I'm extremely invested in these absolute lunatics, who are currently ROWING across the Atlantic Ocean. Particularly the legend Milli Abrams, who is 5 foot tall, rowing solo, and will turn 50 in the middle of the Atlantic.

We have reached the "let's eat all the unidentified frozen cubes in our freezer to clear some space" stage of the Xmas preparations. It's like Russian roulette, but with stew/soup/whatever this red stuff is.

This purring fluffalump is helping me overcome the dismay of spending a lifetime wanting a set of twinkle lights for our roof, having them for one Xmas then discovering they no longer work when retrieved from the loft for this Xmas. 😭😭😭🌲

The person of the year is just outside of the frame, sawing through the girder.

This is an excellent thread about current media hysteria about flu.

Walking advice from an AI bot that would, if followed, take the walker over the side of a crag. I'm so tired of this being shoved down our necks.

We seem to be rapidly approaching a point where search engines like Google are becoming useless. I assume it's down to AI, but the results seem to be getting noticeably worse and worse every week. It's like watching technology go backwards, something I don't think I've ever seen.

Watching Lucy Worsley on the Black Death. To absolutely nobody's surprise, it was guess whose fault?

Why are the panellists on #GQT talking about the Black Isle as somewhere on the west coast of Scotland? It's very much on the east coast. Good old BBC London centrism on steroids 🙄

Annabel's in London has really gone the extra mile with their decorations this year 😍

Guy Fawkes signature before and after watching this World Cup Draw

Please hold. There is *ONE* person in front of you in the queue

My phone does not do justice to the extraordinary rainbow that just appeared outside my window. Layers and layers of rainbow (and a hint of a double rainbow).

Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting. Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth? For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today

It's not too late for a handmade Christmas present. Aberlemno is quick to work up into a beautiful mosaic crochet cushion. Row by row photo tutorial with every pattern purchase. Available in UK and US terms. 🧶 share.google/Huo9ZApwphva...

Go us!

www.instagram.com/reel/DRaJa61... Teenagers get a lot of grief, but I bloomin love them.

A mural of Isabella Elder on a junction box on Elderpark on Glasgow. Created by @scotsuffragettes.bsky.social, it celebrates the life of a woman who did an amazing amount for the people of Govan and Glasgow. Cont./ #glasgow #glasgowhistory #isabellaelder #streetart #mural

This is the 2nd time in a couple of weeks I've stumbled on Marakatt-Labba's work. It's really astonishing. I'd love to see it face-to-face.

Just got an ad popup for a "Black Friday sale, 17th-19th November only". Which as far as I can tell doesn't feature any Fridays, let alone Black Friday.

I'm reminded of the brief moment in 1998 when we were 1 up against Brazil. Well done Scotland!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Duke looks so weird without a hat.

Personal note: London has been home for a very, very long time, but as of today, I am also officially a Brit - that is to say, a British citizen. I feel relieved and I feel grateful - but not, perhaps, in the forelock-tugging way GB News/Starmer expect a new immigrant to be.

Edinburgh on Armistice Day.

Is it just me, or have Google searches become really diabolically bad in the last few months? Not just because of AI - even if you get rid of that the rest of the results are absolutely useless now. It's like they threw the baby out with the bathwater.

Oh they are SO terrible at this. "I just don't think either of them are traitors" says Alan when he JUST VOTED FOR DAVID #CelebrityTraiors

What is Nick's logic there? He thought Cat was a traitor too??? #CelebrityTraitors

I feel like Holger is perhaps regretting his life choices here #GameOfWool

You know how Bear Grylls tells you to look at a tree trunk if you get lost in the wild and haven't got a compass? Well, that.

I'm saddened to learn of the passing of Dr Elspeth King, the legendary curator of the People's Palace, and a fierce advocate for Glasgow and its history. This was fascinating on the release of the film adaptation of Alasdair Gray's "Poor Things". yoursforscotlandcom.wordpress.com/2024/01/10/p...

Happy #Halloween! A few years ago, midwives at the Royal Oldham Hospital in Lancashire created "dilation pumpkins" - and I don't think I've ever seen anything scarier in my life.* 😂😩 *Posted with apologies to anyone who is pregnant.

The last day of #31DaysOfGraves 31: memento mori. These symbols seem to be very common here in Scotland. Here are just a few from Stirling and Northumberland. Thanks so much for sharing all your pictures. I've really enjoyed seeing them. Thanks too to @annaandthedead.bsky.social for organising! 🎃👻🎃👻

Another for #31DaysOfGraves : colour. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders World War 1 memorial window in the Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling. 6900 soldiers of the regiment were killled in WW1.

#31DaysOfGraves 30: colour. The quiet beauty of old lichen covered stones at St Cyrus Nether.

Oh my, this takes a turn. 😬

It's easy to look at public statements purely through a prism of free speech. But words have consequences. Being *legally permitted* to say awful things, doesn't mean we must all go around saying them. The bare minimum should not be the most we can expect. ~AA www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

#31DaysOfGraves : tree. Back to Cathcart, a lovely atmospheric cemetery, (if somewhat neglected in places, but that adds to its charm) where nature and memorial have grown into each other. A good place for wandering.

For #31DaysOfGraves day 26: figure. The first day after clock change and the first proper chilly weekend here in Scotland, so here's a frosty figure from Cathcart Cemetery here in Glasgow.

Can thoroughly recommend a bit of this to offset the impending clock change and wintery thoughts. Flippin chilly though

Stupid dinosaur fingers #31DaysOfGraves

#32DaysOfGraves day 22: landscape. Uig, a remote corner in the far west of the Isle of Lewis. I have a personal connection to this spot, but even if I didn't, it's not a bad place to lie and face eternity.

#31DaysOfGraves day 19: social group.Alexander Webster was a bonesetter, who died in 1759. On his tomb we see him working on a patient, watched by his wife and children (this is also their tomb). St. Cyrus Nether.

Delighted to report that this counter-protest to today's #NoKings #NoTyrants protests in Edinburgh seems to have *Counts on fingers* 3 people. Maybe 4 if the guy talking to the police next to them is included. Excellent work Scotland.

Patrick Kroon (1862-1941), ‘Death comes with Anti-Vaccination’, 1920-30 www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio...

#31DaysOfGraves day17: relocated. Mary Stevenson died in 1855. One of the gravediggers had a side hustle as a grave robber but was caught red-handed trying to "relocate" her body. On her tomb we see the image of a graverobber with Mary(?) lying on the ground. More here: share.google/K9KL3AGTKGhL...

#31DaysOfGraves Day 16: Obelisk Somehow I dont seem to have good photos of any of the obelisks in #RutherglenCemetery (except the one I shared on Day 2) so let's play a game of 'spot the obelisk' instead.

#31DaysOfGraves day15: obelisk. I don't have anything to share today but looking forward to seeing everyone's posts. It's been great seeing all the beautiful photos so far (though ngl, I'll need some persuading on this one, I guess I don't take pictures of obelisks because they're a bit...boring?)

#31DaysOfGraves Day 15: Damaged Sadly, many of the gravestones in #RutherglenCemetery are damaged, mostly due to neglect. Some have been in bits for decades, but the Plunkett gravestone fell and cracked in two some time during 2023/4. Please take care in cemeteries, especially near larger stones.