@luketryl.bsky.social Hi Can't speak for other nations, but your MRP for Scotland looks odd. Like you, not a prediction, just as a nowcast, Southern uplands: Tory not SNP Posh rural Aberdeenshire, esp west: Tory not Reform Generally: too much Labour, too much Reform, not enough SNP, not enough Tory

A 'unity rally' at Glasgow’s Buchanan Street steps protesting against immigration was drowned out by counter protesters

Highly recommend The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet :-) Warm and cuddly sapphic romance with plenty of humour along the way.

Phots from my trip yesterday to (modern day) scientific research ship RSS Discovery, visiting #Dundee, with oil platform in the background. #Science #maritime #oil #gas #Scotland

Betteridge's law of headlines: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no"....

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Just for you info, Reece: it's not @TheGreenParty here, that's the other place.

Absolutely loving the genre of book called “my job is so soul-sucking that I’ve completely lost it”

Agree/ Disagree, @jameskellysgp.bsky.social analysis re. next UK Labour leader: 1) Re. Streeting & Burnham - agree. 2) Re. Miliband - disagree: his policies are driving up cost of energy in UK for both industry & residential usage, destroying jobs & making fuel poverty far worse. A Labour Liability.

🤔 Compare below with: 1) "new Scottish poll from More In Common ... seats projection from the poll is pretty extraordinary, showing the SNP on 61 seats", @jameskellysgp.bsky.social, who explains why 61 to majority MSPs is v.unlikely. 2) Others quoting same poll: SNP 63. ?? NB: X handles on Bsky 🙄

“Autumn leaves are like little gifts falling from the sky, making everything look magical.” – Unknown #autumnfeels #photography

Trouble is, Nate is right. Bsky enjoyed a very brief period window when it looked like politics debate here was going mainstream. The Irish elections last November offered a Bluesky plurality of contesting voices. But as discussions got more & more navel-gazing the breadth of topics & ppl shrunk.

Well done to Shabana Mahmood, richly deserved promotion

#Dundee wind turbines seen from #Ballumbie to the north of the city

Earlier today, Ballumbie woodland just to north of #Dundee, #Scotland

42% go for either Very Likely or Unlikely. 43% as above, but only Fairly 1 or the other. I think it's very uncertain. 2026 looks the big test year to me, with Scots & Welsh parly elections. If he can survive to 1st Jan 2027 as Lab Leader then my guess (& only that) is he's their Leader @ next GE.

@esghound.com do you also post re. $SOC here too?

Life for Palestinians in Gaza has gotten worse under Trump, not better. So where are Jill Stein and Cornel West now? They aren’t leading protests in DC outside the White House, no rallies. Almost like the whole 2024 thing was just performative.

Getting ready for Hallowe'en? Just 2 months to go...

Magadan: famous for the Gulag victims-commemorating Mask of Sorrow statue overlooking the town.

Crest of a soccer/ football team new to me this evening: Hibernians FC Paola #Malta. Hibernia = Latin name for #Ireland & #Hibernian is a Scottish (Edinburgh-based) football team. Plus, Dundee Hibernian is now Dundee United FC. Only the Maltese version features a lovely peacock, it must be said 😀

Labour have the support of barely ONE TENTH of Scottish voters in landmark Find Out Now poll - scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2025/08/labo...

#Sandcastle Broughty Ferry beach, Dundee, #Scotland earlier today pm. Not my work: congratulations on a great design & build!

"This doesn't make sense!" x 12: My reaction to the full text of John Swinney's independence strategy motion - scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2025/08/this...

The short and accurate answer is "No". Kate Forbes is excellent and her early political departure is a genuine tragedy.

Unfazed #cat 2nd storey building window ledge, #Dundee, #Scotland just now

Miliband is right and the sooner Labour dispenses with McSweeney the better. Attacking Farage by Starmer posturing like a Reform wannabe is an "interesting" strategy.

There's an online betting market for this (!), some may be doing it / trying to do it, having had a bet that it would done at the next one of these WNBA games: a sort of self-fulfilling $ gamble. Security at these venues now taking action (I am told) on spectators seeking to smuggle in the dildos.

Did someone say that it was #GreenSaturday? Here’s a photo taken last night in some nearby wetlands. Some sharp grasses and rose mallow border the pond, as well as the requisite cattails . #Nature #Wetlands #Water #Peace #GoldenHour #Photography #scape #eastcoastkin #ecology #BlueSkyArtShow #Jagged

Working from home.. 😅

Hardbacks just arrived! 😍 @starsandsabers.bsky.social Cover by @stephenembleton.bsky.social Pre-orders, www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-ng...

Peekaboo: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected...

Late to the party, but got my copy now 👍 Looking forwards to an entrancingly good @lindzmcleod.bsky.social tale.

I don’t share photos from my phone often but this post-storm sky this evening is spectacular! #Scape #EastCoastKin #iPhone #photography #WxSky #NJwx

56 Years Ago Today:

When will the crash happen? Soon enough for Reeves to take the blame. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07... Could Labour survive delivering the second major crash within twenty years? I doubt it.

Vibrant #Dundee colours, earlier today

For #caturday, I think this is Loðmundur who I met on my walk a couple of days ago, even though he was quite aways from his garden

Here’s a gift link for the article: wapo.st/43DKuRC

Thank you to my cousin Sam for the photo and suggested caption. Scotland vs Nepal cricket match, Dundee, earlier today: "Pitch invasion! Nepal won by 1 run on last ball!!" cc @paulmotty.bsky.social

Here in suburban Dundee: watching Scotland vs Nepal live at Forthill Sports Club, home of Forfarshire Cricket Club. cc @paulmotty.bsky.social

Screenshot from the other place. Just to make the obvious point: this won't remotely wind up the SNP nor its Leader. Logically, they should welcome it as it helps them hoover up would-be Labour voters.

Not my team, but I feel good for them & their supporters. @keiranpedley.bsky.social 🍺

‘Stories about McSweeney’s supposed political brilliance may have been somewhat over-egged’ - @adambienkov.bsky.social casts a long overdue light on Starmer’s chief adviser www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-foundi...

TBF, they haven't missed much

*crab-walked

Goals galore in the Italian Serie D (so, 4th tier of Italian football) game going on, where it is currently: "FC Guidonia Montecelio 1" 3 goals vs 4 goals for "S.S.D. Casarano Calcio", and No, I don't know these teams either. Who said Italian football was reliably low scoring? Ain't so.

7x as many Labour 2024 voters moving to Plaid, Lib Dems and Greens than to Reform, but Labour's obsession will almost certainly remain with trying to pick up Reform votes.

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Love 💚 this