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LynnHenni @lynnhenni.bsky.social · 10h

Indeed! Or maybe Alliginian...either way, pretty paradisic today.

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LynnHenni @lynnhenni.bsky.social · 13h

What a beautiful, still day in sublime Wester Ross. Such a balm when so much of the world is in turmoil.

Colour mobile phone snap of Beinn Alligin in the background, a promontory with trees and timber framed house in front, reflections of both in a still loch with a couple more trees in the foreground.

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LynnHenni @lynnhenni.bsky.social · 19h

Hah! From today's The Early Line scotland.earlyline.co/subscribe?ut...
"Trump has railed against a “super bad” Time magazine cover marking his success in the peace talks, because he doesn’t like the photograph. (Guardian)"

The Early Line

Joining the dots about Scotland, and the world. Weekdays at 7am.

scotland.earlyline.co

LynnHenni @lynnhenni.bsky.social · 20h

I can't imagine how much the thin skinned and incredibly vain Trump must hate this photo of him. Waiting for his inevitable lashing out at Time Magazine.

Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 1d

Figured out what this picture reminded me of...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The Pentagon’s new press policy bars journalists from reporting anything that hasn’t been approved by the Trump regime.

The NYT, Washington Post, Atlantic, and NPR are refusing to sign the agreement.

Kudos to the media outlets standing up to this blatant authoritarianism.

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LynnHenni @lynnhenni.bsky.social · 21h

I've long thought the Green Party (Scotland or UK) should be renamed something like the Environmental and Social Justice party as it reflects both and both are intertwined.

Patrick Harvie MSP @patrickharvie.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting chat, and I just take issue with the idea that we have to choose whether the "eco" stands for economics or ecology.

This is core to what Greens politics is: those two words have the same root; it's the same eco! Many economics have forgotten that. Greens never did.

The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 1d

“What’s the point of Your Party - an economically radical, populist left party - when that’s now the Green Party?”

After early missteps from Corbyn and Sultana’s formally unnamed movement, have Polanski’s Greens taken their space?

@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com

LynnHenni @lynnhenni.bsky.social · 1d

And if she did, it wouldn't make it into the worse 10 things she did or pos 20 but would demonstrate the hypocrisy of yet another tory who preached family values for the rest of us while playing by a different set of rules.

George Mann @sgfmann.bsky.social · 1d

Margaret Thatcher had two extramarital affairs, claims new book

www.thetimes.com/article/a316...

Margaret Thatcher had two extramarital affairs, claims new book

Tina Gaudoin claims in The Incidental Feminist that the former prime minister had two affairs: one early in her career as an MP and one with another politician

www.thetimes.com

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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe, like the “eye told you so” column you should introduce a “By- told you so” feature.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 1d

The T-Rex infantry only go into battle with small arms.

No, you shut up.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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LynnHenni @lynnhenni.bsky.social · 1d

My first thought was, which tory snouts were in this trough.

The Dreaded Lurgy @thedreadedlurgy.bsky.social · 1d

Are we going to discover that Tory Party donors set up companies to take advantage of these schemes, in advance of them being announced? And it was those companies who gamed the system?

Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing, report finds

Homeowners who took advantage of government programmes left with cladding likely to cause damp

www.theguardian.com

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Ben Hart, Gender Archivist @pavlovforgoths.com · 2d

Found out that Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads, if you need another reason to quit using it.

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LynnHenni @lynnhenni.bsky.social · 2d

Frosk amphibians confirming they are all anti-facist.

Colour photo of edge of a pond with frog next to pond plant

LynnHenni @lynnhenni.bsky.social · 2d

It will be funny if these folk are brought down by their vanity and self-promotion. 🤞

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 2d

So it now appears the woman Farage and Gill were so close to has a direct link not only to Putin’s “Man in Ukraine” Medvedchuk, but his predecessor as President, Medvedev

These are top Russian agents.

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LynnHenni @lynnhenni.bsky.social · 3d

Whistles and frogs. What a pathetic bunch.

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 3d

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

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LynnHenni @lynnhenni.bsky.social · 3d

I've often thought this. Don't go for fancy names. Any sane person should be anti- facist so let's use clear language.

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 4d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Victor Shammas @victorshammas.com · 4d

“In Spain, where the Socialist prime minister has insisted that migration is an opportunity, a surge in arrivals has helped to make the country a bright spot among Europe’s plodding economies.”

‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance

Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines

www.theguardian.com

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Brian Moore @briantrumpet.bsky.social · 4d

Everything he's reported to have said in this BBC piece sounds like he's desperately trying to distance himself, knowing that the connection is real and toxic. If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel Farage 'stunned' ex-Wales Reform leader Nathan Gill took bribes

Nathan Gill has admitted taking money for pro-Russian statements as a European Parliament member.

www.bbc.co.uk

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LynnHenni @lynnhenni.bsky.social · 4d

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Excellent discussion on migration. Every western leader knows their country faces demographic future where societies can't function without increasing young population - only way that has worked globally has been immigration. Every leader across parties. Shame on them.

Radical with Amol Rajan - Climate Migration: Confronting the Reality of Global Warming (Gaia Vince) - BBC Sounds

Gaia Vince makes the positive case for immigration despite public concern over the issue.

www.bbc.co.uk

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 5d

Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.

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LynnHenni @lynnhenni.bsky.social · 5d

I don't understand the detail here but picking up troubles ahead and suspect it will be ordinary folk who near the brunt again for something we can't control. Tech bro charlatans should not be able to fuck things up for everybody else.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

Morgan Stanley’s Lisa Shalett has become one of the market’s loudest cautionary voices.

“‘At the end of the day … this is not going to be pretty’ if and when the generative AI capital expenditure story falters, she said.”

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/07/a...

LynnHenni @lynnhenni.bsky.social · 5d

About time Labour put the blame for economic woes where it belongs - BREXIT and all who promoted it with their lies and self-interest.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 5d

This strikes me as a pretty major Brexit shift from Starmer.

Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.

LynnHenni @lynnhenni.bsky.social · 5d

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha and congratulations to the democracy activist from Venezuela, Maria Corina Machado
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live updates: Venezuelan democracy activist María Corina Machado wins - BBC News

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live updates: Venezuelan democracy activist Maria Corina Machado wins

Nominations closed in January but US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award.

www.bbc.co.uk

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LynnHenni @lynnhenni.bsky.social · 6d

Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 6d

Amazing! Well, i guess if someone was going to get credit for this peace agreement, and the subsequent Nobel peace prize, it was always going to be TONY BLAIR!
#ShitStir

LynnHenni @lynnhenni.bsky.social · 7d

Best watched when all episodes out so you can fast forward the tedious challenges.