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Senior Project Manager at Uni of Glasgow | Chair of Glasgow Eco Trust | Drumchapel Ladies Coach | Green Party Socialist | Views own | I also ramble at https://horizonglasgow.uk/

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Yellow cargo bike with big yellow bucket in back in front of Shell gasoline sign showing gas prices fo 3.48 - 4.49.

Yellow cargo bike with big yellow bucket in back in front of Shell gasoline sign showing gas prices fo 3.48 - 4.49.

Beat rising gas prices with this one weird trick.

10.03.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 701 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 6

Engineer our roads so drivers go slow enough to see everyone else.

Loving this graphic.

Please drive slow when people are near.

10.03.2026 03:25 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This Orange blob is a pathological liar. Lets not forget how he lied about bombing the Children's school. He is spreading false information about the war in Iran.

10.03.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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UK study shows extent of anti-Muslim media propaganda A UK media watchdog has exposed entrenched anti-Muslim media coverage, naming the Telegraph, Daily Mail, and GB News as the main culprits

A UK media watchdog has exposed entrenched anti-Muslim media coverage, naming the Telegraph, Daily Mail, and GB News as the main culprits.

09.03.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Fix Planning β€” Britain needs planning reform 4.3 million households on waiting lists. Rents at record highs. Infrastructure held up for years. The evidence for reform is overwhelming.

.3M households on waiting lists. Rents at record highs. Infrastructure blocked by red tape. The UK planning system isn't just broken it’s calcified. πŸ›‘

We’re building the evidence to fix it. Join the movement for reform.

πŸ”— fixplanning.uk

#UKPol #HousingCrisis #PlanningReform #YIMBY #FixPlanning

09.03.2026 05:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A reminder that humans in cars - notably omitted from this thanks to motonormativity - kill 1.2m people every year

09.03.2026 09:59 πŸ‘ 816 πŸ” 277 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 1
Culdesac Is the First Car-Free Neighborhood and Conspiracy Theorists Hate It | The Daily Show
Culdesac Is the First Car-Free Neighborhood and Conspiracy Theorists Hate It | The Daily Show YouTube video by The Daily Show

This is legit funny

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu6o...

09.03.2026 07:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What could possibly explain the intensity of Western interest, over the past century and more, in this region?

08.03.2026 08:27 πŸ‘ 1263 πŸ” 494 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 14

This is what ecocide looks like.

08.03.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 5065 πŸ” 1848 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 43

A fascinating and kind-of-reassuring thread.

08.03.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

Complex explanations of Trump have been proposed, but it's really quite simple. The Trump Doctrine goes as follows:

"Not one stone will be left on another".

He's going soon, and he's taking it all with him.

09.03.2026 07:15 πŸ‘ 415 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 7

I am stuck on this: so many people in this world are not living a decent life, go hungry, feel unsafe, and are at risk in other ways. Instead of doing everything possible to help them, why do those with the most power instead do everything they can to harm them? It (still) makes no sense.

09.03.2026 06:33 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
Tanker spraying sludge across a grassy field, with text saying more than half a million tonnes of sewage sludge were spread on Scotland’s fields.

Tanker spraying sludge across a grassy field, with text saying more than half a million tonnes of sewage sludge were spread on Scotland’s fields.

πŸ”΄ NEW: More than 640,000 tonnes of sewage sludge have been spread on Scottish farmland in the past five years. Studies show the widely-used fertiliser can contain microplastics, forever chemicals and pharmaceuticals.

Our latest: https://www.theferret.scot/tonnes-sewage-sludge-scotland-farmland/

08.03.2026 08:02 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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International Women's Day: The home is the most dangerous place

On International Women's Day, domestic violence charity Refuge reveals women are most at risk at home to shatter dangerous misconceptions.

08.03.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Are you 16-17 and live in the new Glasgow Kelvin & Maryhill constituency?

The Scottish elections are around the corner and we’re very excited to be hosting a hustings here at the Halls. It will be a chance for you to meet the local candidates, ask questions, and share what matters to you about...

