“People ask how I’m doing. I laugh at the chasm of the question. How is anyone doing? Climate catastrophes, genocide, the election from hell” so answers Sarah Kendzior, one of the most astute writers on the American crisis. While it’s mesmerising to lean-in to the US elections with a wry and smug complacent European superiority, […] Source

After a long campaign spearheaded by Back Off Scotland, Scotland has this year passed landmark legislation making it illegal for anti-abortion activists to intimidate and harass patients and staff outside healthcare settings. The bill enjoyed tremendous popularity, sailing through Parliament with a landslide of cross-party support. However, some religious organisations and right-leaning news outlets are […] Source

42-year-old serial offender locked up for breaching ASBO …

Roads operator Amey and Traffic Scotland both confirmed the road was closed at the Findhorn Bridge just after 4pm this afternoon. …

From the endless stream of u-turns (both before and after election), to the appalling foreign policy on Gaza, to the failure to scrap the two-child benefit cap, to the GB Energy confusion, to the language used about P&O ferries, to the Council of Nations and Regions fiasco, to the meetings with Giorgia Meloni, to the […] Source

The number of over-50 claiming benefits has risen, according to new figures just released. …

A TOOLS and equipment hiring firm is reportedly set to close four of its Scottish stores with staff saying the decision has “come out of the blue” … Source

AN independent Scottish distillery is set to repurpose a whisky by-product to grow microalgae as a sustainable source of Omega-3s Source

A SCOTTISH-BASED energy firm which helps support companies in the oil and gas industry transition to renewable alternatives has expanded, creating 30 new jobs Source

FIRST Minister John Swinney has hailed the announcement that an energy firm will look to build the “largest liquid air energy facility in the world” in Ayrshire … Source

UNEMPLOYMENT in Scotland has dropped in the last quarter and is now below that of the UK as a whole, the latest figures indicate … Source

A Most Unsuitable Game: Celebrating Scottish Women’s Football Fifty Years After the Ban Edited by Karen Fraser, Julie McNeill, Fiona Skillen Published by Tippermuir Books. £9.99. Reviewed by John McIntosh This book is ambitious – aiming to reflect the stories of the women who have played and play football in Scotland – from internationalists to […] Source

Greg Palast’s VIGILANTES INC: America’s New Vote Suppression Hitmen, narrated by Rosario Dawson and produced by Martin Sheen, reveals that in 43 states individual citizens are able to challenge and remove fellow citizens from voter rolls. Watch the film here. Source