We promised it and now we're delivering! It's January 2026 and it's time for Episode 1 of the new season of 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week!' The snow delayed things a bit so now we're just going to give it to you straight up. No messing. It's THIS LIGHT! 💡

The first episode of the NEW SEASON of 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week' should have aired on Monday 5th January but it was delayed due to snow etc. It WILL launch this week. Maybe not today. But soon.

Lyse Doucet: "What must Russia and China be thinking now.. if any country can do what they want this is a very dangerous time" #BBCLauraK

i.e. “she’s a very nice woman but she’s a woman”…

Walking with an old friend ☀️

Moon glare snap, first thing.

Seasonal coverage today of our research - via @libbybrooks.bsky.social - bringing light in winter’s dark. @slipshodspeller.bsky.social @orkneylibrary.bsky.social. @uofgnews.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

A family Christmas in a new village, after 28 years. 🎄✨

Two new Assistant Professor positions at Simon Fraser University Department of Geography! Urban Geography/Climate Crisis Landscape Ecology www.sfu.ca/geography/ab... www.sfu.ca/geography/ab...

The grey start belies the joyful significance of the day. Winter solstice 2025 🔥☀️ We are the furthest from the sun in the northern hemisphere, but start to turn again towards its light. #livingwithSAD #Winteringwell

New systematic review of factors associated with #EcoAnxiety in children and young people. Young women reported higher levels of eco-anxiety. Media exposure and perceived government inaction were consistent factors related to eco-anxiety. @drcenz.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Mila Daskalova reflects on the importance of poetry to psychiatry, both in the nineteenth-century and the present day. thepolyphony.org/2025/12/15/p...

Noticing the light #winteringwell #livingwithsad

This weekend the light will start to rise again. Counting down …

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People in Scotland are being invited to write a fictional climate change story .. read more here ⬇️ climatestories.co.uk

It's 16 minutes past 3. The sun has set in #Orkney. Just 6 hours and 19 minutes of daylight today. We are almost at the shortest day but there will still be 9 minutes less daylight on the #WinterSolstice. And then the light returns. 💡

Encouraged to be part of this incredibly important day for @policescotland.bsky.social and the Working Group for Missing People in Scotland and the formal launch of the 2025 Framework for Missing People @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

Wonderful invitation to creatively write our climate change - please share - please take part ✍️ bsky.app/profile/uofg...

What do people in Scotland think and feel about climate change? Write a story as a way to take part in research! climatestories.co.uk

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What do people in Scotland think and feel about climate change? Write a story as a way to take part in research! climatestories.co.uk

Wonderful invitation to creatively write our climate change - please share - please take part ✍️ bsky.app/profile/uofg...

📣 Applications are open for our 2026-27 Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowship scheme! The scheme supports professionals and researchers from health or voluntary and community sectors to develop research within the medical humanities. Apply by 30 Jan:

Glasgow lit

Good to see this moving and thoughtful response to David Bissels work by @jaytoddgla.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/dial...

Excited to announce @leverhulmecal.bsky.social posts - we are looking for 7 interdisciplinary fellows to join our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life, closing date 30 January 2026 (1/3) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

🚨 Job opportunity🚨 We are looking for an editorial assistant to work with me on the RGS journals (TIBG, The GJ, Area & Geo) as we move online systems. 🗓6 months fixed term 🕑0.4 FTE 📍Remote working option ❗️Closing date 11th Dec Please share & apply! Happy to answer Qs. www.rgs.org/about-us/wor...

Weather warnings issued as month's worth of rain could fall in 24 hours www.bbc.com/weather/arti...

Monday’s rising light

My last for @thearsonista.bsky.social: Bo Mandeville's Sketching Clouds, a moving account of a journey by road and sea to Northern Ireland, his open-hearted acceptance of a terminal point to his degenerative illness, and his joy.

Such a good experience presenting ‘Living with SAD’ and ‘Wintering Well to community link workers via @vhscotland.bsky.social with @slipshodspeller.bsky.social. A November tonic ☀️

The time of year to share 'Light is a Right' , a manifesto for (and by) people who experience SAD and a vulnerability to low winter light. I worked with Hayden Lorimer, Hester Parr, and Shawn Bodden to create a poster, book, and free digital book.

The opportunity for Black UK-domiciled students to undertake PhD research at @uofglasgow.bsky.social is still available! Apply by 31 January 2026 for entry to our Scholarships in October 2026. @uofgstem.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

Wednesday

Rising light, Tuesday 25th Nov

A rare opportunity: Professor of Cultural and Natural Heritage @durham.ac.uk. Part of the impressive Heritage 360 program: tinyurl.com/33bt5mu3

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