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Kev @caoimhin1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

We need more of this 👇

Alan McNicol @alanmcnicol.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It is not false to say North sea oil production is falling (the new fields are not massive and should not be extracted anyway). It is false to say that those facts mean Scotland would struggle financially if independent, it would not.

Charts showing peak North sea oil production in 1999 (3.7 million barrels per day), a little less than 1.5 million barrels a day at present with anticipated production of no more than 1.5million barrels/day in the future and a declining trend.

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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Sunset from Goatfell, Isle of Arran. Pic: IG/afocusforadventure

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Errr.... right, so UK is having to find more money for defence against Russia... by cutting funding for heat pumps that get us off gas... thereby keeping us dependent on an energy commodity *weaponised* by Russia & international conflict. Smart thinking guys www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending

Exclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Yesterday, I was telling the story of a large spite wall built in 1869 in the North Kelvinside area of Glasgow, but there's another, even bigger wall which was constructed in the same area just a few years later, and which is still there to this day (top photo). Cont./ #glasgow #glasgowhistory

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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 10/10/2026

Today appears to herald Trump’s version of the Molotov Ribbentrop pact: a grubby political alliance that should cause even his most ardent supporters to pause (but won’t) and which won’t solve any of the problems he has but will definitely lead to more human suffering.

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Alan McNicol @alanmcnicol.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Sure but it doesn't have to be Labour propping up the status quo, and they want to hold on to their nice jobs getting paid handsomely for changing absolutely nothing for the better.

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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Alan McNicol @alanmcnicol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

He is still garbage on immigration, still accepts the thinly veiled bigotry of Reform and praises Mahmood for executing manifestly bad policy based on that.

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Alan McNicol @alanmcnicol.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Why is he sitting in water? Does the level rise a bit every time he's proven wrong?

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.

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Alan McNicol @alanmcnicol.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Just cancelled my direct debit to the BBC. I am done with the right wing, pro-Reform, pro racism, anti-green, pro unionist bias. It's worse than GB news, at least they don't pretend to be guardians of impartiality.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It would be wrong to speculate about the political leanings of those men in black shirts.

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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Dear BBC News, If you'd like to actually fulfill your mandate to inform the public of the reasons people take small boats please feel free to invite me onto any of your shows. I'm a world expert in this with an award winning book on the topic. Or you can just have a man stood shouting in the sea.

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Mark Janello @markjanello.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

You fuckers made me do it. The Racist Academicals Patter Song.

[RACIST ACADEMICAL]
I am the very model of a racist academical,
With footnotes and citations to make bigotry seem credible,

I traffic in ideas that have long since been discredited,
Like human races being real and IQ is inherited!

I’ll sign an open letter that legitimates my bigotry,
My gender ideology is thuggery and piggery,

If criticized it’s academic freedom I will hide behind,
My high and mighty principles shan’t be questioned by your tiny mind!

[CHORUS OF CHUDS]
His high and mighty principles shan’t be questioned by your tiny mind!

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This is just lying. The problem is the idiotic, criminal, disastrous war that this paper loudly endorsed, and the people writing this know that very well.

The Telegraph • @Telegraph
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• Household energy bills to soar by £260 on net zero costs

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 15/08/2026

NEW STEWART LEE column The climate crisis requires concerted global opposition to Trump and the fossil fuel industry, not just restrictions on corner shops selling grills www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

We’re banning disposable barbecues, but we’re still drilling for oil? We really are cooked. Stewart Lee on dealing with Trump and the fossil fuel industry

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Dede Bell ☮️🌎👩‍💻 @dedebell.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"A CNN journalist witnessed Israeli settlers abduct and blindfold a Palestinian farmer for refusing to leave his land, as IDF soldiers stood guard. He was later shot, while the IDF blocked the road to prevent anyone from coming to his aid, making sure he would die." -- substack.com/@jemby123

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Sam Ulmschneider @samulmschneider.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Normally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.

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The pundits have completely lost the plot

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

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Sustainable Us @havantenviro.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Can Binface win? Actually I think the important takeaway from a character like Binface is that it mocks the egos of the serious candidates who continually refer to themselves and their achievements. Binface is the comic result of taking a political ego as far as you can. youtu.be/0zn1pGRgEoo?...

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Can Count Binface win?

YouTube video by Stand-up Maths

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Climate Andy @andycorney.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

What I hate most about @kevinclimate.bsky.social is that the maths & physics in his prognosis are unfortunately very simple & that in my opinion makes it virtually certain he’s right. And that means 4° by 2100 so no, I really do not f’ing like it, not even a little!

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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Three Sisters of Glen Coe. Pic: Michael Wyse

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Alan McNicol @alanmcnicol.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building is a masterpiece. We need a full, faithful restoration with zero erosion of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s original design intent. If you agree, please add your name to the petition to help save 'The Mack': you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

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Fully and Faithfully Restore ‘The Mack’

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Alan McNicol @alanmcnicol.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Climate change will kill millions, framing opposition to new drilling as attacking your neighbour is offensive. Of course people want their neighbours to thrive but since Scotland is well placed to gain many more renewables jobs (if Westminster will stop blocking it) they can do both.

