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If you are in glasgow or know people in glasgow, please urge them out to these meetings, this is a crucial moment for the future of the city.
Consultation events on "early options" for a "permanent" replacement for the Woodside Viaduct of the M8.
Probably a once in a generation opportunity to replace that section of the M8 - or lock us into the status quo
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2586589...
Probably a once in a generation opportunity to replace that section of the M8 - or lock us into the status quo
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2586589...
Plans for vital motorway repair plan to go on show in Glasgow
The public, drivers and residents are being invited to view plans for a permanent solution for a vital motorway viaduct in Glasgow.
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 9:42 PM
If you are in glasgow or know people in glasgow, please urge them out to these meetings, this is a crucial moment for the future of the city.
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Consultation events on "early options" for a "permanent" replacement for the Woodside Viaduct of the M8.
Probably a once in a generation opportunity to replace that section of the M8 - or lock us into the status quo
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2586589...
Probably a once in a generation opportunity to replace that section of the M8 - or lock us into the status quo
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2586589...
Plans for vital motorway repair plan to go on show in Glasgow
The public, drivers and residents are being invited to view plans for a permanent solution for a vital motorway viaduct in Glasgow.
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Consultation events on "early options" for a "permanent" replacement for the Woodside Viaduct of the M8.
Probably a once in a generation opportunity to replace that section of the M8 - or lock us into the status quo
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2586589...
Probably a once in a generation opportunity to replace that section of the M8 - or lock us into the status quo
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2586589...
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Reposting this glorious headline from 2017 in Brian’s honour. @scotnational.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Reposting this glorious headline from 2017 in Brian’s honour. @scotnational.bsky.social
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I just did the dumbest thing of my entire career to prove a much more serious point.
I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion
People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it
I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion
People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it
February 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I just did the dumbest thing of my entire career to prove a much more serious point.
I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion
People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it
I tricked ChatGPT and Google, and made them tell other users I’m a competitive hot-dog-eating world champion
People are using this trick on a massive scale to make AI tell you lies. I’ll explain how I did it
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Rachel Reeves has been heckled during a visit to a supermarket
Rachel Reeves heckled during visit to Sainsbury's
www.thenational.scot
February 18, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Rachel Reeves has been heckled during a visit to a supermarket
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This is The Singing Resistance.
What began with a small group singing in freezing temperatures has grown into a movement in Minneapolis, where thousands are gathering to sing protest songs as a way to grieve, express fear, and find courage. #SingingResistance
This is so Minnesotan 💙
What began with a small group singing in freezing temperatures has grown into a movement in Minneapolis, where thousands are gathering to sing protest songs as a way to grieve, express fear, and find courage. #SingingResistance
This is so Minnesotan 💙
February 2, 2026 at 6:12 PM
This is The Singing Resistance.
What began with a small group singing in freezing temperatures has grown into a movement in Minneapolis, where thousands are gathering to sing protest songs as a way to grieve, express fear, and find courage. #SingingResistance
This is so Minnesotan 💙
What began with a small group singing in freezing temperatures has grown into a movement in Minneapolis, where thousands are gathering to sing protest songs as a way to grieve, express fear, and find courage. #SingingResistance
This is so Minnesotan 💙
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“left behind”
left with reliable water resources, a functioning energy grid, and people with critical thinking skills
left with reliable water resources, a functioning energy grid, and people with critical thinking skills
February 18, 2026 at 8:06 PM
“left behind”
left with reliable water resources, a functioning energy grid, and people with critical thinking skills
left with reliable water resources, a functioning energy grid, and people with critical thinking skills
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Why do we need working-class politicians?
"The people who keep the country going are the ones who should get a say in how it's run."
The thoughts of Hannah Spencer, Green Party candidate in Gorton and Denton.
"The people who keep the country going are the ones who should get a say in how it's run."
The thoughts of Hannah Spencer, Green Party candidate in Gorton and Denton.
February 18, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Why do we need working-class politicians?
"The people who keep the country going are the ones who should get a say in how it's run."
The thoughts of Hannah Spencer, Green Party candidate in Gorton and Denton.
"The people who keep the country going are the ones who should get a say in how it's run."
The thoughts of Hannah Spencer, Green Party candidate in Gorton and Denton.
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"Its outrageous what's happened to students"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on the scandal of student loans/debt and what needs to be done immediately to tackle it.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on the scandal of student loans/debt and what needs to be done immediately to tackle it.
