Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 14hFun fact: I have full and free access to The Economist online via my library card (along with hundreds of other newspapers and magazines). Your own library may differ but certainly if you're in South Lanarkshire you can get it too. 225
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 15hToday's Common Weal Daily Briefing The words were good, but judge Burnham by his actions. www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefi...commonweal.scotThe words were good, but judge Burnham by his actions — Common WealAndy Burnham’s first Leader’s Speech at the UK Labour Conference was always going to set the benchmark for his tenure as Prime Minister. The UK doesn’t have a presidential system of government and s... 010
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 18hAI Data Centres Why are they popping up in Scotland? Who benefits from them? What can we do about them? My discussion with @pensioners4indy.bsky.social and @scottishindypod.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD5d...youtube.comData Centres: Fracking All Over Again?YouTube video by Scottish Independence Podcasts: IndyPod Extra 011
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 29/09/20268pm tonight. I'm back on @scottishindypod.bsky.social with a recording of my talk about AI hyperscaler data centres for Pensioners for Indy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD5d...youtube.comAI Data Centres with Dr Craig DalzellYouTube video by Scottish Independence Podcasts: IndyPod Extra 011
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 29/09/2026Not entirely sure I interpreted Burnham right so forgive me if I haven't but: State pension Triple Lock to stay for this Parliament. Then, instead of "Highest of: Wage increase, inflation or 2.5%" it'll modify to "Highest of: inflation or 2.5% but that it'll hold its value compared to wages" 110
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellPaul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Burnham announces a new Water Bill which will repeal Thatcher's ban on public ownership of water companies 511518
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 28/09/2026Nvidia rolls out new security to prevent another AI breach of Hugging Face (which Nvidia now owns). To get it to work, AI companies, which mostly run on Nvidia chips, need to buy a new chip...from Nvidia. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...reuters.comNvidia releases AI safety software it says could have stopped Hugging Face hackNvidia on Monday made available a set of software safety tools for AI agents that it says would have stopped the hack of Hugging Face, the AI coding hub that Nvidia paid $13 billion for months after... 111
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellToby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026UN Sec-Gen doesn't mince his words on Big Tech either: 0176
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellToby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026UN Sec-Gen António Guterres' speech to the General Assembly doesn't mince his words on Big Oil www.un.org/sg/en/conten... 22912
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 28/09/2026Today's Common Weal Daily Briefing If Andy Burnham wants his National Care Service to be a success, he must learn lessons from Scotland. www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefi...commonweal.scotBurnham’s UK National Care Service must learn lessons from Scotland — Common WealPrime Minister Andy Burnham’s keystone announcement at the Labour Conference at the weekend was that the plans for an “NHS-style” UK National Care Service are still underway. To do it properly thoug... 021
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 28/09/2026And we're told we need more hyperscaler data centres so that we can do this 10x faster. 073
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellScottish Independence Podcasts @scottishindypod.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Our plans for October…and this Tuesday 29th Sept don’t miss our podcast with Craig Dalzell speaking about data centres. @thecommonweal.bsky.social @thecommongreen.scot @pensioners4indy.bsky.social 055
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 25/09/2026This week's Common Weal Magazine. Support our crowdfunder - www.commonweal.scot/crowdfunder Graph of the Week - Since Thatcher, workers have lost enormous wealth. This week's articles: 1) Megan - Why are we cutting the study of Scotland? www.commonweal.scot/articles/why... 102
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 24/09/2026As Common Weal crowdfunds (www.commonweal.scot/crowdfunder) for our Prospectus for a New State, I examine one part of it to give a taste of what is to come.thecommongreen.scotBorders are easy – but not necessarily simpleAs Common Weal crowdfunds for our Prospectus for a New State, I examine one part of it to give a taste of what is to come. 012
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Lord, President Xi just insulted Trump and the USA, right to Trump's face-in the White House. Xi referred, yet again, to the "Thucydides trap". This is an reference to the US being in decline and China replacing it. And Trump sits their making moo eyes like a lovestruck teenager 47643219
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellSW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 24/09/2026Irony - the new cycle lanes in Scotland aren’t big enough. Induced demand. 0179
