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Reform UK will face a police investigation in Gorton and Denton after admitting it sent out letters from a “concerned neighbour” which did not state they had been funded and distributed by the party www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Self Awareness by pass

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Where are the Arab countries?

I've updated my blog piece to include the latest graph of the Norstat indy poll by @indyvoices.bsky.social It's safe to say that Scotland is well on the way to support for independence being the settled will of the people of Scotland weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/m...

Last week the SNP government offered nurses, midwives and healthcare staff across Scotland a pay increase of 8% to ensure they continue to be the best paid in the UK. The offer is designed to guarantee their pay will be one percentage point above inflation over the period.

If Labour at Westminster can nationalise British Steel, why not the same for Grangemouth? If it can fund London’s supercomputer, it can reinstate Edinburgh’s. If it green-lights carbon capture in England, the north-east of Scotland must follow. Scotland’s people deserve better.

Despite Donald's lies, a tariff is, in fact, a tax. Tomorrow, Todd Beeton explores the transformation of the GOP into the party of tax hikes. Yesterday, Jay Kuo spoke with law professor Tobias Barrington Wolff about the looming constitutional showdown between the judiciary and executive branches.

I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

A sneak peak of a larger filming project featuring one of the most iconic battles in Scottish history, exclusively on my Patreon. Join for £3 a month and support independent artists 💕 www.patreon.com/posts/battle...

Nicola Sturgeon should announce that she's changed her mind about stepping down from Holyrood, just to make the usual suspects go into meltdown.

What Happened to the Mastermind After the Glencoe Massacre? youtu.be/9l9sd0avEpg

Here's my final chart of the percentage council tax rises across Scotland ranging from 6% for South Lanarkshire to 15.6% for Falkirk. My own @highland.gov.uk was the second lowest at 7%. It was also a very positive budget, unlike many of the others where they were scrambling around making cuts.

Quick summary of Trump's press conference: His nose is getting longer. #DumpTrump

Dr Seuss in 1941 knew what was going on.

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Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

Scotland, let's do this times 100,000 when the Putin loving Orange balloon visits Scotland. It's what Janey Godley would have wanted, now more than ever.

Completely unacceptable USA under Trump is a Russian ally

Tax Evasion a problem 360x worse than Benefit Fraud.

Discovered thanks to Iain Anderson on radio Scotland, Michael McMillan song, Amazing Disgrace

Scotland fully understands that

The energy price cap has risen by £281 since Labour took office promising to reduce bills by £300. Even if they reduced bills by £300 immediately, that's only a reduction of £19 annually compared to July 2024. If you're a pensioner who lost the winter fuel payment, you'd still be £181 worse off.

From last last year... "Ronnie Barbour talks to Bylines Scotland writer, Stuart Donald about Proportional Representation. Stuart’s a writer and researcher and is committed to using data to prove that “first past the post” no longer works and is driving countries that use it to destruction."

When Christian I of Norway failed to pay a dowry for his daughter Margaret, queen to James III, Orkney & Shetland were annexed by the Scottish crown #OTD, 20 Feb, 1472 NORTHERN-NESS looks at literature from the northern isles, from the sagas to the far future www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2019/07/nort...

I’m a Scottish independent DIY musician on tour in Canada. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦 Can you help me get the word out about my shows? I’m trying my hardest sell as many of them out as possible. It’s hard right now. If you like Scottish folk music, or know friends who might like my music. Please SHARE!

🙌 Join us on Bute this Friday, where Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp of Believe in Scotland will explain how everyone can be heard on this new road to an independent Scotland: https://bit.ly/3Qeupdz

In the Highlands the Tories joining Lib Dems

Wherever you are...whatever you do... we've got a publication just for you! (Yes, it rhymes!) If you love Scotland and want to write for us, join us! We're all volunteers with a passion for citizen journalism! [email protected] #CitizenJournalism #Scotland #News

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

"Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open." Thomas Dewar

Very timely... “Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn,” wrote Robert Burns."

EU medicines agency quits X & moves to Bluesky "EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Word of Mouth: Jackie Kay on the Scots language Currently on BBC Sounds: poet Jackie Kay has written a book in Scots: Coorie Doon: A Scottish Lullaby Story. She joins presenter Michael Rosen to talk about her love of the Scots language & what it meant to her growing up. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Trump's administration is trying to define personhood as starting at conception.

I hope Scotlands fine universities can welcome some of these academics

But I am half a Scot by birth, and bred A whole one, and my heart flies to my head,— The great Romantic poet George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron – Lord Byron – was born on this day, 22 Jan, 1788 A 🎂 🧵 1/4

Protect or NHS only achievable in Scotland by regaining our independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland can flourish - but only if we make the right decisions for Scotland - using our natural resources for the benefit of our people, building an immigration policy that suits Scotland - and rejoining the EU as an independent country. 👇

The History of Burns Night 23 Jan, online – tickets £10 Dr @paulinemackay.bsky.social of @uofglasgow.bsky.social delves into the rich history of Burns Night – how this annual celebration of Scotland’s national poet began & how it evolved over the centuries us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

When we take prisoners from other worlds we are not cruel. We let their bodies die. They become words, filtered into air… —Edwin Morgan, “Twilight of a Tyranny” a #ScienceFiction #poem – from COLLECTED POEMS, @carcanet.bsky.social 1997 www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/inde...

The world seems a dark scary place tonight

My letter is in 'The Northern Times' today responding to a Lib Dem councillor who thinks we should treat our loans to fund the Highland Investment Plan like a repayment mortgage. That isn't how local government finance works ... #HighlandCouncil #SNP

I've signed this petition against Stirling Council's plans to cut instrumental music tuition by almost £250,000! Please sign. chng.it/4F8Ddbc9p2 via @Change

A phys. therapist friend of mine told me that in 3 or 4 years radiologists will all be out of a job bc of AI. He said what makes a good radiologist good is that they’ve seen 10,000 images and know how to interpret the gray blobs and shadows, AI can look at a million in seconds. Yeesh.

RedNote is cracking me up…