Don McGrattan
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Veggie, yesser, leftist, cyclist. Co-owner of HMFC. I quite like the Clash.
#MDANT
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Israelās border tech is a tool for ethnic cleansing
In the West Bank, we are the unwilling test subjects for digital advancements in methods of population control
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/israel-border-tech-ethnic-cleansing-palestine-west-bank-hebron-wolf-pack/
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Farrukh
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Left: Why were Zuckerberg, Musk and Theil having dinner with Epstein in 2015? They must all have known he pled guilty to child abuse in 2008... Right: Zack Polanski criticising the UK gov for repeated contracts with Theil's Palantir
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The world has lost a great woman.
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Former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman dies aged 72
The former SNP politician was a key figure in the Scottish government's response to the Covid pandemic.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c07xrgkprn5o
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George Monbiot
5 days ago
1. Noam Chomsky's response to the first tranche of Epstein docs - arrogant, high-handed, obfuscatory and, we now know, dishonest - reminded me of something: his response to my questions about genocide denial, 15 years ago. š§µ
www.monbiot.com/2012/05/21/2...
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Correspondence with Noam Chomsky
This is supporting material for the article See No Evil.
https://www.monbiot.com/2012/05/21/2181/
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Zack Polanski
6 days ago
Gorton & Denton is between the Green Party and Reform. And Farage knows his candidate is weak as. Hannah Spencer for the win.
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If I lived in England, Iād definitely be voting for Zack Polanskiās party.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Iāve never taken drugs or drunk alcohol, says Zack Polanski
Green party leader wants to legalise all drugs, regulate their use and not be āthe fun policeā
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/01/zack-polanski-green-party-legalise-drugs-alcohol
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Lesley Riddoch
9 days ago
Everybody to Kenmure Street has won an international award at Sundance Film Festival. Well timed, cos it will remind doubters, haters & sceptics that neighbours will protect one another against an authoritarian state - in Glasgow 2021 or Minneapolis today.
www.thenational.scot/news/2581367...
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Yaaas, Deacon Blue!
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Deacon Blue āappalledā by Reform UKās Scottish leader quoting their song lyrics
Exclusive: Band hit out at partyās āpoisonous rhetoricā after Malcolm Offord makes reference to Dignity during speech
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/27/deacon-blue-reform-scottish-leader-malcolm-offord-dignity-song-lyrics
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Hearts Standard
23 days ago
š¤ What do you think Derek McInnes will do with the Hearts XI this evening?
@sked21.bsky.social
looks back at the selection decisions and predicts 4ļøā£ changes to the XI that beat St Mirren.
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What does Derek McInnes do for his Hearts XI v Falkirk in the Scottish Cup?
Hearts enter the Scottish Cup while sitting six points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership.
https://www.heartsstandard.co.uk/news/25773836.derek-mcinnes-hearts-xi-v-falkirk/
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BladeoftheSun
28 days ago
Nadhim Zahawi would be frightened to live in a country run by Nigel Farage. Zahawi has deleted it, but it is too late.
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Carole Cadwalladr
29 days ago
NEW: The Palantirisation of the UK military is a national security disaster. Peter Thiel is now the third wheel in the US-UK āspecial relationshipā. 1/
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Mark Hamill
about 1 month ago
FIVE YEARS & he has not been held accountable for one of the most disgraceful events in this nation's history. Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated.
#ShameOnUSšŗšø
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Carole Cadwalladr
about 1 month ago
NEW: A mass propaganda event is about to engulf the US news cycle and what, if anything, survives it will be a lesson for our times. But itās what the rest of the world does now thatās key. When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat...
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Together Alliance
2 months ago
Unity is stronger than division. Thatās why weāve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals ā all pushing back against the far right.
