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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 7h

An informed public, understanding the UK money system, would be less duped by false framing | David Murray

@chartaist.bsky.social

Banks do not lend out deposits

An informed public, understanding the UK money system, would be less duped by false framing

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 1d

UK and Europe must be energetic and innovative in promoting peace | Martin Roche

@cluthaman.bsky.social

New global arms race threatens us all

UK and Europe must be energetic and innovative in promoting peace

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 2d

A review of the recent unsportsmanlike behaviour at the Ryder Cup, Bethpage | Alec Ross

Fairplay – when and why did we stop being nice?

A review of the recent unsportsmanlike behaviour at the Ryder Cup, Bethpage

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 4d

Bylines Scotland asked the National Autistic Society Scotland for their response regarding the disinformation about the causes of autism | Bylines Scotland

Understanding autism and dispelling dangerous disinformation

Bylines Scotland asked the National Autistic Society Scotland for their response regarding the disinformation about the causes of autism

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 4d

Foodie Friday returns with a tasty festive alternative – veggie pie | Ian Kinsey

@iandkinsey.bsky.social

Veggie pie, recommended by cows and turkeys worldwide

Foodie Friday returns with a tasty festive alternative – veggie pie

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 4d

Previously on Bylines Scotland

"[...] digital IDs could potentially lay the groundwork for more intrusive systems, which could leave the door wide open to data breaches, privacy breaches, and cyberattacks."

British identity is the least of your worries

John Swinney’s main criticism of the “BritCard” fails to address real problems

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 5d

A tribute to the Greta Thunberg's peace boat initiative for the people of Palestine
| Paula

Alma

A tribute to the Greta Thunberg's peace boat initiative for the people of Palestine

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 6d

John Swinney’s main criticism of the “BritCard” fails to address real problems | James Jobson

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British identity is the least of your worries

John Swinney’s main criticism of the “BritCard” fails to address real problems

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 6d

With more Scottish households facing fuel poverty in a resource rich country, something needs to change | Charlie McCarthy

@charliemac2204.bsky.social

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Scotland’s fuel poverty: could a social energy tariff help?

With more Scottish households facing fuel poverty in a resource rich country, something needs to change

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 8d

Reform’s Russia connections may endanger our security – time for a public inquiry | Martin Roche

Nathan Gill’s treachery puts him in same league as the “Cambridge Five”

Reform’s Russia connections may endanger our security – time for a public inquiry

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 8d

The Labour Party appears to be backing down on its pre-election pledge to not assign new gas and oil drilling licences | Jonathan Fox

Labour’s troublesome relationship with its ‘green’ manifesto

The Labour Party appears to be backing down on its pre-election pledge to not assign new gas and oil drilling licences

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 9d

The steps to freedom are often slow and incremental; it is often a woman’s struggle with still scant recognition | Jillian Louis

It takes a village – uprisings in Nepal: Gen Z or a revolution of women? - Bylines Scotland

The steps to freedom are often slow and incremental; it is often a woman’s struggle with still scant recognition

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 10d

Whatever his other attributes, Keir Starmer is not the right man to take the fight to Nigel Farage's far right | Richard Haviland

Wanted: a prime minister who can stand up to the far right

Whatever his other attributes, Keir Starmer is not the right man to take the fight to Nigel Farage's far right

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 11d

The fragile cost of being open to life | Susana W. Dawn

Broken Glass

The fragile cost of being open to life

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Peter Welsh @peterwelsh68.bsky.social · 12d

Such a fantastic poem of hope in today's @bylines.scot

I've just read it with a cup of tea in hand as, in my house, the kettles never fully cold!

Please repost as @diyabutt.bsky.social has captured hope in verse.

And who doesn't need some of that on a silly old Friday?

Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 12d

This time @diyabutt.bsky.social wrote a beautiful poem for My Scotland stories: "Please find common ground – through culture, faith, love, respect and value for each other."

Worthwhile a read!

Email us to [email protected] if you have any story connection with Scotland.

My Scotland – your stories, our connections

We would love to hear about your connections to Scotland. We will publish one of your stories every Friday. Please send your stories to [email protected]

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 11d

The political tensions in Holyrood exploded recently – report of a government minister getting physical with an opposition MSP made the news | James Jobson

A call for calm in Holyrood politics

The political tensions in Holyrood exploded recently – report of a government minister getting physical with an opposition MSP made the news

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 12d

This time @diyabutt.bsky.social wrote a beautiful poem for My Scotland stories: "Please find common ground – through culture, faith, love, respect and value for each other."

Worthwhile a read!

Email us to [email protected] if you have any story connection with Scotland.

My Scotland – your stories, our connections

We would love to hear about your connections to Scotland. We will publish one of your stories every Friday. Please send your stories to [email protected]

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 12d

Press Release: ALIenergy celebrates its 25th anniversary and demands government action to lift people out of fuel poverty | Bylines Scotland

Charity declares ‘fuel poverty emergency’ - Bylines Scotland

Press Release: ALIenergy celebrates its 25th anniversary and demands government action to lift people out of fuel poverty

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 13d

Before you consider supporting the UK leaving the European Convention of Human Rights (EHCR), it might be you that hears the dawn knock
| Martin Roche

Why Nigel Farage should support the European Court of Human Rights

Before you consider supporting the UK leaving the European Convention of Human Rights (EHCR), it might be you that hears the dawn knock

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 14d

Reform’s £234bn claim about migrants is based on discredited numbers, says the Bear.

Policy built on lies is not policy, it’s theatre.

Farage wants to deport legal migrants in Britain

Reform’s “Boriswave” slogan masks cruelty, cooked-up data, and echoes of Trumpist authoritarianism

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 14d

A study conducted by the think tank Common Wealth found that private energy bills were funding corporate profits | Charlie McCarthy

Thatcherism, privatisation and corporate profiteering from UK energy bills

A study conducted by the think tank Common Wealth found that private energy bills were funding corporate profits

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 14d

It is time that the media fulfills its role to critically examine politician’s statements and call them out when they stray from the truth | Lord Foulkes

The Farage ‘mirage’: how the media is warping our politics

It is time that the media fulfills its role to critically examine politician’s statements and call them out when they stray from the truth

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 15d

One of the possibly underrated dangers of the Trump administration, is it ability to bully globally.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 16d

1/ Great to see the Bylines Network, and citizen journalism generally, getting a shout-out from George Monbiot in the Guardian

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot

Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 16d

Press release: European Movement in Scotland announces keynote speaker for its annual event | Martin Roche

Guy Verhofstadt to speak at pro-EU dinner in Edinburgh

Press release: European Movement in Scotland announces keynote speaker for its annual event

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