I am a climber, runner, cyclist and swimmer. In between that I run a small (but perfectly formed) analytics company, splitting my time between Edinburgh, The Highlands and The Borders, campaign for Scottish independence and bake bread.
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Last Notes npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Lib Dems have regained trust of voters after coalition years, says Ed Davey Not amongst students or much of the public. They sold their soils for ministerial posts and co pony cars. And #Davey you were in the shit of it. If you think students in England and Wales don’t remember, you are deluded. #LibDemHypocrisy #LibDemLies #austerity #SoulsSoldDevil npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen I’ve seen Labour stitch-ups in my time. But nothing as shameless as this https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/30/labour-diane-abbott-candidate-selections-general-election Yes, Chris, you wouldn’t stand a chance. Dissent or even discussion is not welcome in Starmer’s party. Even the membership is not listened too… And god help the ‘provinces’ let alone England outside of the SE. #LabourHypocrisy #Starmer npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Six televised rounds of Starmer v Sunak? I can’t imagine anything worse https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/29/politics-general-election-starmer-sunak-televised-debates These debates are rarely useful, let alone enlightening. Let’s have a head-to-head of progressive parties instead #LabourCorruption #ToryCorruption #UkPolitics #GE2024 npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Another day another set of manipulations My summary - Tories have given up to leave the mess for someone else to take the blame - Labour have gone fully corporate, England Starmer placeholders only, Wales, Labour government lend money to someone who donates to a rigged leaders election, Scotland, Sarwar goes quiet on social policies - SNP, internally a mess, with blue tents a threat from the establishment - NI, pole position for independence #Ge2024 #ScottishIndependence #WelshIndendence npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen The Grim Reaper Yes, the garden really is that overgrown… My partner sets out to clear a little of the undergrowth.. #Gardening #Scythe #ScottishBorders https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/517/193/970/973/596/original/54f855dd8247181c.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub19uy…0n85 not unique to the US but America really does seem to have a problem amongst Western countries. npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Starmer warns of ‘difficult choices’ over NHS, tuition fees and two-child benefit cap – UK politics live https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/may/24/keir-starmer-rishi-sunak-uk-general-election-2024-labour-conservatives So that will be Scotland on our own again? Potential Labour voters in Scotland listen and be very afraid. #ScottishIndependence npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen At least 1,000 Damien Hirst artworks were painted years later than claimed https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/may/22/damien-hirst-artworks-painted-years-later-currency-artist If it moves you and you think it is worthwhile, get it. Being mugged for an ‘investment’ potential is another matter. Provenance is the elusive art work here. Nice work if you can get away with it. #art #Hurst #Mugging #Mugs npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub1g0t…tvm4 Instructions on how to deal with roaming Zombies caused by the coming post election apocalypse will follow https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/483/154/480/896/459/original/b7cd9d79f48b4928.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Saturday cycle Seen in Trondheim, near the old Submarine pens on a chilly May morning. Kindertransport. #Norway #Cycling #Tricycle #HPV #Trondheim https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/460/498/070/639/556/original/d32378807a4f30df.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Scott's sometime childhood home, Smailholm Tower taken on an evening walk while visiting friends who run a small pottery nearby. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smailholm_Tower #Smailholm #ScottishBorders #PeelTower #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/449/467/885/560/254/original/bea503acf74387f7.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub1g0t…tvm4 The article is a a mix of wishful thinking and sloppy analysis. The elephant in the room - FPTP, will never be addressed and I can not believe Whitehall will enable English devolution in any meaningful way. npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Around half the world could lose easily accessible groundwater by 2050 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430674-around-half-the-world-could-lose-easily-accessible-groundwater-by-2050/ And we think we have problems now with migration, edible crops and of course water munching ‘AI' technologies and other data centres. Anin’t seen nothing yet folks. #Environment #Water #Survival #Migration #Crises npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub198t…hasj Well let me tell you yung sur, the experience of building from floppies was *another* experience. Whippersnappers…. npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub1xr8…3q0g That picture suppression worked well then… npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub1g0t…tvm4 Houchin still won though despite the asset stripping. npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Police Scotland fear missing golden eagle has been shot and killed https://www.thenational.scot/news/24291548.police-scotland-fear-missing-golden-eagle-shot-killed/ Another one! And that is ignoring the Kites, Harriers and Ospreys that have disappeared. While I welcome the new Wildlife bill, it it time sanctions/penalties became serious. Jail time and removal of Grouse licences shopuld be just a start. #Scotland #Wildlife #GoldenEagle #Moors #Hunting npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Kemi Badenoch: UK’s wealth isn’t from white privilege and colonialism https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/18/kemi-badenoch-uk-wealth-not-from-white-privilege-colonialism Well colour me surprised…. So those slaves we shipped across the world, our plantations, those resources we looted from the once empire and the wars we fought across the globe were a meagre pimple on the UK’s wealth? What is this woman smoking? #Badenoch #Delusional #RewritinHistory #UkPolitics npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen For English tooters (and those who live there) http://privatisation.everydoctor.org.uk I don't but one of our sons works for the NHS in Manchester. Meanwhile Wes Streeting has taken £175,000 from donors with links to private health firms since January 2023. Labour will come from the SNHS given half a chance. #NHS #Privatisation #ToryCorruption #LabourCorruption #UKPolitics #ScottishIndependence npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Ban smacking children in England and Northern Ireland, say doctors https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/17/ban-smacking-children-in-england-and-northern-ireland-say-doctors It has already been banned (rightly so) in Wales and Scotland. Why are England and NI so slow to do so? I browsed the Time coverage of the same story and had my answer. Full of comment along the lines of ‘it never did me any harm’ and ‘parents have the right to control their own children’. 🥴 #ChildAbuse #UKPolitics #England npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub10hh…djzg Now wind surfing on a busy road might not be my cup of [insert beverage of choice here] npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub10hh…djzg My LWB recumbent with a fairing on the front can be skittish in a side wind. I wonder how these do? npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Dug penance He had just stolen the Kits breakfast and is wondering whether this might work in mitigation. Frankly, I have explained to him, ‘manky tennis balls don’t cut the mustard’ #DogsOfMastodon #Collie #theft #contrition https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/251/219/817/840/402/original/a3114e176b8f5bd6.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Helpful signs My partner is notoriously ‘cack handed' when she gets to a gate - if there is a wrong way to push/pull/open/close she always manages to explore that route getting to it mid run. Luckily there are people out there who are determined to help with a little bit of warning. #running #gate #signs #help https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/246/560/562/032/844/original/74acbe70e50f0c81.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen ‘Hell on Earth’: famine nears in northern Gaza despite Israeli aid pledges https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/09/famine-looms-northern-gaza-israel-opens-new-aid-routes Despite or because? It looks as though the Knesset's publicly quoted plans are working then…. “Everyone here has lost more than a quarter of their body weight due to malnutrition. There is no food,” said Mohammed Salha, al-Awda’s acting director. #Gaza #Starvation #Genocibe npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen The purpose is getting lost’: debate obscuring point of Scottish hate law, say campaigners https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/08/anger-debate-scottish-hate-crime-law-campaigners-stirring-up What debate? It has been a bear pit encouraged by the media (the Guardian being prominent) with the sole reason of damaging the authority of the Scottish Parliament. #Scotland #UKPolitics #ScottishIndependence npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Almost sums it up. Only a million or so left to go. #netanyahu #Gaza #Genocide https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/211/445/541/644/523/original/9375b5d20951ec44.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Whoever attached their bike (probably pricy given the look of the wheels) really should have paid attention to the frame 😳 #cyclingUK #Lock #Theft #cycling https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/201/167/316/708/482/original/08d23cd1850d9d01.