Good news and great to see a policy that Greens have pushed for for decades being implemented!

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 21h ago

An integrated system allowing Scots to use a single ticket across different modes of public transport will be in place before the next Holyrood election, Transport Secretary Stephen Flynn has pledged 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

"former" doing a lot of heavy lifting there 💪

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 12h ago

NEW: A former neo-Nazi who was selected to stand for the Conservative Party has withdrawn his candidacy and will instead become a party adviser 🚨

Brilliant 👍

Tax Justice UK@taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 12h ago

If corporations paid ‘where they play’ not ‘where they say’, the UK would be up £13 billion a year. It's time we ended the corporate tax scam. 👉 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

But what are you going to do about it? The pipes are going in for our water, the pylons are going up for our renewables, they're planning for new nuclear we don't need ... Find a solution before we lose it all.

The SNP@snp.org · 14h ago

Andy Burnham called for “practical measures, not constitutional changes” when faced with an indyref request. Yet now he says he'll change the constitution...

Big shout out to all the people who were mad at me for not wanting them to vote labour cause they were “certain labour will be better on trans rights than the tories“, they couldn’t have done it (segregation) without you

25 mins from Glasgow here, lucky when the 4g signal works never mind 5g.

Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺@andrew.sharpe.scot · 14h ago

5G access is increasingly useful - if you have it. Cell sites are smaller so they tend to start in cities and along motorways. Countries like 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland have little coverage. But contrast with France with aggressive legally mandated investment.. it's also much cheaper. www.nperf.com/en/map/FR/-/...

Damaging new guidance from the EHRC will shut out Trans people from daily life simply for existing, and anyone who doesn't conform to narrow ideas of how people should look could face suspicion and confrontation. We are taking a stand against this attack on human rights.

I've had 6 (I think!) pretty major surgeries for a thing called cholesteatoma in my ear. I've only had one Scottish surgeon in over 30 years, it never once crossed my mind where they were from. More concerned that they're highly qualified than what accent they speak with 🏥

Adrian Littlejohn@yorksfella59.bsky.social · 15h ago

What a repulsive man. I had eye problems. Everything from routine cataract surgery and laser work for retinopathy in both eyes, to a vitrectomy. Some of the surgeons and nurses didn't have flawless English. But as they were busy saving my eyesight, it would have seemed churlish to whine about it...

At a time like this it's preposterous that we're not throwing everything we can at climate change, if it's not too late already. There will be no jobs in the desert wasteland but they'll keep us hooked on oil & gas til we're all dead. For profit, for a few 💰

The Guardian@theguardian.com · yesterday

Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules

(comes home after a smoke with pal) I'll just let the cat out.... Thinks for a minute... I don't have a cat... I truly admire the gallusness of the wee fella though 😂✌️

So in order to avoid being sued, the Christian Bros declined to put forward a 'nominee', leaving abuse victims to sue individuals rather than the org. The judge said, fine, we will just publish the names of all 341 members of the order and summons you all. And that's what happened.

The Journal@thejournal.ie · 2d ago

The names of 341 former Christian Brothers have been published in the Irish Independent following an order from the High Court in relation to an abuse case. None of those named are accused of abuse, but their names have been published in the hope that they will come forward. jrnl.ie/7120723

This is Massive Attack's response to what happened in Singapore, posted on their Instagram page. Good on them.

Kirsten Han 韩俐颖@kirstenhan.com · 5d ago

Massive Attack has been banned from Singapore after they held up a Palestinian flag during their concert here last week. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I still listen to CDs and vinyl. It's an antidote to streaming, you control what you're listening to and it keeps you focussed on the album. I'll never have memories of streaming, but those wee boxes and sleeves are full of em.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d ago

A pressing issue: why are vinyl albums becoming so different from their digital versions?

Harry Redknapp signed plenty of migrants during his managerial career. But they were rich and played football so the colour of their skin didn't matter.

The New World@thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 2d ago

The former football manager has been railing against immigration on Talk. But was he really driven out of London, as Reform's mayoral candidate claims? ✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀

Gatwick second runway a step closer. As a species we're determined to kill ourselves. The UK is on fire, exacerbated by climate change. If it's not oil fields it's planes, the UK government make the wrong decision every single time. www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

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?

