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Would anybody like to do my wee survey about attitudes to speaking the Scots language in different social contexts? forms.gle/KNKQTQMXRH1Z...

Listening to a report about Google chopping down a quarter of a million trees in Finland to build a data centre while washing out yoghurt pots for the recycling

🚨 Israel has detained an SNP MP and a Greens MSP who were trying to enter Palestine 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

Believe it or not this video got my book published by giving it to @christhebarker.bsky.social to give to his publisher. Worth a quick watch because it does show you some of the art in the book and communicate some of the insane work that went into it.

Député Thomas Portes: "Look closely at these images. Unbridled police brutality. A female protester being beaten. She is pummeled by riot police (CRS), who kick a defenseless protester while she is on the ground. This is what Laurent Nuñez’s orders lead to." #France 24 October

Petition 'calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge Scottish Government to expand the provision of Gaelic Learners Education in all local authorities so it ensures that all young people have the opportunity to learn Gaelic regardless of where they live' 1/3 petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...

Watching Dazed and Confused, and the gap between the film’s release (1993) and now is almost twice the time between its release and the date it’s set.

#Scotstober Day 23 - Scunnered I feel I've been neglecting Scotstober over the past few days

we should all be pissed off at this btw. if not because sex work is legitimate work and should be treated with respect, then because you should be concerned at attempts to gentrify online spaces as pretext to court investors and force out minorities so those spaces can become part of a portfolio.

Its on the Strava running app, The best runners can do it in 18 seconds

The Edwardians used to have a cycle race up this street. Pavements would be lined on either side by gentlemen and ladies, all cheering. It was banned after a plucky winner, gliding down for a victory lap, was so depleted he completely lost control, careened into the crowd and injured many. #Partick

"Of course we haven't got a f***ing printer, we're terrorists." When you're trying to set up a fake rally for a foreign government and your paramilitary pals have no office equipment. #Glasgow #Zimbabwe

The Pocketbook Guide to Scottish Superheroes by Kirsti Wishart is now available for preorder. Publication Date: 5th November. Join Cathy, Ish, The Phantom Fantoosh, Kannyman, Katy the Bird Girl, the fearsome Slorach and the rest of the Tartan Supes: www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/the-...

Nae respect, this mob.

Even things we take for granted, we have the intellectual curiousity to find out the name of.

IT'S HERE! My new collection "That Jaud" arrived from Drunk Muse Press & it looks brilliant! Pre-order folk have started getting their copies & you can pick it up from Drunk Muse's website or from me personally at one of my launch events coming up. I really enjoyed putting this collection together.

At least 12 hours after airing and this is not on the homepages of the BBC or the Guardian. How is this not news??? You can understand the Telegraph or the Mail burying it on page 1488 but how are you NOT writing this up??

#Scotstober Day 21 #Birl The opening to my story Fresh Watter, published in New Writing Scotland, and a prequel to my Bob Kelty stories, featuring Bob as a child.

linguistics and media pals: I'm trying to a find a simple interface for my students (UG) to do some rudimentary corpus analysis of newspaper headlines/stories any recommendations? this looks great: search.mediacloud.org

Does that mean that Musk is a legitimate target for drones? In the same way that Russian generals going to restaurants are targets.

UK ‘wealth exodus’ was manufactured by the press. The press complaints body IPSO must investigate or step aside. The story started with one study which now admits it has no evidence. Media owned by corporations and the super rich lapped it up, served their economic interest, ideological purpose.

It feels like a wasted opportunity.

"new"

Interesting correction. www.thenational.scot/news/2665129...

Zelda: The Island ​o Catchin Flees - Scottish Translation (Complete) (GB) Added

There must be a semantic difference between HOWEVER, HOWANEVER and HOWSOMEVER, but I don't know what it is.

Write a story featuring a castle in 50 words or fewer for the chance to win great prizes from @leughleabhar.bsky.social and @literarygifts.bsky.social. 🏰 Send us your entry in English, Scots or Gaelic by 27 October. ✍️

Dear Claude, please can you build me a online community website with about fifty human users who regularly chat about subjects I am particularly interested in and are geographically based not too far away so a real-world meetup is feasible, but without using AI.

eBay users! Don't ignore today's email, even though it looks like a boring standard update to the User Privacy Notice. They want to use your data to train AI models. If you click the link over the words "the right to object", it takes you to a page with a toggle button letting you opt out.

Is it possible to tweak the BlueSky settings so I only see UK-originated stuff? Or do I have to go through all the folk I'm following (or want to follow) individually to verify their UK-ness?

Today in "why railway history makes me fear for my sanity": the three stations below the Shields Road railway bridge, each with its own booking office and waiting room, and platforms so close you could have held a conversation from one to the other across the tracks.

It’s depressing to see schools use AI to create flyers, banners, & t-shirts. When I was in high school the faculty would come to the art department to have students create these things. I learned so many skills that have followed me my entire professional life. That’s what I thought school was for.

Ir ye a secondary teacher that is teachin the Scots Language Award - or ir ye interestit in teachin it? Get yersel alang tae the (oanline) Understanding Standards Scots Language Award event oan Thursday 19th November, 17:00 - 18:00. www.understandingstandards.org.uk/Webinars