Bot activity is picking up again. MAGA accounts (many of them automated or coordinated) are flooding social media with AI photos and videos right now. Two things they’re pushing hard is fake crowd shots to make massive protests look empty, and fabricated imagery to make peaceful demonstrators

Over on X-Twitter right now, the Pope continues to lay it on the warmongers (and to re-mind the rest of us) what Christian spirituality can really be about.

Culloden as a Watershed in Highland History and Empire Building: the impact of the failure of the 1745 Jacobite Rising gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/culloden-a...

If you go to Facebook you can comment on the U.S. Forest Service’s recent post. They’re calling out our movement because major businesses are now speaking up and that’s got them rattled. They’re spreading lies to sell you on their demolition of the Forest Service. Don’t buy it.

In January, the Under Secretary of War summoned Pope Leo XIV’s then-cardinal ambassador to the United States — and delivered a lecture. America, Colby and his colleagues told the cardinal, has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side.

Join the livestream this Friday 10 April! Keynote speaker: Rob Dunbar (University of Edinburgh) Fantastic line-up of speakers with talks beginning at 1:00pm (EDT). Programme details and the Livestream link can be found here: www.mcgill.ca/can.../canad...

The firing is starting to make sense. All part of the cover-up. The Justice Department has informed the House Oversight Committee that former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not appear before

In which he threatens genocide, the greatest crime against humanity.

‘We know that war offers at least five kinds of opportunities for aspiring dictators. Let us consider the moves that Trump could make, and how they could be stopped. … we can recognize the threat, and turn any sort of coup attempt against Trump.’ snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...

Gaelic Puns and Puzzles How does a Gaelic way of seeing the world connect ancient Celtic art and modern oral tradition? gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/gaelic-pun...

Exploring Celtic Civilizations: Anglo-Norman Invasions / Arts and Life Cultural and artistic analysis of period 1066-1300 gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/exploring-...

They’re not hiding it. The goal is to flip the midterms before a single vote is cast.

Across the US, progressive clergy are seizing ground from Christian nationalists with testimony and liturgy that inspire and mobilize.

The optics are obviously bad. Military attack helicopters hovering over a resistance protest and then doing a salute fly-by for a prominent Trump ally on the same day is a combination that’s hard to explain away as coincidence.

The 2026 @mcgill.ca Chair in Canadian-Scottish Studies Colloquium will take place on 10 April 2026. The keynote address will be delivered by Rob Dunbar, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social & Chair of @bordnagaidhlig.bsky.social. The event is going to be livestreamed: tinyurl.com/3x8c6ry5 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇨🇦

The Trump administration is once again asking the Supreme Court to protect DOGE from having to hand over internal documents this time in response to a lawsuit by a watchdog group.

the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes

Calling the opposition party “the greatest enemy” of a country is exactly what wannabe dictators do to justify seizing power.

Trump is melting down on Truth Social again this weekend.

Gaelic Literary Networks and Gaelic Literacy in Nova Scotia: Why do people persist with the myth that Gaelic was just an “oral language” without a written tradition? gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/gaelic-lit...

U2’s first new record in nearly a decade, “Days of Ash,” is a call to action fueled by anger and rooted in hope.

His whole life, Trump has always had someone else around to bail him out of the messes he creates: his father, Allen Weisselberg, the "adults in the room" in his first term. Now all those protectors are gone and he is openly begging for someone to save him from his own folly.

The #AcademyAwards are upon us, & no-one is sure how the #Oscars got their name. Bette Davis’s first husband? Margaret Herrick’s uncle? But “Oscar” – a name from ancient #Gaelic legend – owes its modern popularity to James Macpherson’s #C18th “Ossian” poems #romanticism 1/5 🖼️ from CHATTERBOX (1890)

A guide to Medieval Gaelic's witty advice, sayings and guidance. Aidan Doyle & Ken Ó Donnchú @ucc.ie @corkup.bsky.social on the witty dánfhocail containing advice and guidance on topics like wealth, love and drink www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.

The USDA has already lost 27,000 employees (27% of its entire workforce) since January. And now they’re rolling out Palantir to monitor everyone who’s left. Federal workers, be aware. The tools being put in place around you are not there to help you. They are there to watch you.

The Problem with St Patrick: Must the Celebration of Irish-American History Be Reduced to Shallow Cliches or Can It Still Speak Meaningfully to Modern Issues? gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/the-proble...

Beware of right-on hustlers: “The Brewdog story [is] about hustle culture and founder myth … which saw a broad anti-establishment current sweep across the UK. Watt and Dickie marketed themselves as loud, juvenile “punks” out to change a stale system …” www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2591...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz after meeting Trump: “It is indeed the case that at least the American government, according to my level of knowledge and insight today, has no really formulated strategy about the future civil leadership of this country (Iran).