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellAlasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026You know that saying about how the way they treat asylum seekers is the way they’d treat everyone else if they thought they could get away with it? Well, 25378180
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 24/09/2026Today's Common Weal Daily Briefing Homelessness isn’t being caused by lack of homes www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefi...commonweal.scotHomelessness isn’t being caused by lack of homes — Common WealNew Scottish statistics on homelessness came out this week, and they are pretty devastating. From a nation that set a target to eliminate homelessness, things are going the wrong way on almost every... 012
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellBen Wray @benwray1989.bsky.social · 23/09/2026New York's DoorDash wage theft crack down is seriously impressive. Not only have they used the platform's data against them, they've punished DoorDash with a serious penalty, while creating a new worker-led compliance system for real-time accountability. 1219
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 23/09/2026Today's Common Weal Daily Briefing Students want more power – so who has it now? www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefi...commonweal.scotStudents want more power – so who has it now? — Common WealStudents at Glasgow University are now reaching a point of rebellion over the voice they are given in the university. This is only one example of a question which is raising its head all over the un... 000
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 22/09/2026America will do absolutely anything to avoid adopting the système international d'unités. 020
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Boasting of an illegal war and the war crime of pillage. 691637379
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Geoffrey Lean: 18 years ago, scientists drew up 9 planetary boundaries not be transgressed if the world is to remain safe and secure. Today they report we have crossed a record seven—with ocean acidification joining others like climate change and biodiversity loss. The only two boundaries to haveoceanographicmagazine.comSeven of nine Planetary Boundaries now at record breach levels - OceanographicSeven of nine Planetary Boundaries breach safe limits at record levels, a new report warns, as ocean heat and extreme weather intensify. 211470
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 22/09/2026Today's Daily Briefing The Scottish Government's new proposal to reform local government is welcome, but the proposals as stated appear risky and not well thought through. www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefi...commonweal.scotThe Local Government reform proposal is welcome but risky — Common WealRecently, First Minister John Swinney said that the current way we run Local Government in Scotland means that Local Authorities are “too big to be local and too small to be regional”. Except he didn’... 011
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026New Spinal Tap sequel. 723924
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellDr Adrian McMenamin @adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Today, in UK Parliament, the parliamentary authorities have just emailed MPs to tell them that a whole class of documents, created by the MPs, will be permanently inaccessible to them after the end of October. 22315
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellScottish Independence Podcasts @scottishindypod.bsky.social · 19/09/2026@Common_Weal are starting work on their new project “Prospectus for a New State”. This is a trailer!. We will have Craig back in the studio in October to hear more about their vision, their plans and the timeline for the Prospectus. youtube.com/shorts/uODMw...youtube.comProspectus for a New StateYouTube video by Scottish Independence Podcasts: IndyPod Extra 032
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A Pentagon investigation found that the murder of 123 Iranian children at the school in Minab resulted from a cascade of failures, Bloomberg reports. * Outdated intelligence that still classified the school as an IRGC facility 30486166
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"Are you selling me a solution or a dependency?" is a question I think more people should ask. 4639341074
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 19/09/2026I, for one, have lost confidence in the state of Monaco. They clearly aren't taxing their resident billionaire climate deniers enough. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 030
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellErin Cunningham @erinmcunningham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This should help you sleep at night: “There’s no one set of standards for how the US verifies the information generated by these tools.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...cnn.comExclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN PoliticsThe episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war 01812
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellGreenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 18/09/2026If protest did not work, they would not fight it so hard. Mass arrests, surveillance, and prison threats for peaceful activists. Governments and polluters are weaponising the law because they fear collective power. It's #TimeToResist 48335
