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Echas o History: Are We Sleepwaakin intil a War Naebody's sikkin? - oorNews A quate bit relentless drumbeat is growein looder ower e warld. It’s e soon o factories kirnin oot advanced wappinry, o national budgets divertin billions fae public services tae defence, an o politic...

"future generations micht ae day leuk back at oor time an speir foo we cwid ivver hae thocht aat e industrial-scale slaachter o wir ain kin wis a legitimate tuil o politics."

Iss airticle's fae a fylie back, but mair relevant than ivver.

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Foo div ye say February :-P #Scots #Doric YouTube video by oorNews

If ye didna ken, iss video aat deen weel on TikTok his an affa funny threid on Reddit aboot it... Fit's daft is aat fit's on Reddit is misinformation... Aye, an foo div ye say February :-P #Scots #Doric

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Scottish Pairlament Gies Offeecial Status tae Scots Leid in Landmerk Legislation - oorNews E Scottish Pairlament his passed e Scottish Leids Act, giein offeecial legal recognition til e Scots leid. E unanimous vote merks a significant milesteen for cultural an linguistic richts in Scotland....

“Passin e Bill is jist e beginnin. Oor priority noo is tae pit egither a baul, forrit-leukin strategy for Scots aat supports its growth ower aa communities an generations.” Phil Reid, Chair o Oor Vyce

Get yersel alang til e AGM on e 19t o Februar!

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Lug in tae this oorNews thocht piece airticle on YouTube:

"Practices eence thocht as permanent fixtures o society, fae slavery tae human sacrifice, are noo seen as barbaric relics o an unenlichtened past. War is nae different."
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Echas o History: Are We Sleepwaakin intil a War Naebody's sikkin? - oorNews A quate bit relentless drumbeat is growein looder ower e warld. It’s e soon o factories kirnin oot advanced wappinry, o national budgets divertin billions fae public services tae defence, an o politic...

History shaws aat humanity is capable o profoon moral progress. Practices eence thocht as permanent fixtures o society, fae slavery an ritual human sacrifice tae duellin, are noo seen as barbaric relics o an unenlichtened past.

Fit aboot deith in war?

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Fit dee fowk hink aboot iss chynge til e laa?

Fae 2026 nae mair "nae proven" for fowk aat e jury hinks are guilty but canna be proven o it - jist guilty an nae guilty.

Hae a read aboot it in Doric (English available as well) at oorNews:

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Gaelic an Scots Granted Official Status in Historic St Andra’s Day Muive - oorNews As celebrations for St Andra’s Day are hauden ower the kintra, Scotland merks a pivotal cultural moment wi the Gaelic an Scots leids officially gainin state recognition the day. The historic designati...

As celebrations for St Andra’s Day are hauden ower the kintra, Scotland merks a pivotal cultural moment wi the Gaelic an Scots leids officially gainin state recognition the day.

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Ayont Cancer: HPV Vaccine Linked tae ‘Dramatic’ Drap in Serious Pregnancy Complications - oorNews E HPV vaccine is kent aa ower e warld for preventin cervical cancer, but nyow resairch suggests its benefits micht rax weel ayont oncology, offerin a pouerfu shield agin serious complications durin pr...

A study led by the University o Aiberdeen has fund aat quines vaccinated agin Human Papillomavirus (HPV) are significantly less likely tae suffer fae pre-eclampsia, premature rupture o membranes, an bleedin durin pregnancy.

Read mair aboot iss gweed news in Doric:

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Scotland Celebrates 4,000 Living Wage Employers as Living Wage Week 2025 Kicks Aff - oorNews A record milestane benefitin 72,000 warkers haes bin annoonced tae launch the annual celebration o the real Livin Wage muivement. Scotland’s commitment tae fair pey raxed a significant new milestane o...

Scotland haes proportionately five times as mony real livin wage employers as the lave o the UK, a lang-staundin trend driven by deliberate policy. A key catalyst haes bin the Scottish Government’s “Fair Wark First” approach in procurement an grants.

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Did you know that to accomplish Scotland's net-zero 2040 goals with wind power we will be causing significant ecological destruction elsewhere? Did you know radioactive waste from Rare Earth Element (REE) mining for turbines has a larger footprint than Uranium for nuclear power? Net-somewey-else...

