Larbroath - Linda🏴
@larbroath.bsky.social
Retired primary teacher. Interests include genealogy, Scottish history, dogs and politics. Still Yes.
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An archaeology student has discovered what is thought may be a rare carving of a Pict’s face while volunteering on a dig 👇
Archaeology student unearths rare stone carving of 'Pictish face'
www.thenational.scot
September 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
An archaeology student has discovered what is thought may be a rare carving of a Pict’s face while volunteering on a dig 👇
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Could someone in the UK please do the exactly same thing?
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Could someone in the UK please do the exactly same thing?
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See why this 5000-year-old Neolithic tomb in Orkney, Scotland, is one of the 'finest' in Northwest Europe
The 5000-year-old Neolithic tomb in Scotland that is one of Europe's 'finest'
www.thenational.scot
August 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
See why this 5000-year-old Neolithic tomb in Orkney, Scotland, is one of the 'finest' in Northwest Europe
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Not just Braveheart: black Scots become TikTok hit among African Americans
Not just Braveheart: black Scots become TikTok hit among African Americans
Glaswegian teacher’s moan about the weather has racked up 4m views – and opened conversations about race on both sides of Atlantic
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Not just Braveheart: black Scots become TikTok hit among African Americans
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Congratulations to Rebecca Young of Glasgow, one of 13 “girls of the year” honoured by Time magazine. Rebecca invented a solar-powered blanket to help rough sleepers keep warm. Good to see Scotland’s spirit of invention still going strong.
August 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Congratulations to Rebecca Young of Glasgow, one of 13 “girls of the year” honoured by Time magazine. Rebecca invented a solar-powered blanket to help rough sleepers keep warm. Good to see Scotland’s spirit of invention still going strong.
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"Looking back, I wish I’d known then what I know now.
The signs were there for years – twinges, stiffness, knee pain that wasn’t really knee pain. But it wasn’t until I pushed for answers that I discovered the real issue: severe osteoarthritis in both hips."
The signs were there for years – twinges, stiffness, knee pain that wasn’t really knee pain. But it wasn’t until I pushed for answers that I discovered the real issue: severe osteoarthritis in both hips."
Hip osteoarthritis and the NHS: an instructive painful journey
Osteoarthritis and the pain and stiffness it brings is unpleasant. NHS frontline services need to improve to help us manage the condition
eastangliabylines.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"Looking back, I wish I’d known then what I know now.
The signs were there for years – twinges, stiffness, knee pain that wasn’t really knee pain. But it wasn’t until I pushed for answers that I discovered the real issue: severe osteoarthritis in both hips."
The signs were there for years – twinges, stiffness, knee pain that wasn’t really knee pain. But it wasn’t until I pushed for answers that I discovered the real issue: severe osteoarthritis in both hips."
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New @Ofgem proposals for compensation if your Smart Meter isn't working... www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/03...
March 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New @Ofgem proposals for compensation if your Smart Meter isn't working... www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/03...
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NEW: An American firm which has worked on major Hollywood franchises has announced it will open a new animation studio in Scotland creating hundreds of jobs
Hollywood animation company to open £28m Scottish studio creating 250 jobs
AN AMERICAN firm which has worked on major Hollywood franchises has announced it will open a new animation studio in Glasgow creating hundreds of…
www.thenational.scot
March 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
NEW: An American firm which has worked on major Hollywood franchises has announced it will open a new animation studio in Scotland creating hundreds of jobs
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"Boss, I've got a great idea for a new gameshow! It's called 'Tariffs, or No Tariffs'. We get 14 world leaders with red boxes in front of them and they have to find the country that doesn't have a tariff in their box! And listen... Trump is the host and Putin is the banker! What do you think?"
March 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
"Boss, I've got a great idea for a new gameshow! It's called 'Tariffs, or No Tariffs'. We get 14 world leaders with red boxes in front of them and they have to find the country that doesn't have a tariff in their box! And listen... Trump is the host and Putin is the banker! What do you think?"
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Vance, a man who won’t dare to say aloud the truth, that Trump lost the 2020 election, a lie which prompted a riot and insurrection, lecturing Europe about freedom of speech and democracy. You couldn’t make it up.
February 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Vance, a man who won’t dare to say aloud the truth, that Trump lost the 2020 election, a lie which prompted a riot and insurrection, lecturing Europe about freedom of speech and democracy. You couldn’t make it up.
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Word of the day is ‘arsle’ (19th century): to have a distinct sense of going backwards.
February 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Word of the day is ‘arsle’ (19th century): to have a distinct sense of going backwards.
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Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.
February 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.
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THE NATIONAL : And nothing for you, Scotland #TomorrowsPapersToday
January 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
THE NATIONAL : And nothing for you, Scotland #TomorrowsPapersToday
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By-Election Result analysis: Bannockburn
Labour go fully into reverse, resulting in the first genuine SNP gain in a very long time, and surely calling time on a local administration now consisting of just 4 members.
