Elizabeth
@raisethegame.bsky.social
I like drawing and painting - mainly small animals and birds, Scots language, traditional music. Lifelong supporter of Independence for Scotland.
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New York’s new Mayor Zohran Mamdani praises Scotland’s Baby Box scheme - introduced by the SNP Scottish Government, & says he wasnts to do the same in New York City.
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Brand Scotland 🏴 on X: "Did you know that in Scotland, every new-born receives a 'baby box? Packed with clothes, bedding and many other useful things to help give each baby the best possible start in life.❤️ Here Zia shows us what she got in her box for her latest arrival. 👶 📷 IG/curlyzia.xo https://t.co/IC5T6xIrLy" / X
Did you know that in Scotland, every new-born receives a 'baby box? Packed with clothes, bedding and many other useful things to help give each baby the best possible start in life.❤️ Here Zia shows us what she got in her box for her latest arrival. 👶 📷 IG/curlyzia.xo https://t.co/IC5T6xIrLy
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November 8, 2025 at 10:58 AM
New York’s new Mayor Zohran Mamdani praises Scotland’s Baby Box scheme - introduced by the SNP Scottish Government, & says he wasnts to do the same in New York City.
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MoD refuses to say why 'Trump's troops' are stationed in Scotland
www.thenational.scot/news/2560592...
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MoD refuses to say why 'Trump's troops' are stationed in Scotland
THE Ministry of Defence (MoD) has refused to release any details on the decision to allow US troops and war planes to be stationed at RAF…
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
MoD refuses to say why 'Trump's troops' are stationed in Scotland
www.thenational.scot/news/2560592...
www.thenational.scot/news/2560592...
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Last day of #Scotstober. Sending a last plea to anyone who hasn’t done something to have a wee go.
Today’s is #Tumshie #Neep #Baigie
There’s 3 words as they all mean the same: a swede / yellow turnip
They were carved to make spooky lanterns in Scotland in the 1950/80s
Pumpkins ripped them off!
Today’s is #Tumshie #Neep #Baigie
There’s 3 words as they all mean the same: a swede / yellow turnip
They were carved to make spooky lanterns in Scotland in the 1950/80s
Pumpkins ripped them off!
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Last day of #Scotstober. Sending a last plea to anyone who hasn’t done something to have a wee go.
Today’s is #Tumshie #Neep #Baigie
There’s 3 words as they all mean the same: a swede / yellow turnip
They were carved to make spooky lanterns in Scotland in the 1950/80s
Pumpkins ripped them off!
Today’s is #Tumshie #Neep #Baigie
There’s 3 words as they all mean the same: a swede / yellow turnip
They were carved to make spooky lanterns in Scotland in the 1950/80s
Pumpkins ripped them off!
@drmdempster.bsky.social Mony thanks fir yer haurd wirk ilka year in keepin the Scots leid tae the fore. As ay, #Scotstober haes been rare fun
October 31, 2025 at 11:08 AM
@drmdempster.bsky.social Mony thanks fir yer haurd wirk ilka year in keepin the Scots leid tae the fore. As ay, #Scotstober haes been rare fun
#Scotstober 2025
Neep: Whits gaein oan wi the neeps? The anly yins ah cuid fin wir sae tottie ye cuid stick thim in yer ee! Lang syne we cuid ay get the muckle yins fir making oor flegsome lantrins. The wee yins jist cannae gie oot the necessar ‘glower’!
Neep: Whits gaein oan wi the neeps? The anly yins ah cuid fin wir sae tottie ye cuid stick thim in yer ee! Lang syne we cuid ay get the muckle yins fir making oor flegsome lantrins. The wee yins jist cannae gie oot the necessar ‘glower’!
October 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
#Scotstober 2025
Neep: Whits gaein oan wi the neeps? The anly yins ah cuid fin wir sae tottie ye cuid stick thim in yer ee! Lang syne we cuid ay get the muckle yins fir making oor flegsome lantrins. The wee yins jist cannae gie oot the necessar ‘glower’!
Neep: Whits gaein oan wi the neeps? The anly yins ah cuid fin wir sae tottie ye cuid stick thim in yer ee! Lang syne we cuid ay get the muckle yins fir making oor flegsome lantrins. The wee yins jist cannae gie oot the necessar ‘glower’!
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That's the month gey naur ower. Hae mind but that Scots is for life an no juist for #Scotstober
October 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
That's the month gey naur ower. Hae mind but that Scots is for life an no juist for #Scotstober
#Scotstober 2025
Hing: whan its a guid dryin day, ah lik tae pit up the rope an hing ma washin oot in the green tae gie it a guid blaw.
