceAutomata @90sRetrollector @8BitBoyUK @ColonelFalcon @EllipseEnt @heaaaps @LarryBundyJr @itsokgamergirl @RetroBoyJon Great list, but missing (in my opinion) Road Rash 2 and Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

2 years

How media describe low paid workers - Unknown to middle class Pre-pandemic: "Low-Skilled" Essential to middle class during Pandemic: "Heroes" Inconveniencing middle class by striking to defend basic rights: "Selfish proles" #RailStrikes @unisonedin @unitetheunion @RMTunion

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

6 months

@Alan_Morrison67 No worries. Thank you for responding, and thanks in advance for any time you take. I get it's not your job to respond to every random on Twitter so I appreciate it.

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

2 years

@SkyNews @SamCoatesSky So what happens to the backlog if there are 150,000 "new" applications in the next 4 weeks?

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Xander Flatt

10 months

@dannyg636 @BillSimmons Then, by that logic, the Muppet Christmas Carol isn't a Christmas film

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Xander Flatt

9 months

Wow. I can only imagine how angry this person would be if what they were saying was actually true.

@SteveSayersOne

Steve Sayers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿in🇬🇧=👍🏼

@SteveSayersOne

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Scottish parents - you will be fcuked. No mention of age, parents, hormones, external influence etc - just prison if you dare tell your 4yr old they are not a boy if they are a girl or not a girl if they are a boy. Get your views heard - complete the consultation - but read this

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

4 months

@ATRightMovies I was thinking Sonic Death Monkey or Kathleen Turner Overdrive, but tonight I'm going with Barry Jive and the Uptown Five

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

2 years

I studied journalism at Uni. This was, literally, day one stuff.

@SarahJLonsdale

Doc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social

@SarahJLonsdale

2 years

*Sigh*. It's hard being a journalism lecturer, trying to drum into my students the importance of not reporting information until it's verified/second sourced when this kind of thing is put out by high-profile journalists. I'll have lots of questions from my students next week.

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Xander Flatt

9 months

@bwfc_howfener @TheSun @OfficialBWFC @CGreenUK Never. Buy. The S*n.

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Xander Flatt

7 months

@LeoKearse

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GB News Host Leo Kearse Praises Moscow Terrorists: “I Knew Those Guys Would Come Good Eventually” ...

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

2 years

@Bobmcphail1872 In fairness, being 20 years behind the times still puts him 5 years ahead of the rest of the SFA decision makers

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Xander Flatt

10 months

@films_that Holiday Affair (1949)

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Xander Flatt

1 year

@rivloveatomb @jessiegender Much harder than Damon Lindelof did! And yes, it's an absolute bin-fire.

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Xander Flatt

1 year

@Otto_English Linekar's First Law: Pointing out that someone has done something bad is always somehow worse than the thing they did to deserve being called out. @GaryLineker

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@XanderFlatt

Xander Flatt

1 year

The sheer volume of bitcoin scams, incels, far right bigots and white supremacist dog-whistles in the comments adequately proves otherwise @elonmusk

@elonmusk

Elon Musk

1 year

Both quality & quantity of high quality posts of all kinds (short text, long essays, pictures, audio & video) have improved dramatically. Thank you for contributing your voice to humanity’s digital public square!

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Xander Flatt

8 months

@penis_twink @WingsScotland @sarah_owl3 @desolatedoll @networkrail @NetworkRailLBG Samesies!

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