The legacy of British austerity can’t be understood without considering the effects on mental health, especially childhood trauma.

Everyone in Scotland sauntering down to Barrhead travel today 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #SCODEN #WC2026 #Scotland #McTominay

Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us, who have often been through very traumatic events.

Great to see Glasgow make this list 🔥🚴🏼‍♀️

A key point about "volunteering" is that it should be "voluntary". By forcing migrants to volunteer this government not only treats us as if we are a free resource, but also ignores everything else we go through. This policy is dehumanising and exploitative. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier. The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12

X effect: How Elon Musk is boosting the British right

Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted: manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

Trainspotting premiere at the Odeon in Renfield Street, Glasgow. (1996)

David Byrne at #NoKings on his bike. (via @wutangforchildren.bsky.social)

This is how you do it. In recent days, the BBC etc have been trying to depict Israel’s genocide as an ‘unfortunate episode’ involving two equally culpable sides. Shame on them, and credit to @scotnational.bsky.social for speaking the truth.

🎓 PhD Researchers! Apply for a 3-month paid internship with @sgsah.bsky.social exploring the Alasdair Gray archive. Creative, flexible, self-directed. Deadline: 31 Oct 2025. Open to SGSAH PhDs. www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/202...

Meanwhile in Ayrshire… contrast the narrative on cycle infrastructure between Glasgow and Ayr (the Ayr plan involves losing 6 parking spaces and a taxi space) #bikesky #cycling #infrastructure #activetravel #bikes

Great to see the results of Glasgow’s cycle infrastructure beginning to link up more parts of the city

Racism isn’t innate, writes Dr Steve Taylor. It’s a sign of insecurity and poor psychological health, not a hardwired human instinct. From #TheConversation -- thanks!

If you are sick of racist, violent men (40% have domestic violence reports) harassing asylum seekers and pretending to do it for women, add your name to this! Please share actionnetwork.org/petitions/e8...

100 Women's Rights Organisations, including @rapecrisis.bsky.social, @refugecharity.bsky.social, & @evawuk.bsky.social have signed a letter warning that attempts to link rape & violence against women & girls to immigration is a racist distraction. They urge the govt to address dangerous narrative

Ukraine’s president endured a public shaming. Russia’s was pampered. Both episodes were disgraceful.

JD Vance goes to Kilmarnock for his holidays 😆

Violet Sea Snails were pushed ashore on Barra's west coast by brisk westerly winds today. We counted 35 in just over a mile at Traigh Eais among hundreds, possibly thousands, of By-The-Wind Sailors.

Today, I’m supporting the nationwide day of action calling on the richest to #PAYUP. Billionaire wealth has increased 1000% since the 1990s. There is no excuse to plunge thousands into poverty through cuts and underfunding. The money is there - time to tax it fairly.

The truth never dies…hopefully this is a really significant step forward in naming and recognising what happened www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has condemned the continued obstruction of humanitarian aid to Gaza, urging the international community to pressure Israel to allow immediate and sustained access for essential food and medical supplies. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Standing up to racism in Paisley @sutrscotland.bsky.social

SUVs increase the odds of killing in a collision. They're high at the front, your children get dragged under then crushed to death. They're also too big for parking spaces. They shld just be treated like vans, subject to lower speed limits, higher parking charges. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

BREAKING & BIG: Today in PARIS, citizens voted in a referendum to PEDESTRIANIZE 500 MORE of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by city leaders to create people-places, curb car usage, and improve air quality. 66% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, official results showed!

Do you manage or hold archival collections related to the history of social care in Scotland? We are seeking those with an interest in exploring and improving access to historical records that shed light on Scotland’s social care history. Find out more:

Remember, Paris wasn’t “always this way.” Not that many years ago, Paris was choking in car traffic. And it wasn’t a safe place to ride a bike for transportation, so not many people tried. This is new. This is a result of deliberate vision, and bold leadership. Cities are a result of choices.

💷Peak time rail fares are an unfair tax on Scottish workers. It's time to end them for good. ⬇️Join our campaign⬇️ greens.scot/end-peak-rai...

Elon Musk has turned Twitter into a far right hell hole. Delete your account.

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Tell Keir Starmer to bring in a wealth tax to fund public spending, rather than punish the poorest people in the world act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4319

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

You’re the ones who have all the right cards to support Ukraine. u24.gov.ua/armored-ambu...

I just donated to the Ukrainian war effort via United24. It would be amazing if all the pissed off people in US did the same. And anyway, it has @markhamillofficial.bsky.social as an ambassador so what more reason do you need u24.gov.ua #ukraine #SlavaUkraini

Child poverty outcomes in the UK are poor when compared across multiple fronts, be it other age groups, other decades, or other countries. Children are much more likely than adults to be in relative poverty in the UK.

NEW: In November, I wrote a Guardian column headlined 'How to Survive the Broligarchy'. Pretty much everything predicted has now come true. What I'm launching today is part handbook, how to protect ourselves? And part manifesto, how to fight back? Please join me. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

BAE Systems arms states that are engaged in human rights atrocities like Israel and Saudi Arabia. Yet the Scottish Government is giving them millions in grants. We must stop funding multinational arms companies, and instead use that money to support people in Scotland.

During WWII, four brothers from the same Jewish family signed up to fight against the Nazis. Only one of the four brothers survived. His grandson is the current President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Sláva Ukrayíni!

Scrap austerity – tax the super-rich instead Britain can’t rebuild with more cuts – a wealth tax on the richest is the fair alternative to funding public services and growth yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/eco...

Donald Trump in the White House: a relationship with a dishonest sexual predator and convicted criminal isn't a relationship. It's abuse centralbylines.co.uk/opinion/it-i...

At first glance, a quintessentially beautiful Irish landscape. But in reality, it's a deadzone. The graveyard of a once species-rich Atlantic rainforest wonderland, smothered under sheep and, in the distance, sitka. We are, however, waking to just how much has been stolen from us.

Mademoiselle Billaud after winning a cyclocross race. It's the 100th anniversary of this photo, and it still goes harder than anything on the Internet. February 14, 1925 #otd

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

🔴NEW: Silicon Valley Whistleblowers Warn Elon Musk ‘Hijacking’ Republicans to Control Entire US Government Former followers of the ‘Dark Enlightenment’ say a ‘neo-reactionary’ take over of government is happening in real-time, reports @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/02/07/s...

A simple journey from Glasgow's Southside to the east takes a feat of exhausting mental maths - to the point just walking for two hours seems more appealing. How could the city sync up its transport? And why hasn't it?

Woo hoo - 8 till 5 daylight!