Today I deleted my 'Discover' feed because I'm sick and tired of a relentless stream of Trump and American bullshit. I used to take the family from Scotland to the US July 4 celebrations in Florida, New York and California. Last time was 15 years ago when I detected the change. Haven't been back.

www.howtogeek.com/stop-buying-... Here's a wee controversy just to get away from politics, wars and climate change. Full transparency, I'm in the CD camp!

The reflecting pool is EXACTLY the correct metaphor for the USA. If the decent, thinking people of America want their country back they're going to have to Drain The Pool.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3... Burnham wins a comfortable majority. Good. But beware the creeping undercurrent of the 19,000 who voted for Reform and Restore. The country's problem is what is in the heads of these people.

Can't recall a recent video that better captures Trump's essence. Misogynist goon sweatily belches out egregious lies to a woman reporter, insults and berates her when she asks for evidence, then storms off in anger, all while his spray-tan slowly slides down his face.

Truth!

We think we know what the obvious threats are but it's the ones creeping up behind us that might cause the biggest problems.

Anyone, that is, ANYONE, who is still on X, should be ashamed of themselves. They enable Musk's far-right, unhinged incitement to hatred. It's rampant in the USA, but we can smell it here in the UK.

Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.” When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything! (Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon)

Fossil fuels. We used half and kick started our technological civilisation. If we fully use the second half we destroy our atmosphere. It's as simple as that.

The SNP has been betrayed by a selfish, self-seeking idiot of a man. Nicola Sturgeon has been betrayed by one man, her husband. The personal pain of betrayal is hard to imagine.

>88,800 now. 🚀 Lovely. I think we’re going to do it.

Just one line in the entire BBC coverage: "Climate change is believed to play a large role in such hot spells as this." One line. And apparently climate change is only 'believed' to play a role. Wilful ignorance. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

Why should anyone vote Burnham when he appears to be scared of Reform voters. He’s spent the last 2 yrs slagging off Starmer for not being brave enough. 🤷‍♀️

Wes Streeting calls Brexit exactly what it is, and the UK needs to rejoin asap (which can't be very soon - the Europeans aren't as gullible as Brexit supporters). Burnham and Starmer can't bring themselves to see it yet. Idiots.

Angela Rayner was dragged through every front page for weeks... HMRC's verdict: NOT deliberate. NOT even careless. Farage pockets £5 million and chooses not to declare it So where's the wall-to-wall coverage? Tell me this isn't a rigged game.

Edinburgh

Put aside AI, can we just have some I in this world.

So, now that there's a majority for independence in Scotland when SNP and Scottish Green seats are combined, it's well past time to get going.

Tell Trump to hide under a desk or lock himself in a toilet. Or just tell him to man up and take one for the Second Amendment.

I tend not to go with conspiracy theories. My reality is, I don't care what happens to Trump and his minions, live or die. I also accept that the feeling is entirely mutual.

I’m so upset with this idiot

#bbcdn This argument that we need to keep oil and gas extraction because of 'jobs' ignoring climate change is facile. When the science is crystal clear, it's time to change and skilled workers can adapt to new fields over the medium term.

Scott Bessent might try to frighten us all into believing Iran would launch a nuke at London. Maybe gen Z will listen. Those of us with memories of the cold war remember Mutually Assured Destruction - destruction of London would be met by the destruction of Tehran and therefore will never happen.

Good on the Hungarians. Anything that upsets Putin and Trump simultaneously must be a good thing. Populists and autocrats should always be rejected. United Kingdom, take note. A flirtation with Farage is going to bring the whole country down. Don't do it.

It's pretty clear Trump and Vance are in way over their empty heads.

Deaths from dog attacks, a 3 month old baby yesterday and a 19 year old girl today. Do we need to start carrying anti-dog defensive weapons?

THIS SUMS IT UP AS WELL AS ANYONE CAN:

Where the USA had millions of Iranians looking to them for help, it now has tens of thousands of very angry Iranians looking for personal revenge. In many cases, the USA killed their kids. I can hardly imagine that rage.

Trump has vastly overplayed a ridiculous bluff and he'll look idiotic in the extreme when he bails out as fully expected OR insanely, if he actually orders use of nuclear weapons, the US military must be prepared to disable, by force, the US President and the current political command structure.

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5... Trump threatens to 'decimate' Iran's civilian infrastructure if deadline passes without deal - BBC News Presumably the illegal war crime order will be refused by "the greatest military on Earth, by far". Maybe their ethics are not quite so great. Let's see.

Now, after Trump's latest outburst, if ANY European leader or Mark Rutte in NATO tries to soft soap us they can go to hell. We're not standing for it any longer. Call him what he is and be done with it.

Would the US military really launch a tactical or strategic nuclear missile onto Iran if ordered by Trump? Did you pause, even momentarily before answering in your mind? 'Happy Easter'.

USA, just read this and tell me Trump is not insane.

Unbelievable. King Charles is STILL set to fly to the US to celebrate with Trump in April. With everything Trump is saying and doing right now - and the hate and chaos he's spreading - this trip must be cancelled. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

Linked to Trump’s ICE agency + the Israeli military, Palantir has major NHS contracts involving OUR health data. With ministers now apparently weighing up whether to use a break clause to end the deal, let’s send a clear message to the Health Sec! 38d.gs/breakclause_...

Wow! 🔥🔥🔥 Here's Macron criticising Trump and talking about a new world order without the USA.

Tehran is a city with the same population as London. It's bigger than New York. Nearly 10,000,000 live there. Do you think Trump and Hegseth know that? Could they even point to it on a map?

youtu.be/xkTSObD6VxU?... I have no idea how (or if) America can get past the fact that the majority of the population voted for this incoherent narcissist.

How does bombing bridges and other civilian infrastructure in Iran help the opposition movement in Iran? It doesn't. It's destruction for the sake of destruction – from a sadistic orange imbecile who just wants to see the world burn.

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3... Iranian bridge cut in half by strike as Trump warns ‘more to follow’ Destruction of civilian infrastructure and killing construction workers - is a war crime. Trump and Hegseth and the military responsible (shameful) should be in the Hague. One day.

go.bsky.app/4osgQx4 47 thinks he is the owner of the White House. The court disagrees. They need to patch up the area they tore down. No ballroom but 47 wants to still build it. This is his setback. Now a presidential library that is a hotel in the works.

Trump is now saying it loud what Putin has fed him. If Americans have the strength or will to remove him from office, soon would seem better than later.

King Charles best read the room in the UK right now. If he goes ahead with a state visit to the USA, he will be seen as endorsing Trump and right now, favouring Trump over the UK is not what he or the Monarchy needs. Let's go no further than that understatement.

BBC News - UK forecast to see biggest hit to growth from Iran war out of major economies - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Isn't it interesting that when gas and oil prices soar, Putin rubs his hands at the windfall but Britain, with its own oil and gas resources GETS POORER.

Trump thinks the Atlantic protects the USA from the Russians but apparently the Atlantic doesn't protect the USA from non-existent nuclear weapons. Oh, USA, how you have fallen.

news.sky.com/story/north-... Food banks, poverty, wrecked roads, stretched NHS, and high taxes and debt. But Britain was the 5th largest oil producer in the 80s and now there's still enough left to make a difference to the current USA induced crisis? Don't you wonder where all the money went?

Trump: "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"