Chris
@cjnmcg.bsky.social
I'm hoping for Scottish independence in the near future.
Married, kids , dog, and cats.
Married, kids , dog, and cats.
Pinned
Chris
@cjnmcg.bsky.social
· Jun 30
"The fact that these firms continue to ignore basic environmental protections while raking in taxpayer money is completely unacceptable"
theferret.scot/mega-...
theferret.scot/mega-...
Revealed: The mega farms polluting the environment with excrement
Mega farms in Scotland have repeatedly leaked excrement and failed to monitor contamination, putting humans, wildlife and the environment at risk.
theferret.scot
More and more I'm leaning towards voting @scottishgreens.org in 2026.
Jeez, after the joke of FIFA creating a "peace prize" for Trump , he's got to be the most "woke dei" president ever.
Creating a prize just so he isn't a loser.
Creating a prize just so he isn't a loser.
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Jeez, after the joke of FIFA creating a "peace prize" for Trump , he's got to be the most "woke dei" president ever.
Creating a prize just so he isn't a loser.
Creating a prize just so he isn't a loser.
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The first strike was a murder. The second eliminated witnesses.
It was a f’n mob hit. Criminal from the start. Murder is illegal everywhere, there is already a civil or military crime that can be charged. Common gangsters.
It was a f’n mob hit. Criminal from the start. Murder is illegal everywhere, there is already a civil or military crime that can be charged. Common gangsters.
December 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The first strike was a murder. The second eliminated witnesses.
It was a f’n mob hit. Criminal from the start. Murder is illegal everywhere, there is already a civil or military crime that can be charged. Common gangsters.
It was a f’n mob hit. Criminal from the start. Murder is illegal everywhere, there is already a civil or military crime that can be charged. Common gangsters.
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Nigel Farage.
The man who's spent 20 years attacking the politically correct "woke" BBC now attacking it for... checks notes ... "showing the Black and White Minstrel Show in the 1970s".
Always good to be consistent Nigel.
The man who's spent 20 years attacking the politically correct "woke" BBC now attacking it for... checks notes ... "showing the Black and White Minstrel Show in the 1970s".
Always good to be consistent Nigel.
December 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Nigel Farage.
The man who's spent 20 years attacking the politically correct "woke" BBC now attacking it for... checks notes ... "showing the Black and White Minstrel Show in the 1970s".
Always good to be consistent Nigel.
The man who's spent 20 years attacking the politically correct "woke" BBC now attacking it for... checks notes ... "showing the Black and White Minstrel Show in the 1970s".
Always good to be consistent Nigel.
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Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
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George Retes is an American citizen and veteran who was unjustly pepper-sprayed, arrested, and imprisoned for three days by ICE.
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
George Retes is an American citizen and veteran who was unjustly pepper-sprayed, arrested, and imprisoned for three days by ICE.
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
This arsehole has forgotten about "the Glasgow girls".
youtu.be/SzmnwNBLgBA?...
'Deeply racist': Fury as Nigel Farage launches 'vile' attack on Glasgow pupils
www.thenational.scot/news/2567029...
youtu.be/SzmnwNBLgBA?...
'Deeply racist': Fury as Nigel Farage launches 'vile' attack on Glasgow pupils
www.thenational.scot/news/2567029...
'Deeply racist': Fury as Nigel Farage launches 'vile' attack on Glasgow pupils
Nigel Farage has been slated for a 'repulsive' and 'deeply racist' attack on Glasgow schoolchildren as part of his Scottish campaign
www.thenational.scot
December 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This arsehole has forgotten about "the Glasgow girls".
youtu.be/SzmnwNBLgBA?...
'Deeply racist': Fury as Nigel Farage launches 'vile' attack on Glasgow pupils
www.thenational.scot/news/2567029...
youtu.be/SzmnwNBLgBA?...
'Deeply racist': Fury as Nigel Farage launches 'vile' attack on Glasgow pupils
www.thenational.scot/news/2567029...
