Rob McDowall AMRSPH MIHSCM FRSA

This is an advert for Friends of the Earth Scotland. This advert was created and broadcast 36 years ago. With the message it contained, it could have been broadcast today! #climatechange #climateaction

In the UK, there are TV channels promoting fascism and hatred, funded by billionaires. In Scotland, we get the state broadcaster promoting British nationalism. If Scotland really wants fair and balanced TV news, we need to get behind grass-roots funding for Scotland's Independent Broadcaster.

How can we expect any country to take the UK seriously if we sign international agreements, then look for ways to alter them or walk away when they become politically inconvenient? We expect others to honour their commitments and we must honour our own. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UN human rights experts say there are reasonable grounds to believe the US committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran that killed at least 177 civilians. 🇺🇳 www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

This is a fascinating interview with eye witness, @jimmacmillan.com about the aftermath of #9/11.

@stu-mcmillan-snp.bsky.social Great news about the planned walk-in GP clinic for Inverclyde. Do you know if it’ll be staffed by GPs hired for that purpose or will it be staffed on a rota of local GPs?

Join us for the next HRCS Members Webinar Series session on Changing the Story of Child Poverty with Ben Thurman from Save the Children UK. 📅 9 September | 🕐 1–2 PM UK | 💻 Online Register: www.hrcscotland.org/events/hrcs-...

More Creon shortages. Fed up having to juggle not knowing if I’ll get my full prescription or have to chase down supplies. Any one found an alternative that works as well?

The move to our new Stirling studio has presented considerable financial challenges, which is why we are launching a new appeal to raise £25,000 to complete the work on fitting out our studios and produce more programmes. Please donate whatever you can afford www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/

Dolly Parton dying was not on my Bingo card for 2026 😭

So not only did Scottish Labour create a scheme which bled taxpayers dry across Scotland for years and years for business via PFI, we will now pick up the bill when the buildings we’ve paid through the nose for are brought into public ownership? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Skeleton with 167 fractures discovered at Stirling Castle may have been first victim of Edward I's 'War Wolf' trebuchet www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

This is a disgrace and every person who contributed to this witch hunt should be utterly ashamed of themselves. There is a far cry from questions to answer and someone dying. The way the media and some within it whip up a frenzy is beyond contempt. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ángel Aguirre the former governor of Guerrero state in Mexico has been formally charged over his alleged involvement in the disappearance of 43 students in 2014, a case that has become a symbol of the country’s brutal cartel violence and government impunity. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

It really does seem that Eurovision will do everything but actually suspend Israel from the contest. Eurovision proposes new rules to reduce political voting. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is appalling. If someone doesn’t want to be treated by a person of colour then put them in the corridor and give them the phone number for a taxi company. People can’t pick and choose, who treats them, by skin colour. news.sky.com/story/nhs-st...

These neo-Nazis surrounded a Drag Story Hour while chanting slurs. Now they’ll pay the price. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/thes...

EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Oh look, JK Rowling's chequebook-waving has emboldened the ADF, a Christofascist hate group that has been pouring millions into the UK to fund court cases and lobbying against abortion rights, equal marriage rights, Pride events etc., to go on the attack as well. Top standing up for women, Joanne!

The Strange Origin of The Human Eye May Trace Back to a 600-Million-Year-Old 'Cyclops' www.sciencealert.com/the-strange-...

If it isn’t the consequences of his own actions. Christian food bank’s shelves are empty after a pastor rejects supplies from LGBTQ+ allies. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/chri...

When we have actual fascists marching in the streets and targeting people due to the colour of their skin or perceived religion, this is incredibly ugly and entirely unnecessary. The government isn’t going to arrest its way out of this fiasco of its own making.

Kirralie Smith, anti-trans activist and CEO of Binary Australia lied about a trans athlete injuring cis women. Now she has to pay them A$95,000 and make an official written apology and pin it to their social media for three (3) months. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/an-a...

Does anyone have an iOS based chess app that is free or cheap and will teach someone how to play chess as well as having the ability to play with other?

United States is pressurizing governments to leave the International Criminal Court. In case of Chad, it's alleged support to UAE's proxy RSF in Sudan could be claimed to be 'motivation', but leaving doesn't stop ICC from investigating it for actions until it leaves ICC. bsky.app/profile/afri...

Incredibly important letter to the PM on #climate realities from @kevinclimate.bsky.social 👇

Imagine if obsessed billionaires funded projects like this instead of those causing division. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If you could only recommend one podcast, which would it be?

Just seen the terrible news from the attack on 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇩🇪 Pride participants at Tiergarten park in Berlin. My heart goes out to everyone there and those injured. I hope the perpetrator is caught quickly and that those injured receive the care and support they need ASAP.

The forthcoming Code of Practice is set to cause immense harm. If you are an individual or organisation who has been negatively impacted by this statutory guidance, we want to hear how it will impact you: goodlaw.social/946e3c

The US "our lecture will give you the shits, your tougth really" The UK "QUICK! check your milk it MIGHT have a trace amount of antibiotics in it, if it does we'll give you a full refund" And you wonder why the UK doesn't want to lower our food standards to US levels?

⚠️ There is a recall for a batch of Graham’s Family Dairy Semi-Skimmed milk (green cap) with the use by date of 31/07/2026 and covers the 1 pint, 1 litre and 2 litre jugs. There is a concern that the milk could have trace amounts of antibiotics. Return to retailer for a refund.

Rowling is a bully and this ridiculous notion that a billionaire, who spends more maintaining her yacht per month than most people earn in 10 years, is a woman of the people is delusional in the extreme.

Anas Sarwar to to step down as Scottish Labour leader and join the House of Lords as a government minister in Burnham’s govt. What a joke! We always said this would happen - it was just about when!

Oh jeez. I’ve had my cannabis oil earlier and I’ve recorded a voice message for a friend about my theory about something ridiculous and I’ve accidentally emailed it on to my doctor. I wish the ground would open up and swallow me 🤦‍♂️

The only reason anyone should need for an abortion is "because I want one."

Abortion should be free, accessible and available to all who wish to have one.

I was always gonna boycott the Harry Potter TV series but I would urge anyone on the fence to stop engaging with the franchise as long as JKR is using her proceeds to fund her continued attacks on trans people and allies. Reheated nostalgia slop just isn’t worth it.

The great thing about Britain is you're free to think whatever you want to think and say whatever J. K. Rowling's lawyers permit you to say.

We said all along that none of this was for ‘safety reasons’. It is about humiliating and isolating trans people and attempting to remove them from society. Republican pressure drives trans teen from dance competition | Advocate.com www.advocate.com/politics/sta...

The Hungarian parliament has voted to remove President Tamás Sulyok from office, who was widely seen as a loyalist of former prime minister Viktor Orbán who lost power in April after 16 years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We said all along that none of this was for ‘safety reasons’. It is about humiliating and isolating trans people and attempting to remove them from society. Republican pressure drives trans teen from dance competition | Advocate.com www.advocate.com/politics/sta...

President Trump fired all three remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, abruptly disabling the only federal agency devoted solely to election administration at a moment when Trump has sought to reshape federal voting rules. www.votebeat.org/national/202...

A coalition of legal and academic groups sued the Texas Tech Uni System on Wed, accusing them of turning a conservative political project into campus policy by restricting what profs can teach about race, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. www.advocate.com/news/educati...