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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 26/09/2026

April, the last full fixture of the spring: “Feet, Scottish, feet!” – they rucked the fear of God Into Blackheath… —“London Scottish”, by Mick Imlah (1956–2009) – born #OTD, 26 September from THE LOST LEADER (Faber, 2008) #poem #poetry #rugby #WW1 www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/london-...

London Scottish
Mick Imlah

April, the last full fixture of the spring:
‘Feet, Scottish, feet!’ – they rucked the fear of God
Into Blackheath. Their club was everything:
And of the four sides playing that afternoon,
The stars, but also those from the back pitches,
All sixty volunteered for the touring squad,
And swapped their Richmond turf for Belgian ditches.
October: mad for a fight, they broke too soon
On the Ypres Salient, rushing the ridge between
‘Witshit’ and Messines. Three-quarters died.

Of that ill-balanced and fatigued fifteen
The ass selectors favoured to survive,
Just one, Brodie the prop, resumed his post.
The others sometimes drank to ‘The Forty-Five’:
Neither a humorous nor an idle toast.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'll be on MS NOW with @nicollewallace.bsky.social at 5PM Eastern tonight/Friday -- see you there! @deadlinewh.bsky.social

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 19/09/2026

Sir David Lyndsay’s masterpiece of #Renaissance #theatre 𝘈𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘺𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘦 𝘌𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴 was first performed for James V in 1540, & is “probably the most dramatically & politically radical piece of theatre produced in 16th-century Britain” #BookWormSat doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/08/12/d...

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David Lyndsay’s Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estatis

By Kate McGregor (@ks_mcgregor) David Lyndsay is perhaps Scotland’s best, but least well known, poet and playwright.[1] Yet his work both reflects the vibrant culture of early modern Scotland and t…

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Rod Lyall @rodlyall.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Social Democratic vote down, "Moderates"' vote up. Looks like a win for the right to me!

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Rod Lyall @rodlyall.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Is it just me, or are the yuppie kids of the Swedish 'moderate' right truly scary?

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 12/09/2026

How we could ever have come to this pass? Is all we are asking… “Question & Answer”, by James Findlay Hendry (1912–1986) – born #OTD, 12 Sept With G.S. Fraser & Henry Treece, author, poet & translator J.F. Hendry was a contributor to the “New Apocalypse” poetic movement of the 1930s #poem #poetry

J. F. Hendry
Question and Answer

How we could ever have come to this pass?
Is all we are asking. Each of our
Bursts of anti-aircraft fire
Hangs a torn wound of questions in the air.

How we could ever, like cattle at grass,
Drift with shadowless clouds, unaware,
Into this era of lightnings and war?
There is no shelter, now or ever, from that answer.

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"I am proud of my Jewishness and unwavering in my support for the State of Israel. And there is absolutely no contradiction between this and my support for the State of Palestine. Indeed quite the opposite" It's worth reading the UK Foreign Secretary's speech in full www.gov.uk/government/s...

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Foreign Secretary Oral Statement on Israel-Palestine

Foreign Secretary's oral statement to the House of Commons on Israel-Palestine as delivered.

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Rod Lyall @rodlyall.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Note to @albomp.bsky.social and @senatorwong.bsky.social: don't you feel uncomfortable when you see Ed Miliband's lucid and courageous speech to the Commons today? Are you too in thrall to the Zionist lobby to see what's right? #auspol

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

👀 MUST WATCH: This video is so well done — and absolutely hilarious! 🤣🤣

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Nina Markl 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ninamarkl.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

this is what happens when centrist parties run with the far-right talking points until they’re entirely normalised — the only people who win in that scenario are far right extremists and everyone else gets hurt (yes, every time, trust me, i’ve witnessed many austrian elections)

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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

HAPPY LABOR DAY "There's power in a factory, power in the land Power in the hand of the worker But it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand There is power in a union" youtu.be/VwP-5ac51Dw?...

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Billy Bragg - There Is Power in a Union (Pride Original Soundtrack Version)

YouTube video by Billy Bragg

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Defence officials today tried to prevent the sharing of public evidence on social media at a hearing into Defence land sales. The fact I am posting this should tell you how that went.

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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 04/09/2026

I wonder how much this guy will get hounded by the right-wing press?

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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Iodine tablets may save you from radiation but will they save Australia from being the USA's pathetic little fossil fuel weevil underpants? No. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Nuclear submarines in a major city? Sure why not! | First Dog on the Moon

Fortunately there is an emergency plan even though everyone insists there will be no emergency

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Rod Lyall @rodlyall.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I for one shall now be calling Lake Superior Lake Canada.

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Megan Herbert @meganjherbert.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Saluting @cathywilcox.bsky.social today: friend, colleague, mentor, and the very best of cartoonists, stepping away from her post after 37 years. Our national conversation will be much the poorer without her regular contribution of insight, wit, bravery and truth telling. Thank you, Cathy x🫡🤍

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Garfield Robinson @garfieldr.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Things are especially perilous here in the Caribbean and many of us don’t want the game to die a death brought on by mismanagement and neglect. The Trouble With International Cricket garfieldrobinson1.substack.com/p/the-troubl...

