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That's 95k! We're 95% of the way to 100,000 signatures on our petition, which means we get a ban on driven grouse shooting debated in parliament. Only 5k to go! Please share & sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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We have seen the US try and impose Trump's racist and discriminatory agenda through other means in other countries. The real risk is that Starmer goes with this, not an unrealistic outcome based on this governments treatment of marginalised groups already. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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Really grateful for @cjayanetti.bsky.social and others for keeping the focus on how Labour's cuts to disability support will leave so many more people at risk. This is a policy where the only outcome is harm to vulnerable individuals.

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Right wing populist politics has been so damaging and so brain-achingly tedious this last decade. Look at where we are as a result. Far poorer, weaker, more divided, isolated from the EU and trying not to piss off an egomaniacal lunatic in the White House. Sovereignty at its most vulnerable.

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For those who continue to claim Niall is “anti British” or being “mean” to them this is the crux of the message you refuse to accept or understand The European Union is far more than the sum of its parts, far more than the rights it offers you or the obligations it expects from you

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The new IASSL @iassl.bsky.social PhD Award for theses on Scottish literature completed outside the UK (in the period June 2024–26) is now open for submissions! 🏆 Detailed guidelines: scotlit-iassl.org/awards/iassl...

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George Clooney, "The other side won and they're running though government doing their thing" "You have to defend people with less power than you. And you have to challenge people with more power"

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Additional tickets for Through the #ShortbreadTin at @cnauldtheatre.bsky.social have just been released! BOOK NOW lanternhousearts.org/events/throu...

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"Bonobos [one of our closest relatives] refuse to participate when faced with unequal rewards." The vast majority of people similarly want fairness between us, but almost always end up with leaders who don't. That mismatch is the single biggest barrier to a better world. phys.org/news/2025-04...

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This is some scary shit—and everyone needs to pay attention because it could affect any one of us. Rachel Maddow & NPR just blew the lid off Musk’s DOGE team. A whistleblower at the NLRB says they accessed data without authorization and breached security. The potential motive is pretty shocking. 🧵

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These images will go down in infamy, the very face of evil.

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Controversial take: This “women empowerment” moment is actually a waste of time and money. Keep your space flight and invest in things women actually need: bodily autonomy, universal healthcare, free child care, medical research that includes women, ETC., ETC., ETC. The list goes on …

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I am struggling to see how a rich man sending a bunch of rich women into space, in a rocket the shape of a cock, is doing anything for feminism, or scientific advancement. Just pay your taxes, fella. 🚀

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JD Vance: "The professors are the enemy". Just the US Vice President advocating the same anti-intellectual dogma as Hitler, Pol Pot, Mao and Stalin.

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Invest in us and we promise you a healthy return in honesty, opinion and variety, and you’ll help us be more persuasive and influential | Patricia S Paton #TruthToPower #CitizenJournalism Via @bylines.scot

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Muirburn is a significant cause rather than preventative of wildfires | Nick Kempe for ParkswatchScotland: #ScottishEnvironment 🌱

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I fear she's not wrong :/

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❗ The UK Government must prioritise our relationship with the EU over sucking up to Trump. The EU is our nearest, biggest and more reliable trade partner. Trump's US is hostile, chaotic and has proven it's no friend of the UK.

submitted 8 hours ago • 4 comments

The very same.

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A new poll suggests Sinn Féin is the most popular party in the country while Fine Gael's support has fallen to a record low

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Yes, this is a very peculiar story of local politics. Incidentally, credit to Mebyon Kernow and the Greens for the robustness of their vetting!

submitted 9 hours ago • 9 comments

Also - some quality journalism from the Falmouth Packet about this extremely flexible election candidate.

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I’m in awe of this passage by Allister Heath. It is the lunatic endgame of anti-“wokery”

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This Week! Premiere Sunday 20th April, 5pm. THE FOOTAGE DETECTIVES bring us lost films from the Ovaltine Factory's heyday, a reel of England's "rebirth" after the war, a special guest with some rare items and much more. #TPTVsubtitles

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Never again, unless we are the Nazis.

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I ♥️ the research required to write a book set in a real city (in my case, Edinburgh) I found out new things myself. This is the Rocheid Path named for the family who originally lived in Inverleith House - it runs along the Water of Leith, the limit of their estate. /1

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JUST IN: Department of Homeland Security is threatening to strip Harvard's eligibility to host international students unless it turns over disciplinary records.

submitted 11 hours ago • 110 comments

Extremadura rangers find & save 3 Iberian Lynx kits after their mother was killed on a road. www.hoy.es/extremadura/... Kits now adopted by a female in captive breeding centre. Top work 👏 @deepfrieddna.bsky.social @fionamathews.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social

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It is clear British Steel must be brought into public hands. It's also clear that private ownership of public services has failed, with consumers paying billions of pounds over the odds for poor and unreliable services. Time to take back control of our public services.

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This was never ever about anti-semitism

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Recent history: England was attempting to run similar rendition flights to Rwanda. They didn’t succeed because of the European Court of Justice. These policies are usually transferred amongst the 5 eyes

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JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)

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We have submitted a response to the draft muirburn code highlighting the inconsistency of muirburn being permitted at times when members of the public are being warned of high fire risk. The deadline for comments is 28 April. www.nature.scot/doc/consulta...

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Recent events in the #ukrainewar brought this (unsurprisingly?) unpublished #cartoon to mind... #ukraine #russianmilitary #politicalcartoon

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Caught red-coated . Today's #FoxOfTheDay from @uk-wildlife.bsky.social‬ on BlueSky !

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Auditors EY to be investigated for failing to spot Post Office Horizon IT scandal bit.ly/44t4Rl7

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🔴The Sheer Scale of the COVID ‘VIP Lane’ PPE Scandal Has Still Not Been Revealed Five Years On New evidence published by the COVID Inquiry suggests that at least 20 more politically-connected suppliers received contracts worth £1 billion bylinetimes.com/2025/04/16/c...

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So which trade agreement is the UK government briefing too optimistically about this morning?

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The US federal tax authority is to lose one in three of its staff. It can't suffer that rate of change and be effective. Trump is creating chaos that will backfire on the US, its government, and its economy. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...

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I support this strongly. The chlorinated chickens, the hormone and antibiotics pumped beef, the bird flu virus filled milk products, the pesticide sprayed vegetable and fruits might be acceptable to American consumers, but not to European consumers. No way. Never ever.

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Fit like i'day? The wither forecast for Turra toon the morn, Fairly fine, improving

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What is the point of #Labour www.thenational.scot/news/2509310...

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