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Elizabeth @raisethegame.bsky.social · 22h

#Scotstober 2025
Sleekit: Sayin ae thing tae yer face plausible like, an anither agin ye ahint yer back. Its sleekit.

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Hillbilly Highlander @hillhighlander.bsky.social · 2d

A Poyum fir ye in Scots for Scotstober: and for the record, foggie bummers [bumble bees] may no' sting, but they can bite big plugs oot o' ye.

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Elizabeth @raisethegame.bsky.social · 2d

#Scotstober 2025
Plooter
Oor aunties hoose wis aside a haugh. Us bairns haed tae plooter throu the thick glaur o the mire sae we cuid play in the burn. A mind her skitin oor wee lugs at the sicht o oor clarty shin whan we cam back!

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 3d

Nicola Sturgeon has backed her former deputy’s leadership of the SNP, saying she believes he has a strategy to achieve independence

Nicola Sturgeon says she believes John Swinney if he says he has a secret plan

www.thenational.scot

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Elizabeth @raisethegame.bsky.social · 3d

#Scotstober 2025

Patch: A bittie o claith pit oan tae cover ower a hole aiblins in auld breeks or a jaiket.

Patchin up: Whan argyin fowk pit a stramash ahint thirsels an mak forrit

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Hands Up for Trad @handsupfortrad.bsky.social · 21d

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2026 launches with "Use It or Lose It" (Cleachd i no caill i)
World Gaelic Week: 23rd Feb - 1st March 2026
5 years of celebrating Scottish Gaelic! Small Grants Fund now open - up to £500 for community activities. Apply by 31st Oct: seachdainnagaidhlig.scot

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Elizabeth @raisethegame.bsky.social · 4d

#Scotstober 2025 Oxter
Whit dae ye ca it whan ye get yer heid catcht in ablow the oxter o the cheil yer haein a fecht wi? Its cried a ‘heidlock’.

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Elizabeth @raisethegame.bsky.social · 5d

#Scotstober 2025. Swick.
Oor mobile phones hae gied the limmers an swicks o this warld a wey intae oor lugs, whaur thae wheedle us wi grand wirds, whiles ettlin tae mak us gie thaim oor siller!

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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 15d

Keir Starmer suggested that the SNP 'want Britain to fail' in a speech at the Labour Party conference.

I have news for you Keir, Britain has failed Scotland for the last 300 years.

If you say that you love our flag, Why not respect those who fly it & stop denying us our democracy?
#AreYouYesYet

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 19d

BREAKING: Dozens of delegates have staged a walk out of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the United Nations

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Elizabeth @raisethegame.bsky.social · 19d

Tony Blair? Good God! After his Iraq war, the non existent WMD and the misery that followed….

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 19d

NEW: A plan to make Tony Blair the interim leader of Gaza has been described as “nothing short of insane” by the SNP

Plan to make Tony Blair interim leader of Gaza branded ‘insane’ by SNP

www.thenational.scot

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 22d

We're used to seeing Labour in third place in Scotland, bit what's interesting in this new poll is seeing how much the Scottish Greens have gone up on the list vote.

They're matching Labour in third and not far off Reform in second. How good would an SNP 1, Greens 2 in vote share be.

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Elizabeth @raisethegame.bsky.social · 27d

I bet there are many of Ross’s parliamentary colleagues - even tories - who dislike him so intensely they would gladly boot him out of Holyrood even before he steps down for good!

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 27d

Tomorrow's front page 📰

Is sharing this image a crime?

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Charles Barr @charlesbarr.bsky.social · Sep 8

Right to decode

#VoteSNPtilWeAreFree
#CountryB4Party
#IndyIsParamount

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Charles Barr @charlesbarr.bsky.social · Sep 6

Why would anyone think all these country can make it but not Scotland?

#independence #Scotland

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 4

RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history

BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.

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Charles Barr @charlesbarr.bsky.social · Aug 30

I know who I will be voting for in 2026.

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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · Aug 25

I've started writing a book I've been planning for years, a History of Scottish languages. I've just completed the 1st draft of chapt 1 & made a good start on chapt 2. The book will cover Gaelic, Scots, Scottish English, Pictish, Cumbric Norse/Norn, the languages of Scottish Travellers & more.