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Eye in the sky: the photographer who used 20,000 photos to make an epic collage map of Dundee https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/mar/25/sohei-nishino-dundee-diorama A lovely article. I have to question the sanity and admire the perseverence of Sohei Nishino though. But 👏👏 #Dundee #Collage #Art #Photography #Scotland npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen The British ultrarunner Jasmin Paris has become the first woman to ever finish the notorious Barkley Marathons race in Tennessee. The 40-year-old was one of five runners to complete this year’s event, which is made up of five punishing 20-mile loops around the Frozen Head State Park. Paris’s finishing time was 59 hours, 58 minutes and 21 seconds – 99 seconds inside the 60-hour cut-off. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar/22/jasmin-paris-completes-barkley-marathons-tennessee #running npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen There are more than 1,000 varieties of banana, and we eat one of them. Here’s why that’s absurd https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/22/1000-varieties-banana-lack-of-diversity-extinction Amongst the doom and gloom of the news, maybe we can do something… The lack of diversity could mean the fruit’s extinction. It offers a stark warning of what could happen to other key foods. Start asking for more. #banana #diversity #environnement #FoodSecurity npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Another World Cup will be tainted by worker deaths if Fifa fails to act, say rights groups https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/mar/20/another-world-cup-will-be-tainted-by-worker-deaths-fifa-saudi-arabia I have to confess no interest in futba, other than the occasional 5 aside game with friends, but ‘FIFA’ is just another money making, dirt grubbing enterprise. Anyone remember Seb ‘the bloated’ Blatter? Worker deaths will not worry them (or Saudi) unless they think that revenue and their personal cut will be impacted. #Football #Corruption #Deaths #SaudiArabia #HumanRights npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen 46C summer days and ‘supercell’ storms are Britain’s future – and now is our last chance to prepare https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/19/summer-storm-britain-future-tories-labour-climate We have been warned, time and time again. But ‘Net Zero' is still a political football, mitigation is unfunded. Fossil fuel companies are subsidised and given preferential treatment (electricity prices being set by the cost of gas in the UK for example). #ClimateChange #LabourCorruption #ConservativeCorruption #UKPolitics #NetZero npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen While public libraries have fallen out of favour with successive UK governments, dogs are showing the way. #Sticks #DogsOfMastodon #Library https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/099/947/763/400/933/original/41824f8526463fc6.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Mobile telephone ripoffs Timely advice from Martin Lewis https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/martin-lewis-warning-to-everyone-with-a-mobile-ahead-of-eyewatering-price-rises/ar-BB1jRVsV Talking to viewers of ITV’s Martin Lewis Money Show Live, Mr Lewis said: “On around the beginning of April, many mobile bills are to rise up to a typical 17%. Lewis advised everyone to switch to cheap Sim-only deals, which can be found on price comparison websites, while finding a low-price network that uses the same signal as your current network. https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/093/660/208/284/088/original/2165b5df9672e240.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Degas comes to the Burrell From the end of May to the end of September, the Burrell in Glasgow will host a smashing collection of Degas paintings. The museum/art gallery/eclectables collection already have many Degas works. https://burrellcollection.com/discovering-degas-collecting-in-the-age-of-william-burrell/ Ticketed, but with decent discounts for OAPs, unemployed, and students. #Art #Burrell #Glasgow https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/093/607/357/978/846/original/82e31059fe579310.png npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Sunak's defunct SaaS scheme spent seven percent of budget designed to help 100,000 SMEs https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/13/sunak_software_scheme_spends_7/?td=rt-3a Sunak's defunct SaaS scheme spent seven percent of budget designed to help 100,000 SMEs Dare I suggest that this was a paper grant, never expected or intended to achieve its goals and constructed to be cancelled quiely? #ToryCorruption #ToryArseCovering #PlausibleDeniability #UKPolitics npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub1u3t…5q74 Of course 🤣 We have feeders in the garden distributed on two principles. 