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I love these. and I’m horrified too. He doesn’t seem to be on bsky but is on insta

This will be utterly fantastic

UGHHH!! I stopped purchasing from Am@zon over a year ago for so many reasons. I did not know other companies use them for shipping! Boots Photo now have to go on my list!

It's Mobile Libraries Day! #MobileLibrariesDay2025 Today we celebrate the vital library services on wheels throughout Scotland. Sadly today's weather means Leona can't get out west, but we will have the big van outside HQ this morning, if anyone would like to take a look inside!

yes. this is exactly what i needed to see.

when I say my heart melted to be presented with this to put up on the display shelf…

What’s your favourite song about the rain? youtu.be/lvd4YG8cnq0?...

and in UK and other countries, authors get lending rights!

What fresh fuckery is this??

Opposing genocide is the moral duty of our time. Yet Palestine Action activists have been held in prison for over a year without trial. Six are now on hunger strike. Detaining peaceful protesters under counter-terror powers is indefensible. This is political imprisonment in all but name.

Oh my goodness! that was fun!!

Off to @gaada.bsky.social this morning with a bag full of potential print matter! #AmIAnArtist?

Noticing 10.11.25 More Mould

Hello, this is Didymium spongiosum, also rather unfortunately called "the dog sick slime." It resembles the "dog VOMIT slime" (see the two lower photos below), which are closely related, but are in different genera.

Noticing 9.11.25 a slime mould? - seen so much of it of late in Bressay

. This story is heartbreaking and I can imagine it’s not going to be the only time it happens. Stop giving AI all your power & magic

I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today. Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...

A wee balm for the soul today. I needed a “cleanse”

Oh yes, Mark Steel's in toon da night - be sure to tune in and hear what he makes of the good folk of Lerwick! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Furry seal skin AND tiny Icelandic manuscripts! www.sciencenorway.no/cultural-his... www.icelandreview.com/news/rare-15...

A film I’ve seen more than 7 times is any film i’ve liked, because rewatching is the best way to regulate my nervous system (which i suspect is the same for many) but in the spirit of the thing…

i just made an incredible sauce from cooking down peppers, onion tomato & garlic with oregano cumin & paprika and had it with chicken & rice . if this is my last night on this mortal coil, I’m really delighted with my lot & that was the sauce on top!

actual footage of me this morning. I AM SO TIRED. Off to a creative workshop and fear i have no creative energy left. Really want to go though, if i can get up!

I find it astounding that content creators- some very high profile and working to give voice to marginalised folk- find it absolutely ok to use substack. when i’ve asked about their feelings on this subject the comment either disappears or goes unanswered

This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true. _This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure. https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Because people think you're a bitch if you don't. See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.

when you deeply respect the boundaries of a kindred due to their need for big healing and you also miss them to shalmileens

my clock change tip: if you don’t have any time planned activities today, then change the clock at a juncture today that suits you. Yes, you read that correctly. Bend that hour to your will. Some phones wil change automatically but uou can change it back til ready to change all clocks to GMT

In Scots it’s ‘hurcheon’ which has a similar sound. Incidentally there is no Shetland word for hedgehog, because it’s an introduced species but i feel even these ought to have a dialect name!

constantly terrified that people are trusting AI and not checking sources or challenging responses. Just been on another platform where a local history q was asked. someone posted an AI response which was entirely wrong. when challenged they said “i just posted the answer i got. I’m not a historian”

Noticing 23.10.25

a lovely sight to see this lunchtime. Halos around the sun were often portents of bad weather but who knows!

“At a junction you should give way to pedestrians crossing or waiting to cross a road into which or from which you are turning.” From the Highway Code UK, Rule H2. Just leaving this here because as a pedestrian I've realised too many drivers have no clue about this legal requirement!

Well! Philip Pullman & @libro.fm if you know how loud i squealed when i saw the notification this morning - Volume 3 - The Rose Field is out!!

Just realised there was a yarn festival on in the city I was in this weekend. There was a time I would have been one of the first to queue up for these kinds of things. Going from Knitter with a capital K, to a very occasional, lowercase knitter has been an interesting flex

Ready for @holliemcnish.bsky.social at oran mòr! i put a spare (FREE) ticket on the door so , if you motor, you’ll make it!

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on. Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights. Block, and move on. This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

Ahhh bums! i think my favourite shawl has fallen off in Luss. If you happen to be in #Luss and you find it, please let me know. I can tell you the pattern, the yarn, and even where the sheep who gave the wool came from!

New view for a couple of days to help with creative thinking

Right! I’ve just come out of a scottish airport to be met with a massive poster promoting BBC’s Guilt. Is there going to be a new series??

If any “not that kind of guy”s need a tiny tip to make women feel more safe - dont block them in. Be aware of the space you take up. guy had a pick of 4 seats and decided to drag a chair & block me in. made joke about not letting me out. he regretted that.

I had the kind of sleep anyone with an early alarm to catch an early flight might

This is why i ask for book tokens for birthdays or tell people to buy my bookish gifts from a charity shop. I don’t want Amazon getting my money or yours

These are as tasty as they look! This is the second time in a week our staff have received beautiful homegrown tomatoes from a cusomer. How lucky are we? Library folks, what’s the nicest thing a kind customer has brought for your staff?

I continue to be terrified about access to fact.

Diane Keaton died. She stood behind Woody Allen and his work in spite of the numerous allegations, not giving much of a shit to his creepy behavior. So while she was tremendously talented. Diane Keaton died.

This morning’s task was to sort patterns recently printed by Roberts&Rose (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿A0 printer rec) Ashton top & falconer pants by @helenscloset.bsky.social & @sewliberated.bsky.social Arenite pants. Plotting an Ashton/Arenite Terry Pj set

Post you from a different era Hanging out on the estate with my bairn circa 1983