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Olap @lemmy.world

Scottish loon sometimes in Caithness, usually in Edinburgh. Likes rugby, F1, reading, cooking, and irn bru

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www.bbc.co.uk Bin collectors to go on strike during Edinburgh Festival

Waste and recycling staff in Edinburgh vote to strike over a pay dispute during the Festival.

Bin collectors to go on strike during Edinburgh Festival

And neither WM party want to raise taxes anywhere. Gonna get filthy in Edinburgh, ECC struggling with everything right now (guess who's in charge there!)

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35 jobs at risk of redundancy in Scottish Rugby financial reset plan

Consultation in the UK is a euphamism for a foregone conclusion btw. This must be Dodson's last act before he goes. It's also in the press release that pints and food are about to go up again too, in more words. And given a 3million black hole last year - it looks necessary.

The SRU are investing heavily in both pro teams, and it's paid off at one end of the M8. This should result in more season tickets for Glasgow next year, and there is a fourth home game in the november series. And the Super6 is gone, so another cost reduced. And surely a big boost with Taylor Swift at Murrayfield too. Personally I'd have stuck with a hiring freeze for a couple of years, and been a bit ruthless with some performance reviews rather than redundancies. That isn't a good look ever, and smacks of incompetence with hiring and strategy

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New Crazy Taxi title will be an open-world, massively multiplayer AAA game, according to Sega
  • Some fuckwit VP needs fired over this decision. It was a simple game: pickup fairs, earn extra time, unlock stuff as you progress. If a publisher want extra cash, do more levels, or different jobs (delivery driver addon anyone?). And a fun soundtrack

    Should have been able to bang it out for a million quid, and then reap the rewards. But nooo, now we have a game nobody wants to play, costing 20mil and will have servers shut down 2 years after launch

    Everything that is wrong with gaming in 2024

  • Weekly social thread
  • Did not get to watch it, we watched Inside Out this afternoon instead. Five year old struggled with it sadly, lots of dealing with hard emotions. Might download The Iron Giant instead for tomorrow afternoon

  • Weekly social thread
  • Idles slayed with that set. Fuck the King chants on the BBC, epic stuff. Kids were not that bad, but tidy bedrooms are hard at that age. Looking forward to something tomorrow, no idea what yet, but oot the hoose!

  • Loads of Hellfest videos from this weekend to view

    m.youtube.com ARTE Concert

    Electro, Metal, Pop, Rock, Hip-Hop... Der YouTube-Kanal von ARTE Concert hält für jeden Musikgeschmack ein Konzert parat. Melden Sie sich an und genießen Sie Ihr Musikerlebnis, live oder im Replay! arteconcert.com

    ARTE Concert

    I've got Megadeth on for Saturday night tunes

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    www.bbc.co.uk Provost sorry for 'no surrender' Orange walk newspaper column

    Inverclyde provost Drew McKenzie that he had made an "error of judgement" with the column.

    Provost sorry for 'no surrender' Orange walk newspaper column

    Scotland's shame on display here. High time hate marches are vastly curtailed

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    Weekly social thread

    Fit like folks? The weekend beckons, schuil hols aboon, an Glastonbury oan the tellybox, ony plans?

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    www.bbc.co.uk Postal delays leave Scottish holidaymakers unable to vote

    There are reports of 'difficulties' with the delivery of postal votes across Scotland.

    Postal delays leave Scottish holidaymakers unable to vote

    Shambles is the word. Not enough printing capacity? Not enough IT staff to run the print job? Not enough posties to deliver or sort? This should surely have been known about 2 weeks ago! We're less than a week out now and anyone without a ballot in hand or in the post across the highlands and islands is now unlikely to have their votes count

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    news.stv.tv Man with Parkinson's becomes first in Scotland to undergo 'miracle' procedure

    Ian Keir says his tremor has 'completely gone' after having treatment described as 'milestone moment' for Scottish medicine.

    Man with Parkinson's becomes first in Scotland to undergo 'miracle' procedure

    Great to hear that Parkinsons sufferers can look forward to some respite

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    www.theoffsideline.com Team GB Men miss out on Olympic Games qualification

    Great Britain will not be represented in the Olympic Games men’s sevens this summer after being pipped in the final tie of the this afternoon's repechage tournament in Monaco

    Team GB Men miss out on Olympic Games qualification

    Hooray! Maybe we'll see actual national sevens return now that GB Sevens has been exposed as a crap idea

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    www.bbc.co.uk Cabinet minister admits placing three bets on the election date

    Scottish Secretary Alister Jack says he had "no knowledge of the date of the election" when he placed the bets

    Cabinet minister admits placing three bets on the election date

    Sure thing, Cabinet member has no clue at all... Can't believe we don't get to see his face on election night getting 200 votes

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    news.stv.tv Late heartache for Scotland as Euros dream dies in defeat to Hungary

    Scotland had to avoid defeat in Stuttgart to prolong their stay in Germany.

    Late heartache for Scotland as Euros dream dies in defeat to Hungary

    100th minute, feels bad. I got Switzerland in the work draw at least!

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    www.theguardian.com Bagging a Munro gets easier as volunteers fund repairs to mountain paths

    Scottish Highlands campaign has raised two-thirds of £300,000 target for footpaths on An Teallach. But more is needed to protect people and environment

    Bagging a Munro gets easier as volunteers fund repairs to mountain paths

    Still a big walk! But fantastic to see our right to roam laws being literally reinforced here. Anyone up the hills this weekend?

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    www.planetrugby.com Jake White's bizarre claim about URC final referee that dates back to 2022

    Bulls director of rugby Jake White has made the bizarre claim that referee Andrea Piardi "let the away team win" in the United Rugby Championship final.

    Jake White's bizarre claim about URC final referee that dates back to 2022

    Mmm, salt is my favourite flavour

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    Match thread: weird Saturday edition
  • Watching the replay now. Chiefs forgetting everything about rugby it seems. Blues completely dominant up front, and Plummer with a fantastic boot. Some good prep for when yous come north end of the year¦

  • Glasgow stun Bulls in Pretoria to win URC final

    www.bbc.co.uk Headline here...

    Glasgow Warriors win the URC final 21-16, coming from 13-0 down to beat Bulls in Pretoria.

    Headline here...

    What a great match, well done to Glasgow, that's double league winners compared to zero Edinburgh!

    2nd half was all Glasgow, great to see them hold off the best attacking team to 1 try and what a shift from the 23. What a season, this has to knock on to Scotland next year

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    Match thread: weird Saturday edition

    Semi finals, finals, international friendlies, England playing in Japan, Wales playing 'home' in Twickenham. A Barbarians match, we've got it all today folks!

    Predictions in the thread before. Reactions after appreciated also

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    www.bbc.co.uk Council erects code of conduct for Glasgow buskers

    The new signs warn performers to control their volume, watch where they perform and ensure they vary their songs.

    Council erects code of conduct for Glasgow buskers

    Edinburgh buskers are all crap, except we get the better bagpipers, even though we have a permit system. All sensible stuff, here's to the buskers!

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    www.snp.org SNP 2024 Manifesto: A Future Made in Scotland

    A vote for the SNP is a vote for independence. On July 4, vote for a future made in Scotland, for Scotland. Read the SNP’s 2024 General Election Manifesto.

    SNP 2024 Manifesto: A Future Made in Scotland

    Love the recognition of Palestine in here, and half of MPs sad to see, fptp really is abysmal, but given that was the same policy as last WM election: isn't this insane?

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    www.scotsman.com Inside vigilant Bulls camp ahead of Glasgow Warriors URC final - and the 50,000 reasons for backing

    South Africans ‘fell asleep’ last time they faced Warriors – but it will be different this time

    Inside vigilant Bulls camp ahead of Glasgow Warriors URC final - and the 50,000 reasons for backing

    Woah, a potential sell out will not be easy for Glasgow to overcome. Fingers crossed! C'mon Glasgow!

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    www.bbc.co.uk General election 2024: Labour suspends candidate over 'pro-Russian' post

    Andy Brown, standing in Aberdeenshire North and Moray East, is suspended by the party pending an investigation.

    General election 2024: Labour suspends candidate over 'pro-Russian' post

    Drosses potential replacement. Up to the SNP now then. I love how whomever knew about this waited until nominations were closed, quality shithousery. Whom else will see a suspension before they they see returns?

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    Wow, what a cashgrab. I wish they'd just announce six already. We should totally buy Hasbro and carve out Wizards as a community

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