1. Ensure the cats can't sneak up on them 2. The resident Robin can’t fight over all of them all of the time. Great photo though 👍🏻 npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub1u3t…5q74 I’ve never heard a Robin say please. More ‘GIMMEE IT’ npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen I was getting bored of running - then I found joggling https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-68451536 I juggle and run, but don't joggle. I’ve come across this pair frequently, from Peebles to Edinburgh #running #ParkRun #Juggling #Scotland https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/093/244/776/528/789/original/cd0e30eb076309a7.png npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub1g0t…tvm4 there is an adjacent argument. Hoyle combines stupidity with a wish to please - after all Abbot was suspended for. The Labour Party. Maybe he could please both Red and Blue? npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Secret taxpayer rescue plans for Thames Water The industry is opposed to putting Thames into special administration, fearing it will affect other struggling water companies by reducing investor confidence. The company wants concessions to encourage shareholders to commit to the bailout. These include being allowed to pay higher dividends, increasing bills by 40%, and limitations on fines for serious pollution of rivers. They would say that wouldn’t they. #ToryCorruption #Environment #England https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/088/022/018/696/165/original/fade08ac7497e445.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Bitcoin price nears $73,000 in fresh record high https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67564205 Meanwhile, it burns up vast amounts of power and uses a lot of water. Both scarcities. And this is not only allowed, but also encouraged. It is a speculative instrument only and of no value to man nor beast. The future is being sold of cheaply by the speculators, the ‘miners' and governments around the world. #Bitcoin #Environment #Waster #Water https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/081/718/118/664/007/original/6fa78e56435ad890.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen #Radioactive waste, baby bottles and Spam: the deep ocean has become a dumping ground https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/12/radioactive-waste-baby-bottles-and-spam-the-deep-ocean-has-become-a-dumping-ground Out of site, out of mind. A little bit like the remoter (and even not so remote - see #Faslane) parts of the surface world and ever diminishing ground water supplies. But dumping and attempts to mine without the concomitant pollution becoming obvious too soon is still occurring. The ocean’s depths are intimately entangled with every other part of the planet. #Environment #Sea https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/081/662/554/243/831/original/dcd07337c6949379.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Fears for future of Gaelic language as community workers’ jobs under threat #Gaelic-language campaigners and MSPs have protested furiously about plans to axe a network of Gaelic community workers, raising fresh fears about the survival of the language. Up to 27 Gaelic development workers based in Hebridean islands, rural counties and Scotland’s major cities are being laid off after the government cut funding to Bòrd na #Gàidhlig (BnG), the body charged with protecting and reviving Gaelic. https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/076/159/818/826/752/original/5b048569932f6db7.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen MPs, understand this: protests are inevitable when you fail to represent the people https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/10/streets-mps-protesters-politics-gaza-climate-parliament Quite true. And his description ‘A sign of a healthy political system, we are often told, is one where most people get on with their lives and leave politics to the professionals.’ Amuses. Professional only in that many of them make a living out of it. Not competent. Not bound by some principles or ethics. Expect protests and more. #UKpolitics #Westminster #Corruption #Incompetence npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Legs fears over Michael Gove’s new definition of ‘extremism’ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/09/revealed-legal-fears-over-michael-gove-definition-extremism Bugger legal fears, everyone should be scare of the intent AND the consequences of this. The communities secretary wants ‘trailblazer’ government departments to pilot a scheme to ban individuals and groups deemed extremist from public life #facism #ToryCorruption #Suppression #scottishindependence https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/112/067/282/706/957/182/original/588fdc14f2649d3d.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen I was surprise a fire was not involved with Tory MPs in the background removing the last of the country’s silver to a moving van outside the back door #ToryCorruption https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/112/047/659/537/123/729/original/4cc89ab359f2a293.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub15zu…s7lx @npub1t3r…6knd A plausible explanation is that she is positioning herself to taken on the nomination when a clearly senile Trump is either jailed/hospitalised and/or prevented from running. npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen #Scotland is in decline because of #SNP’s independence obsession, says #Gove https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/02/scotland-in-decline-because-snp-independence-obsession-michael-gove I’m not going take this article seriously enough to critique the shite. But it’s interesting that the #Guardian really can’t help itself. Coverage of the SNP conference cursory, but in an edition of the paper that also has a full article outlining Gove’s mendacity and incompetence they publish this. There will be no discussion. Their Scottish correspondent has form. #ScottishIndependence https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/112/028/347/712/730/919/original/579a985d5e371b1a.