Scotland’s Green Blin Spot: E Ootsoorced Devastation o the 2040 Climate Plan - oorNews Scotland his set een o the warld’s maist ambitious climate targets: net zero by 2040. E flagship policy tae rax iss is a muckle bigg-oot o renewable energy, heidlined by a goal o 40 GW o affshore win....

By thraanly rejectin nuclear pouer, een o the maist land an material-efficient technologies, Scotland’s 2040 plan isna a true “net-zero” strategy. It is a “net-somewey-else” strategy, een aat ootsoorces a dumfoonerin unreportit environmental fitprint.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Jyne us for e Oor Vyce Gaitherin tae get yer vyce heard fan it comes til e strategy for e Scots Leid. Iss year's theme is 'Scots for Aabody: Connectin Communities Throu Langage' - Friday 7t November, Edinburgh.

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The Witch Trials o the 21st Century - oorNews Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s recent pittin doon o Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado as a “demonic witch” cairries wecht ayont jist political rhetoric. Fyle intendit as a crude s...

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s pittin doon o Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado as a “demonic witch” cairries wecht ayont jist political rhetoric. Iss laidit term spot-lichts a mirkier, truth o ongaan witch hunts...

Read in Doric at:

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Fa else, fan yis seen e Hellfire missile boonce aff a UAP in a video at e US Congress, thocht iss is like tribesfowk shootin arraes at oor helicopters? Fa else is feart aboot e US military engagin UAP in iss wey?

Read oor thochts on UAP an reducin violence:

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Gif onybody is efter jynin-in mair than a wee correction here or there whan readin, we huvnae ony sillar tae offer noo - but wid gie future royalties based on share o text an audio words in the database for fowk waantin tae gie a haun wi Central/Staundart Scots, Shetlandic an Orcadian airticles :-)

Mony thanks for lattin mair fowk ken aboot oorNews :-) We dae Central Scots an Shetlandic as weel as Doric - it's jist wi oorNews bein ae body wi a fu time job there's nae time tae set ilka airticle ower fae Doric tae ither variants o Scots.

Foo mony o yis hae tae spik English tae technology?

Afore we can hae vyce interaction in Scots wi AI we need tae train a vyce model - we're sikkin fowk fae aa ower Scotland an Ulster tae help wi biggin iss :-)

Read e airticle anent fit we're deein:

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A Visitor in e Mirk: E Unfauldin Riddle o Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS - oorNews E solar system his a guest, an it’s actin like naething we’ve ivver seen. As humanity gazes oot fae its terrestrial cradle, a mysterious interstellar traiveller cryed 3I/ATLAS is silently glidin throu...

3I/ATLAS’s journey intil oor solar system his bin a maisterclass in e bizarre, garrin astronomers tae speir gin thay are observin a naitural, aa be it gey unco, phenomenon, or somethin else entirely.

Read mair aboot it in Doric Scots at oorNews:

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Echas o History: Are We Sleepwaakin intil a War Naebody's sikkin? - oorNews A quate bit thraan drumbeat is growein louder ower e warld. It is e soon o factories churnin oot advanced wappinry, o national budgets divertin billions fae public services tae defence, an o political...

E warld is reairmin at a pace nae seen in decades, wi military spennin soarin past a dumfoonerin $2.7 trillion. History gies a chillin waarnin: iss is fit e prelude til a warld war leuks like.

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Hit's fairly common in Doric ivnoo - doricbooks.com/blogs/news/b... for example. I widna be pittin nyow in ma "Braid Scots" version - nae hid time tae pruifread / dee ma by haun changes til it yet.

A Tale o Three Tongues: Fit Wey Scotland’s Nyow Scots Fundin is a Drap in e Ocean - oorNews Scotland his annoonced a nyow £650,000 fund for uphaudin e Scots leid, a muive walcomed by some as a stap forrit. Fooivver, fan compared tae investments in ither Celtic an European leids, iss figure p...

£650k for Scots is a stert, but it's a gey drap in e ocean fan ye see Welsh gets £36m an Irish Gaelic £52m. For ilka £100 spent on English in Scotland, Scots gets £0.14.

