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Patricia

@mysticport.bsky.social
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Cares about our planet, wildlife and Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Interests are music (eclectic), CRMackintosh, art, star gazing & travel. Proud Glaswegian & hopes to be part of 🇪🇺 again soon.

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European Movement in Scotland @euromovescotland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Scotland's future belongs in Europe. Motion backing regaining EU membership wins huge majority. #Holyrood #MSP #Scotland #EU
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 14h
I'm starting to think we may be divided by more than a common language... bsky.app/profile/simo...
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Patricia @mysticport.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I completed Guessword in 2m 20s. Think you can beat my time? Try it here: inews.co.uk/puzzles/gues...
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Guessword – The i Paper
Impartial news & intelligent debate
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You have been selected for a random Monday inspection. Please remain calm. 📷️ @carlbovisnature.bsky.social
A male Blackbird stands facing the camera on a grassy lawn, fixing the viewer with a steady, serious stare that makes it look as though it's waiting for an explanation.
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Trees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🐿️ From 5 - 11 October, you can help build a better picture of where Scotland’s #squirrels are living by taking part in the #GreatScottishSquirrelSurvey. 🔍 📍 Anyone can take part, anywhere in Scotland! Report your sightings 👉 scottishsquirrels.org.uk/2026-great-s... @scotsquirrels.bsky.social
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2026 Great Scottish Squirrel Survey – Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels
This Red Squirrel Appreciation Week we’re calling on people all over Scotland to get outside, explore nature and be on the lookout for tufted ears and bushy tails for our eighth annual Great Scottish…
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You’ve been seeing very large #bumblebees on the wing for the past while. Why? Okay I’ll tell you why in this quick thread if you promise to #repost as the more people who know that these are queens the more likely that someone will help some out meaning more colonies next year. Deal? 1/15 #bees
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 04/10/2026
Hi @jannoshua.bsky.social, The EU KIDS Act proposes a gradual and age-appropriate approach to social social media in the EU. In short, no social media before 13, no personal account before 15. Second, it imposes safety by design on the services children use most. More here: link.europa.eu/FH397R
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Westminster simply can’t be trusted to deliver for Scotland. Scotland needs independence.
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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 02/10/2026
A very special lady is celebrating her 80th birthday today. 80 years ago today, on 2 October 1946, the paddle steamer Waverley was launched at the A. & J. Inglis Pointhouse shipyard in Glasgow, where the River Kelvin meets the Clyde. 📷 Bob Dougans #Glasgow #history #waverley
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Patricia @mysticport.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
J'ai signé une pétition pour empêcher les géants pétroliers de faire obstacle à des vols plus propres. L'UE a déjà une loi pour développer des carburants plus propres pour l'aviation, mais Shell et BP font pression pour qu'elle soit abandonnée. Signez : action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-09...
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Pas de géants pétroliers dans notre ciel
Partage la pétition et tu contribueras à multiplier l'impact de cette campagne : Pas de géants pétroliers dans notre ciel
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Canada is an ocean nation. Our food, trade, and way of life depend on it. In North Vancouver, we just announced $1.2 billion to protect our oceans and the ecosystems they sustain.
Prime Minister Carney speaks at a podium in North Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Lynn Miclea @lynnmiclea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
50 years ago today, Stevie Wonder's 'Songs in the Key of Life' was released. It spent thirteen consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 and won a Grammy for Album of the Year...
Album cover for Stevie Wonder's 'Songs In The Key Of Life."
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why is the Government going after pensioners? It's time to tax the rich
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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‘Mehit, the Lioness Goddess,’ from Tutankhamun’s Funerary Couch. #Sculpture (c. 1332–1323 B.C.) #art
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Beatles in 1964 📷 by Astrid Kerchherr
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Duille @duille.com · 27/09/2026
Detail: Screen. Frank Lloyd Wright. c.1952.
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Dear councils, 97% of UK meadows are gone. So if you have wildflowers like ox-eye daisies on roadverges and in public spaces, don't spray them with weedkiller or over-mow them. Let's give pollinating insects like bees and butterflies a chance 🐝
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Duille @duille.com · 27/09/2026
The ever gorgeous ... "Anemones". Charles Rennie Mackintosh. c.1916. Order yours: duille.com/anemones
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Patricia @mysticport.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A fish restaurant in Argasi,Greece #Greece #travel #weather #europe
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Believe in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🟦 The First Ministers of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have come together to demand their nations’ right to choose. ✍️ Will you? Sign the Petition now: www.believeinscotland.org/indyref_peti...
