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oorNews.co.uk/sco-ne/ Scots spikkers hae the richt tae news an media in Scots. Non-political news stories in Staundart, Nor East an Nordern Isles Scots. We're for aabody on baith sides o the political spectrum :-)

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oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · 3h

Fa else, fan yis seen e Hellfire missile boonce aff a UAP in a video at e US Congress, thocht iss is like tribesfowk shootin arraes at oor helicopters? Fa else is feart aboot e US military engagin UAP in iss wey?

Read oor thochts on UAP an reducin violence:

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E Arrae wi Nae Answer: Fae Human Sacrifice tae a Howpfu Future - oorNews

There’s a strange an profoon thocht experiment playin oot in e rael warld. In e haas o the US Congress, military fustleblawers spik o a raelity aat soonds like science fiction: unidentified anomalous ...

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · 9h

Gif onybody is efter jynin-in mair than a wee correction here or there whan readin, we huvnae ony sillar tae offer noo - but wid gie future royalties based on share o text an audio words in the database for fowk waantin tae gie a haun wi Central/Staundart Scots, Shetlandic an Orcadian airticles :-)

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · 9h

Mony thanks for lattin mair fowk ken aboot oorNews :-) We dae Central Scots an Shetlandic as weel as Doric - it's jist wi oorNews bein ae body wi a fu time job there's nae time tae set ilka airticle ower fae Doric tae ither variants o Scots.

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · 2d

Foo mony o yis hae tae spik English tae technology?

Afore we can hae vyce interaction in Scots wi AI we need tae train a vyce model - we're sikkin fowk fae aa ower Scotland an Ulster tae help wi biggin iss :-)

Read e airticle anent fit we're deein:

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oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · 3d

3I/ATLAS’s journey intil oor solar system his bin a maisterclass in e bizarre, garrin astronomers tae speir gin thay are observin a naitural, aa be it gey unco, phenomenon, or somethin else entirely.

Read mair aboot it in Doric Scots at oorNews:

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A Visitor in e Mirk: E Unfauldin Riddle o Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS - oorNews

E solar system his a guest, an it’s actin like naething we’ve ivver seen. As humanity gazes oot fae its terrestrial cradle, a mysterious interstellar traiveller cryed 3I/ATLAS is silently glidin throu...

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · 21d

E warld is reairmin at a pace nae seen in decades, wi military spennin soarin past a dumfoonerin $2.7 trillion. History gies a chillin waarnin: iss is fit e prelude til a warld war leuks like.

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Echas o History: Are We Sleepwaakin intil a War Naebody's sikkin? - oorNews

A quate bit thraan drumbeat is growein louder ower e warld. It is e soon o factories churnin oot advanced wappinry, o national budgets divertin billions fae public services tae defence, an o political...

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hit's fairly common in Doric ivnoo - doricbooks.com/blogs/news/b... for example. I widna be pittin nyow in ma "Braid Scots" version - nae hid time tae pruifread / dee ma by haun changes til it yet.

Blythe Nyow Year

Nae lang intae e nyow year (e lunar een onywye!), let’s tak a keek at sum hichlichts fur Doric Books in 2022: We wir nominatit fur twa Scots Language Awards We collaborated wi Macduff Marine Aquarium...

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Sep 5

£650k for Scots is a stert, but it's a gey drap in e ocean fan ye see Welsh gets £36m an Irish Gaelic £52m. For ilka £100 spent on English in Scotland, Scots gets £0.14.

It disna hae tae bide like iss - e Scots Leid Strategy cuid chynge hings like Norrowa!

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A Tale o Three Tongues: Fit Wey Scotland’s Nyow Scots Fundin is a Drap in e Ocean - oorNews

Scotland his annoonced a nyow £650,000 fund for uphaudin e Scots leid, a muive walcomed by some as a stap forrit. Fooivver, fan compared tae investments in ither Celtic an European leids, iss figure p...

