🚲 Intrigued by this line in the SNP manifesto - is it worth repairing a bike if the roads aren't safe to cycle on? Also note they are matching Labour's pothole fund. I wonder where that money is coming from. Hoping real nerds like @spokes.org.uk can find out!
"Today almost no one under 40 buys print.” But how else will you know what you didn't know you needed to know? Newspapers and magazines are magic - they give you peripheral vision. I feel increasingly eccentric with my weekend stack. It is a hill I will die on. ❤️📰
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Benjamin Myers, quoted in this piece, is right: "Instagram [isn't] reality. It’s a marketplace."
High ceilinged room with crowds milling about in front of bright windows
Long table with five people seated behind, in front of large bright windows
Tall banner with a picture of a hedgehog, a pig, and a dog with the slogan More for Scotland's Animals above
A great hustings in Edinburgh last night as part of the #moreforscotlandsanimals campaign.
Thanks to panellists, audience members and our chair, Roo Irvine.
A lively discussion covering a variety of issues relating to wild, farmed and companion animals.
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In the last session of the Scottish Parliament we secured a:
✅ Greyhound racing ban
✅ A ban on snares
But there’s more to do.
Let's make Scotland a place where every animal is freed from suffering ➡️www.onekind.org/bring-about-a-scotland-w...
This is in addition to pledging to raid the active travel budget to fix potholes caused by cars, vans and lorries. Sigh...
Rich pickings for @secondmentions.bsky.social in here.
"The fruity spread."
"The breakfast favourite."
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"UK". Planning is devolved.
Circular offshore salmon pens and service boats; headline notes salmon farms criticised over animal welfare.
🔴NEW: A UK government watchdog has named two salmon farms in Scotland which have been reprimanded on animal welfare, following an appeal by The Ferret.
Our latest: www.theferret.scot/salmon-farms-rapped-over...
Latest example: podcast hosted by former Tory & SNP SpAds frames question in terms of North Sea drilling, which weirdly the FM doesn't use as an opportunity to double down on Scotland's renewables advantage... www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
No surprise Holyrood Sources asked about more oil and gas rather than renewables but the FM's response is still a disappointment. "Climate compatibility tests" for new drilling were already silly, but to suggest the Iran war makes Rosebank more attractive... 🤦♂️ www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
Thanks to @thirdforcenews.bsky.social for running an opinion piece from me on the importance of animal welfare in the election campaign. tfn.scot/opinion/my-m...
As if by magic...
A quick check and looks like 38 horses have died while being raced at Musselburgh in the last ten years. Strange that this aspect of the business is never mentioned in their PR. 💔🐴
🐾 We need you to show MSP candidates that Scots care deeply about animals.
✍️ Please use our e-action to send an email to all the MSP candidates in your area, to let them know that animal welfare is a key concern for the voters they hope to represent🔗 secure.onekind.org/page/177898/...
🙌 Thank you!
Investment manager on Radio Scotland Breakfast states that burning north sea oil and gas is environmentally friendly - unchallenged by presenter who then thanks her for her "analysis". 🤦♂️🌍🔥
I'm cycling. The motorist close behind me honks their horn, shouts 'get off the road' + expletive.
It has been a while since one of these.
Is the prospect of fuel rationing affecting petrol-heads?
#fossilfools #motonormativity
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Falconry was never threatened. The suffering of rare mountain hares is being permitted once more in the name of a human tradition or sport - an appalling lack of ethics. And that UNESCO reference is inaccurate.
Maybe "exotic" wildlife shouldn't be kept as pets in the first place?
On my way home for dinner dinner dinner.... 🦇
Sunset at the allotment. Lettuces and leeks in. Gooseberry and raspberry bushes too. Here's to a fruitful year 😋🍓🥬
A day for the local plant nursery and tearoom 🌸☕
A day of two halves yesterday, cycling across Edinburgh.
Pea souper in the morning, basking in warmth in the afternoon.
Welcome to the east coast.
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Uh oh. I think I'm going to struggle to read this edition. Could we have a bean theme in future? @ftweekend.com @henrymance.ft.com
#vegan
No. Animal suffering matters as much. We are all sentient and deserve good lives, good deaths.
Listening to the hunting estate owner on Radio Scotland saying shooting ducks is "leisurely". Not for the duck it isn't, pal. ❤️🦆
Banning greyhound racing also enjoys overwhelming public support but these are two very different pieces of legislation, Neil. I interpret your comment as you think the suffering of animals is not a priority. I hope that's not the case!
