Sublime shithousery from the @financialtimes.com 🤌🏽 Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter: shorturl.at/QkJ5A

Many years ago now but still a very happy memory - introducing the family to Glen Feshie

I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.

I happen to have polled this very question earlier this year. It's complete nonsense to say that X is the most popular platform for news. However its news audience is still very large.

Police Scotland still seem pretty relaxed about dangerous driving that could lead to serious injury or death so long as it mostly relates to the safety of cyclists - although at least in this case they agreed to speak with the driver road.cc/content/news...

Probably new only to me (and annoyingly can't find the creator to credit) but too good not to share because it genuinely lifted my mood on a cold dark morning

Stay off the goddamn ice! (Do not let your dog on the ice and do not go onto the ice to try to rescue it if it gets onto the ice and gets into trouble.) news.stv.tv/east-central...

If this was a twist in a murder mystery you'd be like "oh fuck off that's not a thing"

Great little backgrounder on recent Venezuelan history/politics/economics & some analysis of where we are now from people too smart to pretend they have all the answers feeds.megaphone.fm/NSR6851453137

The Trump Game: the foreign policy of the world's democracies now boils down to: "Don't upset the emotionally fragile lunatic." thecritic.co.uk/the-...

Good to see the roll-out of 20mph limits as a default in Glasgow.

Someone in the administration doesn't know what the fuck the plan is for Venezuela and my money's on everyone

The Peptide Craze in the US. It's reckless and unfounded. erictopol.substack.com/p/the-peptid... Today @nytimes.com @jasmine.bsky.social goes deep into the use in Silicon Valley, the supply from China, and the reasons this biohacking is popular t.co/lQXUBHNEaG

Unsurprisingly, the Donroe Doctrine is just bullying.

Good article this. Racism really is the reverse of a performance-enhancing drug, the mad, stupid shit it leads people to believe in and to do:

Snow in Edinburgh! (Briefly)

How the light changes. Photos taken 90 minutes apart this afternoon. #snow #strathspey #cairngorms

Still snowbound here - so got out by snow shoeing up Tom an Uird. Ridiculously soft powder so very exhausting!

We had to keep moving today in a glorious day in the Pentlands. From Bonaly over Capelaw and all the tops to Hare Hill. Then back over the Kips to Turnhouse Hill, down to Flotterstone and castlelaw to Caerketton and Hillend. 17 miles and 6,000 feet and a healthy appetite!

UPDATED LIST of countries the Trump administration has threatened to invade, annex, or otherwise attack in the 85 hours of 2026 so far: 🇻🇪 Venezuela 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇬🇱 Greenland 🇮🇷 Iran 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇲🇽 Mexico Insane.

"It is virtually certain that this Venezuela operation will turn into a big mess with a heaping side order of corruption. But it is also pretty clear that one of those giant errors can lead to further screw ups and even disasters."

Leaving the regime in place and forcing them to become a puppet government, or else. What could go wrong?

#Edinburgh #Cycling developments 2026 (?) Our thoughts--> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/01/2025... 🤔 #MainRoad protected lanes 🤔 #Tram 🤔 #PrincesStreet 🤔 #BraidEstate 🤔 Plans: #CCWEL extension, #LothianRoad 🤔 #DemandManagement: #TrafficFilters #charging 🤔 #BusLanes 🤔 Use of officer time ... and much more

Completely batshit in the best possible way - if someone were to suggest it's not actually a film about an obnoxiously self-confident & selfish Jewish table tennis star in '50s NYC but a secret order of ancient vampires, you'd find yourself at least briefly entertaining the proposition

In 1887, British forces kidnapped & exiled the King of Opobo in today’s Nigeria. British Palm oil traders had persuaded the government that the tariffs he imposed restricted their profits. It was a milestone in the Scramble for Africa and indirect rule by Britain. alanlester.co.uk/blog/antisla...

'Clear and cold' doesn't really do justice to how clear and cold it is out there right now

A Snowy walk to the shop #Shetland #snow

Stunning scenery crawling along at 30mph from Ullapool to Garve after fabulous traditional Hogmanay at @TheCeilidhPlace. Now for the A9 south and the Slochd. 🥶

"It's an absolute godsend" ✨ This New Year, why not discover your local #NationalCycleNetwork routes? Get where you need to go whilst boosting your health and wellbeing 🔋 Find your nearest traffic-free path 👉 buff.ly/QGjhglg

Beautiful snowshoe up the Quoich today. I was out to snap my winter pics for a number of seasonal fixed-point photos I'm steadily assembling....but I gave up half way through when the heavy stuff started again. No matter, there's always tomorrow 🙂

A few more from the Quoich today 🙂

Snow approaching Shieldaig yesterday morning.

A winter in Torridon

The attack on Venezuela is a clear breach of international law and attempts by the US to argue it has acted in self-defense are transparent lies 1/3 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

For nonlawyers, it’s worth noting that statements like this have—as a formal matter—important legal effects as a matter of international law. If such statements are *not* made, and in volume, future arguments that Trump’s invasion sets a legal precedent will stand on much firmer legal ground.

Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide: "International law is universal and binding for all states. The American intervention in Venezuela is not in accordance with international law."

De-alcoholised wine is a poor substitute for the real thing. But there are one or two palatable alternatives. https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/how-drink-less-wine @ft_weekend #jancisrobinson #noandlow #winealternatives #wine

I'm not a diplomat, but one thing I have to do regularly is to draft or help to draft public statements that parties to litigation agree as part of a settlement. There is an art to drafting something that reasonable readers can agree is clear but from which they draw irreconcilable meanings. /1

The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.

We really do need rather fewer people talking about 'ignoring established norms' and more highlighting 'brazen illegality'

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

Trump on the legal basis for today's actions: the strong do what they can, the weak suffer what they must

A gangster state at home, a rogue state abroad: and entirely because Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their proper constitutional roles.

EU "has repeatedly stated that Mr. Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. Under all circumstances, the principles of international law and the UN Charter must be respected. We call for restraint." - EU foreign minister Kaja Kallas

Prescient 🧵

Remember that there is a legitimately elected president of Venezuela: Edmundo Gonzalez. He won the election in 2024.

The US public supported most, if not all major US military interventions - at the moment of intervention - since WWII, including Vietnam and invading Iraq. If, as suspected, the Trump admin has launched attacks on Caracas, this would be the first such intervention they overwhelmingly opposed.