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muirneag.bsky.social @muirneag.bsky.social · 8h

muirneag.bsky.social @muirneag.bsky.social · 11h

I'm so proud of Scotland’s SNP government, one of the only parties in Europe that values immigration - and actively works both to offer refuge and bring in those who want to work and contribute to our society.

muirneag.bsky.social @muirneag.bsky.social · 16h

I didn't know air plants even bloomed, much less that they'd be such spectacular colours!

muirneag.bsky.social @muirneag.bsky.social · 1d

My amazing colleague Cllr Kate Campbell calling out a 'Labour' government who balance their books on the backs of the poor.

muirneag.bsky.social @muirneag.bsky.social · 1d

It's so energising to hear inspiring ideas from politicians who put Scotland first and foremost. Not corporate donors, but the people of our country - whether lucky enough to be born here, or lucky enough to move here!

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muirneag.bsky.social @muirneag.bsky.social · 1d

I just read about this and can't stop thinking that it could describe so much that we're seeing in the world, from the behavior of Israel’s IDF to the insanity of poor people from Middle England to the American Midwest embracing billionaire conmen as their new Messiah.

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muirneag.bsky.social @muirneag.bsky.social · 1d

Vimes' 'Boot' theory of poverty

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muirneag.bsky.social @muirneag.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently, frog costume stocks in Chicago have been completely depleted by the Antifroga.

muirneag.bsky.social @muirneag.bsky.social · 2d

It was so moving to have the new Head of the Palestine Mission to the UK, Ambassador Husam Zomlot, who spoke so passionately about the friendship and long time support offered by Scotland to the Palestinian people. An incredibly moving, historic moment.
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muirneag.bsky.social @muirneag.bsky.social · 2d

Highlights from the second day of the party's National Conference: hearing speeches from my amazingly talented female colleagues Martha Mattos Coelho, Vicky Nicolson and Simita Kumar, and Scotland's youngest ever candidate-the party is in good hands to take forward the fight for a progressive future

muirneag.bsky.social @muirneag.bsky.social · 2d

At a meeting during the SNP Conference, hearing the moving testimony of doctors from Medical Aid for Palestine on the inhuman conditions being inflicted on innocent civilians by the occupying IDF forces. Tommy Sheppard spoke powerfully as usual, but it was the women's voices that moved us near tears

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Marco Gervasoni @marcogervasoni.bsky.social · 2d

Mancano solo le svastiche

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 2d

Today is Artist’s Day in Ukraine.

In the video, you see three watercolour paintings
by Ukrainian artist and soldier
Davyd Chychkan –
killed on the front line in August 2025.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 2d

Release the Epstein files. All of them. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010

www.theguardian.com

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muirneag.bsky.social @muirneag.bsky.social · 2d

I love that Scotland is a place with names like Mugiemoss Road, a word that rolls off the tongue, then drips down into the gutters. No wonder Harry's Hogwarts was invented here.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 3d

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 3d

Strong 'bald men squabbling over comb' vibes to this attack line. Yes, Nigel Farage drove the economy into a cul de sac with Brexit. But the dude who refused to reverse it out is Keir Starmer.

Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 4d

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 3d

More than 5,000 federal employees have received layoff notices. We’re working to ensure that the administration isn’t using state voter rolls to target registered Democrats for termination. More details soon.

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muirneag.bsky.social @muirneag.bsky.social · 2d

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