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Next week, Séverine Angers will present her research on women's patriotism during the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars, based on letters from military families. Sign up for the Prize Papers Talks Special Edition with the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven with the link below!
December 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Next week, Séverine Angers will present her research on women's patriotism during the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars, based on letters from military families. Sign up for the Prize Papers Talks Special Edition with the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven with the link below!
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Largs Community Council has put out a call for anyone who might be interested in forming a committee to purchase and run St Columba's Church. The historic church houses some wonderful stained glass & one of the finest pipe organs in Scotland
More here 👇
www.largsandmillportnews.com/news/2565803...
More here 👇
www.largsandmillportnews.com/news/2565803...
Largs community pleads to save beautiful former church for generations to come
A community group is aiming to preserve a former Largs church building.
www.largsandmillportnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Largs Community Council has put out a call for anyone who might be interested in forming a committee to purchase and run St Columba's Church. The historic church houses some wonderful stained glass & one of the finest pipe organs in Scotland
More here 👇
www.largsandmillportnews.com/news/2565803...
More here 👇
www.largsandmillportnews.com/news/2565803...
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#OtD 2 Dec 1859 US abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia for his leadership in a plot to incite an armed rebellion against slavery stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1265...
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#OtD 2 Dec 1859 US abolitionist John Brown was executed by the state of Virginia for his leadership in a plot to incite an armed rebellion against slavery stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1265...
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UK Labour Health Minister seems unaware that US tech firm which supplies Israeli forces and which risks patient safety will not allow his scheme to make money out of patient data but has no presence in Scotland talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/02/u...
UK Labour Health Minister seems unaware that US tech firm which supplies Israeli forces and which risks patient safety will not allow his scheme to make money out of patient data but has no presence i...
Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Dorothy for this. From the FT yesterday: The UK should “leverage” its new health data storage service for the “benefit of the Treasury coffers”, a health mini…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
UK Labour Health Minister seems unaware that US tech firm which supplies Israeli forces and which risks patient safety will not allow his scheme to make money out of patient data but has no presence in Scotland talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/12/02/u...
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This is my response to the utterly shite idea that ‘when they go low, we go higher’
You fight fire with fire, not by being a Boy Scout
You fight fire with fire, not by being a Boy Scout
November 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is my response to the utterly shite idea that ‘when they go low, we go higher’
You fight fire with fire, not by being a Boy Scout
You fight fire with fire, not by being a Boy Scout
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Also I disagree that we can’t call racists, racists and have to gentle parent grown adults through their radicalisation and hatred that they take no responsibility for.
This is my response to the utterly shite idea that ‘when they go low, we go higher’
You fight fire with fire, not by being a Boy Scout
You fight fire with fire, not by being a Boy Scout
Clarkson really is a pathetic old cunt
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Also I disagree that we can’t call racists, racists and have to gentle parent grown adults through their radicalisation and hatred that they take no responsibility for.
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Please can I tell you a story? 💙
shop.everydoctor.org.uk
shop.everydoctor.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Please can I tell you a story? 💙
shop.everydoctor.org.uk
shop.everydoctor.org.uk
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"Addressing the issue of economic insecurity could stem the tide of Labour defections across the political spectrum. A hardline approach to immigration is likely to only appease the smaller group who are going to Reform (around 10% of 2024 Labour voters)."
Not sure it will even appease even them!
Not sure it will even appease even them!
Why economic insecurity – not immigration – should be Labour’s top electoral priority
Feelings of economic insecurity serve as a signal of poor government performance.
theconversation.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
"Addressing the issue of economic insecurity could stem the tide of Labour defections across the political spectrum. A hardline approach to immigration is likely to only appease the smaller group who are going to Reform (around 10% of 2024 Labour voters)."
Not sure it will even appease even them!
Not sure it will even appease even them!
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1. The defendant not being produced at court from prison. 🚚
A classic. It happens due to the private contractors simply not bothering, knowing that the contracts negotiated by government include no meaningful penalty for failure.
Trials every day in every court are affected.
