Just been to McDonald Road Library, where the wifi is down. They've been without wifi for ***3 weeks*** and have no idea when it will be fixed. This is a really crucial resource for local people @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social @edinburghminute.com @spurtle.bsky.social @leithcentralcc.bsky.social

This is not foreign policy, it’s a deranged mad man threatening to wipe out an entire country. It's past time. The 25th Amendment must be invoked.

Picardy Place in Edinburgh is really leaning into its 'abandoned industrial estate' look this morning!

GOP Rep. Jeff Van Drew to Americans struggling with rising costs: "Better just keep breaking your back and working hard, maybe get yet another job."

The royal visit to the US should not go ahead inews.co.uk/opinion/king...

Amen.

“This morning, the Israeli Police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land…from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, as they made their way to celebrate the Palm Sunday Mass.”

As ever, Naomi Alderman is the best.

NEW: A Reform candidate who called for all Muslims to be deported and backed thug Tommy Robinson is in line to become an MSP. Senga Beresford has been handed a plum list ranking for South Scotland which polling suggests will see her win.

Even though it’s ugly to read I think publishing offensive remarks at the heart of a scandal is the only way you can understand the scandal. Euphemisms and paraphrases whitewash the offence

First proper bat snoop of 2026 on the Water of Leith @wolct.bsky.social and pure joy seeing Soprano Pipistrelles and Daubenton's getting their spring equinox party on in central #Edinburgh 🥰

Sprung! Twice in the year, around the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, the sunrise shines right along Ingram Street, turning the Iron Duke, his steed, Copenhagen, and even his traffic cone hat into a shadowy work of art against the great doors of GoMA. Picture: u/Hoyerman68

1. Britain has very much *NOT* always tolerated minority faiths. Just ask Jews and Catholics. 2. The idea that religious expression should be "in conformity with our values, our norms, our beliefs" should worry every faith group, starting with Christians.

Sadiq Khan: "It's Muslims today, who will it be tomorrow? Jewish people? Who the day after, Hindu people? This sort of mono-ethnic, mono-nationalistic view is a carbon copy of President Trump. These guys are pound shop President Trumps, they should be ashamed of themselves."

extraordinary story that sums up the Trumpification of British politics - the collapse of norms but also just shamelessness about chasing the money. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

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🧵Some Lords are busy trying to wreck abortion decriminalisation. An amendment to report every girl under 16 who has a legal abortion to the POLICE and Sharron Davies wants to ban telemedicine that allows early abortions to happen at home in privacy

We didn't just find his videos - we also found Farage's outtakes, which show when his money-making sideline is interrupted by a text message or phone call, requiring him to re-record the video, he appears quick to anger.

Stirling Bridge is open for transit, English commander John de Warenne said. “The only thing prohibiting transit across the bridge right now is a huge army of Scots ready to attack it,” he said. “It is open for transit should the Scots not do that.”

Stamford Bridge is open for transit, English king Harold Godwinson said. “The only thing prohibiting transit across the bridge right now is a huge Norwegian berserker hacking people to pieces with an axe,” he said. “It is open for transit should the beserker not do that.”

"Other than that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?"

When I said 'Kemi Badenoch is so partisan, under her the Tories would oppose puppies and kittens if Labour said something nice about them', I didn't mean it literally.

Seven in 10 Britons are sceptical about UK involvement in Iran, but their newspapers have other ideas. Some of us recall the last time Fleet Street was so disastrously in favour of war, writes former Observer home affairs editor @martinbright.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/iraq-war-o...

By sticking to the correct and popular position on Iran, even under relentless attacks from the right-wing press, Keir Starmer has forced his political opponents into an embarrassing reversal. It is a lesson his Government should learn from bylinetimes.com/2026/03/10/n...

He’s golfing after bombing children and raising your gas prices.

Cruelty to immigrants is not what my party stands for. It’s time for True Labour, not Blue Labour www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Sobering to think that we would have joined a reckless war in the middle east over the weekend had Badenoch or Farage been PM. And we would be refusing to embrace an energy transition away from reliance on a deeply unstable region. Starmer's sobriety definitely an asset in the last few days.

Such a good book. Mad bargain!

Donald Trump’s plan to steal the 2026 midterm elections is already underway.

Trying to get across Picardy Place as a pedestrian really is a special kind of ridiculous

Last year was not the first time a President has tried to subdue Illinoisans with hired thugs.

"Leo has called for 'deep reflection' about the way migrants are being treated under the Trump administration. "The Vatican refuted reports that he might travel to the US for July 4th celebrations, stating: 'The pope will not go to the United States in 2026'..." www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...

The US shows that abortion rights can be curtailed without sudden shifts in public sentiment. A small organised political movement can restrict rights without ever winning a majority. Enter Reform UK @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/zoe-grunewal...

65 year old British holidaymaker with no criminal record detained by ICE. “Karen was incarcerated for a total of six weeks – even though she had been travelling with a valid visa.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Welcome to Reform’s front bench Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school The authentic voice of the working class

Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?

Thirty years of concern. Never enough courage.

Enraging that this took a court order: "Catholic nuns and clergy had visited the facility for years, offering prayer services and holy communion to detainees during visitor hours. Trump Administration immigration authorities rolled back that access in September..." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...

Only 27 days to have your say over the future of the BBC! Don’t leave it to other people - take part!. You love it? You think it could be better? There’s something special you don’t want to lose? Tell the government! Closes Tuesday 10th March. www.gov.uk/government/n...

I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

One of the hardest things to do is bring campaign-level communications to the work of governance, and snowstorms are notoriously one of the biggest litmus tests that less-engaged voters use to judge mayoral administrations. This is an excellent way to communicate.

The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.

Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power

In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies. I have translated some of the highlights

Why are the Scottish Gov (£9.25 million) and Edinburgh Council (£1.7 million) paying more than £10M to have the Tour de France come to Edinburgh. Given the enormous financial shortfalls they both have is this really a priority? Is the man on the 44 bus going to benefit? I think not. #Edinburgh

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