Slow motion footage of a hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) feeding. This 60-second clip captures just one second of real time, slowed to 1/67th speed at 2000fps. 📽️: HopefullyUsefulContribution | CC BY-SA 4.0

This marvellous interactive tool tells you where any passport can take you. This is based on live data too. Really cool website. Make sure to check it out: buff.ly/sqE05WY

The Government is using this survey which had no option to say no, to justify their upcoming Social Media ban.

Niall Horan says he will support Scotland at the World Cup this summer after Ireland failed to qualify for the tournament

Israel has struck Beirut’s southern suburbs without warning just days after a US-supported ceasefire agreement came into effect

His new book, Family Man, has led to him being dubbed North Edinburgh’s Tarantino and Colin Burnett is very happy with that We spoke to Burnett about his latest book and the inspiration behind it

Nine people have been injured in a shooting near England’s World Cup camp in Missouri. There's no end to reasons the World Cup shouldn't be in this hellhole country.

I've been sent this gem for my #badgeographyjoke collection. "Himalayas be like"

📣 One week left to apply! We are seeking applications for our Scots Scriever residency - and this year, the focus is on Shetland. This is a unique opportunity for a writer to create original work in Shaetlan while championing the language across communities.

Sad but true. The US World Cup is even worse than the Qatar one and that could be predicted 4 years ago.

A Holocaust.

Iran shouldn't have to be launching missiles at Israel, because Europe should be opposing Israel's illegal invasion and Ethnic Cleansing of Lebanon. It seems Europe ignores War Criminals when those War Criminals are bribing their politicians with pathetic sums of money.

EXCLUSIVE: Police used vehicle tracking technology to spy on activists as part of a 'disruption strategy' to suppress protest during US president Donald Trump’s visit to Scotland, documents released under Freedom of Information laws have revealed Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

Heartbreaking...... If you have been affected and wish to write, then please email [email protected] 'Scotland fans 'heartbroken' as travel permits to World Cup withdrawn last minute'

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/crimina... Imagine getting raped and then the police show up and ask if you disclosed your sex at birth to your perpetrator. Just another day on normal island. 😬

The criminalisation of transgender bodies Worrying findings of an investigation into the impact of the CPS’s ‘deception as to sex’ guidance on prosecutions of transgender people | Marie Shrewsbury @crapcerealandpills.bsky.social @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

A UN report on the environmental impact of AI says local communities must be included in discussions about data centres due the pressures they may face — as Scottish communities rally to object to plans near them Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

LATEST: A SNP MP has urged a Westminster committee not to open an inquiry into the Peter Murrell embezzlement scandal

Fire in the sky looking west - April 2015

I’m body swerving this year’s World Cup, not just because it’s in Donald Trumpland, though that’s a big factor, shares Ruth Wishart ✍️ Read here: www.thenational.scot/politi...

If Zionists hadn't invaded Palestine in 1948, Jews, Muslims, Christians and Atheists would be living in peace in Palestine as they had done for hundreds of years.

Scotland's Justice Secretary has said he would 'consider' knife amnesties in the wake of two recent trials which resulted in teenagers found guilty of killing their victims using knives

Remnants of the old and new around us in Westray; the skeleton of a whale at the museum, a derelict old telephone box and a bank building which - amazingly - remains open two days a week!

When film, TV and social media collide, what do you get? Vertical dramas. Fast-paced, attention-grabbing, and typically told in minute-long episodes, these mini-series have surged in popularity, raising the question: how can Scotland’s screen industry get involved?

The islands have spent two decades catching up, and we got there the week the rest of the world started moving on. At least this time, we might keep up, writes Rhoda Meek ✍️

When you get sick in Denmark you get world class treatment and get better at no cost. When you get sick in the USA you get terrible treatment and even if you are a millionaire you go bankrupt.

Tommy cares so much he can't even remember Henry's name.

This map shows the shrinking area of US Virgin Forest in 1620 compared to the late 1990s. Source: buff.ly/PdkUrKi

Tommy Robinson posted AI slop of Allied Troops swimming to Normandy wearing their full kit.

An art installation exploring how people are connected through land and water is set to be revealed at a festival celebrating refugees this month

BREAKING: Midfielder Christian Eriksen is conscious after he collapsed during Denmark's friendly against Ukraine, the Danish Football Association has said

"Youth unemployment is an existential crisis for Britain. Without action we risk leaving a generation on the scrapheap" Alan Milburn | Rachel Burns

North East Standing Together has held its second vigil for peace and justice in Israel and Palestine | Peter Sagar

EXCLUSIVE: A salmon farming giant 'twice misled' the Scottish Government about its operations, campaigners have alleged after the release of Freedom of Information files and covertly recorded video

The Swiss National team shared a map of their training grounds in San Diego where they prepare for the World Cup. The map made it straight to the #badgeographyjoke vault.

Kebab firm fined £500k for selling lamb that was mostly skin and fat

We speak to Ville Väyrynen, a Finnish MP who is currently the Nordic Council president, as he presides over an international body at a crossroads

Scotland must bring in a land value tax – and the SNP have been looking at ways to make it happen, the former finance secretary has said

Huge thanks once again to Laura Kuenssberg for not being so impolite as to ask Zia Yusuf about me hiding a £5 million gift, being paid to throw an election or my dodgy house purchases.

Asking a Scottish person ‘where do you live if your capital city is Madrid?’

Oldfirmfacts deserves a follow if you're interested in the funny side of Scottish football. They have a vast Instagram following but AFAIK they've effectively ditched the nazi message board where sadly, most football chat still takes place.

A filmmaker has said those behind the highly anticipated Highlander reboot have the chance to 'correct a 40-year oversight' by giving Scotland’s landscape its 'own voice at last'

The Birmingham suburbs where one in three adults is jobless

A red, white, and blue tartan has been created to mark the 250th anniversary of independence for the United States

Fifa expanding AI use at World Cup to reduce amount of abuse seen by players

David Lammy has told JD Vance he was wrong to link Henry Nowak’s murder to immigration and he warned the US vice-president the intervention on social media was 'not helpful'

Consumers are being urged not to eat certain products from a frozen food brand after it was deemed 'unsafe'

Clean energy projects in Scotland are set to pay £1 billion to use the UK’s electricity network while projects south of the border will be paid to connect, it has been revealed

I keep that mf thang on me #HedgeHog #WildlifeConservation #NatureLovers

M&S launches new traineeship for 1,000 young people