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen WWF shelved report exposing River Wye pollution ‘to keep Tesco happy’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/02/wwf-shelved-report-exposing-river-wye-pollution-to-keep-tesco-happy If the allegations are proven this will be deeply damaging to both organisations. While it is well known that the Wye has been turned into a lurry filled wasteland by chicken farmers, this stinks. #environnement #water #pollution #RiverWye #WWF #Tesco https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/112/027/786/953/268/194/original/328efc27ba62e15f.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub1npy…3sf4 we rarely ‘need’ things like this, but they are fun toys. Until the battery runs out 🫣😊 npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Ministers to consult on doubling the legal wattage of electric bike motors https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/feb/29/ministers-to-consult-on-doubling-the-legal-wattage-of-electric-bike-motors And what, call them motorcycles? If passed, this will not end well. I’m very keen on e-bikes, I see older and less capable people riding them all the time and it increases the number of people on the roads cycling rather than driving. Apparently they have no plans *at the moment* to up the maximum powered speed. #cycling #ebikes #UKPolitics https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/112/014/029/860/536/547/original/b03e39ac4a27df65.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Humanitarian workers face deportation from Israel after freeze on visas https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/29/humanitarian-workers-face-deportation-from-israel-after-freeze-on-visas Are we surprised? The IDF are shooting them as well as journalists as well. The final solution proceeds apace. #Gaza #Palestine #FinalSolution #Israel https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/112/013/999/514/202/190/original/4c814cbff0d2ab44.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub1f6s…y8ra In Wirklichkeit suchte er nach Eisbären. Really he was just making sure there were no Polar Bears npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Why do Scots pay over the odds for power despite our massive generating capacity? A short article that lays out the core reasons we pay over the odds for power in Scotland, but still export it to countries that pay less. A good pice of reporting that lays out the facts. https://bylines.scot/politics/scots-paying-more-for-energy/ #Scotland #Energy #ScottishIndependence # https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/112/007/853/517/922/829/original/8ca93d45ce91a236.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub15zu…s7lx or is an interesting article and depressing. Scotland is not mentioned until the last couple of paras. It would have been good to see a more organised comparison…. npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Sacrifices for her art At only 60, frankly she is a rank amateur, but I admire the excuse. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/feb/26/emma-stone-portuguese-custard-tarts-poor-things-oscar They require a bit of practice, but delicious ones are easy to bake with a little effort. https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/mar/11/how-to-make-the-perfect-pastel-de-nata-recipe-felicity-cloake #PastelDeNata #Portugal #Tart #NomNom #Cooking #HandMade #WorkOfArt https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/112/002/177/971/259/557/original/f93cf0f61843ba4d.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Sums up much of the Tory party these days - they can't even shut the mouths of the loonier elements, I bet Sunak misses the good old days, when people could be sectioned with the signatures of a couple of spare doctors. I like the allusion to the Tea party. #ToryMadness #TeaParty #UKPolitics https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/111/996/303/328/650/703/original/e68a930052f41519.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub1jq9…jqnl @npub18mf…urv2 more common than is given credence in the paper. It is seen in other primate, other mammals and birds, npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub1lzz…jhl3 The Catholic Church moves in mysterious ways 🤮 npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub15fg…stlj There is never any doubt our pair want breakfast. The first signs are the pair of them sitting on our heads at 6 in the morning. 😺😸 npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub1u3t…5q74 Ours hate the fire. They come in, because people are there but then skulk as far away from the stove as possibel. npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Frank Bowling sells signed prints to buy art supplies for 100 schools A man who is putting his money where his mouth is. Meanwhile Sunak and family donate $3M to a US college and £100,000 to the very needy Winchester College (a private school). You can understand where the bar stewards priorities lie. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/feb/12/frank-bowling-sells-signed-prints-to-buy-art-supplies-for-100-schools #Education #Priorities #ToryCorruption https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/111/919/359/082/712/386/original/af259c55fcedc8e7.