eclectech, Was thoroughly windswept on my walk today. It was beautiful, lush and sunny but the wind was unexpected.
Definitely needed a hood.
Did not have one.
raghnallborders, (edited ) Time for a gratuitous photo of #DouglasRoss
#NeverTrustATory #elections #ge2024 #GE24 #GeneralElection #scotland #tories #ToryHypocrisy #youyesyet #WhyNotScotland
eclectech, Who's a cute little hairball?
You are! You're a cute little hairball!#sillyScribbles #photograph #Scotland #cute #silly #nonsense
eclectech, And here's the coo, giving me a "why are you taking a photo of my hairball when I am here with my AWESOME HORNS?" look.
lappenjammer, German Ich habe einen Fisch gefangen, der war sooo groß.
UndisScot, The lovely Sango Bay at Durness, in the wonderful far north-west of Sutherland, where the main stops heading north and starts heading east. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/durness/durness/index.html
#Scotland #Durness #SangoBay #Beach #Sutherland #UndiscoveredScotland
Snoro, Why Scotland’s most powerful climate tool is struggling for investment
One of Scotland's most powerful weapons in tackling climate change is not being properly recognised, experts have claimed
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4n11eqzpnqo
#Scotland #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
UndisScot, The ramparts of Chesters Hill Fort in East Lothian. This Iron Age fortified village dates back some 2,000 years and is believed to have comprised a number of roundhouses occupying the fairly extensive upper area of the hill. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/northberwick/chesters/index.html
#Scotland #ChestersHillFort #Chesterds #HillFort #EastLothian #UndiscoveredScotland
Wen, @UndisScot @Robbins watch out for the ponies. Mooches extraordinaire to mix my languages.
Wen, (edited ) Bricks of our time
Some old bricks have been used to pack the hardcore on the track we ran alon leading up from the road to the Waterloo memorial. Curious I looked them up - to no ones surprise there is a site dedicated to Scottish Bricks
https://www.scottishbrickhistory.co.uk/white-hill/
These probably came from Mid Lothian. Other pieces documented are marked with comments such as ‘unfortunately this is not in my collection’. To each….
So now you know.
MadeyeTheCarnaptious, "In a system without proportional representation, politics is indeed often the choice of the lesser of two evils. But as the space between the two [parties] shrinks, people might begin to feel that – as Ralph Nader once said – “if you always vote for the lesser of two evils, you will always have evil, and you will always have less”."
That pinpoints the rot at the heart of Westminster politics.
Fortunately we can reject both parties in #Scotland.
kiltedequine, Haven’t really done a proper first post here so here goes: I’m Scott, mid-thirties #equestrian from #Scotland living and working in the Middle East. Fed up of Twitter and looking for a new social media home 🤗 - hence why I’m now in the fedi!
eclectech,
baz,
radiojammor, The rest of today's schedule on Radio Jammor 👇
Radio Jammor is on the air...
Broadcasting from #Scotland
https://radiojammor.com
#ScottishIndependence
#YouYesYet
#Music #radio
DarkGalloway, Cairnholy: A Winter Sunset
kristiedegaris, (edited ) One day I'll manage to stay up until midnight (already a very late night for me), but this is nearly 11 pm in Scottish summer. You could easily see your way without streetlights. A very peaceful, bluetoned twilight.
My absolute favourite time of year. These long days will never not be magical.
Wen, #Starmer admits he flew by private jet to clean energy jobs rally in #Scotland
Let's just forget the shit that he is spewing attempting to excuse his use of a private aircraft (which donor is paying and what are they going to want in return?). BTW ‘carbon offset’ illustrates how little the fucker knows
He finishes off with the Gruaniad highlighting the fact that he know nothin about English or Scots Law.
Wen, #Starmer #Scotland #ScottishIndependence #LabourCorruption
Excuse the language. I am just so pissed off with the xenophobic Labour Party and it’s pathetic shape shifting ‘leader’.
