My hot take is that I really just feel like we’re at the point with Shaetlan where there are far more interesting questions to now be asking than “is it a dialect or a language?”

Oh so it’s an endo flare up AND kidney colic kinda day eh, lucky meeeee 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

You'd have to read to the thirteenth paragraph to discover the pull quote for the title was from Marcus Siding, a 23-year-old Swedish man living in Sweden that wanted to become a cop, but his ADHD diagnosis at the age of 12 barred him by law from becoming a Swedish cop Seems relevant

This is an aside, but I know several of us with ADHD who *do* rely on it to function, not in like a capitalist productivity sense, (b/c we're disabled and either unable to work or freelancing) the ADHD meds are *lifechanging* for the ability to pace + rest with other chronic illnesses

“The UK’s productivity crisis is one of the biggest challenges facing the economy.” “OK, shall we diagnose and treat a condition that directly impairs productivity and responds well to medication?” “Absolutely not.”

Join us at noon on Mon 17th August in the company of the many magical creatures and stories that inhabit Scottish lore and legend with @scottishfolkmagic.bsky.social! Scott's Milldust & Dreaming Bread offers a transformative perspective on the significance of Scottish Folklore today. See you then!

Scotland's beavers are back! 🦫 Scottish Greens introduced funding for reintroducing beavers to Scotland's countryside; now we are seeing these incredible animals restore rivers, reduce flooding, and rebuild ecosystems.

Food creators who hook you with their “lazy go-to recipe” but it still involves chopping multiple vegetables… friend you do not understand the depths of my laziness

Especially noting this for Scotland where your undergraduate education is *free* - tell us what you really mean when you say that young people needn't take advantage of this incredible opportunity? You mean... let the poor kids stay poor and uneducated. You mean: no more social mobility, ta.

Emma Jacobs@emmavj.bsky.social · last wk.

Every commentator saying too many kids go to university has to tell their own kid to not do a degree

Would you just look at these Burrafirth Boys doing their Appalachian set at Unstfest last weekend 💖

A warm welcome to Claire White, our new Shetland Scots Scriever! 🥳🎻 Claire is a songwriter and traditional fiddle player from Shetland, with a deep passion for the Shaetlan language.

"Before he was Prufrock, he was ... J. ALFRED."

Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.

Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now

Covered in craa siller and paddockstøl spores at the spot we were married last weekend

To my past self: the stress and stomach aches were worth it a thousand times over

Roseanne Watt@roseannewatt.bsky.social · 3w ago

at the stage of wedding planning where the thing i'm most excited about is waking up on sunday with the knowledge i don't have to plan a wedding anymore

at the stage of wedding planning where the thing i'm most excited about is waking up on sunday with the knowledge i don't have to plan a wedding anymore

Nicholas Culpeper’s The Complete Herbal, this copy published in 1850.

my sister has an exhibition opening at the end of this month with Gaada! :-) www.gaada.org/events/wild-...

Gaada — Wild Colour of Shetland (Jenny Watt)

Wild Colour of Shetland by Jenny Watt, is showing in the Outdoor Display Space at Toogs Artist Workshop, 3 July–28 September 2026.

gaada.org

Absolutely wild to come to the conclusion you are the victim here, and not just reaping the consequences of your deeply harmful beliefs

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · last mo.

Kate Forbes: I was 'slam dunk' for SNP leadership until revealing gay marriage views

The ‘dog days’ of summer get their name due to their association with the Dog Star, Sirius, found in the constellation Canis Major. The first visible rising of Sirius occurs during the hot stretch from early July to early September. Woof.

Was chirping too loudly about being free from the NHS’s clutches during mercury retrograde. I made myself a hot water bottle last night and an air pocket with the apparent projectile power of a uboat made the water splash back INTO MY FACE. Getting married in two weeks btw 😭

My MRI came back clear!* Suuuuuch a huge relief. Looking more and more like there’s some issue going on with vitamin b1 — treatable and reversible, though can take a few months🤞 (*the exact word they used to describe my brain was “unremarkable” 😭💀)

one more ban. just ban one more thing and surely our problems will be solved

You guys are not prepared for the day I finally achieve a regulated nervous system let me tell you

Today we Marcus Aurelius that shit and move on

So nice to inhabit a body that doesn't feel like we're wading through mud all the time, what is this life!!

I started taking benfotiamine and within four days my balance got better, my gait went back to near-normal and I regained some power in my limbs... trying not to get too excited as it could be a massive coincidence. And it's not done anything for my muscles going into spasm. But IMAGINE!!

Marzanna, The Goddess of Winter and Death 🌒 Julia Curylo

When solving a Wordle comes down to choosing between two possible answers, I get a surprisingly high hit rate by asking myself “what would those cretins at the New York Times have it as”

I had a beautiful solstice. Low symptom day. Visited Lea Gardens. Board games and fiddle tunes with the neighbours over the hill. Knot magic and burnt offerings at the swaar o da dim 🔥🌞🧡