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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social · 1d

The social teaching of the Catholic Church is the largest - or the last global organization - left to speak about the poor, and in this way, about their dignity, hope, liberation and aspirations.

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Roseanna Cunningham @strathearnrose.bsky.social · 5d

I don’t know anyone who wants to live in the USA.

Most people I know wouldn’t even visit the USA now - including me

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Pete Wishart @petewishart.bsky.social · 8d

This is better from the Courier. Helping to tackle misinformation and defuse tensions. One of the most common lies peddled by those trying to divide our communities over asylum is this rubbish about criminality. The police in Perthshire confirm - there is absolutely no evidence.

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Sarcophagus Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 8d

You don’t actually have to both sides this. The Jewish community in the UK is not the Israeli government. You can just condemn the murder of two British Jews killed in their place of worship and you don’t have to say a single other thing.

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Gordon Macdonald SNP @gmacdonaldsnp.bsky.social · 10d

Met with John Lee of @TOMRAGroup in parliament to talk all things reverse vending.

UK DRS scheme will not be up and running before 2027. DRS is already up and running in Ireland, where 1 BILLION bottles and cans were recycled in its first year.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 12d

I want the world to read
these numbers about the night attack

Ukrainian Air Force downed or jammed 611 russian drones and missiles out of 643:
• 566 drones out of 593
• 2 jet-propelled drones
• 35 Kh-101 missiles out of 38
• 8 Kalibr missiles
• 0 Kinzhal missiles out of 2

The main target was Kyiv

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Roseanna Cunningham @strathearnrose.bsky.social · 12d

EC are not the police. Police investigations would have to be triggered by a complaint. Has there been one?

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Roseanna Cunningham @strathearnrose.bsky.social · 13d

Covid test required!

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 13d

‘As the far right’s use of deepfakes shows, fact-checking and correcting discrete lies is as unlikely to push back fascism as “stopping the boats” is to fix the NHS.’

@clairelwilmot.bsky.social on AI-generated misinformation, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...

Claire Wilmot | Fascistic Dream Machines

Part of the misunderstanding of the deepfake threat stems from the idea that it is a problem of bad information, rather...

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 13d

Faster than fairies, faster than witches,
Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;
And charging along like troops in a battle,
All through the meadows the horses and cattle…

—Robert Louis Stevenson, “From a Railway Carriage”
in A CHILD’S GADEN OF VERSES (1885)
#BookWormSat
#poem #poetry
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From a Railway Carriage
by Robert Louis Stevenson

Faster than fairies, faster than witches,
Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;
And charging along like troops in a battle,
All through the meadows the horses and cattle:
All of the sights of the hill and the plain
Fly as thick as driving rain;
And ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Painted stations whistle by.

Here is the child who clambers and scrambles,
All by himself and gathering brambles;
Here is a tramp who stands and gazes;
And there is the green for stringing the daisies!
Here is a cart run away in the road
Lumping along with man and load;
And here is a mill and there is a river:
Each a glimpse and gone forever!

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Roseanna Cunningham @strathearnrose.bsky.social · 13d

Do they though? I asked a Dutch friend today and he says they don’t have them in the Netherlands

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Roseanna Cunningham @strathearnrose.bsky.social · 14d

If you see this, post a bridge

Pulteney Bridge in Bath over the River Avon on a sunny day. One of only a handful of bridges in the world with buildings on both sides - in this case mainly cafes and restaurants. There are three clearly seen arches and the rather boring exteriors of the various buildings

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Roseanna Cunningham @strathearnrose.bsky.social · 23d

Blimey!

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Roseanna Cunningham @strathearnrose.bsky.social · 26d

It would be helpful to know what newspaper this is from & when was the YouGov polling done

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duncan2024.bsky.social @duncan2024.bsky.social · 28d

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/09/12/s...

SNP Government brings 10 times more vacant and derelict land back into use than Labour ever did – will any Environment Correspondent tell you this? Fat chance

More than FOUR times as much vacant and derelict land back into use than Labour ever did! Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: or by direct…

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 28d

Russia attacks Poland deliberately, the Trump response…”It could’ve been a mistake.”
Any European state basing its defense plans on the US defending it from a Russian attack is living in a fantasy world and deliberately exposing its citizens to great risk.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28d

REPORTER: What's your reaction to Russia's drone incursion into Poland?

TRUMP: It could've been a mistake

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Donald Tusk @donald-tusk.bsky.social · 28d

We would also wish that the drone attack on Poland was a mistake. But it wasn’t. And we know it.

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 29d

Thank you Michael Fanone. For those who do not recognize the name, Michael is one of the officers who defended America on January 6th and was left permanently injured as a result. He is a true hero of our Democracy.

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 29d

US political violence overwhelmingly comes from the right -

the side that calls for, glorifies, & literally pardons it

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Community Land Scotland @communitylandsc.bsky.social · 29d

Just over a week to go! Communities still have time to submit events for Community Land Festival 2025 – but don’t wait too long. Submissions close on Monday 22 September.

There are a few bursaries available to help groups bring their ideas to life.

www.communitylandscotland.org.uk/events/be-pa...

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 29d

Throwing a brick through the window of a hotel housing asylum seekers in Falkirk is absolutely despicable.

People who fled war and persecution deserve to live in safety, not fear.

Words have consequences - it’s time for politicians who spread hate to reflect on that.

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Roseanna Cunningham @strathearnrose.bsky.social · 29d

Wee cutie

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · Sep 10

So if Russia did not attack Poland last night--can we say the Russians launched a special military operation against Poland? That cant offend anyone right....

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Sep 10

If Vladimir Putin’s intention was to use an early-morning drone foray into Poland to test Nato’s air defences, the Russian president would be most pleased with the result. And, experts warn, he will probably be encouraged to go further next time. on.ft.com/3JUnOFg

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