Oh. It’s Yom Kippur so why not have the official DHS account say “globalists,” a very common word to hear that almost never means Jews.

Breaking: Caledonian Sleeper's highland sleeper to Inverness, Aberdeen & Ft William will call at Birmingham International from 15 January onwards, picking up northbound at 22:42, setting down southbound at 06:20. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... More about the sleeper: www.seat61.com/sleeper-to-s...

This is important.

We're incredibly concerned about the welfare of two satellite-tagged golden eagles, Tarras and Wren, that have recently disappeared in Dumfries and Galloway. Anyone with information should contact Police Scotland. Read more 👉 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce80l4jgd1qo 📷 Chris Gomersall, RSPB Images

Sunderland AFC Premier League points in August and September 2025: 11 Sunderland AFC Premier League points in August and September 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 combined: 9 Last time #SAFC had as many points after six top flight games was 1967 (adjusted to three points for a win)

Why have I never seen this before?

🇵🇸The Sumud Flotilla, which is delivering aid to Gaza, came under attack last night. Governments around the world must condemn this attack on civilian volunteers and support them to deliver urgent aid to Palestinians. Israel's blockade must end. Let the aid through.

First line of Trump order designating Antifa terrorist org calls it “militarist,” which means favoring a strong military on behalf of nationalist expansion.

Big thumbs up to the southern end of Bute. New bit for me. Here's a few photos from the weekend.

Oi. BBC. Many experts are not skeptical. It is utter bullshit and you should call it out as such. This is the MMR bollocks x 1 million

Tapping the sign that says "The "Great" in "Great Britain" means "bigger than Brittany"". So "rediscovering what made us Great" just means being over 34,000 sq km. It's over 200,000.

It's 20mph speed limit zone day in my area! Seems to be working fine so far, as was Pavement Parking ban enforcement day last week. The people who said it would be total carnage seem very silent. #20mph #saferstreets

Alert came through at 1501. Does that mean that I get one minute less to respond to nuclear attack?

Scottish Parliament votes to support "a package of boycotts, divestment and sanctions targeted at the State of Israel and at companies complicit in its military operations and its occupation of Palestine". Took too long but that's progress.

✅Scotland is to BAN funding for Israel's arms dealers! Scottish Greens have long fought for this change, alongside @amnestyscotland.bsky.social, @oxfamscotland.bsky.social, and others.

Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed. There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea. Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.

Tories Ditched Net Zero Commitment While Receiving £250,000 from Oil Investors and Climate Deniers

Picturing the Lib Dem editorial meeting: - We won here last time. Why won't people believe our bar chart? - Why don't we take a quote from somebody that people can believe and trust more than us. They'll listen to that! - Who is a more trusted source than a Lib Dem graph though? - The Sun?

Maybe a weird thing to be triggered by, but I REALLY don't like those twitter posts where they report transfer rumours by photoshopping the strip of a new club onto a player who is rumoured to be going there. It's trashy, dishonest and makes me trust those accounts even less.

They always get people who've failed like Thangam Debbonaire for these things. The fact is there are people in Labour who've been relatively successful at "resisting" the tide, but through being left wing and well organised, and that doesn't fit the party narrative.

Yay!

Strange argument. Nobody calls them fascists in order to change their minds. They're called Fascists as an accurate description of their movement. And if we call it out, the hope is the mainstream media etc will do so too.

As a lefty and queer woman MP who speaks up in support of refugees & LGBTIQA+ issues, I attract a lot of misogynist and homophobic abuse Wish I was surprised, but it feels inevitable in this political environment, as the far right feels validated by other political parties dancing to their tune. 🧵

I respect your work but thus isn’t just about social media regulation. Racist pogroms are supported by three major parties including attending them. The rot starts from the top

This sets a bad precedent. It's just big business trying to buy an exemption from right to roam. The Access Code already prevents access to gardens and attractions that charge for entry. There's no reason to exclude people from up to 1000 acres of land.

Who'd have guessed it?

Ahead of next year's general election, we’re asking all political parties to reframe their approach to nature and view it not as another problem to overcome, but as a solution to delivering against their other top priorities. #TakeNatureSeriously. Read more: buff.ly/NLNkHWx

We’re celebrating 100 sessions bringing community groups closer to nature in Glasgow 🎉 Thanks to #PostcodeLotteryPeople, the Urban Nature Connections project has reached a massive milestone. From wildlife gardening to visiting nature reserves, more people are experiencing nature near them 🌱

Say WHAT?!! JD Vance's secret service has been knocking on doors in the Cotswolds and asking people for the names of everybody living in the house and details of their social media. Several people refused. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Scottish Greens! Internal election emails are out. Remember to vote. I voted for @ross-greer.bsky.social cos he's got the best ideas to save the planet and stop fascism and is the best to put them into action.

This. I really, really wish people would stop perpetuating this one. It's really dangerous. Most liberals thought he'd embarassed himself, but actually he'd rallied his potential support base.

No, Palestinian Statehood, nor any country's statehood, is not a bargaining chip. Either it meets the conditions or it doesn't- doing this sets a weird precedent.

Because he doesn't believe Palestinian lives are equal to Israeli lives. Because he's totally lost his humanity in his bubble where he sees peoples lives as bargaining chips. And because the man is devoid of all principles and compassion. Next question.

And a new addition to my Denzel Dumfries/Sean Dundee list of footballers named after places in Scotland. The Spain Goalie... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacol

Neo-Nazi group Patriotic Alternative target peaceful trade union campaigners in shocking attacks

Interesting.... since he lost the Reform whip, James McMurdock has become the 16th MP to sign Rupert Lowe's "mass deport a million people" motion. edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

This feels against the spirit of parliamentary questions, but is funny, so who's to say etc

Grok is dangerous.

Jesus Christ. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/08/i...

I'm pretty relaxed about parties coexisting and working together where appropriate. But....

Few photos from the weekend, from Drymen over Conic Hill and down through the crowds to Balmaha, then a quieter route back through the forest.

Projections are hard with this level of change, but if this is even vaguely close that's interesting.

Peak twitter reached.

Found myself standing up reading this: YES @georgemonbiot.bsky.social, absolutely my rural experience, all around us. The rhetoric, the shutting out. ‘The real conflict is not town v country, but money & power v people.’ ‘Never let powerful people tell you who you are.’ @righttoroam.bsky.social

Define the word "Triggered" in one article...

😞Losing the whip merely for being an independent-minded backbencher (as opposed to for crime etc) only took off under Boris. 😩Deselection was supposedly what the nasty left did. 😫Making things “back me or sack me” vote of confidence is for weak PMs like Major, May & Truss. Starmer is floundering

to call this a crime against humanity is true but inadequate — it’s a crime against all creation

In Midtown, where one of Andrew Cuomo's staffers is holding a parking spot for him in front of the polling site he's soon expected to vote at. Cuomo is registered to vote a few blocks from here, but still driving over.

Sunshine on Torren Lochan, Glen Coe #Scotland #GlenCoe #Highlands www.damianshields.com