@muirneag.bsky.social
Anthropologist, trade unionist, Scottish independence supporter. ❤️ art, nature, science, justice
Edinburgh's Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Kidnapped and Treasure Island, is one of my all-time-favourite Scottish poets as well...
November 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Edinburgh's Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Kidnapped and Treasure Island, is one of my all-time-favourite Scottish poets as well...
I'm reading a book called The Malt Whisky Murders. What about you?
November 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I'm reading a book called The Malt Whisky Murders. What about you?
A thank you note from a friend that's a gift in itself. 😄
November 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A thank you note from a friend that's a gift in itself. 😄
Keir Hardie would be birlin' in his grave at the huckster who stole his name and destroyed everything the Labour Party once stood for. 🤬
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
Labour plot to slash electricity prices for AI companies while families struggle
LABOUR are planning to cut electricity prices for tech companies while energy bills continue to leave families struggling, The National can reveal.
www.thenational.scot
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Keir Hardie would be birlin' in his grave at the huckster who stole his name and destroyed everything the Labour Party once stood for. 🤬
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
Yes, you read that right. Labour are planning to *slash* electricity bills for giant AI tech businesses - at the same time they're *increasing* the bills of ordinary working families.
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
Labour plot to slash electricity prices for AI companies while families struggle
LABOUR are planning to cut electricity prices for tech companies while energy bills continue to leave families struggling, The National can reveal.
www.thenational.scot
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Yes, you read that right. Labour are planning to *slash* electricity bills for giant AI tech businesses - at the same time they're *increasing* the bills of ordinary working families.
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
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Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
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“The issue is men. So maybe we need a man only carriage where we put them all in the back of the train and they can just stay there and harass each other": @patsystevenson.bsky.social on the money, as always.
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“The issue is men. So maybe we need a man only carriage where we put them all in the back of the train and they can just stay there and harass each other": @patsystevenson.bsky.social on the money, as always.
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I’ve been writing a diary since Feb 24, 2022.
It will be published only after the war or after I’m gone. It doesn’t matter.
I have a keeper of my diaries - a war historian. She knows what to do in case of.
My supporters can read the extracts.
The latest one:
www.patreon.com/posts/143861...
It will be published only after the war or after I’m gone. It doesn’t matter.
I have a keeper of my diaries - a war historian. She knows what to do in case of.
My supporters can read the extracts.
The latest one:
www.patreon.com/posts/143861...
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I’ve been writing a diary since Feb 24, 2022.
It will be published only after the war or after I’m gone. It doesn’t matter.
I have a keeper of my diaries - a war historian. She knows what to do in case of.
My supporters can read the extracts.
The latest one:
www.patreon.com/posts/143861...
It will be published only after the war or after I’m gone. It doesn’t matter.
I have a keeper of my diaries - a war historian. She knows what to do in case of.
My supporters can read the extracts.
The latest one:
www.patreon.com/posts/143861...
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Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Imagine, if you will, that NASA updated its website to suggest gravity might not exist, prompting CalTech and CERN to release statements saying, "With great sadness, we can no longer recommend listening to NASA."
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
This is what's happening in epidemiology.
Look, with the state of the world right now, I know there's no easy fix. But give yourself a wee break when you need it. No one can fight on without respite, and that's okay. Rest today, and return to the battlefront tomorrow. The world will still be there, waiting for you to make it a better place.
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Look, with the state of the world right now, I know there's no easy fix. But give yourself a wee break when you need it. No one can fight on without respite, and that's okay. Rest today, and return to the battlefront tomorrow. The world will still be there, waiting for you to make it a better place.
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Greetings from Kyiv
and warcoffee.
Today, we honor the victims of the massive famine of 1932–1933.
Man-made, stalin-made, russia-made.
Millions of Ukrainians died.
Don’t ever ask us why we stand. You already know the answer.
and warcoffee.
Today, we honor the victims of the massive famine of 1932–1933.
Man-made, stalin-made, russia-made.
Millions of Ukrainians died.
Don’t ever ask us why we stand. You already know the answer.
November 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Greetings from Kyiv
and warcoffee.
Today, we honor the victims of the massive famine of 1932–1933.
Man-made, stalin-made, russia-made.
Millions of Ukrainians died.