It disna hae tae bide like iss - e Scots Leid Strategy cuid chynge hings like Norrowa!

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Resairchers Develop ‘Hearin Glesses’ for tae Transform Soond Experience for Fowk wi Hearin Loss - oorNews A team fae aa ower e UK includin Heriot-Watt University resairchers is creatin innovative ‘hearin glesses’ aat pit egither lip-readin technology, airtificial intelligence (AI), an clood computin for t...

"Ye simply pynt the camera or leuk at e person ye waant tae hear. Even if twa fowk are spikkin at eence, e AI eeses visual cues tae pill oot e vyce o the person ye’re leukin at.” - Professor Mathini Sellathurai fae Heriot-Watt

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Wi seein aa iss fowk gettin arrestit ower support for a group, ye hae tae hink fit's gaed wrang? Democracy's nae deid! We hae the pouer tae chynge hings- fit if aa the siller spent on bombs gaed tae infrastructure an economic development?

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Science Fins Strang Pruif for Telepathy, Linkin it tae Quantum Physics - oorNews For generations, e feelin his bin a staple o human experience—owerseen dismissed as mere coincidence. Ye hink o a freen ye hinna claiched wi in a puckle o month, an minties later, yer phone rings wi t...

Ye hink o a freen ye hinna claiched wi in a puckle o month, an minties later, yer phone rings wi thair name on e screen. It’s a fleetin, uncanny sensation. But fit if it isna coincidence at aa?

Fin oot mair at oorNews:

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Scotland’s Neist Enlichtenment: Ainin e Robots Afore Thay Ain Us - oorNews E rise o airtificial intelligence is nae langer a distant prospect—it is oor reality o the noo. Algorithms noo optimise supply chains, generate code, an diagnose diseases wi superhuman precision. Iss ...

Oor education maun champion skills aat machines fin a chav tae replicate: creativity, critical thinkin, strategic leadership, an empathy. We maun elevate the airts, humanities, an heich-skill trades aat require human touch an ingenuity.

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Scotland Approves Major Affshore Wind Project tae Boost Clean Energy an Economy - oorNews E Scottish Government has gien e green licht for e Berwick Bank wind fairm, een o the lairgest affshore wind projects in e warld. Iss approval merks a major stap in Scotland’s efforts tae increase ren...

E wind fairm, locatit aboot 24 mile aff e Scottish Borders coastline, will hae a capacity o 4.1 gigawatt (GW). Eence completed, its turbines are expected tae mak eneuch electricity ilka year tae pouer ilka hame in Scotland twice ower.

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Auncient Sky Surveys Aiblins Hint at "Mirror-Like" Objects in Yird's Orbit Afore e Space Age - oorNews A recent scientific study, unner peer review e noo, suggests aat objects resemblin non-terrestrial artifacts micht hae bin orbitin oor planet Yird decades afore humans laanched thair first satellite. ...

Grunbrakkin resairch, led by Dr. Beatriz Villarroel o Stockholm University an unner peer review e noo, suggests aat objects resemblin non-terrestrial airtifacts micht hae bin orbitin oor planet Yird decades afore humans laanched thair first satellite.

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Scientists Unkiver Maist Massive Black Hole Merger Yet Detected - oorNews A record-brakkin black hole collision his bin spotted, shawin e lairgest black holes ivver detected throu gravitational waves. E event, coded GW231123, wis observed on November 23, 2023, by the LIGO-V...

“Iss excitin event is een o mony fit we’ve analysed fae data collected in 2023 an early 2024… it’s an excellent example o foo we’re still diskiverin nyow an unexpectit hings aboot black holes an ultimately aboot foo stars evolve.” - Dr Daniel Williams

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Aye - it's sad tae see Scottish authors dae this tae Scots. Ma howp is that ten year fae noo, thae beuks will hae the same sort o warnin as beuks fae the USA afore the abolition o thirldom or ither hings whaur the warld has muived on whan it comes tae portrayal thirled an warkin class fowk.

Here's howpin this aw blaws ower - The Centre for the Scots Leid hus been a cornerstane for us aw for sae lang. I'm feart there's mair tae this an some group is ettlin at bringin disrepute tae sic braw fowk.