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· Nov 27
THE 2nd GREAT BRITISH ENERGY HEIST
YouTube video by The Scotland Channel
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Energy security and Scotland's abundance of it (both traditional and renewable) should not only be protecting us, but also enriching us, offsetting the supply side (inflation) shocks globally. We should be a haven of stability (energywise) in an unstable world.
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Far from cutting energy bills as they promised, the Labour government is hiking the bills of Scots to pay for nuclear plants in England.
In Scotland, we have vast renewable resources - and with the powers of independence, we can use them to lower bills.
In Scotland, we have vast renewable resources - and with the powers of independence, we can use them to lower bills.
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Far from cutting energy bills as they promised, the Labour government is hiking the bills of Scots to pay for nuclear plants in England.
In Scotland, we have vast renewable resources - and with the powers of independence, we can use them to lower bills.
In Scotland, we have vast renewable resources - and with the powers of independence, we can use them to lower bills.
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Ahem! Scotland?
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Ahem! Scotland?
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Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
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This is who is advising the president of the United States
September 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This is who is advising the president of the United States
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Today people went around my neighborhood in north east London spray painting St George’s crosses onto people’s homes. Many of these houses have non British people living in them.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
September 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Today people went around my neighborhood in north east London spray painting St George’s crosses onto people’s homes. Many of these houses have non British people living in them.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
This is getting very dark, very quick.
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“The trend in recent years has been for the great majority of extremist-related murders to be connected to some form of right-wing extremism. That is also true for 2024: for the third year in a row, all the murders identified were tied to right-wing extremism.”
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September 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
“The trend in recent years has been for the great majority of extremist-related murders to be connected to some form of right-wing extremism. That is also true for 2024: for the third year in a row, all the murders identified were tied to right-wing extremism.”
www.adl.org/resources/re...
www.adl.org/resources/re...
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New paper co-authored by CCAP Curator Ceci Rad Menéndez: "Evolution of far-red light photoacclimation in cyanobacteria"
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Evolution of far-red light photoacclimation in cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria oxygenated the atmosphere of early Earth and continue to be key players in global carbon and nitrogen cycles. A phylogenetically diverse…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New paper co-authored by CCAP Curator Ceci Rad Menéndez: "Evolution of far-red light photoacclimation in cyanobacteria"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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CCAP and @samsocean.bsky.social are attending the Preserving What Matters: Scotland's National Collections exhibition on Tuesday 27th May - at the RSE, George Street in Edinburgh.
If you're in the area come along to see our stand 🧪
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/preserving...
If you're in the area come along to see our stand 🧪
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/preserving...
Preserving what matters: Scotland's national collections | In person
What do collections tell us about Scotland's history and future? And are they at risk? Join to ask questions and hear from our experts.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
CCAP and @samsocean.bsky.social are attending the Preserving What Matters: Scotland's National Collections exhibition on Tuesday 27th May - at the RSE, George Street in Edinburgh.
If you're in the area come along to see our stand 🧪
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/preserving...
If you're in the area come along to see our stand 🧪
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/preserving...
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India carried out strikes early on Wednesday against Pakistan, two weeks after an attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam.
Here is what we know aje.io/84hvaa
Here is what we know aje.io/84hvaa
May 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
India carried out strikes early on Wednesday against Pakistan, two weeks after an attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam.
Here is what we know aje.io/84hvaa
Here is what we know aje.io/84hvaa
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#Israel is slaughtering #Palestinians
Moving the survivors into camps and ghettos.
Occupying their land.
Committing genocide and other war crimes.
There will be a reckoning.
The world must act.
Moving the survivors into camps and ghettos.
Occupying their land.
Committing genocide and other war crimes.
There will be a reckoning.
The world must act.
This is incredibly powerful from the WHO’s Emergencies Director, Dr Mike Ryan, on the world doing nothing as the children of Gaza die.
“This is an abomination.”
(🎥 Middle East Eye)
“This is an abomination.”
(🎥 Middle East Eye)
May 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
#Israel is slaughtering #Palestinians
Moving the survivors into camps and ghettos.
Occupying their land.
Committing genocide and other war crimes.
There will be a reckoning.
The world must act.
Moving the survivors into camps and ghettos.
Occupying their land.
Committing genocide and other war crimes.
There will be a reckoning.
The world must act.
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A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
![In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'.
's account was false.
According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency.
After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying.
He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreie3gc6fndj7mtotijddm4eg264zgsqxpn4nbekb3xq5ubdmskvr6u@jpeg)
!["You"
re not from here. Do you have your
papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer,
"New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested.
Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read.
According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name.
Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreiensu64iobo4ftuqeaighf2p5k745uzdnmhcecugsi4ec74dnqse4@jpeg)
April 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
And just a reminder on this St.George's day that Farage leads in the polls in England, despite Brexit consequences and seeing the shit show across the Atlantic. 🤷♂️
Idiot America never learns any lessons.
