I'll still fight to the death to get us all a fair shake and to save the planet but I'm definitely entering the 'doesn't really bother me' phase about 'stuff'
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mastodon 4.7.2Scottish Independence. #ScottishNeverBritish. Scottish humour. Scottish sports. Scottish food. Bits of other non-Scottish stuff...and politics. Scottish politics obvs. #EndRedBlueYellowTories. Nae Pasaran. Enjoy long-range backpacking and attempting to learn the Gàidhlig. Occasionally at the same time. Independence deniers please avoid me as we'll definitely clash and you'll come off worst. Instant block for the apron. DMs not welcome and will be deleted unread. No bio, no follow.
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Scottish Independence
8000 - Aberystwyth Welsh Independence march in 9 pictures | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26584492.aberystwyth-welsh-independence-march-9-pictures/
Boosted by @kcarruthers@infosec.exchange
Baby beavers born in Scotland for the first time in 400 years | STV News
https://news.stv.tv/highlands-islands/baby-beavers-born-in-scotland-for-the-first-time-in-400-years
Campaign group Republic has released a paper entitled A Scandal in Plain Sight which exposes the royals "dodging scrutiny, avoiding personal taxes and falling short of standards required of other public bodies".
The research shows that official royal funding has increased by 565% in real terms since the late Queen Elizabeth came to the throne.
'Shocking' details on royal funding revealed in fresh report | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26555574.shocking-details-royal-funding-revealed-fresh-report/
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
"I've been advised by my advisers whose advice I always take under advisement to delay the inevitable world burning new drilling in the North Sea until the plebs have a new Netflix series to binge."
I neglected to add commas where necessary because #BurnhamItAllDown doesn't have time for commas.
#optics
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
#censorship
A LEFT-WING news outlet has been left with "no alternative" but to suspend all operations after it allegedly had a second bank account frozen with no explanation.
The Canary has claimed that a number of staff were unable to be paid for the month of August after Metro Bank "blocked" their account.
The Canary suspends operations as second bank account 'frozen' | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26524713.canary-suspends-operations-second-bank-account-frozen/
The show's proceeds will go to several charities and organisations including: Anera, Glia, Gaza Soup Kitchen, Taawon, HEAL Palestine, Palestinian Youth Movement, Middle East Children’s Alliance, Jewish Voice for Peace, Medical Aid for Palestinians. Institute for Middle East Understanding, Palestine Children’s Relief Fund and UNRWA USA.
Macklemore announces Free Palestine European tour after Ed Sheeran row | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26579612.macklemore-announces-free-palestine-tour-ed-sheeran-row/
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@Nickiquote@mstdn.social Life is full of disappointment.
A Government spokesperson said: “The right to peaceful protest is fundamental to our democracy, but we condemn the behaviour in Dover and the travel disruption it has caused."
The "right to peaceful protest is fundamental to our democracy" unless you're protesting against an ongoing genocide...peacefully.
Hundreds of masked anti-migrant agitators block major port | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26524954.hundreds-masked-anti-migrant-agitators-block-major-port/
EARLY in the Gaza genocide, left-wing activist and author Andrew Feinstein was asked on a podcast by a Palestinian journalist who had lost loved ones in an airstrike: “Who made the bomb that killed my family?”.
It’s the question he and colleagues at Shadow World Investigations have attempted to answer in the book Making A Killing: How The West Profits From Slaughter In Gaza And Yemen.
How the West profits from Gaza and Yemen exposed in Andrew Feinstein book
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26406513.west-profits-gaza-exposed-andrew-feinstein-book/
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@tompearce49@mastodon.scot It was predicted and predictably predictable. The rich need the herd to be massively thinned out. They think their bunkers will save them but...
Wetherspoons bans Meta Glasses from all UK pubs
Wetherspoons has announced that customers can no longer wear Meta Glasses (or any other smart glasses) at any of its UK pubs.
The devices, which can record video and audio and take photos, have raised privacy concerns due to their ability to film without drawing attention.
When new Wetherspoon pub opens in Edinburgh in 2026 | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26447989.new-wetherspoon-pub-opens-edinburgh-2026/
Inside CHAOTIC days at Reform Party conference | Nigel Farage faces protesters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68uz5W3hEj0
"Optics". 🙄
ANDY Burnham is expected to delay the decision on two new North Sea oil and gas projects in Scotland due to concerns over the “optics” of approving them after wildfires burned across the country.
The consultation on the Rosebank, off the coast of Shetland and the largest undeveloped oil field in the North Sea, closed on Monday and is now being considered for approval by the UK Government.
Burnham to delay approving new North Sea oil and gas drilling
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26472659.andy-burnham-delay-approving-new-north-sea-oil-gas-drilling/
CHINA’S government and an investment vehicle based in the Cayman Islands are among a group of foreign owners whose Scottish wind farms have paid out more than £1 billion to shareholders in recent years.
One of the biggest potential winners identified is IIF International Holdings LP, a Cayman Islands fund managed by the Wall Street banking giant, JP Morgan.
Scottish wind farms paying £1bn to foreign shareholders
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26429214.scottish-wind-farms-paying-1bn-foreign-shareholders/
Definitely sceptical about the Hamas news. If the US and Israel spin it to blame them and Iran for any continued aggression then who do we believe?
Personally speaking I've long stopped believing American lies and Netanyahu and his Zionist monsters will not stop until the Greater Israel project is completed. Hamas are easy whipping boys.
Shift the blame. Justify the violence. 🇮🇱🇺🇲
EMISSIONS from two proposed Scottish oil and gas projects would cause so many heat deaths it would be equivalent to killing more people than live in Inverness, according to new analysis.
Rosebank and Jackdaw, which are being considered for approval by the UK Government, would emit enough carbon to result in 65,495 excess deaths globally, Oxfam has said.
Rosebank and Jackdaw heat deaths 'would kill more than population of Inverness' | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26448996.rosebank-jackdaw-heat-deaths-would-kill-inverness/
NORTH Bridge in Edinburgh has fully reopened for traffic and pedestrians after an eight-year project to restore the A-listed historic structure to its “former glory”.
The project began in 2018 and has experienced years of delays, with costs estimated to be around £86 million.
Edinburgh's North Bridge reopens after 8-year project | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26428394.edinburghs-north-bridge-reopens-8-year-project/
It amused me to see Donald Rapist looking f**ked off because all of the attention was on Graham's coffin. 😂
Yes, I will go back and edit a toot because of missing punctuation. What of it?
Despite a large presence, it really felt like the police were struggling to control the situation. When the violence began, things felt quite scary quite quickly.
Speakers from Unite the Clans felt compelled to remind their supporters to "protest peacefully".
On a day when Glasgow is welcoming the world to the Commonwealth Games, I can only hope as few as possible witnessed this disgusting hatred
I was at the Unite the Clans Glasgow rally when it turned violent
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26409727.reporting-unite-clans-march-turned-violent/
We know who to believe.
Middle East crisis live: Trump claims strait of Hormuz could open ‘by tomorrow’ as Iran denies any talks taking place
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/aug/03/us-iran-trump-strait-of-hormuz-talks-israel-gaza-lebanon-latest-news-updates
Most have now returned across the border to Morocco: here is a crisis that is likely to be resolved in days. That doesn’t mean there hasn’t been horrible tragedy – dozens of migrants died trying to cross. But the right-wing political vultures circling across the West were gifted the perfect fodder for their claims that Europe is being invaded by hordes of migrants.
Vultures on the right won’t let facts get in the way of racism | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26428437.vultures-right-wont-let-facts-get-way-racism/
Yeah, but taxing all the nations to finance an englandshire fix? That's neither democratic nor fair.
Battles loom over social care, but this fight must be won. At last, we have a PM who believes that | Polly Toynbee | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/andy-burnham-reform-social-care-crisis
The National can now reveal that Dempsey has also “advised” Scots Active – a vigilante street patrol group who have been accused of having links to the far-right and targeting migrants – on how to “take them to the next level”.
