I was at a workshop at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh about pollination. Even a brief introduction opened up a whole new world for me
Sandy Sneddon
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Christian, Husband, Dad, Grandpa, Retired. Good food & drink, films, music, travel. ♦️Airdrieonians FC♦️ Still Yes 🏴 No DMs, keep the chat on the posts. No investment opportunities 🚫 No crypto 🚫 No illumenati nonsense 🚫 No Only Fans/dating/porn 🚫
How a spreadsheet error gave Cameron & Osborne the backing for 14 years of austerity, racheted up inequality and paved the way for the rise of UKIP (now Reform) open.substack.com/pub/russinch...
The Spreadsheet That Broke Britain
The absurd error behind austerity, stagnation and the rise of populist rage.
open.substack.com
Today I have mostly been telling lies about using Navy warships against dinghies and forgetting to mention that small boat arrivals are down 44% and net migration fell by 80% last year.
There can't be many churches in Scotland with a stained glass window dedicated to Joan of Arc. Newington Trinity Church, Edinburgh
#MusicSky #NowPlaying #Vinyl Elvis Costello's second album & first with The Attractions. After 1977's My Aim Is True announced a new talent, This Year's Model was the breakthrough album for commercial success.
#MusicSky #NowPlaying #Vinyl Some old school soul on Saturday night, 'Four Tops Live' on Tamla Motown with the peerless Levi Stubbs. Released 60 years ago!
#MusicSky After a lovely home cooked supper (mixed beans topped with a poached egg & cheese accompanied with Chenin Blanc) I treated myself to some whisky & a cigar. I just knew I had to play this again, the first LP I bought 50+ years ago, Focus 3 by those Dutch Masters Focus.
ZIONIST TERRORISTS BREAK INTO PALESTINIAN STORE AND DESTROY EVERYTHING… Armed and masked. Hiding behind an army who protects them. And the Palestinian can’t lift a finger or he will be killed or locked up. Such a horrible world 🤬😢🤬🇮🇱♾️
#FilmSky 🎥 Wow! Epic is a much overused word but Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey really is epic! If you haven't seen it don't be put off by the three hour run time - it is so brilliantly done that it just flies by.
When you hear Afghanistan, you probably don't think of rich culture and beauty. Its hard to have anything but contempt and disdain for the Taliban for what they have done www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Snowy valleys, balloon bikes and a wild game of buzkashi: a different view of Afghanistan – in pictures
As the son of Afghan refugees, Daniel Malikyar wanted to paint a picture of the country he knew, rather than the one he read about in news headlines
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🇬🇧 uk westminster just being uk westminster 🇬🇧 🏴🇪🇺😎
The National@scotnational.bsky.social · last wk.Andy Burnham has 'barred Scotland from talks about a substantial change to the UK tax regime', the SNP have alleged
#FilmSky 🎥 Wednesday movie, don't think we've seen it before. Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Mark Ruffalo. Directed by Michael Mann. Collateral (2004)
Interesting that the British government can prepare for aerial wildfire fighting in Cyprus, but not in the UK. Apparently. www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisa...
Chinook crews train for wildfire response in Cyprus
Chinook crews from 1310 Flight have been conducting training sorties at RAF Akrotiri, practising water collection and drops using the Bambi bucket as part of their aerial firefighting capability in Cy...
raf.mod.uk
#BookSky 💙 📚 @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social delve into the myth of arguably the most famous diamond in the world, Koh-i-Noor. A symbol of sovereignty and imperial power for centuries across India, Iran, Afghanistan and Britain. Who owned it? Is it cursed?
Listening to Broadcasting House on BBC Radio 4 presented this week by @anitaanand.bsky.social I am also reading the book she co-wrote with @willdalrymple.bsky.social, Koh-i-Noor: The History of the World's Most Infamous Diamond A bit of ##BookSky 💙 📚, a bit of #EasyLikeSundayMorning
Jesus never said anything about “wiping countries off the map.” Jesus wasn’t a soldier. Jesus was killed by soldiers.
#FilmSky 🎥 Saturday night movie, Mystic River a thriller starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon and Lawrence Fishbourne, directed by Clint Eastwood. Both Penn and Robbins won Acting Oscars for their performances.
We saw some beautiful things in Alnwick today; No planes, but trains, automobiles and booze!
A wildfire still burning after a month, now the size of a town and only 15 miles from 3 million in Manchester is not top story but one 60 miles from 300k in Aberdeen is because… talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/07/25/a...
A wildfire still burning after a month, now the size of a town and only 15 miles from 3 million in Manchester is not top story but one 60 miles from 300k in Aberdeen is because…
Why is the Scottish wildfire a bigger deal in the media? Professional journalism standards would suggest the criterion of risk to the public has driven the decison? The Cairngorms fire is 30 miles …
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
#FilmSky 🎥 In Taiwan in 1953, the Kuomintang regime has imposed a brutal martial regime, a time known as the White Terror. The hauntingly beautiful A Foggy Tale follows a young girl as she embarks on a perilous journey to earn funds to reclaim her brother's remains. (Currently on Netflix)
#BookSky 💙 📚 After Hunted, @radiomukhers.bsky.social has written another unputdownable thriller, The Pinnacle. Set in Mumbai with a cast of Bollywood stars, gangsters, grifters, thugs, a washed up American and some whip smart characters all caught up in the murder of a Bollywood star.
Spot on!
weegingerdug@weegingerdug.bsky.social · 2w agoMy reaction to the news that Labour in Scotland's failed branch manager Anas Sarwar has been allowed to fail upwards in a blatant example of political cronyism and will be buggering off to the Lords, tragically, he's not taking Jackie Baillie with him. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/07/21/l...
I hope sacked government ministers spend tomorrow in the BBC car park shouting asinine questions at Chris Mason as he goes into work. "Still churning out that badly written shite, Chris?"
