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Dr Mairianna Clyde @mc1yde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In Scotland we already have free personal care at home for the elderly. Burnham’s plan to reduce the state pension across the entire UK to fund this in England means that Scottish pensioners are being squeezed to pay for English home care.

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Craft Scotland director's petition against @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social plans to close Jewellery and Silversmithing, Textiles and Performance Costume UG ECA degrees to new admissions in 2027 (to be taught out over the next four years). #Edinburgh #craft #art #students #design 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 c.org/JJQNyV8R6m

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Save the Craft and Design Courses at Edinburgh College of Art

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Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me · 24/09/2026

Having led a campaign for proper continuous segregated bike lanes on Leith Walk a long time ago, it's very pleasing to read this. Build bike lanes and they will come... Who knew? www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...

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More bikes than cars recorded on Edinburgh rush hour route for first time

Highest figures also notched up on major Glasgow cycle routes too

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Lesley Riddoch @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Did Michael Marra turn the dial on independence when Labour backed Scotland's right to decide this week – or is it just spin? www.thenational.scot/politics/265...

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Are Scottish Labour changing tack on independence – or is it just spin?

SCOTLAND is a nation with a right to decide its own future – SNP, Greens and Scottish Labour agree. Whit?

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Scottish Wildlife Trust @scotwildlife.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Exciting news! The #Riverwoods Development Grant has reopened 🎉 Funding is available to support early-stage river woodland creation projects led by environmental NGOs and community organisations. The application deadline is 1 December 2026. 🔗 Apply today: www.riverwoods.org.uk/transformati...

A river meanders through a field full of newly planted trees. There is a dense woodland on one bank and hills in the distance.

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Canongate @canongate.co.uk · 24/09/2026

ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE BEEN AGAINST THIS is the internationally critically acclaimed and bestselling book from the award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad. Winner of the National Book Award for Non-fiction. Winner of the Palestine Book Awards. canongate.co.uk/books/5424-o...

The cover of the book. In full the cover reads
One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this / Omar El Akkad

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026

Always great when you don’t know where a film is taking you, glorious, weird, funny, dark The Incomer Already know of a fair few folk who have been to see it twice Like the Hunt for the Wilderpeople and early Taika Waititi, but then not as conventionally linear www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ6T...

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The Incomer | Official Film Trailer

YouTube video by Universal Pictures UK

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026

This is a blow to highland & island communities that are struggling to house young working age folk The number of homes CHT has helped build is astounding over 500 in really challenging locations Who will support community groups now www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Highland housing trust facing closure amid financial challenges

The Communities Housing Trust has helped build affordable homes in the Hebrides and rural areas.

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026

This is a huge blow to local communities across Scotland where no one else is building affordable homes This charity provided a huge public service I would ask the Scottish government who do they think will help community volunteers build homes now????? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Highland housing trust facing closure amid financial challenges

The Communities Housing Trust has helped build affordable homes in the Hebrides and rural areas.

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today is #HobbitDay because Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were both born on September 22nd. Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves. Anyway it's a good day to come and boromir #Tolkien books. 📚

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026

CDs are a thing with my Gen Z/Alpha teenagers, a fact that gives me joy “When music is effectively infinite and frictionless, something is appealing about having to choose an album, put a disc in and listen to it from beginning to end,” Letter writing next 🤞🏿 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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‘It brings me joy’: how young people are making CDs cool again

Compact discs are back, with searches for players up 96% at John Lewis and popular models sold out online

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Steve B @steveb.wsocial.eu · 21/09/2026

Superb, high-level, very funny satire highlighting the major global issue of enshittification. So well…erm…executed. Cory @doctorow.pluralistic.net - Norwegian brilliance right in your wheelhouse. And the prequel here: wsocial.eu/profile/nico... Thanks to Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📜 New blog post! @claireelder.bsky.social explores the life of Marie Stewart, Countess of Mar, revealing a multifaceted portrait through her correspondence on domestic matters, legal affairs and religious affiliations womenshistoryscotland.org/2026/09/20/m... #WomensHistory #EarlyModernHistory

Portrait of Marie Stewart, Countess of Mar (d. 1644), second wife of the 2nd Earl of Mar. She is shown facing forward, wearing an elaborate black dress with a wide lace collar, and dark hair decorated with bows. The oil painting is heavily worn and damaged, with extensive losses and flaking across the surface.

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Trees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

How well do you know the #Scotspine? 🌲One of the defining trees of Scotland’s #Caledonianforest, Scots pine supports a rich variety of life. But there’s more to this iconic tree than meets the eye. Watch to see a Scots pine in three different ways. 🌲

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Growth was highest in Northern Ireland – which is in the Single Market! .... Yet the rest of us can't have that because of Burnham's red lines. #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

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European News @eunews.social · 21/09/2026

EU pressures Big Tech to go green with new data center sustainability label The scheme, which forces data centers to disclose energy and water use, would be the most comprehensive of its kind in the world.

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EU pressures Big Tech to go green with new data center sustainability label

The scheme, which forces data centers to disclose energy and water use, would be the most comprehensive of its kind in the world.

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's interesting to me that these guys put so much energy into refuting (what they think we meant by) "stochastic parrots" and maybe not as much into refuting the (solid) research connecting "AI" to eugenics, racism, and fascism. >>

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NEW: Train drivers have warned they will boycott vehicles manufactured by a company linked to illegal Israeli settlements www.thenational.scot/news/2...

