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Marlene Halliday

@weegiefifer.bsky.social
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Rather elderly person who has just discovered spin classes! 🚴‍♀️ Born 311ppm. It’s now 426ppm Presenter at Scottish Independence Podcasts @ScottishIndyPod.bsky.social My neglected website: weegiefifer.scot

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 18h
Zelenskyy: "When our strikes reached Yandex data centers, it suddenly became little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. Many people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, fewer provocations because there were fewer bots. It's pretty clear where those bots were coming from.
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 19h
Yep, some #AI #hyperscaler #datacentrers are very BIG
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’ll need to go and have a look. But from that photo I’m not that impressed with the face… would prefer an older Mandela.
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Yeah I agree too. Laughing at Duke of wellington is completely different than laughing at Mandela.
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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Today is World Day Against the Death Penalty. Let us seek to end this inhumane and immoral practice around the world, especially here in America. It is so deplorable that in the 21st century this is going on in a modern democracy.
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Well that’s true. Though the stats would seem to show that police officers are maybe less dangerous than other groups of males.
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026
America, 2026.
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
That’s except for Cymru, North of Ireland & Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ☘️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇺
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He makes a good point.
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
When I heard that report, I thought well that doesn’t sound good but how many polis are there in Scotland ? Have since found out there 16430. So 0.3% are currently suspended. Is that a story?
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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Remember when we were all seduced by 'a better future'? Is that what they produced? The whole of the US tech industry is based on 'move fast and break things' and there is simply nothing that better encapsulates the spirit of the Dark Triad." Robin McAlpine, via Common Weal
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WE must stop the Dark Triad or we’re Done for — Common Weal
There is a cluster of behaviours which have come to be known as the Dark Triad and they have overtaken the world. If we are to save ourselves we need to find ways to fight back.
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
$90 isn’t v much. You could get a nice takeaway on election night to celebrate. Well hopefully to celebrate.
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I watched that. Good idea. Don’t suppose they will take his advice though. He’s prob persona non grata at the European Central Bank.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Margaret McG🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @caledoni4.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Taking AWAY our powers. Are you YES yet? #DissolveTheUnionNow
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Scottish Independence Podcasts @scottishindypod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Funny how Scotland appears quite differently to people in other countries who are not forced to view us through a biased unionist media lens.... 🤔
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yes I know. But an optician might find you’d be better with bifocals.
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Or get your eyes tested?
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Takeourblueback @takeourblueback.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just saying: Grangemouth Refinery spent decades keeping Scotland moving. Diesel was 24% of its output, supplying 65% of Scottish fuel. Then April 2025 hit. The UK Labour Government sat on its hands and let Scotland’s only crude refinery die. A catastrophic failure of energy security.
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In our local library, Whiteinch, Glasgow. @profbillmcguire.bsky.social
Photo of book The Fate of the World by Bill McGuire
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Velour Shirt @object.works · 29/09/2026
This is a metaphor for so many things these days that I couldn't choose
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Will it be labelled the Great British Forest? Oh dear, I shouldn’t laugh. It’s a serious matter. But honestly only Westminster could announce that number of trees with a straight face. I’m a bit surprised that Anna Eagle did.
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here are the stats for Scotland. Note especially the 30million a year planted across various woodland creation projects.
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Been watching this conversation. Its worth 35mins of your life to watch it too. They’re talking about USA but there are a lot of things said here that evoke questions about UK. robertreich.substack.com/p/in-convers... no
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In Conversation with Timothy Snyder: On Tyranny, Trump, and the Midterms
Watch now (36 mins) | What the author of “On Tyranny” told me about Trump, Tyranny, and the Midterm elections, five weeks from today.
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I read one but it seemed a rather contrived storyline
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The China series
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What?! I thought they were nationalising the Grid. Well ‘taking it into public control’ which seens to be Burnham’s buzz word. That isn’t the same thing but better than pure private control.
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It was Ratcliffe who closed it. UKGov didn’t bother cos hey it’s in Scotland. Instead they gave him a bung for his new Ineos refinery over in Europe. Since then he’s mothballed three more sites near Hull.
