Urban trees are climate infrastructure, not just a nice thing to have 👇

All of these child footballers were murdered by #Israel since October 2023. 51 of 54 clubs in #Gaza wiped out. The game should not go ahead anywhere. @UEFAcom should not be placing the @FAIreland in this position. If #Russia are banned, why not #Israel? #StopTheGame

تم نسيانه بنجاح. لن اصمت حتى يعود الإعلام كله يتحدث عنه. الدكتور حسام أبو صفية.

Police Scotland officers dealt with unacceptable violence and hostility as fans gathered in Glasgow on Saturday, 16 May, to celebrate Celtic’s Premiership title win. Read the full statement from Assistant Chief Constable Mark Sutherland here: orlo.uk/kP7mG

What does AI do when no-one's watching? youtube.com/shorts/Grc8n0suM… via @YouTube

🔥Wildfire warning! There is an extreme risk of #wildfire across #Scotland over the coming days. With warnings in place until Saturday, 2 May, land across the country from Southern Scotland to Central Highlands is particularly susceptible to #wildfirerisk. 📹👇

🌻LandBusiness spring 2026 issue is out now! Essential reading for anyone in the rural sector, our flagship magazine features policy updates, in-depth features and membership news.

🐕‍🦺Livestock worrying🐏 Keep your dog on a lead, under close control and avoid fields with livestock when out and about this Spring. This one action can reduce the burden on farmers and save livestock. Please lead by example. #LivestockWorrying #Dogs #ruralcrime

This October marks 10 years of Helping it Happen – our annual campaign and awards that celebrate the best of rural Scotland. With nominations closing on 30 June and a £10,000 prize available – now is the time to get your applications in. More info👇

Séamus Dooley, NUJ assistant general secretary said: “We condemn this latest egregious attack by Israel forces on a clearly marked media van, in clear violation of international law." nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-cond…

#EarthsGreatestEnemy is a powerful, at times harrowing, documentary on the most critical issue of our time. Packed with data, case studies and great interviews @AbbyMartin brings receipts in this important film. A must watch

An amazing turnout and a glorious sunny morning for the rally and march to Holyrood organised by Stand Up to Racism. It was great to have the opportunity to address the rally as a Labour councillor, we must unite against those who spread hatred. No Pasaran✊

Early March of 2026 became a defining moment in world history. For the first time AI was used in a major military operation, but that's just the beginning of the story. What followed was a betrayal by OpenAI, a slippery slope to mass surveillance and serious questions over what powers a government should have. In this video I explore the nexus between AI, war and mass surveillance.

Following the recent incident in Glasgow city centre, we caught up with First Minister John Swinney who highlights the ongoing focus around safety and assisting emergency services who are working decisively to recover the site at this time.

Sadly the building has now partially collapsed. I hope the fire can be contained. The corner of the Forsyth Building, as well as the Caledonian Chambers and Central Hotel seem unaffected. It's a massive blow to Union Street with the restoration of the Egyptian Halls in prospect.

I used to wonder how it was possible that Trump could have won in 2016, and then again in 2024, given how emotionally toxic and depraved he is. I don’t wonder anymore. I think he won for that exact reason. Because he carried at least one broken shard to reflect the broken shards in millions of others. If you’re a racist, you found your guy. If you’re a misogynist, you found your guy. If money is your only religion, you found your guy. If your heart is armored shut, you found your guy. If you mock the disabled, you found your guy. If intelligence makes you insecure, you found your guy. If you’re a sexual predator, you found your guy. If you trade in humiliation and conspiracy and filth, you found your guy. If you’ve never done a single hour of emotional inventory, you found your guy. If you cheat, stiff contractors, bankrupt your obligations, and call it savvy, you found your guy. If you lie as easily as you breathe, you found your guy. If cruelty feels like strength, you found your guy. If white grievance is your comfort food, you found your guy. If your ego is a black hole no title can fill, you found your guy. If warmongering fuels your ego, you found your guy, If empathy feels like weakness and dominance feels like oxygen, you found your guy. If he’d only carried one or two of these pathologies, he might have been dismissed as just another loud, damaged man. But he carried a buffet of them. That was the appeal. Millions could locate themselves somewhere in the wreckage. They didn’t have to agree with all of it. They just had to recognize a piece of themselves in it. It was never really about him. It was about the validation. The absolution. The permission. He didn’t invent the resentment; he amplified it. He didn’t create the cruelty; he normalized it. He gave millions the intoxicating relief of hearing their ugliest impulses echoed back at rally volume. Trump is a symptom. The deeper illness is collective. If there’s one sentence that defines his power, it’s this: “He says the things I’m thinking.” And that’s the part that should chill us. Because what does it say about us that so many were thinking those things? That tens of millions of Americans harbored resentments so deep, so seething, that they were simply waiting for a demagogue to baptize them as virtue? That after decades of supposed progress on race, gender, and equality, so many white men felt so threatened, so displaced, so furious, that cruelty became a political platform? Maybe we were living in a fool’s paradise, mistaking silence for healing, politeness for progress. Now the mask is off. Now we know. And knowing is a far more dangerous place to stand. – Michael Jochum, Not Just a Drummer: Reflections on Art, Politics, Dogs, and the Human Condition.

An Iranian man left this comment on my YouTube channel. This is without a doubt the single best explanation of the reality facing Iranian people today👇 "As an Iranian, I can tell you the situation is no longer just political—it's existential. We are trapped between two collapsing structures: one internal, one external. On one hand, we face a deeply dysfunctional government, led by the Supreme Leader and the Islamic Republic’s unelected institutions. Decades of economic mismanagement, suppression of dissent, and brutal ideological control have alienated multiple generations. No one believes in reform anymore—because every attempt has either been co-opted or crushed. But here's the paradox: We are also terrified of regime collapse—because we've watched the aftermath of Western intervention in countries like Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan. Each was promised freedom; each descended into chaos, civil war, or foreign occupation. So no, we don't trust the U.S. or Israel. Not because we support our regime—but because we know how imperial powers treat ‘liberated’ nations in the Middle East. Freedom, in their language, often means vacuum, fire, and permanent instability. Right now, many Iranians live with three truths at once: The Islamic Republic is morally and politically bankrupt. The alternatives offered by foreign actors are not liberation—they’re collapse. A bad government is survivable. No government is not. We are not silent because we agree. We are cautious because we’ve learned—too well—what happens when superpowers decide to "help." In a sentence: Iran is a nation held hostage by its own regime, but haunted by the fate of its neighbors. We are stuck in a house we hate, surrounded by fires we fear more."

The death toll in Gaza in the first 15 months of Israel’s attack was 53% higher than official figures according to @LancetGH. So the real figures as of now could be over 110,000 deaths, or 124,000 including indirect deaths, 5.4% of Gaza population. And Israel isn’t stopping.

A statement on behalf of 85 States and a number of international organizations condemning Israel’s unilateral measures and policies in the occupied West Bank and rejecting annexation👇🏼

He was once a teen 'superstar'. Why did James Van Der Beek need help to pay his medical bills? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2d…