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The Orkney News
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An online independent media from the islands of Orkney. Not for profit company. https://theorkneynews.scot/
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h
ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert
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HMS Royal Oak : 14.10.1939
“The Navy has suffered a great loss of life in these first two months of war than all the other forces, French and British, on Land and Sea combined. ” – First Lord of the Admiral…
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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 8h
They removed his membership last October/November due to his views on Hamas and Israel.
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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 9h
I assume that's the disgraceful views of John Ross Scott. How he ever passed @scottishgreens.org vetting shocks me . Hopefully they've chucked him out now.
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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 21h
Countering the Zionism of one of my local councillors- just what I wanted to be doing with my Monday evening 🙄😡 he's been consistent with it I suppose but highlights that we cannot be silent, we must continue to speak up and speak out for #Palestine
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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 12h
Book Review: 'Alexander Ruddach' by Spencer Rosie. theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/14/b...
Book Review: ‘Alexander Ruddach’ by Spencer Rosie.
Reviewed by Fiona Grahame. In publishing ‘Alexander Ruddach (1758 – 1811), An Orcadian Seafarer in Peace and War’, Spencer Rosie has made an important contribution to the history …
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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 12h
The Donkeys of Colonial Jamestown, Virginia theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/14/t...
The Donkeys of Colonial Jamestown, Virginia
The early settlers who migrated to Virginia from England brought with them horses, but new research has revealed that they also had donkeys. Unfortunately for both animals they were likely butchere…
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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 12h
Weather Forecast 14 October : Cloudy and mainly dry today. theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/14/w...
Weather Forecast 14 October : Cloudy and mainly dry today.
Information from The Met Office. Today 14 October : A lot of cloud through the day across Shetland, Fair Isle and Orkney. A mainly dry but the odd patch of drizzle possible at times. Maximum temper…
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d
This morning I ran the NYC Gaza 5K in Prospect Park for the third time, alongside the Harlem Run Club, to raise money for @unrwausa.bsky.social, which delivers critical humanitarian aid and services to Palestinians in Gaza.

I hope you'll join me in donating: unrwausa.org
Zohran jogging alongside a member of the Harlem Run Club in Prospect Park.
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Solivagant @wanderingsag.bsky.social · 1d
Sunrise at Stonehenge today (13th October) was at 7.27am, sunset is at 6.19pm
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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 1d
is that the collection complete?
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ChaosOverlordZ @chaosoverlordz.bsky.social · 1d
That's me got all the dinobots. There's nothing wrong with the colours....

#transformers
5 dinobots in their dinosaur modes. 2 regular colours 2 G2 colours and one SG. 5 dinobotsbin robot mode. 2 regular colours, 2 G2 colours and one SG.
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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 1d
It must have been such a shock for islanders from Eday encountering such scenes. They must have been very desperate to leave everything they knew to make that journey as poor migrants.
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Bill Reagan @billreagan16.bsky.social · 1d
Travel these days is not so bad:
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Outward Bound to Australia – Hopes for a New Life: Part 1
By Ian Cooper, from his excellent series Records of a Bygone Age, first published in The Stronsay Limpet and republished here with kind permission. These articles always have a Stronsay connection …
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 1d
We had 2 superbly spooky Halloween Sewing Machine sessions on Saturday at Orkney Library & Archive! 🎃

Huge thanks to Frances for coming along and running the classes, and to Ellen for helping out! 👻🧙‍♀️🪄

We'll have more Lend & Mend craft sessions soon so watch this space. 👀
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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 1d
We continue to hope that this is an end to the destruction and mass murder of #Palestinians in #Gaza but that is only the start. We need to see #HumanitarianAid #EndTheOccupation borders opened to allow Palestinians to seek medical care, and rebuilding for the citizens! #GazaGenocide #Orkney
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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 1d
This week with the announcement of Phase 1 of a Peace Deal between Hamas and Israel, peace campaigners in Orkney welcomed the news. They came out to their vigil to remember the faces of #Gaza who have lost their lives in the genocide.
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Gaza Faces, Not Just Numbers: Peace Vigil For #Gaza in #Orkney
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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 1d
This week with the announcement of Phase 1 of a Peace Deal between Hamas and Israel, peace campaigners in Orkney welcomed the news. They came out to their vigil to remember the faces of #Gaza who have lost their lives in the genocide.
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Gaza Faces, Not Just Numbers: Peace Vigil For #Gaza in #Orkney
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d
The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.
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Outward Bound to Australia – Hopes for a New Life: Part 1
By Ian Cooper, from his excellent series Records of a Bygone Age, first published in The Stronsay Limpet and republished here with kind permission. These articles always have a Stronsay connection …
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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 1d
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‘From Ground Zero’
Showing at the Phoenix Cinema, Picky, Kirkwall this week is the film ‘From Ground Zero’ a collection of 22 films following extraordinary Palestinian stories. Wednesday 15 October: 1300T…
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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 1d
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Halloween At Restart Orkney!
By Bernie Bell.  We went into Kirkwall, to Restart Orkney to find that they’re gearing up for Halloween!  So, here’s a selection of jolly Restart Halloween pics   Extra-ordinary Skelly-glasses And …
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Weather Forecast 13 October : Cloudy and mainly dry on Monday. theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/13/w...
Weather Forecast 13 October : Cloudy and mainly dry on Monday.
Information from The Met Office. Today 13 October : A rather cloudy but mainly dry day, just the odd light shower around, along with a few sunny intervals, these most likely over Shetland. Mostly l…
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Bill Reagan @billreagan16.bsky.social · 2d
A lovely article looking at life from a human perspective - Not AI.
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Something is always stirring in bookland and one of the places to guess what that ‘something’ might be is Bologna.
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Curiouser and curiouser – the changing world of books
Something is always stirring in bookland and one of the places to guess what that ‘something’ might be is Bologna.  The seventh largest city in Italy, the magic of Bologna is, despite its’ siz…
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Bill Reagan @billreagan16.bsky.social · 2d
Isn't this just the bees knees! Learned something today.
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Mackintosh Raincoats #OnThisDay
On 12 October 1823, Charles Macintosh, a Scottish chemist began selling his new form of waterproof raincoat. Charles Macintosh was born 29 December 1766 in Glasgow. After studying science under Jos…
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