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Almost 600 scientists, ecologists, health professionals and more have called on Andy Burnham to reject the re-submitted application for drilling Rosebank The science is abundantly clear - we cannot open new oil and gas fields. @profbillmcguire.bsky.social

It's like the BBC news has accepted that Scotland is already an Independent Country. It's about time for us to make this true.

Same reasons for Scottish Independence.

Meta's $10 Billion data center in Indiana produced 300 permanent jobs That's $33 million per job In a typical manufacturing plant, a similar investment would create at least 300,000 jobs Data centers benefit wealthy investors, not communities

Surely a democratic UK Westminster govt would ensure employers National Insurance is paid on shares to partners? If not then said Govt is only governing to benefit some on society.

Let the eat their gherkin and marmalade sandwiches. Much healthier than cake.

Super-rich get ‘double dividend’ from causes and costs of climate crisis. They profit from polluting industries, and through the ‘adaptation economy’. Super-rich buy govts, control means of production and think tanks. Victims pay higher prices for food, homes, relocations. Who governs?

Labour quietly abandons manifesto promise to build 1,500,000 homes by 2029. How do they expect to remove homelessness then?

“Officers attended and engaged with those involved. There were no arrests. Campaigning and demonstration are a legitimate, necessary and vital part of life" Interesting tactic from Police Scotland who routinely kettle antifascist groups while they attempt to peacefully protest. shorturl.at/QCf7N

Instead of screaming about ‘woke’ could we try having a sensible discussion about whether or not the dead should be on display in museums? Scotland has removed some mummies from display and the culture warriors have gone nuts. Whatever happened to intelligent debate? In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

Home of Trolls has amazing. toilets. Home of Trump is full of Cheescake apparently.

Imagine a world where we are no longer dependent on oil and nuclear energy. It's coming and it's better and that's why the vested interests are doing everything in their power to stop it

A Tartan designed to mark the historic twinning of Boston and Glasgow will go on sale this week 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸

Our business model is unstable, threatens world-wide catastrophe, is uninsurable, is currently uncontrolled by Govts, owes $500 odd Billion over 10 years already and wants the public punters to buy it? Classic Ponzi scheme model surely?

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!" A motto for the WM Establishment and its State Media.

I really think everyone should read Arundhati Roy’s essay on AI in The Equator. www.equator.org/articles/aru...

Ireland has some responsibility on this. One of the greatest contributions we could be making to collective EU & global democracy & security (far more useful then disastrous attempts to remove the triple lock) would be having the courage to step up to our role as digital regulator in a serious way.

Monstrous beyond all reckoning. The US is using remote sensing *designed for humanitarian purposes* for the opposite purpose, potentially drowning civilians en masse. Trump hates Somalis. His troops appear to be exploiting the weather to help slaughter them. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Given we've been warned to prepare 3 days of supplies, and that we could be at war within 1,000 days, isn't it time to take a long, cold, hard look at the Russia party?

That’s simply not the case Ian, Scotland is no longer politically compatible with England We’ll be good, and equal, independent neighbours, who will trade and cooperate on defense etc as closely as the independent Nordics do with each other 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎

Hmmm, surely current unelected hoose of lairds is stuffed placemen, those government needs to pay off to keep quiet / dodgy chancers, failed politicians, certain religion bosses + a bunch of folk who right exists because of some dodgy activity decades or centuries ago. Very democratic is the UK

Richard Murphy in the National on our detailed report "But most importantly from my perspective, it also looks at the issues people will worry about, including the protection of their pensions, their mortgages and the value of a Scottish currency" www.thenational.scot/politics/266...

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Scotland’s North Sea energy: a burden when we talk about independence, but a valuable asset when Westminster needs the money? Sounds familiar 🤔 https://www.snp.org/what-does-scotlands-energy-and-andy-murray-have-in-common/

Lula says action must be taken against the US Big Tech billionaires who tried to fix the Brazilian elections Brazil has the 2nd most Social Media users after the USA If Brazil banned US Big Tech and launched their own Social Media it would be a crippling blow to the US Fascists

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What it's like to be Palestine's 17-year-old chess champion - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/what-its-be-17-year-old-palestinian-chess-champion

Is Burnham starting to think the only way to stop Scottish #indrpendence is by rejoining the #EU? If you want to be in the #EU then the only guaranteed route is via #indyref2 #areyouyesyet #snp #indy #endtheunion

Is Zionism Racist? The usual suspects reacted in the expected way to the Green Party Conference Motion that was carried. Condemnation*, Denunciation*, Censure*, Disapproval*see *), etc., that it was Anti-Semitic. So what was the commitment that is deemed worthy of (See *) 1/

Seems we might get a second bite at the Brexit cherry. If we need a referendum on Europe, then surely one on Scottish membership of the UK is also essential.

How a Scottish currency could transform the Scottish housing market www.thenational.scot/politics/266...

Worth a listen

Like how much tax can I avoid paying so I can shift it to an offshore taxhaven. That's after I've plunged the shares down, do a management buyout on the cheap, then super hyped said shares to sell it off to vampire private equity 4huge personal profit. Stuff the workers. That sort of CEO?

'The Vital Spark', a television series based on Neil Munro's Para Handy stories set on the West Coast of Scotland in the 1930s, was broadcast between 1965 and 1974, starring Roddy McMillan as Peter "Para Handy" MacFarlane. #BBCScotlandMemories No. 5

For those in any doubt.

“THE PUBLIC ARE THE BOSSES” according to Burnham….unless it’s the Scottish public 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Uber-unionist Andy Burnham is all for the public deciding on whether or not the uk rejoins the EU, yet Scottish independence is “OFF LIMITS”, no matter that a majority in Scotland support independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎

Privatised national grid, like privatised national gas grid, privatised water (England n Wales only) Privatised ie shareholder driven decisions and policies. Wonder why majority of sane n successful countries ensure such essential public services remain in PUBLIC hands.

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Planting a tree means nothing if it dies a week later. Local authority tree planting is down 45%, and the trees we do plant are heavily imported, bringing biosecurity risks with them. @nationaltrust.org.uk #EcoSky #TreePlanting #GrownInBritain

After 3 weeks reporting across East Jerusalem & the occupied West Bank, award-winning journalist & Middle East Eye Assoc. Editor Peter Oborne sits down with Double Down News to deliver an unvarnished account of current events on the ground & behind closed doors in Whitehall. youtu.be/UdfckdXJQ2s?...

What can we do? Stop using Google Use alternative browsers like Ecosia Browser The browser that funds tree planting Be climate active while you browse www.ecosia.org/browser

Breaking News! Code UFB!!! It takes 2 weeks to confirm ocean sea surface temperatures and the long wait is finally over. The first day in recorded history with Nino 3.4 SST at or above 30.0°C is now officially on the record. October 7, 2026: 30.000°C. climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_dai...

And a massive won gor the Amazon

Why do shareholders get the rewards when workers create the wealth a company generates? Is it time to rethink just what companies are for and to require that the rewards be shared more fairly? youtu.be/15r28WaimP8?...

Your monthly reminder that if you're using ChatGPT to do your science, you're failing your colleagues, community, and all of us. Here, ChatGPT makes up data and presents it as the real thing — then apologizes when confronted.

Labour government politicians only in it for the money....

Something for our Scottish councils to have a look at? #cosla

The experience of newly independent countries in Europe teaches us that an independent Scotland could rapidly establish a currency of its own, the proposals of the Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social point the way ahead. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/10/25/n...