Claire MacPherson (she/her)

Strategic Partnerships & Philanthropy Manager @children1st but this is a personal account (all views my own).

[KNEECAP @KNEECAPCEOL]

"Mo Chara’s real problem is that the message he put out landed. Working-class people aren’t meant to speak like this, organise like this, or connect struggles across borders like this. That’s what scares them.

While Mo Chara stands in the dock for allegedly waving a flag, those complicit in a genocide walk the streets untouched. Since October 2023, over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza – entire families erased, journalists targeted, children bombed in their beds.

More than 300 officials at the Foreign Office raised their concerns about Israel’s “stark … disregard for international law”. And yet, the UK government continues to greenlight arms deals and offer diplomatic cover. That’s not a performance. That’s a conscious policy decision. Made in Westminster, paid for by the taxpayer, and buried beneath silence.

They’ve tried this before. Give Ireland Back to the Irish – banned. Christy Moore – detained. The Pogues’ Streets of Sorrow – silenced for decades. And now, it seems to be Mo Chara – for turning protest into poetry, politics into art.

So here’s the question – the same one Pete Seeger asked, the same one Mo Chara asks now: Which side are you on?

👉https://t.co/qeb3usgoNl

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

It’s more important than ever to know exactly who Farage is 👇

[Claire MacPherson (she/her) @cm_macp]

@edinhelp This means 20 days of rats running riot from your response to them going out to assess. And if I hadn’t called they would not have been checking this park, which is used by small children day after day.

[Claire MacPherson (she/her) @cm_macp]

@edinhelp hi there, I’m looking for an email address for pest control as I’m getting an error message for this one: [email protected], and I wish to report a rat infestation next to a play park. Thanks.

[Claire MacPherson (she/her) @cm_macp]

@edinhelp I just called the pest team and they didn’t have this logged so that’s very disappointing. Said they had a job for the leisure centre; that is not the same as the play park next to Tesco, which the person I spoke to could not even locate on the map.

[Claire MacPherson (she/her) @cm_macp]

@edinhelp It’s the park on Gracemount Drive, next to the Tesco, just off Captains Road.

[Abier @abierkhatib]

Simon Harris- PM of Ireland is cooking here 🔥🔥🔥

[Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt]

Soooo… I watched 1992’s infamous GHOSTWATCH on @Shudder last night…

[Claire MacPherson (she/her) @cm_macp]

@mooray27 @weemadcow

[Sam O’Leary @mrSamOLeary]

Guys using a tea towel to portray women.

[María E Sanchez @mariaesanchez]

This is a story about how a reported antisemitism row involving comedian @reginalddhunter unfolded. If you've only read mainstream media you'll have a partial view. The story unravelled on social media and we now have much-needed context. It began with this in The Telegraph

[Cassetteboy @Cassetteboy]

With luck this should be our last anti-Tory video for a long long time

[Claire MacPherson (she/her) @cm_macp]

@mooray27 😨🤮��
It’s not right without the Josh Kirby cover.

[Taj Ali @Taj_Ali1]

The abstract freedom of the working class.

Scottish trade unionist Jimmy Reid debates Kenneth Williams (1973)

[Humanists UK @Humanists_UK]

Humanism is six words!

🎄🎅🎁❄️🎊🧦

[Claire MacPherson (she/her) @cm_macp]

Wholesome

[Fesshole🧻 @fesshole]

My dog loves people. But when I am walking my dog and a kid comes up to the dog, I mention to the parent that my dog hates strangers and I am surprised that his taking a liking to the child. Seeing a big grin on the child's face always makes my day.

[Claire MacPherson (she/her) @cm_macp]

Focused.

[Scottish SPCA 🐾 @ScottishSPCA]

🐷 Kevin Bacon came into our care back in 2020 and became a social media star!

He’s been in his new home for over two years, and loves attention and pets.

So many different animals come into our centres. First time rehomer? Visit our website for advice: https://t.co/zVUB2b24OG

[Edinburgh Castle @edinburghcastle]

The Castle will be lit up in purple this evening for World Pancreatic Cancer Day. 💜

#MISSED @pancanscot