The idea that ME/CFS must be psychosomatic or de-conditioning because current testing could not identify a mechanism or marker is *precisely the same* reasoning error that leads to conspiracies like anti-vax or Q. This is complex & I don’t understand it, so it must be this thing I do understand.

Just got a haircut, and my lovely barber, a Turkish guy who employs 6 people, and has a wife who's an IVF technician, is shutting up shop and moving to another country because his Indefinite Leave to Remain is under threat by these venal, stupid, posturing politicians, left and right.

First snow of the year above Dreznica last night.

Anyone know why many of the country flags have been replaced by a black one? This is supposed to be the Scottish one🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I hope people will repost this Please respiratory-therapy.com/disorders-di... Kids are suffering

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

Greta Thunberg is the leader we should have. If you believe in her and the Flotilla. Please reply with Protect the Global Sumud Flotilla. They are the only ones with the coverage to stand up to Israel.

My splendid translator in France, Mikael Cabon, asked me to support an urgent campaign, launching today, opposing AI being used instead of people. I do so willingly, and feel same on behalf of audiobook readers and bookworld artists. I hope readers worldwide will show their agreement.

So exhausting..

It’s time for #independence #Scotland. The #union circus 🤡 is over. Time to send back the clowns. Time for the real show , time to live , time to prosper, time for the bairns , time to thrive. #scottishgoverment #snp #vote #independence #snp #snponscotlandsside #Yes #eu #nounion

list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep 1. The life and works of Dorothy Dunnett 2. The history of the Edinburgh Chess Club 3. SEO

Is it time for a British ship to be sent to aid the Flotilla and protect the British citizens on board? RT if is.

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"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits." www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

When Rishi Sunak made the Vaccine deal with Moderna as Chancellor, he had up to £530m invested in Moderna. Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up. Like if you want Mone on trial. RT if you want them both facing the music.

You saying that, Steve, reminded me of this passage from a book I read by Clive Ponting (yes, that Clive Ponting. Both that book on the Belgrano crisis and this one come *very* highly recommended). Belgium saved the UK from bankruptcy in 1941.

An actual quote from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’ Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'

@dunnettcentral.bsky.social I interviewed Dorothy many years ago-she was wonderful! www.wyso.org/show/book-no...

This was fun! We're so pleased with how they turned out!

The Labour Party has totally lost its soul.

#Dunnettcontent Thorfinn related

For years I've told my friends in my native Scotland how similar my adopted country of Slovenia is and how independence would offer Scotland the same benefits. I just watched www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqAE... and while there is some exaggeration and some disputed figures the message is clear.

Most hilarious and worrying thread of the week

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books. p.s. I have a new book of cartoons out soon: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

so true. Thank you for posting 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Yes! Let's go!!

Great to hear Anna Groundwater extolling Dorothy Dunnett's historical novels- and naming Anselm Adornes as a key figure connecting Scotland to Europe and beyond. DD's archive in NLS deserves much greater recognition ( and use) as a serious academic resource. manuscripts.nls.uk/repositories...

Literally shut OpenAI down right now. Just pull the fucking plug. #AbolishAi

#DunnettContent Thorfinn devotees may be interested in a this book due in November birlinn.co.uk/product/the-...

UK online safety law in practice.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Ofcom is letting GB News get away with calls to shoot disabled people and anti trans slurs because it's "in line with audience expectations for this channel". If the regulator won't regulate, then why do they exist? bylinetimes.com/2025/08/21/o...

Hi everyone! First still image from Greenland photo tours 😉. Hope you enjoy 🙂🧊⛵️

The Library of the Dukes of Burgundy: a centuries-old treasure now accessible online...

The conflagration would be of epic proportions!

Scottish Independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Welsh Independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 United Ireland 🇮🇪 RT if you agree.

Realised I haven't posted many Slovenia photos recently. The following are just phone snaps rather than proper SLR photos but I've been sending sunset pictures to a friend in the US who loves the scenery here.

#Dunnett connections on this short but interesting item. Anselm Adorne gets a mention.

The real answer here is to move to local storage. Buy your own hard drive, they aren't even expensive, and cancel all your stupid cloud services. Including and especially the AI ones. The market solution is for us to stop buying the garbage. Why won't we?

#Dunnettcontent - but Alastair this time rather than Dorothy. The story of the magazine he founded with lifelong friend Seumas Adam, who he would later canoe up the west coast with.

Sounds like it would interest @dunnettcentral.bsky.social !

I have had a several colleagues tell me about malware embedded in generative AI links their students put in essay bibliographies. Do not fuck around with this. Educate yourself about these technologies before signing away all tasks to them.

Since the majoity of fiction has some romantic content I suggest the majority of readers respond to this. You know what to do!

Catch Professor Jill Burke from HCA on the BBC podcast "You're Dead To Me" talking Renaissance beauty and make-up. Tune in now on BBC Sounds, edin.ac/4ft8bjP #History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Edinburghuniversity #Beauty #Makeup

Didn’t want to believe this was true. It’s true.

May be of interest to some #Dunnett readers who are interested in Scottish placenames.