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Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland @jackiekemp.bsky.social · 1d

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Robert Wedderburn came a long way to find out that his father was a bastard.

Geoff Palmer wanted these stories to be part of Scottish history

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Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland @jackiekemp.bsky.social · 2d

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looking good @andywightman.bsky.social

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scepscot.bsky.social @scepscot.bsky.social · Sep 10

Let's hear it for @theferret.scot says @jackiekemp.bsky.social for doggedly exposing radioactive leaks from Trident into a popular Scottish loch
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Ferreting out radioactive leaks from Trident - Sceptical Scot

"Loch Long is a 20-mile-long seawater loch that flows into the Firth of Clyde. People fish there; they swim and paddleboard. They had a right to know about the leak - and we all had a right to know ab...

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Lynn Nothegger @lynnnothegger.bsky.social · Jan 23

Fun storm fact. When a storm is incoming, Germans say 'Mach die Schotten dicht' to mean 'Batten down the hatches'.

But it could also mean 'get the Scots drunk'.

Schotten - Scots or bulkheads
dicht - to close tight or to be drunk
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Screenshot of the dictionary definition of 'Schotten', to mean either 'the Scottish', or 'bulkhead'.

Screenshot of the dictionary definition of 'Dicht', to mean either 'close tight' or 'drunk'.

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Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland @jackiekemp.bsky.social · Aug 17

Nicola Sturgeon, Alistair Darling, Fred Goodwin, Stalin, Mountbatten, Jimmy Reid, all glimpsed at the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe
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Big Beasts at the Edinburgh Festivals

Some shows about history within living memory

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Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland @jackiekemp.bsky.social · Aug 4

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The Sandy Peggie tribunal proves we can't avoid difficult conversations

From a locker room in Fife to the Ladyboys of Bangkok

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Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland @jackiekemp.bsky.social · Aug 4

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The Sandy Peggie tribunal proves we can't avoid difficult conversations

From a locker room in Fife to the Ladyboys of Bangkok

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Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland @jackiekemp.bsky.social · Jul 27

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Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland @jackiekemp.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Media Watch: Scottish Water

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Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland @jackiekemp.bsky.social · Jul 22

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London overground

Thanks to smartphones and satellites, I no longer rely on modular maps and airless tube trains

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Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland @jackiekemp.bsky.social · Jul 20

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Europeans will welcome back an independent Scotland in to the EU

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Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland @jackiekemp.bsky.social · Jul 19

The UK gov has retreated from zonal pricing with a Londoncentric sneer jackie125.substack.com/p/uk-turns-its… UK Turns Its Back on Energy Reform — and the Highlands Will Pay

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Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland @jackiekemp.bsky.social · Jul 18

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Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland @jackiekemp.bsky.social · Jul 18

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UK Turns Its Back on Energy Reform — and the Highlands Will Pay

Can a privatised system deliver affordable energy?

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Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland @jackiekemp.bsky.social · Jul 18

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · Jul 15

Stop using WeTransfer - especially for anything work-for-hire or covered by NDA.

Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · Jul 14

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

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Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland @jackiekemp.bsky.social · Jul 15

Hi @andrewgregory.com - this kind of thing undermines trust. Please say England when you mean England!

Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland @jackiekemp.bsky.social · Jul 6

The reopening of #Edinburgh @Filmhouse reminded me what a generous space the cinema can be for socialising. Maybe somewhere awkward young people can cross the algorithm fuelled gender divide?New Substack

Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland @jackiekemp.bsky.social · Jul 6

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Love in a Time of Popcorn: Why Cinema Could Help Fix the Relationship Recession

The reopened Edinburgh Filmhouse is more than an arthouse treasure - it is a space for human connection

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Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland @jackiekemp.bsky.social · Jul 6

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Love in a Time of Popcorn: Why Cinema Could Help Fix the Relationship Recession

The reopened Edinburgh Filmhouse is more than an arthouse treasure - it is a space for human connection

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Writes a Substack - Letter from Scotland @jackiekemp.bsky.social · Jul 4

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