An amusing, and presumably temporary, addition to Paul Raphael Montford's statue of Philosophy on the Kelvin Way Bridge in Glasgow. I guess it makes a change from a road cone! #glasgow #sculpture #kelvinway #glasgowhumour #scotland

Happy Winter Solstice everyone. One of my first oil paintings from 1996 of Avebury where I went to primary school. Being there had a profound influence on my work. Lighter days ahead.

This is wonderful and resonates as I'm in the middle of reading @peteralanross.bsky.social book Upon a White Horse.

A good image for the solstice. But I can't help thinking that the stained glass is in fact giant Rowantree's fruit gums.

The open-source infinitely repairable air cleaner. An exceptional choice for indoor air quality. I can personally vouch for the Standard model. Extremely quiet, highly energy efficient performance with high clean air delivery rate.

Huge new poll puts Plaid ahead of Reform with Labour and the Conservatives on just 10% each. willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/bombshell-...

'Landscape with Hidden Moon' by contemporary Scottish painter Victoria Crowe #WomensArt

'The crow's song' by Catherine Hyde, UK illustrator and artist based in Cornwall #WomensArt

The work of Melissa Cody, 4th generation, contemporary Navajo weaver #WomensArt

Dreamy, fey imagery here.

What a gloomy dark morning in Glasgow, the streetlights all still on at 9am. On my drive in an hour ago, and in the space of 5 minutes, I passed three cyclists each with no lights as I drove along through (not so) Sunny Govan. Mental.

“Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact” www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This is probably my favourite mural in Glasgow.

A strange impact of inflation. As a kid in the 70s I liked a good 5p (½p were a thing!) or 10p mixture (blackjack, white mice) from the ice-cream van. Not possible 50y later. I realised in Lidl earlier that my regular lunchtime fruit of raspberries or blackberries for around £2 is 10p per berry!

@thegrognardfiles.bsky.social I've just finished listening to the first part of the latest grogpod with Magnus Seter. What a nicely spoken man. His deep love for the rpg scene in Sweden really comes through. His idea that there should be equivalent books to his from Spain France and Italy is great.

@dsquareddigest.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social This is obv an analysis of the situation in the USA, but something analogous for the UK would also be interesting (and may already exist). This then could explain why the voters continue to be disappointed (angry) with Labour.

Energy costs falling yet you’ll still be charged more. Here’s why! What does your energy bill actually pay for? Just a snippet of my The Martin Lewis Money Show Live cut your energy bills show last night, watch the whole thing back on www.itv.com/watch/the-ma... youtu.be/JwIeYbXnP0Y

A good, detailed and informative article on where Scotland's men stand with respect to prostate cancer diagnosis and care. I'm surprised to learn that it's almost common in men as breast cancer is in women.

'Silhouettes' by Vermont printmaker Jeanne Amato #womensart

I made this clip to illustrate my 10 year love-hate experience on Twitter and what made me finally walk away. 🤣😂

Gronda! Gronda! THE ADVENTURE GAME (1980) saw celebs try to escape from the planet Arg. Each episode culminated with the Vortex, a pulsating column of light which 'evaporated' the likes of Bonnie Langford and Richard Stilgoe. Don't worry, kids, they're not dead. Doogy Rev!

I can see an insect acting suspiciously, I think it's a spy. Cagey bee

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, one of the greatest comic strips of all time, was born on this day, November 18, 1985 -- December 31, 1995. And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.

Calming

In 2024, renewable energy accounted for over 90% of global power capacity expansion. That is because it makes economic sense. IRENA_DAT_RE_Capacity_Highlights_2025-1.pdf

Out for a walk down in the Linn Glen in Dalry. There's a few unusual sites.

Which one is more English?

World's largest commercial sailing ship, the 136-metre Neoliner Origin, successfully completes first Atlantic, voyage crossing, from St Nazaire 🇫🇷 to Baltimore 🇺🇸

The speedy gleams the darkness swallow’d; Loud, deep, & lang the thunder bellow’d: That night, a child might understand, The Deil had business on his hand… —Robert Burns’s “Tam o’ Shanter”, read by Hamish MacDonald; illustrations by Gary Welsh Happy #Halloween! #C18 www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAqV...

But, but…Matt told us renewables are more expensive “Mudgee winery has become the largest of its kind in Australia to go completely off the electricity grid. More than 400 solar panels power the cellar door, winery, machinery, processing plant and restaurant” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

This is a fun piece of nostalgia - picking out the characters and games.

Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758), Scottish botanical illustrator known for the book "A Curious Herbal" 1737. Blackwell published her hand drawn, engraved and coloured work in order to raise funds to free her husband from debtors prison. #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

“Thou shalt go no further, nor touch the man; go back with all speed” The first recorded sighting of a monster connected to Loch Ness is given in Adomnán’s VITA COLUMBÆ, c.7th/8th century CE. St Columba sends it packing 📷: Rodney’s Stone, Moray #BookWormSat sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/columb...

"Loan Shark"

This is astonishing. I wonder what the trend has been in the UK?

Exciting news for Great North fans (kickstarter expected in Q1 of 2026) as well as some more previews of my art here!

Today is when the Amazon brain drain finally sent AWS down the spout

@foundationsofthedigitalstate.com www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...

The point being that the rule of law is logically impossible without a basic assumpton of equality between everyone it might apply to. (This has often been an ideal towards which we've fallen short...but it remains...or remained...a principle nonetheless, without which all there is is violence.)

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

An important (global) public service announcement from Ed Miliband on the day that renewables have over taken coal as the largest source of electricity. "Clean energy, it's happening and it's the future."

In 2012, I published a book about the collapse in trust in the mainstream media. I argued that a widely trusted media establishment was probably incompatible with a polarized party system that is heavily sorted by ideology. /1 www.jonathanmladd.com/why-american...

Occasional reminder that the best version of Sabotage is this version of Sabotage - also under three minutes! #chooseday youtu.be/eAE1j3Rea6c?...

Tonight's listening.

York Minster’s Doomstone. A rare survival from the Norman Minster on the site, it depicts the mouth of Hell, with sinners being pushed into a boiling cauldron by demons. #yorkminster #doomstone #mouthofhell #medieval

Slogan ideas… “Smoking hot body or your money back” – crematorium “The first one’s on the house” – chimney installers “We’re not afraid to raise a few eyebrows” – plastic surgeons “We’ll help bring out your inner child” – maternity ward “There’s no turning back now” – neck brace manufacturers

The detail in this is astonishing. I wonder how large a painting it is?

Hoya Boya, the ocean-themed mascot of Kesennuma City, wears a scallop belt, a sharkskin cloak, and a sea squirt helmet, and wields a Pacific saury as a sword.