They'll question a wee kid getting a backpack to help them prepare for school because "costs", but spend £8billion on bombs? Crickets 🦗

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 2d ago

Scotland's Education Secretary has confirmed Scotland’s new 'Welcome to School Bag' will be a backpack, after a backlash to suggestions it could be downgraded to a tote bag to save money 👇

I was just reading about cheese because I'm like that. Anyway , this is just up the road from me and is amongst my favourite places. The cheese is made on site, cows , goats and sheeps cheese! Some of em are combos . Highly recommend, they have stockists over Scotland 🧀 dunlopdairy.co.uk/cheese/

Cheese - Dunlop Dairy

OUR CHEESE Seven cheeses, two types of milk, one farm Introduction If you would like to buy our cheese you can always come in and visit us, or check out our list of outlets which might be nearer you! ...

dunlopdairy.co.uk

I'm one of em. Joined the @scottishgreens.org last year. SNP too timid , the greens promote stuff that would make our lives tangibly better whilst taking on horrific wealth inequality and tackling the environmental crisis. Humans matter more than profit

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 2d ago

Nicola Sturgeon has warned John Swinney that the SNP risks losing more votes to the Scottish Greens under the party’s current policy direction 👇

There'll be a very serious meeting at some point, where they'll all disagree and eventually release a meek statement once all the rest have done it 🫩

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 3d ago

NEW: The Scottish FA has been urged to follow in the footsteps of Wales and oppose Gianni Infantino's bit to continue his leadership of Fifa ⚽ 🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

What the hell is the BBC 6pm news doing leading with Farage's clickbait about using the Royal Navy to stop immigrants? An absurd soundbite from a tiny party with a disgraced leader and that's the most important news in the UK today? Dear God. The rot has truly gone deep.

Even in the blatant lies there's too much logic and memory recall for this to be Trump. He's an ugly front for the faceless entities that control us.

Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2d ago

LOL. Less than a day after claiming he thinks “there’s a deal,” Trump is now accusing Iran of lying about the talks and demanding either a deal or Iran’s “total surrender” Trump is either a pathological liar trying to manipulate the markets, or he’s being played for a fool by the Iranians Or both

My son is neurodiverse and we had to go private for an autism diagnosis as the waiting list was 6 years. We needed it to happen for school support and couldn't wait any longer. He's 14 now,still really struggles with school. If we weren't spending billions on bombs we could hire more ASN staff 🤷

SMD@anothersmd.bsky.social · 3d ago

can't stress enough this assault on neurodivergent people is fucking grim because of how difficult it is to get any kind of support if you're an adult. and that's not even including the hoops you have to jump through and frankly how western-centric it all is.

‼️'MPs have had their stomachs pumped.' 🍺 Turns out Hannah Spencer was right when she said that Westminster's drinking culture is “unprofessional and worrying” and leads to “questionable and dangerous behaviour”. ⏳️ It's time to end Parliament's drinking culture.

My wee sleepy town of Stewarton has been overtaken by these things due to all the posh houses they've built and are continuing to build. The roads here are tiny,. I regularly see Land Rover things driving down the pavement.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3d ago

Land Rover also does a Discovery Metropolitan edition. The name suggests it's for use in cities. Because you never know how high the kerb / cyclist / pedestrian you need to mount might be. And because there must be no limit to the pointless environmental harm you inflict.

I don’t say this lightly or hardly ever but this is triggering.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 4d ago

Rep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"

I've not set foot in Sainsbury's for a few years since lord Sainsbury left 10million quid to the Tories in his will. Profiteering bastards

SirKidStarverIsGone@sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social · 3d ago

A reminder, the Sainsburys family bribed aka "donations" of £3,000,000 to the Labour Party since Starmer took over (and promised not to introduce a Wealth Tax) This is the SAME SUPERMARKET who were taken to court by Unite The Union for engaging in ZERO HOURS CONTRACTS and FIRE and REHIRE

Wee Starling keeping me company in the garden. There's beauty all around us if you look for it. Fun fact-they're endangered now because of mass farming and climate change. The young ones don't survive in the numbers they used to. Humans really are a shit species

Andy Burnham seems to support the idea of a written constitution for the UK. Great idea. But first there should perhaps be a quick check on what countries still want to be in the UK. This is not as obvious as it once was.