Someone suggested a "leave X day" earlier, and I think that's a really good idea. There's confidence in numbers.

The major political parties, broadcasters, and institutions should all leave X. It's an extremely dangerous disinformation machine, and staying there only legitimises it and the chaotic agenda of the richest man in the world. Who is a raving fucking lunatic. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

US bans import of bikes and bike parts from Giant, by far the biggest manufacturer in the world. #bicycle #uspol #bike #bikenyc #fuckingfuck www.cbp.gov/newsroom/nat...

The Brookings Institute found that Charlie Kirk was the 2nd largest misinformation spreader among podcasts they analysed. "Mr. Kirk, a conservative activist and the founder of Turning Point USA, ranked second, with 17 percent of his episodes containing an unsubstantiated or false claim." Gifted:

Farage wants the UK to quit the ECHR. It is exactly what Putin wants, for the UK to join Russia and Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR. It would be a huge victory for Putin in his war against human rights and the international rule of law. Farage is a traitor.

Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day.... PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.

I'll have more to say on Reform's proposals to scrap ILR at some point but for now I'll just note this - anyone telling you this is a popular idea doesn't know the polling. Overwhelming majority of public back giving people who work and pay taxes most or all rights after 5 years or less

Fantastic #doorsopenday event at Spire Park, Glasgow, celebratimg history of #Garngad and Townhead Church. Lovely day, lovely views & lovely people!!

Sorry MAGA, but I’m not leaving the country

The Pentagon would politicize the military if it uses Charlie Kirk's death for recruitment The military is supposed to be an apolitical institution. The Trump administration is trying to change that.

The year of Our Lord, 2025, & a former British PM is championing the views of a Neo-Nazi, as he attacks students for not genuflecting to fascism. I think, if we were to believe in horror movies, the flatulent & incandescent corpse of Churchill must be searching for Johnson now…

Interesting order the Editor of the Telegraph puts stories in: 1. Smear Labour politician. 2. Tacit approval for Israel breaking international law. Again. 3. Imminent Armageddon. Imagine The Second Coming would be relegated to Page 3 if it turned out Starmer once walked past Epstein in a corridor.

I love this pair of wee older buildings squashed in between two larger and newer ones on Argyle Street in Glasgow. The smaller one looks like it was originally larger and was truncated to fit in the one next to it, which dates from the 1870s. #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography

Simple pleasures ... this mornings #sunrise in the #Cairngorms

Which is a timely reminder that ongoing, routine investment actually saves us money, keeps buildings safe and fit for purpose. Such a difference to what the Tories did, eg scrapping Building Schools for the Future scheme as soon as they got into power and chronically underfunding services. 3/3

Here is an update on the RAAC crisis from the Labour government, who are continuing to repair and replace affected buildings. 52 schools are now RAAC free, as are 7 hospitals. 12 more hospitals will be RAAC free by March 2026 while 71 RAAC schools are in the process of being rebuilt. 1/3

On September 10, 1985, John Stein passed away at the age of 64. #CelticFC : 04/12/1951 ➡️ 29/01/1957 👕 148 ⚽️ 2 🏆 1 League 🏆 1 Scottish Cup 🏆 1 Coronation Cup Entraîneur de la réserve : 1957 ➡️ 13/03/1960 You'll Never Walk Alone Jock 🍀💚 #COYBIG #Celtic 🍀🇮🇪☘️

The Scottish seaside town they forgot to shut down share.google/xW3V8Kv1xtfx...

I've just signed the Greenpeace petition to protect the Amazon. We must save the rainforest from the tipping point. Will you help? Sign the petition now; it's really quick. act.gp/4cqwbCH

The Carbrain Totem, Cumbernauld. Pic: Dave Lowe.

Identity theft used to be a crime but now it’s just a Trump Cabinet meeting agenda item.

What's this? More support for Grangemouth, something many people still scream isn't happening! This time another round of skills training in areas like renewable energy & turbine engineering to support those affected by the closure of the refinery. Similar schemes also run in Port Talbot. 1/2

A government getting on and doing what it promised. The New Home Accelerator Scheme aimed to unblock new homes stuck in planning or which had failed to make progress in being built. It has done just that with 100,000 in the first 12 months. And the next 6 sites/12k homes are already identified!

She wasn’t the only woman who spent time with both Trump and Epstein…Trump, then 50, seemed to fall for a friend of Ghislaine’s, 20 year old London model Anouska De Georgiou, he flew her and Ghislaine to Mar-a-Lago…then he installed Anouska in an apartment in Trump Tower. @craigunger.bsky.social

Another great timber building.... let's see lots more! #timber #sustainable #architecture www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

Don't forget: JD Vance recently met Nigel Farage (on 13 August in the Cotswolds). It seems reasonable to assume that Vance and his financially well-off fascist connections in America are backing the Faragists with a view to helping put them in government in 2029.

Truth Art! #arresttrump #art

This is so important… Sharon has been tracking license plates on cars driven by ICE agents, and she’s finding they don’t match the vehicles. In other words, ICE is using secret, illegal tactics—just like we suspected. REMINDER: the DMV is not a federal agency. @governor.ca.gov 🧵

I live in DC - the National Guard just hang out around the monuments; tourists take selfies with them like they’re statues, there are Humvees parked next to food trucks, and they’re guarding the Capitol like it’s the last beer in the fridge at a frat house. 🤷‍♀️

Loch Rannoch looking spectacular this morning! 😄🌞🏞️ #visitscotland

Crime in D.C. hit a 30-year low last year. Trump deploying the National Guard on the city is yet another authoritarian show of force. It's straight out of the dictator's playbook. https://youtu.be/WSxJRIiCNs8?feature=shared

Go on...have a wee laugh! ....😂 www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/a...

You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.

Medicare for All - "That's socialism!" Social Security - "That's socialism!" Debt free education - "That's socialism!" Universal childcare - "That's socialism!" $1 trillion in tax cuts for the richest 1%... "That's just how it is."

Gardeners urged to collaborate to help moths and hover flies thrive in cities

Why is it acceptable for the president to use taxpayer money to fly overseas and cut a ribbon at his own golf course? Don’t normalize this abuse of office. It’s blatant corruption.

Navalny supporter and anti-war activist Leonid Melekhin fled Russia to avoid persecution and made his way to the US. America sent him back and he’s now in jail awaiting trial.

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased. Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power. www.cnbc.com/2025/07/24/f...

Tonight’s episode of South Park is going to make Trump lose his f*cking mind

South Park is getting canceled after this lmao.

Today marks 16 years since the federal minimum wage was last raised. Guess how much the wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?

How mad is this?... Far-right Israeli politicians and settlers discuss luxury ‘Gaza riviera’ plan www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

one thing the British are really beating our asses on is having little grocery stores—not bodegas, not corner stores, but actual grocery stores with fresh produce, meat/proteins, cheap healthy meals, essential ingredients, etc—all over the place

God this stuff is just so depressing. Don’t know what can be done about people going on the media, whether traditional or new, and essentially just scaring people into staying inside and going mad.

Who else thinks we should ban members of Congress from trading stocks?

Gutting funding for public media will cut off news sources for millions of Americans. That’s exactly what Trump wants: to exert even more control over the news and information that the public receives – or doesn’t even receive at all. It’s a hallmark of dictatorship.

More moss please.

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?