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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 1h

The West is pretty much a shithole now. Too expensive, yet everything is falling to pieces. The governments don’t take care of their people, only the wealthy.
The rest have to live in dilapidated buildings, that are still too expensive.
The West failed.
It did. I’m sorry!

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 1h

The secret weapon every serious protester carries isn’t on their back...it’s between their ears.🔥👇

www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Indy lass @pixie11.bsky.social · 1d

"Scottish independence now becomes an absolute necessity"

The “mega poll” is by company PLMR with Electoral Calculus and published by the Daily Mail overnight

www.thenational.scot/news/2554444...

Reform UK set for Westminster mega majority with Labour in freefall, poll finds

REFORM UK are set for a massive landslide victory which would reduce Labour to double figures in the Commons according to a new poll.

www.thenational.scot

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jhd1591.bsky.social @jhd1591.bsky.social · 1d

ALT #GetCounted #YesScots #Yes #SNP #Alba #ScottishGreens #LabourInScotland #LibDemsInScotland #ConservativesInScotland #TheNational
Today’s THE NATIONAL.
Get the paper at your paper shop or subscribe online at:
thenational.scot

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duncan2024.bsky.social @duncan2024.bsky.social · 1d

www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

AOC humiliates RFK over UnitedHealth rip-off - the private health group who fund Wes Streeting

Health Secretary and his boss take shedloads of cash from private health interests - including UnitedHealth, as AOC drags them

www.thecanary.co

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Artists for Scottish Independence @artistsforindy.scot · 1d

Imagine what Scotland could do if we had control over our massive wealth instead of it all going to billionaires in another country.
Capitalists, especially neolibs, HATE a Wellbeing Economy that puts people first, not billionaire’s profits.
We need independence NOW!

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Jim Lutomski🏴‍☠️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ilejim.bsky.social · 2d

I find Neil's essay especially insightful. It rhymes with what friends from London have been telling me. English Nationalism has aye been based on domination of a big Empire and the Union. Without domination it feels quite empty. Scottish and Welsh identities are at ease, not so English.

Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 2d

The making of an identity crisis: how empire and the union drove England mad

Even Ulster Unionists now consider English - rather than Irish - nationalism the biggest threat to the union

If the UK collapses, it's down to England

In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

How Empire and the Union ruined England, by Neil Mackay

A case could be made that the best medicine for what ails England would be an English departure from the Union, argues Writer at Large Neil Mackay

www.heraldscotland.com

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Ian McConnell @mrianmcconnell.bsky.social · 2d

♦️Key survey on Scottish economy makes for interesting reading.
@heraldscotland.bsky.social
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www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2554...

Scotland top of UK table on key measure

The Scottish economy has topped the UK league table on one key measure

www.heraldscotland.com

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 10d

🇮🇱🇺🇦 Israel first sold RADA radar to Ukraine, and six months later sold it to the Russians. That's why Russia started shooting down our reconnaissance UAVs, - commander of "Ragor" regiment

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Roger McKenzie @rogermckenzie.bsky.social · 5d

When Starmer and company said there was no need to march because of the current ceasefire (even though Palestinians are still being killed) more people turned out than ever before! Keep marching! Keep protesting Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians! This whole thing ain’t over!!

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 6d

The Trump-backed Gaza ceasefire deal "is not a peace agreement," says Palestinian human rights lawyer Diana Buttu. "This is not an end to the occupation."

Full interview: https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/10/gaza_ceasefire_deal

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Dotair Raibeart 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 7d

The largest increase in hate crime in England is due to Islamophobia.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 7d

Religious hate crime recorded by police in England and Wales has reached a record high, new figures have shown

news.sky.com/story/hate-c...

Hate crime rises in England and Wales with religiously-motivated offences at record level

Hate crimes targeted at Muslims rose by almost a fifth, with the Home Office noting a “clear spike” in these offences after the Southport murders and riots that followed last summer.

news.sky.com

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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 8d

🇬🇧 The brexity Telegraph are raging because EU countries are going to enforce their laws in relation to british “overstayers”

Or “ILLEGALS” as Reform, Blue Tories & Red Tories generally like to call them

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 8d

Half of Scotland's land is owned by less than 1% of the people. We have some of the most unequal land distribution in Europe!

It's time to curb the power of super rich land hoarders and start giving ordinary Scots and communities new opportunities.

Scottish Government urged to prevent super rich from 'hoarding' Scotland's land

THE Scottish Government has been urged to prevent the super wealthy from hoarding Scotland’s land ...

www.thenational.scot

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RL Stine Action @anothersmd.bsky.social · 8d

The thing about Badenoch is she's not only very evil but also incredibly stupid. This is a combination of characteristics our political media is incredibly ill equipped to handle.

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bogwoppitt59.bsky.social @bogwoppitt59.bsky.social · 8d

David Lammy.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 8d

The National's Q&A with Peter Oborne on the UK's complicity in the Gaza genocide has almost sold out. This is how you can purchase the final tickets 👇

The National’s Q&A with Peter Oborne on UK Gaza complicity almost sold out

www.thenational.scot

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 8d

Scotland has enormous resources and huge potential, but we are being held back by Westminster governments that treat us like an afterthought.

It’s time for a fresh start. An independent Scotland.

Today I have published our latest paper on what it could look like: www.gov.scot/publications...

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Podemos @ahorapodemos.bsky.social · 8d

🔴 Hoy el Congreso aprueba un embargo fake que no detiene la compraventa ni el tránsito de armas hacia Israel, las dos principales formas en que España contribuye al genocidio en Palestina.

Podemos sigue exigiendo un embargo total y el fin de toda colaboración con el genocidio.

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Jim Lutomski🏴‍☠️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ilejim.bsky.social · 8d

Humour is important resistance

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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 8d

Reform’s embarrassing council mess shows the posh-boy hatemongers have nothing to offer www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Reform's embarrassing council mess shows the posh-boy hatemongers have nothing to offer

Reform blunder into a mess of their own making at Kent County Council as they realise their DOGE style cuts aren't feasible

www.thecanary.co

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Lady J of Tay @ladyjoftay.bsky.social · 9d

Westminster serves the rich – Scotland can do so much better
www.snp.org/westminster-...

Westminster serves the rich - Scotland can do so much better — Scottish National Party

Independence means that Scotland’s energy wealth will be in our own hands – meaning we can use our vast, low-cost renewable electricity to bring your bills down.

www.snp.org

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Linda Lombard @heavensgone.bsky.social · 10d

#Shetland councillors have backed plans by #Green councillor Alex Armitage @alexjarmitage.bsky.social to implement a financial boycott of #Israel

The motion condemned the #genocide inflicted against #Gaza

greens.scot/news/shetlan...

Shetland joins global campaign of boycotts against genocidal regime

Shetland joins global campaign of boycotts against genocidal regime - Shetland backs Green call to boycott Israel

greens.scot

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Bro. B!O!F! @brobof.bsky.social · 11d

@margot-and-hamish2.bsky.social
Sorry I had to cut you from the list of Ladies who post.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 11d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Simon Parker @simonparker.bsky.social · 11d

Hard agree. Progressives frame racism in economic terms because it plays into their priors about being fundamentally good, and because it makes the problem amenable to progressive policy solutions. At best 'people turn to racism because of poverty' is a partial account.

Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 11d

Sorry I keep talking about this but I’m genuinely alarmed by the growing narrative that poverty is a cause of racism. First it’s super insulting of people on low incomes. Second it normalises & excuses racist takes. And third it deters real action on racism by shifting the whole focus to economics.

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