I was knocking on doors with @edinburghgreens.bsky.social ahead of the Southside Newington by-election tonight and we had the best kind of problem - we'd given away all of our window posters by the third close! 💚 Vote Isabella Gastel Alejandre @scottishgreens.org #1 on 3rd September! 🗳️
I always try to photograph these old cast-iron mile-markers whenever I spot them. This one was on the road back from Helensburgh today. Cont./ #glasgow #milemarker #castiron #helensburgh #dumbarton
Explore 150+ fascinating buildings, hidden spaces, factories, theatres, museum stores, and architectural and cultural gems, many of which are rarely open to the public! See the full programme at www.glasgowdoorsopendays.org.uk #GDODF26 #GlasgowDoorsOpenDaysFestival #GlasgowGoesOut
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Explore 150+ free buildings, tours, talks and performances across Glasgow, 17-20 Sept 2026. Discover what's behind the city's most fascinating doors.
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Who were the Druids? Why is it implausible that they had any real link with Stonehenge? Why did Romans massacre Druids in Anglesey? linktr.ee/empirepoduk
Who were the old Gods of the British Isles? What is the Pagan Calendar and how is modern Halloween derived from it? What can we learn from the mysterious ‘bog bodies’? linktr.ee/empirepoduk
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
This project has guidance for organisations and individuals for dealing with the new segregation regime in the UK. Includes a list of venues that promise to be safe. goodweeplace.com
13 years ago today, I went for a bike ride that almost killed me. I turned my head, tore my carotid, and suffered a stroke. I am insanely lucky to have recovered. And blessed to still be me. So today I ride again. Because I still can. #strokeawareness #family #everything
El-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"
#VoteBinface www.theguardian.com/food/2026/au...
‘A 99 with a Flake? That will be £7, please’: what’s behind the surge in ice-cream van prices?
From the cost of milk and chocolate to diesel and electricity, every part of producing the summer treat has been hit by the climate crisis and other shocks
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Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
Scotland's oldest tabloid has been targeted by far right protesters standing in formation with a spear-tipped flag. We've uncovered posts from the group using racial, homophobic and sectarian slurs. But why were they targeting the paper in the first place? www.glasgowbell.co.uk/daily-record...
The Daily Record has a far right problem
The tabloid exposed the people behind Scotland’s anti-immigrant protests. So they showed up at their door
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New from @empirepoduk.bsky.social Romans vs Druids: The War For Celtic Britain linktr.ee/empirepoduk
Reform are presently using the smart propaganda tactics of the far right. The intent is confusion, making people hesitate before, for example, calling Reform 'Nazis' even when the evidence of their own eyes sees a Nazi salute, writes Alison Phipps ✍️ www.thenational.scot/politi...
See Abby Martin's interview with Chris Hedges about the film here. m.youtube.com/watch?v=tKtDJcDPvjc
Why the U.S. Military is 'Earth's Greatest Enemy' (w/ Abby Martin) | The Chris Hedges Report
YouTube video by The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel
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Belinda Weaver@longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 10h agoShocking facts in Abby Martin's film. The US military emits more pollution than 150 countries 😱 earthsgreatestenemy.com
This morning I was joined by a firefighter, a medic, a former soldier and Chris Packham to call on the government to act now. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Zack Polanski demands fossil fuel giants pay for firefighting helicopters
The Green Party leader says the companies are ‘profiting from fuelling these infernos’
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Zack Polanski has called for fossil fuel producers to be made to finance firefighting helicopters, following a series of recent fires across the country He also called on PM Burnham to stop new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, including the Jackdaw & Rosebank fields off the Scottish coast
Abdul El-Sayed’s win represents a big blow to the politics of bygone days. Because if one campaign can show that *that* much money and *that* much old guard support doesn’t guarantee victory, it cracks open what can be imagined. It widens the aperture of what’s possible.
Will This Be AIPAC’s Biggest Defeat – Ever?
Prem was on hand in Michigan to witness the nail-biter between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens, which appears to have gone down as an astonishing failure for AIPAC.
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Despite only being rolled out for a few months, the £2 bus fare cap trial in the Highlands and Islands is already being hailed as a 'great success' with transport firms already seeing a surge in passengers Here's our special report 👇
£2 bus fare cap hailed 'great success' amid huge uptake across Highlands and Islands
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Zack Polanski has challenged Andy Burnham to stick to Labour’s manifesto promise to ban new oil and gas projects 🚨 He spoke alongside a former solider who called climate change the 'greatest threat to human security we face'
Zack Polanski in oil and gas challenge to Andy Burnham amid drought and wildfires
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There's also this interior shot of the wash-house at Garngad, which also appears in "Municipal Glasgow" (1914). Never say I don't supply you with some of the most exciting content on this website.
In case any Edinburgh social history people are interested: I have an MSc student looking at bath- and wash-house usage statistics, and he's turned up a Carnegie report from 1918 with these photos of the Simon Square wash-house.
📌 ICYMI — Talk TV Presenter Dragged Climate Activist Into Room and Assaulted Him During Pro-Trump Dinner, Court Told — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social André Walker denies assault by beating over incident at Republicans Overseas gala dinner during Trump's state visit to the UK
Talk TV Presenter Dragged Climate Activist Into Room and Assaulted Him During Pro-Trump Dinner…
André Walker denies assault by beating over incident at Republicans Overseas gala dinner during Trump's state visit to the UK
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The Charity Commission has launched an investigation into allegations of charities in England and Wales donating funds to illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine, following reports and a formal complaint made by Labour MP Melanie Ward www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Charity Commission to investigate donations to illegal Israeli settlements
Official action by regulator for England and Wales comes after formal complaint made by Labour MP about the funds
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In a week when The National reported that Scottish educators are seeking legal advice over a “smear campaign” by pro-Israel group, it’s vital we understand what these moves are doing. My column for @scotnational.bsky.social this week www.thenational.scot/politics/264...
Reform have taken a propaganda lesson from the Israeli playbook
Far-right politicians and candidates in by-elections are suddenly making referrals to the police, such as complaints of 'hate crimes'
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A very important post in a good thread.
Nadine Batchelor-Hunt@nadinebh.bsky.social · yesterdayBlack students - particularly black Caribbean students (particularly mixed black-white Caribbean) had the worst outcomes at Cambridge, and the lack of black professors not just at Cambridge but across UK academia were very shocking As was the qualitative research I got from fellow students
Two new towns added to our Fruits Of Palestine Collection: Ramallah and Jerusalem. Palestine was never empty, never barren, never without its people. It was abundant. It was alive. And it still is. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
