Man who operates boat tours out of Aberdeen convicted for disturbing dolphins and whales. Boat tour people should be operating at a high standard, putting the animals first. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2604066...

Imagine having this view from your living room window. And then wandering through to your amazing library. This is the White House on the Solway Firth by Page\Park. pagepark.co.uk/project/whit...

Chuckie Egg: from the days when a 15 year old could write a number 1 selling game. I had it on the Acorn Electron. One of the reasons it's still remembered fondly is that it had what came to be known as playability - fun, intuitive, responsive. www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...

I turned my radio up to 12 today. In your face Spinal Tap!

I've had one flyer so far for the Scottish election - from the Lib Dems. Do better parties, are you not interested in reaching out to potential voters?

Allan Mallinson talks to James Naughtie about Patrick O'Brian's book Master and Commander. I wish I could speak as eloquently as Mallinson does. I had never heard of him before listening to this programme, but I'm interested in reading some of his fiction now. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I've just been going through all my CDs and there are so many that I've only listened to once or didn't really like all that much but put them on the shelf and forgotten about them. I think it's time to either give them another go or clear them out.

"From early childhood young Europeans are taught to see [history's] stages - Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment and so on". When you've lost touch with how much history was actually taught in schools, especially in primary schools.

🦈 If you missed “The Bearsden Shark” lecture last week. The recording is now up on our YouTube. It is a great talk, so please give it a watch if you can. youtu.be/wIogzxDrTa0?... #BearsdenShark #Glasgow #Geology

Boards of Canada: Tape 05. New album is happening guys. #warp #BoC www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bgh...

I've just finished watching the film Munich which I've never seen before. One of the stand out things was that the 1970s had much cooler looking cars than today, particularly European cars.

There’s only around three weeks (two weeks if you’re lucky) until the Swifts are back.

There are SO many drivers driving around at night these days without putting the lights on. I see a vehicle like this every couple of days or so.

Really important story from @wired.com: The Christian Nationalists who want to destroy the American secular state are now making their presence felt www.wired.com/story/govern...

Edinburgh is getting a memorial to Muriel Spark. spiritofspark.info

I imagine future history books with a chapter devoted to the last decade will be titled something like "Hard to believe, but this shit actually happened".

Imagine a visitor centre at the foot of a restored and accessible Finnieston Crane. The visitor centre would include a steam locomotive of the type that the crane used to haul on to ships for transport around the world. This could be a tourist attraction and activate another part of the Clyde.

How far is the Moon, really? 🌕 UK Space Agency's Anu Ojha helps us visualise this with a simple demo that might surprise you. Watch the full talk: youtube.com/watch?v=7kCdY8o8cFI

Were Were those the only two options

This is how it's done. A salary. Set hours per week. Get experience.

In 1964, actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company visited the Vatican, taking with them the RSC's copy of Shakespeare's First Folio. The Pope mistakenly thought it was a gift and handed it to a cardinal so it could be added to the library. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

Some good news in Europe as Hungary kicks out Orban. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Got to the end of another book. Not going to bother with the epilogue; I mean what’s the point of those? Joking. 🙃 That semicolon above was unintended, but to quote Uncle Jimmy from The Bear: “I’m kinda into it.”

"Interns are not allowed any more. Something to do with HR or Health and Safety or some such bureaucracy." Clueless person has people doing work for her for nothing, to "gain experience". www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

"I’m Paul McCartney." This isn't the first time I've read that Paul McCartney introduces himself to people he's never met and he never assumes people know who he is. A humble approach for such a famous person. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

I saw a limping Lesser Black-backed Gull yesterday. One of its feet had been damaged like you see in pigeons. Probably a victim of mesh wire on a rooftop somewhere unfortunately.

While he had been already been a published writer, it's heartening to think that Patrick O'Brian was 53 when he started writing Master and Commander. There's hope for all of us to succeed in things later in life.

When you're partway through a series of books, buying as you go along, and the publisher changes the cover designs and the old stock in the design you've been reading is removed from the shelves...

Just imagining ICE waiting for the Canadian astronaut for not having the right paperwork to re-enter the USA.

Hilma af Klint's work is gorgeous. I've loved it since I read Kate Hessel's The Story of Art without Men. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Sad to learn that The Big Scottish Book Club is no more. This was an excellent series. I particularly loved the sections showing book clubs around the country and listening to their thoughts on books. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2601211...

Anger as swifts’ nesting holes in Derbyshire rail viaduct ‘blocked up’

Very cool example of atmospheric physics in motion -- save this for your students! Just north of the equator is Cyclone Sinlaku rotating counter clockwise. And just south of the equator is Maila, rotating clockwise. Coriolis effect! 🧪

Come get some!

Article about the works going on to improve the visitor experience at Govan Old. Follow the links in the article to go down a rabbit hole of amazing things going on in Govan. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wood Pigeons are such stylish, agile flyers. Just saw one flying towards a fence then turn on a six pence and fly in another direction.

I do like blocking accounts that share AI images while pretending they're real, or who share other people's images without attribution and/or without alt text.

Trossachs Explorer bus started two years ago by National Park Authority is being taken over by Stirling Council from this summer to operate year round on a two-year pilot. Public transport to our national parks and rural areas is essential to improve access. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2600826...

IUCN has graded the Emperor Penguin as endangered with populations expected to halve by the 2080s due to early melting of sea ice causing chicks to drown. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

You won't recognise the guy 2nd from left here, between Andy Torbet, Chris van Tulleken & me, but I can guarantee you've seen wildlife footage that he shot. It's Doug Allan, legendary wildlife cameraman and a proper character. Incredibly sad news that he died today: www.scotsman.com/news/pioneer...

New Social Bite village in Rutherglen now open to house up to 15 homeless people for up to six months, with tailored support to help them move into permanent accommodation. www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottis...

“Victory with a capital V.” STFU Hegseth. What a tube he is.

1.2 million people displaced in Lebanon due to Israel's attacks. That's nearly twice the population of Glasgow. It's obscene.

I hope Black Watch returns to the theatre one day as I've been wanting to watch it for so long.

Guy on Sky News struggling to read out a Trump statement live, saying "he doesn't use paragraphs, does he?" Cutting.

"You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares." - Carl Sagan, Contact.

I was born in India & spent the first few years of my life in Iran. My parents' stories of my early years are full of the joy, kindness and hospitality of Iranians. Our maid who taught my mother to make aash to feed me. My father's patients. These are real, complex people--they always have been.

Latest #Artemis image to drop is my newest favourite! "A New View of the Moon" ICONIC! 🔭🧪 📷: NASA images.nasa.gov/details/art0...

CITV closing down. Coming home from school, between 4 and 5.30 pm switching between children's programmes on BBC and ITV. ITV had Knightmare, one of the best children's programmes of the era. Art Attack mentioned in the article was also great. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2599925...