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Aug 18

"Ye simply pynt the camera or leuk at e person ye waant tae hear. Even if twa fowk are spikkin at eence, e AI eeses visual cues tae pill oot e vyce o the person ye’re leukin at.” - Professor Mathini Sellathurai fae Heriot-Watt

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Resairchers Develop ‘Hearin Glesses’ for tae Transform Soond Experience for Fowk wi Hearin Loss - oorNews

A team fae aa ower e UK includin Heriot-Watt University resairchers is creatin innovative ‘hearin glesses’ aat pit egither lip-readin technology, airtificial intelligence (AI), an clood computin for t...

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Aug 10

Wi seein aa iss fowk gettin arrestit ower support for a group, ye hae tae hink fit's gaed wrang? Democracy's nae deid! We hae the pouer tae chynge hings- fit if aa the siller spent on bombs gaed tae infrastructure an economic development?

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oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Aug 9

Ye hink o a freen ye hinna claiched wi in a puckle o month, an minties later, yer phone rings wi thair name on e screen. It’s a fleetin, uncanny sensation. But fit if it isna coincidence at aa?

Fin oot mair at oorNews:

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Science Fins Strang Pruif for Telepathy, Linkin it tae Quantum Physics - oorNews

For generations, e feelin his bin a staple o human experience—owerseen dismissed as mere coincidence. Ye hink o a freen ye hinna claiched wi in a puckle o month, an minties later, yer phone rings wi t...

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Aug 6

Oor education maun champion skills aat machines fin a chav tae replicate: creativity, critical thinkin, strategic leadership, an empathy. We maun elevate the airts, humanities, an heich-skill trades aat require human touch an ingenuity.

Read mair in Doric at oorNews:

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Scotland’s Neist Enlichtenment: Ainin e Robots Afore Thay Ain Us - oorNews

E rise o airtificial intelligence is nae langer a distant prospect—it is oor reality o the noo. Algorithms noo optimise supply chains, generate code, an diagnose diseases wi superhuman precision. Iss ...

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Aug 3

E wind fairm, locatit aboot 24 mile aff e Scottish Borders coastline, will hae a capacity o 4.1 gigawatt (GW). Eence completed, its turbines are expected tae mak eneuch electricity ilka year tae pouer ilka hame in Scotland twice ower.

Read mair aboot it at oorNews:

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Scotland Approves Major Affshore Wind Project tae Boost Clean Energy an Economy - oorNews

E Scottish Government has gien e green licht for e Berwick Bank wind fairm, een o the lairgest affshore wind projects in e warld. Iss approval merks a major stap in Scotland’s efforts tae increase ren...

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Jul 31

Grunbrakkin resairch, led by Dr. Beatriz Villarroel o Stockholm University an unner peer review e noo, suggests aat objects resemblin non-terrestrial airtifacts micht hae bin orbitin oor planet Yird decades afore humans laanched thair first satellite.

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Auncient Sky Surveys Aiblins Hint at "Mirror-Like" Objects in Yird's Orbit Afore e Space Age - oorNews

A recent scientific study, unner peer review e noo, suggests aat objects resemblin non-terrestrial artifacts micht hae bin orbitin oor planet Yird decades afore humans laanched thair first satellite. ...

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Jul 14

“Iss excitin event is een o mony fit we’ve analysed fae data collected in 2023 an early 2024… it’s an excellent example o foo we’re still diskiverin nyow an unexpectit hings aboot black holes an ultimately aboot foo stars evolve.” - Dr Daniel Williams

Mair at oorNews:
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Scientists Unkiver Maist Massive Black Hole Merger Yet Detected - oorNews

A record-brakkin black hole collision his bin spotted, shawin e lairgest black holes ivver detected throu gravitational waves. E event, coded GW231123, wis observed on November 23, 2023, by the LIGO-V...

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Jul 14

Aye - it's sad tae see Scottish authors dae this tae Scots. Ma howp is that ten year fae noo, thae beuks will hae the same sort o warnin as beuks fae the USA afore the abolition o thirldom or ither hings whaur the warld has muived on whan it comes tae portrayal thirled an warkin class fowk.

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Jul 10

Here's howpin this aw blaws ower - The Centre for the Scots Leid hus been a cornerstane for us aw for sae lang. I'm feart there's mair tae this an some group is ettlin at bringin disrepute tae sic braw fowk.

