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Brian Liddy

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Erstwhile museum fella. Scotland to regain independence. If you seek a reliable source of Scottish and international news, ye canny beat www.BroadcastingScotland.scot/ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @BroadcastScot.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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weegingerdug@weegingerdug.bsky.social · 3h ago

My latest blog piece. The shameful anti-SNP hysteria of the British media in Scotland even spins good news into SNPbad as we saw this week with the media response to the news that the pass rate for exams in Scotland has increased for a second year. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/08/05/e...

Even good news is spun into SNPbad by the media in Scotland

It’s often said there are two kinds of people in the world, those who say the glass is half full, and those who say it’s half empty. This is in fact inaccurate as there is a third kind,…

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Good Law Project@goodlawproject.org · 4h ago

The government’s transphobic statutory guidance is now in force, telling organisations that provide services they can no longer be trans inclusive. This will have a devastating impact on the everyday lives of trans people. So we’re backing a legal challenge against it: https://goodlaw.social/pmbo

We’re supporting a legal challenge against the code of practice | Good Law Project

The government’s transphobic statutory guidance is now up and running – we’re fighting back

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Brian Liddy@brian-liddy.bsky.social · 9h ago

There’s a screening of, ‘Everyone To Kenmure Street’ as part of the Govanhill International Festival @Govanhill Community Baths this Sunday.

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William Duguid@williamduguid1.bsky.social · 9h ago

'There should be no place in Scotland for those intent on spreading fear and alarm among ethnic minorities, be they Muslim or Jewish, and certainly no prejudice based on the flimsy evidence of skin ­­colour.' Ruth Wishart, via The National archive.is/aU7y5

Kenmure Street (Image: Everybody To Kenmure Street)
Chapps@chapps.bsky.social · yesterday

Most Pompeiians lived in multi-story dwellings without kitchens and got their food at thermopolia, essentially taverns with ready-made food and wine. There is a fine fresco and colored plaster lararium - shrine - above the counter at the thermopolium of Lucius Vetutius Placidus.🏺 1/ 📸 me

This beautifully painted lararium - household shrine - is found in the thermopolium of Lucius Vetutius Placidus. Since most Pompeiians lived in multi-story dwellings without kitchens, these hot food and drink establishments were critical, where citizens could purchase sustenance and consume it there, or take it home. This lararium depicts two Lares - protective spirits of the home (and business, it seems) - pouring wine from rhytons; a veiled Genius (protector of the home) in the middle, sacrificing to the gods and holding a cornucopia, symbol of abundance; the god of trade, Mercury, on the left, holding his caduceus and a bag of coins, which would bring success and abundance to the business; and finally the god Dionysus on the right, also a symbol of abundance in this establishment which served wine. Notably, stucco is used to create the small shrine, which is in the shape of a temple, including two Corinthian columns and a pediment. Stucco acanthus vines and volutes appear above the temple, and two painted agatha daemons (which appear as crested snakes) are facing a large egg on an altar, below. A 3 kg (6.6 lb) hoard of coins was found in one of the terracotta jars set into the counter, probably the last daily profits of the establishment. House and thermopolium of Vetutius Placidus, Pompeii (I, 8.8)
Verminous Scot@etkwebster.bsky.social · yesterday

2032 is too late for me, I was kinda hoping for 2029 at the latest.

YesCymru@yes.cymru · 2d ago

📺 Celtic Independence in 2032? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪 YesCymru’s new Chair, Rob Hughes, talks to Siôn Jobbins about the launch of the new ‘2032’ campaign for a Welsh independence referendum, and the possibility of a coordinated push for Welsh and Scottish independence and Irish reunification. 👉 youtu.be/Tcenz_7f73Q

John Swinney@johnswinney.bsky.social · yesterday

To everyone who received their exam results today, well done! You have done Scotland proud. Your hard work has paid off and we’ve seen a fantastic set of results. I hope you all get the chance to celebrate today.

William Duguid@williamduguid1.bsky.social · yesterday

'A warning shot was fired at Andy Burnham this week. He ignored it, but may not ignore the next one. The Scottish Government certainly shouldn’t. The best time to reform Council Tax was thirty years ago. The second best time is now.' Dr Craig Dalȝell, via Common Weal

How to reform Council Tax and why we must — Common Weal

In our In Common column in The National this week, Craig discusses the warning shot fired at Andy Burnham this week in terms of Council Tax reform and how Scotland could go about revaluing every house in the country to allow for fair taxation.

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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d ago

Direct, full-time jobs opening Rosebank oilfield would create: 450 D, f-t jobs opening Jackdaw gasfield would create: 27 D, f-t jobs in UK's net-zero economy: 300,000 + 400,000 more on the way D, f-t jobs in the rest of the green economy: 600,000 Is that really the hill Burnham wants to die on?