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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 11m

Ukraine’s Parliament has backed Zelensky’s decision to deploy Armed Forces units abroad. The bill allows Ukrainian naval ships and crews to take part in NATO exercises and missions in Turkey and the UK.

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 5m

I'd rather not.

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 16m

Aye right The Right! 🤣
Let's see them go marching with the Saltire without taking along the Union flag as well. Plus those lamppost Saltires won't stay up long, especially when YES stickers start appearing on the lower parts of the same lampposts 🤣
bbc.com/news/article...

The battle for Scotland's flag: Why the right has adopted the saltire

The saltire has long been embraced by supporters of Scottish independence – but now it is being unfurled for a different cause.

bbc.com

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 2h

#ScottishIndependence

Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 1h

How Scotland could publicly own its wealth of energy resources | Bylines Scotland

How to own Scottish energy

How Scotland could publicly own its wealth of energy resources

bylines.scot

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 2h

#London 📽️

Prince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.com · 2h

SHOWING TODAY 🎞️

- THE SHINING in 35mm
- SUSPIRIA
- POSSESSION
- FEMALE PRISON SCORPION : #701's GRUDGE SONG
- THERE WILL BE BLOOD in 35mm
- THE MIST (Black & White)
- FWENDS
- WILD STYLE

princecharlescinema.com

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2h

Welsh government rules out introducing levy on international students, which UK government plans in England
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wales-r...

Wales rules out levy on international student fees

Education secretary confirms devolved nation will not follow UK government in taking a cut of overseas tuition fee income

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 2h

Bellshill Athletic FC wearing their BMX Bandits strips for a home game at Rockburn Park in May 2025.

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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 2h

Loch Maree, Wester Ross. Pic: James Alroca.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 6h

It seems like the War Zone in Portland is more like a party zone because just watch the Portland Police Department even enjoying the entertainment! 👇👇👇😂😂

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D Mcguire @dmcguirecfc67.bsky.social · 11h

Free Derry Corner 🇮🇪🤝 🇵🇸 #HindRajab #Gazza

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 3h

Ideal with a bottle of Brotch Whisky!

Williebhoy1956 @williebhoy1956.bsky.social · 23h

British haggis! It's fecking treason! 😡😡

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 9h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 3h

#FreeGaza #FreePalestine

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 13h

Watch as Scottish flotilla activists Sid Khan and Jim Hickey address a crowd at Glasgow Airport

The pair were imprisoned by Israel for almost one week

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 15h

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 12h

Glakit 😆

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Lynda Haughney @lyndahaughney.bsky.social · 15h

Meadhan an Dàmhair, Dùn Èideann, an feasgar. Is toil leam gu mòr flùraichean ach a bheil seo àbhaisteach ma-thà? #speurgorm

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 13h

Tomorrow night Scotland vs Greece 19:45 k.o
BBC Scotland 19:30 📺

*Includes a half-time Party Political Broadcast from Reform UK, and the panel discuss why Greece's 0-2 lead is the fault of the SNP.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Scotland - Sportscene: International Football, 2025/26, World Cup Qualifier: Scotland v Greece

Live coverage as Scotland host Greece in the World Cup qualifiers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 13h

This is worth a watch.

elsievoteblue.bsky.social @elsievoteblue.bsky.social · 14h

Listen up people 💙That lying witch Pam Bondi , can keep denying anything involved Trump and Epstein!!
Michael Wolff has receipts 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
#DemsUnited

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 13h

4OD 📽️

Capernaum (trailer below)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBec...
Career Girls
Chopper
Corsage
The Creator
Dead Man's Shoes
Enys Men
Glory
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
The Killing Fields
The Long Good Friday
Memento
Memoria
Seven Psychopaths
Slow West
Top Gun: Maverick

Capharnaüm - Official Trailer

YouTube video by Madman Films

www.youtube.com

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 14h

"Hey careful man, there's a beverage here!"

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 14h

The Dude has spoken:

"ICE? Let's get ICE off our streets and into our beverages. This aggression will not stand. Let's just abide together"

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 14h

The problem with this discussion is it's not really up for discussion.

The 3 main UK parties are now english nationalist parties are Pro Brexit with ECHR concerns. Labour has "legitimate concerns" while Tories & Reform want to exit the ECHR.

TL;DR: The english don't want NI anymore.

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 15h

‘The six counties is a s**thole’: Michelle Gildernew and Ian Paisley jnr go toe to toe on united Ireland

The former Sinn Féin and DUP MPs have made a BBC Northern Ireland podcast on the thorny subject

www.irishtimes.com

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 14h

Oh my word. 🤣

David M. Bennett MD (FAAOS, FPOSNA, DABOS) @davembmd.bsky.social · 16h

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. @aptshadow.bsky.social @abraham.bsky.social

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 16h

www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tron... #TronAres 📽️

TRON: Ares movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

“TRON: Ares” is spectacularly designed, swiftly paced, thoughtfully written, and directed within an inch of its neon-hued life.

www.rogerebert.com

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 17h

Might want to start protecting housing in Scotland for people currently living in Scotland now, because there is going to be a huge influx of folk from the rest of the UK.

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 22h

Scottish independence could make people £10,000 better off per year, a new paper has suggested

Scottish independence could make people £10,000 better off per year, new paper claims

www.thenational.scot

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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 19h

#Orkney 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📚

Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 19h

Remember the beautiful, sparkly Book Bench Trail Silver Darlings-inspired Book Bench we had out front all summer?

It's being auctioned TONIGHT to raise money for
Clan Cancer Support!

You can see all the benches, follow the auction live and bid for a bench at: clancancersupport.org/the-book-ben...

A white bench created to look like the open pages of a book, covered in reflective glass fish. Outside Orkney Library & Archive.