Really nice to see a sunny, colourful and joyful Pictland, rather than the endless murk and misery that characterises TV dramas about the early Middle Ages!

Deleted the Swedish salt story, sadly. No confirmation.

Why the Believe in Scotland plan to win independence could be a GAME-CHANGER - scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2025/11/why-...

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

“The fact the media was discussing the lies, and offering balancing statements, gave them credence in the eyes of many of those the Far Right was looking to manipulate.”

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We can drive Scottish independence to the tipping point that ends London rule. 🔎 You can read Believe in Scotland's plan to end London rule here: www.believeinscotland.org/the_road_to_... #BelieveinScotland #EndLondonRule

Violent Crime in Scotland is at an all-time low. It's been falling for decades. Lurid reports, in the trashy UK tabloids, will try to suggest, it's out of control. Britain's a war zone. In Scotland, it's at its lowest, since Records began. Read facts, not alarmist, London Newspaper trash.

There are, of course, genuine bad news stories about Scotland, just as there are about other normal countries, but it's disingenuous to pretend that there isn't a sustained campaign to sabotage public confidence via bad press. Or delusional.

"Most people do not share overtly racist social media posts; they do not have criminal records for people smuggling or involvement in racist crimes. But time and again, our reporters [round Britain] have found key flag raisers with these kinds of CVs."

After wrestling with some difficult sources, I'm quite excited about my paper next Saturday at the Scottish Place-Name Society conference. New research on the cult of Curetán/Boniface in the Black Isle, and the possible layout of early medieval Rosemarkie. Details here: spns.org.uk/spns-autumn-...

This is a very important point. Lots of research to indicate people read the post being shared and take the original message as intended; The calling out or deriding of the OP appears to be less impactful. I rarely share posts I don't wish amplified for this very reason.

'Happy' Halloween is quite as odd as 'Happy Easter'.

Canada filed to seize a Russian An-124 cargo plane grounded since 2022 and transfer it to Ukraine. The move shifts Western sanctions from symbolic asset freezes to direct material support, replacing aircraft Russia destroyed at war's start. euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/31/c...

"While all these Far Right authoritarian parties imagine themselves as coldly efficient machines of cruelty and control crushing all before them as they establish their new reich, they’re actually a bunch of bumbling idiots who have to cocoon themselves in fantasies to protect their fragile egos."

Reporter: “There are about 10,000 US Forces in Caribbean. That is more than you just need to strike boats. What is the Pentagon gearing up for?” Hegseth: “We take the security of our hemisphere very seriously.” “Our hemisphere”.

'While we’re all asked to recycle more, drive less and pay higher energy bills, the super-rich continue to pollute, largely unchecked.' Jamie Livingstone, head of Oxfam Scotland, via The National archive.is/bKFET

Wee factoid: the name “Mountbatten” was adopted on 14 July 1917, three days before the British royal family changed its name to “Windsor”, by members of the Battenberg family residing in the UK, due to rising anti-German sentiment during World War I. The name is a direct Anglicisation.

The Dava Moor fires: Did muirburn mitigate the damage? | Professor Douglas MacMillan for Parkswatch Scotland. #ScottishEnvironment🌱 #Muirburn🔥

Scotland has a population of naturally left leaning voters yet we are ruled by right wing Governments that another country voted for! We do not want an even more right wing/Fascist Faragecentric Government. #Itistime #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

⚡ Scotland already has the capacity to produce more electricity than it needs - yet Westminster wants to turn our countryside into a nuclear export zone for England. 🟥 It is time to end Scotland's energy bill rip off: www.believeinscotland.org/westminster_...

In 2010, the four UK nations put in about the same amount per head to cover NHS dental care. In 23/24, Scotland's support for NHS dental care is nearly double that of England and higher than any other UK nation.

🙌 Huge double digit lead for Scottish independence in a latest poll. 🔎 This is a (+3%) boost in a month, from the same pollster. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The harder we work, the stronger the movement.

The reform party nativity scene. No unmarried mothers. No Middle Eastern people. No refugees. No people seeking emergency accommodation. And not a wise fvcking man in sight…

The Scottish Government has been urged to back Scottish Green plans to allow ministers to refuse a land sale if the buyer already owns 500 hectares of Scotland

They’re terrified. They can’t cope with Plaid in the ascendancy, let alone the SNP or Sinn Féin. They’re hiding under the bed hoping the Scots, Welsh and Irish will simply go away.

That’s no ballroom…

Massive win for Plaid Cymru in last night’s Caerphilly Senedd by-election with 47.4% in a record turnout. South Wales has always been a Labour stronghold, but Labour and the Tories combined got just 13%. Reform came second with 36%.

Well done Caerphilly.

Caerphilly Senedd By-Election Result: 🌼 PLC: 47.4% (+19.0) ➡️ REF: 36.0% (+34.2) 🌹 LAB: 11.0% (-34.9) 🌳 CON: 2.0% (-15.3) 🌍 GRN: 1.5% (New) 🔶 LDM: 1.5% (-1.2) 🐉 GWL: 0.3% (New) 💷 UKIP: 0.2% (New) Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2021.

Is it just me?...

Nothing nice can exist in TrumpWorld.

Today the European Parliament awarded the Sakharov Prize to jailed journalists Andrzej Poczobut and Mzia Amaglobeli.

openreach. The van was in Orkney at the time #youmissedabit

9/ "We're moving headlong toward unmanned warfare. Humans have reached the limits of their physical capabilities."

"In Yakutia, Russia’s largest republic spanning over three million square kilometers in Siberia, separatist sentiment has evolved into a movement of identity, survival, and now defiance."

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Just in: Amid the regime’s ongoing attacks and hostile rhetoric, Germany has recalled its ambassador from Georgia. My full solidarity with Ambassador Peter Fischer.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb said economic pressure could be the key to forcing Moscow toward peace After three years of war, Russia shows no readiness to negotiate — but as its economy collapses and resources dwindle, the Kremlin may have no choice euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/18/f...

We need to get past the idea of these people being "radicalised" on X. The British ruling class has been racist for centuries. For a while that was suppressed by hard won anti-racist social norms. But after years of chipping away with e.g. talk of "legitimate concerns" those norms are now collapsing

This.

Ukraine held. Georgia is falling. Both faced Russia. One survived, one didn't. The difference between them reveals something terrifying about how democracies actually die in the 21st century. euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/14/u...

“We”.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland has the lowest rate of train cancellations in the UK & a survey has found ScotRail has a 91% customer satisfaction rate. 💛 This shows how the @snp.org bringing ScotRail back into public ownership has improved rail travel in Scotland - now cheaper with the removal of peak rail fares.

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 F*CK ruzzia!

The UK and US both feel that they need to act as if they were at their imperial zenith, just at different stages of decline.

Our thanks to the #Basque #Arnasguneak2025 organisers for inviting us to contribute to the conference on minority vernacular communities. Looking forward to presenting our ideas on "Protecting Vernacular Communities in Minority Language Revitalisation: A social dynamic analysis." #Euskara #Gaelic

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