Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

"Remember what I told you If they hated me they will hate you" These are dangerous days.

Hey @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social I've got a story for you. It's about how a once reputable news organisation can't even get the headline right. Facts do matter. It wasn't a Palestine Action rally.

Our local community in Edinburgh has been brought back to life by the arrival of people from all over the world. Shops which have been vacant for 20 years now support thriving new businesses. We ❤️ diversity. Racists and haters are not welcome here.

Where's the crisis @skynewsrss.bsky.social? Is it in the fact that there are 100,000 vacancies in the care sector? When you fill our screens with biased non fact based opinion then you are part of the problem.

"Inch by inch we will return Britain back to its glorious past".

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When you see the map of mineral deposits in Ukraine in today's @washingtonpost.com it all starts to make sense.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the untimely death of folk musician Nick Drake, little known in his day but hugely influential for artists across different genres, Radiohead, Norah Jones, Nick Cave and Beck to name but a few. 1/2

Neil Mackay's as usual pertinent column in today's Glasgow Herald looks at the pros and cons of staying on or leaving Twitter. For us though, the negative effects on our mental health means that it's just not worth staying. t.co/qo3weX0IXJ

Scottish word for the day: hoaching- very busy, extremely crowded. High Street, Edinburgh today. Up to 4 million people are expected to visit during the month long festivals to discover one of the most beautiful cities in one of the most peaceful, prosperous and cosmopolitan countries in the world.

This seems like a pretty good place to be, much better than that other place. Less noisy and the neighbours seem more sociable. Feels like home already.