The dishonor this man has inflicted is unforgivable.

Senior researchers at a meeting of the American Diabetes Association were handing out copies of an editorial, published in the association's journal, condemning Trump administration cuts to diabetes research. Police came to arrest them. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...

Not Giles! What a loss. Buffy and Ted Lasso star Anthony Head dies at 72 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay so we're taking back all the books that people have read, putting them onto shelves for people to look at, then giving them out again to other people who haven't read them yet. For free. What a system. ❤️ #LoveLibraries #GreenLibraries ♻️

Far too young.

Might go and read one of those books everyone was on about recently.

The Scottish Government has been found in contempt of court for failing to publish information it was ordered to disclose. www.holyrood.com/news/view,sc...

“Legitimate Concerns”

Top 10 cheering things up things 1. Biscuit- chocolate gingers 2. Crisps- Tyrells Cheese & Onion 3. Tea- Assam 4. Coffee- flat white 5. Beer- Erdinger 6. Meal- chickpea pasta with feta and olives 7. Snack- toast and *crunchy*peanut butter 8. Wine- Viognier 9. Takeaway- Pizza 10. Pastime- bookshop

Thanks for following! ‘Flaming June’ by Frederic Leighton, oil on canvas, 1895. Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico.

The police found insufficient evidence to charge Nicola Sturgeon. Fine, I support the rule of law. But what should she *as party leader* have known about the party’s finances? This “poor wee woman” act is really not cutting it.

Went to the Edinburgh Art School Degree Show. Goth Clangers!

Emily Brönte rose.

Some people will fudge weak data and use multiple category errors in order to make an poor argument and keep those sweet, sweet media clicks coming in. I am doing social media wrong, aren’t I?

Civilisation falling in the US.

👇But with a cardigan on.

THIS. We are so bad - we see 33 degrees and go “well, 25 degrees is nice and we get those days so rarely, 33 must be 8 degrees nicer!” Then we go to the beach/park/OUTSIDE and scald ourselves on reality Alternatively: stay home, cold showers, spray the kids with the hose in the garden, BE MORE CAT

Well.

Contemporary UK artist Priscilla Watkins, known for her paintings of swimmers at Brockwell Lido, London #womensart #summer 🌊

It is hot* in the morning in Scotland. *22C, it’s hot for Scotland.

Poor Ginger. (Black Beauty)

'On the beach' by Mariann Johansen-Ellis, contemporary printmaker #Womensart

Ozzy is supervising breakfast

Tish Murtha (1956-2013), social documentary photographer who documented marginalised communities under Thatcher in NE England #womensart (Image care of/property of Ella Murtha)

Other work of the Ladybird artists. ‘The Swallows’ Rendezvous’ (1937) Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

I had no expectations of Andy Burnham and he has not met even that.

👇It’s also a public health issue re vermin and the spread of disease. Take your rubbish home with you if the bins are full.

Make it illegal to photograph or film children without parental consent in Scotland www.change.org/p/make-it-il... The reason she had to start this petition is so insanely creepy - have a think about signing please!

Want to hear a cuckoo? White Coppice yesterday 🐦🪶

Stolen girdles at the ready! Rockstar mythologist ™️ @nataliehaynes.bsky.social takes a fresh look at Greek goddesses in our free film of the week. Enjoy! www.hayfestival.org/anytime/

OK, I’ll bite. I’ve read 43/100 on the list. I think it would have been better to call it 100 best novels published *in English* it felt a bit thin, & very much a comfort zone.* Glad to see Tristam Shandy there, though. *is Snow Country there? It is not. www.theguardian.com/p/x4f9v5

Toni Frissell, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, silver print, 1957 US fashion photographer #WomensArt

I was annoyed that I couldn't find a database of David Attenborough documentaries where I could search for a specific episode by topic. So I made it. attenborough-100.vercel.app

I could enjoy #PerfectPubWalks on #Channel4 if the voiceover didn’t talk to me as if I was 5.

New from Professor Alistair Clark - Must do better: What the Q Manivannan row reveals about Scottish Parliament lawmaking www.holyrood.com/comment/view...

Ugh this is so brilliant i wish i'd commissioned it. What went wrong for the Groucho? (Apart from everything) the-fence.com/dean-street-...

Oh god, I meant not to get drawn into all of this *shakes fist at Labour Party*

*looks at Scotland*

Watch: New Lib Dem MSP Yi-Pei Chou Turvey, who was born in Taiwan and raised in Belgium, gives her oath in three languages as she is sworn in at Holyrood.

“If only there was some way of determining whether Ed would win a general election, etc. I am genuinely mesmerised by the notion that support could mass behind someone who devoted a night of his last campaign to trudging up the stairs to Russell Brand’s flat”

youtu.be/p3Ops8xOHrk Baby Sloth at Edinburgh Zoo! (named Atty after Sir David).

Les démocraties ne s’effondrent pas toujours sous la contrainte. Selon l'essayiste Mathieu Laine, elles peuvent aussi s’éroder lorsque la liberté devient une valeur secondaire. ➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/a2W

Stop reporting it as if it's a new series of The Traitors, for God's sake. So tired of this really important stuff being treated as some kind of panto put on for the enjoyment of the political hacks/bloggers/podcasters.

Christ, I am so fed up of all this.

I wish Bridget Christie’s brilliant BRILLIANT skewering of Adolescence were available to share online.

I am so tired of drama addicted gossip mongers masquerading as journalists.

it’s such shibboleth of modern politics to blame politicians for failing town centres when the primary driver is - surely - all of us buying more and more stuff online

*coughcoughcoughcough*

*sniff*