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The Trouble With International Cricket

International cricket is in trouble.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/08/2026

Today, we remember an important turning point in history: the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.

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Bart Aafjes @bartaafjes68.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Rusland voert al jaren een hybride oorlog tegen Europa, terwijl wij nog steeds doen alsof onze neus bloedt. De aanvallen, nemen zowel in aantal als in ernst toe en omvatten onder meer sabotage, moordaanslagen, politieke inmenging en beïnvloeding, cyberaanvallen en schendingen van het luchtruim.

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Report to Congress on Russian Hybrid Warfare in Europe - USNI News

The following is the Aug. 11, 2026, Congressional Research Service report: Russian Hybrid Warfare Activities in Europe: Considerations for Congress. From the report Following Russia’s invasion of Ukra...

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"What Radicalized You?" www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/what-radic...

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/08/2026

Worth a listen. “If I was gonna stage a coup in 2028…”

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Dan Liebke @liebcricket.com · 17/08/2026

Darwin, Bangladesh and My Old Man's Mower Musings on the Darwin Test from an anonymous former Australian Test cricketer #AUSvBAN 🏏

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Darwin, Bangladesh and My Old Man’s Mower

Musings on the Darwin Test from an anonymous former Australian Test cricketer

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Rod Lyall @rodlyall.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Note to ICC: do you get it yet? It may take time, but if you invest in the development of cricket, eventually it pays off. We need more Test upsets, and that means more Tests, properly supported (whatever ever happened to the Test Fund?), played by more countries. Not just the Gang of Three.

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Rod Lyall @rodlyall.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

"Are you there, Robert Menzies? Are you listening, Bob Hawke? General Blamey? Kylie Minogue? We gave your boys a hell of a beating!"

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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

He didn’t change. They did.

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Rod Lyall @rodlyall.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Mike Rogers has managed to get one thing right in his miserable career: the choice facing Americans in November is indeed between 'common sense' (the Democrats, to varying degrees) and 'complete insanity' (the Republicans, enablers of their psychopathic President and his minions). Get it done, guys!

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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The alleged great betrayal by The Murdochracy & its political cabal destroyed democracy & deliberately suppressed advancement of Australia from 1901+. The past 50+ yrs of their arrogant intensive foreign interference, neoliberalism, faked moral panics, extreme racism & greed crippled our Country. 🖕

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We need to take a moment to salute Gianni Infantino for being the first person in history to get 55 European countries to unanimously agree on anything.

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Rod Lyall @rodlyall.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

'the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup aims to “Make the Circle Bigger” by inviting the world to experience the absolute best cricket in Africa has to offer'. says the ICC. But we are not, of course, going to "Make the Circle Bigger" by opening up our tournaments to more participants. Pure hypocrisy.

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Rod Lyall @rodlyall.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The fact that UEFA has discovered a spine should encourage us all. Cricket's problems are chronic as well as acute, but the resistance to Infantino's latest insanity shows that members do have power if they're just prepared to use it against sporting administration's behemoths.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Here we are in 2026 and this song is just as relevant now as it was when it was created. ‘Stop, Hey What's That Sound’ Buffalo Springfield Released December, 1966

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Rod Lyall @rodlyall.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Extraordinary (though not surprising) to hear the commentators on the ICC World League 2 livestream hailing how wonderful things are for the top Associates, without a hint of the fact that the ICC Board has just made things much more difficult for them. Disgraceful, really.

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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 16/07/2026

"The creation of the fish traps, and the Aboriginal Lore governing their use, helped shape the spiritual, political, social, ceremonial, and trade relationships between Aboriginal groups from across the greater landscape."

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Australia’s Brewarrina fish traps may be the oldest human construction in the world

They remain a remarkable example of Aboriginal innovation... and form one part of a growing body of work that challenges how hunter-gatherer Australian societies have long been perceived.

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Hypocaust @hypocaust.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Despite appearances, the boards do have leverage in this situation, but are invariably bought off with the prosepct of short term gain over long term solidarity. All they have to do is literally refuse to play ball. The ICC can't survive without teams participating at their events.

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Trump/Russia '16-2025 bsky.app/profile/did:... 🔹 COVID shorturl.at/NQXcr 🔹 Jan6 Coup shorturl.at/bgxaQ 🔹 Racism shorturl.at/PdoUj 🔹 Violence shorturl.at/dQm1t 🔹 Trump Drug Abuse shorturl.at/9mYxf 🔹 Trump Sex Crimes shorturl.at/kgTP7 🔹 Active Measures shorturl.at/nDbKP 🔹 Mob Ties shorturl.at/icYcC

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Rod Lyall @rodlyall.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This rather uncritical (and now overtaken by non-events) view of how ICC thinking is shaping deserves a good deal of attention. 'Naught for your comfort' is my prevailing feeling, but we need a real debate about where cricket is going. www.etplofficial.com/news/cricket...

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Cricket's Big Reset: ICC Planning a New Future for the Global Game? | ETPL

European T20 Premier League — The pinnacle of European cricket entertainment.

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