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Jul 7

Noo is the time for a “Leith Whit’s Gaun On?” or a “Paisley Patter” page tae growe a follaein, turnin the ambition o the Leids Act intae a leevin, breathin reality at the hert o Scotland’s communities.

Sae get gaun an stert a group! :-)

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Scotland's Digital Tongue: A New Era o Normalisation - oorNews

Wi Scots noo kent as an offeecial leid o Scotland unner the Scottish Leids Act 2025, hoo the leid is yaised an perceived is enterin a new era. On the internet, this shift is awready weel unnerwey, pre...

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Jul 7

Gin governments redirectit even 10% o the $1.5 trillion spent annually on military efforts tae peacebiggin, it cuid fully fund e efforts needed tae resolve current conflicts an rebigg societies.

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A Peth tae Peace: Investin in Cooperation Ower Conflict - oorNews

Ower the warld, millions o fowk are up agin violence, displacement, an persecution. Groups sic as e Rohingya in Myanmar, Uyghurs in China, Tigrayans in Ethiopia, Yazidis in Iraq, Kurds ower a wheen o ...

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Jul 4

Nae langer hauden tae jist grainy photies or fleetin lichts in e sky, e evidence is streamin in: heich-level testimonies, offeecial government acknawledgemints, an rigorous resairch fae some o the brichtest heids on e planet are comin thegither on UAP.

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E Dam Is Brakkin: A Insider's Guide tae the Unfaaldin Disclosure - oorNews

E era o speculation is ower—it’s the skreek o day o an age o truth. Nae langer hauden tae jist grainy photies or fleetin lichts in e sky, e evidence is streamin in: heich-level testimonies, offeecial ...

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Jul 1

Campaigners argue aat e cross-pairty resolve on Scots in Holyrood maan be matched by action in Westminster. Thay are caain on e Scottish Government tae lobby e UK government tae expand Ofcom’s remit an mandate Scots braidcastin as wi Welsh an Gaelic.

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A Nation's Vyce: Scots Activists Caa for Media Recognition in Wauk o Historic Leid Act - oorNews

A vibrant girseruits muivement o Scottish film-makkers, YouTubers, an online creators is breathin nyow life intil e Scots leid, demonstratin a growein demand for indigenous content. Hertened by the un...

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Jul 1

Chemify claims aat its Chemiferm in Maryhill is e maist advanced chemical synthesis facility in e warld - pittin an AI-driven molecular design engine alang wi industrial-scale robotic synthesis.

Fin oot mair aboot iss amazin in Scots:

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Chemify Laanches Warld's Maist Advanced Chemistry Production Facility in Maryhill - oorNews

Deep-tech pioneer Chemify – e University o Glesga’s Spin-oot o the Year 2024 – his officially apened its first Chemiferm, a grundbrakkin £12 million production facility in Maryhill. Located at e 21,50...

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Jun 26

A new report commissioned by the Scottish Government haes shed licht on 20t-century policies that targeted Gypsy an Traiveller communities, revealin a mirk history merkit by forced hoosin, bairn removals, an cultural erasure.

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Scotland’s “Tinker Experiments”: A History o Displacement an Cultural Suppression o Gypsy/Traveller Communities - oorNews

A new report commissioned by the Scottish Government haes shed licht on 20t-century policies that targeted Gypsy an Traiveller communities, revealin a mirk history merkit by forced hoosin, bairn remov...

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Jun 23

"Globally, weemen are aften disproportionately affected by conflict an are ower frequently sidelined fae decision-makkin processes." - Professor Jo Shaw, Heid o Edinburgh Law Schuil

This auld airticle fae International Weemen's Day is relevant for noo.

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Scotland Supports Peace-biggers on International Weemen’s Day - oorNews

As the nation merked International Weemen’s Day, the Scottish Government annoonced renewed fundin for the Weemen in Conflict 1325 Fellowship programme—a key initiative supportin lassie peace-biggers a...

oorNews - Scots Language News @oornews.bsky.social · Jun 21

Check oot iss braw documentary - fu o interviews wi some amazin fowk :-) youtu.be/tL6LGDtd6v4?...

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