Sexual violence, abuse and mental breakdown: inside the therapy room with Scotland’s school counsellors I talk to one of the country’s leading school counsellors about the horrifying reality of teenage life. Warning: this article contains distressing, violent and sexually explicit material

Headline: ExxonMobil doesn't care about people and the climate because oil is simply too profitable.

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Heritage chief is on 'stress leave' after racism row

Labour's 'national security threat' attacks on the SNP reveal how deeply embedded support for nuclear weapons has become in UK politics, a leading security academic has said

EXCLUSIVE: A group of women from Scotland have embarked on a 'trip of a lifetime' to Canada to mark the two countries' shared love for curling

A new photography exhibition is set to feature the work of a former asylum seeker who made their home in Glasgow 👇

The article in question: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2560707...

Signs of the economic times across various sectors, smaller landlords withdraw from the market under various pressures, larger ones expand their presence. www.ft.com/content/3c59...

Well done to everyone who remembered to vote. Once again the Restore Trust group were seen off. Let's do it all again next year.

I love it when a review articulates your thoughts better than you have managed to do yourself. observer.co.uk/culture/thea...

As a young gay man I did not expect to get old. As a result of HIV and homophobia, many of my generation did not. Ageing is a privilege. Pics: Aged 20 in 1988 and 58 now.

This is an important issue. I hope it gains momentum. Via @soilassocscot.bsky.social #MarketGardens #Agroecology #Sustainability #FoodSecurity #FarmToFork www.agroecology.scot/news/targete...

Social media and mainstream media are being used to subvert democracy. For a clearer understanding of how this can be done, watch #TheGreatHack by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social www.netflix.com/gb/title/801...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: “A few tech-oligarchs are clearly influencing electoral processes. We’ve seen it in the UK, Germany, France, Hungary…and I’m sure we will see it in Spain.” (El Pais)

Simple rule: Stop setting carbon on fire to make energy. It ain't sustainable.

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico warned that his country will oppose using Russian frozen assets to fund Ukraine's defense spending, speaking with Slovakian public broadcaster STVR yesterday.

Invasive mosquitoes with avian malaria threaten Hawaiʻi's native honeycreepers. Conservationists are using drones and helicopters to release lab-reared male mosquitoes carrying a Wolbachia bacterium strain that causes non-viable eggs when they mate with wild females to control mosquito populations.

#BBCNews - The ex-president's daughter who faces terror-related charges www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sabah revenue verdict: Govt to study judgment to protect state rights #news

Around 400 people gathered in Perth today to discuss the next steps in Scotland's land reform journey, just days after the passing of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill 👇

EXCLUSIVE: An Edinburgh court case involving members of Scotland’s aristocracy was kept from the public record, enshrining an anti-trans bias in law for more than 50 years Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

All those people who think they can dodge the effects of the climate crisis because they live in a nice developed country are about to get punched in the face. It’s coming in hard everywhere.

Kudos to the @seattletimes.com for spelling with diacritical marks used in the Hawaiian language, the ʻokina and the kahakō. A few years ago, when I asked the NY Times to spell my affiliation as University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, they refused because it went against their style guide.

The #ClimateEmergency is happening now.

New study finds “brutal drought and extreme heat wave that began in September 2023 transformed the lake into a steaming cauldron. The lake's waters reached 41C (106F).” 😱

Laila Shawa, Palestinian artist whose work has been described as a personal reflection concerning her heritage #WomensArt

In Sudan, war is being waged on women and children — #AJOpinion by reena ghelani. 🔗: aje.io/z8s64p

The death toll for Typhoon Kalmaegi has risen to more than 200 across the Philippines and Vietnam. 2000 homes damaged, 2.3 million people affected, 398,000 sheltering in evacuation centres. 260,000 soldiers on standby for rescue and recovery. It’s moving west towards Thailand and Laos.

Interrsting www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Le Québec sera bouleversé par un climat perturbé. Nous ne sommes pourtant pas prêts à affronter les impacts de la crise climatique. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...

Allons-nous sacrifier l’humanité pour le bien de l’industrie des énergies fossiles? Dix ans après l’Accord de Paris, le monde se dirige vers un naufrage climatique de moins en moins évitable. Un dossier à lire dans Le Devoir. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...

Pleased to help out by joining the advisory board @registry.scot - we are already setting the pace at @sahavoice.bsky.social & @scga.bsky.social with .scot. More than worth considering to preserve & promote the brand @keepscotlandbrand.bsky.social

Antifa: 1939 - 1945 #Remembrance

ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.” That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.” @jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Fireworks and flawed buses: FlixBus halted for hours as safety breaches emerged during a mass cross-border police operation in Europe.

If any trade union wants to replicate this, I’ll help them

Trump, tariffs, and lies.

The CJEU will soon be ruling on whether this Danish housing policy is directly racially discriminatory (the Advocate-General's opinion says it is: curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...). The UK's Home Secretary wishes to base family reunion for refugees on such a policy.

“More nuanced” is not the phrase I would have used.

⚫ Mort de Lee Tamahori, figure du cinéma maori et réalisateur de «l’Ame des guerriers»

WHAT DID HE DO? *Don't ask me - this is still a live and ongoing situation...

Why coal still clings on in renewable energy powerhouse Brazil reut.rs/3XmU1bu

Climate talk in Helsinki at request of young people standing up for their future - mailchi.mp/caa/a-climat... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/a-climate-... Video: drive.google.com/file/d/1NGOp...

America, 2025.

No publication or press release yet, but yesterday the EU Commission took a decision implementing the Digital Services Act - perhaps a response to French government concerns about Shein? ec.europa.eu/transparency...

Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man

Trump continues to work for Putin after he exempted Orban’s Hungary from sanctions on Russian oil today.

Investors in Jamaica’s catastrophe bond now face a 100% payout after Hurricane Melissa set off a full trigger event, according to the World Bank

EN DIRECT, Gaza : la dépouille rendue vendredi à Israël identifiée comme celle d’un otage israélo-argentin