UndisScot, The wonderfully triangular Caerlaverock Castle and its inner moat. Standing some seven miles south of Dumfries, it was built in the 1260s and 1270s to replace a slightly older castle whose traces can still be seen nearby. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dumfries/caerlaverock/index.html
#Scotland #CaerlaverockCastle #Caerlaverock #Castle #DumfriesAndGalloway #UndiscoveredScotland
kristiedegaris, (edited ) Drystone today in a rather lush garden. Working on a retaining wall built from Yorkshire sandstone. Building on a curve with really straight edged stone is always a challenge. As is my mosquito/midge allergy during Scottish summers.
The basic principle of a retaining wall is that the wall's depth should be roughly the same as its height. So a 1m high wall extends back 1m into whatever it is retaining.
cbleslie,
kristiedegaris, @cbleslie Thanks for sharing.
Indyposterboy, Whether or not you support independence for Scotland, you must surely support the principle of democratic choice. In which case every person in Scotland meeting a prospective MP or their campaigners from whichever party must ask them these three simple questions.
- Is the union voluntary?
- Can Scotland leave?
- How does Scotland leave if it wants to?
#IndependenceIsNormal #ge2024 #Scotland
Theriac, @Indyposterboy
Of the parties around we know at least 3 are only interested in maintaining a presence in Westminster, which precludes giving a toss about issues in any of the countries with local assemblies.We need to work more together with those same countries as we share the same issues nationally.
We need to go on doing what we have been - support parties that take independence seriously.
Finally we also need to focus on alternatives to the UK media, getting fact checked information is essential imo.
Theriac, Except we have the added urgency of 2 parties trying on "patriotism", one out going and one hoping to be incoming.
Labour stiffed devolution once already in 1979, I don't trust them not to do it again - especially under Starmer.
Snoro, Nature-friendly farming keeping farmers in the green
‘The Impact of Extreme Weather on Scottish Agriculture’ commissioned by WWF Scotland shows that increased prolonged periods of hot, dry weather dramatically risk the profitability of Scottish farms, but by adopting nature-friendly farming practices this can be avoided
https://www.wwf.org.uk/press-release/nature-friendly-farming-keeping-farmers-green
#Scotland #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
UndisScot, Not all Scotland's midges are this big. As Summer approaches, here's what you need to know about the smaller ones: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usfeatures/midges/index.html
#Scotland #Midge #MonsterMidge #Midges #UndiscoveredScotland
Indyposterboy, Two MPs who represent English constituencies will go head-to-head in ITV's 'UK' GE24 debate.
No-one representing Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland is allowed to take part.
There's that 'equal union' for you. #IndependenceIsNormal #Scotland #ge2024
MadeyeTheCarnaptious, Lest we forget: https://youtu.be/_scVW5BE29U?feature=shared
Indyposterboy, @MadeyeTheCarnaptious Oh, I know.
alexlac51, time for coffee...☕ ☕ 🏴 👍
this is #not the time to vote for any #westminster political party...
None of them will rejoin the EU...🇪🇺
None of them will ever work for the people of #Scotland...🏴
Only #Independence will allow decisions about #Scotland to be made by and for the people of #Scotland...🏴
#ScottishIndependence ...🏴 #ScottishRepublic ...🏴 #YouYesYet ...🏴
#Independence for #Wales...🏴
#OneIreland...🇮🇪
jimfrost, This is a young red squirrel that its mother has been bringing into the garden. Plenty of exploring to be done amongst the hawthorn #Aberdeenshire #Scotland #RedSquirrel
An image of a red squirrel amongst a flowering hawthorn. Aberdeenshire, Scotland
An image of a red squirrel amongst a flowering hawthorn. Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Indyposterboy, Since 2014 the UK government has overruled Scottish Parliament decisions on devolved matters more than ten times. Some partnership. Some equality.
#IndependenceIsNormal #Scotland