Neighbourhood watch. #dogsofmastodon #beagle

There’s a group of 5 Corbetts just north of Tyndrum, Moray and I did most of them earlier in the year but missed out Beinn Odhar as it was just too hot. So we went back yesterday to do it, straight up and down from the A82. One disadvantage of doing Corbetts is […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

27 years ago today, I came out at work; that was the last day I presented male anywhere. I could never go back. Exactly one year later was the first Transgender Day of Remembrance. These are very bad times for the trans community. There are not enough of us to fight back on our own: we need […]

On this day in 1996: compleation of my first round of Munros, Meall nan Tarmachan. Yes it really was that gloomy. #Munros #MeallNanTarmachan #ThrowbackThursday #otd

The Duke of Wellington’s traffic cone has now been swapped for a pigeon sculpture, complete with a mini cone on its head and a little newspaper in its wings. 🐦📰 By The Rebel Bear

Here is a perfect example of politically biased framing of a health issue "Oatcakes face Brussels ban under Starmer’s Brexit reset deal with EU". A more accurate framing would be 'EU restricts levels of toxic mycotoxins in food to protect public health ". But politics […]

Python Foundation rejects $1.5M grant with no-DEI strings • The Register "The Foundation ultimately decided it wasn't willing to compromise on [Inclusion policies] even for what would have been a solid financial boost for the organization. " "The PSF board […] [Original post on xtaldave.net]

I’m sorry, why are we using “critics accuse” language here? These are factually, unambiguously, extrajudicial killings. It’s not an opinion. It’s not a disputed or disputable claim.

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disasters, and destroy the night sky, is going to launch. A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out […]

I have a real problem with so-called 'gender critical' gay men and lesbians who know from personal experience that sexual orientation is not a 'lifestyle choice' but who seem to believe that gender identity is. Straight people have an excuse, they don't.

It seems progressive and social democratic politicians are at a loss over how to win elections and gain popularity, so here are my tips. 1. Increase taxes for the rich. 2. Stop subsidies to companies making huge profits. 3. Invest in social welfare programmes like education, health care, and […]

Over 40 years, we were collectively told to give tax cuts to rich people. And we were told that if we did that, wealth would trickle down and everyone would be better off. Over 40 years, pretty much everything got cut to fund these tax cuts. Schools. Hospitals. Public housing. Public […]

My husband has indefinite leave to remain. It took us 6 years and £16,000 in visa, NHS, and lawyer fees for him to get it. Now we risk him losing his right to live in Scotland. This is terrifying for us & thousands of families. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

12 Sep 25 -- The newly elected leader of the UK's Green Party, Zack Polanski, insists that support for trans rights is non-negotiable and transphobic rhetoric will “not be tolerated”. Now if only Labour would take the hint... @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Overnight trip with Moray, camping by Lochan na h-Earba. This glen is about to be dammed and flooded as part of a huge pumped storage scheme, so the area will become a construction site for the next few years, and be irrevocably changed thereafter. So it was […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

Across Europe, when centrist parties have adopted far right themes and sought to appease far right voters, they go down in flames. Why? Because: 1. They alienate their own base. 2. They tell other voters that the far right is correct. The determination not to learn this lesson is a wonder to behold.

3 brothers have rowed across the Pacific. One of them was washed overboard. The BBC says he was lucky to be attached by a line to the boat. No, BBC, that is not luck. That's good risk awareness, planning and operational discipline.

This is an INSANE decision by the E.U. “By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.” This will kill people.

Why is every media channel constantly blasting out Reform UK Party Ltd propaganda? - The Green Party and Plaid Cymru have 4 seats each, the same as Reform. - Sinn Féin have 7 seats. - SNP have 9 - Independents have 21 - LibDems have 72. Jeremy Corbyn: - MP for 42 years - Leader of the […]

Càrn na Saobhaide and Càrn na Làraiche Maoile in the northern Monadhliath, the area of high ground south of Loch Ness and north of the Spey. The network of gravel service roads for the Corriegarth Wind Farm made for easy walking. And the river that Moray and […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

For pete's sake, @mozilla : if you want to measure whether the AI/ML features are worth a damn, put a big green "disable all AI in my browser" button on the version update screen and put some telemetry around how many people instantly click it. Just about everyone I know who has taken the 142 […]

For everyone who puts their family tree on Ancestry 😉 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #familytree

