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Ronnie Barbour

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Autumn is gradually arriving in Queen's Park on the Southside of Glasgow. I reckon another week or so, and we'll hit peak autumnal colours. #glasgow #queenspark #autumn #glasgowtoday
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h
I never ever thought I would see such a dangerous unhinged psychopath running the US military. We’ve had some bad ones, but never like this.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 12h
UK avoided gas imports worth £5.9bn since the start of the Hormuz crisis due to record power generation from #wind and #solar #renewables www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-win...
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Analysis: Wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis - Carbon Brief
The UK has avoided gas imports worth £5.9bn since the start of the Hormuz crisis as a result of record electricity generation from wind and solar.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14h
Super-rich UK energy/food magnates’ wealth skyrockets amid global crises Working-class face soaring prices, worsening climate impacts. Billionaires owning food/energy companies profit from hardship The same class funds political parties, uses tax havens, preaches low wages to workers.
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Super-rich UK energy and food magnates’ wealth skyrockets amid global crises
Analysis has shown the costs of daily essentials soaring in recent years, thanks in part to climate shocks, wars and geopolitical tensions
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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 14h
🚨 NEW: Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives have blocked Byline Times from attending their party conference, just weeks after she condemned Reform UK for banning critical journalists. Byline Times chief reporter Josiah Mortimer says his application was rejected without a specific reason.
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Ronnie Barbour @ronniebarbour.bsky.social · 14h
#AUTISM #ADHD #NHS
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Charity threatens legal action over two-year NHS wait for ADHD and autism assessments
Exclusive: ADHD UK may seek judicial review of West Yorkshire NHS integrated care board’s ‘unlawful’ policy
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18h
This is an actual post by the White House touting their “super intelligence.” They’re so incompetent, they spelled United States wrong. If you don’t believe me, click the link. x.com/whitehouse/s...
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 17h
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23h
SOON … Mitch McConnell: “I spoke with President Trump for about 20 minutes, and he seemed lucid to me.”
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Go For It Ladies.......
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Peter Welsh @peterwelsh68.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Michael Gove wargaming against his irrelevance on #r4today this morning. Sad really.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This mindset is the least we deserve from a leader. Of course it has to be turned into action. But this kind of ambition and love for the country, this kind of personal but positive vision is what takes people with you. How feeble-minded Farage and Badenoch seem. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Photo of Burnham waving to the audience in front of HOPE AGAIN backdrop Burnham was not going to die wondering. He knew he might be delivering one of the longest suicide notes in history, but he did it anyway. Because he couldn't not do it. Better to go down remaining true to his principles than being slowly airbrushed out of history like the previous six prime ministers. Failures all. Andy was prepared to burn through all his political capital right there in Liverpool, right then. Not just for his own legacy but for a country he wanted to rebuild. It was the only way he could look himself in the mirror.
Honour his parents.
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Robert Burns Poetry Bot @robertburnsbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
manse, So, cannily he hums them; Altho' his carnal wit an' sense Like hafflins-ways o'ercomes him At times that day. Now but an' ben, the Change-house
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Ronnie Barbour @ronniebarbour.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
nickcohen.substack.com/p/anne-apple...
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Anne Applebaum on Trump’s Empire of Grift
Podcast with transcript
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Carol Carman @carolcarman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#writing #WritingCommunity #poetry #fiction #authors
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Ronnie Barbour @ronniebarbour.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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apnews.com
Netanyahu meets Emirati leader in a secret weekend trip to Abu Dhabi, and other Mideast developments
The meeting between Netanyahu and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan took place on Sunday, two people who were briefed on the Israeli leader’s trip confirmed on Monday.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hard to imagine what that would be like
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pope Leo, "Today relations between people between and states are becoming increasingly barbaric" "Lies and deceit are boasted about" "Europe can overcome this by coming together"
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Carol Carman @carolcarman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Like to hear another world premiere of one of my poems? It's on this link at 1h 44m 10s in. Do join @louiseonair.bsky.social and me host Writing Club at 3.20pm today with another world exclusive! BBC Radio Cambs, Norfolk, Suffolk and on @bbcsounds.bluesky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Louise Hulland on BBC Radio Norfolk - 14/09/2026 - BBC Sounds
Louise is here with the latest news, stories, guests and great music.
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News headline "Young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab"
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ed Miliband, 'Every experience I've had in the two months that I've been Foreign Secretary tells me: our future lies in a deeper, stronger partnership with the EU." So much more refreshing and honest than Keir Starmer's disastrous make Brexit work nonsense.
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Ronnie Barbour @ronniebarbour.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why we should insist on a Scottish currency from Independence Day bylines.scot/news/economi...
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Why we should insist on a Scottish currency from Independence Day - Bylines Scotland
Recent articles have provoked discussion on the subject of a future Scottish money system. Here, we try to unravel the knotted strands of opinion in an attempt to discern a route towards the truth of ...
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 23/09/2026
Top Palestinian talents offered opportunities in Scotland can't secure funding – will John Swinney keep his promise? | Jennie Kermode
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Students from Gaza risk losing life-changing university places
Top Palestinian talents offered opportunities in Scotland can't secure funding – will John Swinney keep his promise?
