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Look to community. Look to friends and family who stood with us and who suffer the grief of this loss with us. In their company find comfort. And when you are ready to stand up and fight, I will be with you, too. We will prevail. For the light always defeats the darkness. /end

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So don’t give up hope. Do not despair. That is what they want, and we shall not give them that satisfaction. In Japanese, there is a word my mother used to say to me. “Gaman, Georgie,” she’d say. It means to endure with fortitude and dignity. We all could benefit the spirit of Gaman. /5

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… very last breath. I ask you to join me in that fight. It is a noble one. It is a worthy one. And it is one we fight on behalf not just of ourselves, but of generations to come. When you are my age, you will be able to look back upon this time and be proud of what you did, what you stood for. /4

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But we did not give up on this country. We rebuilt our lives, and we worked to ensure that something like this never happened again in America. Now, I fear there are echoes from that dark chapter of our history. They are speaking once again of camps to hold people, this time for the crime of /2

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…being undocumented. We must not repeat the mistakes of the past. We can learn from them. I know it feels bleak out there. I know it feels hopeless. But I am living proof that out of that darkness can rise great hope and optimism. I will fight for the principles of this country until my /3

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor. I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/

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Love this. ‘Queue’ is from the French word with the same spelling (but pronounced as ‘kuh’) meaning an animal’s long tail. In the 18th and 19th centuries it also referred to a pigtail and was sometimes spelled as ‘cue’, which gave us the name of the long thin rod used in snooker.

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OorPatts @oorpatts.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Hello, bright new world. I'm Patt from OorPatts.com The Glasgow artist, with a range of cards, prints, mugs, tote bags etc... Tell yer pals and if you could... could you tell my pals😁

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Word of the Day is a true favourite, as some of you will know. Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens. Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”

Post from Latino pollster Mike Madrid:

“Doing some research for an upcoming article on the last “mass deportation” of Mexicans during the 1930’s.

Over half of those deported were US citizens.”

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Volcaholic @volcaholic1.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Brace yourselves...

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Nice Convos @niceconvos.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Thread with really useful block lists 📌

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Hey Katie, great to see you here! 👋

Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

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Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory

A map of flight paths emanating from breeding colony of gulls, with this caption: Early on, LifeWatch noticed something odd. Most gulls were making daily trips to Mouscron, a city on the French border 65 km away. They went to investigate and found the birds bingeing on discarded snacks at the Roger & Roger potato factory.

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Will do! I sent her a message earlier, will let her know when she replies 🙂

Haven't spoken to her for a bit, but she posted a couple of weeks ago that life is good. I think a lot of us have just gone off that other site and gone quiet there.

Also, BookSky needs a Tartan Noir section!

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

On BookSky that whole "show us 20 books" thing is making the rounds. I mean, how to choose only 20 though? Where to even start and then it's already over before it began. 😂

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If you've got clear skies, go outside and wave at our neighbour who is looking particularly stunning tonight. And if you have them, root out the binoculars to get a closer look at the grey maria: ~3.5 billion years ago these were seas of molten lava 🤓 #supermoon 🔭🧪

A moonlit beach with ripples in the sand. The water is reflecting the moon light with tiny fluffy clouds in the sky. In the foreground is the wooden breaker and a red metal marker with the number 2 on the top of it.

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

The "Arecibo Message" was beamed towards globular cluster M13, in the constellation Hercules, #OTD in 1974. The broadcast took place during the dedication of an upgrade to the radio telescope. It was the first message sent with the intention of alerting extraterrestrials to life on Earth. 🧪 🔭 👽

A 23x79 pixel image that contains depictions of the numbers 1-10, the solar system, the general shape of humans, basic biochemical structures, and the Arecibo dish used to broadcast the message. It looks like graphics from an Atari 2600 game.

Image: NASA / JPL

Hubble image of the globular cluster M13. It is a dense and glittering collection of white, pale blue, and golden yellow stars.

NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgment: C. Bailyn (Yale University), W. Lewin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), A. Sarajedini (University of Florida), and W. van Altena (Yale University)

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Leigh Fletcher @leighfletcher.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

#Uranus reaches 2024 opposition tomorrow. For more than 30 years, #Hubble has watched the shifting Uranian seasons, from southern summer solstice (seen by Voyager 2 in 1986), through equinox in 2007, and (hopefully) on to northern summer solstice in 2030. #planetaryscience 📸 NASA/ESA/STScI/Fletcher

Hubble WFPC2 and WFC3 obserations of Uranus from 1995 to 2020, showing the changing view of the planet as it went from southern summer to northern spring.

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Per Aspera Ad Astra @grzyb2063.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

If you ever get lost in the Milky Way galaxy, here is a map.

