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I'm hoping for Scottish independence in the near future. Married, kids, and cats.

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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 10m
Interesting, suddenly Westminster is all concerned about Scottish islands. www.instagram.com/reel/DejK_Y_...?
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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 1h
Away to read it, but wondering if this is competing relatives to a potential inheritance from a family member?
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 2h
Drone attacks forced airports in Moscow and St. Petersburg to suspend flights overnight, delaying or canceling nearly 200 flights. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Moscow, St. Petersburg airports halt flights overnight amid drone attacks. Almost 200 flights delayed or canceled. — Meduza
Rosaviatsiya restricted flights arriving at and departing from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky airports starting the evening of October 15.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 2h
Google says some 400 publishers worldwide have signed up to its secret AI licensing deals. These deals allow search giant to continuing using content for AI training and overviews. See Press Gazette backgrounder here: pressgazette.co.uk/news/google-...
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The prisoner's dilemma: Why UK publishers are signing Google AI deals
Google AI deals being offered to UK offer short-term cash and some traffic but are they being struck at the expense of the news industry future?
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 2h
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is "minded to intervene" in Sky's £1.6bn take over of ITV. Grounds include ensuring “sufficient plurality of views” and a “sufficient plurality of persons with control of the media enterprises”. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Lisa Nandy ‘minded to intervene’ in Sky’s £1.6bn purchase of ITV
Culture secretary’s move paves way for deeper scrutiny of deal that would create UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 2h
The judge in the Donaldson trial, Paul Ramsay, has provided an online accessible transcript of his sentencing remarks. They're worth reading in full, not just press snippets, to put a focus squarely on the victims and understand the magnitude of the offending: www.judiciaryni.uk/files/judici...
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 2h
Latvia’s PM has called on Europeans to support Ukraine if they want to keep “eating their croissants in the morning.” He made the remarks as he arrived for Day 2 of the EU summit in Brussels. Follow live 👉 vist.ly/5nn88
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs speaking with text overlay about supporting Ukraine.
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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 2h
Things seem to be getting worse. Is this due to upcoming elections in US where Putin's asset could lose control? BBC News - Germany says Russia behind Leipzig airport drone attack www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Germany says Russia behind Leipzig airport drone attack
A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered at the airport close to Ukrainian cargo planes on 4 August.
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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 2h
When did the BBC become PR agents for Meta and Rayban? BBC News - 'People call them pervert glasses but they give me independence' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'People call them pervert glasses but they give me independence'
Concerns about the use of smart glasses are having an affect on visually-impaired users.
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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 2h
BBC News - Same-day test helps doctors detect hidden infections in critically ill children - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Same-day test helps doctors detect hidden infections in critically ill children
Metagenomics offers a new way of detecting infections in intensive care patients.
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 15h
Kemi Badenoch's Tories pose as the defenders of free speech & a free media. But it all just posture & rhetoric. The reality judged by actions is that the Tories do not believe in free speech & a free media.
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Andy Ostroy @andyostroy.bsky.social · 19h
Trump wants Putin/Russia to win. Everything he does is in service to Putin. He's The Manchurian President... www.cnn.com/2026/10/15/e...
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Exclusive: Ukraine runs out of Patriot interceptor missiles as Zelensky and Trump clash over war | CNN
Ukraine has run out of missiles for the US-made Patriot air defense system, leaving it more vulnerable to Russian ballistic missile attacks, a source familiar with the situation told CNN on Thursday.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 15h
📌 ICYMI — Reform UK’s Richard Tice’s Property Firm Pays £800,000 in Dividends Despite Falling Profits — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Quidnet REIT, which Nigel Farage's Deputy controls, made a pre-tax loss in 2025, but still paid shareholders more than three times its adjusted earnings
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Reform UK’s Richard Tice’s Property Firm Pays £800,000 in Dividends Despite Falling Profits
Quidnet REIT, which Nigel Farage's Deputy controls, made a pre-tax loss in 2025, but still paid shareholders more than three times its adjusted earnings
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 15h
"Win Rozario's family should not have to take off work and organize a press conference just to get the NYPD to follow state law." "Meanwhile, the officer who shot Rozario, Cianfrocco, is still employed by the department." #NewYork #USA #Policing
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NYPD Delayed Flagging Cop in Win Rozario Shooting Death to State Officials
The police department waited months to add the retired officer's name to a list of decertified former cops maintained by the state criminal justice agency.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 15h
No one should have to think twice before criticizing the government online. But a mass surveillance program known as "Catch and Revoke" was created to make millions do just that. Find out more with our latest issue of EFFector: www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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🗣 A Victory for Freedom of Speech Online | EFFector 38.18
No one should have to think twice before criticizing the government online. But a mass surveillance program known as "Catch and Revoke" was created to make millions do just that. EFF and other
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Truth To Power Ⓥ 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇭🇰 @truthtopower.bsky.social · 22h
Just been on the BBC News website to get their take on ITV's Reform UK exposé. Strange - it doesn't even feature on their main page. My God, BBC, what has happened to you?
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 13/10/2026
The U.S. government alleged that CVS knowingly filled prescriptions for controlled substances that lacked a legitimate medical purpose, weren’t valid or weren’t issued in the usual course of professional practice. on.wsj.com/4hKHKZN
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CVS Health Unit to Pay $315 Million to Resolve Illegal Opioid Prescription Claims
The U.S. government alleged that CVS knowingly filled prescriptions for controlled substances that lacked a legitimate medical purpose, weren’t valid or weren’t issued in the usual course of professional practice.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 13/10/2026
Days after reporting on North Koreans in Russia's Far East, Japanese journalist Yuki Imai was detained on Sakhalin and jailed in Moscow. The FSB accuses him of spying for Japan by gathering data on mobilized and volunteer fighters in Ukraine from the Kurils. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Who is Yuki Imai, the Japanese journalist Russia has arrested on espionage charges? — Meduza
A Japanese journalist has been detained on suspicion of espionage on Sakhalin, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said. The agency identified him as a Japanese national and a correspondent for…
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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
'Scotland is lagging behind other home nations. Wales, for instance, has banned dredging within two miles of the coast, for sound reasons.' www.heraldscotland.com/poli... @becmcq.bsky.social
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026
JD Vance: "You ask Ken Paxton a simple question and you will get a direct answer" NARRATOR: Paxton has refused to answer Qs about why he won't debate, why he went to England on July 4 w/ his mistress, why he went to Dubai with his mistress, his 15 homes, or how his net worth has increased 7,000%...
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Fascinating News 🇺🇸 @fascinating-us.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The Ilhan Omar home search fits a very political pattern for Trump and his DOJ fascinating.news/r/0XICEK0h
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The Ilhan Omar home search fits a very political pattern for Trump and his DOJ
It remains to be seen what kind of evidence the Trump Justice Department has against Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, whose DC-area home federal officers searched on Monday.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 13/10/2026
President Donald Trump's ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, resigned on Tuesday after allegations of improper conduct but insisted she'll "vigorously defend" herself. to.pbs.org/4jecSSu
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Kimberly Guilfoyle, Trump's ambassador to Greece, resigns after allegations of improper conduct
Guilfoyle insisted she’ll “vigorously defend” herself.
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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Doubt the family were asked for one, more likely a trawl of his socials to find the best image that presents him as an oddball. Picture editors are mostly arseholes who like to distort a story by picking an inflammatory image to get clicks and likes.
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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
True, he was giving back good arguments. Although I've started to wonder about who the stylists are for fascists. I found the nyaff suited and booted, with combed over hairstyle a little too much. Of course their opponents are then dressed casually.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 12/10/2026
After leaving The Guardian, The Rest Is Entertainment co-host Marina Hyde is building her own platform for written and video content in a joint venture with production company Goalhanger pressgazette.co.uk/news/marina-...
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Marina Hyde launches 'Always On' personal media brand backed by Goalhanger
The Rest Is Entertainment co-host Marina Hyde is building her own platform in a first-of-its-kind product for Goalhanger.
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 12/10/2026
Ukrainians suffering 'genocide' in Russian-occupied Oleshky, Zelenskyy warns
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Ukrainians suffering 'genocide' in Russian-occupied Oleshky, Zelenskyy warns
Zelenskyy accuses Russia of allowing a genocide in Oleshky
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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Bbc politics live once again failing uk citizens, reform allowed to rant unverified shite and tories joining in.
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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Although I've just found 3 magazines that I'd misplaced at the weekend, forgot I'd stuck them in a tote bag and hung on back if cupboard door.
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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
We don't, I've misplaced a garlic crusher, very frustrating, going to have to empty all kitchen drawers and cupboards to find it, or just wait for my prayers to St Anthony to be answered.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 11/10/2026
President Trump says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an “energy ceasefire” without offering specifics on terms.
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Trump says Russia and Ukraine reach ‘energy ceasefire’ but gives no details
U.S. President Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an "energy ceasefire," though details are unclear.
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Andrew Dalby @ardalby.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I wonder how many people on Twitter and Instagram will suddenly not be posting? I wonder how many less likes Farage and Reform will be getting?
