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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Channel 4 have announced that it will air a documentary about the plight of medics in Gaza after the BBC confirmed it would not air the programme

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Channel 4 to show Gaza doctor documentary after BBC refused to air programme

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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 27/06/2025

Did you know that according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Scotland is the only part of the UK where child poverty is expected to fall over the next four years, whilst it will *rise* in all other parts? indyposterboy.scot/reduce-pover...

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Reduce Poverty - Indy PosterBoy

Download this design as a printable PDF document, perfect for printing using your home inkjet or laser colour printer at A5, A4 or even as big as A3 size.

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

#SophieFromRomania says you need to sign this petition right now petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

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Public Sector Lawyer @publicsectorlawyer.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

As highlighted last week by @bricksilk.bsky.social, some noteworthy comments by Lord Reed, the President of the Supreme Court, to the Constitution Committee in Parliament. Transcript now available. committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...

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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

We are concerned about how the proposed #DisabilityBenefits cuts will impact Women & are holding women-only focus groups to listen to Women's expert opinions. Next up is #Glasgow 1st June 1.30pm 📧 womensassembly@filia.org.uk to book & pls share: @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social

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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

We are holding women-only focus groups ONLINE to listen to Women's expert opinions on the proposed #DisabilityBenefits cuts. 📅 Thu 5th June 6.30pm 📅 Sun 8th June 3pm Register here: bit.ly/FWAFocusGroups Plz share: @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social

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Richard Sedgley @richardsedgley.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Vote Green 💚

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Community Land Scotland @communitylandsc.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

A momentous day for land reform in Scotland! The first compulsory purchase of land using Right to Buy legislation . This follows a failed appeal against the Scottish Government decision by the landowner. Well done Poet's Neuk! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Court ruling paves way for forced sale of St Andrews land

The sale of a plot of ground in St Andrews would be the first of its kind in Scotland.

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Kay Springham @kayspringham.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The land of free speech? Not any more.

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Kay Springham @kayspringham.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Please consider signing. I just did.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Do you not worry that voters who are skeptical about Trump are going to start expecting you to stand up to him at some point?" Liam Byrne, "Absolutely, but.. We just don't have the same tools to our disposal that the European Union has"

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Truth To Power Ⓥ 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇭🇰 @truthtopower.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Whether it’s wealthy farmers, well-off pensioners or affluent parents, the rich are brilliant at convincing us why they shouldn’t have to pay their fair share, but it’s always, to coin a phrase, « Project Fear ». www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils

Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

📢 It's Women's History Month! We're celebrating Scottish women—past and present. A new blog is coming, and we’ll be posting throughout March. We’re also highlighting Mapping Memorials: womenofscotland.org.uk Uncover and share the places where women’s histories live! #WomensHistoryMonth

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Putting Scotland's Women on the Map | Mapping Memorials to Women in Scotland

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grandma77.bsky.social @grandma77.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Trump may be unwilling to help him, be we sure can. Go to u24.gov.ua, and donate if you’re able to. Even $10 a month from enough of us can have a substantial impact. If you can’t donate though, you can still help by sharing this link everywhere possible. Spread the word

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UNITED24 - The initiative of the President of Ukraine

UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...

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Lydia 🥀 @lydz.eurosky.social · 27/02/2025

“We’ve always been at war with East Asia”

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 21/02/2025

Jordan Bardella, the president of France’s hard right National Rally, has cancelled his plans to speak at CPAC after Steve Bannon “proactively made a gesture referring to Nazi ideology.” In other words, Bannon and CPAC are now too extreme for the French extreme right.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

NEW: The Scottish Government is one step closer to ending the two-child benefit cap after opening a consultation on the policy

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Scotland 'will end two-child cap before target date if possible', SNP Government say

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Gordon Macdonald SNP @gmacdonaldsnp.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

If you read social media posts from Labour claiming to support SNP policies, e.g. free tuition, Scottish Child Payment, etc. Remember, labour abstained last week on the budget that pays for these SNP policies and in previous years voted against the budget!!!

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Sylvia de Mars @sylviademars.me · 11/02/2025

Attn students:

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WHO @who.int · 11/02/2025

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Just chaired a further meeting of the Scottish Government Resilience Room. The RED warning has passed but the AMBER warning and strong winds continue. Work is ongoing to recover but it needs to be safe to restore power supplies and transport services. Please continue to follow advice and stay safe.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power" Benito Mussolini

Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Sundar Pichai of Google and Elon Musk of Mars at the inauguration of Donald Trump of Bullshit

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

This is ridiculous. Rat infested prison that may never reopen pays Prince William’s Duchy £1.5m a year HMP Dartmoor, which closed in August over toxic gas fears, has 24 years left on its lease www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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Rat-infested prison that may never reopen pays Prince William’s Duchy £1.5m a year

HMP Dartmoor, which closed in August over toxic gas fears, has 24 years left on its lease

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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

A captivating Sunday listen: File on 4 Investigates, Cannabis Kids: The parents breaking the law to help their children with epilepsy www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Comes with a write up, too: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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BBC Radio 4 - File on 4 Investigates, Cannabis Kids: The parents breaking the law to help their children with epilepsy

An investigation reveals children are being given illegal cannabis to treat epilepsy.