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 18/09/2026This week's Common Weal Magazine! Subscribe: www.commonweal.scot/subscribe Support our Crowdfunder: www.commonweal.scot/crowdfunder 1) Craig - Borders are easy, but not simple www.commonweal.scot/articles/mag... GOTW Who is funding political parties? www.commonweal.scot/visuals/partyfundiing 111
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellScottish Information Commissioner @foi.scot · 17/09/2026Our latest newsletter is a special Annual Report edition. Find out what our office achieved over the last year, explore the key results and milestones, and learn about upcoming events that are open to all. Read more: zurl.co/uzD3I 001
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 17/09/2026I wonder if there was some kind of word to describe those who use violence and the fear of violence against non-combatants in order to achieve a political goal. 140
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 17/09/2026Capitalism works fine until it runs away with your money. 020
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 17/09/2026Today's Common Weal Daily Briefing Decoding the Data Centre Vote www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefi...commonweal.scotDecoding yesterday’s data centre vote — Common WealImportant things happened in the Scottish Parliament yesterday but if you just read the final decisions it does not give a clear picture of what it means for Scotland's future. Sadly it is yet anoth... 000
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellAdam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Forth 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. 035
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 16/09/2026And so it remains almost impossible to leave Scotland except by air or by travelling through England. We shall continue to be, it seems, a landlocked island nation. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comPlans for Scottish ferry to mainland Europe scrappedForth Ports said it had doubts over the 'long-term viability' of the route between Rosyth and Dunkirk. 352
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellLaura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A summary of the AI data centre debate in Holyrood so far: 🔴 ScotGov do not support a moratorium, minister Hannah Mary Goodlad it is not appropriate and "would send the wrong message to anyone looking to invest in Scotland" 🔴 The minister did not address environmental concerns 1103
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellShubhendu Trivedi @shubhendu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026SEC should investigate recent claims, cancel IPOs till clarified. The federal government should also seriously look into nationalizing them if things are so dangerous internally. Their boards and leadership should also be thrown out (equity to zero) for negligence and endangering public safety. 15612
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 16/09/2026Today's Common Weal Daily Briefing The new annual report from the Scottish Information Commissioner shows that your rights to Freedom of Information are still at risk. www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefi...commonweal.scotFreedom of Information is at risk again — Common WealThe Scottish Information Commissioner’s annual report was published yesterday. Current Commissioner David Hamilton has been on a bit of a roll in recent months both by increasing efforts to ensure t... 000
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 15/09/2026Today's Common Weal Daily Briefing Scotland must value carers as much as we value care. www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefi...commonweal.scotScotland must value carers as much as we value care — Common WealImagine a world in which healthcare nurses are paid near minimum wage even when they work in the public sector. In the private sector, it’s even worse with some companies not even meeting their legal ... 010
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 15/09/2026They burned down the libraries and gave us this instead. 011
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 14/09/2026This is exciting news. And makes the work we've announced this morning to show what the opportunities of independence could look like all the more important. www.commonweal.scot/prospectus-f... 030
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 14/09/2026Common Weal has launched a crowdfunder! Getting a 2nd Indyref is one thing. Convincing currently undecided people that we've done enough earn their vote by showing how an independent Scotland would work is another. So we're building a Prospectus for a New State. www.commonweal.scot/crowdfunder 188
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 13/09/2026It's worth remembering that it is now a matter of US foreign policy doctrine to fund and support far-right, xenophobic and religious extremist groups in order to disrupt 'European Socialism'. 099
Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 12/09/2026For the UK-based #Oldhammer folks. I have a few classic models up on eBay if anyone is interested. www.ebay.co.uk/usr/craidalz #Warhammer #Warhammer40k #WH40k 0132
Reposted by Dr Craig DalȝellThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026NEW Why holding a placard is a terrorist act, while causing disruption in a balaclava is not The mess caused by ministers and the police not taking terrorism law seriously By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... 321420628