A classic. It happens due to the private contractors simply not bothering, knowing that the contracts negotiated by government include no meaningful penalty for failure.
Trials every day in every court are affected.
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
1. The defendant not being produced at court from prison. 🚚
A classic. It happens due to the private contractors simply not bothering, knowing that the contracts negotiated by government include no meaningful penalty for failure.
Trials every day in every court are affected.
A classic. It happens due to the private contractors simply not bothering, knowing that the contracts negotiated by government include no meaningful penalty for failure.
Trials every day in every court are affected.
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Today the news will be about the government's proposals for juries.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Today the news will be about the government's proposals for juries.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
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Russian officials have stopped releasing key HIV statistics, obscuring the scale of the epidemic. Meanwhile, new data indicates rising infection rates among pregnant women, including in one region that has halted abortion services. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
As Russia conceals HIV data, report finds rising infection rates among pregnant women — Meduza
December 1 is World AIDS Day. Last week, the project To Be Precise published two reports about how HIV is transmitted in contemporary Russia and what living with the illness looks like. Meduza…
meduza.io
December 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Russian officials have stopped releasing key HIV statistics, obscuring the scale of the epidemic. Meanwhile, new data indicates rising infection rates among pregnant women, including in one region that has halted abortion services. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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The promise is AI that's uniquely helpful because it knows you. But the risk is AI that feels more like surveillance than service.
One of Google's biggest AI advantages is what it already knows about you | TechCrunch
The promise is AI that's uniquely helpful because it knows you. But the risk is AI that feels more like surveillance than service.
techcrunch.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The promise is AI that's uniquely helpful because it knows you. But the risk is AI that feels more like surveillance than service.
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The continued decline of the post of #BBC Political Editor. Currently brought to you by Chris Mason: dumbed down content approved by Tory placeman Robbie Gibb who last week called Mason the "unsung hero of covering politics" and "absolutely first rate."
Watched BBC 6 o clock news. Just a completely unserious broadcast. Chris Mason, acting like a children's entertainer, giving a prolonged impenetrable editorial. Not a whiff of informative content about the Budget or what it means for the country. Just playschool blah blah bollocks.
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The continued decline of the post of #BBC Political Editor. Currently brought to you by Chris Mason: dumbed down content approved by Tory placeman Robbie Gibb who last week called Mason the "unsung hero of covering politics" and "absolutely first rate."
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Did Scotland’s secretary know about the Chancellor’s £4.2bn surplus?
www.channel4.com/news/scotlan...
www.channel4.com/news/scotlan...
Did Scotland’s secretary know about the Chancellor’s £4.2bn surplus?
We spoke to the Scotland Secretary Douglas Alexander and asked him when he and the cabinet knew that there was a surplus rather than a black hole in the public finances.
www.channel4.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Did Scotland’s secretary know about the Chancellor’s £4.2bn surplus?
www.channel4.com/news/scotlan...
www.channel4.com/news/scotlan...
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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Chris Mason on @bbcnews.bsky.social , thinking his views are actually news, rather than reporting on facts. Worse than bbclaura, although that takes some beating.
Don't want your biased twist on the news.
Don't want your biased twist on the news.
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Chris Mason on @bbcnews.bsky.social , thinking his views are actually news, rather than reporting on facts. Worse than bbclaura, although that takes some beating.
Don't want your biased twist on the news.
Don't want your biased twist on the news.
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Scotland's salmon farming industry has hit back at a report which found the economic impact of the sector has been exaggerated
Salmon farmers hit back at claims suggesting economic benefits 'exaggerated'
www.thenational.scot
December 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Scotland's salmon farming industry has hit back at a report which found the economic impact of the sector has been exaggerated
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Bluetongue: Very serious consequences for farmers, says minister
Bluetongue: Very serious consequences for farmers, says minister
A temporary control zone is in place as vets investigate the suspected presence of the disease in two cows at a holding near Bangor, County Down.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Bluetongue: Very serious consequences for farmers, says minister