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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way…
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Shortbreadfairy©️ @shortbreadfairy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What they told us v what was always going to happen in an energynation 🙄
Screenshot from a lying pro union groupScreenshot from the IPaper
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇳🇴 Scotland & Norway have drawn similar amounts of North Sea oil since the 1970s As a result: 🇳🇴Value of National Oil Fund : €2,100,000,000,000.00 (Generates €250 Bn per year in interest alone) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Value of National Oil Fund : £0 (Scotland’s share uk National Debt £545 BILLION) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are you YES yet ?🇪🇺
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Independent Voices @indyvoices.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
According to the latest #Indyref2 polling by Survation in August 2026, Among people who did not vote in the 2014 independence referendum, approximately 68% currently say Yes and 32% say No. This is why Westminster don’t want the vote. They know they’re screwed.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There is absolutely zero Communist threat in the United States today. Anyone who tells you there is should be gently escorted to a wheelchair and taken promptly to some sort of hospitalization. What we do have is the gravest *fascist* threat America has ever faced on home soil.
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Alan Ferrier @alanferrier.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
An oil-producing nation with no refinery. An exporting nation with no shipping routes. An electricity producer forced to pay to upload to the “national” grid. Welcome to our blessed "union of equals".
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Buttigieg: "Even Speaker Johnson can't endorse what President Trump has been saying about everyone getting $5k. That tells you everything you need to know -- it's not just not going to happen. The tragic thing about it is extra cash would mean a lot to a lot of families hurting in the Trump economy"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/09/2026
Trump claims he was basically lifted out of the rubble on 9/11: "Two fireman, big strong guys, they grabbed me under the arms -- 'got to get our of here!' -- and they literally lifted me up, and they started running with me."
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The world is 700% richer than in 1970 but the average person is only 8% richer. Because the richest 0.01% are 4000% richer. We are all being robbed every second of every day, and it doesn't matter how much profit or growth there is. It will never reach you.
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CNN @cnn.com · 27/08/2026
President Donald Trump has disclosed making another 1,000-plus stock transactions in June, continuing an unprecedented pace of trading activity while in office that has drawn scrutiny over his ability to personally profit off of the presidency. cnn.it/3Sf8GXH
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Labour promised to lower your energy bills, but it was just confirmed they are rising again - for the seventh time under this UK Labour government. Enough is enough. It’s Scotland’s energy, and it’s time to put it into Scotland’s hands.
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Broadcasting Scotland @broadcastingscotland.scot · 25/08/2026
Latest @publichealthscot.bsky.social data shows outpatient waiting list down by 11.6% from July 2025. Outpatient waits of over 52 weeks down by almost 77% since July 2025. Inpatient and day case waits of over 52 weeks have reduced for 18 consecutive months and are now 49% lower than in July 2025.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Is the political fixation with growth misplaced? I wrote this infographic. I used AI to create the final image.
An infographic on economic growth that questions why it is needed.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23/08/2026
Trump reported 1,051 trades in his June disclosure. These two stood out: — June 18: Bought $250K–$500K in Boeing, the same day the Navy awarded Boeing an $880 million contract — June 23: Bought $15K–$50K in SpaceX, the same day NASA recorded a $425.6 million award to SpaceX
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Paddy @paddy-001.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Hey @bsky.app, when are you going to introduce loading of new posts from the last post read? Save me from scrolling back to catch up!
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
KASPAROV: Why can't NATO shoot down Russian missiles over Ukrainian territory? When Iran attacked Israel, the Americans, French, British shot down Iranian missiles. Why can one shoot down Iranian missiles flying at Israel but cannot shoot down Russian missiles flying at Ukraine?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/08/2026
Trump pocketed $2.2 BILLION in 2025 while American families lost $219 BILLION to rising costs, according to a stunning new report. The numbers tell the story.
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Trump Pocketed $2.2 Billion in 2025 While American Families Lost $219 Billion to Rising Costs, New Report Finds
New calculations from the Joint Economic Committee, Minority, show a staggering gap between how President Trump fared financially in 2025 and how ordinary
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 04/08/2026
Holy shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...
