Turkey has bombed Kurds 2000 times since the beginning of 2024.

Turkey on a killing spree against Kurds.

No one condemns Turkey. No one marches for Kurds.

Orkney's vigil today for peace and a ceasefire in #Gaza

Taken from isle of Sanday where the image is still part of the island's art and culture after a thousand years

🌟We've officially launched our 2024 End-Of-Year Fundraiser, with special thank you gifts for donors! 🎁 We have big plans to build solidarity with #Rojava in 2025. 🌱 Help us see them through by spreading the word and chipping in what you can. 🙏 Thank you! 🌻
defendrojava.org/donate

Re: communications, they're still spaffing £25 million of our money on decade-old, redundant fibre optic cabling when a mere £10k for a 5g antenna per island. Which could be fit in a day. And is much, much faster. And weather-resilient. And much much cheaper!

theorkneynews.scot/2024/12/11/e...

We don't have an elf on the shelf but we do have a

Never mind your Transformers, Sega Mega Drives and Teddy Ruxpin - imagine the glow on your family's faces when they unwrap a book from the #OrkneyLibraryBookSale! 🎄

All sorts of brilliant books costing from 10p to a few pounds AND your family won't have to return them. EVER. 📚🎁

YELLOW WARNING WIND This morning will see sunny spells and a few passing showers. This afternoon will be mainly dry but clouding over from the southwest. Maximum temperature 8 °C.
Weather Forecast: Mainly dry today. Very windy with rain this evening theorkneynews.scot/2024/12/04/w...

Putin wanted to take Kyiv in three days...but surrendered Aleppo in three days.

The fleeing army of the Assad regime leaves behind a lot of weapons and equipment.

The YPG released a video of civilians of all ages, men and women, preparing to defend Sheikh Maqsood

anarchist methods of organization and revolution always work best when in concert with the methods of the local people. we support rojava and ezln not because they are perfectly anarchist but because they represent horizontal revolutionary action, which is the core of anarchism

Historic moment in Allepo now, as the statue of Bassel al-Assad, brother of Putin's puppet Bashar al-Assad is ripped down.

#Brexit has been a disaster for our farmers in #Orkney. This is your reminder that the whole of Scotland voted to Remain in the EU.

Yesterday 27 November at 14.24, #RNLI Longhope Lifeboat was tasked by HM Coastguard to search for a missing diver in Cantick Sound and the surrounding waters of Scapa Flow and the Pentland Firth.
RNLI Longhope & Thurso Involved in Search for Missing Diver theorkneynews.scot/2024/11/28/r...

It's increasingly clear that Orkney wants more control of the decisions about our lives. London cannot provide. We are a unique economy, a unique culture, a unique history. Rules made far away destroy our farms, businesses and happiness. #IndependentOrkney #Orkxit
@theorkneynews.bsky.social