[Link] Jellyfish Keep Attacking Nuclear Power Plants

Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com

Jellyfish are continuing to clog the cooling intake pipes of a nuclear power plant in Scotland, which has previously prompted a temporary shutdowns of the plant.

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[Link] Scotland to trial a four-day week

Read: 1/9/2021 www.bbc.com

Getting back to work is going to take some time, partly through resistance from office workers. Returning to where we were more than 18 months ago seems highly unlikely.

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[Link] Johnson makes ‘unbelievably crass’ joke about Thatcher closing coal mines

Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

On a visit to Scotland on Thursday, the prime minister made a number of provocative comments, stating that a second referendum on Scottish independence is “about as far from the top of my agenda as it is possible to be”.

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[Link] Racists told ‘stay away’ from Ben Nevis after banner unfurling

Read: 4/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

Racists have been warned to stay away from Ben Nevis after a far-right group unfurled a “white lives matter” banner at the top of Scotland’s highest mountain peak on Sunday.

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