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Tonight sees the peak of the Leonids meteor shower. The bright Moon will have a significant effect. 🔭 🧪

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DAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

The decoy keyboard is working

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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Scootch over, I’m joining your zoom. I have some input for the team. Unmute me

blurry picture of an orange cat who is close to your face at eye level smirking at you bc he is cramming his big orange self in front of your zoom meeting

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Her shop and website are closed down sadly.

One of the reasons why I left the dark place long ago, but never deleted my account, is that I would lose part of the history that happened via twitter, when it was still a good place. Such as this story behind the patchwork tartan map, connected to Scotland, Scottish independence, Brexit and hope.

Screenshot of tweet showing a tartan map

Screenshot of tweet showing tartan patchwork deer

Six years later, after I asked for this custom design. My main sentiment remains. Scotland still feels better than other places. Scotland still offers me hope. But independence is much needed and getting ever more urgent. The darker and more right the world shifts, the more light and hope we need 💙

It's been six years. I am still in Scotland. We are still not independent. Brexit has happened. Us new Scots were and keep being targeted. Xenophobia hasn't gone away and is getting worse. Politically world wide blaming immigrants everywhere for everything has become even more common. Six years.

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And as this art work has found it's way onto the blue sky, I thought the story behind it should also make it here. I am not sure how long the dark site will survive, so didn't just wanted to link to it. Sadly Donna has closed her wee shop. But I know this map made it into many people's homes 🙂

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Continued 8-Dec 2018: And hope is very much needed during these dark days. 💙 So huge thanks go to @MissBabington for capturing all of this so beautifully!

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Continued 8-Dec 2018: I am very much convinced that Scotland will be an independent Nation one day soon. The madness of brexit and the hate elsewhere right now just help to highlight how different we already are and want to be and how much hope there is for a better future for all of us here. /10

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Contd 8-Dec 2018: It is a truly stunning work of art and does make me emotional. It encompasses not only the welcoming nature of the Scotland that I love and call home, but also my love & fear of losing my home, and it highlights the diversity of Scotland and the people that make it what it is. /9

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Continued 8-Dec 2018: So my idea for this custom design was born. And the amazingly talented @MissBabington made so many of my thoughts and emotions come alive in one frame. A saltire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 heart. The Scottish thistle. The saying. And a map showing the colourful diversity of Scotland in tartans. 💙 /8

Screenshot of picture of a map with tartan patchwork and the tweet with above text

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Continued: 8-Dec 2018: I've always loved the look of tartans, even long before calling Scotland my home. Many Scots have their own family tartan, or a tartan they are connected to and I always love to see someone wear it proudly. As a new Scot, I just adopted them all! 💙 /7

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Continued 8-Dec 2018: The contrast couldn't be more stark. If you were born anywhere else (and that includes England, despite what some people want to make you believe!), I am sure you will feel welcome here. Of course we have our fair share of idiots, but they are outnumbered by good people! /6

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Contd: 18-Dec 2018: These are scary times, with lots of uncertainty and anxiety. EU citizens are being used by the Tories as scapegoats & bargaining chips, called citizens of nowhere and queue jumpers. While Scotland calls us fellow Scots, friends & family, stands up for us and wants us to stay. /5

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Contd: 18-Dec 2018: Right now, this welcoming Nation, faces being dragged out of the EU against our will. People like me, who call Scotland home, might be kicked out due to the hostile environment of the UK government and the Brexit madness the Tories caused. Scotland doesn't want this to happen. /4

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Story continued: The rise in xenophobia elsewhere is in stark contrast to the attitude behind this test, which is very much that of a welcoming, inclusive nation, where nationality is based on civic identity. It truly does not matter where you came from, if you wish to make Scotland your home. /3

Quote by Dr John Davies (historian):

Scotland is, I think, for the whole of mankind an inspiring example of a country inhabited by people basing their nationality on civic rather than ethnic identity.

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My story behind it: I call Scotland my home. But like so many new Scots, I wasn't actually born here. That difference doesn't really matter though. When I first mentioned my plans to move to Scotland, I was overwhelmed by the friendly welcome. And I was sent a Scottish citizenship test. /2

Scottish citizenship test diagram
Do you want to be Scottish?
Yes - ok you're in
No - aye you do - going back to the question

Meme official citizenship test:

Do you want to live in Scotland?
Yes is ticked

That's it.

Donna wrote, 8-Dec 18: I was asked to do a custom design tonight & although still in progress I think it is one of the most emotional & beautiful designs so far, 67 different tartans used, the concept is one I share, If you feel Scottish then you are. I want all Scots to feel safe/welcome at home x

Screenshot of a tweet from Donna including pictures of my custom design

Donna wrote on 8-Dec 2018:

I was asked to do a custom design tonight & although still in progress I think it is one of the most emotional & beautiful designs so far, 67 different tartans used, the concept is one I share, If you feel Scottish then you are. I want all Scots to feel safe/welcome at home x