Ailsa Laing
@ailsalaing.bsky.social
AuDHDer. Trans-inclusive feminist and secularist. European Scot. She/They. No DMs unless we've already 'met'.
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Sad, but very definitely NOT a major defeat
Russians have lost a million men
Russians have lost a million men
It's more than sad - it hurts, a great many people a great deal. BUT it's accurate that this is not a major defeat. Russia have thrown the lives of ONE MILLION of their people on this pyre. No nation can 'win' who will do that to its own people.
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Russia is spending 7.5pc of GDP on the war against Ukraine
We're at war with ourselves in a special kind of war
We're at war with ourselves in a special kind of war
November 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Russia is spending 7.5pc of GDP on the war against Ukraine
We're at war with ourselves in a special kind of war
We're at war with ourselves in a special kind of war
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Even the Brexit-backing right recognises the mistake of Brexit.
They don't offer any way out for the UK. You can still feel the arrogant pride in this article.
Humility is required, realism about consequences such as giving up trade deals, and positivity about Europe.
They don't offer any way out for the UK. You can still feel the arrogant pride in this article.
Humility is required, realism about consequences such as giving up trade deals, and positivity about Europe.
Time to admit the truth: Brexit has been an unmitigated economic failure
Leaving the EU has reduced Britain’s GDP by up to 8pc, according to a devastating US study
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Even the Brexit-backing right recognises the mistake of Brexit.
They don't offer any way out for the UK. You can still feel the arrogant pride in this article.
Humility is required, realism about consequences such as giving up trade deals, and positivity about Europe.
They don't offer any way out for the UK. You can still feel the arrogant pride in this article.
Humility is required, realism about consequences such as giving up trade deals, and positivity about Europe.
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NEW! Vast swathes of Europe’s water reserves are drying up, two decades of satellite data reveals, with freshwater storage shrinking across Europe
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
NEW! Vast swathes of Europe’s water reserves are drying up, two decades of satellite data reveals, with freshwater storage shrinking across Europe
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Kaja Kallas:
"In 100 years Russia has attacked 19 countries, while no country has attacked Russia in the same period."
"In 100 years Russia has attacked 19 countries, while no country has attacked Russia in the same period."
November 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Kaja Kallas:
"In 100 years Russia has attacked 19 countries, while no country has attacked Russia in the same period."
"In 100 years Russia has attacked 19 countries, while no country has attacked Russia in the same period."
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They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 AM
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
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The House and Senate are both investigating Pete’s war crimes
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The House and Senate are both investigating Pete’s war crimes
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Steve Baker has acknowledged the bare minimum threshold was wrong, not that he commits to saying the question put to the country was naive or that it hasn’t worked. Got himself worked up into a lather at the time, manipulated by many I think. www.politics.co.uk/news/2023/10...
‘Hard man of Brexit’ Steve Baker regrets EU referendum did not require Leave win ‘supermajority’ of 60 per cent - Politics.co.uk
The leading “Leave” campaigner was a prominent voice the 2016 referendum, which saw the voting public back ending EU membership by 52 per to 48 per cent.
www.politics.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Steve Baker has acknowledged the bare minimum threshold was wrong, not that he commits to saying the question put to the country was naive or that it hasn’t worked. Got himself worked up into a lather at the time, manipulated by many I think. www.politics.co.uk/news/2023/10...
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Really bad news. And completely irresponsible given where we are.
Can’t decide who this is worse for, the EU or the UK. But the real looser, of course, is European defence. So all of us.
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UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
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UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
Discussions fail after Britain refuses to pay billions of euros in fees
on.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Really bad news. And completely irresponsible given where we are.
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All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:35 AM
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
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I wrote for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on the special needs problem highlighted by the budget and the big political battle over it coming next year.
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Labour’s holiday homework: solve the problem of special needs education | The Observer
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November 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I wrote for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on the special needs problem highlighted by the budget and the big political battle over it coming next year.
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Tesla scales back Robotaxi fleet goal in Austin
The Tesla Robotaxi fleet in Austin has only about 30 Model Ys in use. When we compare 60 vehicles to the 500 cars promised just weeks ago, the difference is huge. Tesla will miss its year-end goal by almost 90%.
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The Tesla Robotaxi fleet in Austin has only about 30 Model Ys in use. When we compare 60 vehicles to the 500 cars promised just weeks ago, the difference is huge. Tesla will miss its year-end goal by almost 90%.
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Tesla scales back Robotaxi fleet goal in Austin
The announced doubling of the Tesla Robotaxi fleet in Austin only brings the total number of supervised EVs to about 60, a massive shortfall from the 500 vehicles the company promised just weeks ago.
www.arenaev.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Tesla scales back Robotaxi fleet goal in Austin
The Tesla Robotaxi fleet in Austin has only about 30 Model Ys in use. When we compare 60 vehicles to the 500 cars promised just weeks ago, the difference is huge. Tesla will miss its year-end goal by almost 90%.
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The Tesla Robotaxi fleet in Austin has only about 30 Model Ys in use. When we compare 60 vehicles to the 500 cars promised just weeks ago, the difference is huge. Tesla will miss its year-end goal by almost 90%.
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Google has been giving free advertising to anti-abortion groups targeting pregnant women in Scotland and across the UK, the Sunday National can reveal
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Google has been giving free advertising to anti-abortion groups targeting pregnant women in Scotland and across the UK, the Sunday National can reveal
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Ukrainian forces downed multiple Russian jet-powered Shaheds for the first time using Ukrainian-made Sting interceptor drones overnight.
November 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Ukrainian forces downed multiple Russian jet-powered Shaheds for the first time using Ukrainian-made Sting interceptor drones overnight.
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How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Pentagon Pete in Legal Peril Over ‘Kill Them All’ Orders
A follow-up missile allegedly killed survivors of a U.S. strike on a drug boat.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
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Today is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Palestinians have the right to dignity, justice, and self-determination.
Solidarity today and every day.
#PalestineDay
Palestinians have the right to dignity, justice, and self-determination.
Solidarity today and every day.
#PalestineDay
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Today is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Palestinians have the right to dignity, justice, and self-determination.
Solidarity today and every day.
#PalestineDay
Palestinians have the right to dignity, justice, and self-determination.
Solidarity today and every day.
#PalestineDay
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Must read from
@pimlicat.bsky.social
Pro Europeans on both side of the channel need to redouble our efforts to compromise, co-operate and forge stronger partnerships.
Even more important at a moment when Ukraine's sovereign future hangs in the balance.
www.bestforbritain.org/uk_access_to...
@pimlicat.bsky.social
Pro Europeans on both side of the channel need to redouble our efforts to compromise, co-operate and forge stronger partnerships.
Even more important at a moment when Ukraine's sovereign future hangs in the balance.
www.bestforbritain.org/uk_access_to...
UK access to SAFE vital to deter tyrant on our doorstep
The UK's access to Europe's SAFE defence fund is vital to deter "the tyrant on our doorstep", campaigners have stressed, following reports that negotiations over Britain joining the €150 billion fund ...
www.bestforbritain.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Must read from
@pimlicat.bsky.social
Pro Europeans on both side of the channel need to redouble our efforts to compromise, co-operate and forge stronger partnerships.
Even more important at a moment when Ukraine's sovereign future hangs in the balance.
www.bestforbritain.org/uk_access_to...
@pimlicat.bsky.social
Pro Europeans on both side of the channel need to redouble our efforts to compromise, co-operate and forge stronger partnerships.
Even more important at a moment when Ukraine's sovereign future hangs in the balance.
www.bestforbritain.org/uk_access_to...
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There is a distinct lack of public voices making the case for the UK and EU working together, and far too many finding fault with something or other. Which at a point when Europe collectively is struggling isn't a good sign.
Must read from
@pimlicat.bsky.social
Pro Europeans on both side of the channel need to redouble our efforts to compromise, co-operate and forge stronger partnerships.
Even more important at a moment when Ukraine's sovereign future hangs in the balance.
www.bestforbritain.org/uk_access_to...
@pimlicat.bsky.social
Pro Europeans on both side of the channel need to redouble our efforts to compromise, co-operate and forge stronger partnerships.
Even more important at a moment when Ukraine's sovereign future hangs in the balance.
www.bestforbritain.org/uk_access_to...
UK access to SAFE vital to deter tyrant on our doorstep
The UK's access to Europe's SAFE defence fund is vital to deter "the tyrant on our doorstep", campaigners have stressed, following reports that negotiations over Britain joining the €150 billion fund ...
www.bestforbritain.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
There is a distinct lack of public voices making the case for the UK and EU working together, and far too many finding fault with something or other. Which at a point when Europe collectively is struggling isn't a good sign.
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Kazakhstan and Turkey condemned Ukrainian strikes, with Kazakhstan calling attacks on the Caspian Pipeline terminal serving Chevron and Shell harmful to bilateral ties, while Turkey expressed concern over strikes in its Black Sea economic zone.
November 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Kazakhstan and Turkey condemned Ukrainian strikes, with Kazakhstan calling attacks on the Caspian Pipeline terminal serving Chevron and Shell harmful to bilateral ties, while Turkey expressed concern over strikes in its Black Sea economic zone.
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Farage's alliance with the US hard-right should alarm every British woman
Nigel Farage's alliance with the US hard-right should alarm every British woman
Women’s bodies are the new battleground as Nigel Farage aligns with the US hard-right. His link to the group that toppled Roe v. Wade puts UK reproductive freedom at serious risk, writes columnist…
www.mirror.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Farage's alliance with the US hard-right should alarm every British woman
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🔥🔥🔥 Great to see Jonathan Fink of Silicon Curtain (@CurtainSilicon) here in Kyiv, Ukraine 🇺🇦!