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Philip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

It’s over 1,000km from Berlin to Paris There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm. And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...

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High-speed Paris-Berlin daily train service debuts

The route is the first directly linking the two capitals' city centres.

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Peter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

There are more than 10m children in school in the UK…but, per Times, 3,000 might move to state sector because of VAT rise…so Whitehall is “braced” 😲😲😲 Says a lot about UK media bubble, the way this story is reported. You pay VAT on luxuries. Private schooling is that.

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Anthony Barnett @anthonybarnett.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

I always regularly support @wilipedia.bsky.social with an annual donation and strongly urge everyone to do so if you don’t already. And if you do, increase the amount! It’s the best and truest space on the web and genuinely international.

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ScotlandYardCSI @scotlandyardcsi.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Feeling alone this Christmas? 💙 On Bluesky & X, use #JoinIn to connect in open, public conversations—no DMs, just a safe space to chat and share. A kind ear and caring heart can make all the difference. Search #JoinIn to find posts and join the conversation today. 💬

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

As BBC Scotland ignore the traditional Xmas Eve truce to undermine the NHS they too depend on, in the service of Scottish Labour's election campaign, some facts: talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2024/04/17/s...

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Scotland’s ambulances FOUR times faster!

In the Guardian today, from Poly Toynbee, one always keen to suggest things are bad in Scotland under the SNP: Jammed 999 lines and not enough ambulances to go round: come see the sharp end of this…

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 23/12/2024

Despite joyous images of Syrian refugees going home following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government, no person should be sent back involuntarily. HRW's @billfrelick.bsky.social speaks to Al Jazeera about the continued need for refugee protection ⤵️

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Tesla sales across the European Union tumbled to 18,786 in November, down from 31,810 a year earlier www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

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Tesla sales crash as drivers snub Trump supporter Elon Musk

Tariffs on Chinese-made cars and the marque’s ageing lineup are also undermining demand in Europe

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New Scots for Independence @newscots4indy.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Just putting together a new starter pack of pro-indy MSP’s/Councillors and Groups/Organisations. Currently all SNP/Green MSP’s that are on bsky are listed.

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 07/12/2024

Interesting polling #Scotland

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Simon Hattenstone @shattenstone.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Guardian and Observer journalists are striking tomorrow and Thursday for the first time in 53 years. I love my work, and feel incredibly sad that it has come to this. But I also feel so proud of my fellow journos who've united to resist the plan to "sell" the Observer to a loss-making startup ✊🏽✊✊🏿

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Sam Ghibaldan @samghib.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Terminally ill people can face high energy costs when they are least able to mange them. @consumerscotland.bsky.social’s new report recommends the Scottish Government targets extra support through the Special Rules for Terminal Illness, which allow for quicker access to benefits.

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Andrew Gibson @arg1914.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

So I just deactivated my x account. The last straw were people advocating stopping being organ donors because of the assisted dying legislation. What is going on in the world.

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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · 01/12/2024

Fascinating thread HT @ykomska.bsky.social

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

This is an astonishing failure both in public health messaging and in NHS management and in medical personnel failing to “lead by example”. And truly awful from GPs who should know better. No wonder Long Covid is getting such poor attention.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 01/12/2024

Kat Tenbarge interviewed me about the migration to Bluesky among journalists. It's easy to see why it's happening. It's easier to find news, harder to spread disinfo, trolls don't drown out the good content, and links are not deprioritized. It's a breath of fresh air for journalism to thrive in.

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Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'

Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.

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Kim Willsher @kimwillsher.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Maître Béatrice Zavarro has the unenviable task of representing Dominique Pelicot in the Avignon/Mazan mass rape trial. She says she has profound respect for Gisèle Pelicot, who sits the other side of the court, and who is "not my adversary". www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

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Gisèle Pelicot is not my adversary, says defence lawyer treading a fine line in mass rape case

Béatrice Zavarro has tried to explain, not excuse, why Dominique Pelicot invited strangers to rape his wife, while hoping the case will lead to social change in France

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Morning Bluesky. The count now shows Trump’s margin of victory (popular vote and EC) is the third smallest since 1888 - JFK in 60 and Nixon in 68 were smaller. If 238k votes in the blue wall states had been different, he would have lost. Analysis by Time. Definitely not a landslide.

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