Fascinating post. I had not realised that in Scotland the police do NOT say "You do not have to say anything. But it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court…” The right to silence is a protected right.

Nigel Farage registered ‘absent’ from the last 77 votes in Parliament Official Parliamentary figures reveal that Reform leader Nigel Farage hasn't bothered to vote for anything in the last 11 weeks... www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/whe...

I've called on the UK government to step up to its legal and moral obligation to stop ALL arms sales and military support to Israel. This is a crucial step towards accountability and justice. #StopArmingIsrael www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...

We all need a timeline cleanse! Terracotta figurine of a #dog feeding her puppies. 500 BC-450 BC Boeotia, Greece. The terracotta figurines from this region during this period typically depict everyday scenes. Life without dogs is possible but pointless 🐶🐕 On display at Antikensammlung München 📷me

"Finland and Poland are both considering rewetting dried-out peatbogs to form defence barriers against a potential Russian ground invasion." #RestoreNature for #Defence www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

📣 Just out: our new study on the 'cold blob' in the Northern Atlantic. Is that due to ocean currents bringing less heat there, or due to more heat being lost through the sea surface? Our data analysis strongly suggests it's due to #AMOC slowing. 🌊 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

he latest score: Nest 1 Bob 2. Watch this clip and see the chick actually emerging from the egg! Welcome to the world new Bob! #FoulshawOspreys #Birds #Cumbria

This is North Korea level bullshit, and a total fucking disaster for science and for the United States alike. It doesn't matter whether it fails to pass; this kind of thinking is already penetrating NIH, NSF, NASA, etc and causing severe harm. NASEM, AAAS, AAUP, etc must condemn unequivocally.

They stole the internet’s knowledge and all the work that went into it and they want to sell it back to us for a fee. What a business model.

Another day, another record. Camborne now provisionally holds the highest UK May minimum temperature record of 21.4ºC - continuing to break the old UK record of 18.9ºC set in 1947. This is an all-time record for the station by 1.3ºC and breaks its May record by OVER 5ºC!

Bursary scheme for new Gaelic teachers £12,500 www.instagram.com/stories/smot...

UK legislation continues to fail birds of prey as widespread illegal killing continues - new report from RSPB raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/05/27/u...

I am Scottish. Believe me when I say, the anger I feel is palpable. Brexit was a con England ate up. Scotland voted to Remain. We were dragged out of the EU anyway, because our bigger neighbour said so. It is time Scotland had a Scottish independence referendum and plan our return to the EU.

Nueva Pescanova want to build the world’s first octopus farm - but we have a chance to stop it, by asking the port authority to close their application as they missed a crucial deadline. Take action: buff.ly/s0kbhwX

The Auchnacraig bluebells are at their best now.

If this is what the Israeli authorities do to people the world is watching, imagine what they do to people with no voice and no visibility. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

💥 70,000 signatures! 💥 ...and the petition closes on June 8th. Imagine if we can get it over 100,000 before then - and open a Parliamentary debate in time for the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote on June 23rd 2026. That'd be powerful. All hands to the pump! Sign and share, share, share! 👇

Brilliant to see the launch of the Aberdeen Palestine Education Initiative! 🎓🍉 Supporting Palestinian students overcoming war + displacement with evacuation costs, visas, study access, funding, wellbeing support and cultural/community activities. Learn more and support: apeiaberdeen.org 🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The USA, under Trump 47, is rapidly becoming the most corrupt democracy we have seen. Trump’s recent moves to extort the DoJ, with his $1.7 billion ‘Lawfare Fund’ for convicted criminal political allies, and ban on IRS auditing of his family businesses are breathtaking. So much for the Rule of Law.

Greatly enjoyed last night's performance of the Marriage of Figaro- and the Glasgow audience clearly did too. Still some seats available at the last two Glasgow performances.

Summertime, and the living is easy... A very damp Blue 35 protects the eggs. Look how widely she has spread herself to keep the eggs warm and dry. Zoom in and you'll see the rain beading on her waterproof Osprey feathers. #FoulshawOspreys #Birds #Cumbria

Madainn mhath! Time spent watching baby bunnies visit your garden is never wasted.

Learn from the locals who know the Andes Hantavirus best. In Chile, they serially test exposed contacts at 7, 14, 21 & 28 days. In her update for the WHO, Dr. Claudia Campillo from Chile's Ministry of Health, flagged a case became PCR+ while asymptomatic, then developed symptoms 4 days later

Today is (I am told) International Museum Day. Glasgow has lots of amazing, and free to enter museums. One of the smallest, but very interesting is the Glasgow Police Museum www.policemuseum.org.uk/museum-overv...

