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A loon fae the North
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A Glenlivet an Rhynie loon rolled intae een! Edinburgh noo. Chair at Oor Vyce. Here's tae the Scots leid, Gàidhlig, whisky an a progressive Scotland.
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Oor Vyce @oorvyce.bsky.social · Aug 21
Ye ken ye canna miss es een...! #Scots
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Oor Vyce @oorvyce.bsky.social · Aug 3
Oor Vyce is fair tricket tae hear at the Scottish Languages Bill his noo been giet Royal Ascent... nae langer a Bill bit an Act! Keep an ee oot for news o oor Gaitherin in November, far ye'll be able tae mak yer vyce heard o fit needs tae happen neist. #Scots
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A loon fae the North @glenlivetloon.bsky.social · Jul 25
I bet... he'd rather speak about how shit Scottish Water is 🙄... bring back Tommy.
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A loon fae the North @glenlivetloon.bsky.social · Jul 11
Absolutely disgusting. Where is folks' humanity? Double standards abound...
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Peter Underwood 💚 @greenpeteru.bsky.social · Jul 11
When Bob Vylan said "death to the IDF" politicians from Labour, Conservative, and Reform parties screamed for days claiming it was a hate crime

When effigies of refugees are burned on a bonfire those same politicians are silent
Picture from the Belfast Telegraph of a bonfire in Moygashel with a 'stop the boats' sign on the front of it and effigies of refugees in a boat being burned at the top
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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · Jul 1
UN urges UK govt not to ‘misuse’ terrorism laws to proscribe @Pal_action as a terrorist group when it has not threatened or endangered life bit.ly/4kgnE7y and create a string of crimes in its wake
UN experts urge United Kingdom not to misuse terrorism laws against protest group Palestine Action
GENEVA – UN experts* today urged the United Kingdom not to ban the “direct action” group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000.“We are concerned at the unjustified ...
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The Scottish Parliament @parliament.scot · Jun 17
The Scottish Languages Bill has passed this evening @parliament.scot. The results of the vote at Stage 3 were:

✅ Yes - 112
❎ No - 0
There were no abstentions.

The Bill gives the #Gaelic and #Scots languages official status in Scotland and includes changes to Gaelic and Scots education.
Scottish Languages Bill. A bar graph shows the results of the vote: Yes - 112, No - 0, Abstain - 0.
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Dr Alex Cruikshanks @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · Jun 6
Fraser epitomises the audience kf Neo-Schlaflyite transphobia. A reactionary straight man who opposes gay marriage and abortion, a consistent misogynist to female politicians his whole career.

But then transphobes come along offering him a pretext to claim to be the *real* defender of women & gays.
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · Jun 6
Here in Scotland a member of Parliament is claiming that the Pride flag is homophobic. Can someone explain these through-the-looking-glass mental and linguistic contortions please because this culture war bullshit seems just intellectually impenetrable to me. Is up now also down? Is black now white?
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Jun 2
This Republican Senator - a pro-Israel zealot and Trump ally - is openly threatening the life of Greta Thunberg and others on the Gaza aid ship.

Why? Because they're trying to bring aid to a Gaza starved by a key US ally.

The world is run by gangsters.
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A loon fae the North @glenlivetloon.bsky.social · May 4
Aidh, 's e oidhche Dhòmhnaich a th'ann... feumaidh mi an obair-dachaigh agam. Cha robh cho dona an seachdain seo 🫠 #Gàidhlig
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Iona Fyfe @ionafyfe.bsky.social · Apr 26
Gin yer unner 25, ye can tak pairt in @youngscot.bsky.social Scottish Languages Panel tae help shape national commitments tae Gàidhlig and Scots wi ither like-mindit young fowk. Mair info here ➡️ shorturl.at/O4MZe
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Oor Vyce @oorvyce.bsky.social · Mar 12
A braw wee collage o oor new Committee (weel, maist o us!). Lowp oer tae oor Instagram for a puckle mair detail on us aa...
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A loon fae the North @glenlivetloon.bsky.social · Feb 16
Math fhèin... chì mi a comheid e.... weel at's the plan. A chave fittin it aa in!
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A loon fae the North @glenlivetloon.bsky.social · Feb 3
They've not given it its full title...it's the Commissioner for the Ulster-Scots and Ulster British Tradition. Mixing things up there imo...
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Christopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social · Feb 2
Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · Jan 27
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
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Oor Vyce @oorvyce.bsky.social · Jan 26
Bothan's January event brings thegither various freens frae across Scotland. It's a nicht thit brings 'aw Scots thegither' nae matter hoo lang they've been here.
Tickets: scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:58...
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A loon fae the North @glenlivetloon.bsky.social · Jan 7
Finally deleted my X profile after fannying about trying to delete tweet archive. Here will do me just fine.
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Oor Vyce @oorvyce.bsky.social · Jan 1
Oor ain @ionafyfe.bsky.social an @glenlivetloon.bsky.social are baith on the New Year's edition o Scots Radio... fit better wye tae help that hangover?! #Scots
www.scotsradio.com/podcast/scot...
Scots Radio | Episode 116 | January 2025 | Scots Radio
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A loon fae the North @glenlivetloon.bsky.social · Jan 1
Happy New Year aa! Bliadhna mhath ùr uile!
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Dec 19
So eloquently put.

Israel accusing Ireland of “crossing every red line” is perverse.
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Iona Fyfe @ionafyfe.bsky.social · Dec 17
Today I recorded for the Scots Radio podcast wi @glenlivetloon.bsky.social fae @oorvyce.bsky.social and translated some show notes for anither podcast into Scots.

Yaised my Nexadyne mic that I won at Na Trads. Shure is the newest sponsor o the Scots Trad Music Awards
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A loon fae the North @glenlivetloon.bsky.social · Dec 17
Wee morning deein ma bit for Scots Radio... #Scots
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Oor Vyce @oorvyce.bsky.social · Dec 10
We've hid a gweed look oer aa the amendments, an while we think the Bill could gie mair provision for #Scots, we're glaed o the support o likes o Ross.
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · Dec 10
🧵 A big week for Gaelic and Scots in Parliament

Tomorrow we will start Stage 2 of the Scottish Languages Bill. There are 97 amendments to consider. I've lodged 46 of them.

If we don't protect Scotland's indigenous languages, who else will? Here's what I'm proposing:
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National newspaper headline: Scottish Greens lodge proposals for 'equal respect' for Scots and Gaelic
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Isle of Eigg @isleofeigg.bsky.social · Dec 2
Looking for that perfect Christmas gift?!
How about an ethical gift that will keep growing and give a lifetime (or more) of enjoyment?
An EIGG GROWN TREE
Choose from Hazel, Holly, Oak, and Wych Elm
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Photograph of a holly sapling in a small hessian gift bag. In the background is the peak of Eigg's highest hill, An Sgurr. It is a sunny day with blue sky and autumnal bracken on the hillside.
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Oor Vyce @oorvyce.bsky.social · Dec 2
A weel spint day across the Waater at the FRLSU Conference on Saiterdi... took pairt on a grassroots panel on minority languages in oor Islands #Scots #Gàidhlig #Ulsterscots #Gaeilge
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