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub1k9a…m3yh @npub14dw…qwrc @npub1alm…57vz @npub120s…2aa8 I must say that is rubbish npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen A wonderful view of Wastwater from Great Gable. One of a number of photographs that have become avaoilable from the Sankey Archive - a collection of photographs made by a father and sone duo between the 1880s and the 1970s from their base in Barrow-in-Furness. This is an incredible collection. https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/ #Cumbria #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/111/900/777/550/978/853/original/ef810ef7cb7ae7aa.jpeg https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/111/900/778/142/298/867/original/6b844675c8b730de.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Occasional Art The nose end view of an enthusiastic collie, created as a birthday card for a friend. #Acrylic #DogsOfMastodon #Handmade #Collie #ScottishBorders https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/111/900/288/175/335/471/original/4f89f642a7de5ec0.png npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Environment Agency ‘letting River Wye go into a death spiral’, say campaigners The agency that has had its budget cut multiple times over the last 14 years is being taken to court. Surely the maladministration in Westminster should also be. At some point we will realise that we can’t keep farming this way. I’m not holding my breath though. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/08/environment-agency-letting-river-wye-go-into-a-death-spiral-say-campaigners #environment #wye #wales #pollution #ToryCorruption https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/111/897/539/819/473/990/original/53f7a7b5121aa9fd.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Watchdog urged to probe Labour’s failure to declare value of HSBC donation And while we are on the subject, who are the private healthcare organisations donating to Labour? https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-hsbc-donation-electoral-commission-staff-jonathan-reynolds #Labour #SellOut #ScottishIndependence https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/111/895/427/118/215/515/original/9759920d7cca4dd8.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen From the Grauniad UK cancer patients forced to go private while King Charles begins treatment As NHS targets are being missed nearly 300,000 people paid for chemotherapy in last five years Well it is good to see we are all in it together https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/07/hundreds-of-thousands-of-uk-cancer-patients-forced-to-pay-for-private-treatment #Cancer #NHS #RoyalFamily https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/111/889/974/265/228/245/original/caa297c72fed2ad8.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Cancer - who would have thought? #Cancer #RoyalFamilty https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/111/889/913/027/475/693/original/f282d5c45427c2e0.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub15zu…s7lx And we can control global warming with a deep space sun shade - yayyyy npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen Labour scrapping £28bn green pledge could leave UK colder, sicker and poorer Replace could with will. Labour - incapable of vision, innovation or original thinking. Kinnock describe the consequences of a Tory government below. I wonder what he thinks now? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/02/labour-scrapping-green-pledge-leave-uk-colder-sicker-poorer Dont be young, don’t be old, don’t be poor, don’t get old? #Labour #environment #energy #security #hypocrisy #ScottishIndependence https://media.mastodon.scot/mastodon-scot-public/media_attachments/files/111/863/416/163/981/087/original/698f391e87603f0d.jpeg npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen The super-rich are trying new approaches to philanthropy https://www.economist.com/special-report/2024/01/10/the-super-rich-are-trying-new-approaches-to-philanthropy Don’t believe it. The title in the Economist does not bear up to the text. A few select individuals may have contributed, most are in their bunkers shrieking ‘no no no’ #Economist #wishfullthinking #GasLighting npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub1m9a…025m @npub1gha…ffp5 Anything less than his balls strung up on a telegraph pole is woefully inadequate. npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen @npub1r7e…mre3 I will settle for a GE. Sunak can get back to California and never darken our doors again. npub18w8gz06rqrqjdrsnscgz5s98z97gz7hmc4sckd34mepgz05hv32qxnpsrq Wen ‘Sir’ Keir Starmer has criticised Sadiq Khan’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez). Let’s just forget about the amelioration on the relatively small number of people (by ownership) affected - Starmer has. Starmer can not be trusted to even think about our living environment. He is only interested in beating the Tories - and smashing devolution and social care beyond the minimum. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/keir-starmer-suggests-ulez-is-disproportionate-3xw6z23jn (paywall but it says little else) #ScottishIndependence