@marmac707.bsky.social
In Galloway, love nature, birding and walking. Hate nuclear weapons, despots and inequalities.
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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A new photography exhibition is set to feature the work of a former asylum seeker who made their home in Glasgow 👇
'An honour': Asylum seeker's portrait to feature in new Glasgow exhibition
www.thenational.scot
November 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A new photography exhibition is set to feature the work of a former asylum seeker who made their home in Glasgow 👇
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Centuries of overgrazing & muirburn for grouse moors mean Highland Scotland looks treeless & desolate. But it doesn't have to be this way. New film Scotland's Missing Forests went online y'day. Chuffed to see almost 10k views. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuTV... @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Centuries of overgrazing & muirburn for grouse moors mean Highland Scotland looks treeless & desolate. But it doesn't have to be this way. New film Scotland's Missing Forests went online y'day. Chuffed to see almost 10k views. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuTV... @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
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New Concept Explainer! For #ChallengePoverty week, we look at poverty as a public health emergency. People in poverty face higher risks of disease, disability, and premature death, simply because of where they live and what they earn. #CPW25
Download it here: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
Download it here: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
October 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
New Concept Explainer! For #ChallengePoverty week, we look at poverty as a public health emergency. People in poverty face higher risks of disease, disability, and premature death, simply because of where they live and what they earn. #CPW25
Download it here: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
Download it here: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...
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Removing barriers faced by some communities in accessing employment is crucial to help tackle poverty. Racialised minorities are overrepresented in low-pay sectors and underrepresented in the public sector, as seen in this CRER report: static1.squarespace.com/static/615c1... #CPW25
October 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Removing barriers faced by some communities in accessing employment is crucial to help tackle poverty. Racialised minorities are overrepresented in low-pay sectors and underrepresented in the public sector, as seen in this CRER report: static1.squarespace.com/static/615c1... #CPW25
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Day 2 of #CPW25, and today’s theme focusses on the importance of better jobs, pay, hours and conditions in order to tackle poverty. Did you know that the majority of adults and children living in poverty in Scotland live in a working household? www.understandingglasgow.com/glasgow-indi...
October 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Day 2 of #CPW25, and today’s theme focusses on the importance of better jobs, pay, hours and conditions in order to tackle poverty. Did you know that the majority of adults and children living in poverty in Scotland live in a working household? www.understandingglasgow.com/glasgow-indi...
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A 'remarkable' discovery about a wasp-like insect’s mechanism for cutting into plants could have implications for modern surgery, scientists say
‘Remarkable’ insect discovery by Scottish univeristy could benefit modern surgery
www.thenational.scot
October 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
A 'remarkable' discovery about a wasp-like insect’s mechanism for cutting into plants could have implications for modern surgery, scientists say
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Just the President of the US telling the United Nations that the UK wants to go to Sharia law. How in the fuck did anyone look at this brainless sack of shit and say “Yep, that’s the guy to run the most powerful nation on earth”?
September 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Just the President of the US telling the United Nations that the UK wants to go to Sharia law. How in the fuck did anyone look at this brainless sack of shit and say “Yep, that’s the guy to run the most powerful nation on earth”?
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This is my Scotland.
Welcome.
Welcome.
It’s our 40th birthday! On 31 July 1985, Scottish Refugee Council became a charity. Four decades on, we’re just as committed to making sure people seeking sanctuary in Scotland are welcomed and supported to rebuild their lives.
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July 31, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This is my Scotland.
Welcome.
Welcome.
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More Palestinians have now been killed lining up for food aid than the total killed on Oct 7th.
Israel is committing genocide with impunity & our Govs support them.
They are hoping to normalise this genocide. To silence & tire us so we choose comfort over controversy & become complicit.
Refuse.
Israel is committing genocide with impunity & our Govs support them.
They are hoping to normalise this genocide. To silence & tire us so we choose comfort over controversy & become complicit.
Refuse.
July 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM
More Palestinians have now been killed lining up for food aid than the total killed on Oct 7th.
Israel is committing genocide with impunity & our Govs support them.
They are hoping to normalise this genocide. To silence & tire us so we choose comfort over controversy & become complicit.
Refuse.
Israel is committing genocide with impunity & our Govs support them.
They are hoping to normalise this genocide. To silence & tire us so we choose comfort over controversy & become complicit.
Refuse.
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How it feels to visit places that you know are #partofthebiggerpicture 🧡🧩
HUGE thanks to Five March, who are very kindly adding 50p per person to every bill during the summer to support those seeking safety.
Get yourself along & don't forget your sunscreen if you're sitting outside today! 🍹☀️
HUGE thanks to Five March, who are very kindly adding 50p per person to every bill during the summer to support those seeking safety.
Get yourself along & don't forget your sunscreen if you're sitting outside today! 🍹☀️
July 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
How it feels to visit places that you know are #partofthebiggerpicture 🧡🧩
HUGE thanks to Five March, who are very kindly adding 50p per person to every bill during the summer to support those seeking safety.
Get yourself along & don't forget your sunscreen if you're sitting outside today! 🍹☀️
HUGE thanks to Five March, who are very kindly adding 50p per person to every bill during the summer to support those seeking safety.