February 18, 2026 at 8:12 PM
"Its outrageous what's happened to students"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on the scandal of student loans/debt and what needs to be done immediately to tackle it.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on the scandal of student loans/debt and what needs to be done immediately to tackle it.
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Rep Ted Lieu, "in the Epstein files there's highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children"
February 18, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Rep Ted Lieu, "in the Epstein files there's highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children"
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NEW: Scotland's top law officer has warned Anas Sarwar not to act 'in a way which undermines the rule of law' after he shared a letter on the Peter Murrell case with the media 👀
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/25867486.anas-sarwar-warned-not-undermine-law-peter-murrell-letter/
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/25867486.anas-sarwar-warned-not-undermine-law-peter-murrell-letter/
February 18, 2026 at 7:44 PM
NEW: Scotland's top law officer has warned Anas Sarwar not to act 'in a way which undermines the rule of law' after he shared a letter on the Peter Murrell case with the media 👀
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/25867486.anas-sarwar-warned-not-undermine-law-peter-murrell-letter/
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/25867486.anas-sarwar-warned-not-undermine-law-peter-murrell-letter/
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All Filton 24 activists have now been acquitted of aggravated burglary.
This government has done everything it can to demonise the Palestine movement. It has failed.
History will be kind to those who tried to stop the genocide. It will condemn those who aided and abetted it.
This government has done everything it can to demonise the Palestine movement. It has failed.
History will be kind to those who tried to stop the genocide. It will condemn those who aided and abetted it.
February 18, 2026 at 6:58 PM
All Filton 24 activists have now been acquitted of aggravated burglary.
This government has done everything it can to demonise the Palestine movement. It has failed.
History will be kind to those who tried to stop the genocide. It will condemn those who aided and abetted it.
This government has done everything it can to demonise the Palestine movement. It has failed.
History will be kind to those who tried to stop the genocide. It will condemn those who aided and abetted it.
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"Hamdan Ballal, Oscar-winning co-director of No Other Land, says his brother was hospitalised after an attack on his family home in the West Bank area of Masafer Yatta... led by the same settler who assaulted him after his return from the Oscar ceremony in March..."
youtube.com/shorts/x8tA5...
youtube.com/shorts/x8tA5...
Hamdan Ballal says brother hospitalised after Israeli settlers and soldiers attack
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:26 PM
"Hamdan Ballal, Oscar-winning co-director of No Other Land, says his brother was hospitalised after an attack on his family home in the West Bank area of Masafer Yatta... led by the same settler who assaulted him after his return from the Oscar ceremony in March..."
youtube.com/shorts/x8tA5...
youtube.com/shorts/x8tA5...
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"More than 80 countries have issued a joint statement at the United Nations strongly condemning Israel's unilateral measures in the occupied West Bank, including... to expand Israel's unlawful presence and alter the demographic composition of Palestinian territory."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr8l...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr8l...
United Nations: Over 80 countries condemn Israeli settlement expansion in occupied West Bank
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
m.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
"More than 80 countries have issued a joint statement at the United Nations strongly condemning Israel's unilateral measures in the occupied West Bank, including... to expand Israel's unlawful presence and alter the demographic composition of Palestinian territory."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr8l...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr8l...
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If .you are interested in presenting at this years Autistic mental health conference
You do not need to be an academic or professional, all voices from the community matter. Self-identification is valid.
forms.gle/QkGXbFLfZmwY...
#ActuallyAutistic #autism #Autistic #MentalHealth
You do not need to be an academic or professional, all voices from the community matter. Self-identification is valid.
forms.gle/QkGXbFLfZmwY...
#ActuallyAutistic #autism #Autistic #MentalHealth
Presenter Application Form
Use this form to apply to present at Autistic Mental Health Conference 2026.
The theme of the conference is Ecosystemic Causes Of Psychological Distress In Autistic People
Anyone can apply, all voic...
forms.gle
February 18, 2026 at 1:53 PM
If .you are interested in presenting at this years Autistic mental health conference
You do not need to be an academic or professional, all voices from the community matter. Self-identification is valid.
forms.gle/QkGXbFLfZmwY...
#ActuallyAutistic #autism #Autistic #MentalHealth
You do not need to be an academic or professional, all voices from the community matter. Self-identification is valid.
forms.gle/QkGXbFLfZmwY...
