Colin Maclure
@colinmaclure.bsky.social
Ex cameraman, atheist, European, Scottish seperatist and cat slave.
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🧵The National are reporting on the terrifying American interference in women’s rights and the huge amounts of American money funding this
“ADF International received more than £1 million in US funding in 2024, representing a nearly 300% increase in two years…
“ADF International received more than £1 million in US funding in 2024, representing a nearly 300% increase in two years…
SPECIAL REPORT: A recent review of Scotland's abortion laws led to widespread right-wing outrage last week. We look at the driving forces behind the outcry
November 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🧵The National are reporting on the terrifying American interference in women’s rights and the huge amounts of American money funding this
“ADF International received more than £1 million in US funding in 2024, representing a nearly 300% increase in two years…
“ADF International received more than £1 million in US funding in 2024, representing a nearly 300% increase in two years…
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fun fact: it's precisely 1 year + 1 day, today, since the Georgians started demonstration against Pro Putin, brexity types in politics.👇
As the british come to terms with dodgy MPs with russian connections & donations, today marks exactly one year that Georgians have been protesting against Russians blocking their EU membership.
This is Tbilisi today 👇
Quick 🧵
This is Tbilisi today 👇
Quick 🧵
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
fun fact: it's precisely 1 year + 1 day, today, since the Georgians started demonstration against Pro Putin, brexity types in politics.👇
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Mairi Gougeon MSP has submitted a motion condemning the UK Government’s decision to award a paltry 7.78% of the "Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund" to Scotland.
Scotland accounts for more than 60% of the UK’s fishing capacity.
Scotland accounts for more than 60% of the UK’s fishing capacity.
Scottish Parliament overwhelmingly supports Scottish fishing
The UK Government’s decision to allocate Scotland only £28mn of the £360mn Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund is condemned in the Scottish Parliament
bylines.scot
November 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Mairi Gougeon MSP has submitted a motion condemning the UK Government’s decision to award a paltry 7.78% of the "Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund" to Scotland.
Scotland accounts for more than 60% of the UK’s fishing capacity.
Scotland accounts for more than 60% of the UK’s fishing capacity.
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Two things stand out about this picture:
1. a political leader embracing rather than demonising asylum seekers;
2. the beautiful clothes the Afghan girls are wearing, and which they are free to show in public.
1. a political leader embracing rather than demonising asylum seekers;
2. the beautiful clothes the Afghan girls are wearing, and which they are free to show in public.
It’s not where we come from that counts, it’s about where we’re going.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Two things stand out about this picture:
1. a political leader embracing rather than demonising asylum seekers;
2. the beautiful clothes the Afghan girls are wearing, and which they are free to show in public.
1. a political leader embracing rather than demonising asylum seekers;
2. the beautiful clothes the Afghan girls are wearing, and which they are free to show in public.
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Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
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israel is shit
Day 1 of posting this until there is justice for brothers Paddy and Jumaa Abu Asi who were murdered today by the IDF ‼️
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
israel is shit
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Ultimately, and this bears repeating, the problem isn't the type of Brexit, but Brexit. Being outside the union structures is just shït.
An honest UKG needs to swallow its pride, stop looking for special treatment, and just be open about its dilemma with Europe.
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An honest UKG needs to swallow its pride, stop looking for special treatment, and just be open about its dilemma with Europe.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Ultimately, and this bears repeating, the problem isn't the type of Brexit, but Brexit. Being outside the union structures is just shït.
An honest UKG needs to swallow its pride, stop looking for special treatment, and just be open about its dilemma with Europe.
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An honest UKG needs to swallow its pride, stop looking for special treatment, and just be open about its dilemma with Europe.
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
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So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Anyone willing to amplify propaganda for a terrorist state should be held to account.
RT, Russia Today, where George Galloway frequently appears, isn’t just Russian state TV. They were an integral part of the torture system, including in my own case.
RT, Russia Today, where George Galloway frequently appears, isn’t just Russian state TV. They were an integral part of the torture system, including in my own case.
November 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Anyone willing to amplify propaganda for a terrorist state should be held to account.
RT, Russia Today, where George Galloway frequently appears, isn’t just Russian state TV. They were an integral part of the torture system, including in my own case.
RT, Russia Today, where George Galloway frequently appears, isn’t just Russian state TV. They were an integral part of the torture system, including in my own case.
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Tucker Carlson is a rightwing conspiracy theorist and Putin apologist who was sacked by FOX.... yes FOX
BUT The Spectator is happy to pay him to talk down our capital city... despite it thriving and crime falling.
Whose side are you on Mr Gove?
BUT The Spectator is happy to pay him to talk down our capital city... despite it thriving and crime falling.
Whose side are you on Mr Gove?
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Tucker Carlson is a rightwing conspiracy theorist and Putin apologist who was sacked by FOX.... yes FOX
BUT The Spectator is happy to pay him to talk down our capital city... despite it thriving and crime falling.
Whose side are you on Mr Gove?
BUT The Spectator is happy to pay him to talk down our capital city... despite it thriving and crime falling.
Whose side are you on Mr Gove?
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#hegseth confirming his early place in the trials that will follow...
what hegseth describes is deeply criminal under international law and, before his tenure, accepted law for the US armed forces. we cannot let this go. it's not about policy difference. it's murder under the color of law.
November 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
#hegseth confirming his early place in the trials that will follow...
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currently at 94,000, only a few more sigs needed (I've signed, fwiw...)
