crags41.bsky.social
@crags41.bsky.social
Glaswegian in Edinburgh
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Donald Trump has not assembled a “Board of Peace” for Gaza.

He has assembled a Board of Occupation.

The future of Gaza is not up to Trump, Blair or Netanyahu.

That is up to the Palestinian people.
January 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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Just a reminder that Trump is selling Venezuelan oil and depositing the proceeds into a bank account in Qatar that is NOT under any control by the US government or Congress.

He's just stealing it. It really is that simple.
January 17, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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Free speech latest.
January 13, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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I highly recommend Laura Bates’ The New Age of Sexism. She saw this explosion of digital exploitation through AI coming. www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/The-Ne...
The New Age of Sexism
‘Laura Bates explains how they built the future – and forgot to put women in it’ CAITLIN MORAN 'Fascinating and essential... I urge you to read eve...
www.simonandschuster.com.au
January 5, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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If you want to know more I strongly recommend Laura Bates': "The New Age of Sexism: How the AI Revolution is Reinventing Misogyny."
January 6, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Badenoch refers to “crime in Britain” - using a map based on data solely from England & Wales. The map itself indicates clearly that it’s for England & Wales.

She won’t dare use data from Scotland: that would reveal our much lower crime rates and would scupper her deranged “SNP bad” narrative.
January 12, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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"The power of the Glasgow welcome has not diminished"

An uplifting piece on hope and community 🧡

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘The response is a beautiful thing’: how Glasgow is squaring up to Reform
In the face of Nigel Farage, flag-waving and a longstanding housing crisis, some Glaswegians are taking on anti-immigration rhetoric
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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Something lovely for the weekend!

Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago!

Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete 📷 by me

#Archaeology
January 10, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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In case you missed it, Nigel Farage said Reform would vote against scrapping the two-child benefit cap because some of the families who will benefit include people who are “foreign-born”.

Imagine being so racist that you would rather keep 450,000 children in poverty.
January 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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there you have it

FIRST Minister John Swinney has said his Government was not informed of the US operation to use a Scottish airport during yesterday's seizure of a Russian-flagged tanker in the North Atlantic. 👇

www.thenational.scot/news/2574936...
John Swinney not informed of US using Scottish airport in military operation
Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney has reacted to yesterday's US operation to seize a Russian-flagged tanker in the North Atlantic
www.thenational.scot
January 8, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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This is the ninth shooting by ICE since September (I did not know that). All of them were into vehicles.
Deadly Minneapolis Encounter Is the 9th ICE Shooting Since September
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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A Dutch worker went viral after explaining to their American boss that they have a life outside work.
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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The Birth of Espresso: The Story Behind the Coffee Shots That Fuel Modern Life
The Birth of Espresso: The Story Behind the Coffee Shots That Fuel Modern Life
Espresso is neither bean nor roast. It is a method of pressurized coffee brewing that ensures speedy delivery, and it has birthed a whole culture.
www.openculture.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Farage confirms he’s glad his (schoolboy) racism has been exposed, that he’s enjoying the electoral kickback it’s given him amongst his racist supporters and expresses absolutely no shame or guilt about it at all.

Racist man. Racist party. Racist voters.

(iPaper)
January 2, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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What’s the SNP ever done for Scotland… #VoteForHopeIn2026 #VoteSNP #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
December 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Hundreds of overseas staff working in social care and the NHS travelled to Westminster today to lobby MPs over plans to restrict visa rules for care workers.

Follow updates here ⬇️
unsn.uk/3MLAeAz
Care workers lobby Parliament - UNISON National
Hundreds of overseas staff working in social care and the NHS travelled to Westminster today to lobby MPs over plans to restrict visa rules for care workers
www.unison.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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NEW: Protesters have vowed not to leave a prison's gates until a hunger striker alleged to be near death receives medical aid

Qesser Zuhrah is on her 46th day of hunger strike inside HMP Bronzefield. An IRA hunger striker in 1981 died on the 46th day 👇
December 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Reform are the party of the super rich, polluters and landlords.

Greens will oppose any attempt to roll back the rights of renters.
December 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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The staff at Stromness Library are getting all set for #Christmas with this brilliantly snowy Spot's Magical Christmas window which was painted by Stephanie. ❄️🌨🎿🐕

#LoveLibraries #Christmas 🎄❤️
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Palantir has its slippery tentacles all over NHS England.

It has no dealings with NHS Scotland and must not have any involvement with NHS Scotland in future.

Next.
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform saying his former party has "lost touch with the people it was meant to serve".

He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
Conservatives Promote JCB's 'Revolutionary' Pothole Machine While Taking Millions of Pounds in Donations from the Company
Senior Conservatives have repeatedly promoted a pothole repair machine made by a company which has donated huge sums to the party and its MPs
bylinetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Drought isn’t divine punishment.

It’s climate reality. It's a mismanagement of water resources.

Prayer and oppressing women won’t make it rain.

#WomenLifeFreedom.

iranfocus.com/iran/55938-s...
State Cleric Blames ‘Women Not Wearing Hijab’ For Drought in Iran - Iran Focus
As Iran’s water crisis worsens and the regime fails to manage its water resources, a member of the Assembly of Experts claimed that the regime’s desired form of mandatory hijab not being observed in t...
iranfocus.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM