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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 7h

Lets make different political choices says Zack Polanski.

Like taxing billionaires instead of blaming poor people.

#bbcqt

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 5h

Zack Polanski, "The four wealthiest people in this country have more wealth than 20 million people"

"Inequality in our society is absolutely huge"

"We need to be taxing the super rich"

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 17h

Daith an’ dule will stab ye surely,
Be ye man or wife,
Mony trauchles an’ mischances
In ilk weird are rife;
Bide the storm ye canna hinder,
Mindin’ through the strife,
Hoo the luntin’ lowe o’ beauty
Lichts the grey o’ life.

—Helen Cruickshank, “Sea Buckthorn”
#Scotstober
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Sea Buckthorn
by Helen Cruickshank

Saut an’ cruel winds tae shear it,
Nichts o’ haar an’ rain –
Ye micht think the sallow buckthorn
Ne’er a hairst could hain;
But amang the sea-bleached branches
Ashen-grey as pain,
Thornset orange berries cluster
Flamin’, beauty-fain.

Daith an’ dule will stab ye surely,
Be ye man or wife,
Mony trauchles an’ mischances
In ilk weird are rife;
Bide the storm ye canna hinder,
Mindin’ through the strife,
Hoo the luntin’ lowe o’ beauty
Lichts the grey o’ life.

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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 15h

Identity findings in the SSA very much tally with what we saw in the census. Sharply declining British identity, growing Scottish identity.

The SSA also finds that these correlate with constitutional preference...

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16h

Scottish Social Attitudes report a dramatic dip in British identity in Scotland in 2024

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10h

The European Commission is going to investigate allegations that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's government placed intelligence officers in Brussels to gather information on EU institutions and recruit an EU official.

www.reuters.com

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 9h

You *really* should be by now but you don’t *actually* have to call them liars or racists, if it offends your commitment to now almost entirely redundant BBC principles of ‘objectivity’ & ‘ balance’. You just have to ask them again & again & again to justify their words & explain their exact meaning

James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 9h

I’ve been saying this for ten years now but possibly not often enough: Ask Them What They Think The Words They’re Using Mean. And then ask them to name the ‘problematic’ people. We had ‘sovereignty’, ‘laws’ & ‘unelected bureaucrats’. The US now has ‘Antifa’, the ‘radical left’ & ‘insurrection’. Ask!

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h

Rep. Jamie Raskin has sent letters to four of the nation's largest banks demanding information related to "more than $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions flagged by the banks tied to sex trafficking crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their co-conspirators."

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Ozzy @karohemd.bsky.social · 7h

To save you the search, here's the youtube link to the full interview: youtu.be/V6_FWKLuY2s

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 10h

Head hits desk.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 17h

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12h

"Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, this week fired two agents who were identified as having worked with Jack Smith, the special counsel who led the federal investigations into Donald J. Trump, according to two people with knowledge of the situation."

Kash Patel Fires Two F.B.I. Agents Who Worked on Trump Investigation

www.nytimes.com

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Martin Jay @martinrjay.bsky.social · 9h

Mali: Crowds scavenge for fuel in Bamako

In desperate need of fuel, people queue overnight in gas stations of Mali’s capital, Bamako, a new worrying trend for the country and its gold industry, reported the Associated Press on October 7th. The scarcity of fuel is a direct impact of the blockades…

Mali: Crowds scavenge for fuel in Bamako

In desperate need of fuel, people queue overnight in gas stations of Mali’s capital, Bamako, a new worrying trend for the country and its gold industry, reported the Associated Press on October 7th. The scarcity of fuel is a direct impact of the blockades on fuel implemented in early September by Jama’at Nurat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), a militant group affiliated with al-Qaida.

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 20h

Mass deportations and Trump-style ICE snatch squads: British politicians are in a race to the bottom on race. They disgrace the country

My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

'It feels like British politics has become some grotesque carnival'

Policies from Farage and Badenoch for mass deportations and ICE-style removal squads are the antithesis of everything Britain stands for, our Writer…

www.heraldscotland.com

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Médias 🇫🇷 @mediasfr.skyfleet.blue · 11h

En Allemagne, la fin de la “saucisse végétale” déchaîne les passions

Les députés européens se sont majoritairement prononcés, mercredi 8 octobre, en faveur de l’interdiction des dénominations “steak”, “escalope” ou encore “saucisse” pour les produits végétariens ou végans. Outre-Rhin, la “Wurst” reste une institution et la décision ravie les conservateurs, mais indigne une partie de la presse de gauche.

www.courrierinternational.com

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 12h

That England has had its three worst harvests on record inside the past five years really should be being treated as a much bigger cause for concern than is currently the case. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520171...

'This is what farming with climate change looks like': England endures second worst harvest on record

New analysis confirms three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred in the past five years on the back of extreme heat, drought, and rainfall

www.businessgreen.com

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.bsky.social · 11h

The #CountryNWestern bros were #Antifa

Real men hate fascism.

(To watch the original programme, check out the post by @classicnal.bsky.social further down the thread).

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.bsky.social · 11h

Brilliant, thanks.

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.bsky.social · 11h

The Scottish Greens are a separate party from the Greens run by Zack Polanski.

I am sure @ross-greer.bsky.social will have his own views about whether joining the Scottish Greens is a good or helpful thing, politically.

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 1d

Some good news!

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1d

Southern right whales are growing in number after being on the brink of extinction.

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Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels @scotsquirrels.bsky.social · 12h

Just found out about the #GreatScottishSquirrelSurvey and want to learn more about Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels? Check episode 7 of @scotwildlife.bsky.social's podcast to find out what the project is all about. buff.ly/ouy8Oin
📷 Raymond Leinster

A red squirrel perching on a tree stump with a hazelnut in its mouth.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 12h

We seem to have reached the ‘portraying the KKK in a negative light is controversial’ stage already.

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 1d

Ubisoft canceled an ‘ASSASSINS CREED’ game set in the post-Civil War era

• Featured a Black Assassin who was formerly a slave

• Players would fight the emerging KKK

• Leadership canceled it after concerns with U.S. political climate & Yasuke backlash

(Source: www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...)

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.bsky.social · 12h

I was trying to find the originals which gave programme details and dates, but have not been successful. If you have any links, I would be grateful.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 12h

EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish estate has been ordered to remove 'No Walking' signs aimed at stopping hillwalkers from accessing four popular Munros on its grounds amid a deer stalking program

Scottish estate order to remove 'no walking' signs at popular Munros

www.thenational.scot

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.bsky.social · 12h

No handy park or canal or hedges or greenspaces?

That sucks. I am lucky, I guess. Everywhere I have lived in Scotland has some greenery within a mile.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12h

Hope battles with distrust as Palestinians in Gaza wait for Israel to implement the ceasefire. Here's what they said.

Palestinians in Gaza worry and wait for Israel to implement ceasefire

Hope battles with distrust as Palestinians in Gaza wait for Israel to implement the ceasefire. Here's what they said.

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