Who could possibly have foreseen this outcome!!

I guess that's what the financers think! And Cox and Cumming have possibly convinced themselves they've made the new Local Hero (if they even care)

Did a dive into who the "Independent Green Voice" wrecking candidate is in my area (Mid-Scot & Fife) - seems to be a retired economics academic, aged 79, lives in Edinburgh and stood for the SNP in 2003? Used to sit on an "educational" charity board with IGV-instigator Alasdair McConnachie. Odd.

that Brian Cox x Alan Cumming twee whisky drama looks absolutely diabolical. Why is this kind of shite the only genre of Scottish film that seems to get made? Who is the audience?

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit

Glasgow nominations for the Holyrood election are out. The far-right Independent Green Voice is back. In 2021, this fake party, led by a Holocaust denier thrown out of UKIP, probably cost the Scottish Greens two MSPs.

Trump Goes Commando Iran "raid" replaces ground war and you're supposed to clap

The number of US military personnel in the Middle East is only 20% higher than usual, totaling 50,000. During the invasion of Iraq in 2003, there were 500,000. The plan isn't a large-scale ground war - it's special ops raids: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-goes...

FT Headline: “China battery trio gain $70bn as Iran war sparks paradigm shift”

NYT headline: “Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms”

K-shaped recovery

History Today, April 2026: My new article on the shifting demographics of ‘illegitimacy’ in post-war Scotland, tabloid exposés of family life in Banff and Moray, ‘problem girls’ and ‘respectable housewives’, sociologists on the case and what happened to stop this being newsworthy.

long standing ovation for Everyone to Kenmure Street. And deserved!

🚨The most important graph in the world has another year of data, and it doesn't look good!🚨

NASA CERES satellites measure how much sunlight Earth absorbs and how much heat is radiated back to space.

The difference is heat accumulation, which has more than tripled!

there goes the Sheridan comeback 😳

Please, my magic bean, it is very sick

Unexpected call from the factor for flat I had in Glasgow 2+ years ago to refund £450 for close repairs they took money for... that haven't proceeded 🙃 (largely owner-occupied close, 6 flats / 2 shops on gf & a responsive, local factor!) Meanwhile the city's tenement stock continues to crumble...

people in my town love posting 4am ring doorbell footage on facebook asking "WHO IS THE CREEPY MAN IN HI-VIZ GOING ROUND THE DOORS HOLDING BOTTLES? VERY ALARMING" and everytime it is, unbelievably, the milkman.

amazing, any likelihood of a Scottish/Glasgow show?

Happy new year!!

two nights on Skye there, could not have asked for better weather

2015 Shabana Mahmood really needs to have a word with 2025 Shabana Mahmood

Your favourite library is sinking Rooms closed, basements flooded, is the Mitchell being run into the ground?

🔍 We've spoken to staff, volunteers, and patrons of the Mitchell Library. What we found about its condition makes for worrying reading about Glasgow's most celebrated public resource.

www.glasgowbell.co.uk/your-favouri...

The people demand LEGOLAND DINGWALL

So pleased to get my book "Travels through the Spanish Civil War". @HurstPublishers publishers have done a wonderful job in producing it.
Advanced copies available thru
www.hurstpublishers.com/book/travels... with 25% off with code TRAVELS25. Otherwise 20 November in UK/Europe and 5 Jan for US, etc

i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w

At least if this is sentient AI's strategy for taking over we're probably going to be ok

Ah yes, the first step to improving your life with ChatGPT is going to the train station kiosk and buying a magazine on how to improve your life with ChatGPT (€9.99). Who is this aimed at? 🧐

Image description: A digital 3D model, displayed against a plain black background. White text above reads: “The Israel Defense Forces used a Scottish museum’s 3D models in propaganda videos.” The image is branded with The Ferret’s logo in the corner.

🔴 NEW: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) used 3D scans from the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine in propaganda videos for its operations in Gaza, Iran and Syria.

Our latest: theferret.scot/idf-s...

This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY

The populist right wants to remake the UK in the image of Dubai. We should all be careful what they wish for | Jonathan Liew Politicians and influencers eulogise the emirate as a place of cleanliness, convenience and low crime. The truth is far darker, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

column on why is the far right is obsessed with dubai

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Spiderman faces his most fearless enemy yet... the servers of Stereo

wow the Spiderman producers have really tidied up Renfield Lane, great job!