“When all this is over I mean / to travel north...” ~ ‘Lochan’, a beautiful #poem by Kathleen Jamie 🍃 Our #Scotland issue, co-edited by Kathleen, is available here: irishpages.org/product/vol-...

A VERY impressive film made made by Nancy Falchikov and friends. Jawbone Walk and Ravaged Hearts are on the soundtrack. My friend @gjmichaelson.bsky.social also involved, hence I got to hear about it. Pirates, music, mermaids! vimeo.com/1167355710

@ruthaylett.bsky.social @amendlocke.bsky.social 1897 automaton film! www.npr.org/2026/02/28/n...

Glasgow launch of my collection of political poems, Shouting in the Tunnel, March 12th, 6.30, Mount Florida Books. Happy to read almost anywhere! @ByLeavesWeLive @scottishbooks @Glasgow_Live @Glasgow_Times @UofGlasgow #writing #poetry #books

AI panopticon. BBC News - Burger King AI bot will check up on staffs' please and thank yous - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sounds amazing

@pittsmike.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social Does anyone remember a BBC 1, 10 part series from 1964, called: Advance. Prehistoric man's first steps in technology?

@amendlocke.bsky.social @pictcon.bsky.social BBC News - Orbital space race heats up in Arctic north www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lucky Rose Tatoo, Edinburgh @chrisbstringer.bsky.social @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social

At times, in those last few months, he would think of a word and he had to remember the tree, or the species of frog, the sound denoted… —John Burnside, “The Last Man to Speak Ubykh“ published in the @lrb.co.uk, August 2002 #poem #poetry #MotherLanguageDay www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v2...

@theduncanmackay.bsky.social BBC News - Ancient bone may prove legendary war elephant crossing of Alps www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The @newscientist.com Book Club read the #scifi masterpiece THE PLAYER OF GAMES by Iain M. Banks. In this video, Iain’s friend & fellow author @amendlocke.bsky.social discusses Iain’s schooldays, his literary influences, & his idea for a final Culture novel 11/13 💙📚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7OW...

Hi, good people. You know what to do. Thank you.

@amendlocke.bsky.social Very on point.

@urbanprehistorian.bsky.social @chrismanias.bsky.social @archaeologyuk.bsky.social In 1986, the ILN editor wrote of the 70s: life style magazines were going from strength to strength. These magazines tended to concentrate on discriminating travel, food, fashion, nature subjects, archaeology etc

BBC News - AI coding platform's flaws allow BBC reporter to be hacked www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News - AI safety leader says 'world is in peril' and quits to study poetry www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@pictcon.bsky.social @amendlocke.bsky.social BBC News - Scottish rocket firm Orbex set to appoint administrators www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@theduncanmackay.bsky.social BBC News - Ancient Roman altars found in Scotland to go on display www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@ruthaylett.bsky.social @josstified.bsky.social petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

@ruthaylett.bsky.social Raspberry Pi selling AI accelerator add on powered by Israeli chips from Hailo.

@prehistoricsociety.bsky.social Is there a Bluesky group for discussing prehistoric art?

The Caiy Stane, Edinburgh @stoneclub.bsky.social #StandingStoneSunday

@amendlocke.bsky.social Detailed comparative analysis of US & EU finances and wealth. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-wi...

BBC News - Is China quietly winning the AI race? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@theduncanmackay.bsky.social BBC News - Margam park Roman villa find could be 'Port Talbot's Pompeii' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

But NEO and Eggie have a secret weapon - they are being controlled by human operators. This is the thing the promotional videos don't show - and something that the Silicon Valley companies we visited are keen to downplay. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

FOI requests show that in 2024/2025, payments to individual finders & landowners for 'Treasure' rewards cost us £7,280,321.26 1/2 bigbookoftorcs.com/2026/01/11/t... #Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺

@stoneclub.bsky.social @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social

@chrismanias.bsky.social @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social

Someone just reminded me that as we are now in 2026, we are in the future the iconic, 1920s classic Metropolis was set in. Meanwhile the far-future world of the original Blade Runner is now seven years in our past... #film #cinema #History #Histoire #ScienceFiction #Metropolis

@tessmachling.bsky.social Pointless...

@amendlocke.bsky.social In the future, we will all travel in hover cars.

A good read for the shortest day, with @ruthaylett.bsky.social from @stairwellbooks.bsky.social www.stairwellbooks.co.uk/product/sols...

@amendlocke.bsky.social @edinburghsff.com @gsfwc.bsky.social It looks like the SF Site is no more. It's not on the Wayback Machine. Does anyone know if it's archived somewhere?

BBC News - Roomba vacuum cleaner firm files for bankruptcy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@ianpaulwright.bsky.social Weird Generalization and Inductive Backdoors: New Ways to Corrupt LLMs arxiv.org/pdf/2512.09742

How to erect "mysterious Stonehenge" from the Illustrated London News, August 1924. Pleasingly, from a book by E. H. Stone. @stoneclub.bsky.social #StandingStoneSunday

BBC News - Hundreds of items stolen in 'high-value' Bristol Museum raid - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Illustrated London News 1958. From the fencing behind the car, this might be during the renovations. @stoneclub.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social #StandingStoneSunday

14 women were shot to death at Université de Montréal’s École Polytechnique #Canada #OTD 6 Dec 1989. 12 were engineering students. Thirteen others were injured. The shooter - who died by suicide - claimed he was ‘fighting feminism’. #RIP en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89c...

@theduncanmackay.bsky.social BBC News - Golden Balls: Wigan's controversial 30ft nude gladiator returns - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...