"What Enoch Powell says today, the Conservatives say tomorrow, and Labour legislates the day after - we've got an immigration minister targetting children and tweeting 'deport, deport, deport'... isn't this just a desperate attempt to triangulate with Reform?" www.thenational.scot/news/2562916...

the reddest of red flags are people who excuse predatory behavior against children. If your family members are doing this currently in order to protect their political party I hope you never leave your children around them ever again. They are revealing who they are, and you should believe them.

Woke up thinking about Onibaba (1964). What a film. Two women survive in warring feudal Japan by tricking and murdering samurai, and stealing their belongings. But when someone gets between the two women, the eldest tells of an evil curse that may be on them both... Machete's way up for this one.🔪🔪

Tapestry created by women of the Otomi people of central Altiplano (Mexican Plateau) region of Mexico #womensart

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Dette Allmark's Scottish Opera: a Drawn Perspective is on display until November 22nd at Festival Theatre.

I quite liked the glimpses of the painted mural on the wall behind the glass windows of the Festival Theatre.

Dette Allmark's Scottish Opera: a Drawn Perspective is on display until November 22nd at Festival Theatre.

Scottish Opera: a Drawn Perspective is on display until November 22nd at Festival Theatre.

It looks weird but Luo Han Guo tea is the bomb. It's called 'monkfruit' in English, I guess for its healing properties. I was quite congested when I woke today. Put one of these little dried pods into a mug of boiling water, let it brew. Drank it down (it's naturally sweet). Throat all clear!

Artist Esben Hanefelt Kristensen

Danish artist Esben Hanefelt Kristensen is known for his incredibly intricate paintings filled with colorful birds and Scandinavian inspired flora and fauna. His pieces are delicately drawn across canvases, unfolding a whole new world that's almost hidden in the complexity of the pictures.

Anyone who watched the Scotland match will understand.

Link to story of publisher Noel Carrington www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The story of the Puffin picture books so beloved of generations of children - now a full exhibit of all of the original titles will be going on show. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/

I really believe this

Scottish Opera's 'The Bear' was also great fun! Based on a piece by Chekov, and featuring the same luvely tenor from L'heure Espagnole as the bear-like rent collector outdone by a feisty widow.

Well, it's official, I'm smitten. I loved Scottish Opera's laugh-out-loud comedic opera L'heure Espagnole, and like Señora Torquemada, I fell for the charms of the muleteer (played by tenor Daniel Barrett). Absolute fun!

Warning: Contains Language 😆

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The first edition of the newsletter for the emerging community at Powderhall. Those of us with long memories will recall when this area was Edinburgh's waste processing site - the stables where the horses that pulled the rubbish carts once slept are being converted into an art & community centre.

Scotland is just bursting at the seams with talent! Here are some of the Scottish BAFTA award winners. www.facebook.com/share/14Sw15...

I've discovered a source for sugar-free pumpkin spice latte syrup for my coffee and I'm a very happy camper. 😄

It’s kinda wild the President is openly corrupt, Nazi sympathizing, and very likely a pedophile—and most Republicans in Congress are still willing to ignore the Constitution whenever he asks.

For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable. A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.

This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

It's that time of year, fellow whisky lovers! The tree is up at The Vaults in Leith, home of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

Neo-Liberalism, Trickle-down economics, Thatcherism or whatever you call it really has more in common with fundamentalist religion than anything else.

Today was the annual Mariner's Service at South Leith Parish Church. For 81 years they've held this memorial for those who have lost their lives at sea, in peacetime or in war, transporting passengers and provisions across the globe. In the UK, over 90% of everything we use comes from abroad.

In case you didn't know the precise mechanism of feline-based emotional therapy, here it is.

That doc looks so spruce

We're headed into the holiday season, so two things to know: - The only items in the store that are more expensive due to tariffs are: two leather bookmarks. The other 2,100 gift items and 47,000 books haven't gone up. thehauntedbookshop.com - A trip to a local bookshop is a present in itself 📚❤️

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A Labour Party has jettisoned plans to increase taxes on unearned income - disproportionately enjoyed by the wealthy - and is increasing them instead on the earned income of normal people. What a shocking indictment.

NEW POEM ALERT! got a couple new ones in the latest issue of @lamplitmag.bsky.social. Here's the lamp-iest one :)

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Golden aisle #scape #forestfriday #japanesegardens #gibbsgarden #eastcoastkin #autumn #fall

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Musical nerdery

The days of thanking veterans today and forgetting them tomorrow has to come to an end.

It's official: 2015-2025 are the 11 warmest years on record . With the global temperature 1.42°C above pre-industrial levels, we are living through the consequences of inaction. Every fraction of a degree matters. #GlobalWarming #ClimateAction

“When we enlisted in the military, we were proud to serve our country. We never imagined that, after our service, we would have to fight for our own healthcare.” @tennesseelookout.com

Jesus H.! 🤯