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Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 9h

PLEASE DON’T GET MAD AT ME HONEY BUT I PUT ALL OUR LIFE SAVINGS INTO THE PLAGIARISM MACHINE THAT NEEDS AN EXTRA SUN TO POWER IT

A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

trib.al

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 10h

a lot of people got primed to join a left-wing alternative to the Labour Party exactly as the GPEW firmly positioned themselves in that space, and then Your Party unedifying factional squabbling potentially put a lot of those people off

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 10h

John Curtice said after the 2021 Holyrood elections that the launch of the Alba had actually helped the Scottish Greens by making people more aware of the idea of voting for a different pro-independence party on the regional ballot, and i wonder if Your Party is having a similar impact on the GPEW

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 1d

this is shocking…

i didn’t think Alba had any direction

www.thenational.scot/news/2553352...

Ash Regan quits Alba over concerns of party's
'direction'
1 HR AGO
ALBA

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 1d

if i had a nickel for every time Ash Regan had run for leadership of a party, lost, and then quit that party entirely i’d have two nickels, etc, etc

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Friday everyone

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 1d

hahahahahahahahahaha

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Ash Regan has quit the Alba Party

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 1d

it’s just Craig Murray don’t anyone get too excited

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Former British diplomat challenges Palestine Action ban in Scotland

Craig Murray argues proscription order contravenes rights to freedom of speech under European convention of human rights A former British diplomat has served a petition challenging the ban on Palestine Action in Scotland. The case, brought by Craig Murray, is separate to the judicial review of the proscription decision being brought at the high court in London and could lead to a situation whereby the ban is ruled unlawful in Scotland but not in England and Wales. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 2d

It's one thing for a >35% Labour party to be howling that *its own preferred voting system* means smaller parties simply need to give up and get behind them, it's another thing sitting on around 20% and furiously denouncing parties on like 15% and 10% as splitters. Everyone's a splitter now babes!

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 2d

he actually said a ceasefire but this is a very funny headline out of context

EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 2d

Zelenskyy: If Trump gives us Tomahawks, we’ll lobby for Nobel Peace Prize

Long-range missiles and a ceasefire with Russia is all it would take for a nomination from Kyiv, Ukrainian leader says.

www.politico.eu

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 2d

i’m a member of both, both parties ruled allow for it, the postcode thing on the GPEW site just points you to the Scottish Greens website as your branch if you put in a Scottish postcode (without, tbh making clear that you’re not actually able to get involved in Scotland without also joining them)

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 2d

you can join both, being a member of the Scottish Greens doesn’t directly support (financially or in terms of the membership numbers) the Green Party of England and Wales

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 2d

in some form, i don’t think it will be anything like what the wave of people who were excited by the announcement will want though

Euan @euan.bsky.social · 2d

it’s interesting how the Referendum seems to have very briefly lead to a plurality of holding Scottish and British identities equally, in a way that has since evaporated

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 2d

people in Scotland thinking of themselves as British at all looks headed to become a minority position in the not too distant future

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

natcen.ac.uk/publications...

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 2d

Simpsons Screenshot of the Model U.N. Club
DO YOU KIDS WANT TO BE LIKE THE REAL ORGANISED LEFT, OR DO YOU JUST WANT TO SQUABBLE AND WASTE TIME?

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 2d

YourParty launching exactly as the GPEW began a run of unprecedented success is quite funny really

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 2d

FindOutNow is about a fortnight away from publishing a poll with the Greens ahead of Labour

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 2d

it’s funny when people act like we it would be too complicated to have a national system of providing something that’s less complicated to provide than healthcare in a country with nationally-provided healthcare

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 2d

in an independent Scotland we must tax theme park residuals at 100%

SEEN Police Official Open Public Network @seenpoliceuk.bsky.social · 3d

Her hubris is the ugliest part of her diseased mind.

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 3d

if they did the same with eggs presumably that would be easter eggs, etc, out as well

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 3d

why do they keep doing this

TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 3d

EU lawmakers have voted to ban the use of the term “veggie-burger” and to restrict food descriptions such as steak, escalope, and sausage to products containing meat. The move is part of a proposed regulation intended to protect farmers.

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 3d

no i don’t think so, i don’t think they’re very likely to win a seat at all

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 3d

if both parties get MSPs elected then i’d expect them to work together on areas of agreement, but i can’t see any justification or possible benefit for either party for any kind of working arrangement pre-election

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 3d

at Westminster the Greens and Your Party have sitting MPs and could potentially coordinate where they target their resources, at Holyrood we’ll both be trying to win list seats in each region, effectively a zero-sum game, as every vote for YP is a vote against the SGP and vice-versa

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