Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

Says the dude swimming in donations - or are they investments - from private healthcare interests. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Keir Starmer has said the UK will 'reclaim our heritage' in a bizarre attack on the SNP over nuclear power 👇 Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

7. You can see this pressure working simultaneously in the same government’s astonishingly draconian anti-protest laws: piling yet more measures on top of the extreme punitive regime introduced by the Tories. Want to free up some prison places? Then stop banging up peaceful protesters.

Everything is Connected.

In what was a very punchy piece of reporting, @arusbridger.bsky.social & @prospectmagazine.co.uk named the man they believe actually owns it: Paul Singer, a notorious vulture capitalist & owner of Elliott Management. Aka Robbie Gibb’s overlord 2/

So there’s one aspect of the BBC story that has received zero attention: Robbie Gibb’s potential financial conflict of interests. According to @arusbridger.bsky.social, he was just the bagman for the purchase of the Jewish Chronicle. 1/ www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

“The Far Right doesn’t stay within borders. It’s at work everywhere and it works in sync. The strength in one area magnifies the strength in another. It’s a global threat.”

It is typically egregious Unionist nonsense to suggest that Scottish independence supporters back Trump's far right assault on the BBC which would make the BBC even more right wing and biased against Scottish independence than it already is www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

The evidence of "sniper safaris" in Bosnia is substantial enough to be convinced that they happened, but nobody has ever faced trial, nevermind justice. Hopefully Italy's investigation gets to the truth of the matter, even if justice would be decades too late for the alleged victims.

🧵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

The allegation here is that wealthy tourists paid to be able to shoot human beings. Perhaps killing wildlife wasn't enough for them. If true, psychopathic scarcely begins to cover it. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms. He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.

Hi Clare, I managed to find this original, which shows JS waving his left hand The bbc reversed the image to show a right arm “salute”, and changed to black & white Subliminal nazi inference by “bbc North britain”

Scots have seen some of the sharpest energy bill hikes across the UK over recent years, new analysis has shown 👇

Dundee and US surgeons achieve world-first stroke surgery using robot. I think we'll take this as a Scottish NHS good news story.

A billion of our taxes? I think the fuck not. Time to stand up to this grifting fascist scum www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...

🚨The SNP have seized control of Stirling Council, ousting Scottish Labour from power in the city More here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.

"Sweden just changed the way they salt winter roads, and it's saving thousands of birds every single year. When engineers discovered that traditional rock salt was poisoning wildlife during the harshest months, they did something incredible." via Daniel Peliculas ifeg.info/2025/11/10/s...

At the Independent "I was constantly blocked from mentioning the visceral opposition or complacency of the powerful UK and global billionaire-owned media to the urgent climate action that is required." "Any time I tried to mention this in a column, it was immediately censored."

Can you remember the resignations from the BBC in 2014 when they told lies about the YES Campaign. No! Neither can I

#Museum30 theme 10 is #rainbow The rooms in Dunblane Museum provide a Rainbow of Time Trail, where each colour represents different era: • Red: Dunblane early history with 4000-year-old child’s necklace • Orange: Medieval Cathedral & religious life • Yellow: Jacobite era…/👇

Targeting women in politics with abuse is a global issue. Already in 2016, a report which looked at data in 39 countries, showed that psychological violence affected four in every five female parliamentarians. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here it is: youtu.be/kSm6HmEBhwo?...

An excellent interview to listen to from @willdalrymple.bsky.social in New Zealand recently.He shares so many interesting facts in a short space of time! Did you know that somewhere in the 🌍 a country celebrates independence from 🇬🇧 every 6 days? Of course you didn't, bcos we don't teach abt it 🙄 🔗 👇🏽

China is installing the wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week www.abc.net.au/news/science...

Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …

A very interesting and relevant article for today. I've had enough of BBC navel-gazing for today but would point out that they've discussed bias re Trump, Israel/Gaza, and gender issues but not a mention, as far as I've heard of anti-Scotland bias.

See what’s happening. A Trumpist US media company has taken over Channel 5. Another US company is gunning for ITV. Our social media is saturated by Musk’s calls for civil war in the UK. The BBC is the last thing standing, and Trump/Johnson are trying to bring it down

The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship

Why was Orwell’s wife, Eileen, written out of his story when she co-wrote Animal Farm? As a writer who was so ahead of his time on imperialism and totalitarianism, why did Orwell fail when it came to his attitudes to women? linktr.ee/empirepoduk

A view towards the head of beautiful Glen Etive, which runs for 14 miles south-west from the upper end of Glen Coe to the head of Loch Etive. Once there you turn round and come back: but it's a wonderful drive to somewhere very special. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland

He was not talking about Scotland.

I worked harder on this book than any before it. My ex-publisher then failed to pay me what they owed me for it & did their best to ruin its chances of survival. That robbed me of a year of my life & ruined my health. After all that, to see reviews like this one brings me close to tears too.

‘So many boys have seen violent pornography that they’re physically harming girls’ I talk to Scotland’s best known school counsellor about the lives of teenagers. She reveals a world of sexual violence, abuse and mental illness In @heraldscotland.bsky.social Warning: disturbing & graphic content

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Well how do you do, Private William McBride? Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside? And I’ll rest for a while in the warm summer sun, I’ve been walking all day long, and I’m nearly done… —Eric Bogle, “No Man’s Land” #RemembranceSunday www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxwB...

This is a scorching article on the absolute state of The New York Times, and much of the rest of the media. Not just the billionaire media, note, but also the billionaire-*compliant* media, which both-sides every issue with purchased junktank talking points. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

It won't even be in the news up here.

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

EXCLUSIVE: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has refused to release any details on the decision to allow US troops and war planes to be stationed in Scotland

Wordle 1,603 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 First time this has happened to me! I now need a new first word.

This is a disgrace @teamlabouruk.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...

Yes, we pay more tax in Scotland but at least much of it goes to things on this list (which benefit all of us) rather than all directly to shareholders! Of course Scotland has problems, but at least we are trying to help all, including those most in need (which increasingly includes the young!).

Welcome to the Oligarchy Why Musk’s $1trillion pay deal heralds a dark and dystopian future unless we bring the super-rich to heel If we don’t deal with the billionaires, sooner or later they’re going to deal with us My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

tricks and lies won't work anymore... we see you 👇

Is the population of Scotland's islands really 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨? I thought I'd check. Most are increasing! But overall less than the mainland (3.5% increase vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 5.4% from 2001 to 2022). Is there a trend in level of English immigrants and population increase or decrease? No. www.datawrapper.de/_/A4HCT/