🇮🇪 The 1926 Census of Ireland is now available to delve into for free over at The National Archives of Ireland. Who will you be searching for first? 🔗 https://bit.ly/4vRyQyr

People who stop taking GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy for weight loss are projected to regain their shed pounds within about 1½ years, a review of existing research has found.

If you don't follow @atrupar.com already, you should do it. He watches and clips all the Presidential briefings so that you don't have to.

Leavitt: "The president's calm in the face of chaos while yet another individual was trying to take his life was really remarkable to witness, and it's something I will never forget. President Trump is fearless. He is willing to put his own life on the line."

This is me doing my impression of the harkonnens to my unimpressed child during story time

This is good on the NHS manifestos Basically all except the SNP and Greens will privatise bylines.scot/opinion/elec...

The Croft Moraig stone circle, near Loch Tay, this fine morning.

Scottish salesmanship.

That'll be yer poet laureate performing in his pop band. L.Y.R. in G.L.A.S.G.O.W.

You've read the books, now enjoy the tote bag, ahead of new editions of the writing from Agnes Owens being published.

This is wonderful. It's true that Scotland invented the passing game, but probably only so that players could keep moving to avoid the need to wear a topcoat.

An early Glasgow multistorey, Crathie Court in Thornwood. Eighty-eight bedsit flats over eight floors, built by Glasgow Corporation in 1952 specifically to house unmarried women. Inevitably they became known as the "spinster flats".

April Skies by The Jesus and Mary Chain as a photo.

Bullfinches mate for life, so it's nice to find this old couple are back at my feeders again for another year.

Scottish Ballet are managing to be imaginative and very original these days in the work they do. Really enjoyed seeing Starstruck tonight, a version of a ballet Gene Kelly did for Paris Opera Ballet in 1960. The orchestra, staging, dancing, and music were all fabulous.

*tap...tap... Is this thing on today?

Worth catching the last days of the Riso Club postcard exhibition in Glasgow this weekend if you can, at The Glue Factory. Riso prints by 400 artists from 100 different cities.

If it takes a man a week to walk a fortnight, how many apples are there in a barrel of grapes?

Enjoying this book by Lao She, set in London of the 1920s where the author lived for 5 years. The racism that the main characters experience in the Britain of a century ago is obviously a reflection of what the author saw, but is so recognisable from today that it's utterly depressing.

Massive Attack and Tom Waits? Who saw that coming? share.google/KpTBLN6OcKOD...

L'Étranger / The Stranger on at the GFT in Glasgow just now is worth catching, a new film of Albert Camus's book. I was distracted by keeping score of whether he'd drink more cups of coffee, smoke cigarettes, or drink glasses of red wine.

Daredevil episode 4 just gave us an idea of how it would look, with the Pope in white as Kingpin, obviously.

A man breached security at Shannon Airport in Ireland, climbed onto a parked C-130 Hercules, and damaged it with a tool. He was arrested.

Anti-racism banner from Partick Thistle supporters today in response to Raith Rovers fans who vandalised the stadium and scrawled racist graffiti last week, when they were here for their cup final match.

I know I'm not the only person that had "Tunnocks!" as their first thought on seeing the Artemis II splashdown.

Scottish plumbing.

Ben Lawyers and Loch Tay today. I shall enjoy it while it lasts.

‘BUDDO’

I just watched this again recently. It's horrendously prescient.

Took advantage of the fresh dump of snow over Scotland yesterday to have one last winter walk of the season before it all melts. Leum Uilleim, the one that they didn't climb in the film Trainspotting, from Corrour Station.

Is Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band the official opposition in America? Are they the only checks and balances in the American constitution? Is that how it works there?

Making plans for tomorrow when the weather over the Scottish hills seems clearer. Struggling to imagine why some summit piles of stones are called a cairn, whilst others are called a pile of stones. Is this an immature cairn? Art?

the Artemis II crew just posted a new photo. what the fuck

Winter redux.

"Diane, 11:30 a.m., February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks, five miles south of the Canadian border, twelve miles west of the state line. I've never seen so many trees in my life. As W.C. Fields would say, I'd rather be here than Philadelphia." (for my Twin Peaks uber-fan sister-in-law)

C'mon tae fuck, Dave. Ah've got plans.

I will never not get excited about watching proper rocket launches (instead of stupid rich people playing). That was great. I've been expecting a moonbase for decades, ever since my Primary 4 school prize told me it was imminent.

Late night running to the moon

During the war, Mario found himself listed for military service in both Britain and Italy. Instead, he worked in the mines in Motherwell, staying close enough to return home and help Teresa at the café. Italian-American troops passing through the Barracks would often seek out Italian cafés, ...

The Scotland national team continuing their campaign to help their supporters boycott the World Cup this year.

This is so easily done. In Greece years ago we were catching a bus to head off somewhere. My blood sugar was going down and I took a notion to sort this by buying 2 bananas from a roadside seller. My dodgy Greek meant she gave me 2kg, so I dashed to the bus with about 20 bananas.

Jessie Marion King (1875-1949), Scottish illustrator, jewellery/fabric designer, one of the artists known as the 'Glasgow Girls' #womensart

I'm going to pitch a book called The Cat Who Murdered the Mount Fuji Coffee Shop Librarian. I understand there might be a market for it.

We are currently at the "if you don't like the weather, give it 10 minutes" part of the year in Scotland. Sunshine, wind and snow alternating today.

A heart-warming story for a cold Friday night in Maryhill, Partick Thistle coming from behind to beat Ross County 3-1. Indefatigable football.

The Duke of Wellington statue, complete with traffic cone, has become a rather iconic symbol of Glasgow. I ran a wee route this morning trying to find as many other horse statues as I could in the city. There ain't that many...

The Duke of Wellington statue, complete with traffic cone, has become a rather iconic symbol of Glasgow. I ran a wee route this morning trying to find as many other horse statues as I could in the city. There ain't that many...

Pedantry done properly.

Happy 95th birthday to William Shatner, most well known as Alexey Karamazov in the 1958 film of the Dostoyevsky novel.

I ran the Paisley half marathon this morning and had a quick wander around the town centre before it began. It's a place that deserves more care and attention than it gets.