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Who could have predicted that a dedicated propaganda channel spouting anti-Scottish nonsense, retreaded English news and low-budget kailyard pap would fare so badly!

I'm against drilling for fossil fuels but isn't it odd* the BBC and Sky aren't mentioning in their reports about drilling in the Jackdaw gas field being approved that they told Scots loudly and repeatedly in 2014 that all the oil and gas would be gone within 5 years. *entirely predictable

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Scotland is energy rich, yet we pay some of the highest energy bills in Europe.

Runaway AI poses a threat to us all. How humanity stays in control should be a priority for everyone Projection location: Slough, UK Narrated by @gavinesler.bsky.social

MSP demands Lindsay Hoyle explain Aberdeen comments www.thenational.scot/news/2665891...

My latest blog piece, Wednesday is GERSmas day when anti-indy parties celebrate figures purporting to show one of the most resource rich nations in northern Europe is an economic basket case & say this is why Westminster mismanagement should continue. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/g...

Only one Labour MP from a Scottish seat - Alloa & Grangemouth MP Brian Leishman - is planning to rebel against Starmer & Reeves's cuts to disability benefits. The other shameful careerists are happy to punish the disabled to protect the rich from tax rises. www.thenational.scot/news/2504361...

Smug Tory Boy Labour MP refuses to debate SNP MSP James Dornan on the cuts to disability benefits he claims he's proud to support. James Dornan has personal experience of how disability changes lives. Tory Boy's life experience is confined to Labour careerism. www.thenational.scot/politics/250...

A narrative is recited almost everywhere: that Rachel Reeves is being "forced" to cut benefits, and is faced with "hard choices" or "no choice". This story, a staple of neoliberal doctrine, is completely false, as @richardjmurphy.bsky.social explains: www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...

An Independent Scotland would be one of the Richest Countries in Europe.

The hearing which did not go forward in October (due to a court scheduling conflict) is now set for May. A great deal of preparation has been involved, so once again I need to ask for donations.

weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/01/12/t... My latest blog piece, how the rise of the far right is a threat and but the rejection of Farage in Scotland is an opportunity for Scottish independence.

Greenland (pop 57,000) is to hold a referendum on independence from Denmark, and Iceland (pop 394,000) is to hold a referendum on joining the EU. When is Westminster going to tell them that ‛now is not the time’? #Indyclan #IndependenceIsNormal

In 1813, the House of Lords upheld a Court of Session decreet that a declaration before witnesses formed a legal marriage. Few such marriages could have been quite so dramatic, however ... #LegalHistory #Scotland

we should be concerned about the impacts of social media on kids and teens, but i don’t think we’re worried nearly enough about what it’s doing to middle aged people and seniors

Scotland is Greenland with envy. Imagine what it must be like being part of a union which respects a democratic right for an independence vote.

In the USA they have normalized people paying $12,000 a year for Health Insurance, receiving absolutely nothing, then having to pay thousands or tens of thousands of dollars more if they actually get treatment. They need to abolish Health Insurance, it's a scam.

In 2023/24 Westminster took about £88bn revenue from Scotland, refunding around £51bn to spend on our own needs. Westminster then decided how the other £37bn of our money was to be spent. The ‛block grant’ is a partial *refund* of our own money, not a gift. #IndependenceIsNormal #Scotland #Indyclan

Israel's policy is to 'destroy the healthcare system of Gaza', writes @owenjones.bsky.social - and there's only one reason why. It's not subtle. In fact, this heinous crime is being perpetrated in full view of the world. ✏️ www.thenational.scot/politics/248...

Imagine having more money than entire countries and still losing sleep over internet comments like Elon does.

On Christmas Eve 1751 at a meeting at Surgeons' Hall, Ann Ker applied to the Incorporation of Surgeons & Barbers of Edinburgh for "a Licence to practice Midwifery in any Town or Shire". She was successfully examined and became the first woman to qualify with us. #womeninmedicine

We did a short video on this a while ago. youtube.com/shorts/tAI6l...

The Christmas tree on The Mound is one of those annual institutions you kind of take for granted but I passed it by the other day and it inevitably got me thinking about how far back such a tradition of public Christmas Trees goes in Edinburgh 🎄 Shall we take a thread and find out? 🧵▶️

There were two schools built on the open-air principal in Edinburgh, at Prestonfield and Hermitage Park. A number of nurseries were also built, with full-length sliding partition walls that opened the room up to the outside, surrounded by decks and canopies to keep sun and rain off

Hat and scarf weather in #Edinburgh!

In a different but nearby pub it is £8.65 for a 2/3 pint 😲

UK post-Brexit laws which the SNP Government branded 'the most significant assault on devolution since 1999' will be subject to a fast-track review, Labour have pledged ⬇️

Be kind, but not to the people stamping on your face.

Anas Sarwar seemed to forget which party he was supposed to be representing, the Wee Ginger Dug writes ✍️ Read the full article: www.thenational.scot/politics/247...

If you’re going to mourn, mourn for the parents bankrupted trying to save their children. Mourn for the cancer patients who died because their treatment was “too expensive.”

The Herald stupidly moans today about Scotland STILL training 3 to 4 times as many nurses than in England: talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2024/10/28/s...

The average lifespan was 35 and 50% of people died before they were 2. Is what they did.

A thread of escapes from Edinburgh Zoo, which also reminded me of the Curious Incident of the Kangaroo in the Night Time [Caledonian Mercury, 24 February 1834].

Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2477842...

We know so many people subscribe because of our coverage of Gaza. That's why we're donating to Medical Aid for Palestinians on your behalf this month. www.thenational.scot/news/2477273...

BREAKING: The UK Government has announced plans to work in policy areas in Scotland whether they're 'devolved or not'. Labour said they will be 'aligning efforts across every level of government' between Westminster and Holyrood

What happened to the Mounds electric heating? www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/history...

The *other* Christmassy M&S Story. Before we start I feel like I need to throw a caveat that this is not a nice, family tale like the last one. So lower expectations accordingly. This is the direct-to-video sequel with none of the main actors.

Unsettling example of a physician diagnosing by tasting a patient's urine, 'greenish colour...sweet to the smell and taste'

Early example of a benefit gig, a comedian in the 1790s donating their show's profits to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots. To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.

Malvina Wells (1804 – 1887) the only known person buried in Edinburgh who was born a slave (St John’s, Princes Street). The 1817 slave register for Grand Bay estate, Carriacou shows Malvina Wells aged 13 mulatto - her father was white and her mother was black. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvina...