I rarely see many tweets from people I follow and have to search for them. Happily I have seen this one👍👍

A well-worn two volume Bible with Cambridge panel covers, from 1754, that I've been given to repair. I love the utility and honesty of these two books. No time 'wasted' on fine binding here! The challenge will be to repair them without losing any of that character.

A tough cycle for me today against some headwinds in Coll. Photo of the village of Àirigh nan Gobhar. A most enterprising island with excellent community owned facilities. I visited An Tobhta Mhór township in the SW of the island, where my gg grandmother was born in 1822. #Coll

Let #FridayThe13th hold no fear of black cats. In #Wales they bring good luck to the home as they
“chase all ills away”, while in #Scotland , if an unknown black cat shows up at your door it is a sign that wealth is coming your way! #FaustianFriday #Caturday #Friday13th #NewMoon

By 2050, Pacific Island rugby grounds will be underwater. #StopRugbySinking for those most at threat from rising sea levels.

OTD in 1939, no less than 835 men died when te Royal Oak was destroyed at Scapa Flow in Orkney. The victims started the night watching a spectacular display of the Northern Lights. And then they were gone. No wonder the tragedy still resonates today!
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If you want an example of why sample weighting is important, look at these #Indyref2 polls all conducted in the last 3 weeks.
Opinium has a ratio of 3 No voters to 2 New voters
Yougov has a ratio of 2 No voters to 1 New voter
Panelbase has a ratio of 4 No voters to 1 New voter

This how colonisation works everywhere, except Scotland. Here, the collaboration & enrichment of the rewarded ‘locals’ reflects the voluntary participation of the population/nation as a whole in the British Empire. We positively embraced the famines, poverty & forced migration.

I’m really struggling to find hope and humanity, but yesterday Humza Yousaf - who has family trapped in Gaza - spent the evening grieving with and comforting our community.

This picture of him and Bernard Cowan’s mother really touched me and maybe it will give you some hope too.

SNPs Pollock councillor Cllr Roza Salih cofounded Glasgow Girls, been a campaigner since 15. Speaks of her work with refugee and immigrant women to address inequalities. Started a community supermarket, makes food affordable. Encourages us to organise in our communities.

#Filia2023

This is who FiLia represents. And we have sick men shouting FUCK YOU at them meeting today! I feel sick to my stomach.

Something that sticks in my throat more than anything during the first two years of the pandemic is that under the right leadership the U.K. could have had one of the best responses in the world.

The truth is important.

As far as we know, not a single trans person has been killed in Scotland.

But between 2009 and 2021, *151* women were killed by men.

7 women have been killed my men in the Glasgow Central constituency (2009-2021.)

#Femicide

#FiLiA2023

'Officers stepped in and led Miller away, talking to her before escorting her into the venue'
Escorting her into the venue, being the key part here. A bit of a clickbait approach from National trying to imply she was arrested/removed from area/detained.

It really is beginning to feel a lot like autumn this afternoon in Aberdeen! But I love the myriad different shades in Nature at this time of year!

'Your grief is my grief.'

A powerful image as First Minister Humza Yousaf took time to speak with, and comfort, the mother and family of Glasgow born Bernard Cowan who was killed this weekend in Israel.

Leo Varadkar has accused the Israeli government of breaching international law in its siege on Gaza.
'To me it amounts to collective punishment,' the Taoiseach said
irishtimes.com/politics/2023/…

This is horrific

Inside we are hearing from women from Africa, Afghanistan, the Philippines and other countries about FGM, access to education, violence against women, prostitution. Outside men’s rights activists are shouting “fuck you” at women arriving at the venue. #FiLiA2023

Women in Glasgow outside the largest feminist conference in Europe, to discuss MVAWG, FGM & sex inequality, are being greeted by a Green Councillor screaming at them to 'fuck off'.
Scottish Greens, Patrick Harvie 🇪🇺🌈 surely you'll want to condemn this in the strongest possible terms