Liz McKinlay🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇵🇸

My current favourite post. ❤️

Not mentioned by BBC Scotland, of course, there is real news on BBC England about real action by doctors of a kind Lisa Summers can only dream 👇 talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/26/n...

Grok undermining Space Karen. Delicious.

Switched On | Oil Shock Puts Heat Pumps in Play: Analyst Reaction omny.fm/shows/switch... Heating oil prices have surged to a two-decade high in the US, EU and UK, making electric heating more competitive. So where do heat pumps now make financial sense, and what could make them more attractive?

Today in Focus | How Abu Dhabi bought Andy Burnham’s Manchester www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2... After the PM intervened to defend Manchester City’s beleaguered ownership, many began to ask: just how deep are the ties between Andy Burnham and the UAE?

The Indicator from Planet Money | How bots are overtaking humans on the internet www.npr.org/2026/10/26/n... There are now more bots than humans online. What does that mean for how we experience the internet? Can bots and humans peacefully coexist online?

stevendonziger.substack.com/p/update-isr...

The Guardian reporting on Oxfam’s report shows the top 0.1% emit more carbon than 44% of humanity while cashing in on climate disasters. Why let billionaires profit from destruction? 🤔 #ClimateAction

I worked in Europe. Years ago when it first came out, the video went viral. I had people popping into my office just to ask me to say eleven. I think by now they've almost all been to Scotland or witnessed the Scottish fans at the Euros. Great ad! But sadly they've yet to find such a lift.

Voice recognition.................. in Scotland?!

This could get "interesting". UK reservoirs could run dry before Xmas, requiring water to be brought in from elsewhere. This is reported in the Daily Mail - I know - and so their map excludes Scotland (and NI) from the shortage graphic. Of course, Scotland has no such problem. I wonder why? 1/3

The Wallace Monument, Stirling. Pic: IG/funkmasterdoogan

They’d be delighted to be a state of the USA. That’s how autonomous they are.

It’s not ‘wrong’ to ‘reopen’ the Scottish independence debate. It’s wrong to treat terrible decisions as irreversible.

When they start laughing at you it's time to go...

Copland Road subway station in Glasgow. (1977) Pic: George Watson

'Fahnbulleh was reported last week to be “leaning towards” rejecting approval for the multibillion-pound Rosebank oilfield in the North Sea.' 'But the energy secretary is understood to be coming under mounting pressure from Burnham and his chancellor John Healey to push through the development.'

Crude oil that was refined in Scotland and exported to England as refined (and thus, more expensive) product is now shipped to England and refined in England, reducing Scotlands net export value. Further, more expensive refined products are now exported to Scotland from England! It’s a GERS thing.

I'll say it again: this tax at the pump is how Britain changes the point of collection of North Sea oil revenue from Scotland to England.

Scottish soldiers attending to camp chores on the Western Front in France during 1914 in the early months of World War One. Estimates for the number of Scots who died in World War I typically range from 100,000 to about 135,000–147,000, depending on how casualties are counted.

Diesel crisis. Grangemouth used to produce 12% of the UKs diesel consumption. Oil refineries in England considered critical. Grangemouth “it’s a privately run company, nothing can be done to save it” It’s a. GERS thing

✊🏽✊🏻🔥‼️ B O O M ‼️🔥👇🏽💯

'If, as most people expect, the value of the Scottish pound falls against the English pound after independence, at least at first, most pensioners might be better off in an independent Scotland.' Richard Murphy, via The National archive.is/RApSH

UK Chancellor pledges cheaper marmalade and gherkins in pre-Budget package of 'everyday fixes'. Fiddling at the edges. Need redistribution of income and wealth. End profiteering in housing, energy, water, essentials. Increase tax personal allowance.

New homicide statistics for Scotland in 2025-26 show that: Of the 56 victims recorded in 2025-26, 73% (41) were male and 27% (15) were female. 67% (10) of the female victims were killed by a partner or ex-partner. www.gov.scot/publications...

Hypocritical two faced scumbag.

So... That Turning Point/UVF documentary with all the people admitting to actual crimes is going nowhere except the memory hole then, huh? Damn, you'd think that'd be at least one or two real journalists in the country capable of feeling shame about what that says about the industry.

LOL. Works for me. 😎

bsky.app/profile/scot...

#Unabhängigkeit There aren't any new lows

The Guardian arguing we must defund Elon Musk highlights the danger of allowing billionaire oligarchs to control public infrastructure and digital forums. Why subsidise demagogues who undermine democracy? 🤔 #DarkMoney

They lied. www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...

The Guardian reporting Jonathan Reynolds and UK officials exploring options with the EU—including free movement—ahead of the November summit is a step forward. But why tiptoe around minor trade tweaks? Real economic recovery means rejoining the Single Market. 🤔 #RejoinEU

News to me that the gherkin is any part of anyone's staple diet!

John Healey pledges cheaper marmalade and gherkins in clearest sign yet that he makes some really weird sandwiches

What an uplifting article.