1/2 CATching kittens on camera 📸 GPS-radio collar data from released females can indicate if they have given birth. Their activity changes, and they typically stay in one area for an extended time. To confirm possible litters, the team install trail cameras provided by @naturespy.bsky.social 🧡

Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂

The best shortbread is homemade Preheat oven to 150 C. Mix 2oz each of icing sugar, cornflour, 3.7 oz plain flour and 1 tbsp semolina. Rub in 4 oz butter. Flatten the crumbly mixture on a lined baking tray in a 7" diameter disk. Prick with fork. Bake for 35 mins. Slice into 12 wedges at once. Enjoy!

As the Scotsman retreads a nursing scare story today, Scotland trains twice as many nurses per capita as England: talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/04/13/s...

The government has learned nothing. In 2024 the NHS England strategy stated that it would be a 'waste of resources' to try and stop another airborne respiratory pandemic spreading.

this is the last photo on my parents' video birdfeeder before it was mysteriously destroyed we may never know what happened

This is brilliant...... “Tommy Robinson’s far right march has unwittingly raised over £100k for refugees. “Over 2,000 of you have chipped in to make tomorrow’s far right march the biggest sponsored walk for refugees EVER.”

I heard her conduct Mahler 1 with the RSNO and it was superb ☺️

RUSSIAN OIL INDUSTRY IN CHAOS AS NURLINO AND PERM DISABLED Russian oil fields are largely in the far north of the country and require thousands of kilometres of pipelines to reach refineries and export terminals. Perm and Nurlino are key to how this operates. They hold around one million tonnes of

Nearly 50,000 people around Lake Tahoe have been told their utility will stop providing them power because that electricity is being redirected to Nevada data centers. This is beyond cruel.

Glasgow’s ‘Super-hospital’ is safer than the average in Scotland much safer than many in England and has been so for many years – this is a BBC ‘Witch hunt’ talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/05/13/g...

Very disappointing that there are no fluent Gaelic speakers in the new Scottish Parliament. There were 3 in the last one. But framing it as 'despite' recent funding is ridiculous - it's a consequence of language shift and lack of support and status over centuries www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...

OUR NEW BMJ editorial: Andes virus should reset WHO’s default approach to airborne risk. 🧵 1/ For severe pathogens with person-to-person transmission, the starting point should be precautionary airborne protections — not waiting for definitive proof after spread occurs. www.bmj.com/content/393/...

Did you know we run a Hedgehog First Aid Course in partnership with @Vale Wildlife Hospital? 🦔 🚑️ There are 12 spaces available, on our next 1-day course on 22nd May at Vale Wildlife Hospital near Tewkesbury - so don't miss out! 🔗 Find out more buff.ly/4FY7SzT ☎️ Book your space 01584 890 801

Dog learning the spatula trick....

Bhattacharya needs to read advice from International Hantavirus Society: “human-to-human transmission of ANDV should ... no longer be regarded as... unproven”. They caution against “overly categorical statements that transmission can occur only after clear symptom onset." zenodo.org/records/2007...

Another reason Starmer should go. Idiotic. Who does this help? For a government that needs growth, why avoid the one sure action that would give it

#hedgehog week is almost over. It is a delight to watch them when they visit. This very short trail camera footage shows one hedgehog stealing the food tray of another!

Nigel Farage wants to take the country out of the European Convention on Human Rights The ECHR protects us all - the rights within it – firmly implanted into UK law by the Human Rights Act – are the reason why families devastated by disasters like Hillsborough could demand justice

Final results: a pro-independence majority of 73 - the largest number of pro-independence MSPs ever elected to the Scottish Parliament

Apparently these are the reporters the Israeli forces have recently killed, while being "the most moral army in the world" that does it utmost to not kill reporters. Funny that Ukraine, a country fighting for its life against a genocidal enemy, manages to avoid "collateral damage" almost entirely.

UK voters should feel the need to take a shower after reading this unparalleled garbage. I’ve never heard such depraved and corrupt coercion. The product of truly vile minds.

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EU trade deal could force UK to restrict use of weedkiller linked to cancer. WHO classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogen”. EU banned it in 2023. Brexit led to lower health standards in the UK, corporations appeased. Don't wait for the EU deal, protect people now.