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Я @gertiewentworth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Georgia O'Keeffe with Abstraction 1982 • Malcolm Varon
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Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Follow @lgspace.bsky.social if you don't already. 🐝
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A bumblebee can only fly for about 40 minutes between feeding. But we've lost 97% of our wiłdflower meadows. So each nectar-rich flower you plant in a windowbox or your garden or community green space could be the pit stop that saves a bee 🐝
Bumblebee feeding on flower
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I used to like Andy Burnham, but it turns out he’s an absolute 🔔🔚 🇬🇧 As uk PM, Burnham regards himself as Overlord of the Celtic Fringe Regions, and that it’s for him to determine their constitutional future, and not the plebs of those britannic territories 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet ? 🇪🇺
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Patricia @mysticport.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Scotland's people should have the right to choose its path ahead, #Scotland #independence
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The photo before the photo. ‘Abbey Road’ was released 57yrs ago today. #TheBeatles
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 26/09/2026
War destroys more than lives and cities: it scars ecosystems for decades. Oil and gas dependence makes conflict more deadly, toxic and volatile, while fuelling more power struggles. We need peace and stability. Modern renewable energy systems are part of the solution.
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Greenpeace says oil slick in Strait of Hormuz spreading rapidly
An oil slick in the Strait of Hormuz has roughly doubled in size within a day, the environmental organization Greenpeace said, adding that the pollution may have originated from a tanker recently atta...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jeez. By now even Larry the cat knows it was Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal which caused the skyrocketing number of small boat crossings in the English Channel
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Patricia @mysticport.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🌿 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’
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...
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
John Lennon — New York (1972)
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's the first astronomical day of autumn! 🍂 Crisp air on your cheeks, the smell of damp earth...dew sparkling in cobwebs. A Robin singing as golden leaves crunch underfoot...and cold hands wrapped around a hot drink. What do you think of when you think of autumn? #AutumnEquinox
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Chris Clark @kitck.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
youtube.com/shorts/Ba0py... A well-researched source providing factual answers to questions about the benefits of Scottish Independence.
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New website seeks to provide solid answers on independence | NEWS4SCOTLAND
YouTube video by The Scotland Channel
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Datacentre are being foisted on people living in low/medium income areas, not in wealthy areas. Resulting in excessive use of water, energy; pollution and environmental damage. Very few long-term jobs are generated. Watch the Minister's reply.
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A British water company unable to cope with rain. You couldn't make it up. And this was just one of a whole catalogue of cock-ups. Southern Water "apologised"... For the record, CEO Lawrence Gosden received a total remuneration package of £1.378 million for 2024–25. share.google/6YK0FjPoX8il...
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Water firm fined over pollution that killed dozens of fish and eels
The water firm says the pollution happened during ‘extremely heavy rainfall which overwhelmed our network’
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The Energy Pioneer @energypioneer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Bangladesh is betting on rooftop solar as its energy crisis deepens. @rafiqulmontu.bsky.social explores the challenge, with insights from Khan of Change Initiative, Alam of IEEFA South Asia, Alam of CAB, and Mahmud of BSREA. #Bangladesh #RooftopSolar theenergypioneer.com/bangladesh-t...
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Bangladesh Turns To Rooftop Solar Amid Energy Crisis - The Energy Pioneer
Bangladesh’s government aims to develop 5,500 megawatts of rooftop solar capacity, alongside 4,500 megawatts of ground-mounted solar capacity. The country has
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Orangutan Land Trust @orangutanlandtrust.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Not just orangutans... Forest Fires Push Sumatran Elephant Population to the Brink of Extinction lestari.kompas.com/read/2026/09...
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Kebakaran Hutan Dorong Populasi Gajah Sumatra ke Ambang Kepunahan
Hanya tersisa sekitar 2.400 hingga 2.800 ekor gajah Sumatra di alam bebas
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
'I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.' — Anne Frank
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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When I was a child, trees were mysterious giants possessing secrets. I sensed spirits in their boughs, a haven for human souls. ~ Michael Boiano #Painting, ‘Boreas’ by John William Waterhouse (1903).
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 19/09/2026
🇮🇩 📷 Indonesia's cash-for-photos scheme turns villagers into wildlife protectors Indonesian villagers wade through the forests of Borneo hoping to capture photos of orangutans, monkeys or birds as part of a conservation programme seeking to make animals worth more alive than dead.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 19/09/2026
“The Green Party will keep fighting until our government’s complicity in genocide, occupation and apartheid is over.” Zack Polanski, Green Party leader and Holborn and St Pancras candidate, on why Greens will keep pushing for action on Palestine.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🎉 YES! This is a huge opportunity! Please use this link to write to your MP - and then share, share everywhere! —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a... #Rejoin #UK #Europe #EU
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Jackpot! Cresswell Lane, Glasgow. #birds
Crow tearing into a loaf of white bread on the street
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 18/09/2026
UN probe finds US unlawfully struck an Iranian school and sports centre, killing children; White House rejects findings.
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United Nations says US may have committed war crimes in Iran: What it means
UN probe finds US unlawfully struck an Iranian school and sports centre, killing children; White House rejects findings.
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Patrick Seurre @patrick.seurre.com · 18/09/2026
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social Is there any chance of reposting a link to this petition? The government seems to be relying on ignorance of the impact of data centres in order to ease the process of pushing them through. I believe we all deserve to know the impact they will have on our resources.
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Petition: Mandate publishing annual statistics on data centre water & electricity usage
Parts of the UK have experienced a drought, and residents have been asked to conserve water. We are concerned that the concerted efforts to build new data centres could place a huge strain on our wate...
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