#ActuallyAutistic #autism #Autistic #MentalHealth
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Iain Dale asks @zackpolanski.bsky.social : "You've only been leader for not even 6 months yet.. you've taken the Greens to get to 15-17% in the opinion polls, in one or two polls you've actually overtaken Labour. How do you think you've managed that..."
February 18, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Iain Dale asks @zackpolanski.bsky.social : "You've only been leader for not even 6 months yet.. you've taken the Greens to get to 15-17% in the opinion polls, in one or two polls you've actually overtaken Labour. How do you think you've managed that..."
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NEW: John Swinney has backed the UK’s first drug consumption room, saying it has saved lives, after the Scottish Tories called for its closure
Drug consumption room 'saves lives' says John Swinney, as Tories call for closure
www.thenational.scot
February 18, 2026 at 7:14 PM
NEW: John Swinney has backed the UK’s first drug consumption room, saying it has saved lives, after the Scottish Tories called for its closure
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🧵THREAD: A group of over 8000 migrants across the UK are preparing to take the UK Government to court over the proposed changes to immigration rules.
The group has raised £25k and taken advice from a barrister in preparation for a legal fight, The National has learned👇
The group has raised £25k and taken advice from a barrister in preparation for a legal fight, The National has learned👇
February 18, 2026 at 7:16 PM
🧵THREAD: A group of over 8000 migrants across the UK are preparing to take the UK Government to court over the proposed changes to immigration rules.
The group has raised £25k and taken advice from a barrister in preparation for a legal fight, The National has learned👇
The group has raised £25k and taken advice from a barrister in preparation for a legal fight, The National has learned👇
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this something is the shingles vaccine btw.
evidence for its protection against all sorts of things is growing
evidence for its protection against all sorts of things is growing
Longevity influencers tell millions to take rapamycin, sit in hyperbaric oxygen chambers, blast themselves with red light therapy, and take 50+ supplements daily.
Meanwhile something that cuts dementia risk by 20% is invisible.
overmatter.substack.com/p/your-anti-...
Meanwhile something that cuts dementia risk by 20% is invisible.
overmatter.substack.com/p/your-anti-...
open.substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:47 PM
this something is the shingles vaccine btw.
evidence for its protection against all sorts of things is growing
evidence for its protection against all sorts of things is growing
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EXCLUSIVE: A group representing over 8000 migrant workers across the UK is preparing to take the UK Government to court over the proposed changes to immigration rules
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
February 18, 2026 at 6:42 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A group representing over 8000 migrant workers across the UK is preparing to take the UK Government to court over the proposed changes to immigration rules
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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⚠️ “The Equality Act is vital – it is not a slogan or a culture-war talking point. It is the legal guarantee that you cannot be sacked for being pregnant, refused housing because of your race, or harassed at work because you are disabled or gay."
❌ "That is not ideology. That is basic fairness."
❌ "That is not ideology. That is basic fairness."
Amnesty responds to Reform UK proposals to repeal the Equality Act
In uncertain times, the answer is not fewer protections for ordinary people. Alba Kapoor, Amnesty International UK’s Rac
www.amnesty.org.uk
February 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
⚠️ “The Equality Act is vital – it is not a slogan or a culture-war talking point. It is the legal guarantee that you cannot be sacked for being pregnant, refused housing because of your race, or harassed at work because you are disabled or gay."
❌ "That is not ideology. That is basic fairness."
❌ "That is not ideology. That is basic fairness."
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The UN found Israel killed 35 kids during the 2018 Gaza protests. At the time Lisa Nandy asked the govt how it could continue justifying arms sales to Israel
Nandy is now part of a govt thats armed Israel while its killed tens of thousands of kids. But she gets a ministerial car
Nandy is now part of a govt thats armed Israel while its killed tens of thousands of kids. But she gets a ministerial car
February 18, 2026 at 8:52 AM
The UN found Israel killed 35 kids during the 2018 Gaza protests. At the time Lisa Nandy asked the govt how it could continue justifying arms sales to Israel
Nandy is now part of a govt thats armed Israel while its killed tens of thousands of kids. But she gets a ministerial car
Nandy is now part of a govt thats armed Israel while its killed tens of thousands of kids. But she gets a ministerial car
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this is another absolutely brutal read. but a critical one, particularly for academics.
NEW: Read this terrific piece @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social for @thenerve.news in which she unpicks Edge.org, the hugely influential 'salon' funded by Epstein & threaded through with race science & eugenics.
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www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
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The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 16, 2026 at 2:09 PM
this is another absolutely brutal read. but a critical one, particularly for academics.