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 28/09/2026
For an MSP or MSPs to walk out of Holyrood is for them to abandon the democratic duty that their constituents elected them to perform | James Jobson
bylines.scot
Do not walk out on democratic duties
For an MSP or MSPs to walk out of Holyrood is for them to abandon the democratic duty that their constituents elected them to perform
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Congratulations, America. We have the best poverty in the world.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The U.S. owes $40 trillion in debt. Everyone has an opinion about why. But there’s one question you almost never hear asked: Who’s actually getting paid?
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The one thing your viewers can know for sure is that we believe in controlling spending and reducing taxes, not increasing taxes," says Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, whose own government raised taxes to their highest level in more than 70 years, just two years ago.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/09/2026
Run, don't walk, to vote.nyc/page/register-vote. Register to vote by October 24 so that you can vote on faster, more efficient government.
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Register to Vote | NYC Board of Elections
You can register to vote online, in-person, or by mail.
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Ronnie Barbour @ronniebarbour.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
broligarchy.substack.com
Meet the real AI “rogue agent”: Lord Tom Watson
A Labour leader is out of control. The world needs a containment strategy now
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Gary Gilligan @garygilligan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/money-talks
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Money Talks
Adam Bienkov explores what the downfall of Reform senior advisor James Orr means for the future viability of the Nigel Farage project
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Personally, I’d rather have healthy kids than mollycoddled millionaires
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nigel Farage has a track record having previously led two other political parties: the Brexit Party and the UK Independence Party. How did he do?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Several arrested and properties evacuated after a major incident declared near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire Arrested men taken into custody on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act news.sky.com/story/follow...
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Follow latest: Major incident declared and number of properties evacuated in Gloucestershire after men arrested on suspicion of offences under Explosives Act
A number of properties in Whelford, Gloucestershire, have been evacuated following a major incident being declared. Several men have been arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act. Sp...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If you're wondering why Trump is all of a sudden pushing AI and dismissing concerns about its safety as a "hoax," just look at his stock trades.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 24/09/2026
Bloody French, saying what we're all thinking ...
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 18/09/2026
The AfD wins a major German state election, marking the far right’s most significant return to power since the second world war | Naz Saad
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Coalition for collapse: the far-right edges closer to power
The AfD wins a major German state election, marking the far right’s most significant return to power since the second world war
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Ronnie Barbour @ronniebarbour.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@martinroche.bsky.social on form! With the far-right on the rise again in Germany, we should remember Winston Churchill’s wise words.
bylines.scot
With the far-right on the rise again in Germany, we should remember Winston Churchill’s wise words - Bylines Scotland
Churchill memorably once said that ‘democracy is the worst form of government’ – except for all the others
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just been listening to Charlie Mullins saying that he'll only return to Britain if Farage becomes PM. Labour should put that on their election leaflets.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On Dolly Parton Day, I'm remember how she... -Gifted millions of free books to kids -Ensured musicians she worked with got union benefits -Helped fund medical research and the COVID vaccine -Donated millions to communities hit by natural disasters -Funded high school band programs She is missed!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Anyone who believes this bunch of con artists represents their interests is either a billionaire or seriously misinformed. leftfootforward.org/2026/09/outr...
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Outrage as Reform-run council votes to shut 10 nurseries
Members of the public shouted “you should be ashamed” as Reform councillors approved the plans
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Jimmy Reid Foundation @reidfoundation.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One in six museums and galleries under threat of closure. Ageing buildings, soaring costs and the impact of climate change have brought attractions across the country to the brink, according to new research. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2658020...
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One in six Scottish museums and galleries face closure within a year
Growing numbers of historic attractions across Scotland are struggling with rising costs, ageing infrastructure and the impact of climate change.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Typical Tories: can’t fix the economic situation or boost public services so we’ll just punish poor people.
bbc.co.uk
Tories would prevent long-term jobless spending benefits on alcohol and cigarettes
The proposals would also see benefits cut for people who are able to work but have failed to hold down a job.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Conservative Helen Whately, "Our welfare bill is out of control.. We can't afford it.. We have a problem of long term unemployed.. Living a life on welfare" #BBCQT My view: Whately wrongly bundles pensions, disability support and unemployment together as “welfare”.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ash Sarkar, "Every time we've had these squeezes on welfare recipients, what we've actually seen, rather than dealing with issues like long-term unemployment, is an increase in child poverty, and in-work poverty as well"
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Pete Moore @paintoolkit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@matthew-wright.bsky.social Thought this could be a useful listen 🎧 Why Your Brain Keeps You In Pain (And How To Break Free) - Dr. Sean Mackey youtu.be/PT2wJ8D-n2E?... via @YouTube Deep in places Matthew, but useful messages from Sean. #InspireSelfMgt
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Why Your Brain Keeps You In Pain (And How To Break Free) - Dr. Sean Mackey
YouTube video by Soulture
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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just seen Danny Tommo referred to as "Captain Thugwash" and seriously, that's excellent work.
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Amy Poehler's Perfect Chef's Kiss
ALT: Amy Poehler's Perfect Chef's Kiss
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Pete Moore @paintoolkit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
IMPORTANT event coming up and it needs support 👇 so please could you share Thank you Pete 1st cancer Supported Self Management - Online Worldwide Conference www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1st-cancer... @highlight #InspireSelfMgt
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Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
THERE WILL BE SHIT
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