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dgplacenames (now in Orkney)@dgplacenames.bsky.social · 3d ago

Enjoyed this review. Struck by how the following sentence, Proust-like, brought the Handforth Parish Council debacle to mind: "Anyone involved in computers needs to read and understand this."

Terence Eden@edent.tel · 3d ago

New blog post: Book Review: The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' by Sidney Dekker ★★★★☆ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/08/book-review-the-field-guide-to-understanding-human-error-by-sidney-dekker/ This is such a useful book. It makes the case that there's no such thing as "human error" …

Word Family Friday@wordfamilyfriday.bsky.social · 3d ago

I thought I had posted about this, but it turns out I had just posted it to my D&D group. barley ← barley-like barn ← barley-house

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dgplacenames (now in Orkney)@dgplacenames.bsky.social · 3d ago

It being a Lammas night, I was reading Burns' Corn Rigs and realised I didn't know where the -ley in barley comes from. Turns out the Old English for barley is bærlīċ 'barley-like'. Are there other examples of x-like becoming the word for x?

It was upon a Lammas night, When corn rigs are bonie, Beneath the moon's unclouded light, I held awa to Annie: The time flew by, wi' tentless heed, Till 'tween the late and early; Wi' sma' persuasion she agreed, To see me thro' the barley. Corn rigs, an' barley rigs, An' corn rigs are bonie: I'll ne'er forget that happy night, Amang the rigs wi' Annie.
It's Simon, yeah?@coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 6d ago

Every day the BBC news updates on the number of people who’ve crossed the channel in small boats. But somehow this isn’t newsworthy. Just the collateral damage of a motorcentric society

20's Plenty for Us@20splenty.bsky.social · 6d ago

For the 5th consecutive year child casualties have flat-lined at around 13,000 road casualties of age 16 and under. In what other area of life would the death or injury of 13,000 children be "acceptable"? The government has a Road Safety Strategy that aims to reduce child KSIs by 70%.

Scotland's Churches Trust@scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 5d ago

Ahead of its closure, Balmaclellan Church has submitted a planning application to relocate a Gordon Webster stained glass window to nearby Dalry Church. A very worthy task, ensuring another fragile piece of Scottish art remains on public display. Full story here 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Balmaclellan church seeks new home for striking stained glass window

The Church of Scotland hopes to move the artwork - which is nearly 100 years old - to another Galloway church.

bbc.co.uk

Lee Raye@leafyhistory.bsky.social · 6d ago

What a bird! I agree about the hoopoe's distribution having changed - some very intriguing 17th century Scottish refs! Robert Sibbald found they lived in Orkney and Berwickshire, and later added (unpublished) that they could be found in Lothian too! 🐦

Martin Calladine@uglygame.bsky.social · 6d ago

Feels like John Christopher or Wyndham would've written a marvellously eligiac, cosy dystopian climate change novel, called something like The Summer It Stopped Raining, where a vicar sits in his Surrey garden and remembers all the beautiful roses, dahlias and gladioli he used to be able to grow.