Hing: whan its a guid dryin day, ah lik tae pit up the rope an hing ma washin oot in the green tae gie it a guid blaw.
October 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
#Scotstober 2025
Hing: whan its a guid dryin day, ah lik tae pit up the rope an hing ma washin oot in the green tae gie it a guid blaw.
Hing: whan its a guid dryin day, ah lik tae pit up the rope an hing ma washin oot in the green tae gie it a guid blaw.
#Scotstober 2025
Ingle: Nooadays its nae sae mony fowk that haes an ingle wi its glowin coals tae sit roon o a cauld nicht. Whan ah wi wee, the inglenook wis the hert o the hoose. A walcomin place tae dry oor shin or warm oor nippin taes. A radiator jist disnae dae it!
Ingle: Nooadays its nae sae mony fowk that haes an ingle wi its glowin coals tae sit roon o a cauld nicht. Whan ah wi wee, the inglenook wis the hert o the hoose. A walcomin place tae dry oor shin or warm oor nippin taes. A radiator jist disnae dae it!
October 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#Scotstober 2025
Ingle: Nooadays its nae sae mony fowk that haes an ingle wi its glowin coals tae sit roon o a cauld nicht. Whan ah wi wee, the inglenook wis the hert o the hoose. A walcomin place tae dry oor shin or warm oor nippin taes. A radiator jist disnae dae it!
Ingle: Nooadays its nae sae mony fowk that haes an ingle wi its glowin coals tae sit roon o a cauld nicht. Whan ah wi wee, the inglenook wis the hert o the hoose. A walcomin place tae dry oor shin or warm oor nippin taes. A radiator jist disnae dae it!
#Scotstober 2025
Rammie: Sic gaens oan ower a gemm o fitba! Fechtin an cairryin oan in the street! Growen men fae baith sides, wi ithers jinin in gettin thirsels aa het up an haein a rammie. Numpties!
Rammie: Sic gaens oan ower a gemm o fitba! Fechtin an cairryin oan in the street! Growen men fae baith sides, wi ithers jinin in gettin thirsels aa het up an haein a rammie. Numpties!
October 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
#Scotstober 2025
Rammie: Sic gaens oan ower a gemm o fitba! Fechtin an cairryin oan in the street! Growen men fae baith sides, wi ithers jinin in gettin thirsels aa het up an haein a rammie. Numpties!
Rammie: Sic gaens oan ower a gemm o fitba! Fechtin an cairryin oan in the street! Growen men fae baith sides, wi ithers jinin in gettin thirsels aa het up an haein a rammie. Numpties!
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#Scotstober: Ȝammer
Fae Moby-Dick, Ch.93
It wis a puckle days efter encoonterin the Frenchman, that a maist signeeficant event befell the maist inseegnificant o the Pequod’s crew; an event tae gar ye Ȝammer; 1/2
Fae Moby-Dick, Ch.93
It wis a puckle days efter encoonterin the Frenchman, that a maist signeeficant event befell the maist inseegnificant o the Pequod’s crew; an event tae gar ye Ȝammer; 1/2
October 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
#Scotstober: Ȝammer
Fae Moby-Dick, Ch.93
It wis a puckle days efter encoonterin the Frenchman, that a maist signeeficant event befell the maist inseegnificant o the Pequod’s crew; an event tae gar ye Ȝammer; 1/2
Fae Moby-Dick, Ch.93
It wis a puckle days efter encoonterin the Frenchman, that a maist signeeficant event befell the maist inseegnificant o the Pequod’s crew; an event tae gar ye Ȝammer; 1/2
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#Scotstober
#Haiku
#3ammer
#Yammer
Fit an affa 3ammer
Ah wis fair birlin wi rage
Fan ih yogh wis lost
What an awful yelling
I was fairly spinning with rage
When the yogh was lost
#Yogh is a lost letter used in Scots.The reason names like Menzies are mispronounced nowadays.
dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/z
#Haiku
#3ammer
#Yammer
Fit an affa 3ammer
Ah wis fair birlin wi rage
Fan ih yogh wis lost
What an awful yelling
I was fairly spinning with rage
When the yogh was lost
#Yogh is a lost letter used in Scots.The reason names like Menzies are mispronounced nowadays.
dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/z
October 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
#Scotstober
#Haiku
#3ammer
#Yammer
Fit an affa 3ammer
Ah wis fair birlin wi rage
Fan ih yogh wis lost
What an awful yelling
I was fairly spinning with rage
When the yogh was lost
#Yogh is a lost letter used in Scots.The reason names like Menzies are mispronounced nowadays.
dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/z
#Haiku
#3ammer
#Yammer
Fit an affa 3ammer
Ah wis fair birlin wi rage
Fan ih yogh wis lost
What an awful yelling
I was fairly spinning with rage
When the yogh was lost
#Yogh is a lost letter used in Scots.The reason names like Menzies are mispronounced nowadays.
dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/z
#Scotstober 2025
Yammer: Whan oor anely supermercat wis haein an ‘upgrade’, aathing wis tapsilteerie. Ilka day, the wirkers haed thir lugs deavit wi the yammer o folk greetin thae cuidnae fin onythin, an hoo cuid it no be as it yaised to be?