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026

The rural housing crisis just got worse in Scotland Communities Housing Trust has helped rural/island communities build affordable housing over 30 yrs & it’s closing Due to lack of core funding @lauraewebster.bsky.social @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social @bellacaledonia.bsky.social www.chtrust.co.uk

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Communities Housing Trust

The Communities Housing Trust (CHT) is a registered charity and social enterprise focused on sustainable rural communities across central and northern Scotland

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Forth Ports, which has made this decision, is ultimately a publicly owned company - owned by the people of Canada, via their Public Sector Pension Investment Board.

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026

Just seen this alarming news for the creative sector. Edinburgh College of Art ‘Today 3 very long running, high performing and highly respected Undergraduate Design programmes have been closed. They are UG Textiles, UG Jewellery & Silversmithing and UG Performance Costume’ Sad times

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It would be quite 'something' if, after all the talk of leaving the EU to create CANZUK, there ends up being CANZEU without the UK

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026

Blinking Norah that’s Povlsen buying up another bit of Scotland We really do need a Land Value Tax…. What’s 25% on the market value of 220,000 acres in Scotland….currently going to Danish government to pay for their excellent public services

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026

For those in the sector or communities potentially impacted, SEPA are consulting on new guidance for developers of pump storage hydro schemes Consultation closes on the 24th September Always get developers responding but rarely communities consultation.sepa.org.uk/water-unit/c...

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Consultation on Guidance for developers of storage and pump storage hydropower schemes - Scottish Environment Protection Agency - Citizen Space

This site contains consultations that are run by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026

No Reform MSP shenanigans yet in Scotland……

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Wages taxed at rates of 20%-45%. Earners also pay national insurance. Capital gains taxed at rates of 18% to 24%. By taxing capital gains at the same rates as wages £12bn to £14bn could be raised. More, if NI charged. Why are workers taxed at higher rates than return on wealth Will the govt act?

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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It’s not just their wealth that’s inconceivable, it’s their influence, and they’ve got Westminster politicians wrapped around their fingers, writes Ellie Gomersall ✍️ 👉 www.thenational.scot/politi...

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There’s no need for a windfall tax on bank profits; it would be simpler to stop paying them subsidies by removing the 3.75% the Bank of England pays out on their reserves. Before 2006 this didn’t happen — Gerard Holtham, partner at Cadwyn Capital and visiting professor at Cardiff Metropolitan Uni

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Why are we giving a £24bn-a-year subsidy to profitable commercial banks? | Letter

Letter: Gerald Holtham suggests that it time to cut the 3.75% that the Bank of England pays out on the lenders’ reserves

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

15 September 1935 | The Nuremberg Laws - discrimination, racist & antisemitic laws, were enacted by the Reichstag in Nazi Germany. The laws excluded German Jews from Reich citizenship, disenfranchised them, and deprived them of most political rights. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Laws

Image of a historical document titled 'Die Nürnberger Gesetze' (The Nuremberg Laws), presenting various charts and texts in German that outline racial policies enacted in 1935 Nazi Germany.

A scanned image of a historical German document dated September 1935, containing dense text and several sections marked by numbers and titles in bold, likely from a legal or governmental publication. The Nuremburg laws.

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

From August Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and #climatecrisis - Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage 2/2 www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...

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Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026

15 separate acts of sabotage along Netherlands railways today

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026

Send an email to the First Minister for a moratorium on hyper-scale data centres We need to use our excess renewables for decarbonising heating & transport not AI greens.scot/datacentres

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Stop hyper-scale data centres in Scotland

Stop hyper-scale data centres in Scotland -

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The SNP @snp.org · 14/09/2026

What they said 👇

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026

Absolutely chapeau to whoever made this….It’s beautiful One to share with your racist uncles

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026

This is how democracy dies We just need to look at America (citizens united and their superPACs) and Trump to see how it turns out Burnham and the Labour Government have to tackle this now or it’s Farage for Prime Minister

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026

There is a big pause on construction of renewables at the moment in Scotland because of the “Johnson/Sunak Memorial Grid delays” As of March 2026, there are 85GW of renewable energy projects in the planning pipeline - currently we have 18GW installed www.gov.scot/binaries/con...

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Energy Statistics for Scotland - Q1 2026

Overview of key facts and trends relating to energy in Scotland for Q1 2026.

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026

It really should be seen as stating the obvious that its for the people who live in Scotland to decide on this issue in a sensible & democratic way To be democratic the UK government has to respect the right of self determination otherwise they aren’t democratic, which isn’t what anyone should want

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🔴 More than 80% of all the donations ever received by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK have come from just two cryptocurrency billionaires, new Democracy for Sale analysis reveals. “If that isn’t a massive corruption risk I don’t know what is.” democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-8...

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BREAKING: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires

“If that isn't a massive corruption risk I don't know what is.”

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026

Scotland the Guardian has produced a funky graphic showing how all the renewable electricity generated in Scotland will be sent south the England But remember we are categorically too wee and too poor to be independent (because obviously energy generation doesn’t count in that calculation….)

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026

It was the Tory governments of Johnson & Sunak that refused to reform the grid, it was clear to anyone working in the renewables sector for the last decade, this would be the outcome Scotland what can we do faced with climate denying politicians in power in Westminster when energy is reserved 🤷‍♀️

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026

Lovely site visit to a wind farm we worked on during construction in 2011, great to see the habitat management plan working well (creating bog habitat on previous conifer plantation) Some sundew & cranberries & sphagnum sp And the usual bees love-in with my hi-viz

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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026

100% this 👇 Been building wind farms for 21 years in Scotland and it would be great if there was a wider benefit to ordinary folk (apart from zero carbon electricity)

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Fair play to Ed Miliband, who has broken the political consensus, spoken sense in the Commons and acknowledged our shared humanity. Of course, the government could and should go much further, especially in condemning the continuing horrors in Gaza and stopping ALL arms sales, but this is a start.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature

Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

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