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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Scotland could be £5100 better off per person if it was still in the EU, new figures suggest 👇

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SNP claim Scots would be £5100 richer if Scotland was still in EU

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Euronews @euronews.com · 22/09/2026

The latest Planetary Health Check warns that seven of Earth’s critical life support systems are experiencing record transgression. ➡️ l.euronews.com/cVzw

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European Greens @europeangreens.eu · 04/09/2026

Bad news for the polluters in Belgium! Thanks to @zakia.bsky.social from @ecolo.be who worked to introduce this law in the previous government, destroying nature is now considered a crime in Belgium. All EU countries must follow their example and make polluters pay for their crimes.

Photo of worker cleaning up an oil spill with text on top:
Belgian flag: Green win!
In Belgium ecocide is now recognised as a crime
Up to 20 years of prison
Up to 1.6 million euros fine
This is a first in Europe

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Alasdair Reid @thegreenplace.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Doom ☠️ spiral vs competitiveness compass 🧭 @triodosuk.bsky.social took stock of the economic impact 📉 of the 2026 🔥 summer, cool compared to future summers. We can’t afford more ostrich head in sand behaviour from Commission or Member States. Time for action is now! www.triodos.com/en/articles/...

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Hot summer economics

In this insight, we assess the impact of this year’s extreme heat in Europe, both in terms of GDP and wellbeing, and end with a recommendation about what nee...

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Euronews @euronews.com · 31/08/2026

"Our best bet is moving to a completely different energy system." With disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz threatening the EU's energy supply, EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra tells #EuropeToday a potential "fight for gas" is looming for the bloc. l.euronews.com/esaf

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

There is no "war on the motorist". But there is a war, waged one-sidedly by the motoring lobby, against public health, the safety of pedestrians and liveable cities. Against us, in other words.

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

"It's clear that there's a rampant dumbing down in progress in which not knowing things is considered a virtue. I don't throw my hands up in despair, but I do try to indicate that it's a very serious problem." - Carl Sagan

Sagan in a suit speaking on a microphone.

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Alasdair Reid @thegreenplace.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Dumb and dumber...as biodiversity breakdown threatens human (yes we are animals too) food systems, let's kill other animals so we can destroy the environmental ecosystems we depend on...

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Alasdair Reid @thegreenplace.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Let's get it done - Independence in Europe !

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Alasdair Reid @thegreenplace.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

This is the highest quality election site for Scotland and it's great to see the use of @registry.scot #dotScot in a smart way @ballotbox.scot Do support the work of BBS via a donation if you can.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 08/05/2026

BREAKING: First Ever Green Mayor Win 🎉 Zoë Garbett has been elected Mayor of Hackney – huge congratulations!

WELCOMING ZOE GARBETT

MAYOR OF HACKNEY

Green Party

Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 07/05/2026

🚨 The polls are open! 🗳️ Everyone in Scotland can vote Scottish Greens on the peach ballot paper ✉️ If you have a postal vote you can hand it in 🪪 You DON'T need photo ID This is our chance to vote for hope over hate. To demand better. To vote Scottish Greens.

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The SNP @snp.org · 07/05/2026

Today, vote to lower bills, protect our NHS, and put Scotland’s future in Scotland’s hands. Make it Both Votes SNP. Polls close at 10pm.

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Alasdair Reid @thegreenplace.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

UK 🇬🇧 based friends ! Get out today and vote 🗳️ for progressive parties that will work for fairer, greener and more inclusive communities and countries. Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @snp.org or @scottishgreens.org Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @plaidcymru.bsky.social England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @greenparty.org.uk

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The SNP @snp.org · 06/05/2026

A re-elected SNP government will introduce a Private Jet Tax and a Mansion Tax on homes worth over £1 million, making the wealthiest pay more to help support local services across Scotland. Make it #BothVotesSNP tomorrow for a government that’s on your side.

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The SNP @snp.org · 06/05/2026

A re-elected SNP government will expand Techscaler, create local Pre-Start Centres to help turn ideas into viable businesses, and back under-represented founders and young entrepreneurs with targeted grant funding and support to scale. Make it #BothVotesSNP tomorrow.

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The SNP @snp.org · 02/05/2026

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I'm Jewish. I condemn genocide. I condemn the Labour Governments role in the Genocide. The Prime Minister repeatedly conflating criticism of the Israeli Governments genocide and actual antisemitism is disgusting - and makes so many of us as Jewish people feel less safe.

Starmer slams Polanski over "disgraceful" Antisemitism comments.

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Alasdair Reid @thegreenplace.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Are you a #Scot (or someone with Scottish connections) in #Europe - then #dotScot is the right domain to make sure you are visible as part of the Scots diaspora, whether you are in the Brussels bubble or located anywhere between Kerry to Kyiv or Tromsø to Thessaloniki. dot.scot/blog/2026/do...

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DotScot reaching out to Scottish Diaspora in Europe • dotScot Registry

Scottish Government building on Rond Point Schuman, Brussels, with Berlaymont in background The .scot domain is Scotland’s internet identity and the community domain for “the worldwide family of Scots...