Labour go fully into reverse, resulting in the first genuine SNP gain in a very long time, and surely calling time on a local administration now consisting of just 4 members.
By-Election Result: Bannockburn
Labour go fully into reverse, resulting in the first genuine SNP gain in a very long time, and surely calling time on a local administration now consisting of just 4 members.
ballotbox.scot
January 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
By-Election Result analysis: Bannockburn
Labour go fully into reverse, resulting in the first genuine SNP gain in a very long time, and surely calling time on a local administration now consisting of just 4 members.
Labour go fully into reverse, resulting in the first genuine SNP gain in a very long time, and surely calling time on a local administration now consisting of just 4 members.
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A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all | Frances Ryan
A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all | Frances Ryan
Rosy is unable to move, breathe or eat unassisted. Yet for hours a day she is being left completely alone
Last September, I received an email from a reader called Rosy. At just 53, motor neurone disease meant Rosy was losing her body as she knew it,…
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all | Frances Ryan
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Storm Éowyn - Sand Bags will be made available outside the gates of Tayside Contracts Yards in Arbroath, Forfar and Brechin for self-help.
January 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Storm Éowyn - Sand Bags will be made available outside the gates of Tayside Contracts Yards in Arbroath, Forfar and Brechin for self-help.
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Electric shock collars are already banned in countries across Europe. Yet here in Scotland they continue to be used. There's simply no excuse for it.
Scottish Green MSPs are bringing a vote to the Scottish Parliament next week that will finally ban these cruel devices.
Scottish Green MSPs are bringing a vote to the Scottish Parliament next week that will finally ban these cruel devices.
Cruel electric shock dog collars could face 'real ban' in Holyrood vote
EXCLUSIVE: New proposals tabled by the Scottish Greens would make it a criminal offence to use the 'brutal' devices to train pet canine
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
January 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Electric shock collars are already banned in countries across Europe. Yet here in Scotland they continue to be used. There's simply no excuse for it.
Scottish Green MSPs are bringing a vote to the Scottish Parliament next week that will finally ban these cruel devices.
Scottish Green MSPs are bringing a vote to the Scottish Parliament next week that will finally ban these cruel devices.
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NEW: Scottish tennis ace Jacob Fearnley has made it to the third round of the Australian Open in his second ever grand slam appearance.
What an achievement 👏👏
What an achievement 👏👏
January 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
NEW: Scottish tennis ace Jacob Fearnley has made it to the third round of the Australian Open in his second ever grand slam appearance.
What an achievement 👏👏
What an achievement 👏👏
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Word of the day is ‘depooperit’, from 18th-century Scots: ‘enfeebled both mentally and physically’.
January 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Word of the day is ‘depooperit’, from 18th-century Scots: ‘enfeebled both mentally and physically’.
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In early 2020, a pandemic was spreading. The UK’s PM went on a 10 day half-term holiday during which he was uncontactable and the government went into panic mode, focusing, as Hancock related to the COVID enquiry, on buying enough body bags. 1/8
January 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
In early 2020, a pandemic was spreading. The UK’s PM went on a 10 day half-term holiday during which he was uncontactable and the government went into panic mode, focusing, as Hancock related to the COVID enquiry, on buying enough body bags. 1/8
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❌ August: Labour axes supercomputer in Edinburgh.
🔍 January: Labour announces... new supercomputer?
✂️ The UK Government pulled £800 million from the Edinburgh project.
👇 Westminster's contempt for Scotland is on full display.
🔍 January: Labour announces... new supercomputer?
✂️ The UK Government pulled £800 million from the Edinburgh project.
👇 Westminster's contempt for Scotland is on full display.
January 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
❌ August: Labour axes supercomputer in Edinburgh.
🔍 January: Labour announces... new supercomputer?
✂️ The UK Government pulled £800 million from the Edinburgh project.
👇 Westminster's contempt for Scotland is on full display.
🔍 January: Labour announces... new supercomputer?
✂️ The UK Government pulled £800 million from the Edinburgh project.
👇 Westminster's contempt for Scotland is on full display.
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Jan 13: Feast of Kentigern (Mungo) (†612). Monk and bishop, evangelist of Strathclyde and Cumbria. The son of St Teneu (Enoch), he was born in Culross, Fife, and was said to have exchanged pastoral staffs with Columba towards the end of that saint’s life.
January 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Jan 13: Feast of Kentigern (Mungo) (†612). Monk and bishop, evangelist of Strathclyde and Cumbria. The son of St Teneu (Enoch), he was born in Culross, Fife, and was said to have exchanged pastoral staffs with Columba towards the end of that saint’s life.
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I thought the Greenland stuff was a joke I didn’t get. Oh boy.
January 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I thought the Greenland stuff was a joke I didn’t get. Oh boy.
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Interesting left-right classification of MPs by Survation, Chris Hanretty, Royal Holloway, UK in a Changing Europe survation.com/how-left-or-...
January 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Interesting left-right classification of MPs by Survation, Chris Hanretty, Royal Holloway, UK in a Changing Europe survation.com/how-left-or-...