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh sorry to hear that. I enjoyed his books. Well there was one series that I didn’t. He was a good writer.
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes, OK, but our UK State Pension is a fraction of other developed nations. How do they do it? And most UK pensioners don’t even get the ‘New’ higher state pension because it wasn’t applied to existing pensioners when Tories brought it in.
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🇬🇧 Cllr Brian McGinley, a ‘LABOUR in Scotland’ Councillor for Ayr, telling Scots that we shouldn’t be independent, because we should keep westminster as our ‘Masters’ 🇬🇧 Brian isn’t the sharpest tool 🤪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet ? 🇪🇺
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Suella seems to have dropped her Buddhist approach to life. Mind you, I’m not sure she ever applied them to her politics.
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Very funny account of Scots Night at Labour Conference. Disaster at Labour 'Scots Night' as speakers talked over and PM snubs event www.thenational.scot/news/2658676...
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Disaster at Labour 'Scots Night' as speakers talked over and PM snubs event
Speakers were allegedly talked over by delegates more interested in awaiting the appearance of a Prime Minister who never actually turned up
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🤣😂🤣
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🇬🇧 Jackie Baillie of ‘LABOUR in Scotland’ called the idea of a ‘National Care Service’ for Scotland “a waste of time and money” What will Baillie be saying now ? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If a politician takes money from weapons manufacturers, don't be surprised when they back weapons contracts. If a politician takes money from Big Pharma, don't be surprised when they try to stop guaranteed healthcare. That's why I don't take ANY corporate money. None.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Scottish Independence Podcasts @scottishindypod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tomorrow evening. Blackfriars Pub. events.humanitix.com/no-pun-left-...
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No Pun Left Behind - Comedy Night
Comedy stand-up No Pun Left Behind to raise funds for No One Left Behind, in support of Palestine activist victims of the Scottish criminal justice system.
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Interesting, but as climate breakdown threatens to bring everything else crashing down around our, and the government's, ears, it has as much relevance as the question of how many policy advisors can dance on the head of a pin www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Labour’s last chance? The people shaping Andy Burnham’s grand plans for Britain
The long read: The new prime minister has declared he wants to end 40 years of neoliberalism. But is he really prepared to be that radical?
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great piece by @owenjones.bsky.social Looking forward to the book 👍 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The west is in freefall – and the worst part is that we were warned, but chose not to listen | Owen Jones
Endless pursuit of wealth and power by western leaders led us here. What strikes me most is how many saw what was coming, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You’re welcome. Just be careful not to mix it up with keech which means shit.
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What’s a good - not too dense - source to read about El Niño @profbillmcguire.bsky.social I don’t get how a phenomenon in Pacific has ripples round everywhere else.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 22/09/2026
The ferry location is within the Scottish Forth Green Freeport boundary. But that should help, not hinder, the proposal. There's clearly detail we're not seeing yet about the business model behind this. On the face of it, there should be a strong case for going ahead. Let's see what SG uncovers.
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William Duguid @williamduguid1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
'If the Cardiff meeting galvanised the forces of self-determination across these islands, it also revealed the extent to which they were in need of renewal.' Mike Small, via Bella Caledonia
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Future Focused – 10 crowdsourced ideas to change the indy movement
The idea of a September reset is all in vogue, and to be honest, September seems like a better time of year than January for a rethink and a fresh start. The idea that the independence movement nee…
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Marlene Halliday @weegiefifer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Is Forth Ports a free port now, @andrew.sharpe.scot ? Just wondering if that is part of this ? Good that ScotGov is going to intervene
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Scottish Independence Podcasts @scottishindypod.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In this week's #podcast we pick out our highlights from the #Cardiff Celtic Alliance discussion - plus a few gaps that we think the Scottish Government desperately needs to fill Watch with us from 8pm tonight youtu.be/XmYkmCeAJ1I?...
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Celtic Alliance: Cardiff Agreement Signed
YouTube video by Scottish Independence Podcasts: IndyPod Extra
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