Get yourself along & don't forget your sunscreen if you're sitting outside today! 🍹☀️
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Huge protest artwork appears by Trump’s Scottish golf course www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Huge protest artwork appears by Trump’s Scottish golf course - Greenpeace Aotearoa
To mark the first 100 days of Trump’s second term, Greenpeace UK revealed a 55m by 40m artwork on the beach outside Trump’s golf course in Scotland, ‘Trump Turnberry’, showing…
www.greenpeace.org
May 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Huge protest artwork appears by Trump’s Scottish golf course www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Huge protest artwork appears by Trump’s Scottish golf course www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Huge protest artwork appears by Trump’s Scottish golf course - Greenpeace Aotearoa
To mark the first 100 days of Trump’s second term, Greenpeace UK revealed a 55m by 40m artwork on the beach outside Trump’s golf course in Scotland, ‘Trump Turnberry’, showing…
www.greenpeace.org
May 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Huge protest artwork appears by Trump’s Scottish golf course www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Amazing sky in the North Rhins, Galloway, Scotland
May 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Amazing sky in the North Rhins, Galloway, Scotland
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Claire Eason, UK artist, recently created a tribute to the #SycamoreGap tree, in Northumberland UK using light from drones in the space where the much loved landmark once stood #WomensArt
April 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Claire Eason, UK artist, recently created a tribute to the #SycamoreGap tree, in Northumberland UK using light from drones in the space where the much loved landmark once stood #WomensArt
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Trump's Ukraine plan hands territory to Russia, minerals to the US.
Ukraine gets a 'ceasefire', not long-term territorial integrity. Putin wants greater Russia and will not recognise Ukraine's right to exists as a separate nation.
Which former USSR country next?
Why is Trump so one-sided?
Ukraine gets a 'ceasefire', not long-term territorial integrity. Putin wants greater Russia and will not recognise Ukraine's right to exists as a separate nation.
Which former USSR country next?
Why is Trump so one-sided?
Analysis: Trump’s own strange and tepid wording illustrates his one-sided Ukraine peace plan | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s intense pressure on Ukraine and deference to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is extinguishing any lingering notion that the United States is an evenhanded peace broker.
www.cnn.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Trump's Ukraine plan hands territory to Russia, minerals to the US.
Ukraine gets a 'ceasefire', not long-term territorial integrity. Putin wants greater Russia and will not recognise Ukraine's right to exists as a separate nation.
Which former USSR country next?
Why is Trump so one-sided?
Ukraine gets a 'ceasefire', not long-term territorial integrity. Putin wants greater Russia and will not recognise Ukraine's right to exists as a separate nation.
Which former USSR country next?
Why is Trump so one-sided?
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Exactly as we predicted. Brexit is damaging UK’s access to innovative medicines. @markgdayan.bsky.social & I spoke to @andrewgregory.com @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
NHS cancer patients denied life-saving drugs due to Brexit costs, report finds
Exclusive: Britons found to have ‘lost out’ while rest of Europe benefits from golden age of research and treatments
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Exactly as we predicted. Brexit is damaging UK’s access to innovative medicines. @markgdayan.bsky.social & I spoke to @andrewgregory.com @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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NEW: A bid to end the King's 100% tax breaks on Scottish property has been tabled at Holyrood
Read more here: www.thenational.scot/news/2511135...
Read more here: www.thenational.scot/news/2511135...
April 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
NEW: A bid to end the King's 100% tax breaks on Scottish property has been tabled at Holyrood
Read more here: www.thenational.scot/news/2511135...
Read more here: www.thenational.scot/news/2511135...
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NEW: Members of the board of the largest Jewish representative body in the UK who broke ranks to condemn the 'most extremist of Israeli governments' are being investigated by a complaints committee
🗣️ 'We take alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct very seriously'
🗣️ 'We take alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct very seriously'
Jewish leaders probed following letter calling out 'extremist' Israeli government
www.thenational.scot
April 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
NEW: Members of the board of the largest Jewish representative body in the UK who broke ranks to condemn the 'most extremist of Israeli governments' are being investigated by a complaints committee
🗣️ 'We take alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct very seriously'
🗣️ 'We take alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct very seriously'
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Reeves Pledges No Increases to UK Wealth Taxes in Next Budget.
Rich fund political parties, meet ministers, get their way. Poor can't.
Low/Middle income people pay higher taxes, suffer crumbling infrastructure.
Can't rebuild economy without redistribution.
archive.ph/C6kmb
Rich fund political parties, meet ministers, get their way. Poor can't.
Low/Middle income people pay higher taxes, suffer crumbling infrastructure.
Can't rebuild economy without redistribution.
archive.ph/C6kmb
Reeves Pledges No Increases to UK Wealth Taxes in Next Budget
Rachel Reeves vowed not to raise wealth taxes in her Autumn Budget, casting off speculation that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will increase levies to defend the UK’s fiscal buffer.
www.bloomberg.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Reeves Pledges No Increases to UK Wealth Taxes in Next Budget.
Rich fund political parties, meet ministers, get their way. Poor can't.
Low/Middle income people pay higher taxes, suffer crumbling infrastructure.
Can't rebuild economy without redistribution.
archive.ph/C6kmb
Rich fund political parties, meet ministers, get their way. Poor can't.
Low/Middle income people pay higher taxes, suffer crumbling infrastructure.
Can't rebuild economy without redistribution.
archive.ph/C6kmb
Lots of linnets every evening and it's noisy
April 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Lots of linnets every evening and it's noisy
Beautiful Saturday morning on the Isle of Bute
April 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Beautiful Saturday morning on the Isle of Bute
Excellent news
Ex-SNP MP and former Gaza surgeon Dr Philippa Whitford has been appointed as a trustee of Medical Aid for Palestinians
'Honoured': Ex-SNP MP appointed trustee of Medical Aid for Palestine
www.thenational.scot
April 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Excellent news