I know Le Creuset mugs are expensive, but I make that THIRTY mugs. Who needs that many mugs?!? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

There were lots of skylarks twittering away around the fields of west Edinburgh by the airport this evening 🥰

There's a very large wildfire in the Pentlands too. Not sure where, but you could see it from Kirkliston and the smoke was right over the city

Rather enjoying this ridiculously clement weather in Edinburgh. On the last UK record-breaking weather day in 2023, it rained in Edinburgh 😭

Ha, Cherry's on PM. I wonder how long she can chat before going on a transphobic rant...

If I wasn't off to see Kimberlé Crenshaw in 40 minutes I would've knocked-off this afternoon. As it is, I need to cycle up to George Square shortly and I'm sweating just thinking about it

Further "it's not a bank holiday in Scotland" news 👀

In "not a bank holiday in Scotland" news 👀

Edinburgh was looking particularly awful at 9 o'clock tonight

We also have the reverse - zero degrees in Scotland in February feels far colder than -20 degrees in Alberta, so I'm told

Well, this has all gone swimmingly... #TheArchers

I put slightly too much factor 50 on my face and ended up looking like a mime artist 😬

The carb gods have delivered. BEHOLD

Has this contestant on Blankety Blank walked off the set of EastEnders and forgotten to come out of character?

We're having that potato lasagne that's in today's Guardian for our dinner and I'm quite excited 😁

My afternoon tasks have revealed that the ceanothus is too wet and the monstera is too dry and pot bound and I can't really do much about either thing right now, so I just need to keep them alive for now

Going viral for a post about local government coalitions was not on my bingo card for today...

This! These positions in Scotland have wrecked local governance. It's also antidemocratic. This is the result the election produced, so work with it, don't impose stupid rules about who you can form coalitions with

Chef's "fridge raid" recipes are, uhm, interesting... We have very different fridge contents....

And of course

I have the vaguest twinge of plantar fascitis after being in an amazing amount of pain with it earlier in the week, so I'm off to see if I can manage a very slow parkrun 🤞🏻

I don't remember Beck having this much evil twink energy #TOTP

It's five-ive! #TOTP

Macy Gray is STILL in the charts?!?! #TOTP

So, of course my slides about future research strategy start with a GIF of Taylor Swift. Someone really needs to stop me.

In a bit of an internet-of-shit classic, I've just spent £20 to get a DAB radio because after nearly a month, my Google Nest speakers still won't play BBC Sounds properly. And I suspect this is why the BBC have stopped playing BBC Sounds adverts every 20 minutes

Most. But not all...

There are days when I miss being an editor. I loved writing headlines. Whoever did this, I hope they took the rest of the day off.

Can service providers just start calling everything a ship then?

The Today interview with the EHRC wasn't utterly horrific. Had the voice of a trans person. Calmly pointed out how the guidance is completely impractical. The EHRC Chair should've just stopped this whole thing, but you certainly got a "what the hell am I supposed to do with this mess?" vibe from her

My local steam railway runs a service called the Sausage Shuttle

Yet there you are, outside.

How are all the participants on MasterChef just so bloody lovely? 🥰

Hills I will die on: unique CANNOT BE QUALIFIED

I just remember in the run-up to the 2024 election and Kemi on radio 4 said they'd introduce a toilet ban for trans women, and Mishal Husain just calmly asked her how it would work, and Kemi completely flailed trying not to say "we'd do genital checks", and this nonsense should've just ended then.

I really don't get what the fuck Bridget Philipson thinks she's doing. This guidance is worst than useless. Why not just push through legislation to tell the Supreme Court they're wrong?

The UK Minister for Equalities has laid the EHRC’s Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations before UK Parliament. You can find it here: www.gov.uk/government/p... We will be taking time to read it thoroughly before we share our thoughts. More details in the thread below:

Reform quoted on the news complaining about the government letting people leave the country 🤣

If you think someone is trans, you can ask, however be sure to ask in a say that wouldn't put them at a disadvantage or seem hostile or that is harassment. If they deny it, you can ask them to prove it, however there aren't any documents that would work to prove it. Hope this clarifies things.

I'm just aghast at the draft guidance. And incredibly angry. I stupidly thought the government had realised that the previous version was completely unworkable and would produce something vaguely sensible. But no. Horrific transphobia and erosion of basic rights writ large 🤬

I can't wait for all those VAT court cases in a few years on "what is a theme park?"

The way today's migration figures are being discussed by politicians 🫪 we are seriously going to end in GDR-style policies to try and stop people leaving at this rate

The Society's President and Council have released the following statement on the proposed closure of undergraduate degrees at the University of Hertfordshire, in #History and the wider humanities bit.ly/4dmV5oO This comes at a time of further bad news from Essex and Nottingham #Skystorians

This is also why I think the recall petition system for Westminster needs to be reformed. It's a bit too easy to boot-out MPs IMHO and the system could easily be abused in this way

Someone in my husband's church choir has just shared that the RSCM have published some evensong music for tenor-less choirs, and I knew the longstanding tenor shortage has been getting worse, but this is quite something. Wales, can you export some of your tenors?!

I just grabbed tickets to hear Kimberlé Crenshaw at Edinburgh Uni next Monday!!!!!! 😁🎉🎉🎉🎉 a happy-making moment in my current slough of despond...