Scottish Government is #hiring #social #researchers. B2 is our entry level grade, for masters or PhD with an interest in applied social research. 2x 4yr posts initially, but with a reserve list. Apply by 20/08/2026 Pls share to folks! fa-evxn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Social Researcher

Want to help shape Scotland’s Census, informing the decisions that improve public services and capture the story of Scotland for generations to come?

fa-evxn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com

Bluesky needs a sports guy, is very much our pub quiz team circa 2008. History lady✅; politics guy✅; literature enby ✅; sports guy ❌🫤

For religious reasons I don’t celebrate the passing of any human life. There are however some people I would not light a candle in memory of. I feel that is enough.

Have to assume this is a Heated Rivalry spin off?

Me: get dressed please- Teenager: why, what are we doing today? Me: Only dressed people get that answer… Follow me for more foolproof “clickbait parenting techniques“ Teenager: Dauuuhhhd. Are you putting that online. So cringe. 😬

Knowing how Bluesky loves a #schism, a link to an in-depth podcast about the #orkney monks. From the actual local perspective. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

Who are Orkney’s rebel monks?

Podcast Episode · Scotcast · 27 July · 23min

podcasts.apple.com

Heard there were still tickets for events at the commonwealth games. Checked on my phone- oh yes. Went on the laptop as it’s a proper purchase. Ticketmeister- nah blocked. You have tried to access the ticket site on multiple devices from the same WiFi. Think I may know why tickets still available. 🤷

At the flumes at the swimming pool. A wee vignette #poem.

Just had a dream where I was explaining Buddhism through bass fishing to Ian Botham. I think I’ve now got to pitch one of those tiny stocking filler books or something?

Just watched Comedy of Errors here for the first time. You know how- twins? But what if more twins?

On a rare foray into our local Facebook pages, spotted this. Paid freelance #history #job. Sharing as I suspect probably not that many folks are looking at the Kinross community page for jobs! fossowaytrust.com/news/fossowa...

There's been a post on the work intranet about 'the hobby that makes you better at your job.' Meh. I'm only interested in people's hobbies that make them worse at their jobs, otherwise it's linked-in fodder.

Since everyone seems to be annoyed about wordle today I dipped back in for the first time in ages. A four. Perfectly cromulent word I should say.

There are new items in my inbox. But they’re all out of office messages from the email I just sent. It’s July in Scotland.

I saw someone wrote a daft thing online. But instead of jumping in. A #poem.

How to know the school holidays have started? Supermarket back to school sale. Because why should kids get a well not thinking about it?

It's actually nice weather, it's the summer, so it's the first BBQ 🔥evening of the year. (We've had miserable rainy cold summer in Scotland so far) Which affords the following thought. As someone who's been a migrant, lived in 4 countries etc... To which nation do I belong? .. . Marination.

Is someone mowing after 8 at night universally understood to be a sign of marital difficulties or is that just a thing here in Scotland?

From this week’s Private Eye. A board meeting I would definitely anticipate eagerly.

Duolingo for Bluesky

Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 4w ago

[sighing], oui, une poubelle sur la tête

[sighing], oui, une poubelle sur la tête

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that of the approx. 9 million 4 inch long USB cables that I have, it will be the one with the weird other end that I need actually and that, inevitably, seems to be lost.

Oh out of office season, How I do love thee. The perfect email sent, The bounce reply. Nothing more, Until the autumn, Doth hove in. GB 6/7 2026

Dear all utility companies. I don't want to log in. I never wanted to log in. I just want you to email me the bill as a PDF and then pay. #grump.

Since people are always posting success runs. I invite you to play “guess where on my Sunday afternoon jog my right calf muscle went twang”. Thereafter dropping to a hobble/hurple, to be passed by dawdling dog-walking pensioners.

Why are linen shirts so much worse at cleaning 👓 glasses than cotton shirts?

Morag is not a morning person (cat).

“Often when you see him sleeping, you’ll see him squished up against a fence, and that’s probably part of him wanting to feel that there’s something else there.” the guardian going straight for my heart this morning

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.

A 1,000kg mammal is wreaking havoc in Tasmania – and Neil the seal is loved for it

There’s definitely a correlation between the price of a box of granola and the disappointment that follows. Never worth it to get the fancy stuff. #sawdust

Hmm. Not sure a Quaker would make a great pope tbh.