This past May, a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air medevac plane took off from Roswell, New Mexico, and headed west to the town of Ruidoso to pick up a patient. It shouldn’t have been a challenging flight for the two pilots and two nurses aboard. The temperature was 69 degrees; the sky was clear. The 60-mile journey normally takes a half hour, at most.

But once airborne, the plane ran into trouble. At the White Sands Missile Range that night, US military personnel were conducting a GPS jamming exercise that left the King Air pilots—and anyone else within hundreds of miles—unable to use modern navigation systems. Forced to revert to older technology, ones that they rarely if ever use, the medevac pilots got disoriented and crashed into the side of a mountain. There were no survivors.
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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
'Scotland produces 120% of its electricity needs from renewables. If we treat energy not as a commodity to be traded on the London market, but as a public utility—the bedrock of human life—everything changes.' Simon Hale, via Bella Caledonia
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Power to the People: Why Scotland Needs Energy Expropriation, Not Social Democratic Band-Aids
By Simon Hale Picture this: wind turbines spinning on mist-shrouded hills generating enough clean electricity to power Scotland twice over, while a family in a cold, damp Govanhill tenement turns o…
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I was asked yesterday what neoliberalism is. This is the answer:
An infographic on neoliberalism
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"Manchesterism" is the UK's new big thing. Unemployment in Manchester 6.5% Unemployment in Scotland 4.3% Child poverty in Manchester 37% Child poverty in Scotland 21% But Manchester DOES have loads of empty luxury flats. Seems the UK needs less Manchesterism and more ScotGov.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Few people understand the scope of the powers UK governments have granted themselves, to criminalise us as terrorists for expressing an opinion. Fewer still understand how illiberal the Court of Appeal judgement is. But @davidallengreen.bsky.social does.🧵 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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What the Palestine Action appeal decision tells us about terrorism law
An already broad law is now matched with broad ministerial powers
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YesCymru @yes.cymru · 26/06/2026
The Crown Estate made £200 million profit from its assets in Wales last year. ✅ 12% went to the Royal Family. ✅ 88% went to the UK Treasury. ❌ 0% came to Wales. Not a single penny! YesCymru has long campaigned for control of these assets to be transferred to Wales as happens in Scotland.
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Mary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Stock Market
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WG Saraband 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇹 @wgsaraband.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
6 PMs in 10 years, the real Brexit dividend. Scotland cannot remain forcibly tethered to this mess.
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
You know, It's pretty self explanatory. Just why do we allow our resources to be plundered so easily, And more importantly, Why do we allow Westminster to extract the urine from us so easily too?
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CNN @cnn.com · 16/06/2026
A Russian artist best known for his unflattering caricatures of President Vladimir Putin was shot dead in Poland, prosecutors said Tuesday, adding that two Belarusian men were arrested in connection with the killing. cnn.it/4xu7Vtm
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The SNP @snp.org · 11/06/2026
Scotland’s wind farms will pay £1 billion to connect to the UK grid. Meanwhile, projects elsewhere in the UK will be paid to connect. Scotland generates the energy. Scots should see the benefit.
Graphic showing a wind turbine against a blue sky. Large text reads: “Scotland’s wind farms will pay £1 billion to use the UK grid.” Additional text reads: “While projects in the rest of the UK will be paid to connect.” The graphic highlights concerns about how electricity grid connection charges are applied, contrasting costs faced by Scottish renewable energy projects with incentives available elsewhere in the UK. SNP “It’s Scotland’s Energy” branding appears at the bottom.
