ScotRail spends £4m on buses and taxis since nationalisation. Or, cancellations are down and at 2% less than UK avge despite conditions in Scotland. Since public ownership, passenger numbers are up by 75%. with one of the best passenger satisfaction rates. heraldscotland.com/news/24883422.…

Civil service wage bill soars by £42m. An alternative headline might cover, “Since March 2022 there has been a 2.7% reduction to the ScotGov workforce. And a 39% cut in the number of contractors and consultants utilised by the government. heraldscotland.com/news/24888847.…

Speaking at the Scotonomics Festival in n Dundee on March 21st and 22nd. This could be a case study in how NOT to do food sovereignty ...

5 years ago today the UK left the EU, despite 62% of voters in Scotland backing remain. An independent Scotland could rejoin the EU, regain our individual rights as European citizens, and have our own seat at the table to work with our friends across the continent. 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

From the guy whose government withdrew £800m of funding for a super-computer project at The University of Edinburgh and gave it away to universities in England. For the uninitiated or the politically blind this is how the Union works. Wise up Scotland.

*taps mic* Elon Musk did not shut down USAID because it was “a ball of worms with no apple.” He shut it down because USAID was investigating Starlink for shutting off satellites in Ukraine to assist Russia in its war. Everything Musk ever does is to serve one person: himself

11 years ago, a pivotal moment took place in the history of Ukraine. The Berkut special police unit killed 48 people in the center of Kyiv, Yanukovych fled, and the Russians started a war against Ukraine. Share this thread. It`s huge. 👇

Musk has built two platforms (Grok and Community Notes) specifically designed to separate fact from fiction in an unbiased, algorithmic fashion. One uses humans (community notes) the other AI (Grok). In the last few months, both have been consistently and repeatedly calling

The censoring of M u s k & T r u m p in the systems prompt make it so that this is no longer as easy to replicate. But you still can, I'll show you below. x.com/LinusEkenstam/…

We're at £8,280 and trying to get to £9k tonight. Can you help? crowdfunder.co.uk/p/backing-bell…

There is increasing fear in Germany that F-35 jets purchased for the German army can be "turned off" remotely by Washington. This fear is shared by defense and security specialists. Joachim Schranzhofer, head of communications at Hensoldt: "The F-35 kill switch is not just a

Rush to digital across public services ‘reinforcing’ inequalities, study suggests. “We need a fundamental change which puts digital inclusion at the heart of service design and actively uses digital services to address existing inequalities.” holyrood.com/news/view,rush…

Mastadon is what BlySky claims to be, and might be until some billionaire buys it up, despite this article's claims: observer.com/2025/03/bluesk… But not many people are using Mastadon: I'm mastodon.scot/@spartakan btw.

Yes, libraries are dangerous! They are equalisers, streetcorner universities for the common man. They play a vital role in learning, offering free resources to all equally, from early literacy to citizenship, democracy, digital skills, and careers...... American Libraries #libraries

Cryptography 101

Absolutely brilliant letter.

Overconfidence isn't rampant among experts or novices. It peaks among dilettantes. Evidence: People who are somewhat informed tend to give wrong answers instead of admitting they don't know—and lack interest in learning. A little knowledge can be more dangerous than none.

These are the 5 main reasons that cause people to switch from Labour to Reform, immigration is 6th on 18%. Chasing the anti-migrant vore will not benefit The Labour Party

“Fascism is coming; probably a slimy Anglicised form of Fascism, with cultured policemen instead of Nazi gorillas and the lion and the unicorn instead of the swastika.” —George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier, 1937

🖥️ | Merchiston was a hive of activity yesterday and we loved visiting our Applied Informatics student showcase exhibition! This was a chance for students on our Digital Media and Interaction Design, Web Design and Development, Sound Design, User Experience and Animation for