Don’t ever ask us why we stand. You already know the answer.
and warcoffee.
Today, we honor the victims of the massive famine of 1932–1933.
Man-made, stalin-made, russia-made.
Millions of Ukrainians died.
Don’t ever ask us why we stand. You already know the answer.
This campaign isn't just about supporting Scottish businesses, small farmers and fishermen. It's about protecting Scotland’s environment by reducing food miles, and protecting your family's health by making sure the food on your table is as fresh and local as possible.
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This campaign isn't just about supporting Scottish businesses, small farmers and fishermen. It's about protecting Scotland’s environment by reducing food miles, and protecting your family's health by making sure the food on your table is as fresh and local as possible.
When I woke up this morning I had 150 emails on the same topic -none of them from actual constituents. They were generated by a faith group in the US using AI to generate content & distribute them. Representing actual people is hard enough without having to deal with AI 'correspondence' from abroad.
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
When I woke up this morning I had 150 emails on the same topic -none of them from actual constituents. They were generated by a faith group in the US using AI to generate content & distribute them. Representing actual people is hard enough without having to deal with AI 'correspondence' from abroad.
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I had a great conversation with the wonderful @zackpolanski.bsky.social on his podcast. Do please listen in. I don't think you'll have heard anything quite like it. And there's a LOT more here than the title suggests. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
How Labour Negate Progressive Ideas Through ‘Divide and Rule’ | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
Podcast Episode · Bold Politics with Zack Polanski · 19/11/2025 · 40m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I had a great conversation with the wonderful @zackpolanski.bsky.social on his podcast. Do please listen in. I don't think you'll have heard anything quite like it. And there's a LOT more here than the title suggests. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
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The catastrophic illegal waste dumping in Oxfordshire (see next post) is a direct result of the deregulation-by-stealth I wrote about in 2021, when my dead goldfish became a registered waste disposer. I warned it would let the mafia in. And here we are.🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain through the looking glass: my dead goldfish is now a registered waste disposer | George Monbiot
Algernon Goldfish is long gone, but I was able to sign him up. No wonder so many crooks are illegally dumping and ruining our environment, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The catastrophic illegal waste dumping in Oxfordshire (see next post) is a direct result of the deregulation-by-stealth I wrote about in 2021, when my dead goldfish became a registered waste disposer. I warned it would let the mafia in. And here we are.🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A few more glimpses of Dette Allmark's exhibition of drawings inspired by Scottish Opera, on show until the 22nd at Festival Theatre, Edinburgh.
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
A few more glimpses of Dette Allmark's exhibition of drawings inspired by Scottish Opera, on show until the 22nd at Festival Theatre, Edinburgh.
Friends of mine in Germany and Italy regularly forage for herbs, greens, berries and mushrooms. When did we become so separated from the natural world in the UK?
November 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Friends of mine in Germany and Italy regularly forage for herbs, greens, berries and mushrooms. When did we become so separated from the natural world in the UK?
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The pro-Nick Fuentes Administration destroying people and institutions on the basis of “fighting antisemitism” has me losing my damn mind.
The Nazi-sympathizers pretending to be protectors of American Jews has to be one of the most profound mindfucks in an era rife with them.
The Nazi-sympathizers pretending to be protectors of American Jews has to be one of the most profound mindfucks in an era rife with them.
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The pro-Nick Fuentes Administration destroying people and institutions on the basis of “fighting antisemitism” has me losing my damn mind.
The Nazi-sympathizers pretending to be protectors of American Jews has to be one of the most profound mindfucks in an era rife with them.
The Nazi-sympathizers pretending to be protectors of American Jews has to be one of the most profound mindfucks in an era rife with them.
What Charlotte would write today.
The author of the children's classic Charlotte's Web proudly wrote "I am in love with freedom.. [as for fascism], I pinch my nose".
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The author of the children's classic Charlotte's Web proudly wrote "I am in love with freedom.. [as for fascism], I pinch my nose".
www.facebook.com/share/1GE6Qd...
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
What Charlotte would write today.
The author of the children's classic Charlotte's Web proudly wrote "I am in love with freedom.. [as for fascism], I pinch my nose".
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The author of the children's classic Charlotte's Web proudly wrote "I am in love with freedom.. [as for fascism], I pinch my nose".
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