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Hutchie @scotshutchie.bsky.social · 2h

Back for round 2 of 3.

I’ll be covering for Stu tonight, so it’s more indie & alternative tuneage all the way through till 3am at @drummondsaberdeen.bsky.social

As always, it’s free entry and the night is sponsored by @doricstudio.bsky.social

doric.studio

Doric Studios. Sponsor of DJ HUTCHIE at Drummonds

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wytchhazel.bsky.social @wytchhazel.bsky.social · 1h

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wytchhazel.bsky.social @wytchhazel.bsky.social · 2h

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#metaflora

Metaflora

Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Plant!

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chiller @thechiller.bsky.social · 2h

DOLLY IS OK

Everyone relax a bit. Phew.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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wytchhazel.bsky.social @wytchhazel.bsky.social · 18h

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wytchhazel.bsky.social @wytchhazel.bsky.social · 18h

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#metaflora

Metaflora

Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Plant!

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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 23h

Interesting stuff in this around trends in identities & preferences.

Since 1999, indy support among those identifying as Scottish exclusively has grown from 44% to 74%; from 26% to 50% among those identifying as more Scottish than British, but is just 14% among those identifying as both equally.

Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 1d

New report out from the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey today, with new data on a wide range of issues, including constitutional preferences:

Independent in EU: 40%
Independent out EU: 8%
Devolution (w/ tax powers): 33%
Devolution (no tax powers): 8%
No Holyrood: 9%

natcen.ac.uk/publications...

Scottish Social Attitudes | 25 years of devolution in Scotland | National Centre for Social Research

This briefing charts some of the key developments in Scottish public opinion since the advent of devolution.

natcen.ac.uk

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1d

Yousef Munayyer: "People are hoping this is the end of the genocide.. the world is relying on a convicted felon in the White House to ensure that an indited war criminal that leads the Israeli govt is going to do the right thing.. I'm sceptical that it moves beyond the first phase"

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wytchhazel.bsky.social @wytchhazel.bsky.social · 23h

I hope it's soon.

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Cami Glasgow @cameronglasgow.scot · 23h

Former SNP MSP John Mason has just compared pro-Palestine protests to Orange Order marches.

So let's just set the record straight for John... Palestinian rallies aren't stirring up hate or bigotry; they are calling for peace and an end to genocide.

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wytchhazel.bsky.social @wytchhazel.bsky.social · 23h

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

These images are separated by one day

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wytchhazel.bsky.social @wytchhazel.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

www.theguardian.com

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 1d

British philosopher and women’s rights campaigner Harriet Taylor Mill was born #onthisday in 1807. She wrote extensively on women’s rights – particularly on marriage, domestic violence, education, ethics, and tolerance. Cool portrait, too! 🧵

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wytchhazel.bsky.social @wytchhazel.bsky.social · 2d

He's pretending it's a glove puppet.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2d

Am I alone in suspecting he wears this wig quite a lot in more private moments?

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 2d

Jenrick delivers one of the most asinine speeches I have ever heard. He even brought along a prop, to explain how a judge becomes impartial setting aside personal views, then went on to attack judges for having views. His solution? Abolish tribunals. And who will adjudicate cases? Pfft. Details. ~AA

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 2d

if Kevin McKenna has a bet on what the most absurd thing he can submit and the Herald will still publish, he’s winning handsomely

The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 2d

'There’s a feeling too that the Orange Order has acted in good faith and in the spirit of One Scotland Many Cultures; that they’ve moved into those values and helped advance Scotland’s reputation as an inclusive, diverse and tolerant nation' || Kevin McKenna 👇

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wytchhazel.bsky.social @wytchhazel.bsky.social · 2d

Worse than the Boris brick or kipper.

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 2d

Robert Jenrick is a poor speaker, poor at theatrics & happy to embrace the politics of the gutter, bigotry & playing to the racist gallery.

Here he is getting out a judge's wig, attacking the judiciary & saying he has uncovered judges with "links to open border charities." #CPC25

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 2d

You should stop giving people columns when they start writing stuff like this

Which btw was months ago, this is not new, but you cannot get a clearer indication of someone's brain rotting than "Catholic starts obsessively batting for organisation that exists to discriminate against Catholics"

The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 2d

'There’s a feeling too that the Orange Order has acted in good faith and in the spirit of One Scotland Many Cultures; that they’ve moved into those values and helped advance Scotland’s reputation as an inclusive, diverse and tolerant nation' || Kevin McKenna 👇

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Colloween @colken.bsky.social · 2d

This so amazing that I spat out my coffee and I don't even drink coffee

The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 2d

'There’s a feeling too that the Orange Order has acted in good faith and in the spirit of One Scotland Many Cultures; that they’ve moved into those values and helped advance Scotland’s reputation as an inclusive, diverse and tolerant nation' || Kevin McKenna 👇

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wytchhazel.bsky.social @wytchhazel.bsky.social · 3d

Would he complain if there was only white faces?

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: The three remaining Scottish activists who took part in the Global Sumud Flotilla have all been released from Israel

More to follow

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 3d

"More than using Muslims to make these 'patriotic' shirts for his anti-Muslim supporters, Robinson has chosen to use an incredibly controversial manufacturer, [who] according to the FairWear Foundation, pays its Bangladeshi workers 36p per hour." ~AA

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Sweatshop Muslims make 'patriotic' British shirts for Tommy Robinson

EXCLUSIVE: Tommy Robinson paid foreign Muslim sweatshop workers to make 'patriotic' T-shirts for anti-Muslim Unite The Kingdom march, the Daily Mail can reveal.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 3d

"Most Tories willing to strike pact with Reform" [Telegraph]

Large article from the Telegraph featuring images of people dressed like the union jack flag holding signs others have given them crying about YOUR COUNTRYSIDE, YOUR CHOICE and STOP THE FAMILY FARM TAX - Most Tories willing to strike pact with Reform
Disaffected members favour alliance with Farage while half want to see back of Badenoch as leader
The Daily Telegraph7 Oct 2025By Daniel Martin, Madeleine Ross and Nick Gutteridge

MORE than two thirds of Conservative members want a pact with Reform UK, a poll has found.

A poll published on the second day of the Tories’ annual conference found the grassroots were significantly more sympathetic to a merger than Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader.

Mrs Badenoch and Nigel Farage, the Reform leader, have both repeatedly ruled out any form of arrangement between the two parties.

Reform is currently enjoying a comfortable poll lead, while the Conservatives languish in third place, which has led some senior Tories to call for an accommodation between the two.

A slew of defections from the Tories to Reform has not helped, with one Conservative donor who helped fund Mrs Badenoch’s leadership campaign changing sides this week.

Speaking yesterday, a shadow minister urged the Tory leader to “work together” with Reform.

In a further blow for Mrs Badenoch, the poll also found that half of Tory members do not think Mrs Badenoch should lead their party into the next general election.

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