#Together
we show where this country really stands. Join us:
togetheralliance.org.uk
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Charlotte Nichols MP
about 1 month ago
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
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dag
about 1 month ago
NEW When should social media posts have legal consequences? Comparing and contrasting the cases of Lucy Connolly and Alaa Abd El-Fattah By me, at
@newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
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Mike Small
about 1 month ago
Endless Restoration and the Soviet Clasp of Blairism
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Endless Restoration and the Soviet Clasp of Blairism
Thereās a new wave of hyper-nostalgia for a mythical āBritainā that needs addressing, because itās based on a number of false, and often rotten assumptions, as the state decā¦
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/12/29/endless-restoration-and-the-soviet-clasp-of-blairism/
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walkhighlands
about 1 month ago
There's a new way to browse and find walks to do for 2026! A *much* requested feature - you can now browse a map of Scotland will ALL our route lines shown at once, to help you find the one you want to do (and easily see how they connect and intersect).
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/maps/big-map...
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Johanna Saunders
about 1 month ago
The press have always failed in their duty to hold Farage to account, heās always been a wrongāun, and this story encapsulates just how wrong. Itās way past time for this horrid little man to be shunned from political life. Make amends, UK Press, keep reporting.
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āOf course he abused pupilsā: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims ā The Guardian
Exclusive: ChloĆ« Deakin tells how she wrote to Dulwich college master to argue against Farageās nomination as prefect
https://apple.news/AZFbK_7RzRKOZ43bZdpE3jA
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Giorgi Koberidze
about 1 month ago
It has been 395 days of continuous demonstrations in Georgiaās capital, Tbilisi. Our citizens demand the resignation of Georgia's mostly illegitimate and pro-Russian government, the release of political prisoners, and the return to a pro-European course.
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David Pratt
about 1 month ago
Trumpās bombing of Nigeria is showmanship for his evangelical base - Todayās in depth international read š
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2572526...
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David Pratt: Trumpās bombing of Nigeria is showmanship for his evangelical base
Itās about āsaving Christiansā says the US president, but as Foreign Editor David Pratt reports, itās yet more proof that his administrationā¦
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25725264.trumps-bombing-nigeria-showmanship-evangelical-base/?ref=li
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Carole Cadwalladr
about 2 months ago
NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the āglobal censorship industrial complexā, aka European tech researchers/campaigners. Itās a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
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A message to America: we are not your enemy
Last night, the US launched an all-out assault on the "global censorship industrial complex", I respond with some deep breaths, solidarity and a vibey video (it's all I have)
https://open.substack.com/pub/broligarchy/p/a-message-to-america-we-are-not-your?r=nv9u6&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
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Pants Shaton
about 2 months ago
ORANGE SQUASHED Thereās your headline
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Jessica Valenti
about 2 months ago
Iām laid up with the flu, but I had to peek my head out and say that this is *so* much worse than it seems. And itās already pretty fucking bad!
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Hearts Standard
about 2 months ago
šŗPREDICTED XI | How will Derek McInnes set up? | 3 key battles in Hearts v Rangers
@craigcairns.bsky.social
goes looks at how McInnes could set up on Sunday before getting the view from the opposition ā¶ļø
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY_mIRJCB50
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PREDICTED XI | How will Derek McInnes set up? | 3 key battles in Hearts v Rangers
YouTube video by Hearts Standard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY_mIRJCB50
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about 2 months ago
"Tommy Robinson's nothing more than a f*cking little grifter, it's all it's about, 'send me money, send me money, send me money!'" Billy Bragg commenting on Tommy Ten Names "Unite the Kingdom Xmas Rally" in central London, last Saturday. He's not wrong.
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Grant McPhee
about 2 months ago
Caledonia Screaming in IT
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International Times
about 2 months ago
Caledonia Screaming Scotland, the Underground, and the Punk That Wasnāt Meant to Exist
internationaltimes.it/caledonia-sc...