Founded by Darren Docherty, Scots Active undertakes masked street patrols under the guise of protecting the local community, and frequently attends anti-immigration protests in Glasgow.
Reform UK councillor 'advised' Glasgow vigilante group
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26419973.reform-uk-councillor-advised-glasgow-vigilante-group/
Hoping he tears them to shreds and lays the blame at the feet of the government idiots who surrounded him.
Anthony Fauci to face grilling from Senate Republicans on Covid pandemic | US Senate | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/29/anthony-fauci-senate-hearing-covid
Yoked to US hegemony, we all count the pennies, the bodies, the ever-escalating tithes of the election of a single man and the willingness of careerists and cowards who enable and support him. The more it carries on, the more these costs will be recounted in a sort of background noise to our existence.
He’s commander-in-chief of chaos. Now we’re all victims of Trump’s wars | Nesrine Malik | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/27/commander-in-chief-of-chaos-victims-trump-wars
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@spytfyre@mastodon.scot @dave@europhiles.uk I refer you to my reply to Dave. Also, you don't witter on endlessly about it. 😂
Apologies, but if you want a follow and we have no mutual followers then it's probably a bit pointless. This especially applies to tech heads. Nothing personal. I just don't have much of an interest in that area. Peace out. 🙏
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@dave@europhiles.uk Luckily for you you arrived before my cut-off decision and you occasionally amuse me. 😁
Replying to
@RabBrucesSpider1@mastodon.scot That's just your cyber alter-ego going live online. Nothing to worry about. Yet.
Turn failing water firms into not-for-profit cooperatives, MPs and mayors tell PM | Water industry | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/01/turn-failing-water-firms-into-not-for-profit-cooperatives-mps-and-mayors-tell-pm
Prolonged dry conditions mean rivers across much of eastern Scotland remain under significant pressure, with four catchments continuing to experience "significant scarcity".
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency's (Sepa) latest weekly water scarcity report shows that the Lunan Water, Lower Don, North Fife and Fife East Neuk remain in significant scarcity.
Scotland's rivers under 'significant pressure' amid droughts | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26424478.scotlands-rivers-significant-pressure-amid-droughts/
I just found this hilarious. No irony there whatsoever.
#LookToThyself 🇺🇲
FCC bans humanoid robots from China, citing ‘unacceptable risks’ | Trump administration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/28/fcc-ban-humanoid-robots-china
The Union rewards collaborators who protect the Union.
It seemed to me that Sarwar’s brittle political reputation appeared finally to have collided with reality – and ought to have disintegrated.
After years of being told he was a magnetic winner, would rescue his party from the legacy of Corbynism and revolutionise Scottish Labour’s polling fortunes, by any metric, Sarwar failed catastrophically,
Sarwar, the narcissist who presided over an era of failure
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26410004.anas-sarwar-narcissist-presided-era-failure/
How do we defeat the rise of extreme right in Scotland and Britain? | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26409971.defeat-rise-extreme-right-scotland-britain/
#TimeToGo #CelticAlliance 🏴🏴🇮🇪
England’s regional mayors will be able to break out of the “death grip of the Treasury” by borrowing to invest in big projects under “transformational” plans to shift power out of Whitehall.
For the first time, mayors will keep a share of income tax generated in their area from 2028, as well as business rates totalling tens of millions of pounds by April 2027.
Burnham to free mayors from ‘Treasury death grip’ with new devolved powers
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/30/burnham-mayors-income-tax-business-rates-devolution
US joins forces with Saudis to strike Tehran-backed militias in Iraq | US-Israel war on Iran | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/29/iran-missile-attack-us-base-forces
America definitely wouldn't sabotage a Saudi oil refinery. Definitely not.
Co-founder of defense firm Anduril has donated $5.9m to Republicans and bundled more, while reaping billions in Pentagon contracts
Exclusive: Emails reveal Palmer Luckey’s political fundraising as his company wins sole-source contracts | US national security | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/06/exclusive-palmer-luckey-political-fundraising
A small number of protesters designated themselves as being willing to be arrested and gathered in a central spot outside the court. They would then say that they supported Palestine Action at which point they would be arrested and led, or in some cases carried, away by the police.
Police make several arrests for 'Palestine Action' support at London protest | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26423400.police-make-several-arrests-palestine-action-support-london/
Former top US food safety official says US mismanagement of cyclospora is approaching ‘a catastrophic level’ | Trump administration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/former-trump-administration-food-safety-official-federal-response-cyclospora
Nazis
Farage’s party has pledged a “migrant worker surcharge”, which would involve a higher rate of employer national insurance as well as a separate annual charge. It would apply to any employees without a UK passport, including EU nationals with settled status, with the exception of Irish passport holders.
There will be no exceptions for sectors with frequent staff shortages and a reliance on overseas workers, including the NHS and education.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/27/reform-uk-levy-overseas-staff-nhs-social-care-schools-universities
🏴🇵🇸
PEOPLE in Gaza and the West Bank are to be supported by a further £500,000 of Scottish Government funding to provide humanitarian assistance.
It will support the delivery of healthcare, clean water, food, shelter, education and protection services – is in addition to £600,000 already provided last year that has assisted assisted approximately 2.4 million people across Gaza and the West Bank.
Scottish Government aid funding for Palestine climbs to more than £1m
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26411610.scottish-government-aid-funding-palestine-climbs-1m/
Oil. Greater Israel project. Anything else is a lie.
With Trump’s war in Iran, Americans – as one writer from The New York Times observed recently – have “skipped the rally-around-the-president phase this time”.
Trump has found himself repeatedly in a tangle of threats and diplomacy over a war he originally claimed would last just weeks.
Trump’s dilemma is now starkly clear and one with no easy way out
Is Iran’s brinkmanship set to dictate Trump’s midterm fortunes?
https://www.thenational.scot/news/world/26447960.irans-brinkmanship-set-dictate-trumps-midterm-fortunes/
American service personnel accused of rape on British soil are being charged with lesser offences by their military courts, a discrepancy that experts say is deepening the traumatic impact on survivors long after verdicts are passed.
Why US military prosecutes alleged rapes of women in UK as ‘sexual assaults’ | UK criminal justice | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/29/why-us-military-prosecutes-alleged-rapes-of-women-in-uk-as-sexual-assaults
A DELIVERY driver in Glasgow was forced to flee after far right thugs launched a traffic cone at him.
Reacting on social media, many condemned the violence.
"Utterly disgusting," broadcaster Narinder Kaur said.
"These far right thugs are despicable scum."
Human rights campaigner Rob McDowall added: "None of this is about anything other than racism. Pure and simple."
Far right thugs attack Glasgow delivery driver with traffic cone | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26410358.far-right-thugs-attack-glasgow-delivery-driver-traffic-cone/
US district judge Ana Reyes confirmed on Wednesday that her order blocking the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from ending temporary protected status (TPS) for Haiti was no longer in effect. This followed the controversial supreme court ruling in June that upended judicial review of the program and opened the door for immigration enforcement to track down and detain Haitians en masse.
Haitians face arrest and deportation after US removes TPS protections
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/07/haitians-us-deportation-tps-immigration
Starmer said he'd do it so why hasn't it been done? Answers on a stuffed brown envelope please.
Failure to strip Peter Mandelson of peerage would be a public 'betrayal', SNP say | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26488383.failure-strip-peter-mandelson-peerage-public-betrayal/
GOOGLE has released a new feature allowing users to implant fake scenarios onto real-life satellite imagery using AI.
The move has been criticised as an "irresponsible act" by Dr Bissie Anderson, assistant professor in digital media and communications at the University of Birmingham.
In a statement announcing the release of the new "Nano Banana" update, Google Earth said the new technology will allow users to "virtually reimagine anywhere in the world."
https://www.thenational.scot/news/26427281.irresponsible-google-earth-update-misinformation-fears/