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Edinburgh, UK
Joined November 2008
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There are many, many things we'll need to do to organise against the end of the world...
One small thing for today 👉🏻 Twitter/X is now officially allied with a fascist US Government, so pals, it's time to exit.
I'm at: mastodon.scot/@ricjl
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XOXOX❤️🔥
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BREAKING:
The Scottish Parliament has voted to scrap its 2030 climate targets.
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Alex Salmond was a sexual predator. He also achieved wonderful things. But it’s time to move beyond debate over that contradiction: novaramedia.com/2024/10/15/a… by me
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With the death of Scotland’s former first minister, the need for a new independence movement is clearer than ever, writes @AdamRamsay. novaramedia.com/2024/10/15/a…
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Something momentous is taking place right now: Britain’s coal age is ending. The UK’s last coal power station shuts down today.
It might be easily forgotten, but this is a radical and historic shift in our energy system – and it was brought about by people power.
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Today I went on a pilgrimage to Lennoxtown, Dunbartonshire, to honour one of Scotland's sporting greats, and a legendary trans athlete, Philippa York.
@pippa_york
ALT Me standing in front of Mural of Pippa York in Lennoxtown, Dunbartonshire
Today I went on a pilgrimage to Lennoxtown, Dunbartonshire, to honour one of Scotland's sporting greats, and a legendary trans athlete, Philippa York.
@pippa_york
ALT Me standing in front of Mural of Pippa York in Lennoxtown, Dunbartonshire
The artist (Insta:rogueoner) made the LGBT flag reflect the colours of the UCI, perhaps in hope more than anything: sadly there's an awful lot that needs to change to make cycle racing inclusive for trans people.
ALT The mural showing York's hand with UCI bands and an LGBT flag
York's contributions to cycling journalism at a time when trans athletes are under attack in many fields is vital and much appreciated. Chapeau!
💙🚵♀️💪🏻🏳️⚧️
Follow her at:
xitter.cf/pippa_york
#tourdefrance #gbcycling #scotland #transrights #cycling #dunbartonshire
ALT Mural of Pippa York on the side of a building at the Campsie Golf Club, Lennoxtown
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Time for this. Again
🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves plans to slash the welfare budget, with the aim of reducing "fraud".
The Guardian reports that Reeves plans to "take tough decisions on welfare and spending" in the autumn.
(Via @guardian)
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Carbon capture is a con. The Scottish Government has fallen for it hook, line and sinker, argues Rory Hamilton of @common_weal.
#Skotia | @rory_hamiltonnn
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Is she lying now, or was she lying then?
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Friends of the Earth Scotland unearths evidence of secret lobbying and multiple breaches of the ministerial code over the Scottish Government’s handling of plans for a gas-fired power station and carbon capture & storage plant at Peterhead. @FoEScot @ricjl foe.scot/in-the-pocket-of-de…
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I'm gonna explain to y'all why Britain considers 78°F/25°C hot. I know hot because I grew up in Texas and spent half my life in Las Vegas. So I am absolutely qualified to explain this to the rest of you who laugh at UK "heat waves".
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We're hosting climate hustings next week 💥
Come & ask local candidates questions about how they plan to tackle the climate emergency & other environmental issues.
📍Aberdeen, Stirling, Falkirk, Glasgow, Edinburgh
Info for each below 🧵
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So Section 28 for trans people then. And I'm supposed to vote for this to 'get the Tories out'? Get fucked. There aren't enough trans people in all of the UK to swing an election result - I will not be pushed to vote for a party with such blatant disdain for my existence.
🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer says he'll BAN schools from teaching young people about transgender identities.
Starmer said: "I’m not in favour of ideology being taught in our schools on gender".
(Source: @ScotNational)
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An astonishing admission of failure (even irrelevance) from a sitting culture minister.
Sponsorship by corporate capital is now so integral to Scottish culture that it will simply collapse without it. What are we paying you for, then?
Disinvestment campaigns are fundamentally undermining the arts sector causing immediate financial challenges and now face contagion by deterring further private sector and philanthropic support. thetimes.com/uk/scotland/art…