Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Time Out on Finnieston. Pure waffle from London 🤪 😂 "Today ‘WeMo’ (West of Motorway), as local Wags have dubbed it, is the city’s go-to hipster hub. The savvy set from Byres Road have upped sticks here, bringing their creativity and energy."

I could listen to the BBBC all day. Most sense I’ve heard talked about religion open.spotify.com/episode/2zIR...

So great to have this brilliant book at last. Makes a change to hear some positivity about the internet/www. Cheers! @timbernerslee.bsky.social

Far out. Great listen #TimHayward #bbcsounds www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

Love love loved this. What a guy. Beautifully produced #LeoHornak #bbcworldservice www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Guardian - keeping it real 🤪 www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Brilliant. Inspirational. And a bonus to have Mark Steel as presenter. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

🔴 NEW: Loch Long on the Clyde has been contaminated by radioactive waste from the UK’s nuclear bomb store where old water pipes have repeatedly burst and caused floods, files released after a six-year secrecy battle reveal. Our investigation: theferret.scot/radio...

Brilliant! 🥰

Keith McIvor (JD Twitch) care support www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/love2jdtwi...

OBEs for the landlords

July 11th marks the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, when over 8000 men and boys were massacred. Survivors of the Bosnian conflict tell their stories in this podcast for @BeyondSreb bit.ly/TheSoundsofWar

And if you want to support the next decade of The Ferret, become a member or make a one-off donation today: theferret.scot/subscribe

Remember this? www.opendemocracy.net/en/disarming...

Words To Live By Number 219

NEW: A new bill to widen freedom of information legislation in Scotland and cover private firms providing public services has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament. bit.ly/447uRlo

Brilliant gig @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social A seat in the gods at The Pavilion is scary as feck when ur rippin w/ vertigo but I wouldn’t have missed it. So great to hear ‘I’ll give you Barcelona’ live and to see Frankie Boyle again ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Donate blood. Save a life. BBC News - NHS calls for 200,000 new blood donors as supplies run low www.bbc.com/news/article...

Saw this a few years ago on a live stream from The Lyceum. It’s brilliant ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Is it, aye? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The UN says a palm oil company ultimately controlled by Jardine Matheson may be violating Indigenous land rights in Indonesia. The firm’s owners have donated millions to the Conservatives and Better Together. Our latest: bit.ly/3SZFXTd

The Ferret's reporting is exemplary and independent journalism is needed more than ever now. Highly recommended.

Interesting to see how the Scottish media is covering the Kneecap removal from TRNSMT - discrepancies across the board. How will the the rest of the line-up react?

Doesn’t get much better than listening to @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social on Luskentyre beach, Harris.

Women can submit anything from a four-line poem to a 3,000-word lead article, from a 300-word bedtime story to a 700-word memoir performance piece – they publish over 60 women in every issue. Deadline 7th July. Details in link. Please share :)

On a cycling trip round Harris. A campsite at this beach can’t get staff🤷🏼‍♀️ Better than sitting in front of a computer all day.

We're stoked to announce that Gender Chores, a punk and political, smart and assertive trio from the north or Ireland, will be our special guests when we play Belfast's Black Box on Saturday 31 May! It's our first trip across The Irish Sea so please help us spread the word - many thanks in advance!

Gail makes good things. Take a look.

Struck by how this paragraph could apply to so many European countries, including the UK

Just as well you’re not here to see the state of the place these days, Charlie.

Over 1,200 members of staff across the country’s universities were paid more than £100,000 per year bit.ly/3GAClEc

More sense from #CoryDoctorow doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...

One of my favourite places in the world.

‘Landlordism is the closest thing we have to a national industry. King Charles is a private landlord. John Lewis is a private landlord. The homelessness charity St Mungo’s is a private landlord. So are many MPs and doctors.’ Jack Shenker on the UK’s rental crisis: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Legend

"More fool Kneecap, you might say. It walked straight into its own trap. But also, & to a much greater degree, more fool those politicians who have taken the bait." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on Kneecap, Louis Theroux & the preference for sideshows over calling out war crimes.

It’s the French village of Lansquenet. A scent of chocolate is in the air. My first time reading this, despite it being published in 1999. If anyone fancies asking Joanne Harris a Chocolat-related question - DM me! She’s coming to Edinburgh, May 8, for Radio 4’s Bookclub. 🍫

An exceptional film about an outstanding writer @glasgowfilmtheatre.bsky.social What a woman. What a life well-lived. youtu.be/RHGH_TszfvE?...

🔴 NEW: Who are the richest people in Scotland, and how did they build their fortunes? We’ve examined the wealth, land and influence of five billionaires as part of our Who Runs Scotland series. Read more: theferret.scot/who-a...

“In a democracy, no political figures or political parties should have the right to dictate who does and does not play at music festivals"

I strongly recommend this class. The best place to share and discuss writing, learn from others and improve your work.

Mind blown :( www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

WTAF - they can't have spoken to anyone in Glasgow.

So great to listen to innovative and inspirational audio day and night on @radiophrenia.bsky.social Loving it. radiophrenia.scot/listen/

Great piece, Dani. But WTAF - the Alasdair Gray Archive has no core funding?! The (awful) film of his brilliant book Poor Things made over $117 million worldwide.