Scotland is facing a wave of applications for hyperscale data centres.
If the 24 announced so far were approved they'd take up more than 1.5 times Scotland's peak demand in electricity.
We need an immediate pause until a clear national strategy is set out.
Last night @VereyBooks I was talking about dolphin behaviour, and referred to this study: "females can use individual vocal labels to differentiate between males, enabling them to anticipate and avoid coercive interactions"
#BrexitReality
"Spanish & French artist derived ideas from my poem. I cannot sell poetry books at the exhibition or be paid for reading in Brussels. My colleagues cannot bring their paintings and textiles to exhibit them in Britain"
#ClimateEmergency - it is here and now.
84% reported of businesses reported that they had experienced at least one direct impact from climate change within the past two years
"Scrap the Financial Ombudsman Service."
Well that makes it clear what side the Tories are on, in The People V Financial Sector (which again and again has ripped off and deceived customers)
The Financial Times review of a new book going on my to-read list.
Notable not just for the book, but the reviewer's conclusion about #WealthTaxft.com/content/96e246…
In 2022 we delivered free bus travel for everyone under the age of 22.
Today it was announced that over 300 million journeys have been taken under the scheme!
Now it's time to go further.
Making bus travel free for all would help us build a fairer, greener Scotland.