Anthropologist, trade unionist, Scottish independence supporter. ❤️ art, nature, science, justicehttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mm2epkmbwk2uScotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ireland 🇮🇪17 May 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2epkmbwk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mm2d3fw3qk2uActive Clubs are not sports or heritage clubs. The strategy developed in the US is to build a violence-ready militia while looking harmless in public - fitness, brotherhood, and self-improvement on the surface; extremist and militia-style preparation underneath. https://www.thenational.scot/news/26112257.neo-nazi-fight-club-increasingly-targeting-young-scots/17 May 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2d3fw3qk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlyy5x73mc2c❤️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyy5x73mc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlyxxzlnfs2c😪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyxxzlnfs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlyxuxnocc2cNorman MacCaig, Tbe Ballade of Good Qhisky16 May 2026 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyxuxnocc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlxsq5xmts2ySpotted in Edinburgh yesterday16 May 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxsq5xmts2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlxqkv2yb22oThe Horses Scottish poet Edwin Muir's post apocalyptic poem feels like one we should all be rereading right now.16 May 2026 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxqkv2yb22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlxqdxoads22Took me a moment16 May 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxqdxoads22https://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlvy3xlg4c2mVile assemblage15 May 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvy3xlg4c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mltb2uchtc2k“I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody,” Trump says. He’s only interested in stuffing his own pockets. The Trump family has made roughly $4 *billion* off the presidency since his second term began a little over a year ago, while ordinary folk scrape by.14 May 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltb2uchtc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlsceoplgs2wDo comic books count? 🤔14 May 2026 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsceoplgs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlpqfwqjas2p13 May 2026 07:04 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpqfwqjas2phttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlpq5pdfsk2pNot something I would have imagined when I was growing up, but completely understandable now. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpq5pdfsk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlppyubjjs2pAlba gu bràth translates to "Scotland Until Judgement Day" or until the crack of doom. Westminster continually sticking their fingers in their ears and singing 'Rule Britannia' (they particularly like that verse about "Rebellious Scots to crush") isn't gonna work. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1C3L324osi/13 May 2026 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlppyubjjs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlpp6u527c2pAny sane person would describe a party getting more votes than all the opposition unionist parties *put together* as a resounding majority. But when it's a progressive pro-independence SNP majority then the rightwing billionaire owned press is all "yeah but uh no but uh yeah but". 🙄13 May 2026 06:42 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpp6u527c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlpombxfok2pI like this clear reframing. The media likes to go on about higher earners in Scotland paying a bit more tax, and never mention our: Free prescriptions, free university tuition, free bus passes for the elderly and for students. It's not like no one on their staff can do maths. They hope you can't.13 May 2026 06:32 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpombxfok2phttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlpniwrerc2pThink of what a different world this would be if we valued teachers and carers the way we value generals and tech bros.13 May 2026 06:12 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpniwrerc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlpmiisvic2e13 May 2026 05:54 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpmiisvic2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlnpcwyrr22g12 May 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnpcwyrr22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlmccivx3c2611 May 2026 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmccivx3c26https://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlmcbb64tk26Wait, what?! THIS man claims Scotland is “rudderless” and “increasingly shabby”?! Worst case of kettle and pot we've seen in years. Someone give the poor thing a mirror.11 May 2026 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmcbb64tk26https://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlif4n6rlk2fAnd who are Palintir? The shadowy US data corporation named after the shadowy crystal used by the evil wizard Sauron to spy on his minions in Lord of the Rings. Founded by PayPal founder, ultra rightwing, anti-democracy billionaire, and close personal chum of Epstein, Peter Thiel.10 May 2026 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlif4n6rlk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/muirneag.bsky.social/post/3mlif2ov5os2fWhy would a Labour politician be so keen to dismantle the very institution that Labour once prided itself on founding? Because Wes Streeting has to pay back his investors - sorry, 'donors'.10 May 2026 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:66aujsdomdo4ll3nmvdfepsq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlif2ov5os2f