China built a 40-story tower that banks wind power by hoisting giant concrete blocks, then dropping them when the grid needs juice. A skyscraper-sized battery with no lithium in it.

Apparently karma puts mayonnaise on its fries…

How Palestinians Are Building a Digital Archive That Can’t Be Erased - www.wired.com/story/how-pa... "Distributed backups, cyber resilience, and a half-million records are preserving Palestinian history beyond any single building or border." vital work

NEWS! Gianni Infantino to watch rest of World Cup from deep inside Donald Trump's colon newsthump.com/2026/07/06/g...

Happy "tRUMP Must Pay E. Jean Carroll $5.8 Million Dollars" Tuesday to all those who celebrate justice! 💰 👍 #Sexual-Assaulter-In-Chief

I was told to take out & replace the word "Jock" used as an insult by English characters to Scots as it would "confuse" American readers. In a fit of pique I changed every instance to "c**t" thinking they'd ask me to change back. They didn't, so the US edition became 10% more offensive!

I wonder what GDPR would have to say about ex-BrewDog founder James Watt using my email address to contact me about his new startup brewery business. Seems dodgy to me.

In this remarkable image of white supremicists on a subway train in Washington I see cowards afraid to show their faces and a strong woman who shouldn't have to put up with this shit. (Photo: Cheney Orr - Reuters)

Huge congratulations to @blacktopkid.bsky.social for receiving the @thecwa.bsky.social Ian Fleming Dagger for the brilliant King of Ashes! You can catch Shawn in Stirling on Saturday 19th September: bloodyscotland.com/event/denise...

Peter Mandelson – the great genius at the heart of New Labour. Dominic Cummings – the great genius at the heart of 'Leave'. Nick Timothy – the great genius at the.... Morgan McSweeney – the great genius.... Can we ban all alleged great geniuses and cast them into outer darkness forever?

A great blue heron fishes during twilight at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #SunriseSunset #QuietReflection #bird #birdphotography #ECK #birds #BirdsSeenln2026 #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

And the Short Story Dagger 2026 WINNER is… AMBROSE PARRY, for ‘The Apple Falls Not Far’ (Canongate) 🗡#CWADaggers

Mothin Ali is one of only a handful of politicians to acknowledge Lloyds debanking the Canary — none of whom are from Labour's 'soft' left

According to the Telegraph, AI  Data Centres can use up to 14 million litres of water a day. Although if you ask AI about it, it says ‘Yes, Bob Dylan won the World Cup in 1966'

No, this is NOT the location of all those book experts, crypto currency punters, phishers, smishers, fakers, takers and romancers. It's actually a picturesque glen. But wouldn't it be great if all those scammers were confined somewhere? We could cut off internet access and give us all peace.

Over the next few days we're going to highlight our McIlvanney Prize long-listed authors - starting with last year's winner. @tariqashkanani.bsky.social returns with The Hollow Boys and you can hear him talk about it on the 'Across the Pond' panel on Sat 19th Sept: bloodyscotland.com/event/across...

What the actual fuck? Who is advising these numbnuts? Do they not understand that the only growth from 'AI' is in the bank balances of US techbros? Meanwhile actually useful advances in the field, that don't require vast planet killing data centres, get overlooked.

Following a sustained attack on trans people, Labour has lost support from the wider LGBTQ+ community - as it should By @willem-moore.bsky.social

What's that you say? It's publication day for #TheViolentHour *and* you get a newsletter? Surely I am spoiling you all! mailchi.mp/f2e0f3733751...

To honor Canada Day, here are the 50 greatest Canadian artists of all time. 🇨🇦 bit.ly/4ayUoqB

We are delighted to have two books on this year's McIlvanney Prize longlist for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 🎉 A huge congratulations to @tariqashkanani.bsky.social, author of #TheHollowBoys, and Zoë Rankin, author of #TheVanishingPlace, on their nominations! @bloodyscotland.bsky.social

One of our favourite days here at Bloody Scotland HQ is when we unleash the McIlvanney Prize long-list - feast your eyes on this lovely bunch! That's your summer reading sorted. The winner will be announced on 18th September in Stirling: bloodyscotland.com/event/bloody...

From nowe on, calle it not "Gen A.I." Calle it kakomancy, the which doth signifye "crappye magique."

