It's May Day, 1960, and the imposing figure of American actor, singer, and activist Paul Robeson leads the procession off from George Square, bound for a verdant Queen's Park, where he'll address 10,000 people at the bandstand. 🎥 British Pathe #Glasgow #mayday

Reform UK wants you to forget about Nathan Gill. Don’t let them. #ReformRussianBribes

Come and find us at the Thistles Shopping Centre this Friday, 1st May for Stirling's Culture Night! Come along and clean some 19th Century documents, print your own bookmark, make some badges, meet us and our lovely Art Collection, Macrobert, Pathfoot Press and Arts & Humanities colleagues!

In 2014 UK politicians and corporate media told you that Scotland's oil and gas would run out within 5 years. In 2024 the surplus gas trade alone was worth £7Bn. You were lied to. You're still being lied to. Don't get fooled again. indyposterboy.scot/never-again/

There's always a Yes, Minister. "The Rhodesia Solution" www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGJH...

This May @strathgenealogy.bsky.social in Glasgow, top up your genealogy skills with the Intermediate Scottish Family History Research Course. Classes will be on burgh & trade records, asylums, house history, urban ancestors, & kirk session & church records. Details buff.ly/mNKeBNZ #GenHour #Scotland

Join me online this Thursday @strathgenealogy.bsky.social to learn about some creative sources for tracing your emigrant Scots ancestors! Visit buff.ly/JyAZcfx & scroll down for details & registration page #Genealogy #AncestryHour #Scotland

Join me @StrathGenealogy's Intermediate Scottish Family History Research course 5-6 May for talks on researching urban ancestors, using kirk session records & also taking a deeper dive into faith records. Details at tinyurl.com/dbb6nmjf Sign up before places are all taken! #Scotland #FamilyHistory

This was written about a different discipline but the lesson is the same - it's the prefect explanation of why we should NEVER use LLMs in family history research. "Serendipity doesn't come from efficiency. It comes from spending time in the place where the problem lives..." Get your hands dirty!

Less than 4 wks now to the intermediate Scottish Family History course at Strathclyde uni. Join myself, @acspring.bsky.social & @chrismpaton.bsky.social for talks on a wide range of topics to help with your research of your Scottish ancestors. Registration now open www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

Come on then, and remove him.

Spring is in the air

Can you help?

Translation: "I started something I can't finish and broke something I can't fix so I'm going to walk away and pretend it's your fault"

It’s that time of year - folks asking us about #bumblebees - WHY THEY’RE SEEING THEM ON THE GROUND - so here’s a thread to explain. Please #repost! Every queen that survives means a new colony that gets to exist and produce new queen #bees for next year! So important to #share! 1/9 #nature #caring

Why you should always skip the top Google search results...

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

An excellent thread with a decent purpose.

We should all pop them a note to express out disappointment

Bless the librarians of Aberystwyth University for sending this blog out to their students: "Wait a Minute…What If I Don’t Want to Use AI?" #LibrarySky

Tomorrow, March 18th, @natlibscot.bsky.social has an online Researching Your #HouseHistory presentation. Introducing useful resources (including the library's own), and covering 8 types of house from rural cottages to mid 20th century council housing. 3pm to 4.15pm. Free, but booking essential.

I’m looking forward to speaking to the Nottinghamshire Family History Society about tracing Scottish ancestors for free, from the comfort of your home, on Wed 18 March. Details: buff.ly/kP4cYCe #AncestryHour #Genealogy #lFamilyHistory

In six weeks, the big day will be here: we’ll be welcoming all our members and non-members to Birmingham. If you’d like to join us, sign up soon. The early bird rate is only available through March 31! www.qualifiedgenealogists.org/2026-confere... #genealogy #familyhistory #RQGconf2026

Look, people *know* that these technologies are trained on stolen material. They *know* about the CSAM and abusive images of women it generates. They *know* about the environmental damage. They *know* about the lack of consent. So they must also know that the ethical thing to do is to just say no.

I've really enjoyed watching Morag Peers' presentation on Scottish church records at RootsTech this year #GenHour #Ancestry #RootsTech www.familysearch.org/rootstech/se...

#GenHour #Ancestry #Scotland

Great thread for #InternationalWomensDay

'Why is it always the women that get punished?' Link 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

📌 ICYMI — Revealed: The Staggering Amount of Time Nigel Farage has Spent on ‘Second’ Jobs Since Becoming an MP The Reform UK leader has logged more than 1,100…… https://bylinetimes.com/2026/03/05/revealed-the-staggering-amount-of-time-nigel-farage-has-spent-on-on-second-jobs-since-becoming-an-mp/

Name of the Week: Archibald Butter Minto of Edinburgh & New York, d. 1869. #Ancestry #GenHour #NotatRootsTech

Hi all. It's a beautiful day in Salt Lake City and I'm looking forward to RootsTech 2026. I have a show special: $10 off your next DNA Painter subscription payment if you follow this link: dnapainter.com/subscribe/d/.... ** This applies to both new and existing subscribers! ** Please repost!

If you're going to be in the west of Scotland this May, why not sign up for this Intermediate Course in Scottish Family History Research at Strathclyde University? Featuring the lovely @marplecat.bsky.social and me #FamilyHistory #GenHour #Ancestry #Glasgow www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

Board of Peace - Season 1

GOOD NEWS for one of the UK’s rarest birds. 😍 🙌 There are new signs of hope for Capercaillie at RSPB Abernethy, thanks to long-term collaboration between the RSPB, landowners, partners and the Scottish Government. Hooray for Capercaillie!

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

25 Feb 2026 Standardized place name errors on FamilySearch #genealogy #FamilySearch

My take on a very Scottish naming practice of the past (I hope) #GenHour #Genealogy #FamilyHistory scotsancestors.blogspot.com/2026/02/from...

"My 'methodology' was a series of errors": Gemini generates false records and fake screenshots of TNA website: www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

Celebrate Seachdain na Gàidhlig (World Gaelic Week) with us! 🗣️ ...through our collections 🏛️ We're currently showing items that tell the story of Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (Alexander MacDonald, c.1698–c.1770), a schoolmaster, poet, and Jacobite captain.

In the eighteenth century, landlords in the Scottish Highlands exerted control over what their tenants planted and how they planted it. In reality, these 'reforms' disrupted resilient ecological practices. Cat Scothorne on seeds and the Highland Clearances.

More by these wonderful cartoonists/illustrators, here: www.bergerandwyse.com

Incredibly powerful front page from the Sunday Post ‘These are the faces of the close to 200 women killed by men in Scotland over the last 16 years. Many were murdered in the one place they should feel completely safe - their own home. Today, we ask for your help in ending misogynistic violence’

'...social workers raised concerns about inaccuracies in transcribed conversations with people with regional accents. One described how their AI-generated transcriptions often included “gibberish”. Another said: “It’s become a bit of a joke in the office.”' #AI www.theguardian.com/education/20...

The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Catch up with my latest finds that could help you to build your family tree! #GenHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy scotsancestors.blogspot.com/2026/02/now-...

PLEASE REPOST 🥺🙏 The Canadian Letters & Images Project is an online digital archive of Canadians’ experience during wartime at home & in battle. It contains thousands of personal letters & photos that reveal people’s experience through their own words & eyes. www.canadianletters.ca/content/abou...

Looking forward to tomorrow's @scottishindexes.bsky.social conference. I'll be taking part with a presentation and Q&A sessions throughout the day. Join me and the many other speakers on Zoom or Facebook - details at www.scottishindexes.com/conference.a...