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Machair Bar @machairbar.bsky.social · 5h

TRAD NIGHT!

At the Machair this evening you’ll enjoy our weekly Scottish Trad session alongside your dram - or 3! 😅 🎶

Make sure to stop by early to order some food from our kitchen as well! 🍔

#machairbarglasgow #scottishtrad #tradmusic #barfood

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PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 5h

boak

PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 8h

Good piece.

PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 11h

If I was in Horsens I would be suggesting to EU trade ministers that they work towards future world trade arrangements that embrace China and the rest of the world while avoiding the US entirely.

The US is no longer a reliable trading partner.

PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 11h

Ah . .... Portland !!

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PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 13h

Gold is up again this morning.

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 3d

The scale of this week’s crypto crash is stunning. $16.6B in losses due to margin calls on 1.6M accounts averages to $10,000 lost per person betting on crypto always going up.

A lesson for many on the downside of borrowing money to gamble.

PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 13h

Why do they let themselves be bullied by Trump?

PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 13h

Meloni is eye-rolling for the gold medal in eye-rolling.

PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 13h

Maybe Jonathan Powell will be nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize?

(question - is the NPP an annual event?)

James Willby @jameswillby.bsky.social · 1d

As expected, UK was involved extensively behind the scenes. And Jonathan Powell was Tony Blair's fixer on Northern Ireland. So, for anybody decrying UK involvement in getting us to peace and the hostages home, just because Starmer doesn't shout does not mean he doesn't act. #PeaceSummit #Egypt

PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 14h

bookmarked !!

Lots of recipe suggestions.
I like okra.

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 15d

I have a question! I do the cooking in our house, and Mercy has asked me to make her okra sides. Okra is way outside my Ashkenazi Jewish cooking wheelhouse lol. So does anyone have okra recipes they feel comfortable sharing? So far I've done sautéed and fried but the fried...didn't work.

Thank you!

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PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 15h

Good analysis from @jameskellysgp.bsky.social
I'm not an SNP member.
I wasn't at the SNP conference.
I'm a very small part of the movement towards Scotland's independence.
That movement is more than just the SNP itself.
But it needs the SNP to take a policy-before-party view and lead the movement.

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PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 1d

Body language behind him is wonderful.
They all need to go pee.
Meloni is eye-rolling for the gold medal in eye-rolling.

PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 1d

Bigfoot spotted at ceremony threatening Pakistan President

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PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 1d

World trade will do just fine without the USA and Russia.

The US has sanctioned itself with Trump's tariffs, best avoided.
And Russia is finished, ostracised.

PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 1d

I can put you in touch with Antifa leadership if you're thinking of crossing to the dark side.

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PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 1d

Bigfoot spotted at ceremony threatening Pakistan President

PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 1d

Gaza calculator .....
(from a note on a blotter found on table after Nobel Peace committee meeting)

◾One Barack Obama (for calibration, like the gold standard) = 10 Tony Blairs.

◾One TonyB = One Steve Witkoff (at par!)

◾One TonyB = 8 Donald Trumps

PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 1d

. . . and here again . . ⤵️

www.visualcapitalist.com/minimum-wage...

Minimum Wages in 50 U.S. States & 35 Countries, Adjusted for Living Costs

After adjusting for living costs and inflation, we rank statutory minimum wages in 50 states and 35 countries as of 2024.

www.visualcapitalist.com

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PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 1d

Just putting this here.
How low can the USA go?
www.visualcapitalist.com/minimum-wage...

Minimum Wages in 50 U.S. States & 35 Countries, Adjusted for Living Costs

After adjusting for living costs and inflation, we rank statutory minimum wages in 50 states and 35 countries as of 2024.

www.visualcapitalist.com

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PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 1d

Is the SNP conference over yet?

Do we have a plan for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿independence?

If so, what is it?

@johnswinney.bsky.social
@jameskellysgp.bsky.social

PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, we just need a majority of indy-supporting parties.

The SNP cannot claim exclusive rights to independence.

I'll be voting SNP 1, Greens 2 to support the independence movement.

Robert F @chippyman.bsky.social · 2d

If John Swinney has a secret plan to secure independence with an SNP majority, couldn’t that same plan work for a majority of pro-independence parties?

Does it also mean that if he fails to win the near-impossible SNP majority, we can kiss independence goodbye for at least another five years?

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PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 1d

What a waste of taxpayer funds. Some judge will inevitably order his release on some constitutional pretext.

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John Donegan @donegan.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Antifa leader Habeas Corpus has been arrested in Portland.

96 300 1.5K

PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 1d

It's the guns.

Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting @pcgvr.org · 1d

“The vast majority of mass shootings have nothing to do with mental illness. Psychiatric medications, and SSRIs in particular, do not cause mass shootings. The primary modifiable population level risk factor for mass shootings is firearm availability.”

New study finds no evidence linking antidepressant use to mass shootings

A large-scale analysis of U.S. mass shootings finds little support for claims that antidepressants cause violent behavior, suggesting most perpetrators were not taking psychiatric medication at the…

www.psypost.org

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PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 1d

Laughable,
but also sad.
These child-killing monsters are only appropriate for north American roads.
Why is Japan pandering to Trump like this?
Surely better just to turn away from the US and its bully tactics.

#BoycottUSA

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PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, we just need a majority of indy-supporting parties.

The SNP cannot claim exclusive rights to independence.

I'll be voting SNP 1, Greens 2 to support the independence movement.

Robert F @chippyman.bsky.social · 2d

If John Swinney has a secret plan to secure independence with an SNP majority, couldn’t that same plan work for a majority of pro-independence parties?

Does it also mean that if he fails to win the near-impossible SNP majority, we can kiss independence goodbye for at least another five years?

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PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · 2d

very believable !!

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 2d

Labour may be investing hard in nuclear energy due to the fear of Scottish independence, Stephen Flynn has suggested

Labour investing hard in nuclear due to fear of Scottish independence, Flynn suggests

www.thenational.scot

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