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LynP

@nosrepat.bsky.social
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Love Maths, want Scottish Independence. Hate Litter. Think cats are people too, and trees. Growing wealth inequality is a ticking timebomb.

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Catriona @catrio.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
In Scotland, free school meals are automatically provided to all children in Primary 1 to 5. This means that financial circumstances do not affect eligibility for these meals. Additional free school meal and school clothing grant benefits are available to families receiving certain benefits.
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Chris McCall @dennynews.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
NEW: The SNP is set to hold the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency at today’s by-election, modelling by @britainelects.com has predicted. The polling experts have Labour in second but “can’t rule out” Reform overtaking them.
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Independent Voices @indyvoices.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Here are the Monthly polling averages from UK Westminster polling Scottish Subsamples. Polls are from Opinium, Yougov Delta, BMG, Survation and Find Out Now. April % (change since Jan): 🟡SNP 34% (+1) 🔴LAB 17% (-2) 🤡RUK 16% (-) 🔵CON 12% (-1) 🟠LD 11% (-) 🟢GREEN 6% (-) ⚫OTH 3% (+2)
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
If this poll is to be believed, Scotland needs to act, And act now. We cannot, Cannot be in a union run by Farage. We need to get out now.
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Paul Sandars🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @paulsandars.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
So the UK government will save steel production in Scunthorpe by direct state intervention. Funny how they were going to nothing to save Port Talbot,isn't it?
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Pru Madeley @prum.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Bloody, bullying arrogance from the WH. Gordon Brown is right in his article in the Guardian today. The rest of the world needs to get together and agree an alternative to being beholden to the whims of a lunatic felon in the WH.
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
FUN FACT: Individuals can face imprisonment, with the maximum sentence for an INSIDER TRADING violation being 20 YEARS.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
China's banning of the sale of Rare Earth Materials outside China, of which they produce 80% means that electronics now cannot be made outside of China. So either Americans go back to the Stone Age, or Donald Trump is going to have to cave to China.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I don't often ask people to write to their MPs. But I think they might listen to you on this, as it's so jaw-droppingly awful, and they're almost certainly unaware of it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Please also write to the Environment Secretary: steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk Thanks.
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What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge spread on to UK farmland? Toxic waste – and ministers don’t care | George Monbiot
Water companies let waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. When it is recklessly used as fertiliser, we are all at risk, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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Lady J of Tay @ladyjoftay.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
According to Police Scotland, suspected deaths in 2024 were 1,065, 132 fewer than in 2023, 34 of them under-25s — a fall of 37 per cent over the same period. If only we had this devolved , this could have happened decades ago. No thanks to Unionists morningstaronline.co.uk/article/drug...
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Drugs deaths in Scotland fall by 11%, police figures show
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glassrod57.bsky.social @glassrod57.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Please, please, please, if you know young adults who are eligible to vote can you ask them to register to vote. In 2026 we need everyone to vote for Scotland, vote for an Indy super majority at Holyrood. Vote SNP 1 SCOTTISH GREENS 2 in 2026. It's their future! Make it an INDEPENDENT one!
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Overheard: The Tesla Chainsaw Massacre.
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Should anyone need numbers: on a quick estimate, just Glasgow and Strathclyde together have a turnover of about £1bn p.a. Not quite up there with Glasgow City Council (~£3bn) or NHS GGC (~£4.5bn) but not far out of that league, even before you acvount for the local economic impact of >40K students.
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Dr Susan @siac1.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
There aren’t many bad boy labradors. 😂
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Word of the day is ‘arsle’ (19th century): to have a distinct sense of going backwards.
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ArgyllanderⓋ🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😷 @argyllander.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Govts will tell you inflation is at 2% but a pet food company has shrunk the package size you buy by 15% while increasing the price of it by 10%. So you are paying more for less. December 2024 12x100g : £4.50 January 2025 12 x 85g : £5.00 But inflation is only at 2% right?
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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Trump is least popular newly-elected president for 80 years – for the second time
Republican’s poll numbers ‘not impressive by historical standards’ despite ‘honeymoon’ phase, expert says
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/Never Again @montrose.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Want something to love Love Denmark #F❌cktrumpkopp
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
So Rachel Reeves' big infrastructure investment to boost the Scottish economy is... ...drum roll... ...a third runway at London Heathrow Airport. Nothing for Wales or Northern Ireland either. They're not even bothering to hide their Anglo-centric contempt for the rest of the UK.
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Lord Sugar Says Brexit Is 'The Biggest Disaster Of My Lifetime' www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lord-s...
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Lord Sugar Says Brexit Is 'The Biggest Disaster Of My Lifetime'
"My honest opinion - get back in the EU".
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Jonathan Foyle @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Medieval strawberry wrestler. Got to admire that level of focus.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Free speech absolutists
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 22/01/2025
Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin (Collaboration with @politicalbeauty.bsky.social )
Picture of the Tesla gigafactory in Berlin with Elon Musk projected and the words Heil Tesla
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Mike Stuchbery 💀🕯️ @mikestuchbery.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Seems he knows the difference, after all.
