So today I found out that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was TED’s most watched talk of the year. It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...

New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion. It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops

The BBC Reith Lecture about moral ambition with Rutger Bregman is interesting and smart. Cites interesting fact in Q&A about WHY people joined resistance during Nazi era.... Common denominator - Because They Were Asked To Join... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history 75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men Is this what democracy looks like? New on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...

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Divisive, racist, millionaire Nigel Farage with Durham Reform Councillor Andrew Harrison who was fined £40,000 for employing an 'illegal'worker. Hypocrites.

Israel is using the frequently-flouted ceasefire in Gaza to pursue the 'ethnic cleansing of Palestine', according to a United Nations human rights expert

Why do they need all that money .....

Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train. A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin @tomduffinphotos.bsky.social. Please repost with your own caption.

In Scotland, it’s estimated that around 170 languages are present, most spoke as languages for love and nurture, which is what, at best, the languages spoken at home are, writes Alison Phipps ✍️

Nigel Farage is a scoundrel. His 'party' is a business. Run by millionaires. 🔻

This is chilling. The billionaire joint owner of Palantir,the company involved in the English NHS,is an out and out misogynist & fascist..

Extremely troubling. We all need to stand up to racism in the here and now or our childrens' future will be so diminished. 🔽

What a lovely message. Involving people beyond election day. 🔻

I’m sure I’m not the only one thinking about Hitler’s Olympics in 1936.

Scotland's First Minister defends diversity. Contrasts with Labour, Tories & Reform.🔽

Brilliant,Brilliant as always!

Farage not welcome in Scotland. Divisive, bigoted supported by millionaires. 🕊

Today Farage’s hate wagon descends and infects Falkirk meet him head on and say No, you & it are not wanted here in our country. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The EU has fined Elon Musk's hideous creation €120m. We have asked Ofcom: when will you act? goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...

Ah, das ist sehr wichtig: Erstmals verhängt die EU-Kommission eine Geldbuße gegen eine Social-Media-Plattform aus den USA - und zwar wegen Verstößen gegen den Digital Services Act Elon Musks Plattform soll 120 Millionen Euro zahlen - wenn X nicht genügend nachjustiert, drohen weitere Strafen 🧵

Maduro is a repressive autocrat. But he has a point: Trump is most likely pushing for regime change in Venezuela because he wants the country’s oil, writes Daniel Litvin.

Once a symbol of unity and hope across Europe, the Eurovision Song Contest has been turned into a pink-washing front for war criminals in Israel. After today's decision, there must be a global boycott of Eurovision.

Good for John Swinney - Nigel Farage is a racist. Sows division. Not welcome in Scotland. 🤝

Finland is the world's happiest country for the 8th year running. How do they do it? New film coming very soon. www.reuters.com/business/fin...

Farage, follows the money. Creep .....

The super-rich rightwing are pouring money into Reform. Do ordinary voters really think their aim is to even out social inequality and make their lives better? Do they think they’re doing it so Farage invests in infrastructure and public services? Ffs. Democracy being beaten to death in plain sight.

Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance in September to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for seeking to place restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether. He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors

The secret millionaire...Donated £12m to Brexit party. Now donating to Farage. Architects of UK's brexit economic disaster en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christo...

Reform - take from the poor, give to the rich. Reverse Robin Hood! 🔻

🔴 BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access to 10+ Labour MPs and minister Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...

One of many millionaires backing 'man of the people' Nigel Farage. Wonder why? 🔽

This is horrible. I'm trying to imagine what this would feel like on the streets of Scotland. Unbelievable a government treating their own people like criminals.🔻

Nigel Farage, the hypocrite, the racist sowing division. 🔻

In a new breach of the so called ceasefire, the occupation bombed tents in Khan Younis burning families alive. This is a developing stories and the number of fatalities and injuries will be updated soon.

Most of the quote tweets of Reform UK's tweet are too fluent in Glasgow's other favourite language (🤬) to share, but this one from the Education correspondent at The Scotsman newspaper is a favourite...

cureparkinsonsshop.com/products/sop... Your search for the perfect Christmas present is over - the #sophiefromromania calendar is just £9.99 with all profits going to Cure Parkinson’s

Beautiful! 🌹

Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes? That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.

Brexit- the trilion pound 'mistake ' David Cameron should is liable as well.🔽

Say NO to Palantir to be involved in the NHS. It"s owner is a white supremist and funded the misogynist JD Vance. 🔽

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.

I take basically the same picture every time the light and the snaw are right for it, and I do not regret this.

Graber spent her early years studying how technology interacts with society, and now leads Bluesky that is looking to be "billionaire-proof."

Palestinian mum of two Diana Shams: mothers around the world all pray their children have a better future, while in Gaza mothers just pray their children survive to have another day.

What a gorgeous photo. 😁

Congratulations to the amazing STUC. 🚩

Scotland’s future is up to people who live in Scotland, not Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer or any other Westminster politician.

Tamara de Lempicka, Wisdom, 1940 Polish Art Deco style painter #WomensArt

Irony is dead Sun journalist on the BBC's flagship #Newsnight says Labour's budget is wilfully misleading, outright lying, and that we want honesty from politicians