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Born 319.62 ppm. Life as emergent design, at the confluence of psychotherapy, spirituality & permaculture. Holding the beauty & joy with the suffering & grief. If you can’t disagree without being disagreeable, save yourself an aneurysm; I use mute

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07.03.2026 22:36 👍 797 🔁 233 💬 10 📌 5

👍🏼😊

08.03.2026 00:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Dignified?

Don’t you realise baseball caps are not dignified?!?!

What is it with baseball caps? They are for sports folk & porn actors.

08.03.2026 00:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yesterday Trump had lunch with Farage.
Today Trump takes another pop at Starmer...

Coincidence??

... and BTW why aren't we talking treason for Farage, Tice etc??i

07.03.2026 22:52 👍 42 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 1

Does anyone read books?

No?

Anyone?

Books?

07.03.2026 22:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

So only 4 days to germinate? 😮

07.03.2026 22:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s been a wee while, but got a a reminder today that there are STILL people who think climate change is an opinion…and that it’s a hoax

Breathing in peace, breathing out contempt

07.03.2026 19:09 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Schrödinger’s limited company: the most unpopular “party” AND the one with highest poll ratings

Give me strength

🙄

07.03.2026 19:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Join the campaign to evict Trump's military from airports owned by the Scottish Government: greens.scot/TrumpsTroops...

Our pressure is working! The First Minister confirmed today that he is actively considering this proposal.

07.03.2026 15:51 👍 54 🔁 34 💬 3 📌 1
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07.03.2026 16:53 👍 4 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 1

This could get ugly quickly.

07.03.2026 18:03 👍 1101 🔁 301 💬 46 📌 5
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BBC Radio 4 Extra - The State of the Art by Iain M Banks A spaceship arrives on Earth and finds a planet obsessed with alien concepts like 'money'.

Now on BBC Sounds: THE STATE OF THE ART by Iain M. Banks

The Culture starship GCU ARBITRARY discovers Earth in 1977: a primitive society on the edge of self-destruction.

When Contact agent Dervley Linter decides to go native, can Diziet Sma change his mind?
💙📚 #SciFi
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

07.03.2026 17:37 👍 17 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1

You get more pro-indy MSPs by voting as follows:
#SNP1SGP2 or #SNP1Greens2
NOT #BothVotesSNP
All regions.

FPTP Proviso:
If the Scot Greens are polling to win, vote SGP1.

07.03.2026 16:15 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Climate change is speeding up — the pace nearly doubled in ten years Earth is now warming at a rate of around 0.35 ºC per decade, fresh analysis finds.

The rate of global warming has ⚠️nearly doubled⚠️ since 2015. Earth is heating at around 0.35°C per decade.

This is acceleration.
Fossil fuels are pushing the planet beyond safe limits.

The science is clear.
Where is the emergency response?

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

07.03.2026 17:04 👍 11 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0

I'm a vicar in a small rural village. I could never say this to my flock because of the outcry, but Reform are blatantly opposed to genuine Christian values and it's clear that anyone considering voting for them has not been listening to a single word I say each week

06.03.2026 20:20 👍 1262 🔁 176 💬 120 📌 16
07.03.2026 16:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

The Guardian on our new study, which shows that global heating is significantly gathering speed. Our efforts to overcome our fossil fuel addiction should do the same.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

06.03.2026 14:19 👍 747 🔁 452 💬 24 📌 43
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American B-1 bombers are landing on British soil before flying off to bomb Iran, yet Keir Starmer gaslights the nation by claiming the UK isn’t at war.

These aircraft are dropping 2,000lb bombs on schools, hospitals and homes in Iran, where the death toll has already surpassed 1,300.

07.03.2026 12:38 👍 254 🔁 105 💬 15 📌 5

If you have any self respect you would #BoycottUSA.

07.03.2026 07:32 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
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Being sole carer for a dementia patient A sombre insight into the exhausting and lonely daily reality of looking after a parent suffering from dementia

A sombre insight into the exhausting and lonely daily reality of looking after a parent suffering from dementia | Anna Schurer

07.03.2026 07:30 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...

Crucial and powerful essay by @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social. Lest we forget.
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...

06.03.2026 10:20 👍 309 🔁 156 💬 15 📌 17
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Price of first class stamps to rise to £1.80 Royal Mail says the increase reflects the rise in delivery costs, but the move angers consumer groups.

Privatization picking our pockets.

Another Royal Mail price hike: Form 7 April 2026 1st class postage price £1.80, 2nd class 91p.

When privatized in 2013 by Tory/LibDem Govt: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p.

RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets. Fines passed to customers. Execs get bonuses.

06.03.2026 15:27 👍 351 🔁 167 💬 37 📌 10

Stolen.

Not saved.

The word our colonial mistress was looking for was “stolen”.

#YouYesYet

07.03.2026 08:04 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
The secret history of Neoliberalism | The Invisible Doctrine | Full Film
The secret history of Neoliberalism | The Invisible Doctrine | Full Film YouTube video by Journeyman Pictures

youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0?...

07.03.2026 07:43 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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06.03.2026 22:08 👍 31 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

I think the SNP claiming they need a majority for another #indyref was a foolish decision. It's virtually impossible to get one through this electoral system. It requires a massive vote share on the regional list that simply is no longer there.

