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Wen

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I am a climber, runner, cyclist and swimmer. In between that I run a small (but perfectly formed) analytics company, splitting my time between Edinburgh, The Highlands and The Borders, campaign for Scottish independence, bake bread and occasionally dabble in bad art.

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Wen, to animals
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For anyone who likes the pictures (and they are good)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2024/may/10/2024-comedy-pet-photo-awards-in-pictures

pedestrians1st, to Israel
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“The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has temporarily closed its East Jerusalem headquarters after “Israeli extremists” set fire to the perimeter following weeks of repeated attacks.” And where were the Israeli security services who presumably should have been protecting it?

Wen,
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@pedestrians1st He does. And the bar stewards still abuse the land and try to get hunting reintroduced.Absentee land lords. No wonder they don’t want Scottish Independence.

Wen, to running
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Morning run

And it is lovely. Shorts and sports sandals. Rape seed is bright below the Mintos and the ground is pretty dry but not so hard as to need care. 12k, half tarmac, half farm tracks. Meantime the desperate duo just slept .

#Running #ScottishBorders #Collie #DogsOfMastodon #CatsOfMastodon

The farm tracks we have been running along
Two cats, blissfully unaware of exercise being done

Wen,
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@DanielleVossebeld Well in this case ‘stay, sleep cats’ 😺😸

Wen,
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@DanielleVossebeld Please don't. They need their sleep

CloudyMrs, to random
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Oh man! Enough with the flags. Just because the flag shaggers do it, doesn't mean we need to do it too. We need to see real deeds, not fanny arse gimics. It's embarrassing. is inevitable

Wen,
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@CloudyMrs I suspect it was intended as a 🖕🏻 to the Tories and Labour 🤣🤣

emsquared, to Haiku
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See yer wee Granny
See Granny on yonder bus
Resist urge to push



Wen,
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@emsquared @JackTheCat Sentiments shared by many 🤣

Wen, to random
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Cartoon by Brookes on the Starmer welcoming of far right Tory MPs into the party. I prefer to see it as a caress rather than a knee in the balls!

Other interpretations are available

Wen, to random
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The Guardian view on John Swinney’s Scotland: a new start but also more of the same

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/09/the-guardian-view-on-john-swinneys-scotland-a-new-start-but-also-more-of-the-same

The Guardian gotta Guardian - ‘absolute’ facts maybe but they shy away from any serious analysis of how in many areas Scotland is doing better than the other three countries - whoops, in their words, two countries and a principality) in many areas.

Unionism with a faux-socialist coat and stinking just as badly as without the coat.

Wen,
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@lostsettler I used to pay their ‘subscription’ - their relentless hypocrisy made me determine not to.

Wen, to mentalhealth
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Why is Britain’s mental health so incredibly poor? It’s because our society is spiralling backwards

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/10/britain-mental-health-society-neoliberalism-politicians

"There is a reason for these broken promises and dysfunctions, which explains why the UK suffers more from them than most comparable nations. It’s called neoliberalism.|

bampot, to random
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Ma erm an pish ur headin up tae visit the phlebotomist
The day is a big wan so ma vampiristic buddie will sook oot near a hale ermfae eh vital bodily fluids thit en head fur the Quackentstein Lab far away high up oan the hill.
Whit astonishes me is thit Igor drains ma erm here ,sends these vials miles oor the watter tae the Quack Lab an by 6 o'clock the night ah will huv 2 pages eh highly specialised results oan ma computer screen.
Gaunny say somehin bad aboot NHS Scotland ..Gaun..ah dare ye!

Wen,
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@bampot @melanie Unfiortunately they can - and will and most of Westminster will cheer them, be they Conservatives or Labour a*holes disregarding the wishes of the Scottish people.

Leaving aside independence, a vast majority of polled Scots support Holyrood, even if they do not agree with individual decisions.

ChrisMayLA6, to random
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When 0.6% growth of GDP (for the first Q of 2024) is reported as stronger than expected... you know that we have seriously downgraded our expectations about the UK's economic plight.

0.6% might end up looking like 2% + growth over the year, but don't get all happy, most of this 'growth' took place in services, which continue to have (as is well known) problems enhancing productivity... and productivity is the likely key to a revival of workers' real wages!

Nope, we're not out of the woods!

Wen,
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@Thebratdragon @fkamiah17 @ChrisMayLA6

And the 0.6% goes to whom exactly?

kcarruthers, to random
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UC Davis spent ~$175k trying to repair its image & remove pic from net after a campus police officer pepper-sprayed student protesters on the Quad in Nov. 2011

https://theaggie.org/2016/04/14/documents-reveal-uc-davis-spent-175000-to-erase-pepper-spray-incident-from-internet/

Wen,
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@kcarruthers That picture suppression worked well then…

Wen, to random
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It’s Labour’s turn to crash and burn as party can’t defend Elphicke’s defection

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/09/labour-crash-and-burn-party-cant-defend-natalie-elphicke-defection

Crace does nail much of the hypocrisy.

“That’s odd, observed Rajan. Because you forced Labour’s North of Tyne mayoral hopeful, Jamie Driscoll, out of the party for sharing a platform with Ken Loach. And Diane Abbott is still not allowed back in despite having apologised for her antisemitic remarks.”

Wen,
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@RosePuckey @Thebratdragon

These might be of help

https://tacticalvote.co.uk/

and

https://stopthetories.vote

Wen,
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@RosePuckey @Thebratdragon Unfortunately in England, FPTP dominates. Devolution has many advantages (some unrealised), but it has exposed the fact that Labour/Tory/Lib Dem, are not necessary, other choices can be made.

DanielleVossebeld, to Eurovision
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Clothes keep falling off, massive wardrobe malfunctions.

Wen,
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@DanielleVossebeld they need more ice cream 😛

JackTheCat, to random
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Anas Sarwar humiliated in major Sky News blunder at FMQs | The National

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24309576.anas-sarwar-labelled-scottish-tory-leader-sky-news-blunder/

Wen,
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@JackTheCat

Noticing the slip, SNP MP Steve Bonnar quipped it was a “wee Freudian slip from Sky News”.

He added: “Labour = Tory.”

🤣

Shivviness, to random
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I am helping my acquaintance source his mother some stupid Royal mug, presently.
I'm, honestly, impressed with Royal Establishment's ability to keep mouthbreathing masses enthralled with meaningless, gawdy baubles, entirely against their interests

Wen,
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@Shivviness bread and circuses, without the bread and with expensive circuses.

Wen, to UKpolitics
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The minister or ministers for independence?

https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24309876.overriding-independence-minister-erodes-confidence-cause/

A good starting point for discussions and as always from Kavanagh without hysteria.

Geri, to random
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I am one of those economically inactive people.

This is because I am a physically inactive person

Wen,
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@Geri don’t worry, the Tories will have you in your knees if they are allowed to stay in power 🤮

katzenjens, to animals German
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Auf dem Balkon sitzen und Röhren testen. Kann man machen, ist aber eher speziell. Lissy meint jedenfalls, dass die Röhrenheizung einwandfrei funktioniert. 😆

Wen,
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@katzenjens 😺

JackTheCat, to random
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https://zeroes.ca/

Wen,
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@Robbins @JackTheCat I am afraid the answer to most of your question is no. Access to data has massively improved (not information) and the ability of people to assess or reason about the data has not improved.

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Wen,
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@RIDDLES magic!

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