For no particular reason

Isaac challenged his inner ibex above Greenlandic clouds. #greenland #mountains #mountainview #climbing #summit

If you take part in school sport, 99% of the time you are losing. Unless you are Olympic quality, someone somewhere is going to beat you. "Winning" is a bad reason to do sport, even though it is put on a pedestal by our culture. Better reasons to do sport are fitness, personal challenge […]

Not posted in a while so here goes. 2 day trip with Moray walking from Glen Bruar to Glen Feshie, taking in the remote Corbett of Beinn Bhreac. Estate roads at both ends, but a lot of pathless heather in between, hard going. Forecast was for the wind to drop […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

Big day for the matriarchy! 🥳 Huge congrats to the awesome Prof. Doughtery, lead on the Jupiter-bound ESA JUICE mission & STFC Exec Chair. If anyone's confused on the astro royal hierarchy: Michele and I are the astro equivalents of 🇬🇧Westminster and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Holyrood 🤗 ℹ️: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 👩‍🔬🔭🧪

🧵Let's talk about age verification and the Law of Unintended Consequences. So, age verification is a privacy nightmare and it doesn't even work. What are the consequences? Obviously, everybody switches to using VPNs. Yeah, but what are the consequences of that?

What words remain for a government that goes to court to insist it be allowed to continue selling weapons to a state committing genocide, then sends a letter of complaint when those weapons are used?

That's 5D-educational chess. #fuckgenai #chatgpt #genaisuckscameldong

I've just had one of those "Account suspended" #scam posts trying to get me to click a link. Reported. Stay safe, folks!

Today is #internationalnonbinarypeoplesday, and having many non binary people in my life, I stand in support of them, their rights, which are human rights that affect all of us, and their desire to be accepted. Being trans is choosing to live against social conditioning, and expressing yourself […]

Please report any account that tells you that you need to verify your #mastodon account to continue using it through a private message. It is a scam. We do not require identity verification. Real staff accounts either have a special role badge on their profile or are verified through the […]

Today the order banning #PalestineAction as "terrorists" came into effect. But they are not terrorists. They are protesters trying to stop a genocide. This is a "first they came for ..." situation. Unless we stand in solidarity against this assault on our freedom, they will pick us off one by one.

"When the author of a book states that all sales of those books will contribute to an anti-trans fund, the only way we can choose not to participate is by not selling the books any longer. " - #sanfrancisco bookstore #booksmith on why they've stopped selling titles by #transphobic author […]

Oh my godddssss

I managed to go to one of the smaller (turned out to be not that small) #NoKings protests in a small town in Texas. I wasn't sure if I would be brave enough to go, so I didn't make a sign, but I did carry a US flag. And so did a LOT of other people. It wasn't […] [Original post on newsie.social]

Incredible.

1. The US Transgender Survey has finally been released, and the results are stunning. - <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT. - The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

It is with great sadness that I am doing what I would once have thought unthinkable. Following Salim Abdool Karim's superb Faraday Lecture 10 days ago, i have decided to return my own Faraday prize, awarded in 2014. The silence of the Royal Society in the face of Elon Musk's rampage (a member […]

“If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters.” “This seizure blatantly violates international law and defies the ICJ’s binding orders requiring unimpeded humanitarian access to Gaza. These volunteers are not subject to […] [Original post on masto.byrd.ws]

I will not credit a single word that any government is saying about finally acknowledging what Israel is doing until they do something about it that makes a difference. "Bad war criminals! No trade deal!" is bullshit. Where are the strong economic sanctions; Israeli citizens denied visas […]

#til that the exact border between Italy and France is still undecided around the Mont Blanc. France thinks the whole mountain is French, Italy that the border runs exactly along the mountain peak 🏔️ #alps #montblanc

Ok, I might stop after this one: The new Pope has a degree in mathematics from Villanova University. This guy doesn’t just understand sin. He understands cos.

Tattooist in Brighton offering free Harry Potter tattoo cover-ups ☺️ https://www.instagram.com/p/DInpLiZtZkZ/?igsh=b3F2b2Vya21raGpz

Tiny #UK museum on anti - #trans#ukruling: “Speaking in a professional capacity as a] museum of biology: this is not how biology works,” the Crab Museum’s statement read in part. “There are no binaries in nature, and biology, like all sciences, should never be taken for granted or assumed to be […]