April 23, 2025 at 6:44 AM
And just a reminder on this St.George's day that Farage leads in the polls in England, despite Brexit consequences and seeing the shit show across the Atlantic. 🤷♂️
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Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
April 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
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Protesters in Turkey
March 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Protesters in Turkey
It is quite an image.
"The dervishes' black cloaks symbolize tombs, and long headgear symbolizes tombstones, all representing the journey from the physical world to the spiritual realm."🥺
"The dervishes' black cloaks symbolize tombs, and long headgear symbolizes tombstones, all representing the journey from the physical world to the spiritual realm."🥺
March 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It is quite an image.
"The dervishes' black cloaks symbolize tombs, and long headgear symbolizes tombstones, all representing the journey from the physical world to the spiritual realm."🥺
"The dervishes' black cloaks symbolize tombs, and long headgear symbolizes tombstones, all representing the journey from the physical world to the spiritual realm."🥺
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I’ve never forgotten meeting Aberdeen trade unionist Ron Webster, just months before his death at 96. Ron was proudly, passionately left-wing and railed against increasing poverty in his home city. He would have been appalled by today’s spring statement! www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-time...
Aberdeen trade unionist Ron Webster wonders where all the money went from the oil boom
The veteran union figure met everybody from Fidel Castro to Nelson Mandela and led the anti-poll tax campaign in Scotland in the 1980s.
www.pressandjournal.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I’ve never forgotten meeting Aberdeen trade unionist Ron Webster, just months before his death at 96. Ron was proudly, passionately left-wing and railed against increasing poverty in his home city. He would have been appalled by today’s spring statement! www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-time...
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The number of Islamophobic posts about London Mayor Sadiq Khan has risen from 12,000 to 28,000 over the last 12 months, according to a GLA report.
They’re nearly all on TwitterX and more than half come from the US and India.
They’re nearly all on TwitterX and more than half come from the US and India.
March 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The number of Islamophobic posts about London Mayor Sadiq Khan has risen from 12,000 to 28,000 over the last 12 months, according to a GLA report.
They’re nearly all on TwitterX and more than half come from the US and India.
They’re nearly all on TwitterX and more than half come from the US and India.
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Not the biggest issue here by any means, but does Trump think the European Union is just one country?
More deranged 2:00am tariff poasting from grandpa
March 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Not the biggest issue here by any means, but does Trump think the European Union is just one country?
Pikachu suits could be the new uniforms for fighting the rise of authoritarianism in the modern surveillance state. Ridicule the autocrats.
March 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Pikachu suits could be the new uniforms for fighting the rise of authoritarianism in the modern surveillance state. Ridicule the autocrats.
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What if the secret to winning elections is somehow Trump's syntax. We need a guy to say stuff like "But we're going to abolish billionaires and we'll be doing it very soon. They'll be paying very high taxes but it'll be very fair. And frankly they haven't paid taxes in a very long time"
March 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
What if the secret to winning elections is somehow Trump's syntax. We need a guy to say stuff like "But we're going to abolish billionaires and we'll be doing it very soon. They'll be paying very high taxes but it'll be very fair. And frankly they haven't paid taxes in a very long time"
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Armenia National Assembly votes for starting EU accession bid,,,
March 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Armenia National Assembly votes for starting EU accession bid,,,
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WM Government feared the prospect of Scottish independence why the contents of the McCrone report was classified and only came to light in 2005 However Scotland was not allowed to know that it would have been one of the wealthiest countries in the world
www.livebreathescotland.com/would-englan...
www.livebreathescotland.com/would-englan...
Would England be richer without Scotland? No, it would be poorer!
If Scotland voted for independence, would England be richer? Let's look at Scottish industries and what it contributes to the UK finances.
www.livebreathescotland.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
WM Government feared the prospect of Scottish independence why the contents of the McCrone report was classified and only came to light in 2005 However Scotland was not allowed to know that it would have been one of the wealthiest countries in the world
www.livebreathescotland.com/would-englan...
www.livebreathescotland.com/would-englan...
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Any Scot not now wanting independence cares absolutely nothing for our people, our communities our country our future. The time is now.🏴
I am staggered by this. WM knows no shame. Billions lost in PPE and no police tents in sight. Now the Tories are saying that the Scottish justice system is unacceptable and needs changed by WM. Obviously Branchform produced the wrong result. Where does this end? It is time for indy.
Scottish Tory MP raises police probe into SNP at Prime Minister's Questions
A SCOTTISH Tory MP has raised the police probe into the SNP at Westminster, asking the Prime Minister to step in and change the role of Scotland’s…
www.thenational.scot
March 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Any Scot not now wanting independence cares absolutely nothing for our people, our communities our country our future. The time is now.🏴