Over the past 20 years Scotland’s murder rate has fallen by 2/3. The police Violence Reduction Unit‬⁩ came to recognise the roots of much such crime as a public health issue, “the culmination of a long journey, starting with violence in the home & childhood trauma.” app.scotsman.com/story/561616...

Trump posted this on Truth Social. He’s really starting to push propaganda aimed at interfering with our elections. Spreading these kinds of claims only fuels escalation especially after MAGA activists were recently exposed for making similar accusations that

“Remember what I said…” Yeah. About that. It’s almost impressive how confidently wrong that prediction aged.

What Is Language and Why Is It Important? Some musings to conclude Seachdain na Gàidhlig / Gaelic Week 2026 #SeachdainNaGàidhlig2026 #cleachdinocailli @sngaidhlig.bsky.social gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/what-is-la...

’S e Seachdain na Gàidhlig a th’ ann! (re)listen to our SAHA Conversation with Prof Rob Dunbar ( @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social) on his journey from Canada to Scotland, the creation of BBC Alba, his favourite Gaelic expression & so much more! Available wherever you get your podcasts 👇

Trump is being urged to declare a national emergency over U.S. elections and here’s what that plan is said to involve. The proposed executive order would assert federal control over election administration by citing claims that China interfered in the 2020 election, allegations that

‘B’e sin na smeuran dubha ’s an Fhaoilleach’ (That’s like bramble-berries in January – i.e., something that is out of season). #SeachdainNaGàidhlig2026 #cleachdinocailli #LàAbairtNaGàidhlig #sayagaelicphraseday @sngaidhlig.bsky.social

Aliyah Rahman, a Minnesota resident invited by Rep. Ilhan Omar to attend Tuesday’s State of the Union address, was later hospitalized following her arrest during the speech, according to statements from both Rahman and Omar.

To celebrate #LàAbairtNaGàidhlig #SayAGaelicPhraseDay from ‘The Sound of Many Waters’: ….flicking through a copy of Perthshire Gaelic in the clearance box in a local bookshop I come across a warning: ‘tàlaidhidh am biadh fiadh na beinne’ – ‘hunger makes the wolf come out of the woods’.

‘Ged a chuala iad an ceòl, cha do thuig iad am port’ (Although they heard the music, they didn’t understand the tune). #SeachdainNaGàidhlig2026 #cleachdinocailli #LàAbairtNaGàidhlig #SayAGaelicPhraseDay @sngaidhlig.bsky.social

Seachdain na Gàidhlig Ainmean-àite ann an abairtean Gàidhlig "Tha dà thaobh air a' Mhaoil agus seachd seallaidhean dhith" "There are two sides of the Mull and seven different views of it" Maol Chinn Tìre buff.ly/Vyoyh1o #AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #SeachdainNaGàidhlig2026 #SnG2026 #CleachdINoCaillI

Public Service Announcement: The U.S. government is demanding that an AI company loosen its safety protocols so its technology can be used for mass surveillance of U.S. civilians. That is the core dispute now unfolding between the Department of Defense

‘Cuir manadh math air do mhanadh is bidh thu sona’ (Interpret your omen in a positive way and you’ll be fortunate). #SeachdainNaGàidhlig2026 #cleachdinocailli @sngaidhlig.bsky.social

BREAKING Former ICE agent: On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

Right now we must stop the abduction and killing of our neighbors by ICE, but we must also show up in resistance in a way that seeds love. #AbolishICE #ICEout

Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2026! Le ‘Cleachd i no Caill i’ mar chuspair na seachdain, bidh sinne a’ sgaoileadh cuid de faclan as fheàrr leinn bhon na h-inntridhean. Ma tha iad a’ còrdadh ribh, nach sgaoil sibhse cuideachd iad? #SeachdainNaGaidhlig2026 #cleachdinocailli #gàidhlig #gaidhlig #faclair

Bidh mi fhéin agus mo nighean a’ beachdachadh air seanfhaclan a h-uile latha a bhios sinn comhla. Seo m’ isean ag aithris an t-seanfhacail as fheàrr leatha an-dràsta. #SeachdainNaGàidhlig2026 #cleachdinocailli @sngaidhlig.bsky.social

Seachdain na Gàidhlig Ainmean-àite ann an abairtean Gàidhlig "Bho Pheairt gu Hiort" "From Perth to St Kilda" Peairt buff.ly/M9K3znx Hiort buff.ly/hKuOwnq #AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #SeachdainNaGàidhlig2026 #SnG2026 #CleachdINoCaillI

Exploring Celtic Civilizations: The Era of Viking Invasions / Society and Power - Social analysis of period 840-1066 gaelicmichael.substack.com/p/exploring-...

White, black, etc., are socially constructed codes used to create and entrench social groups (and identities) and the relationships between them for political power. There is no biological basis for these codes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbVC...