Hazy start this morning has been followed by a hazy day. Happy hump day BlueSky.

The farmer has installed a fence, single strand with insulators so I assume electric? I'm not sure if it's to keep me out or the brassicas in. Hope your day is more promising than mine BlueSky.

back to work after two weeks away from it all. My laptop was very unhappy about being switched back on this morning. Lovely to see that absolutely nothing has improved with the world after two weeks of me ignoring it. I hope you have a great week BlueSky.

My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!

Two Roman cavalry swords, a settlement and a villa. Don't think it'll catch on as a film title ;) #FindsFriday #archaeology 🏺 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Happy Friday everyone. TIL that on the other side of the river they bail the silage rather than trailer it away.

👏👏👏Well said Alexei

#OnThisDay 1899 Cambrian Railways goods guard Thomas Thomas was injured at #Abermule, #Wales. He fell off a wagon, whilst riding on its brake. He was off work for 3 days - but it could so easily have been a lot more serious. #Railway200

🔴 EXCLUSIVE: Information kept secret for years on radioactive problems at the Clyde nuclear bomb bases is to be released to the public, after Scotland’s freedom of information watchdog said it threatens “reputations” not national security.

He was never wrong.

The Tay. I think about 1.2km wide here, the narrowest point and where the tide is fastest. You can hear a bull roaring in the fields in Fife and deer swim the river here.

Good morning

Morning!!

Cool and still start to the day here in the Cree valley. I expect it will be just as warm and sunny later as it was yesterday. Have a good one BlueSky, nearly there.

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It was 7 years ago today that we lost Peter Firmin; (Oliver Postgate had died 10 years before). This is to remember them both

Rain in the distance today, no doubt we'll get our share. Nice and cool but I've still got the doors open. Happy hump day BlueSky.

Support for Israel's actions is not normal. Feeling compassion for the plight of Palestinians is. No amount of wailing and gnashing from the UK press will change that.

It’s a little cooler here on Loch Long in Argyll Scotland ☔️ Have a wonderful evening everyone 💙 #heatwave #Scotland #StormHour

Warming up fast here. Going to be a glorious day. Have a good one BlueSky.

This post sums up my thoughts. Words seem to get more media coverage and criticism from the Labour Government than the atrocities happening on a daily basis in the Middle East.

Sunrise. Mt. Hood in the distance. October 2024. 🧡🩵

In the end they will try to lock up every brown person in the country, whether they are a citizen or not. He will sign an executive order declaring himself president for life and the Supreme Court will uphold it 6-3. They will leave you no choice. They think so little of you.

It's pleasantly warm here with no direct sunshine. I've a busy week before the holidays begin in earnest. Taking time off just isn't something my employer seems geared up for in my case. I fully predict something will go horribly wrong as soon as I'm away from my laptop.

This should be obvious. Imagine the fuss if Sinn Féin ran candidates in London and Liverpool, called themselves English Sinn Féin even though they were funded in NI and wouldn't shut up about how crap England was.

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It was all a lie. They are removing the safety net that we all pay for in the hope that we'll never have to use it and justifying their cruelty with the lie that it's getting out of hand. Monsters.

Like the aircraft carriers and our nuclear subs these are next to useless except in a joint strike configuration with the USA. The UK have always been and will forever be America's bitch. Why are you no yes yet?

Cool refreshing rain. Still warm enough to have the doors wide open in the office though. Happy Friday everyone.

I love Prestwick, train to the door and easy to use. It's a shame they don't have more flights to where I'm going.

Raining again. Scottish summer at its best. Clearly the best of the weather here is a little earlier than official summer. Still it's very warm. Have a good one BlueSky.

They hate socialists because all their money comes from exploiting people and not paying any tax, and socialism will destroy them.

Good news for a change. We don't know which underused services will be axed but it seems most of the bus routes will continue.

Independent Singapore is smaller than the Isle of Mull, yet since indy in 1965, has grown its economy to 15x size. And it’s transformed itself from a “tiny territory devoid of natural resources into the world’s 8th richest country”. If Singapore can *Scotland* can. indyposterboy.scot/independent-...

If I had to guess I'd say it won't rain as much today here. Happy hump day BlueSky.

Given the reputation the west has given Iran all of my adult life I didn't believe it would be possible for them to become the good guys before I cash out. Well done, I'm impressed.

Preach

What people ignore, or at least pretend to ignore, about Starmer is he is a lawyer. Lawyers say what they are paid to say. They may say it in a nice persuasive way but if you don't pay them they don't say it. Next week if you pay them to say the opposite then they will.

Mafeking Street in the Ibrox area of Glasgow. It might be named after a South African town where there was siege during the Boer War, but it has a very different meaning when pronounced with a Glaswegian accent! #glasgow #streetnames #mafekingstreet #ibrox #humour #scotland

11 yrs since the Scottish independence referendum but apparently we're not allowed another one.....ever.

It's rained here most of the morning. Obviously the kids are supposed to be having some kind of outdoor fun day at school and it's chucking it down. Glorious. Have a good one BlueSky.

Promoting gambling promotes harm!

Director Robin Hardy chats to Christopher Lee - as Lord Summerisle - in The Wicker Man. (1973) Pic: Ronald Grant.

All of us who fled England for Scotland have similar stories. The liars are hoping you just don't know how bad it is down there.

Rain yesterday, more rain today. We need it but it's typical of a Scottish summer. Still roasting mind. Welcome to the week BlueSky.

I just picked up issue 1 of the Fighting Fantasy magazine Warlock for £15, which is a great price. It's a little worn but it'll just be nice to own it again.

Longest day today, it's all down hill from here. Predicted to be glorious but I'm glad I'm not off to London (like my son) as I hear it's mafting down there. Hope you have a great weekend BlueSky.

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