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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
It's very obvious now that the only capital investments Westminster will make in Scotland are those which boost the extraction of Scottish resources. It's almost as though they expect us to become independent & are trying to squeeze as much out of us as they can before we leave.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Too many UK MPs take second jobs, serve corporations, get rich. Claim it helps to serve people. Oh ... Hardly any volunteer to work for charities, hospices, food banks, housing associations ... there is no money in it. Must ban second jobs for MPs. leftfootforward.org/2025/01/mps-...
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MP’s second jobs are institutionalised bribery. They should be banned.
'Preventing MPs from selling their souls to the highest bidder is a necessary step in democratising parliament.'
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Plenty to criticise Merz about, but this is how you do it. No cooperation with the far-right. Ever. Under any circumstances.
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weenell.bsky.social @weenell.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
This is a National travesty... SAVE OOR SCOTTISH NOUGAT! www.thescottishsun.co.uk/money/141393...
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Iconic Scots sweet treat to disappear after 100 years as production ceased
SWEET-toothed Scots could be left heartbroken as manufacturers have reportedly ceased production of a 100-year-old seaside treat – the ice cream nougat. The wafer product is layered with a ma…
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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Sounds interesting if you are in Glasgow next week www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-us-ele...
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The US elections and what to expect in the next 4 years.
Christopher Carman in conversation with Natasha Lindstaedt.
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God @thegodshow.com · 07/01/2025
Thou shalt not promise lower grocery prices and then deliver war against Panama, Canada, and Greenland.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Sewage spills considered illegal by the European Union are getting worse in Britain after Brexit, The i Paper has found inews.co.uk/news/beaches...
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'Our beaches are full of sewage, rubbish and sanitary products - Brexit is to blame'
The EU previously acted as a watchdog on sewage pollution
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 01/01/2025
An Express poll needs more input. You know what to do... Note: the link takes you directly to the poll, so you won't boost their ad impressions. Ignore the request for an email address - it's not required to submit the poll. xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
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Poodle (Scottish Indy Now) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇨🇦 @poodle19631.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Glen Sannox is 41% bigger with "only" 9% CO2 reduction per car transported? How is this -ve? I counted 60 -ve slants in this "story", with many being emphasised. I counted only 26 +ve ones, which were mostly minimalised with "" around them. #BBCShitelandNews www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Glen Sannox: 'Green' ferry has higher emissions than diesel ship
One transport expert tells the BBC it might be better to run the new CalMac ferry on diesel.
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Happy birthday to Glasgow's most celebrated rubberwear enthusiast. For those who didn't already know, the Macintosh family back story is a slightly surprising tale involving a hapless patentee, some lichen, and the Gàidhlig language: new-cleckit.dominie.scot/cudbear/
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Cudbear | New-Cleckit Dominie
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Spanish campaigners against bull fighting have a slogan which is equally applicable to fox hunting: La tortura no es cultura. Torture isn't culture. I don't care if your grandfather went fox hunting. Your grandfather was quite possibly a racist too, that doesn't make it OK for you to do it.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Just look at this clip… 1st half: Annunziata Rees-Mogg telling me I’m making stuff up about her brother 2nd half: Her brother proving me right So sick of the gaslighting.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Oh.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
"The latest wave of migrants is building careers here — and is seeing pay progress nicely." Excellent analysis by @tomcalver.bsky.social citing research by @benbrindle.bsky.social @msumption.bsky.social & me on migrants' earnings. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Justsmudge @justsmudge.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
🌿☕ Signifying new beginnings, January is named after Janus, the Roman God of doors In C19th USA Theophilus Van Kannel invented the revolving door after apparently being tired of opening doors for Victorian ladies Without that, the classic scene in #Elf would never have happened #adoorablethursday🌿
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/12/2024
Swiped: The School That Banned Smartphones review – makes you long to lock your own device in a box
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Swiped: The School That Banned Smartphones review – makes you long to lock your own device in a box
This three-week experiment to study the horrifying effects of the grim content that children can access 24/7 has predictable results – which are nonetheless horrifying As a rule, jealousy is not an emotion social experiment TV tends to elicit. To gain…
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Scottish Currency Group @scg1.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Keep up this momentum by highlighting disappointment at getting a Labour Gov in Westminster suspiciously like the Tory Gov before it. Westminster is not the answer for Scotland, a change of Gov in Westminster is not enough. We need to make our own decisions and money. Independence now!
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
OH FUCK
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Smartysue @smartysue.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
1. Here's why I'll never use AI to assist my research or writing: A. I don't want to know exactly what I'm looking for. I mean that when I start researching a topic, I want to remain open to its contradictions and paradoxes, and to the unexpected paths that might lead off it. 🧵
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Sarah O’Connell @sarahoconnellshow.com · 25/11/2024
Netflix - please stop minimising the end credits of movies to suggest something else. Let viewers enjoy the soundtrack and see the cast and crew that worked on the film. We'll exit it ourselves when ready to. #film #filmsky #movies #moviesky
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (19th century): one who pays great attention to trivial matters as a way of avoiding the important ones.
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David Hughes @filmcritic.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Happening this week in central Glasgow. Filming on director Edgar Wright’s remake of THE RUNNING MAN (2025)
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