Yammer: Whan oor anely supermercat wis haein an ‘upgrade’, aathing wis tapsilteerie. Ilka day, the wirkers haed thir lugs deavit wi the yammer o folk greetin thae cuidnae fin onythin, an hoo cuid it no be as it yaised to be?
October 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
#Scotstober 2025
Yammer: Whan oor anely supermercat wis haein an ‘upgrade’, aathing wis tapsilteerie. Ilka day, the wirkers haed thir lugs deavit wi the yammer o folk greetin thae cuidnae fin onythin, an hoo cuid it no be as it yaised to be?
Yammer: Whan oor anely supermercat wis haein an ‘upgrade’, aathing wis tapsilteerie. Ilka day, the wirkers haed thir lugs deavit wi the yammer o folk greetin thae cuidnae fin onythin, an hoo cuid it no be as it yaised to be?
#Scotstober 2025
Brock: Ah pentit this wee picter o a brock a whilie back. A wheen o the fermers roon thae pairts are no ower fond o thim. Sic a peety!
Brock: Ah pentit this wee picter o a brock a whilie back. A wheen o the fermers roon thae pairts are no ower fond o thim. Sic a peety!
October 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
#Scotstober 2025
Brock: Ah pentit this wee picter o a brock a whilie back. A wheen o the fermers roon thae pairts are no ower fond o thim. Sic a peety!
Brock: Ah pentit this wee picter o a brock a whilie back. A wheen o the fermers roon thae pairts are no ower fond o thim. Sic a peety!
#Scotstober 2025
Yeuk: The manky mingin waff gaein richt intae yer neb whan ye crack a rotten egg! Yeuk! Its bowfin an fair gies ye the boak.
Yeuk: The manky mingin waff gaein richt intae yer neb whan ye crack a rotten egg! Yeuk! Its bowfin an fair gies ye the boak.
October 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
#Scotstober 2025
Yeuk: The manky mingin waff gaein richt intae yer neb whan ye crack a rotten egg! Yeuk! Its bowfin an fair gies ye the boak.
Yeuk: The manky mingin waff gaein richt intae yer neb whan ye crack a rotten egg! Yeuk! Its bowfin an fair gies ye the boak.
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I’m so happy to see this.
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
Sorcery in Caerphilly:
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social visits the Welsh valleys on the trail of a Russian spy, his wife, a Reform politician taking bribes, party leader Nigel Farage and a vanishing by-election candidate.
Here's a sneak peak of John’s film - coming tomorrow only in the Nerve
October 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I’m so happy to see this.
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
@johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social is one of our own. Like @thenerve.news he’s an old Observer hand. Later at BBC he did everything, but in 2018, he found himself blocked from one particular subject…Russia & Brexit.
Please give him a hand…Sweeney’s coming home 👏👏👏
#Scotstober 2025
Puggle: Fowk nooadays think oan ‘puggilt’ as bein bone tired fae haurd wirk. In ma mithers time, bein cried ‘puggilt’ wis aboot bein drunk!
Puggle: Fowk nooadays think oan ‘puggilt’ as bein bone tired fae haurd wirk. In ma mithers time, bein cried ‘puggilt’ wis aboot bein drunk!
October 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
#Scotstober 2025
Puggle: Fowk nooadays think oan ‘puggilt’ as bein bone tired fae haurd wirk. In ma mithers time, bein cried ‘puggilt’ wis aboot bein drunk!
Puggle: Fowk nooadays think oan ‘puggilt’ as bein bone tired fae haurd wirk. In ma mithers time, bein cried ‘puggilt’ wis aboot bein drunk!
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This week's YouGov Westminster poll.
🏴 SNP jump 5% at the cost of Labour/Lib Dems.
🏴 Plaid fall back against Reform.
🏴 Little change.
www.datawrapper.de/_/OJSlB/
🏴 SNP jump 5% at the cost of Labour/Lib Dems.
🏴 Plaid fall back against Reform.
