Seems like an appropriate time to post these pics of the reindeer friends I made up on the Cairngorms. Even in a year of solid adventure, getting up close to these creatures is a big highlight of mine; the privilege to connect with them, although for too short a time, will never be lost on me.

I think we nailed the whole merry and bright thing today, @gemct24.bsky.social.

If you've been anywhere on the British rail network today, remember that Delay Repay is a thing. I'm expecting a juicy Christmas bonus for my 2h49m delay. 🤑

If the Democrats don't immediately jump on 1) how much this will add to energy bills, 2) how many decent jobs this will cost, and 3) how much climate change is already costing American taxpayers, what are they even in politics for?

Day two! Better experience today so far. It's so weird being able to tune into the conversations I'm having with people—effortlessly *listen* rather than strain just to hear. And I once again *experienced* my morning yoghurt instead of thinking about experiencing my morning yoghurt. This is wild.

First day on ADHD medication today. 🥳 Trust me to feel mega sluggish and sleepy after basically taking a stimulant. Absolutely standard. 🙃

The main thing to conclude from this Labour strategy to compare the Greens to Reform is that they don’t understand the threat that Reform pose. They’re not bothered by fascism.

It's your birthday, Duane.

All of these skills built up on the project will be scattered to the winds because we have cancelled a chunk of the project and we're not building any more high speed rail.

My campaign worked! Christmas has come early and I should be starting on meds next week. I'm simultaneously tryna keep my expectations in check while intending on becoming unstoppable.

This but more gay please.

Really good work from The National. Want to know what happened? Read this.

& work as storm Bram ships in all afternoon (river already in its woods, prowling the alders), an agency of its own (birds roost early), the heavy sky shutters & dark comes down as a slammed door

"We need to look after our own first."

#SandiePeggie tribunal and the ongoing gender critical movement are setting back feminism by decades. The amount of misogynistic backlash unleashed on people who disagree with them says it all really. www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2568...

Video clip of Natasha Devon raising concerns about Simon Wessely being involved in the government’s ADHD review. She says it feels like a foregone conclusion because Wessely has already made comments about young people “overdiagnosing” their own mental health.

More of this please.

Migration is the reason *English* people are here. I suppose they can be fun and beautiful sometimes.

This time last week, First Minister John Swinney announced a move towards devolution for the Glasgow City Region. But is it too little too late? Read the blog👇 www.centreforcities.org/blog/glasgow...

Once again, a Scottish newspaper takes a stand, refusing to follow the mainstream media mob in perpetuating the great fiction that is the Gaza “ceasefire”. The @scotnational.bsky.social puts their peers to shame.

In an era where principle seems in short supply, props to Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands for refusing to share a stage with an apartheid state.

This is windpunk

I don't think using 'populists' is accurate here, I would just use far right/reactionary, but the essential point still stands.

For how many years/decades/centuries have women been fighting not to be reduced to our hair, tits and clothes? Well done everybody. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I hope you meet patriarchal standards of how a "man" or a "woman" is supposed to look or you too could be banned from public facilities. This is "feminism" apparently.

If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.

Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made. Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊

Carbon emissions aside, I think what I also want to highlight here is that the scale of job losses associated with these proposals is truly shocking. Apprenticeships gone. Thousands of businesses going bust. A government truly motivated by growth simply would not do this.

The passion though. Which is totally justified! It's just something how rare it is to see passionate anger in the face of injustice from our political leaders.

Glasgow is leaving its dirty, grey, car-dominated past behind. The city's Avenues Project is transforming the streetscape. Little wonder that cycling is up by a staggering 43% in just the past year. Now we need to expand the project and build on its success. www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottis...

I look for lots of things in a gym but overly dramatic lighting and insane locker room decor are two core criteria, apparently.

Also, perhaps Mahmood shouldn't be able to "push her proposals through Parliament"; were they in Labour's manifesto? It seems we're quick to question the Government's mandate to raise taxes, but less quick to question their mandate for these anti-migration reforms.

One out of every 12 rams is gay: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/s... And this new site sells knitwear using wool from gay rams. All proceeds are going to LGBTQI+ charities. rainbow-wool.eu/Shop/

That's the thing about prejudice; your mind is already made up. The EHRC is fundamentally unfit for purpose.

My pretty walk home tonight. If you were as gloomy as Glasgow in winter, you'd have a million lights too.

To be fair, I doubt Farage gets much pleasure from remembering that his side lost World War Two.

Sounds based to me. More politicians should follow sex workers. Sex work is work and sexuality is normal. The weird thing is when religious people are conditioned to toxically entangle their faith & shame with regular sexual desires. The weird thing is stigmatizing & criminalizing working people.

Hmm I think my campaign slogans could use some work.

Pleased to announce my new campaign.

It's not an album cover but I've always loved this photograph of Ethel Cain. That truck didn't stand a chance against her immovable aura.

This car-free bridge across to the Riverside Museum in Glasgow was only completed last year and it's already a huge hit with cyclists—despite the city's climate, latitude etc. What sustainable travel modes need more than anything is the infrastructure to support them.

This isn't just poverty of aspiration, it is incompetence. www.ft.com/content/5ecd...

Anglo-Saxon lineage, you say? The Danish flags on roundabouts thing suddenly makes sense...

Tl;dr: We've "cut the green crap" before (thanks Tories!) and it was disastrous for householders, their wallets and the climate.

Yet another "protected belief" bigotry downwind of Forstater. Deep need to rein this back in.

Mamdani is clearly a skilled communicator, but answering quickfire questions like this becomes easier when you have what many politicians lack: a bedrock of solid principles. It's such a refreshing contrast to the kind of triangulation we're used to. Keir Starmer and his ilk could never.

My heart somehow aches at how beautiful today was; the futility of trying to capture that beauty—to bottle it up and take it home. All I have to share is a collection of moments—already memories—and yet I'm still thankful even for those.

They may dispute the specific number. But with 4000 people on the waiting list and fewer than 50 first appointments a year, it hardly matters if we project 80 years, 224, or anything in between. Unless there is dramatic change, people are just not getting the service they need. It's unacceptable.

Climate change DEFINITELY affects hurricane: STRENGTH: Warmer water is hurricane food RAINFALL: Warm air holds more water vapor SURGE: Warmer water expands, warmer ice melts, sea levels rise PREDICTION: hotter seas mean faster intensification