A truly wonderful evening the following night in Glasgow too - the Mahler 1 was magnificent! www.edinburghmusicreview.com/reviews/zvz5...

Nothing has been learned. Cleaning air, masks?

EXCLUSIVE: A Glasgow refugee has urged Nigel Farage to stop playing 'dirty games' by picking on children who speak different languages 🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

Hopefully the growth of fluency in other languages will increase as Gaelic medium education grows. We already have Àrd-sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu 😊 'S e amadan a th' aige.

Yesterday in the C'gorms 😀 Though I spend the whole year eagerly anticipating days like this, even when they actually happen I'm still taken aback at how beautiful & uplifting they are 😆 In the depths of winter, when brightness is in short supply, snowfields under a blue sky are a shot in the arm 😎

Every now & again, it's useful to say why I do all these eel history tweets. Mostly, it's because eels need our help. They're critically endangered, seeing a c.90% drop in population in the last decades. But it's hard to get people to care! 'Cause...eels are gross & slimy. 1/2 🗃️🧪

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Massive decline in Cairngorms National Park Peregrine population linked to intensive grouse moor management – Raptor Persecution UK raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/30/m...

I timed my arrival on the plateau for around 12, and sure enough, the fog started to lift around the same time 👍 Within 20 mins or so it had COMPLETELY gone! The wind vanished too. An astonishingly quick transformation.

It’s what the English Empire always did: ransack its colonies.

Very sad news.

Every time living standards fall, Nigel Farage blames migration. And every time, Keir Starmer nods along. People are struggling with the cost of living and blaming migration won’t fix that. Scotland deserves better - a fairer, wealthier, welcoming future with independence.

What do these corporations have in common? Netflix Ford Tesla T-Mobile Duke Energy DISH Network Metlife Dominion Energy United States Steel In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes. This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: Pine marten Hedgehog Mountain hare Wolf Red squirrel

Meanwhile... we could have seen this coming: Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS > Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

England may have sold it's water to foreign billionaires. Scottish water is still state owned (and doing much better).

Satellite-tagged Hen Harrier 'Circe' disappears in suspicious circumstances in Moorfoot Hills, south Scotland raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/20/s...

A huge step for rewilding in the Highlands 🌲 #GlenAffric NNR - one of Scotland’s most iconic and beautiful glens - has officially joined @affrichighlands.bsky.social, the UK’s largest #rewilding landscape. Read the full story 👉 affrichighlands.org/news/glen-af...

First proper snowy woodland walk of the winter. Magic.

Some good news on rivers from Scotland. www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/article/7573...

It's that magical time of the year again! Our winter lights are officially on in the Cloisters ✨

@dieworkwear.bsky.social I don't know if you are able to watch the drama series Vienna Blood? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_... I have just finished and the clothes are absolutely gorgeous. It is set in the early 1900s and the male lead is very stylish.

Remember this? Fox News tried going after Denmark's social safety net. This Danish politician's legendary fact check shows us all how it’s done. Via @nowthisimpact.bsky.social x.com/nowthisnews/...

A really interesting read. Here’s a couple of screenshots of the paper by E J Blane showing locations of poisoning incidents,

Well, indeed. “The Social Democrats have shifted rightward politically..This was a cynical strategic manoeuvre to avoid losing voters to the far right, but it seems, based on polling, that all they have done is prime their own voters to join the far right rather than stay with the Social Democrats.”

A detailed examination of how weak the new Land Reform Bill is likely to be in practice. The only thing I'd add is that if Scotland had implemented @thecommonweal.bsky.social's Property Tax, this is estate could owe a little under £159,000 per year for its land. www.commonweal.scot/policies/tax...

Intrigued that the Labour Party has a Denmark policy - seize jewellery and assets from asylum seekers - and also an anti-Denmark policy - don’t tax middle earners enough to support welfare state.

The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite and please remember this - the ECHR is much more than a treaty. It’s a quiet promise - a shield against abuse of power, a lifeline for the vulnerable, a declaration of who we are as a nation

Come on ScotGov, this is unforgivable - and stupid! Funding for paths, etc, has always been part of the agricultural funding farmers could bid for, since 2005. It’s a tiny proportion of the overall farming budget. If land managers can’t get £££, why should they pay for this public good themselves? 😡

Leaving those who flee persecution or their kids in limbo- either when making a claim or when they try to rebuild lives- is not just cruel. It’s counterproductive to integration & costly to all. Asylum reform needs to be both effective & ethical. And those of us not frightened to fight for it.

Wildlife photographer and naturalist Hamza Yassin will be on BBC Countryfile this Sunday 16th November at 5.25pm, helping to release Scottish wildcats in the Scottish Highlands 🐈👇 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mfjl

Scotland has 3 322 district nurses and England has shockingly only 4 000 for more than TEN TIMES the population talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/13/s...

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Our dogs' diversity can be traced back to the Stone Age - www.bbc.com/news/article...

Daisy Cooper, "If we're going to have an honest conversation about tax, let's also have an honest conversation about growth" "Brexit has been a disaster for this country" "Brexit has wrapped up small businesses in red tape" "For growth.. A UK-EU Customs Union"

NEW The letter the BBC could send back to Trump A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim By me. Enjoy. emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...

Ooooooh www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

Scottish visa is being blocked by Labour Westminster government, it's not a devolved matter. 🙄 #IndyScot

You might have thought Question Time was biased. But you never realised how much. UKIP never even had a single MP.

Such a key point about cutting back on language provision - it’s not good for science and it’s not good for growth www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

And the Tories and Reform are waging a constant campaign to nullify this in one way or another and take despotic control Their voters are putting their own heads in the noose @telegraphnews.bsky.social @thetimes.com @the-independent.com @bbc-politics.bsky.social

New: 94% of Lewis and Harris applications to FFIS scheme rejected as 'ineligible' In Skye 80% were blocked - and 74% in Uist The scheme was supposed to show 'priority' to young island crofters and farmers www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...

Labour must address that a 'possible £30 billion shortfall' in the Autumn Budget is directly linked to the £30bn per year lost to Brexit, Scotland’s Finance Secretary has said 👇

Rivers are rather high in #cockermouth today.

With #BonfireNight around the corner, it's important to remember that pre-prepared stacks of wood can look like cosy hibernation spots for wildlife 🦔😴 Here are our three tips to help you make your bonfires more wildlife friendly. Please save & share! 😄 Check your bonfires before you light them. 🔥

This is VERY good news - the massive loophole that allows grouse moor owners & their gamekeepers to avoid sanction for killing birds of prey is about to be closed. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime Discussion at @revivecoalition.bsky.social conf this w/e raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/03/b...

And bookshop.org is quick and efficient and lets you choose which local bookshop your order supports.