Happy for the US admin to base their actions vs Iran on Sir William Wallace's (fictional) rallying cry on behalf of Scotland's independence from England, because, remember: William Wallace ended up hanged, drawn and quartered for his efforts.

“My total and utter victory over my ex-wife will be signified by her moving in with that guy Rick.”

Rubio: “Let me tell you, Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics.”

Reuters Exclusive "U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school." "The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

“The sinking seems to be part of Hegseth’s new policy of ignoring ‘stupid rules of engagement’ and ‘punching them while they’re down.’ It raises questions of what the Trump administration would say if a country like Iran attacked an American ship it knew was unarmed. newrepublic.com/post/207429/...

When will athletes learn that visiting the Trump White House almost guarantees that he’ll threaten a war or something while you’re just kinda standing there in the background

He doesn’t have the cards. He has the interceptors.

As it's World Book Day here's the wee book I'm reading just now, 15 Glasgow Poems (Gaelic with English translations). I often pop into the Gaelic bookshop at Mansfield Park and pick up some gems. I loved the book cover, 15 poems, just like the 15 stops on the Subway. Gerrit?

The Germans surely have a word for this terrible feeling in the gut that combines shame, embarrassment and sorrow?

Sickening. (Not that the ratio needs my contribution)

“Angus and Perthshire Glens” is a lovely name for a constituency

We are committed to peace and a stable region. This is why we have launched Operation Infernal Apocalyptic Fire that Drives Ye to Abandon All Hope and Pray for the Mercy of Swift Death as Our Legions of Righteous Annihalation Burn your Very Memory to Ash in Divinely Sanctioned Flame.

How do we respond? Speak with clarity, without fear of accusations of siding with US/Israel or Iran. Reject simplifications and 'good vs evil' narratives. Condemn the war. Support international law. Demand accountability. Don't defend the Ayatollah's regime. And support the Iranian people.

The "RFK Jr Curve"

Tourette's: 'I shouted at police that I had drugs in my bag'

I am normal and can be trusted with a costco membership

"Strong Message Here" is an instant download for me. Consistently on point, funny. The presenters corpsing at their own riffs is very infectious, makes you run with ideas you might not if delivered soberly. Politicians should try it. "Here's our manifesto" [silence, suppressed hilarity]

Hungary’s Viktor Orbán seeking to drum up votes by doing down Ukraine www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

All outfield footballers should have their fingers enclosed in a tight sock, as their toes are.

🇷🇺: So we took all our savings and then we spent it on a disastrous and expensive war of aggression. All this money spent on attacking Ukraine counts as GDP! We also burnt bridges with international community, destroyed our economy, and had a lot of our population killed/maimed. WINNING! 🏆 😵‍💫

Journalists have unearthed a scientific paper trail connecting the rare toxin used to kill Alexey Navalny to Russian labs implicated in the 2020 attempt on his life. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

The scorn John Davidson has received is disgraceful. He has Tourette's. The words he used are abhorrent. He didn't mean to say them. It's clear many of those criticising him don't understand that.

Most reliable poll so far puts Labour in the lead, with Reform a distant third. (Yes, we should have tidied up first, I’ve been busy okay.)

my dad is one of the people who helped build the banking system in COBOL, and he worries that the people who know how it was built are dying/dead.

A fantastic resource was launched today: a Gaelic songs index with performances and lyrics, part of Tobar an Dualchais BBC News - Song portal launch marks start of World Gaelic Week www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Gàidhlig #Gaelic

As an introvert, I can survive a lot… but “let’s go around the room and introduce ourselves” is where I draw the line

In our interview, Zelenskyy urged the EU to stop prevaricating and to fix a date for Ukraine’s accession to the bloc. “I want a date. I am asking for it,” he said. “Let us not allow the next leaders or the next generation to face a situation where Russia blocks Ukraine’s EU membership for 50 years.”

Sorry, washing my hair that night

I'm sure it's paywalled but it is so good to know from the headlines that our English cousins seeing this in their timeline are getting a wee taste of what it's like daily to have the 'North-east' weather being relocated to a different country from the one you live in.

The Record really does think the idiom is "hand and food". It's all through the piece. (Piece is Scots for sandwich, btw.)

350km from Moscow a giant mural of soldiers killed in Ukraine looms over a town, like the war itself hangs over Russia. In Lipetsk region I witness the consequences for Russia of four years of war on Ukraine. www.bbc.com/news/article...

There are certain queer times in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke

This wonderful poem itself could never have been written with both feet still in Eden (or Paradise.)

One foot in Eden still, I stand And look across the other land. The world’s great day is growing late, Yet strange these fields that we have planted So long with crops of love and hate… —Edwin Muir, “One foot in Eden” in ONE FOOT IN EDEN, @faberbooks.bsky.social 1956 #BookWormSat #C20 #poem #poetry

Totally appalling way to treat anyone but in this case this woman had not broken any immigration rule at all. And the British consulate were completely and inexcusably useless. Awful and I think deserves some response from the Foreign Office. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This is almost certainly going to get lost amid everything else happening at the moment. But it’s a big story.

Foreign countries are dancing in the streets of Raith.

French baker Loïc Nervi bakes bread in Troyeshchyna, Kherson, and Kramatorsk. Locals call him Vitalik. Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, he has been baking bread for elderly people in frontline and hard-hit areas, writes Hromadske. 1/

The "Well, it *would* have gone in" raised-arm goal claim here is just as comical as the inadvertent goal-line interception.

This jog with photographic interludes through much of my childhood and youth has made my day. I'd have missed out the Dental Hospital this time round, though. No nostalgia for an experimental correction effort. Was called 'Dental School' in them thar days, and my operative was 100% not a graduate.

I'm delighted to announce that the paperback of Upon A White Horse: Journeys In Ancient Britain and Ireland will be published on April 23 by @headlinebooks.bsky.social. Just in time, I hope, for better weather that will allow people to visit some of the beautiful old places I write about.

And when you think of what hasn't made landfall... BBC News - 'It's overwhelming': Plastic from 1960s Canada washes up on Orkney beach www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🇫🇷 Macron: Two years ago, the world learned of the death of Alexei Navalny, whose memory I honor. At the time, I expressed my conviction that his death revealed the Kremlin's weakness and its fear of any opposition figure. It is now clear that it was premeditated. Truth always prevails in the end.

the loss of the World Service would be a tragedy and huge lost of soft power for Britain

It's the original postcode lottery. It *will* be you.

It’s beyond insane that the BBC World Service might end in 7 weeks when its funding runs out. A beacon of information, education and UK soft power - Ministers would be crazy not to find money to support it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Glorious light and sky, skiers ahead.

Apparently, Rubio got a standing ovation by the Munich Security Conference crowd for a cliched speech, while telling journalists the US is doing everything to end the "senseless" war in Ukraine. What the hell, Europeans? Think of your dignity for Chrissakes!

It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this