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Mathan bàn na h-Alba

@scotswhitebear.bsky.social

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Left wing retired polar bear. Pro independence. Pro EU, ANTI Brexit Si hay algo que realmente odio es a un hombre gay crítico con el género. Son traidores. LGBT

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Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · Mar 14

Someone recently asked why I no longer speak to certain individuals, and I gave an honest answer. Their response? "Why don't you be the bigger person and reach out?"

People often confuse being the bigger person with constantly reopening old wounds, hoping for a different outcome.

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Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 2h

#Connections
Puzzle #851
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Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 2h

#Wordle 1,573 3/6

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Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 3h

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 4h

The chap on the left once defended marriage between siblings in a live interview on GB News.

By all accounts it was too much even for GB News viewers.

Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 4h

The photography in this article really feels like The Times are deliberately setting these people up for ridicule. (You can read it without visiting The Times here archive.ph/KZZC1)

An article from The Times: "Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future". Featuring bizarre portraits of Charles Amos, Rhys Benjamin and Daniel Campbell.

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Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 8h

The Supreme Court appears ready to side with Trump in bringing back “gay conversion therapy.”

This practice involves physically abusing teenagers to try to turn them heterosexual, including with electric shocks and chemically-induced nausea.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Highlights of the Conversion Therapy Argument at the Supreme Court

www.nytimes.com

Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 15h

@theotherdane.bsky.social

a polar bear is laying on its back in the snow with two cubs .

ALT: a polar bear is laying on its back in the snow with two cubs .

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Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 22h

I doubt she does. It's hard to not feel sorry for a person at the heart of the Tory collapse.
But you don't because she's a hate filled individual with ultra far right policies of a 6th former

Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 22h

It's a win as GB NEWS was found to be in breach. They just didn't get a fine

Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 22h

Gary Neville says ‘angry, middle-aged, white men’ have created division in UK www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/gary-ne...

Gary Neville says 'angry, middle-aged, white men' have created division in UK

Gary Neville has said that "angry, middle-aged white men" are creating division in the UK.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 22h

EU set to match Trump steel tariffs in ‘existential threat’ to UK steel sector www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/eu-set-...

EU set to match Trump steel tariffs in 'existential threat' to UK steel sector

The EU has said it will match Donald Trump's steel tariffs, in a move that has been labelled an "existential threat" to the UK steel industry.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 22h

Rees-Mogg admits if public had ‘informed decision’ now second referendum would ‘overturn’ #Brexit vote
Boris Johnson’s Leader of the Commons admits the problem with a second referendum is British public would vote to stay in the EU.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/lor...

Lord Heseltine: 'Reform UK are equivalent of 1930s right wing fascists'

Lord Heseltine has said Reform UK are the modern day equivalent of the "right wing fascists of the 1930s."

www.thelondoneconomic.com

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Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 22h

Lord Heseltine: ‘Reform UK are equivalent of 1930s right wing fascists’
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/lor...

Lord Heseltine: 'Reform UK are equivalent of 1930s right wing fascists'

Lord Heseltine has said Reform UK are the modern day equivalent of the "right wing fascists of the 1930s."

www.thelondoneconomic.com

Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 22h

Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Petition: Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election

Change the voting system to Proportional Representation instead of First Past the Post. We think this would eradicate disillusionment and encourage voter participation as people could start to believe...

petition.parliament.uk

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Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 22h

Norse (Viking) Colonialism.
Scotland never fell to the Vikings : we forced the Vikings to eat marmite and over a table

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 1d

I was joking

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Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 1d

The Tory Youth, you don't need to bother locking up your daughters- they are perfectly safe ...

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Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 1d

Just got my 60 day badge

Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 1d

Not anything.

Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 1d

#Connections
Puzzle #850
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Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 1d

#Wordle 1,572 4/6

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Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 1d

Gay rights are dead in homophobic America
FBI director Kash Patel fires agent trainee over displaying a Pride flag
www.gaytimes.com/life/fbi-dir...

FBI director Kash Patel fires agent trainee over displaying a Pride flag

Trump-appointed FBI director Kash Patel has fired an agent in training for displaying an LGBTQIA+ pride flag.

www.gaytimes.com

Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 1d

“Nature doesn't care if you're gay or straight”: meet the gay farmers queering agriculture
magazine.gaytimes.com/nature-doesn...

“Nature doesn't care if you're gay or straight”: meet the gay farmers queering agriculture

The home of LGBTQIA+ investigations, award-winning features and in-depth journalism for over 40 years

magazine.gaytimes.com

Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 1d

I did wonder ...

Mathan bàn na h-Alba @scotswhitebear.bsky.social · 1d

Is the UK government’s new RSE guidance a return to Section 28?
The worrying parallels in the language used to talk about trans people.
#LGBT
magazine.gaytimes.com/uk-governmen...

Is the UK government’s new RSE guidance a return to Section 28?

The worrying parallels in the language used to talk about trans people.

magazine.gaytimes.com