Seonaidh
@macnabracha.bsky.social
Tha #Gàidhlig agam | Poco de Español agus ein bisschen Deutsch. Infrequent writer. Clumsy corragan on a camera.
Still one of the #MastoDaoine
https://mastodon.scot/@MacNaBracha
#HMFC #politics #ScottishIndependence #Gaelic #whisky
Still one of the #MastoDaoine
https://mastodon.scot/@MacNaBracha
#HMFC #politics #ScottishIndependence #Gaelic #whisky
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Seonaidh
@macnabracha.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Dick Gaughan - Outlaws and Dreamers
YouTube video by 76AMD
youtu.be
And the fierce flame of freedom that burns in our hearts...
The fire is still burning the future's still calling
To follow the dream till the end of my days
Wishing's for fools but dreams are for outlaws
Laughter's for lovers and tears for the brave
Dick Gaughan
youtu.be/g0vRvqbeSzk
The fire is still burning the future's still calling
To follow the dream till the end of my days
Wishing's for fools but dreams are for outlaws
Laughter's for lovers and tears for the brave
Dick Gaughan
youtu.be/g0vRvqbeSzk
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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🚨 The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish Adam Bienkov and Patrick Howse's 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
🚨 The BBC’s Road to Appeasement
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
As the BBC comes under growing criticism for its coverage of Reform, we republish @adambienkov.bsky.social and @baghdaddi.bsky.social’s 2024 investigation into how the corporation's leadership became cowed by the right
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-bbcs-r...
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When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?
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Incidentally, I don't think I notice a black person at that event, other than Aurora. And this is the second time recently she gets booed at one of their pressers.
Mhari Aurora asks a pretty fair question, is booed by the crowd and told off by Dear Leader. Then Noa Hoffman, lobs a dogwhistle soft ball about making "our high streets beautiful again", not "covered in illegal migrant vape shops," to great applause.
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
Genuinely ugly moment. ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Incidentally, I don't think I notice a black person at that event, other than Aurora. And this is the second time recently she gets booed at one of their pressers.
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Mullaichean Ghlinn Iucha san Fhoghar.
Linlithgow rooftops in Autumn.
Tobraichean Ghlinn Iucha - the Wells of Linlithgow, were known in Gàidhlig as one of the seven wonders of Scotland.
@photography
#scotland #autumn #linlithgow #gaelic #Gàidhlig #mastodaoine […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
Linlithgow rooftops in Autumn.
Tobraichean Ghlinn Iucha - the Wells of Linlithgow, were known in Gàidhlig as one of the seven wonders of Scotland.
@photography
#scotland #autumn #linlithgow #gaelic #Gàidhlig #mastodaoine […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Mullaichean Ghlinn Iucha san Fhoghar.
Linlithgow rooftops in Autumn.
Tobraichean Ghlinn Iucha - the Wells of Linlithgow, were known in Gàidhlig as one of the seven wonders of Scotland.
@photography
#scotland #autumn #linlithgow #gaelic #Gàidhlig #mastodaoine […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
Linlithgow rooftops in Autumn.
Tobraichean Ghlinn Iucha - the Wells of Linlithgow, were known in Gàidhlig as one of the seven wonders of Scotland.
@photography
#scotland #autumn #linlithgow #gaelic #Gàidhlig #mastodaoine […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
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Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
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Another suspended councillor and a mucky book row – just an average week for Reform in Kent
Another suspended councillor and a mucky book row - just an average week for Reform in Kent
Another councillor has been suspended over a leaked video while one claims he was booted out for writing an "erotic novel" at Reform's flagship council
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Another suspended councillor and a mucky book row – just an average week for Reform in Kent
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When I first brought this up about 7 years ago in the wake of Brexit - an elderly gentleman rang into the local radio station I was appearing on and said that "while he respected my opinion" I should be shot.
That was it for me. After a lifetime of poppy wearing, I stopped.
That was it for me. After a lifetime of poppy wearing, I stopped.
Flags don’t mean what they used to just months ago. I’ve written about how I think the same is happening to the poppy.
One thing I noticed today on that topic: so many people are wearing poppies that look nothing like the various ones the Royal British Legion sells…
One thing I noticed today on that topic: so many people are wearing poppies that look nothing like the various ones the Royal British Legion sells…
First the flag. Now the poppy
A sombre display of remembrance is being weaponised and policed by nationalists
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
When I first brought this up about 7 years ago in the wake of Brexit - an elderly gentleman rang into the local radio station I was appearing on and said that "while he respected my opinion" I should be shot.
