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Scotland editor for the Guardian. A personal account. Born 319.62ppm. Likes and reposts ≠ approval or endorsements (with thanks to Dr Seuss) I’ll have you know I once played in the second violins for the Edinburgh primary schools orchestra. Just once
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Tool to identify poisonous books developed by University of St Andrews

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According to Google AI overviews, Google and Meta's combined earnings from advertising alone in the UK were £26bn in 2024. This is based on my Press Gazette report. No one has yet challenged this figure or come up with a better one. That is 60% of all UK adspend. pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/go...

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I think I have got to the bottom of the curious case of the faked Telegraph article about the rich banker who could not afford school fees, which was first flagged by @ianfraser.bsky.social pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...

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(Reuters) - President Donald Trump is free to bar the Associated Press from some White House media events after a U.S. appeals court on Friday paused a lower court ruling mandating that AP journalists be given access.

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"Trump needs enemies. If he doesn't have enemies he gets bored and his politics stops making sense." Inside the social media meltdown between Elon Musk and Donald Trump - are they just two "pathetic" men?

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Telegraph withdraws banker school fees story after being deceived by source pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...

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This is a good post!!

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Ignore Tice’s hyperbole: Reform has not “come from nowhere” in Scotland; its brand of nativism has long had a Scottish audience – me for UK politics live 👇🏾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Hamiltonbyelection www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Many of the federal workers being forced out by Trump are Black women who spent decades building a career of government service, only to see those careers shattered in a sudden purge. By @davidmcswane.bsky.social

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Anas Sarwar: “This byelection has proven beyond doubt [the] election next year is a straight choice between me and John Swinney. Reform might try to be a spoiler factor, but they can’t win here. It’s between us and the SNP” @libbybrooks.bsky.social reports www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Ignore Tice’s hyperbole: Reform has not “come from nowhere” in Scotland; its brand of nativism has long had a Scottish audience – me for UK politics live 👇🏾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Hamiltonbyelection www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Our co-editor Billy Briggs has been shortlisted for an award for a report on female torture survivors in Scotland who suffered domestic violence. www.refugeefestivals...

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ANALYSIS: Labour’s victory in Hamilton is both a surprise and a vindication – a demonstration that in a byelection, shocks can take different forms or: how the ground war is where byelections can be and are won 👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Hamiltonbyelection www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Scottish Labour win pivotal Holyrood byelection showing “the poison of Reform isn’t us” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Watch Tesla’s shares drop 14% today as Elon Musk and President Trump’s simmering feud erupts 📉 The rout erased about $150 billion from the EV maker’s market value, the stock’s biggest decline since March 10

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Builder.ai collapsed owing money to an Israeli private intelligence outfit, a high-profile crisis communications specialist and one of the world’s most feared litigation law firms, the London tech group’s US bankruptcy filings have revealed. www.ft.com/content/ef37...

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Breaking news: The sell-off erased $153bn from Tesla’s value, the biggest one-day drop in the electric-car company’s market capitalisation on record, and comes as Donald Trump threatens he will terminate US government contracts with Musk’s companies. www.ft.com/content/a14f...

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Palantir threatened to call police on a WIRED reporter and kicked out other journalists from a recent defense conference following reports of the data analytics firm's work with the Trump administration.

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this is going to end with a 150% tariff on tweeting, isn't it.

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DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

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Alongside my Holyrood tracker, I've been maintaining a tracker of independence support across all polls. Given a degree of commentary will be given to the topic in the wake of today's by-election, here's an update: We have the first, v. narrow, Yes lead since late 2020: Yes: 46.2% No: 45.6% DK: 8%

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Funnily enough, Nigel Farage was only after telling the Scottish media on Monday the fact Reform had a Scot of south Asian origin as chair was proof it wasn't racist or phobic, but now... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Funnily enough, Nigel Farage was only after telling the Scottish media on Monday the fact Reform had a Scot of south Asian origin as chair was proof it wasn't racist or phobic, but now... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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New podcast - Missing in the Amazon In the Amazon jungle, a journalist and an indigenous defender disappear without a trace. The series uncovers what happened to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira. Told for the first time by the people closest to them. www.theguardian.com/technology/s...

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If this is true, I’m sure we all feel lots safer now: Trump has appointed a 22-yr old ex-gardener and grocery store assistant to lead US counter- terror prevention www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

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I see @thetimes.com is resurfacing that old canard about Michael Gove's dad, in a Janice Turner piece about Sarah Vine's new book: "These deeply held beliefs included Euroscepticism. With his father forced out of business by EU directives..." This is NOT TRUE

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Marine heatwave found to have engulfed area of ocean five times the size of Australia World Meteorological Organization report says record heat in 2024 was driven by climate crisis and intersected with extreme weather events. @readfearn.bsky.social‬ buff.ly/IXgGnSq

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Edinburgh’s Filmhouse banks on celluloid as it reopens after three years

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It's the grade, colours and authenticity: cinema audiences crave the quality of 70mm "films on film", as Edinburgh's Filmhouse reopens after three years shuttered 👇 🎥 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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It's the grade, colours and authenticity: cinema audiences crave the quality of 70mm "films on film", as Edinburgh's Filmhouse reopens after three years shuttered 👇 🎥 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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NEW ANALYSIS: UK's solar power surges 42% to a new record, after the sunniest spring on record * For the first time, solar was >10% of UK generation in consecutive months (April/May 2025) * In 2025, solar has already avoided gas imports that would've cost £600m www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uks...

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