Don't look away. If we don't look what we've become square in the eye, we have no hope of truly changing for the better.

The UK in 2025. The language of violence; followed by burning effigies; followed by attempting to burn down hotels & reception centres; all escalating to the next inevitable step. And all facilitated by the dehumanising, incendiary language of the right.

When your husband loves games and turns 50 you hire a house with a HUGE table for a few days and never see outside

"To equate a spray can of paint with a suicide bomb isn't just absurd, it is grotesque. It is a deliberate distortion of the law to chill dissent, criminalise solidarity & suppress the truth about UK complicity in genocide." @ZaraSultana Join TEAM ZARAH here: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...

@frankrennie.bsky.social Sitting right here listening to the Corncrake. Reminding me of your book - going to buy it for my husband when I get home

Reeves asked about reducing money for unpaid carers repeated Labour mantra they were helping people into work. Carers are not in that position. The more I hear from this woman the more it's clear she is either in denial or clueless about the poorest in the UK. She is one of the pampered wealthy

“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism” Hannah Arendt amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...

The inside story of the Scots scientists on the cusp of curing dementia Soon we’ll have quick blood tests at your GP and affordable drugs which means we can arrest the disease early enough so patients live normal lives My @heraldscotland.bsky.social Big Read www.heraldscotland.com/news/2499288...

Todays Blog for #Internationalwomensday #IWD2025 imnotawriterbut.wordpress.com/2025/03/08/i...

Scotland's first drug consumption room has already seen over 1,000 visits, helping to tackle drug misuse in Scotland. Addiction is a health crisis, and people deserve to be treated with empathy and support. Through this we can help them stay safe and find their road to recovery.

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. “A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.” @kyivindependent.com

🔥 If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu 🔥 🚨 It’s time to move beyond consultation. 🚨 It’s time to shift power. 🚨 It’s time for peer leaders to own the table. Read our latest blog 👇 bit.ly/437waAW #PeerLeadership #LivedExperienceLeadership #MentalHealth #PeerSupport

Child Poverty % (children living in households below the minimum wage) Denmark 2.4% Finland 3.2% Norway 3.6% Sweden 3.6% The UK 32.1% All four of those countries have child benefits, paid by taxing the rich, that make it almost impossible for a child to be in poverty.

Farage is using Trump to stab Britain in the back as he sniffs power My Friday night column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social Here’s a link www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie... And a sting

“Eight restorers will begin "Operation Night Watch" by removing the varnish from the painting - in full view of the public, within the glass-enclosed space in The Night Watch Room."

Well, this is rather glorious. ✊ vm.tiktok.com/ZGdFy7VEg/

Most Scots still think there is stigmatisation around severe mental illness | STV News news.stv.tv/scotland/mos...

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“There are a lot of people in the world who are not loved, and we must make an inconspicuous dash to them to save them, to help them. To live a life and not be loved is a terrible thing. And we can spare them that if we are attentive.” — Quentin Crisp 🌱📷

Welcome to oligarchy. The richest man on Earth bought the global town square and swung the world’s most important election for a billionaire. Now every billionaire is cheering. But sure, let’s pretend Trump is taking on elites and sticking up for the little guy www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

@emmaknox4u.bsky.social hahaah here you are!

going to once again suggest that if you are a political junkie you should get off of social media and find the opportunity to talk to a voter from outside of your immediate social circle

We in Scotland feel every minute

Nothing positive comes from Brexit. You would think our governments would have learnt that lesson by now. 🤷‍♂️ www.politico.eu/article/uk-h...

Is the currently practice of giving a name to storms just another example of anthropomorphic distraction? Not looking forward meeting Storm Ashley☹️

‘Churches have too much power over SNP’: Anger at religion's influence As humanists gather in Scotland, I talk to their leader about the sway churches hold over government, LGBT discrimination, the right to die, and whether faith schools should be banned www.heraldscotland.com/politics/246...

We're going to post something that isn't allowed on Twitter: a brief history of the term "cisgender"...

Join us for a week of creative development as you expand your visual storytelling skills whilst photographing one of the most unique and less photographed areas of the remote west Scottish highlands in Ardnamurchan: www.rkphotographic.com/ardnamurchan... #Ardnamurchan #Photography #Workshops

Starmer is laying the ground for SNP domination in Scotland, Reform taking power in Westminster, and independence My column in The Herald www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...