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Alan McNicol @alanmcnicol.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Dangerous anti-science garbage propaganda. The fact we have got to the point where the Times will put something of this level of vapid dishonesty on their front page is dispiriting.

Times newspaper front page with headline "Net zero 'risks blackouts'"

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Alan McNicol @alanmcnicol.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Gravity is because the ship is under thrust (the means of constant thrust is explained later). Once it reaches its destination it uses spin 'gravity'.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This is an appalling lack of judgement and the surest sign yet that Britain will continue to be Trump's lackey. The war in Iran has cost countless lives, and breached international law - yet we continue to support it. Very, very concerning. Very, very continuity Starmer.

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Alan McNicol @alanmcnicol.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It isn't an apology, it's not a reset and progressive voters with more than one brain cell know both of these things.

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Alan McNicol @alanmcnicol.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Why does Burnham think it was only Labour's "initial" reaction that was wrong? Their policy never changed from Israel can do whatever they like and we won't do or say anything substantive about it. It's just weasel words.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Like I say: it really is not hard to spot when the Bullshit Machine’s control switch has been flipped from Suck to Blow.

Kevin Schofield • @KevinASchofield
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Nick Robinson to Zia Yusuf: "You say this is all about standing up to the establishment.
"You're a multi-millionaire. You made your money selling luxury helicopter charters and rare wines to the super-wealthy.
"Nigel Farage is a public schoolboy, a former commodities trader who gets £5m gifts from his friends and lives in a 5-storey house next to Buckingham Palace courtesy of a man convicted of fraud.
"Do you really think you are in a position at Reform UK to claim not to be part of the super-wealthy, self-serving establishment?"

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Love this projecting stained glass fanlight above the entrance to the Hat-Rack at 144 Saint Vincent Street in Glasgow. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #hatrack #stainedglass

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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

As someone who very strongly believes in thorough reform of local (& regional) govt in Scotland, from powers to structures to local taxation, those are questions for Holyrood. Not necessarily the (presumed) incoming PM, whose party were hammered in Scotland a month-and-a-half ago.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

If Labour was genuinely serious about having a "compassionate asylum system", as it has claimed, they wouldn't be boasting about restricted routes while closing actual safe routes and fatally undermining human rights laws and modern slavery protections just so they can abuse more people. 7/

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

@alfdubs.bsky.social remains one of the staunchest defendants of refugee rights. He is, as usual, absolutely correct here. I won't hold my breath, but Burnham should absolutely rip up Starmer and Mahmood's entire legacy of hostile immigration and asylum policies. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Remove home secretary Mahmood and rip up her asylum plans, says Alf Dubs

Exclusive: Labour peer who fled Nazis as a child says Andy Burnham has chance to ‘correct mistakes’ on refugees

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Alan McNicol @alanmcnicol.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Now that women have a patron the patriarchy must be over.

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Alan McNicol @alanmcnicol.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

He got a huge majority on a 35% vote share, a travesty that journalists routinely choose to ignore.

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Martin Cook @cookieaob.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Indisputable. The Brexit disaster. Impossible for any government to deal with. Making Farage, the architect of this disaster PM would be insane.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 13/06/2026

Very good 😁. One of the "top 10 most bizarre monuments on Earth" travels to Boston. Here's its history 👇 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestr...

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Let’s be clear: we have annihilated crazy ideas like “let’s plant some nice trees, make a free-to-use broadband network and have a government factory making generic drugs”, apparently so we could have racist rioting, chat about civil war, genital checks at toilets and protection for genocidaires.

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mactakeshi.bsky.social @mactakeshi.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

former Conservative Malcolm Macaskill, 65, filed bogus forms to HMRC which grossly overstated the sales from his sandwich businesses to reclaim more than £800,000. He also laundered £200,000 through his local Conservative parties in Glasgow and Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, where he was treasurer

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

To put this in technical jargon "no shit Sherlock". Hostile policies, such as those being pushed by Labour, create...drum roll please...a hostile environment, We saw this under May. They increase xenophobia and division. All of this unsurprisingly puts people off. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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UK’s higher-earning immigrants may be driven out by tougher rules, report suggests

Figures raise questions over ministers’ plans to raise qualifying period for settled status from five years to 10

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23/05/2026

For those of you already missing Stephen Colbert, he's resurfaced on community public access in Monroe, Michigan, and no, I am not joking: youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4

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Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026

YouTube video by Stephen Colbert

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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Imagine celebrating trans people being banned from bathrooms when boys have a free pass to rape girls safe in the knowledge that there will be no consequences?

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 22/05/2026

Most importantly: as a cis woman; a feminist; a historian - this will *never* be in my name. Then: an equalities body that chooses to exclude a specific group; chooses to limit human rights of one community - it is an equalities body that has already dismantled itself and any legitimacy with it.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

We did it, lads. We banned trans people from toilets. Now to sit back and watch house prices come down and vegetables stop rotting on supermarket shelves and we'll all come together and feast on Cadbury's Creme Eggs as big as your head, m'boy, And we'll watch Morecambe and Wise, who did NOT die

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