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Gotta love what the new Celtic manager is doing with the club - absolutely smashing it! Sensational stuff!
about 2 months ago
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Sathnam Sanghera
2 months ago
There will be a couple of launch events for Tonight The Music Seems So Loud next year, in different parts of the country, but the first will be at The Hay Festival on the afternoon of Saturday May 30th. Come along! We can talk about 80s hair! Songwriting! Immigration! Link via:
sathnam.com/events
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Paula ā¤ļøš“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æ
2 months ago
Thank you Hearts x
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Marina Purkiss
2 months ago
This time of year is so bloody expensive⦠Must be those bloody migrants again Making our food shops extortionate Rinsing us for heating our homes Privatising the shit out of our childcare Creaming off our mortgages and rent Bastards.
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āā¦I am on Bluesky because I refuse to finance fascism. I refuse to participate in itā¦ā
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Chris Townsend
2 months ago
A tent for winter conditions.
#hiking
youtu.be/eGb2T3qYloQ
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A Look At The Hilleberg Soulo
YouTube video by Chris Townsend Outdoors
https://youtu.be/eGb2T3qYloQ
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Peter Ross
2 months ago
I'm thrilled that Upon A White Horse is going to be Radio 4's Book Of The Week. The first episode, which is on Stonehenge, will be on December 8 at 11.45am ā and then there will be a reading from a different part of the book every day up to and including December 12. I hope you'll enjoy listening.
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John Swinney
2 months ago
Scotlandās future is up to people who live in Scotland, not Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer or any other Westminster politician.
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The SNP
3 months ago
š§µ Westminster politicians have said some wild stuff over the years about Scotland⦠Here are just a few of their real quotes ā and a reminder of why Scotland needs the power to choose its own future.
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Reform UK both ugly and racist, says Don McGrattan;
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Reform MP's comments 'ugly' but intention was not racist, Farage says
Sarah Pochin apologised after complaining about adverts being
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78z4eyvnx1o
3 months ago
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Everybody loves IJ
3 months ago
O'Neill and Maloney, wearing sunglasses and black pork pie hats chapping at the door of Bobo Balde's retirement village: "We're putting the band back together"
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Birmingham Green Party
4 months ago
Starmerās illiberal protest curbs would have killed the Labour party at birth. The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
on point as ever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Hereās what you need to know about Starmerās illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/13/keir-starmer-protest-labour-rights-uk
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John Swinney
4 months ago
Westminster caused this cost of living crisis - and theyāre unable and unwilling to fix it. Independence is how we raise your living standards, grow our economy and make Scotlandās energy wealth work for the people who live here.
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Everybody loves IJ
4 months ago
THAT CROSS THAT GOAL THOSE SCENES
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4 months ago
What joy at the final whistle. Scenes I havenāt seen and felt for a long time at Tynecastle. Pure joy! Thatās why we support our team! Maroon over Edinburgh tonight š±š»š±š»š±š»š±š»
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Iain Banks: the final interview
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Iain Banks: the final interview
Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/15/iain-banks-the-final-interview?CMP=share_btn_url
5 months ago
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Sixteen Films
5 months ago
Statement from Paul Laverty
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Ed Davey
5 months ago
Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday. I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric. Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
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Ian Dunt
5 months ago
Encountering the fascists outside Waterloo
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David Leask
5 months ago
Has US style right-wing anti-intellectualism arrived in Scotland? A leading black scholar believes so after a Tory MSP described a major peer-reviewed study of historic racism as a āstaggering misuseā of money. Mini š§µ
www.thetimes.com/article/1e4c...
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Pilot
5 months ago
Weāre hiring btw. Please nobody tell Mandelson.
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Jobs
Beer Packaging & Distribution Assistant We are looking for a driven, motivated person to join our growing brewing team. ResponsibilitiesĀ You will be assisting the production team in ensuring supp...
https://pilotbeer.co.uk/jobs
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BladeoftheSun
5 months ago
Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal are now all considering boycotting Eurovision unless Israel are removed. Like if they should. RT if Israel should be kicked out
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