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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 21/04/2026

I’ve written a reaction to @transportenvironment.org‘s report on ticketing problems for iPaper inews.co.uk/inews-lifest... We know the scale of the problem now. The ball is in the Commission‘s court to fix it now! #CrossBorderRail #ticketing #sdbtr

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No-fly European holidays should be easy to book – this is why they're not

Rail holidays are in demand, but outdated ticketing systems hold back independent travellers

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The SNP @snp.org · 21/04/2026

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Alasdair Reid @thegreenplace.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

So if we can cut bureaucracy for defence tech - how about doing the same for health, education and clean-tech…which make the world a better place….

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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 07/04/2026

This on The Guardian's live blog about Vance in Hungary by @jakubkrupa.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... Yep And just imagine the uproar had von der Leyen gone to a rally and call for a Magyar / Tisza victory!

3m ago 16.56 BST
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It is absolutely baffling how JD Vance is determined to insist that he is
absolutely not telling the Hungarians who to vote for as he literally speaks
in Budapest, five days out from the election, and delivers a straight stump
speech / laudation for Viktor Orbán, including everything he (says) he has
achieved in government, and how well he sees his actions in sharp contrast
to what he believes is corrupt and rotten Europe and the EU.
Oh, and he repeatedly directly said he wants him to win the election, too.
It is obviously highly unusual for a senior US leader to intervene in a foreign
election like this, and it would have once been unthinkable. But I think we
know really well by now that the world has changed since January last year
beyond any recognition.
But since he is doing it anyway, why not lean in, but instead keep
pretending he is not doing the very thing he is doing?

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Treating Trump as compos mentis is a choice being made by his Congressional party and administration, and therefore more reluctantly by other Nato governments too. But this appears to be clear a declaration of intent/ threat to commit war crimes by the leader of the United States of America.

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Alasdair Reid @thegreenplace.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I've just signed a petition calling on the UK government to give British businesses a better deal with Europe. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/single-marke...

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British businesses need a better deal with Europe

Sign our petition to Prime Minister Keir Starmer and demand a better deal for British businesses trading with Europe

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

“If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves... If we become even slightly more violent, shortsighted, ignorant, and selfish than we are now, almost certainly we will have no future.” — Carl Sagan

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

“We have guided missiles and misguided men.” — Martin Luther King Jr.

Black-and-white portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., shown from the chest up.

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Alasdair Reid @thegreenplace.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Greens on the rise ! Hope not hate.

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

"Violence finds its only refuge in falsehood, falsehood its only support in violence... Any man who has once acclaimed violence as his method must inexorably choose falsehood as his principle." — Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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European Greens @europeangreens.eu · 20/01/2026

🥵 3 years in a row of +1.5°C. 📢 We will never stop saying it: we need climate action now. ❌ We need to phase out fossil fuels. ☀️ We need 90% renewable energy by 2040 (at least). 🏡 We need to renovate houses and buildings to adapt them to the current situation.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

For decades, rather than prioritising domestic investment in its technology sector, the UK has largely opted for the easier route: relying on US technology We take a look at how dangerous this is now, in a special report on national security 👇 Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

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Austrian Platform for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation @fteval.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT: The next #REvaluation27 Conference will be held 25-26 Feb 2027 at the @hcw.ac.at, co-organised by @fteval.bsky.social with @forwit.at, @fraunhoferisi.bsky.social & @mioir.bsky.social. Save the date for THE conference for #research, #technology, #innovation policy & #evaluation!

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 13/01/2026

A coalition of left parties has launched a call for signatures to force the European Commission to suspend the EU’s association agreement with Israel over Gaza.

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EU left pushes for action against Israel as attacks on Gaza continue

Momentum for trade measures against Israel has stalled — but with children still dying in Gaza, the left wants the issue back on the table.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Sobering piece on the Berlin power outage showing resilience is tricky - People had cars trapped behind electrically operated garage doors. First day alerts sent to people’s phones ‘which included links to websites that were impossible to access without the internet.’ www.ft.com/content/c91d...

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Berlin in the dark: a power outage shakes Germany

Arson that left parts of German capital without electricity for days highlights poor energy infrastructure

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

You can judge a person by the size of their moral circle. Trump, for instance, has the smallest possible moral circle, containing only him. Be the opposite: expand your circle. Include, for example, animals currently raised for food. We shut them out of our consciences. It's time to bring them in.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.

Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
"They killed my wife," the distraught woman says, adding, "They shot her in the head."
An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was driving an SUV in Minneapolis on Wednesday. / Screenshot/@Breaking911

"They killed my wife. I don't know what to do," the woman says through sobs in the footage, with a damaged SUV visible in the distance behind her. "We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head," the woman cries.
"We have a six-year-old at school," she says, almost unable to breathe, as a chaotic scene in which federal officers prevented at least one doctor who was on the scene from assisting the shot victim unfolds. "We're new here," the distraught woman says in despair.

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