Takes a few seconds and this is definitely needed so please do your bit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM
currently at 94,000, only a few more sigs needed (I've signed, fwiw...)
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Israel's genocide in Gaza hasn't stopped just because the media has decided to censor it.
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Israel's genocide in Gaza hasn't stopped just because the media has decided to censor it.
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The Home Office’s absurd taxi bill results entirely from its insistence on forcing people to move round the country without choice or notice, & to live on the breadline so they can’t afford public transport. That Mahmood didn’t know about it till the BBC told her shows how appallingly the HO is run.
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The Home Office’s absurd taxi bill results entirely from its insistence on forcing people to move round the country without choice or notice, & to live on the breadline so they can’t afford public transport. That Mahmood didn’t know about it till the BBC told her shows how appallingly the HO is run.
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📢 WE'RE POSTING our 'Inequality Graph of the Week' series from 'The Spirit Level at 15 dataset', one graph a day (give or take...), up until Christmas. Please share widely and help us spread the word that more equal societies are fairer, greener, and healthier for everyone. No.12 🔽
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
📢 #INEQUALITY GRAPH OF THE WEEK (No.12)
❌ UK locks up most people in Western Europe. US dot barely on the graph.
✅ More #equal countries are more humane and lock up fewer people.
Source: Profs Wilkinson & Pickett and The Equality Trust ♥️.
For full details ➡️ equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...
❌ UK locks up most people in Western Europe. US dot barely on the graph.
✅ More #equal countries are more humane and lock up fewer people.
Source: Profs Wilkinson & Pickett and The Equality Trust ♥️.
For full details ➡️ equalitytrust.org.uk/evidence-bas...
November 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
📢 WE'RE POSTING our 'Inequality Graph of the Week' series from 'The Spirit Level at 15 dataset', one graph a day (give or take...), up until Christmas. Please share widely and help us spread the word that more equal societies are fairer, greener, and healthier for everyone. No.12 🔽
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
Thank You! 👍♥️✊
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You* voted for ‘em, now enjoy the wasteful incompetence & back door dealing, Lincolnshire
(Of course, our voting system isn’t representative)
Private Eye
(Of course, our voting system isn’t representative)
Private Eye
November 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
You* voted for ‘em, now enjoy the wasteful incompetence & back door dealing, Lincolnshire
(Of course, our voting system isn’t representative)
Private Eye
(Of course, our voting system isn’t representative)
Private Eye
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Listen to your bodies and get changes checked out please folks. Thank you Dr Charles Cowen of Devizes. www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/2565925...
Devizes doctor urges vigilance after cancer diagnosis
A Devizes GP is urging people to look for signs of pancreatic cancer after his own diagnosis
www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Listen to your bodies and get changes checked out please folks. Thank you Dr Charles Cowen of Devizes. www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/2565925...
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Deploying carbon removal tech in the UK faces significant uncertainty, with high costs and delays.
The UK risks overrelying on this tech to decarbonise. Focusing on proven methods – like renewables and heat pumps – should be the priority in the next decade.
https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
The UK risks overrelying on this tech to decarbonise. Focusing on proven methods – like renewables and heat pumps – should be the priority in the next decade.
https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Deploying carbon removal tech in the UK faces significant uncertainty, with high costs and delays.
The UK risks overrelying on this tech to decarbonise. Focusing on proven methods – like renewables and heat pumps – should be the priority in the next decade.
https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
The UK risks overrelying on this tech to decarbonise. Focusing on proven methods – like renewables and heat pumps – should be the priority in the next decade.
https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
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There are better ways to deal with the big issues. Finland is a fine example.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 AM
There are better ways to deal with the big issues. Finland is a fine example.
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The 4th Thursday in November - Happy Thanksgiving to all celebrating.
A holiday originally to thank for the harvest, it may be worth the selfish & child-like leadership in the White House reflecting that Russia steals much of Ukraine's harvest.
Here's the🧵on Day 1373 of the war.
A holiday originally to thank for the harvest, it may be worth the selfish & child-like leadership in the White House reflecting that Russia steals much of Ukraine's harvest.
Here's the🧵on Day 1373 of the war.
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The 4th Thursday in November - Happy Thanksgiving to all celebrating.
A holiday originally to thank for the harvest, it may be worth the selfish & child-like leadership in the White House reflecting that Russia steals much of Ukraine's harvest.
Here's the🧵on Day 1373 of the war.
A holiday originally to thank for the harvest, it may be worth the selfish & child-like leadership in the White House reflecting that Russia steals much of Ukraine's harvest.
Here's the🧵on Day 1373 of the war.
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"A new poll suggests nearly half of Britons think there are more migrants in the UK illegally than legally, but in reality just 7% arrive through irregular channels"
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...
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We’ve reached a historic milestone: 100 million free school meals have been provided to London’s state primary children thanks to City Hall funding 🍎
These healthy meals are ensuring children don’t go hungry at school, while also taking the financial pressure off families.
These healthy meals are ensuring children don’t go hungry at school, while also taking the financial pressure off families.
London free school meals scheme achieves 100 million lunches
A scheme to provide free lunches to all state primary school pupils in London reaches a milestone.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We’ve reached a historic milestone: 100 million free school meals have been provided to London’s state primary children thanks to City Hall funding 🍎
These healthy meals are ensuring children don’t go hungry at school, while also taking the financial pressure off families.
These healthy meals are ensuring children don’t go hungry at school, while also taking the financial pressure off families.