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Jooooohhhh No! @josefoshea.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What a weird world we live in - Ukraine hits a data centre deep in Russia - Irish twitter users see racist posts about IPAS centres in Offaly fall off a cliff
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Luke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Per @christopherjm.ft.com (on the other site). I hope this is a case of miscommunication because it would be very poor indeed for Trump to play such reckless games with people's lives.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/10/2026
"This young woman was failed by many people. She was clearly failed by people who took advantage of her state of incapacitation. She clearly was failed by the district attorney, and she was failed by the law of New York State."
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The loophole that likely doomed the Cornell rape case before it even started
Accusers who voluntarily drink have little protection under an antiquated law many see as victim-blaming.
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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Are they not mostly LLMs?
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've just been reading Albert Speer's Inside the Third Reich for a thing and Trump definitely resembles late-stage Hitler: surrounded by sycophants, rejecting all criticism, denying facts about the war he's losing, making mad declarations, seeing enemies everywhere. Not great
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 08/10/2026
A Ukrainian drone strike temporarily halted a Yandex data center and disrupted services across Russia, from cloud storage and email to banking and railways. An expert tells Meduza that further attacks are unlikely to take the entire internet offline. meduza.io/en/cards/ukr...
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Ukraine strikes a data center operated by Russian tech giant Yandex. How vulnerable is Russia’s internet to further drone attacks? — Meduza
Overnight on October 8, Ukrainian forces struck Yandex’s data center in Sasovo, in Russia’s Ryazan region, with drones, causing a fire. No one was injured, but the data center temporarily shut down…
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Drone Wars UK @dronewarsuk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ethiopia launches drone attack against Eritrean troops who crossed into Tigray www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Ethiopia launches drone attack against Eritrean troops who crossed into Tigray
Government forces’ attack raises risk of internal conflict in Ethiopia that could trigger regional war
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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
headline should perhaps read, "police used wrong statutory provision" "it would have been lawful to seize it under a different statutory provision." “The fact that the search warrants were quashed does not bring the investigation to an end or mean that the whole of the investigation is unlawful.”
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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They would be wouldn't they! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Search warrants used in Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor raids were unlawful, court rules
Judge makes ruling after former prince brought judicial review of operation linked to Jeffrey Epstein investigation
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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Perhaps time to make it illegal for ex military to train anyone. Same for police. Concerns over new masked Scottish far-right group 'trained by ex-military' www.thenational.scot/news/2661651...
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Concerns over new masked Scottish far-right group 'trained by ex-military'
CONCERNS have been raised over the emergence of a new far-right group which is being dubbed “Scotland’s own version” of the so-called Patriot Platform ...
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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sounds great!!!!! Tories draw up plans to cut Holyrood's powers if they win next General Election www.thenational.scot/news/2661416...
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Tories draw up plans to cut Holyrood's powers if they win next General Election
THE Conservatives will review devolution and strip the Scottish parliament of powers if they win the next General Election ...
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 06/10/2026
#OtD 6 Oct 1995 32,000 machinists went on strike at Boeing, one of the world's leading aircraft manufacturers. It lasted for 69 days and ended in most of their demands being met (pictured: Boeing strike 2008) stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1066...
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
HERE’S THE DEAL: You can’t spew threats and terrorize a state because it’s blue and didn’t support you. We’re all a part of the United States of America, and our lives are not yours to gamble with because we didn’t kiss your fucking a**. PERIOD.
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Chris @cjnmcg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Don't forget he's bringing home the bombers from the UK, are you tracking them? Has Trump given them orders to empty their payloads on the way home and plans on blaming Iran for it?
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Trump administration’s actions resulted in the destruction of the largest ancient Cottonwood tree on Indigenous territory in Arizona. This tree, known as the “Grandmother Tree,” was 250 years old.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 06/10/2026
More on this www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXQv...
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IGNORANCE: What Does Looking Away Cost Us? | #InMyOwnWords
YouTube video by Onest.
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Glasgow Times @glasgowtimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Women's organisations are set to rally on the city's Buchanan Street steps amid a "national emergency" of rising sex crimes across Glasgow
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 06/10/2026
Exclusive: The U.S. has warned Moscow that its failure to disclose details about the death of a lab worker from a plague research center in Siberia violates international health obligations. on.wsj.com/4hIUbUn
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Exclusive | U.S. Escalates Pressure on Russia Over Siberia Lab Death
The U.S. has warned Moscow that its failure to disclose details about the death violates international health obligations.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 06/10/2026
The Volgograd oil refinery, which has a capacity equal to about 5% of Russia’s total refining volume, has completely stopped processing crude following an Oct. 2 Ukrainian drone attack, Reuters reports. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Another Russian refinery goes offline: Volgograd plant shuts down completely after Ukrainian drone attack, Reuters reports — Meduza
An oil refinery in Volgograd has stopped all crude oil processing after a Ukrainian drone attack on October 2, Reuters reported, citing sources.
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