Air India crash: How Aberdeen teacher helped grief-stricken British families in the aftermath

I asked the ILT custodian if he had any last comment this Tuesday night before he locked up: The Tuesday scowls, the Wednesday growls, the Thursday curses, the Friday howls, the Saturday snores, the Sunday yawns, the Monday morns, the Monday morns. The whacks, the moans, the cracks, the groans...

Safely back from Liverpool. Thinking of that great city tonight…

2024/25 SCOTTISH CUP WINNERS 🏆

We are delighted to confirm the Scottish Cup Trophy parade will take place at 12pm on Sunday 25th May 🏆 Full details // bit.ly/4kyMSP4

ABERDEEN FOOTBALL CLUB. 2024/25 SCOTTISH CUP WINNERS!!

Austria has won #Eurovision 2025, defeating Israel.

Back in action. 45 minutes to go in the league campaign. 🟠 0-1 🌊 // 46'

One man in Ireland has set an unusual challenge for himself: Record the sound of every bird species in the country. The mission is not frivolous, though. Many of the birds may soon be extinct.

@nicolasturgeon.bsky.social Thank you Nicola for your wisdom, patience and integrity. People have very short memories of how Nicola was such a strong, intuitive leader during the unprecedented, frightening and bizarre period of Covid. Scotland was very lucky to have such a beacon of strength.💃🏻💐❤️

Jack Vettriano - Scottish painter. Not everyone’s cup of tea but I’ll have one sugar with mine.

Today's events in Washington are a clear cause for deep concern, for shock, for anger. What we need now are cool heads and clear thinking. We must stand firm with our European allies in the steadfast defence of Ukraine. That is where Scotland stands. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦

Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.

What do the best teachers have in common? They're good-natured. They're professional without being aloof. And they're demanding without being unkind. chroni.cl/4hOgJCi

Irish are living longer, better with healthcare workforce expansion, says new report

From Monday 10 February - FREE Books! 📚♻️ We'll have #booksforstudents in the Sir Duncan Rice and Taylor Libraries. The giveaway will last until all of the books have gone. Showing our commitment to the #GreenLibraries Manifesto. #buildyourlibrary #sustainableliving #ecofriendly

We need a lot more Educational provision like this, certainly if we are still endeavouring to Getting it Right for Every Child.

Our season 2025... uncloaked Join us at 11am Friday when all will be revealed... 👀 #NTS2025

Cold start this morning, hopefully warmer tomorrow in Scotland!

"Here is a cohort of young people across Scotland who are being denied that opportunity, while there is a recognition within government that there is a gap in further education." Corseford College is under threat. Read more: www.holyrood.com/inside-polit... #Education #EducationMatters #Scotland

Happy Hogmanay everyone!! 🥳🎉🥂

Authorities are trying to stem the flow of lava close to the Svartsengi powerplant by spraying it with 26 thousand liters of cold water every minute. Apparently it’s working quite well.

Enjoyed reading this 🙂

Education for Collective Intelligence www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Today’s poem is called ‘Please Bear in Mind’.

This Dublin City Lido idea for George's Dock is fantastic. I'll be supporting it 💯 Let's hope @future-lidos.bsky.social gets to see it being built with support from @swimireland.bsky.social Delighted that it aligns with what I suggested three years ago www.ciarancuffe.com/opinion-piec...

Child poverty is the big issue of our time. Every politician should be focused on eradicating it. A POVERTY ZERO LAW is the only way. That’s why I’m backing the @bigissue.bsky.social campaign👇

Day 1708 #ArtKicksCovid19 “Time Flies” (1887) William Gerard Barry. Crawford Art Gallery. Barry came from Carrigtwohill in Cork and following his studies at the Crawford, went on to attend the Académie Julian in Paris. The tradition of Irish artists painting in France was by then well established.

Seamus Heaney #booksky #Ireland #books #writing #writingquotes

"The days are getting shorter and colder, but I ask you to remember: even as the Winter comes in, there is Hope and there is Light." ~ Seamus Heaney Towards Another Summer.

Author Alice Taylor: ‘I don’t ever buy any books from Amazon. Bookshops are vital for the mental health of the country’ www.independent.ie/entertainmen...

Arrived in time for some holiday weekend reading #StrathEdD #EduSky @katewall.bsky.social

- So, Mr. B. what do you think of it here so far? - Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.

"We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel… is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.” Ursula K. Le Guin .

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Fantastic opening from @eam0.bsky.social to his keynote - we need happy teachers!

I feel a lot more inclined to start sharing my photography and birding moments on here after leaving Twitter behind, starting with a Yellowhammer from this spring in Aberdeenshire. Never has a bird matched its surroundings better! #BirdingScotland

So sad to hear this. I remember going to D’Unbelievables in Tivoli for first time. Probably about 1994. They were amazing. Having run away from rural Ireland to Dublin they were a tonic for the absurdity of a world I never really felt part of