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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 31m

His handling of classified documents is the projection on Bolton.
This regime is a scripted reality show built around a petty, vengeneful, spireful, confirmed r@pist and 34 count felon.

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 1h

Fly your flag people!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧

But if you didn’t fly it for the Lions…

Or the Lionesses

Or the Roses

Or Remembrance Day

Or VE Day

Or Team GB

Or the King’s Coronation

Then please do excuse us for questioning why TF you want to fly it now.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1h

You gotta give ‘em hop.

A tweet from the Anonymous account says, “Make sure the dude in the frog costume in Portland knows he's an icon.” The image is a stylized poster of a frog wearing a stars-and-stripes scarf with the word “HOP” below, in the style of the Obama “HOPE” poster.

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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 34m

Break a leg, or the politicians' equivalent, John. ✨️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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European Movement in Scotland @euromovescotland.bsky.social · 4h

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3h

Censorship, silencing and exile is never far away in so-called free world.

Books that they banned or tried to ban

Leaves of Grass
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Other Stories
The Wizard of Oz
The Great Gatsby
The Sun also Rises

Have we advanced?

5 Historically Banned Classics and Why - Canterbury Classics

It's National Banned Books Week! To commemorate the event, we've compiled a list of popular classics that have been historically banned—and the reasons why.

www.canterburyclassicsbooks.com

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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 35m

Once Hamas returns all hostages Israel is going to go in no-holds-barred and just raze Palestine.
All their military equipment, the massive industrial bulldozers, are already in situ.
In my opinion.

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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 39m

The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 3h

I don’t understand why we need a “Columbus Day” when this country celebrates incompetent white men failing up and taking what isn’t theirs all year round.

Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 39m

Dear USA,
this.
Love,
The World.

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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 3h

Get rid of gambling altogether. Including the National Lottery.

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 7h

Gambling industry holding UK govt to ransom.

William Hill joins Ladbrokes and Coral to warn Chancellor - increase tax and we will shut shops.

Happy to dodge taxes; not bear cost of harms inflicted on gambling addicts and their families.

Who governs - govts or corporations?

William Hill owner says it could shut shops if Reeves raises gambling taxes

Evoke considering the plans before expected tax increases in budget, with up to 1,500 jobs potentially affected

www.theguardian.com

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 7h

The Westminster race to the right has left families struggling while the rich get richer.

We can build a fairer future. A fresh start with independence.

Join me at 3pm as I set out that hopeful vision for Scotland.

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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 3h

#YouYesNow #IndyClan?
It's TIME for #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Here's some wonderful resources:

Meidas Scotland 🏴EU @sovereign.scot · 7h

Colin Dunn Artwork Catalogue on Flipbook - 159 pages of Rebuttal Messaging

Colin Dunn @indyposterboy.scot and I have put together a massive catalogue - all 159 pages - of his most recent rebuttal material to inspire you all to get Indy messages out .

online.fliphtml5.com/lgqra/yvms/ind

online.fliphtml5.com

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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 4h

theconversation.com/wild-honeybe...
This is dreadful news.

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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 7h

...but gender affirming care is wrong?

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 16h

There’s more Botox in the Trump cabinet than in a dented can of beans.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 8h

'Nigel Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

'Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire

www.mirror.co.uk

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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 7h

It really is. And she's still presenting herself for the white patriarchal gaze. Pitiful woman.

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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · 14h

It’s amazing watching so many people choose the wrong side of history while history is happening all around us

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svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 12h

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 8h

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 8h

🤣👏... Yup. I've been filling it for a decently long period of time, honestly....

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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 17h

Mike's top five British values:

Beans
Toast
Mushrooms
Hash brown (American)
Sausage as a breakwater

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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 8h

AND they control the USA House, Senate, and Presidency.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 8h

Huh. PayPal is offering me £400 credit to spread over three months.
I am NOT a good credit risk.
This feels a little shady.

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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 18h

If you're not a Trumplethinskin worshiping MAGA you're Antifa and a target in today's USA.
So that's women, trans women, black people, brown people, Asian people, people not speaking English.
Only the white, "Christian" nationalist, males have a voice o4 are allowed opinions.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 19h

Do you see where this is headed?

Tweet from Jordan Weissmann: “Asked for an example of a group that had funded a violent protest, Trump named ActBlue and Indivisible, which I think pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the goals here.”
Below is a screenshot of an article excerpt detailing that neither George Soros nor Open Society Foundations fund protests, and noting that the White House named liberal groups like ActBlue and Indivisible in relation to violent incidents.

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Casey Whitaker @alphacentauri53.bsky.social · Nov 10

Keep looking ahead. There is hope. Change will come. Women are the future, as they are both the present and the past.

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