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Mostly #ScottishIndependence & #SlavaUkraini I am an internationalist. Brexit is a clusterbùrach. Destined for #Prevent reprogramming. @[email protected] Blue Tick by @raiphsays 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸🇸🇾🇬🇪🇺🇦
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Edinburgh is getting a brand new concert hall, the Dunard Centre - for the first time in 100 years, supported by SNP Scottish Government funding.

What a delightful rendition of Caledonia by Dougie MacLean with pupils from Broughton Primary to mark the moment we broke ground. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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World AIDS Day gives us the opportunity to remember those we have lost to HIV, but also to recognise the huge progress being made here in Scotland in trying to eradicate new transmission & ending stigma.
December 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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The death toll from the russian missile attack on Dnipro has risen to four.

22 more people were injured.
December 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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⚡️ Russia struck Dnipro, killing three people and injuring eight.

Local authorities report that rescue crews are still working at the site of the attack.
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Trump hates perceived or real weakness .. The Kremlin knows this, that Trump will always side with who he perceives as "strong"
Russian officials are amplifying a baseless narrative that Ukraine's political stability and front lines are on the brink of collapse, aiming to pressure the West into capitulation on Moscow's terms that Russia cannot achieve militarily.
Kremlin pushes false narrative of Ukraine's collapse to force surrender
Russian officials are amplifying a baseless narrative that Ukraine's political stability and front lines are on the brink of collapse, aiming to pressure the West into capitulation on Moscow's terms t...
english.nv.ua
December 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Europe should equip Ukraine with long range missiles that can hit Russian energy facilities, command and control positions and airfields used as missile and drone launchpads.
Trump’s 28 point ‘peace plan’ marks Europe’s last chance to stand up for Ukraine
European national leaders have been too slow and cautious in their support for Kyiv. Can they rise to meet this defining moment?
www.chathamhouse.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Trump is desperately seeking a nobel peace prize ... Oh and a pile of grift ..
December 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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OTD in 1991 Ukrainians, including those in Crimea, voted overwhelmingly for independence from USSR.

I don't like that vote result, so I am changing the voters and having new votes.
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Glorious day at the Water of Leith yesterday. #Edinburgh
December 1, 2025 at 8:47 AM
russian "Peace"
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
And this includes foreign influence / interference and dark money ...
Britain has a secrecy problem.

In 2024, the govt answered just 29% of Freedom of Information requests - the lowest rate since FOI began.

Secrecy fuels corruption, bad governance, scandals covered-up to protect elites. Ministers don't answer questions in parliament.

Sham democracy.
The British state is addicted to secrecy - we need to fight back
Our politicians and officials are using public money to keep citizens in the dark, says Heather Brooke
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Jimmy Dodds, Albion Row Allotments, Byker, Newcastle in 1969 by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen. She has a talent for making the ordinary seem extraordinary and I love everything about this photo.
December 6, 2024 at 8:27 AM
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“Georgia's authorities used a World War One-era chemical weapon to quell anti-government protesters last year, evidence gathered by the BBC suggests.” www.bbc.com/news/article...
WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests
Anti-government demonstrators are likely to have been targeted with camite, our investigation finds.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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In 2022 Russia lied about its intentions and useful idiots world wide blamed the West for stoking unjustified fears. Immediately after the start of the full-scale invasion, those same idiots told everyone that it had been inevitable because NATO etc
Putin said earlier this week that Russia has no plans to invade Europe. I had a deja vu moment when I was listening to his crap:
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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The single track road north of Kingairloch in Morvern, running along the shore of Loch Linnhe. More about where to find Scotland's single track roads and how to drive them here: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #SingleTrackRoad #Road #Morvern #LochLinnhe
December 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
EuroNATO shld have woken up in 2022 at v latest ..
As reported by Boomberg, NATO is preparing to confront Russia with significantly less US assistance, as Washington withdraws troops from Europe and focuses on Asia.
November 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
They can't consume each other fast enough as far as I'm concerned.. and if they're hungry enough they can have the contents of the White House for desert ...
Z-patriots, Telegram war-bloggers and Kremlin talking heads are denouncing each other. This isn’t dissent versus the regime, but the regime’s own shock-troops turning their knives inward – “eating each other like spiders in a jar.” youtu.be/lTglCiDjQAY
Regime Eats its Own - As Struggle for Resources and Status Intensifies
YouTube video by Silicon Wafers
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Day 367 of #GeorgiaProtests and Georgians are still out ✊🏻

📷 MOSE
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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If Russia wanted peace, they would stop killing Ukrainians.
If the US wanted peace, they would stop Russia.
November 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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This interview is a must read, Oleksandra Matviichuk speaks to Dan Sabbagh

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Her point about occupation particularly needs to be heard
US deal must punish Russia war crimes, says Ukraine’s Nobel peace prize winner
Oleksandra Matviichuk warns any amnesty could encourage authoritarian leaders to attack their neighbours
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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From today, Gaelic and Scots are recognised as official languages.

A significant moment on St Andrew’s Day. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gaelic and Scots now recognised as official languages
The milestone is one of a number of new measures taking effect on St Andrew's Day from the Scottish Languages Act.
www.bbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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I canceled my Google account with Gemini and I will not renew copilot.

Not because it is never useful but because they are pushing it so hard in the interfaces that they are actively distracting me from doing my job.

Just go away!
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM