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TL;DR so you can skip the clickbait: Samsung Magician has vulnerabilities and you should upgrade to 9.0.0 if you're running an older version.
January 8, 2026 at 7:42 PM
TL;DR so you can skip the clickbait: Samsung Magician has vulnerabilities and you should upgrade to 9.0.0 if you're running an older version.
Kyiv. No water. No electricity since 5 a.m.
I couldn’t reach my granny today on the phone.
In the coming days, temperatures will drop almost to −20°C.
Russia is using the cold weather to terrorize civilians. I hate that fucking country.
I couldn’t reach my granny today on the phone.
In the coming days, temperatures will drop almost to −20°C.
Russia is using the cold weather to terrorize civilians. I hate that fucking country.
January 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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Russia admits Navy cannot protect tankers from foreign attack
Russian military analysts cited by Voyennyy Osvedomitel say the Navy lacks the ships and range needed to protect Russian-linked tankers from foreign seizures.
defence-blog.com/russia-admit...
Russian military analysts cited by Voyennyy Osvedomitel say the Navy lacks the ships and range needed to protect Russian-linked tankers from foreign seizures.
defence-blog.com/russia-admit...
Russia admits Navy cannot protect tankers from foreign attack
Russia faces a growing crisis over the state of its navy after prominent military analysts publicly acknowledged that the fleet is incapable of defending Russian-linked oil tankers from foreign interc...
defence-blog.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Russia admits Navy cannot protect tankers from foreign attack
Russian military analysts cited by Voyennyy Osvedomitel say the Navy lacks the ships and range needed to protect Russian-linked tankers from foreign seizures.
defence-blog.com/russia-admit...
Russian military analysts cited by Voyennyy Osvedomitel say the Navy lacks the ships and range needed to protect Russian-linked tankers from foreign seizures.
defence-blog.com/russia-admit...
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Ball. His court.
January 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Ball. His court.
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The fact is if this, in an election year, was happening anywhere else our press and media would be screaming the house down.
But they are not. Because they.are hoors.
But they are not. Because they.are hoors.
January 9, 2026 at 1:25 PM
The fact is if this, in an election year, was happening anywhere else our press and media would be screaming the house down.
But they are not. Because they.are hoors.
But they are not. Because they.are hoors.
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@billykayscot.bsky.social reading one of his first published poems in Scots, “Glencoe”, in Episode 2 of The Carrying Stream. 🏴
The full episode, “Scots Language and Scottish Worlds” is now live!
The full episode, “Scots Language and Scottish Worlds” is now live!
January 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
@billykayscot.bsky.social reading one of his first published poems in Scots, “Glencoe”, in Episode 2 of The Carrying Stream. 🏴
The full episode, “Scots Language and Scottish Worlds” is now live!
The full episode, “Scots Language and Scottish Worlds” is now live!
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There would be No Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson or Keir Starmer in an Independent Scotland 🏴🏴🏴🏴.
Just a thought...
Just a thought...
January 9, 2026 at 2:51 PM
There would be No Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson or Keir Starmer in an Independent Scotland 🏴🏴🏴🏴.
Just a thought...
Just a thought...
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Do you really want to live in a Scotland with Keir Starmer in charge? That's what you'll get because Sarwar only does what Starmer allows him to do.
"One senior Labour figure told me they've already had conversations on doorsteps with Reform supporters, asking them to lend their vote to Labour in order to oust an SNP MSP, while backing Reform on the regional list." I mean there you go - they're only interested in one block of voters.
Scottish Labour's election plans to get Anas Sarwar into Bute House
Scottish Labour faces a tough fight to win at Holyrood in May but party insiders believe Bute House is within their reach.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Do you really want to live in a Scotland with Keir Starmer in charge? That's what you'll get because Sarwar only does what Starmer allows him to do.
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So he will let every child live in poverty 😡 I give you the man of the people 😡 little rat
Farage says he will now vote against scrapping the two-child limit. In case it benefits “foreign-born people”.
It’s not just the racism, it’s the out-of-control personal greed, combined with the staggering meanness.
He’s a repulsively inadequate man.
www.thetimes.com/article/0ab2...
It’s not just the racism, it’s the out-of-control personal greed, combined with the staggering meanness.
He’s a repulsively inadequate man.
www.thetimes.com/article/0ab2...
January 9, 2026 at 10:24 AM
So he will let every child live in poverty 😡 I give you the man of the people 😡 little rat
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I get mine delivered every day so it's ready and waiting to be read with that first cuppa!
ALT #GetCounted #YesScots #Yes #SNP #Alba #ScottishGreens #LabourInScotland #LibDemsInScotland #ConservativesInScotland #TheNational
Today’s THE NATIONAL.
Get the paper at your paper shop or subscribe online at:
thenational.scot
Today’s THE NATIONAL.
Get the paper at your paper shop or subscribe online at:
thenational.scot
January 9, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I get mine delivered every day so it's ready and waiting to be read with that first cuppa!
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Poland!! It is time to put down your rosary and answer the call to protect others. It won't matter how much you "prepare" for russian violence, its time to take action.
A question I want answered is could NATO have shot down the Oreshnik missile, and if so, why didn't it?
Ukraine hasn't been given AD systems capable of stopping this missile, but Kyiv alerted Poland.
It put its defence systems on combat duty, but just watched it hit Lviv.
Ukraine hasn't been given AD systems capable of stopping this missile, but Kyiv alerted Poland.
It put its defence systems on combat duty, but just watched it hit Lviv.
January 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Poland!! It is time to put down your rosary and answer the call to protect others. It won't matter how much you "prepare" for russian violence, its time to take action.
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I’m just going to point out again for Labour folk.
Reform voters hate you.
They think you’re communists.
Not only will they not save you they will NEVER vote for you.
NEVER.
(Keep chasing them though it’s a laugh)
Reform voters hate you.
They think you’re communists.
Not only will they not save you they will NEVER vote for you.
NEVER.
(Keep chasing them though it’s a laugh)
Only Reform voters can save Labour
By Luke Akehurst
By Luke Akehurst
Only Reform voters can save Labour
A progressive coalition simply doesn't have the vote share
www.newstatesman.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I’m just going to point out again for Labour folk.
Reform voters hate you.
They think you’re communists.
Not only will they not save you they will NEVER vote for you.
NEVER.
(Keep chasing them though it’s a laugh)
Reform voters hate you.
They think you’re communists.
Not only will they not save you they will NEVER vote for you.
NEVER.
(Keep chasing them though it’s a laugh)
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I’m fairly certain the US will be drop kicking babies into volcanoes before there’s another election to get rid of these motherfuckers.
January 9, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I’m fairly certain the US will be drop kicking babies into volcanoes before there’s another election to get rid of these motherfuckers.
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“You gonna murder someone else? You can’t kill us all, Nazis.”
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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“You gonna murder someone else? You can’t kill us all, Nazis.”
Renee Good is dead, and she shouldn’t be.
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:17 PM
“You gonna murder someone else? You can’t kill us all, Nazis.”
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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AS BBC Scotland today praise Tory Aberdeenshire council for hiring new snowploughs too late, remember what they're covering up:
Reposted with update - Tory MSP criticises Scot Gov for winter weather problems but Tory/LD Aberdeenshire council had just removed 1 200 grit bins amid budget cuts only months earlier and then suffered the greatest disruption
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/08/t...
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/08/t...
Tory MSP criticises Scot Gov for winter weather problems but Tory/LD Aberdeenshire council had just removed 1 200 grit bins amid budget cuts only months earlier and then suffered the greatest disrupti...
Government response to winter weather disruption in the north. Tim Eagle [Con] says support for Moray, Aberdeenshire and the Highlands was too slow given the severity of the conditions and argues t…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:24 AM
AS BBC Scotland today praise Tory Aberdeenshire council for hiring new snowploughs too late, remember what they're covering up:
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🟥 Brexit promised rule-making.
Delivered rule-taking.
If we’re going to follow EU rules anyway,
why aren’t we helping write them?
Time to Rejoin
Delivered rule-taking.
If we’re going to follow EU rules anyway,
why aren’t we helping write them?
Time to Rejoin
January 9, 2026 at 6:23 AM
🟥 Brexit promised rule-making.
Delivered rule-taking.
If we’re going to follow EU rules anyway,
why aren’t we helping write them?
Time to Rejoin
Delivered rule-taking.
If we’re going to follow EU rules anyway,
why aren’t we helping write them?
Time to Rejoin
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This is very good news for Scotland - I am grateful to everyone involved in the discussions.
This ensures that the progress we are making in our NHS recovery can be maintained.
This ensures that the progress we are making in our NHS recovery can be maintained.
Doctors strike called off in Scotland as union backs latest pay deal - BBC News
Medics had been set to go on the first national walkout staged by NHS workers on Tuesday in a dispute over pay.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
This is very good news for Scotland - I am grateful to everyone involved in the discussions.
This ensures that the progress we are making in our NHS recovery can be maintained.
This ensures that the progress we are making in our NHS recovery can be maintained.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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"Freedom of assembly is not a gift governments grant their citizens; it is a right that protects citizens from their governments. Look to Hungary. Britain should not have to learn that lesson the hard way."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Slowly but surely, a state can repress its people. Why is the UK channelling Viktor Orbán’s Hungary? | Lydia Gall
I know enough about the erosion of civil rights to fear what I now see in the UK. Britons should understand how this ends, says Lydia Gall of Human Rights Watch
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
"Freedom of assembly is not a gift governments grant their citizens; it is a right that protects citizens from their governments. Look to Hungary. Britain should not have to learn that lesson the hard way."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Thanks Cheryl. However, as a European citizen with a deep affection for the United States and the US People, and five decades of regular visits, I’ve decided not to return until the Country restores what I consider genuine democratic principles.🙏
January 9, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Thanks Cheryl. However, as a European citizen with a deep affection for the United States and the US People, and five decades of regular visits, I’ve decided not to return until the Country restores what I consider genuine democratic principles.🙏
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Step One: don’t go! When we were in the early stages of “Elbows Up“, I would have suggested you don’t cross the border, to create an economic impact. Now, it’s more about staying alive.
January 9, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Step One: don’t go! When we were in the early stages of “Elbows Up“, I would have suggested you don’t cross the border, to create an economic impact. Now, it’s more about staying alive.
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I’m a us citizen and I advise anyone thinking of coming here to stay away. Don’t come here. It’s not safe. You will put yourself in danger if you come here.
January 9, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I’m a us citizen and I advise anyone thinking of coming here to stay away. Don’t come here. It’s not safe. You will put yourself in danger if you come here.
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US Immigration / Border control were rude, arrogant, ignorant fuckers over 20 years ago and have just got worse.
The whole of the US is a no-go area as far as I am concerned.
The whole of the US is a no-go area as far as I am concerned.
January 9, 2026 at 6:24 AM
US Immigration / Border control were rude, arrogant, ignorant fuckers over 20 years ago and have just got worse.
The whole of the US is a no-go area as far as I am concerned.
The whole of the US is a no-go area as far as I am concerned.
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With a straight face, unionist parties in Scotland will tell you the SNP are not good for Scotland and every single one of them back Brexit.
How long do you want to continue paying the damaging cost of remaining shackled to the UK?
Do our kids deserve better?
#YesScotland 🏴
How long do you want to continue paying the damaging cost of remaining shackled to the UK?
Do our kids deserve better?
#YesScotland 🏴
January 9, 2026 at 12:44 PM
With a straight face, unionist parties in Scotland will tell you the SNP are not good for Scotland and every single one of them back Brexit.
How long do you want to continue paying the damaging cost of remaining shackled to the UK?
Do our kids deserve better?
#YesScotland 🏴
How long do you want to continue paying the damaging cost of remaining shackled to the UK?
Do our kids deserve better?
#YesScotland 🏴