🏴 Little change.
www.datawrapper.de/_/OJSlB/
Westminster Voting Intentions by Nation | Created with Datawrapper
YouGov MRP Model, 20-Oct-2025
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October 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This week's YouGov Westminster poll.
🏴 SNP jump 5% at the cost of Labour/Lib Dems.
🏴 Plaid fall back against Reform.
🏴 Little change.
www.datawrapper.de/_/OJSlB/
🏴 SNP jump 5% at the cost of Labour/Lib Dems.
🏴 Plaid fall back against Reform.
🏴 Little change.
www.datawrapper.de/_/OJSlB/
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What happened
Exactly nothing
Con man
Both votes SNP
Liberté ⛓️💥
Exactly nothing
Con man
Both votes SNP
Liberté ⛓️💥
October 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
What happened
Exactly nothing
Con man
Both votes SNP
Liberté ⛓️💥
Exactly nothing
Con man
Both votes SNP
Liberté ⛓️💥
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Evening all 🏴
October 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Evening all 🏴
#Scotstober 2025
Vrack: Doon at the shore, whan the tide gaes oot, the broon wrack, happit ower the stanes maks grand hidey holes fir sea beasties, buckies an thir ilk. Theyre rare places tae fir bairns wi a pail tae fin tottie wee partans.
Vrack: Doon at the shore, whan the tide gaes oot, the broon wrack, happit ower the stanes maks grand hidey holes fir sea beasties, buckies an thir ilk. Theyre rare places tae fir bairns wi a pail tae fin tottie wee partans.
October 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#Scotstober 2025
Vrack: Doon at the shore, whan the tide gaes oot, the broon wrack, happit ower the stanes maks grand hidey holes fir sea beasties, buckies an thir ilk. Theyre rare places tae fir bairns wi a pail tae fin tottie wee partans.
Vrack: Doon at the shore, whan the tide gaes oot, the broon wrack, happit ower the stanes maks grand hidey holes fir sea beasties, buckies an thir ilk. Theyre rare places tae fir bairns wi a pail tae fin tottie wee partans.
#Scotstober 2025
Shooder. Ah still cannae lift ma airm abuin ma heid sin a brak ma shooder three year past.
Shooder. Ah still cannae lift ma airm abuin ma heid sin a brak ma shooder three year past.
October 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
#Scotstober 2025
Shooder. Ah still cannae lift ma airm abuin ma heid sin a brak ma shooder three year past.
Shooder. Ah still cannae lift ma airm abuin ma heid sin a brak ma shooder three year past.
#Scotstober 2025
Traipse: whan yev bin wirkin haurd aa day an still need tae gang fir yer messages, the thocht o traipsin roon a muckle supermerket maks ye feel fair wabbit!
Traipse: whan yev bin wirkin haurd aa day an still need tae gang fir yer messages, the thocht o traipsin roon a muckle supermerket maks ye feel fair wabbit!
October 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#Scotstober 2025
Traipse: whan yev bin wirkin haurd aa day an still need tae gang fir yer messages, the thocht o traipsin roon a muckle supermerket maks ye feel fair wabbit!
Traipse: whan yev bin wirkin haurd aa day an still need tae gang fir yer messages, the thocht o traipsin roon a muckle supermerket maks ye feel fair wabbit!
#Scotstober 2025
Warp: Whiles ‘warp’ is a wird tae dae wi threids an weavin, betimes, ‘warpt’ is aboot bein thrawn. Its aboot a bodie haein or speikin unco thochts that dinnae sit weel wi maist ither fowk.
Warp: Whiles ‘warp’ is a wird tae dae wi threids an weavin, betimes, ‘warpt’ is aboot bein thrawn. Its aboot a bodie haein or speikin unco thochts that dinnae sit weel wi maist ither fowk.
October 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
#Scotstober 2025
Warp: Whiles ‘warp’ is a wird tae dae wi threids an weavin, betimes, ‘warpt’ is aboot bein thrawn. Its aboot a bodie haein or speikin unco thochts that dinnae sit weel wi maist ither fowk.
Warp: Whiles ‘warp’ is a wird tae dae wi threids an weavin, betimes, ‘warpt’ is aboot bein thrawn. Its aboot a bodie haein or speikin unco thochts that dinnae sit weel wi maist ither fowk.
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A wee nyaff cried Sandy gets a skelf... read mair in the Eejit Street comic: www.scotshooseyaldi.com/primary/comi... #Scotstober
October 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A wee nyaff cried Sandy gets a skelf... read mair in the Eejit Street comic: www.scotshooseyaldi.com/primary/comi... #Scotstober