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Independent Voices @indyvoices.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The #Yes lead of 4 points in May’s Norstat poll turns into 14 points when we take away the skewed 2014 weighting. #Indyref2
Bar chart showing: 
unweighted figures (57/38/5)
2014 weighted (51/47/5)
Normal demographic weighting (54/40/6)
(Yes/No/DK)
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The Onion @theonion.com · 03/06/2026
White House Doctor Claims Trump A Perfectly Healthy 9-Foot-Tall 35-Year Old theonion.com/white-house-doctor-cla…
White House Doctor Claims Trump A Perfectly Healthy 9-Foot-Tall 35-Year Old
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Robert F @chippyman.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I’ve no doubt Murrell should be in jail, nor that the SNP internal checks and balances have fallen well short of what is expected. But there are far more serious cases that attract far less attention. The focus here is driven by one objective: damaging the independence movement. It won't work.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
'If they're so strong in the strength of their Union, then what have they got to fear?' Michelle O'Neill tells The National why Westminster should grant a referendum on Irish reunification
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 01/06/2026
Our democracy is under threat. From the Kremlin to Mar-a-Lago, powerful men are trying to destroy our great country. Our new laws would ban foreign money, block foreign ads, and stop tech giants like Elon Musk buying influence. We need action now. Only our party is offering it.
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
On May 29th 1830, the US ruling class passed the Indian Removal Act, legalising the ethnic cleansing of Indigenous Americans from their ancestral homelands. Thousands were killed as this crime was carried out. One of the most evil and disgraceful acts in US history.
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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Give us control or give us zonal pricing. Scotland has the highest energy costs in the UK. Scotland has the coldest Temperatures in the UK. Scotland produced 120% of its own electricity, the most of all the countries in the UK. Fair?
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
In 2014 during the indyref, Labour's Golden boy Andy Burnham said he opposed Scottish independence as he "didn't want to drive up the M6 and get my passport out or have to drive on the right when I want to drive on the left". If this is the guy who's going to save Labour, it's game over already.
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 15/05/2026
In light of the leadership chaos that is about to erupt in Westminster, I think it's imperative that the @snp.org and @scottishgreens.org press ahead with independence strategy and processes as quickly as possible. This is urgent and must not be delayed.
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
As Health Secretary, Wes Streeting deepened the privatisation of our NHS and handed over our data to Palantir, a company involved in genocide. I am sure his friend Peter Mandelson is very proud. Time to reinstate our NHS as a fully public service — and kick Palantir out!
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
According to the UK parties & press, everything is shite due to the SNP, but also no one's interested in indy. Yet the SNP keeps on winning more seats than the anti-indy parties combined, so either the SNP is running Scotland better than we're told, or there really is a wish for indy.
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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
From facebook. If we had the same voting system as Westminster we would have 60 SNP 4 tories 4 Lib Dem 2 labour 2 greens. So, when Unionists start talking about majorities it's to muddy the waters. Look at the numbers above and tell me that's not a mandate for a referendum.
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Eric Rosen @erosen1.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The only thing Epstein's suicide note is missing is "thank you for your attention to this matter."
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
As people get ready to vote in the Scottish Parliament election please be careful of the spoiler operation which is 'Independent Green Voice'. They are listed second on the regional ballot paper in South of Scotland with the Green Party further down. IGV is a right-wing spoiler operation.
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Believe in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Polling shows independence support is rising - So use your vote to send a message to Westminster! Independence is inevitable. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.believeinscotland.org/polling_show...
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
NEW: Anas Sarwar has named US president Donald Trump as one of his 'dream dinner guests' 🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Meidas Scotland 🏴EU @sovereign.scot · 01/05/2026
"Farage’s Brexit made you poorer. Don’t let him do it again." @indyposterboy.scot
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 30/04/2026
We need independence so that fuel poverty in our energy-rich country can be stopped. #Scotland #SNP1SGP2 indyposterboy.scot/englands-ene...
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England's Energy Cow - Indy PosterBoy
Scotland has the highest rates of fuel poverty in Europe. That would end overnight if we could sell our wind energy not just watch it shift south.
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Colin Dunn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @indyposterboy.scot · 30/04/2026
We need independence so that England can finally learn to stand on its own two feet. #Scotland #SNP1SGP2 indyposterboy.scot/end-the-union/
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End the Union - Indy PosterBoy
If Scotland is really the drain on England that is claimed, why isn't a single one of England's 533 MPs demanding the end of the Union?
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Believe in Scotland @believeinscotland.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
🌍 Independence is normal. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 It is time to Believe in Scotland.
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