06.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's your first look at tomorrow's front page πŸ“°

Tony Blair's 'secret' plan for NHS in Scotland πŸ₯€

07.03.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
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Men who shout at hotels are not protecting women Far-right groups protest about asylum accommodation in Aberdeen, claiming to be protecting women, but they regularly target women for abuse

Far-right groups protest about asylum accommodation in Aberdeen, claiming to be protecting women, but they regularly target women for abuse | Fiona Robertson

07.03.2026 07:43 πŸ‘ 178 πŸ” 84 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 4
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If the US and Israel’s illegal campaign of aggression against Iran has been a crash course in imperial hubris, the UK mainstream media’s reporting has been a crash course in complicity, writes Hamza Yusuf ✍️

πŸ”— www.thenational.scot/politics/25916525.uks-mainstream-media-complicit-war/

07.03.2026 08:41 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Nazir Afzal: β€˜Class Discrimination Isn’t a Complex Mystery – It’s a Structural Issue Quietly Enforced, Politely Denied, Endlessly Deferred’ The Chancellor of Manchester University has co-authored a new report, β€˜Class Ceiling’, examining working-class participation in the creative industries across Greater Manchester.

πŸ“š Weekend Reads β€” Philosophy & Ideas (Edition 83)
✍️ Hardeep Matharu and Peter Jukes

The Chancellor of Manchester University has co-authored a new report, β€˜Class Ceiling’, examining working-class participation in the creative industries across Greater Manchester.

07.03.2026 08:45 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Never forget, the electric car is here to save the car industry, not the planet.

Read this thread.

07.03.2026 08:49 πŸ‘ 267 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4
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Abingdon's Radley Road neighbours angry at parking ban to speed up buses The restrictions to parking have been made to help speed up bus journeys along the road.

I love the way expensive new roads are celebrated, even if in business case terms, they only shave a few seconds of journeys.

But when it is a modest scheme to help to get buses moving, that same argument is deployed against.

Sorry Bub, it's not your road outside.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

06.03.2026 07:13 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 0

Kind of wild that Kathy Hochul and a tolling program might be some of the best weapons we have in the fight against fascism. This is very good news and I'm glad the governor has been so forceful throughout this entire ordeal.

03.03.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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At 9.3 kilometres (5.8 miles) my cycle trip to work this morning was longer than most UK car trips. It took me 26 minutes.

(It would have been 23 minutes if I hadn't spent so long waiting at a crossing because people driving within the city are given priority over people who aren't driving)

03.03.2026 12:53 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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Yardworks Festival announces 10th anniversary edition Scotland’s leading festival of graffiti and urban art expands

Yardworks Festival will return to SWG3 on Saturday 2 May and Sunday 3 May 2026, marking its 10th anniversary with its most ambitious edition to date.

#Glasgow #supportlocalvenues #LiveEvents

www.glasgowwestendtoday.scot/news/yardwor...

01.03.2026 10:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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An aerial look at the ongoing work to restore and reinstate the curved balconies of the Nightingale pavilions at the former Victoria Infirmary in Battlefield. The pavilions are part of the broader residential development by Sanctuary.

#glasgow

01.03.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out the rehearsal shots from Medea!

A story of terrible, bloody revenge, this award-winning production returns, re-imagined and heads to the Tron stage in March.

BOOK ONLINE (25-28 Mar) ➑️https://www.tron.co.uk/shows/medea/

02.03.2026 11:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Raoul Peck on Orwell 2+2=5 – The Skinny In Orwell 2+2=5, Raoul Peck uses the life and writing of George Orwell as the connective tissue to tell a wider history of totalitarian power and media manipulation, past and present. We find out more...

In Orwell 2+2=5, Raoul Peck uses Orwell to frame a history of totalitarian power and media manipulation

Its Scottish premiere is at @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social today; @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social caught up with Peck for our March issue

www.theskinny.co.uk/film/intervi... @altitudefilms.bsky.social

02.03.2026 11:08 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ”” Another major arts hub faces peril, accusations of 'cultural vandalism' 🧡

Also in today's briefing:
✝️ Co-founder of Homeless Project Scotland dies aged 47
πŸ›£οΈ Is this the end for the M8 at the Woodside Viaduct? Or just a new beginning?

Photo: GMAC

02.03.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Seven arts organisations at Trongate 103 have been told by council-owned City Property to sign new leases or get out. They were given 28 days notice.

Mark Langdon, chair of Glasgow Media Access Centre's board, said this "massively" threatens his charity.

02.03.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Scottish Film Events: March 2026 - The Skinny This month choose between two great film festivals (HippFest and GSFF), explore the films of John Schlesinger and Andrzej Wajda, and check out GSA's new cinema season.

In March's film round-up, @glasgowshort.bsky.social and HippFest return, @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social celebrate John Schlesinger and Andrzej Wajda, and @dcadundee.bsky.social + @sqiff.bsky.social bring Sleepaway Camp to the big screen

www.theskinny.co.uk/film/film-ev... @jamiedunnesq.bsky.social

02.03.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0