Don't judge a book by its cover and all that, but the way Shabana Mahmood always seems to be dressed as a cosplay Star Wars villain is very telling.

Weird how so called brexiters won't stop vacationing in the EU.

Oh nothing just KING OF ASHES at the New Obama Library in the Obama Center!

"Hence why WDUK has a filter to filter out their endless repetitive bollocks that tries to hijack the narrative and endless debates and discussions in groups and pages right across Social media.... " via We Demand UK

It's official: I am being promoted to Assistant Professor! @edinburghnapier.bsky.social

The CWA Daggers will be awarded this Thursday! If you have a ticket, we’ll see you there; if not, keep an eye on this account and the 🗡 #CWADaggers hashtag, and we’ll post live updates. Did you miss the shortlists? Watch them now:

A council meeting to debate scrapping West Norfolk's climate emergency was postponed because the chamber was too hot. Sometimes reality has impeccable timing. Our latest - Henry Durand reports

NEW: Boris Johnson failed to declare to parliament a gift of private jet flights from the same cryptobillionaire, Christopher Harborne who gave £5m to Nigel Farage, leaked documents reveal. New #HarborneReceipts investigation from @thenerve.news. 🔗 below 1/

Series recap with #TrevorWood!😍 Before you pickup your copy of #TheAngelOfDeath, the newest edition to the #DCIJackParker (OUT NEXT MONTH), here is a little refresher of the previous books in the series!❤️ PREORDER THE ANGEL OF DEATH NOW! 🔗https://geni.us/c80Xx #BookSky

By the way, since Aaron keeps opting to appear on GB News and other right-wing outlets, let me share my response when I was invited onto GB News because they saw one of my infographics. This is the only way you should treat fash scum. x.com/LeftieStats/... twitter.com/LeftieStats/...

Yesterday evening, one of the most unusual cloud formations in the atmosphere appeared above the Great Plains. Known as mammatus clouds, these pouch-shaped formations often develop after powerful thunderstorms and can transform the sky into something almost surreal.

⏳ Tick-tock, tick-tock… We can’t wait! 🤩👀 ⏳ Tic-tac, tic-tac… On a hâte ! 🤩👀 #TDF2026

Not sure how accurate these stats will be come next Thursday, when #TheViolentHour hits the shops. Have you pre-ordered your copy yet? jamesoswald.co.uk?page_id=1946

Just look at all the lovely events I have coming up, talking about Ghost Notes as well as 20 years as a published author. For tickets and more details, go here: dougjohnstone.com/events/ @orendabooks.bsky.social

BREAKING: #AlligatorAlcatraz is officially closed 🎉🎉🎉 We've reached a huge milestone in our fight against the mass detention center in the heart of the #Everglades: ICE announced it has removed all detainees from the cruelly named “Alligator Alcatraz,” and DeSantis confirmed it is closed.

so get rid of the damn software, then... #palantir

Congratulations to the winner and runner up of this year's @glencairnglass.bsky.social short story competition: bloodyscotland.com/blog/

Swamp thing

We're super chuffed that our podcast has been shortlisted in TWO categories at the Scottish Podcast Awards (Fiction & Drama and True Crime, Mystery & The Dark Stuff). We'll be getting the glad rags on for the ceremony on Thursday ;) scottishpodcastawards.scot

Roadsteamer MEME Warriors Anyone know where I can pick this book up?

Nice. Consumer group Which? Have named Ecotricity as an 'Eco Provider' for the sixth year running. Though it does seem odd to me that we need Which? to confirm this - or that anyone does..:)

"I hear you're sending me a seventh prime minister"

My neighbor told me Larry the Cat keeps eating his Prime Ministers so I asked how many PMs he has and he said he just goes to the House of Lords and gets a new PM afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding Prime Ministers to Larry the Cat and then his king started crying

Sealant Team Six guarding our vulnerable shores against Algae-Qeada, Algaetifa. And Algae Sharpton.

Leave voters compelled to pick fruit and veg in Lincolnshire for the rest of their lives.

*STOP PRESS**EXTRA EVENT ADDED* We'll be wrapping up the 2026 festival with one mighty fine closing event with VAL McDERMID & DENISE MINA at The Albert Halls on Sunday 20th September at 6pm. Tickets on sale NOW! bloodyscotland.com/event/in-con... @valmcdermid.bsky.social @damedenisemina.bsky.social