Former English teacher and literacy consultant. Lover of books, film and the great outdoors. Champion of Scottish life and culture. 🏴🏴
Ayr, Scotland
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As I presented my latest report at the UN two days ago, the US ambassador managed to be even more insulting than Israel’s. No small feat, given that Israeli representatives at UN in New York have long been second to none in diplomatic buffoonery.
At the UN on Monday, Israel's ambassador called @FranceskAlbs a fraud and a liar. The US representative called her a lunatic.
Her report documents nearly 300 journalists killed in Gaza. Of course, neither of them addressed it.
Then she answered.
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I grew up in Israel. I was educated there. Served it. Studied it. Taught about it. No one knows it better than I do. And there is no doubt. It was built on racism and the destruction of the Palestinian people.
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One of the dumbest things we are asked to believe about Iran is that it keeps taking time away from defending itself against US-Israeli aggressions to orchestrate random acts of arson and vandalism in mid-power western states for no discernible benefit to its strategic interests.
Today CBC published an article with the headline: “Why a spate of gun-for-hire shootings in Toronto were likely paid for by Iran.”
I was intrigued, as there has been almost 0 evidence offered for this claim thus far.
Unfortunately this article doesn’t offer any either, adding nothing new. CBC says they spent weeks on the investigation, so these are pretty pitiful results, at least in terms of finding evidence of who paid for the shootings.
I’m not sure why they feel comfortable with such a declarative headline given the lack of evidence (other than journalistic standards going out the window when the subject is an Official Enemy country).
Also, CBC and other journalists continue platforming police claims that they need backdoor access to messaging apps to solve these shootings, with no push back or critique about how these powers can be abused, including against journalists.
cbc.ca/news/investigates/ira…
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Did you know that the constant search for high quality protein to feed migratory, carnivourous, farmed #ScottishSalmon is one of the reasons it can never be sustainable? fairr.org/engagements/sustai…
Did you know that in the wild, young #salmon are not pink and only develop their well-known pink colour when they eat foods rich in healthy antioxidants called carotenoids.
Farmed #Scottishsalmon are given these carotenoids in their feed when they move from hatcheries to the sea, mirroring the natural dietary shift in the wild.
More here:
salmonscotland.co.uk/faqs
#MadeinScotland | #ScotlandEconomy | #FishFarming
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ALARMING TIMELINE: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation + Vanderbilt University + Alpha-Gal Syndrome
2012
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation begins funding Vanderbilt University’s work on Alpha-Gal Syndrome. A condition most people had never even heard of yet.
2013
Bill Gates starts publicly pushing synthetic lab-grown meat as the future — “better for the planet,” he says.
2017
Gates pours serious money into Memphis Meats (now Upside Foods). He’s all-in on fake meat replacing real beef, pork, and lamb.
2012 – Present
Lone star tick populations explode across the U.S. Hundreds of thousands develop Alpha-Gal Syndrome — a brutal, lifelong allergy to red meat triggered by a single tick bite. Cases keep rising dramatically.
2021 – 2023
Gates Foundation funds Oxitec’s genetically modified cattle tick projects. Official story: “for livestock protection.”
2024
Vanderbilt ramps up actual development of the Alpha-Gal vaccine.
2025 – 2026 (NOW)
Tick infestations surging. Alpha-Gal cases climbing fast. Gates still aggressively promotes lab-grown meat. The vaccine “fix” is moving forward.
The pattern is crystal clear:
1. Fund the “problem” (Alpha-Gal research at Vanderbilt since 2012)
2. Accelerate the crisis on the ground (tick explosion + meat allergy epidemic)
3. Push people off real meat (synthetic meat empire + campaigns)
4. Sell the “solution” (lab meat + the vaccine)
Create the crisis → Control the food supply → Profit from the cure.
They’re not even hiding it anymore.
This isn’t coincidence. This is a timeline.
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"97% of Israeli Jews have supported the genocide, so this is a democratic genocide....
This is a jewish Zionist apartheid genocidal democracy"
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You can clearly see how this allegedly elite IRGC operative “allegedly loaded the three white vans with metal drums containing petrol, water butts and smart dashcams”
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Netanyahu lost his majority today and in a week Trump will lose control of Congress. But both will remain in office.
I predict their joint response will be a massive attack on Iran, which they hope will consolidate their domestic power.
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Hitler’s spirit is back and taking over again in Germany.
This story is not getting enough attention, even though it is a dark portent of the political repression on the horizon all around the NATO bloc.
Five activists who damaged an Elbit Systems site in Ulm, Germany, are facing harsher treatment than the Reichsbürger, a far-right group accused of attempting to overthrow the German state by force. The two trials are being held in the same building.
The Ulm5 are held in a maximum-security prison, marched into the courtroom in handcuffs, and seated behind bulletproof glass two meters tall. On day one, the judge switched off the microphones of the defence’s legal team, and has since repeatedly refused to hear their evidence and expert witnesses, while rejecting a motion for an independent stenographer to keep a record of the proceedings. The only written record of the trial is the judge's.
Meanwhile, the Ulm5 all remain in prolonged detention — with stints in solitary confinement. The prosecution is seeking to argue that the attack was antisemitic in nature, as Elbit Systems is a “Jewish-owned company” and therefore the “baby killers” graffiti drawn by the activists amounts to blood libel.
The case sets a chilling precedent for any actions taken against German militarism, and no doubt forms part of a wider arc of repression that now extends from Britain to Italy. That is why the activists’ call for international solidarity and support is so urgent.
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How on earth is Jonathan Freedland the appropriate guest for this? It's just basic professional journalism to understand he's a problematic interviewee. Freedland has frequently demonstrated that he's an extremist and yet is treated by the BBC as a "sensible" voice. It's absurd.
"They could be the kingmakers"
Chief International correspondent, Lyce Doucet, explains that the success of Arab parties in the Israeli elections means they might be considered as coalition partners by other parties.
#Newsnight
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People who work full time but still require public assistance to survive are not leeching off the government or us.
Their employers are.
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A new nuclear power station in England has been branded a "terrible deal" for taxpayers. Sizewell C was supposed to cost £20bn. It's now expected to cost between £40.5bn and £47.7bn, with construction finishing between 2039 and 2043.
Ferries anyone?
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw0k…
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15 Megaprojects kicking off in UK, each one costing £billions. From Barrow in Furness, Submarines, Derby, small Nuclear Reactors, London, Lower Thames Crossing, HS2, Cross Penine Railway, all one thing in common, Scotland excluded except for putting it on our Credit Card at 8.6%.
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BREAKING: Neil Young has just sued Trump for playing "Rockin' in the Free World" at his rally in Ohio.
The lawsuit states:
“In short, the Song is the opposite of everything that Donald J. Trump stands for.”
Thank you Mr. Young!
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No...that's not what it exposed....
It exposed how many of our politicians and press are bought...
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Is their anything more vomit-inducing than watching on the BBC - 'Labour Friends of Israel - in the process of inventing & spreading lies, to smear good UK people - in order to be seen to be earning their Zionist 'blood money'?
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq39…
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The mask slips.
If, by the way, the same situation that just happened in Brazil had happened but with the parties switched -- if Bolsonaro had won last night's election and then a pro-Bolsonaro judge sent the Federal Police to seize Lula's passport and bar him from leaving the country -- every major western media outlet and liberal NGOs would be screaming about the authoritarian attack on Brazil's elections and the destruction of basic freedoms.
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Ethnic cleansing should never be treated as a legitimate topic of political debate. Ben Gvir's willingness to discuss it so casually reveals a deeply troubling and merciless worldview.