That was it for me. After a lifetime of poppy wearing, I stopped.
That was it for me. After a lifetime of poppy wearing, I stopped.
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“The understated power of this writing is extraordinary”
—Prof Alan Riach re-examines Neil Gunn’s legacy
Neil M. Gunn (1891–1973), one of the most important & influential writers of the 20th-century Scottish renaissance, was born #OTD, 8 Nov – a 🎂 🧵
1/5
💙📚
www.thenational.scot/news/1563761...
—Prof Alan Riach re-examines Neil Gunn’s legacy
Neil M. Gunn (1891–1973), one of the most important & influential writers of the 20th-century Scottish renaissance, was born #OTD, 8 Nov – a 🎂 🧵
1/5
💙📚
www.thenational.scot/news/1563761...
Neil Gunn and the search for Scotland’s soul
Alan Riach re-examines the legacy of a great modern novelist who described the relation between spirit and matter like no other
www.thenational.scot
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“The understated power of this writing is extraordinary”
—Prof Alan Riach re-examines Neil Gunn’s legacy
Neil M. Gunn (1891–1973), one of the most important & influential writers of the 20th-century Scottish renaissance, was born #OTD, 8 Nov – a 🎂 🧵
1/5
💙📚
www.thenational.scot/news/1563761...
—Prof Alan Riach re-examines Neil Gunn’s legacy
Neil M. Gunn (1891–1973), one of the most important & influential writers of the 20th-century Scottish renaissance, was born #OTD, 8 Nov – a 🎂 🧵
1/5
💙📚
www.thenational.scot/news/1563761...
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Nan Shepherd & her friends
21 Nov, Aberdeen – free, ticketed
Dr @timothycbaker.bsky.social looks at the importance of female friendship in Nan Shepherd’s writing & life, placing her as part of a much larger network of Aberdonian women writers & thinkers
aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
21 Nov, Aberdeen – free, ticketed
Dr @timothycbaker.bsky.social looks at the importance of female friendship in Nan Shepherd’s writing & life, placing her as part of a much larger network of Aberdonian women writers & thinkers
aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
Book Week Scotland: Nan Shepherd and her friends | Aberdeen City Libraries
In recent years, Nan Shepherd has often been imagined as a solitary walker and
writer. This talk by Dr. Tim Baker looks at the importance of female friendship
in her writing and life, placing She...
aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Nan Shepherd & her friends
21 Nov, Aberdeen – free, ticketed
Dr @timothycbaker.bsky.social looks at the importance of female friendship in Nan Shepherd’s writing & life, placing her as part of a much larger network of Aberdonian women writers & thinkers
aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
21 Nov, Aberdeen – free, ticketed
Dr @timothycbaker.bsky.social looks at the importance of female friendship in Nan Shepherd’s writing & life, placing her as part of a much larger network of Aberdonian women writers & thinkers
aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
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Two donors to think tank of Nigel Farage’s partner convicted of fraud 😮
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Two donors to think tank of Nigel Farage’s partner convicted of fraud
Laure Ferrari served as executive director of the organisation, which went into liquidation after a European Commission anti-fraud investigation
www.thetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Two donors to think tank of Nigel Farage’s partner convicted of fraud 😮
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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open.substack.com/pub/geoffmul...
A lot of very important points in a short post
A lot of very important points in a short post
Hollowed out: can the centre hold?
Can the centre hold and resist the far right?
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
open.substack.com/pub/geoffmul...
A lot of very important points in a short post
A lot of very important points in a short post
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Reeves considers cut to green levies to reduce cost of energy bills.
Cut bills by cutting profiteering, change Ofgem's marginal pricing method, improve housing, nationalise energy.
Fund green levies through general taxation. Take equity stake for govt subsidies. There must be no free cash.
Cut bills by cutting profiteering, change Ofgem's marginal pricing method, improve housing, nationalise energy.
Fund green levies through general taxation. Take equity stake for govt subsidies. There must be no free cash.
Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills
Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Reeves considers cut to green levies to reduce cost of energy bills.
Cut bills by cutting profiteering, change Ofgem's marginal pricing method, improve housing, nationalise energy.
Fund green levies through general taxation. Take equity stake for govt subsidies. There must be no free cash.
Cut bills by cutting profiteering, change Ofgem's marginal pricing method, improve housing, nationalise energy.
Fund green levies through general taxation. Take equity stake for govt subsidies. There must be no free cash.
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Reports of ICE ads on #Spotify were noted in early October. People began calling for boycotts immediately.
Now, nearly a month later Spotify is seeing major losses.
