oh boy this is gonna get a lot of use in the group chats

What time’s this rapture planned for tomorrow then, I’ve got a management call scheduled for the afternoon and wondering if I can sack off preparing for it in the morning.

Living outside the US, my only cultural encounter with today’s culture war topic was watching the movie Airplane! very young, and hearing the camp tower controller describe the plane as looking like a great big Tylenol. Really disappointing to find out what that actually meant later in life.

Was just thinking about going to bed because it was getting dark, and then remembered it’s now autumn and it’s actually only like 8pm 💀 Still might though

Almost half of #ThePerimeterBook —4,481 km (40%)—was in Scotland. Next week I’m thrilled to bring the journey back to Alba with illustrated talks at five Scottish venues thanks to the @royalscotgeosoc.bsky.social . 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⛺️📷Tickets here: linktr.ee/quintinlake

*clears throat* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Their debut album dropped on Friday, and its a good one youtu.be/RoZmxe8le_k

Boomers love to announce ‘cup of chai’ to anyone in earshot before they stand up from their desk.

Been really going out to bat the the humble semicolon in the last couple of months; peppering it into workpacks and technical reports and emails. Not even 100% sure every usage has been grammatically correct; they’re just so fun to use!

Low key goated track when the vibe is sitting in the dark reflecting on a crappy day youtu.be/Ksx70r1T2W8

One of those days where I can’t even hide from my emails by making a cup of tea for too long, because one of my team won’t take the hint and keeps trotting along behind me whenever after I leave my desk

I don’t pay a lot of attention to landscape photography but I’ll always make time for a new Alex Burke blog post: www.alexburkephoto.com/blog/2025/9/...

Done

imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.

Saw a red squirrel dart across the car park and up a tree outside the flat this morning. 🤩 Turns out there’s been a very successful campaign to eradicate invasive greys in the city the last few years scottishsquirrels.org.uk/squirrel-sig...

Shot, chaser Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

It looks like Jeff Bridges’ two books of filmset widelux photography are to be reprinted. Wouldn’t mind getting a copy of vol 1, I have vol 2 and it’s terrific for compositional ideas for swing lens cameras. www.jeffbridges.com/books

Cádiz is gorgeous. Other people seem to think so too, as there are three huge cruise ships moored up in port. Happily, it is still buffet breakfast time, so their passengers have not yet penetrated the old town. Coming across the cathedral from a narrow calle is quite something. #Schengen200

In what’s been described as ‘an unnecessary escalation’, I have completed my first parkrun. Didn’t realise you don’t find out your time til later in the day, but surprised myself staying mid-pack and not straggling at the rear. And didn’t spew on the finish line! Two runs left on the #couchto5k.

STARMER: hey I'm appointing this close friend of the world's most notorious paedophile to be US ambassador :) BRITISH PRESS: ok :) [One year later] BRITISH PRESS: wait a minute

All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes

How do you answer your phone?

@jase-film.bsky.social is cooking up some mad shit over on IG www.instagram.com/stories/jase...

Meanwhile at Trump’s golf course in Aberdeen, Scotland 🔥

This is good. I think it’s a Neil Young cover? youtu.be/XT6Gey2gXas

A cool guy from the archives collection let me past the barrier to the top of the staircase at this year’s doors open day, so maybe I’ve got a do-over on last year’s imperfect shot

Got a load of senior managers in the office this morning making sure they meet every single person

Hei hei from the Hvalross in Vardø, a fish port on a butterfly-shaped island in the Barents Sea, starting point for the #Schengen200 adventure. Schengen is 40 in 2025 and we’re attempting the longest point-to-point journey within it, by public transport, in about 200 hours. bsky.app/profile/poli...

Photo by Elliot Erwitt

Five runs left to complete the Couch to 5k, then I can start on the lesser-known 5k to Couch program.

Archival footage like this of a place that no longer exists is the kind of ref you should just let wash over you and watch it when it suddenly appears in your recommendation like this just did for me. A Space is not just how it looks but its how its used and the people that do so and their history.

I know it's #WWHFPD day TODAY !! But I just wanted to post these as I think @nemofishy.bsky.social would like to see them, well hopefully anyway 🤞 📷 Nikon F3 - Color Skopar 28mm f2.8 🎞️ Ilford Delta 400 - D23 #BelieveInFilm #filmphotography

@aberdeencc.bsky.social are starting to migrate their EV charging from ChargePlace Scotland to EZO, but buried at the bottom of the press release quietly announce that rates for DC charging are about to skyrocket over 50% from the current 47p/kWh tariff 😠. www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/news/migrati...

Aberdeen Doors Open Day is back on the 6th/7th of September, and there seems to be more places taking part than any year since before the pandemic. I’m hoping to knock a few of the lesser visited ones off my list this year, the Thai temple is top of my list. www.doorsopendays.org.uk/find-a-build...

Modern Megalith II Wista 45 Schneider-Kreuznach 90mm f8 @ilfordphoto.com Delta 100 #believeinfilm #largeformatfridays

Modern Megalith Wista 45 Schneider-Kreuznach 90mm f8 @ilfordphoto.com Delta 100 #believeinfilm #largeformatfridays

I think I must have accidentally bundled a teatowel I only use in the darkroom into the wash with a bunch of regular towels yesterday, because all my towels now smell faintly of fixer 😬

hills day. Maybe a little heavy on the tilt, who can say… Wista 45 Nikkor-W 210mm f5.6 @ilfordphoto.com Delta 100 #believeinfilm #largeformatfridays

Still working through the Tall Ships Aberdeen 2025 photos. Have a pair of images from the Monday afternoon, Shabab Oman II was the only one open to visitors while other vessels trained their new trainees ready for departure the next day, so the crew put on a little performance for the crowds.

Would 1000% have gone along to this if my local paper bothered to mention literally anything about the event BEFORE it happened

Caught Stealing was a fun original movie, we should be allowed more fun original movies.

Alaska, two weeks ago: the presidential security detail desperately tries to coax Donnie down off a tall wardrobe he’s climbed onto; he’s (weirdly) hissing like a cat and swiping at anyone who tries to grab the polonium-laced Big Mac just presented to him by the russian delegation.

*gently to my cat*: you cant be a little fucker. You have to be good. No more being a little fucker. *My cat, purring*: the Being a Fucker hour draws near

Bought a pair of running trainers that actually fit, lads this is a game changer

This ship is following me around I’m sure