06.03.2026 09:31 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Devolved Elections semi-circular coloured coded projection of Scottish Parliament
Vote share %
SNP —  37 FPTP, list 33
 Lab —  17, 17
Con —  12, 13
SGP —  6, 9
LD —  9, 9
Ref —  17, 17
Other —  0, 2 

Outcomes
SNP —  61 FPTP, list 1 = 62
Ref —  1, 19 = 20
Lab —  3, 15  = 18
Con —  3, 10 = 13
SGP —  0, 9 = 9
LD —  5, 2 = 7
Other —  0

Devolved Elections semi-circular coloured coded projection of Scottish Parliament Vote share % SNP — 37 FPTP, list 33 Lab — 17, 17 Con — 12, 13 SGP — 6, 9 LD — 9, 9 Ref — 17, 17 Other — 0, 2 Outcomes SNP — 61 FPTP, list 1 = 62 Ref — 1, 19 = 20 Lab — 3, 15 = 18 Con — 3, 10 = 13 SGP — 0, 9 = 9 LD — 5, 2 = 7 Other — 0

Party List Seats by Region (colour coded horizontal block chart)
Central and Lothians West: Lab 3, Cons 1, SGP 1, RefUK 2
Edinburgh and Lothians East: Lab 1, Cons 1, LD 1, SGP 2, RefUK 2
Glasgow: Lab 3, SGP 2, RefUK 2
Highlands and Islands: SNP 1, Lab 1, Cons 2, SGP 1, RefUK 2
Mid Scotland and Fife: Lab 2, Cons 2, SGP 1, RefUK 2
North East Scotland: Lab 1, Cons 2, LD 1, RefUK 3
South Scotland: Lab 2, Cons 1, SGP 1, RefUK 3
West Scotland: Lab 2, Cons 1, SGP 1, RefUK 3

Party List Seats by Region (colour coded horizontal block chart) Central and Lothians West: Lab 3, Cons 1, SGP 1, RefUK 2 Edinburgh and Lothians East: Lab 1, Cons 1, LD 1, SGP 2, RefUK 2 Glasgow: Lab 3, SGP 2, RefUK 2 Highlands and Islands: SNP 1, Lab 1, Cons 2, SGP 1, RefUK 2 Mid Scotland and Fife: Lab 2, Cons 2, SGP 1, RefUK 2 North East Scotland: Lab 1, Cons 2, LD 1, RefUK 3 South Scotland: Lab 2, Cons 1, SGP 1, RefUK 3 West Scotland: Lab 2, Cons 1, SGP 1, RefUK 3

Devolved Elections semi-circular coloured coded projection of Scottish Parliament
Vote share %
SNP —  37 FPTP, list 16.5
SGP —  6, 25.5
Lab —  17, 17
Con —  12, 13
LD —  9, 9
Ref —  17, 17
Other —  0, 2 

Outcomes
SNP —  62 FPTP, list 0 = 62
SGP —  0, 22 = 22
Ref —  1, 15 = 16
Lab —  2, 12  = 14
Con —  3, 6 = 9
LD —  5, 1 = 6
Other —  0

Devolved Elections semi-circular coloured coded projection of Scottish Parliament Vote share % SNP — 37 FPTP, list 16.5 SGP — 6, 25.5 Lab — 17, 17 Con — 12, 13 LD — 9, 9 Ref — 17, 17 Other — 0, 2 Outcomes SNP — 62 FPTP, list 0 = 62 SGP — 0, 22 = 22 Ref — 1, 15 = 16 Lab — 2, 12 = 14 Con — 3, 6 = 9 LD — 5, 1 = 6 Other — 0

Party List Seats by Region (colour coded horizontal block chart)
Central and Lothians West: Lab 2, Cons 1, SGP 2, RefUK 2
Edinburgh and Lothians East: Lab 1, Cons 1, SGP 4, RefUK 1
Glasgow: Lab 2, SGP 4, RefUK 1
Highlands and Islands: Lab 1, Cons 1, SGP 3, RefUK 2
Mid Scotland and Fife: Lab 1, Cons 1, SGP 3, RefUK 2
North East Scotland: Lab 1, Cons 1, LD 1, SGP 2, RefUK 2
South Scotland: Lab 2, SGP 2, RefUK 3
West Scotland: Lab 2, Cons 1, SGP 2, RefUK 2

Party List Seats by Region (colour coded horizontal block chart) Central and Lothians West: Lab 2, Cons 1, SGP 2, RefUK 2 Edinburgh and Lothians East: Lab 1, Cons 1, SGP 4, RefUK 1 Glasgow: Lab 2, SGP 4, RefUK 1 Highlands and Islands: Lab 1, Cons 1, SGP 3, RefUK 2 Mid Scotland and Fife: Lab 1, Cons 1, SGP 3, RefUK 2 North East Scotland: Lab 1, Cons 1, LD 1, SGP 2, RefUK 2 South Scotland: Lab 2, SGP 2, RefUK 3 West Scotland: Lab 2, Cons 1, SGP 2, RefUK 2

Survation/Diffley Holyrood poll. This looks off/an outlier for various reasons but will treat this imposter the same.

The SNP get one list seat in Highlands/Islands, otherwise all FPTP.
Pro-Indy = 71. RefUK opposition.

Below is "what if 1/2 SNP2 vote SGP2 instead."
Pro-Indy = 84. SGP opposition.

06.03.2026 07:52 👍 6 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 8

To everyone who abhors this ludicrous cultural assimilation here’s another sign from a close in Cupar that has relevance to Scots and reminds me of the Scots phrase, “Tak tent or it’s tint.” - take care or it’s gone - use it or lose it. Yaise yer leid ilka day o yer life, friens.

04.03.2026 19:50 👍 20 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1

Oh

I thought it began years ago

06.03.2026 06:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Every single poll is showing the SNP with zero List seats. The mathematics show wild gaps between the list vote and attaining any List seats. Why are you desperately trying to prevent other Indy supporting parties getting seats and allowing unionists in by waiting the second vote?

05.03.2026 15:54 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0