This is Hippo. He's visiting Scotland for the first time. Had no idea they made squeaky toys for humans too. 14/10 (TT: kelseydarragh)

New podcast. A look back at the games in Deutschland and Poundland, a look ahead to Aberdeen and Huns part II, a critique of ticket pricing generally and a debate around the RGC that ends with a potential international incident. pod.link/1781046320

“War, huh, yeah What is it good for? Absolutely NOTHING!” - Edwin Starr

People expected to live forever in limbo, forever as outsiders, and they will still be asked: “Why won’t you just integrate?”

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of February!

“We’re all aware of the environmental impact we have in our lives, and spend a lot of time choosing what we recycle and so on, so it’s only right that people should be able to consider that for their funeral too.” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

If it’s helpful to hear from someone who has seen nearly half a century of news events: if you cannot do anything about them, you can choose not to give them your attention It is OK not to let unsolvable horrors into your domestic mental circle Know of them happening, but it’s OK not to live them

🌟 #BrainTumourAwarenessMonth 2026 marks thirty years since Neil and Angela laid the foundations for #TheBrainTumourCharity from their kitchen table. 🌟 This month, we’re celebrating our progress & the supporters who’ve made it all possible, while looking ahead to the breakthroughs to come. #BTAM

I was reminded this earlier. Absolutely spine tingling live. I hadn’t seen this video. youtube.com/watch?v=WoCS...

Breath of fresh air. Don't ask how I am. 'Because the answer's going to be the same every day: not good.' Fuck the cult of mandatory optimism.

I'm OK with people finally stepping up for testing we normally reserve for animals who don't want or need it. If the ultimate end goal of all this "research" and self medication means an end to animal testing then so be it.

Long shot but is there anyone with a Barrowlands ticket (any night) for CMAT who’d prefer to swap it for a Saturday night Edinburgh one?!?

FACT OF THE DAY. 1 March 1978. The coffin containing the corpse of Charlie Chaplin was stolen from a cemetery in the Swiss village of Corsier-sur-Vevey. A ransom of $600,000 was demanded, but not paid. The coffin was found on 17 May 1978 and 2 men: Roman Wardas and Gantscho Ganev were convicted.

I see we finally took Kasper out the back and shot him

Today marks the first day of meteorological spring 🌷 March has arrived, and with it comes longer, lighter days. Over the next few weeks most of us will enjoy around two extra hours of daylight ☀️

Paul asked us to wait to publish this until he was out of Cuba and safe from harm Well, he’s safe from harm now forever, god love him

This is Buddy. He does hydrotherapy to stay strong and live forever as all good boys should. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (TT: doggiesbeautysalon)

Unsurprisingly its almost fucking impossible to follow what's real and what's not in this war. Social media is fucking dripping in fake reports, fake videos, fake images. It's a fucking nightmare.

Did I ever mention that I've had a blog for years about the beauty in corrosion that I (too) occasionally update? All photos from different iPhones I've owned over the years. www.tumblr.com/asweetcorros...

Nearly 1 in 5 cancers is classified as rare. Boost your awareness today, on Rare Disease Day, with the resources in our cancer care subject guide. Access the guide 👉 https://bit.ly/43AB4V3 #RareDiseaseDay

My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down and it’s difficult to see. He had a thriving writing business until AI came along but now he’s struggling to find work. Please repost this far and wide in the hope that he can find some writing work. www.mathew-owen.co.uk

💜 Turn It Purple is now year-round. Formerly a November campaign, it’s now a permanent way to raise awareness, share symptoms and help drive earlier diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. 👉 Get involved: bit.ly/4nSftRz

Channel 4 News inexplicably create an AI generated film to underpin their story about Anthropic. Just fucking look at the state of the clock?!?

🤣 reached the point where the teens are ignoring you and pretending there isn’t a drunk mammy in their life

When you’re on holiday and your teens are messaging asking wtaf you’re doing having a 4th margarita in the afternoon 🤣 I’m not old enough to be parented by my children

Seriously, Jake Paul lost with more dignity than this

A couple of stories I heard about Gordon Brown on Armando Iannucci podcast yesterday. Click on text to open out fully.

This is the front cover of the new edition of @thelancet.com (thanks to @profstevegriffin.bsky.social for sharing) #HealthPolicy #Science 🧪🧵

Out of all the things, music is my favourite thing.

Haughey: “And I’ve got an idea, I’m going to get a Celtic legend to front it, and I’m not going to confirm at the moment, but I’ve got that done. “And then over the next few weeks, there’ll be more and more details about how people can become part of this."

Got to say Benidorm you are everything I imagined and worse 🙈

Our Google Home hub does not like my wife's voice. Whatever music she asks it to play, it ends up playing her the same song - namely Why Do You Only Call Me When You're High by Arctic Monkeys

Last time out on the road, Sproston Green live at the Barrowlands

My brother in law was just talking about this. Anyone any more info? What is the reality of £10mill in shares?

Every single club in the League is the same. When your only concern is money, marketing a product globally, controlling everything then of course the culture declines. The best atmospheres in the UK are in Scotland because the GB & others fight for their history.

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Just cannot believe how Stormzy is now. And I get to see him on Sunday in his new home!!!

The next instalment of the build up to Scotland’s latest appearance at a World Cup, @krys.kujawa.co.uk goes through 1962 to 1964 where Scotland were the only home nation not to be involved with Euro ‘64 - by choice! YouTube: youtube.com/shorts/y5PBM... TikTok: vm.tiktok.com/ZNR5G1X7c/

I am glad I now know this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Cute analogy, if entirely incorrect. Oh and the app this kid has 'created' appears to be a shell for another one, and it's *very* interested in scraping personal details from the computers of unsuspecting students.

Real life stories often prompt folk to think about their own symptoms and push for tests #PancreaticCancer

It is getting hard to stomach the spiel from University leaders about the need to cut costs, make difficult choices, be more sustainable, etc. while they get richer. Don't talk to us about hard times & regrettable job cuts while you take a big pay rises & appoint more senior managers eh?

Fond memories of working at NTL, woman rang up screaming at me. Her husband in background shouts at her, “don’t talk to them like that. They’re on fuck all” Then he takes phone off her, and gives me a line which I have used myself since “Do you have a manager you dislike intensely I can speak to?”

"The men implicated in the Epstein files reinforces that I spend half my life explaining to men that their simplified, optimistic view of other men doesn’t line up with the experience of women and girls trying to dodge sexual harassment, assault and abuse attempts." - Leslie Morgan Steiner

I may be biased but I think our little retirement village is one of the most special and peaceful places on earth

If 'tic inclined, really worth tuning in here to get a clear and concise summary of the recent meeting between the fans collective and the board from @pault1888.bsky.social he really does do an excellent job of articulating that whats happening is not the work of merely ultras and agitators.

Why does the media refer to alleged rapist Russell Brand as a comedian and actor? The creepy fucker hasn't been funny for decades and the only acting he's done recently is pretending to be a Christian