Jonathan has a tremendous understanding of Russia and what is truly transpiring there.
Thanks, Jonathan!
youtu.be/qFBcjYfN7qs?...
Jonathan has a tremendous understanding of Russia and what is truly transpiring there.
Thanks, Jonathan!
youtu.be/qFBcjYfN7qs?...
Putin Wants War - Why This Invasion is Not Over
YouTube video by Silicon Curtain
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🔥🔥🔥 Great to see Jonathan Fink of Silicon Curtain (@CurtainSilicon) here in Kyiv, Ukraine 🇺🇦!
Jonathan has a tremendous understanding of Russia and what is truly transpiring there.
Thanks, Jonathan!
youtu.be/qFBcjYfN7qs?...
Jonathan has a tremendous understanding of Russia and what is truly transpiring there.
Thanks, Jonathan!
youtu.be/qFBcjYfN7qs?...
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Exclusive: anti-genocide Jewish woman’s testimony to PA proscription court...
Exclusive: anti-genocide Jewish woman's testimony to PA proscription court
Leading Jewish anti-genocide activist tells High Court that ban on Palestine Action only protects arms dealers—and insists: “Not in our name”
www.thecanary.co
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Exclusive: anti-genocide Jewish woman’s testimony to PA proscription court...
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open.substack.com/pub/european...
And yet we hear nothing about this from the press that most of us trust
@theguardian.com
@theobserveruk.bsky.social
@newstatesman1913.bsky.social
@neweuropeansuk.bsky.social
What do you know?
Is it so disturbing that you’re keeping it from us?
And yet we hear nothing about this from the press that most of us trust
@theguardian.com
@theobserveruk.bsky.social
@newstatesman1913.bsky.social
@neweuropeansuk.bsky.social
What do you know?
Is it so disturbing that you’re keeping it from us?
EXPOSED: The Government’s Freeport Con Trick – A Forensic Takedown of Their Insulting Response
The government just responded to my petition about Industrial Strategy Zones. What they said was a masterclass in gaslighting.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
open.substack.com/pub/european...
And yet we hear nothing about this from the press that most of us trust
@theguardian.com
@theobserveruk.bsky.social
@newstatesman1913.bsky.social
@neweuropeansuk.bsky.social
What do you know?
Is it so disturbing that you’re keeping it from us?
And yet we hear nothing about this from the press that most of us trust
@theguardian.com
@theobserveruk.bsky.social
@newstatesman1913.bsky.social
@neweuropeansuk.bsky.social
What do you know?
Is it so disturbing that you’re keeping it from us?
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Let us hear the infamous story about the necessity of a “land swap” again..
These Ukrainians will be demoralized, tortured and men will be forced to fight on Russia’s behalf. Don’t be naive or romantic about it.
EU, the people you leave with Putin, will be forced to kill your citizens. Wake up.
These Ukrainians will be demoralized, tortured and men will be forced to fight on Russia’s behalf. Don’t be naive or romantic about it.
EU, the people you leave with Putin, will be forced to kill your citizens. Wake up.
November 30, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Let us hear the infamous story about the necessity of a “land swap” again..
These Ukrainians will be demoralized, tortured and men will be forced to fight on Russia’s behalf. Don’t be naive or romantic about it.
EU, the people you leave with Putin, will be forced to kill your citizens. Wake up.
These Ukrainians will be demoralized, tortured and men will be forced to fight on Russia’s behalf. Don’t be naive or romantic about it.
EU, the people you leave with Putin, will be forced to kill your citizens. Wake up.
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See all those green circles? That's Scottish on- and off-shore wind generation, right now.
We generate more than we need. It's the cheapest way to generate electricity. And yet Westminster ensures that Scotland has amongst the highest energy prices in the UK/Europe.
www.energydashboard.co.uk/map
We generate more than we need. It's the cheapest way to generate electricity. And yet Westminster ensures that Scotland has amongst the highest energy prices in the UK/Europe.
www.energydashboard.co.uk/map
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
See all those green circles? That's Scottish on- and off-shore wind generation, right now.
We generate more than we need. It's the cheapest way to generate electricity. And yet Westminster ensures that Scotland has amongst the highest energy prices in the UK/Europe.
www.energydashboard.co.uk/map
We generate more than we need. It's the cheapest way to generate electricity. And yet Westminster ensures that Scotland has amongst the highest energy prices in the UK/Europe.
www.energydashboard.co.uk/map
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An article in which the Guardian pitches one euphemistic way after another to avoid acknowledging that the EHRC is a hot mess that’s no longer fit for anything in the vicinity of ‘human rights’. 1/3
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Impasse over EHRC single-sex spaces guidance ‘distracting from other issues’
Staff at human rights body said to be ‘desperate for regime change’ over inertia after court’s legal definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
An article in which the Guardian pitches one euphemistic way after another to avoid acknowledging that the EHRC is a hot mess that’s no longer fit for anything in the vicinity of ‘human rights’. 1/3
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...