And we can do ever BETTER. 👏👏👏
#BoycottSpotify
Now, nearly a month later Spotify is seeing major losses.
And we can do ever BETTER. 👏👏👏
#BoycottSpotify
November 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Reports of ICE ads on #Spotify were noted in early October. People began calling for boycotts immediately.
Now, nearly a month later Spotify is seeing major losses.
And we can do ever BETTER. 👏👏👏
#BoycottSpotify
Now, nearly a month later Spotify is seeing major losses.
And we can do ever BETTER. 👏👏👏
#BoycottSpotify
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The latest Westminster voting intention poll from Yougov shows the @scottishgreens.org overtaking both the Tories & LibDems on the 3 poll rolling average metric. They have doubled their support since January to 11 points. The 3 traditional unionist parties are all in decline.
November 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The latest Westminster voting intention poll from Yougov shows the @scottishgreens.org overtaking both the Tories & LibDems on the 3 poll rolling average metric. They have doubled their support since January to 11 points. The 3 traditional unionist parties are all in decline.
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There's an interesting dynamic happening in the Scottish voting intentions polling for Westminster. Votes are gravitating away from Labour, Tories and the LibDems; with an uptick towards the SNP & Greens. This means pro-indy votes are aligning more closely with pro-indy parties - currently 48%.
November 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
There's an interesting dynamic happening in the Scottish voting intentions polling for Westminster. Votes are gravitating away from Labour, Tories and the LibDems; with an uptick towards the SNP & Greens. This means pro-indy votes are aligning more closely with pro-indy parties - currently 48%.
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James Murray acknowledges the damage of Brexit twice, but then instead of reversing Brexit Labour still try to make it work
November 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
James Murray acknowledges the damage of Brexit twice, but then instead of reversing Brexit Labour still try to make it work
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I don't think I've wanted anyone to win an election this much since Jeremy Corbyn in 2017... and I'm not even from New York or able to vote!
But I'm glad to be able to be a Green Party member! (join.greenparty.org.uk) And if you're socialist in Europe, consider joining Yanis Varoufakis and Diem25
But I'm glad to be able to be a Green Party member! (join.greenparty.org.uk) And if you're socialist in Europe, consider joining Yanis Varoufakis and Diem25
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I don't think I've wanted anyone to win an election this much since Jeremy Corbyn in 2017... and I'm not even from New York or able to vote!
But I'm glad to be able to be a Green Party member! (join.greenparty.org.uk) And if you're socialist in Europe, consider joining Yanis Varoufakis and Diem25
But I'm glad to be able to be a Green Party member! (join.greenparty.org.uk) And if you're socialist in Europe, consider joining Yanis Varoufakis and Diem25
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This is brilliant
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This is brilliant
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Groundhog Day on #BBC #PoliticsLive talking in the aftermath of the Huntingdon attack falls back into the cliche of ramping up Stop and Search. No insight or reference to where cutting knife crime has worked: the pioneering work of the Violence Reduction Unit in Scotland.
November 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Groundhog Day on #BBC #PoliticsLive talking in the aftermath of the Huntingdon attack falls back into the cliche of ramping up Stop and Search. No insight or reference to where cutting knife crime has worked: the pioneering work of the Violence Reduction Unit in Scotland.
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Join leading experts @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social as they chat about their gripping new guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore, 'Folklore', at Blackwell's in Edinburgh on the 13th November.
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/owen-davie...
#FolkloreThursday
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/owen-davie...
#FolkloreThursday
Owen Davies & Ceri Houlbrook: Folklore
Join Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrook as they chat about their gripping guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Join leading experts @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social as they chat about their gripping new guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore, 'Folklore', at Blackwell's in Edinburgh on the 13th November.
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/owen-davie...
#FolkloreThursday
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/owen-davie...
#FolkloreThursday
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Nigel Farage, whose party recently put a teenager with zero work experience of any kind, in charge of running an entire county, is currently giving a speech railing against "unqualified" politicians being put in charge of Government departments
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Nigel Farage, whose party recently put a teenager with zero work experience of any kind, in charge of running an entire county, is currently giving a speech railing against "unqualified" politicians being put in charge of Government departments
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Quoting ourselves here, but it’s absolutely insane to us that anyone still uses Twitter. You don't have to. You can just stop. It was a *massive* part of our growth but you can just let it go. However important your business is to you, it's less important than this:
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Quoting ourselves here, but it’s absolutely insane to us that anyone still uses Twitter. You don't have to. You can just stop. It was a *massive* part of our growth but you can just let it go. However important your business is to you, it's less important than this: