Jim Russell 🏴.
@jazzyrussell.bsky.social
Former paperboy then, after training, 32 years in scottish NHS. Scottish Independence supporter. Currently treasurer of a local charity.
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Zelensky: Ukraine is preparing for key meetings in Europe next week to strengthen defense and push for peace. While diplomacy remains the goal, Ukraine will be ready to defend itself if pressure on Russia falls short. “We seek peace, but we will not give up our strength to anyone.”
January 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Zelensky: Ukraine is preparing for key meetings in Europe next week to strengthen defense and push for peace. While diplomacy remains the goal, Ukraine will be ready to defend itself if pressure on Russia falls short. “We seek peace, but we will not give up our strength to anyone.”
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FPV drones of Ukraine's 105th Territorial Defense Brigade struck a group of Russian soldiers. Both vehicles had electronic warfare systems active but that could not prevent them from getting hit.
January 4, 2026 at 6:59 PM
FPV drones of Ukraine's 105th Territorial Defense Brigade struck a group of Russian soldiers. Both vehicles had electronic warfare systems active but that could not prevent them from getting hit.
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How could I have missed this research saying explicitly that ‘things are easier for Scottish families relative to English families’ because of SNP Child Payment, when we pay for a national news service? talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/03/h...
How could I have missed this research saying explicitly that ‘things are easier for Scottish families relative to English families’ because of SNP Child Payment, when we pay for a national news servic...
Professor John Robertson OBA I seem to have missed the above very significant research from the London School of Economics. You’d think our media, especially BBC Scotland which we all pay for…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:41 PM
How could I have missed this research saying explicitly that ‘things are easier for Scottish families relative to English families’ because of SNP Child Payment, when we pay for a national news service? talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/03/h...
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Keir Starmer may once have moved in circles where a chap’s word was his bond. He needs to grasp that he’s now dealing with an entirely different and wholly capricious kind of animal, Ruth Wishart ✍️
January 4, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Keir Starmer may once have moved in circles where a chap’s word was his bond. He needs to grasp that he’s now dealing with an entirely different and wholly capricious kind of animal, Ruth Wishart ✍️
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96% of new cars sold in Norway in 2025 were fully electric. "...EVs are now the plurality vehicle in the country, making up 31.78% of the fleet. Diesels are 31.76%, gasoline cars are 23.9%, and hybrids are 12.56%…" electrek.co/2026/01/02/n...
Norway reaches 97% EV sales as EVs now outnumber diesels on its roads
97.6% of Norway's car sales were all-electric in Dec., and 95.9% for the full year. Also, there are now more EVs on Norway's roads than diesel
electrek.co
January 4, 2026 at 1:43 AM
96% of new cars sold in Norway in 2025 were fully electric. "...EVs are now the plurality vehicle in the country, making up 31.78% of the fleet. Diesels are 31.76%, gasoline cars are 23.9%, and hybrids are 12.56%…" electrek.co/2026/01/02/n...
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The Question is not whether or not the US forces are capable of effecting regime change. Rather it's why they think it acceptable. Or legal.
January 4, 2026 at 1:43 PM
The Question is not whether or not the US forces are capable of effecting regime change. Rather it's why they think it acceptable. Or legal.
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Bombing a sovereign nation and kidnapping the President is the behaviour of a cowboy state.
The United States’ attack on Venezuela is illegal — and it is utterly shameful that the UK government refuses to condemn this reckless act of war.
The United States’ attack on Venezuela is illegal — and it is utterly shameful that the UK government refuses to condemn this reckless act of war.
January 4, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Bombing a sovereign nation and kidnapping the President is the behaviour of a cowboy state.
The United States’ attack on Venezuela is illegal — and it is utterly shameful that the UK government refuses to condemn this reckless act of war.
The United States’ attack on Venezuela is illegal — and it is utterly shameful that the UK government refuses to condemn this reckless act of war.
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Oh look, a leader with a backbone…
Spanish PM Sánchez has stated that Spain will neither recognize the govt of Nicolás Maduro nor support any U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, warning that such action would violate international law and endanger regional stability.
Spanish PM Sánchez has stated that Spain will neither recognize the govt of Nicolás Maduro nor support any U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, warning that such action would violate international law and endanger regional stability.
January 4, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Oh look, a leader with a backbone…
Spanish PM Sánchez has stated that Spain will neither recognize the govt of Nicolás Maduro nor support any U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, warning that such action would violate international law and endanger regional stability.
Spanish PM Sánchez has stated that Spain will neither recognize the govt of Nicolás Maduro nor support any U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, warning that such action would violate international law and endanger regional stability.
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If Trump gets his way you'd have substandard chicken in the UK food chain but it would also be much cheaper so UK poultry farms - which are built and regulated to those much higher standards - would be royally screwed.
It would benefit nobody apart from US farmers.
It would benefit nobody apart from US farmers.
January 4, 2026 at 9:03 AM
If Trump gets his way you'd have substandard chicken in the UK food chain but it would also be much cheaper so UK poultry farms - which are built and regulated to those much higher standards - would be royally screwed.
It would benefit nobody apart from US farmers.
It would benefit nobody apart from US farmers.
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No country has ever been invaded for its renewable energy reserves.
The sooner we switch off oil and gas, the better.
The sooner we switch off oil and gas, the better.
January 4, 2026 at 3:27 PM
No country has ever been invaded for its renewable energy reserves.
The sooner we switch off oil and gas, the better.
The sooner we switch off oil and gas, the better.
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Poor people getting poorer & the rich getting richer under Labour.
It doesn’t matter if it’s the Blue Tories or the Red Tories that are in power - Westminster doesn’t work.
It’s time for a fresh start with independence. 🏴
It doesn’t matter if it’s the Blue Tories or the Red Tories that are in power - Westminster doesn’t work.
It’s time for a fresh start with independence. 🏴
January 4, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Poor people getting poorer & the rich getting richer under Labour.
It doesn’t matter if it’s the Blue Tories or the Red Tories that are in power - Westminster doesn’t work.
It’s time for a fresh start with independence. 🏴
It doesn’t matter if it’s the Blue Tories or the Red Tories that are in power - Westminster doesn’t work.
It’s time for a fresh start with independence. 🏴
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This moronic president will do anything, regardless of the damage it causes to the nation, just another smokescreen to hide his alleged ties to the world’s biggest pedophile.
January 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
This moronic president will do anything, regardless of the damage it causes to the nation, just another smokescreen to hide his alleged ties to the world’s biggest pedophile.
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In the first episode of Ukraine This Week in 2026, the Kyiv Independent’s Anna Belokur examines how international sports federations are gradually rolling back bans on Russian and Belarusian athletes as the Olympic year begins.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrOh...
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrOh...
January 4, 2026 at 3:35 PM
In the first episode of Ukraine This Week in 2026, the Kyiv Independent’s Anna Belokur examines how international sports federations are gradually rolling back bans on Russian and Belarusian athletes as the Olympic year begins.
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrOh...
Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrOh...
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The rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The rate of global sea level rise doubled during the past three decades - Communications Earth & Environment
Global mean sea level rise amounted to 4.5 mm per year as a result of warming oceans and melting land ice, more than twice the rate of 2.1 mm/year observed at the start of satellite data in 1993, base...
www.nature.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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💥 Over two years, Russian troops have lost armored vehicles and tanks in the Pokrovsk area, equivalent to at least five (!) divisions (over 1,000 armored vehicles and over 500 tanks), — ISW.
January 4, 2026 at 8:46 AM
💥 Over two years, Russian troops have lost armored vehicles and tanks in the Pokrovsk area, equivalent to at least five (!) divisions (over 1,000 armored vehicles and over 500 tanks), — ISW.
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Got a new Garmin watch.
As well as the GPS, navigation, health patter being way better than my Apple Watch, the battery life is 28 Days!!!!
I could barely get up and down a mountain and track the steps without the Apple Watch dying.
This is the year I detangle from the tech broligarchy. 🧐
As well as the GPS, navigation, health patter being way better than my Apple Watch, the battery life is 28 Days!!!!
I could barely get up and down a mountain and track the steps without the Apple Watch dying.
This is the year I detangle from the tech broligarchy. 🧐
January 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Got a new Garmin watch.
As well as the GPS, navigation, health patter being way better than my Apple Watch, the battery life is 28 Days!!!!
I could barely get up and down a mountain and track the steps without the Apple Watch dying.
This is the year I detangle from the tech broligarchy. 🧐
As well as the GPS, navigation, health patter being way better than my Apple Watch, the battery life is 28 Days!!!!
I could barely get up and down a mountain and track the steps without the Apple Watch dying.
This is the year I detangle from the tech broligarchy. 🧐
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Maduro forgot that if you're an ally of Russia, 1 of 2 things will happen:
1. Russia will attack you
2. Russia will do nothing when someone else does
1. Russia will attack you
2. Russia will do nothing when someone else does
January 4, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Maduro forgot that if you're an ally of Russia, 1 of 2 things will happen:
1. Russia will attack you
2. Russia will do nothing when someone else does
1. Russia will attack you
2. Russia will do nothing when someone else does
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Every drone operator's dream: Russians gathered in a group to make the work easier.
January 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Every drone operator's dream: Russians gathered in a group to make the work easier.
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NO STRIKE RESTRICTIONS, NO NEW WEAPONS: Following a meeting with foreign security advisers, Zelenskyy said that allies are no longer imposing restrictions on strikes inside Russia, but are instead withholding certain types of weapons from Ukraine to prevent these strikes.
Zelenskyy clarifies whether partners are restricting Ukraine's use of their weapons for strikes inside Russia
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that partner countries are currently imposing no restrictions on Ukraine using long-range weapons that they have supplied for strikes on Russian territory. Howev...
www.pravda.com.ua
January 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
NO STRIKE RESTRICTIONS, NO NEW WEAPONS: Following a meeting with foreign security advisers, Zelenskyy said that allies are no longer imposing restrictions on strikes inside Russia, but are instead withholding certain types of weapons from Ukraine to prevent these strikes.
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Defenders have used STING interceptors to save 2,300 civilians from being killed or injured by ruzzian drones based on our projections
👉450 saved in December
👉STINGs were responsible for 21% of all Shahed-type drones downed last month
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👉450 saved in December
👉STINGs were responsible for 21% of all Shahed-type drones downed last month
Help save more lives—join our Wild Hornets raffle⤵️
January 4, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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Good morning on Day 1411 of Russia's war in Ukraine.
In exactly a week Putin's war will have been as long as their "Great Patriotic War" [WWII]
By this time in 1945 the Red Army had made it to Germany. Putin's current shambles are bogged down in Pokrovsk!
In exactly a week Putin's war will have been as long as their "Great Patriotic War" [WWII]
By this time in 1945 the Red Army had made it to Germany. Putin's current shambles are bogged down in Pokrovsk!
January 4, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Good morning on Day 1411 of Russia's war in Ukraine.
In exactly a week Putin's war will have been as long as their "Great Patriotic War" [WWII]
By this time in 1945 the Red Army had made it to Germany. Putin's current shambles are bogged down in Pokrovsk!
In exactly a week Putin's war will have been as long as their "Great Patriotic War" [WWII]
By this time in 1945 the Red Army had made it to Germany. Putin's current shambles are bogged down in Pokrovsk!
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"Russia's illegal annexations of Ukrainian lands are null and void... and the crimes will not go unpunished."
-Annalena Baerbock🇩🇪
President of the United Nations General Assembly
-Annalena Baerbock🇩🇪
President of the United Nations General Assembly
January 3, 2026 at 9:14 PM
"Russia's illegal annexations of Ukrainian lands are null and void... and the crimes will not go unpunished."
-Annalena Baerbock🇩🇪
President of the United Nations General Assembly
-Annalena Baerbock🇩🇪
President of the United Nations General Assembly
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Fascist US President 🤝 Fascist Social Media Platform
The UK Government thinking everything is A-OK to keep continuing on as before with them.
Never in my lifetime has there been such a gaping moral void at the heart of this state than right now. What a grim world we're now in.
The UK Government thinking everything is A-OK to keep continuing on as before with them.
Never in my lifetime has there been such a gaping moral void at the heart of this state than right now. What a grim world we're now in.
January 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Fascist US President 🤝 Fascist Social Media Platform
The UK Government thinking everything is A-OK to keep continuing on as before with them.
Never in my lifetime has there been such a gaping moral void at the heart of this state than right now. What a grim world we're now in.
The UK Government thinking everything is A-OK to keep continuing on as before with them.
Never in my lifetime has there been such a gaping moral void at the heart of this state than right now. What a grim world we're now in.