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ScotHomestead

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Smallholder, writer, celebrant. She/her
I write about our #smallholding in North Fife. We keep #poultry, grow our own #vegetables and cook from scratch everyday #homemade #sustainable #ViewFromTheGate a hashtag for our mental well-being and about our immediate environment. If you have a gate (or frequently go through a gate), photograph the view and share on this hashtag.

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patrickhadfield, to edinburgh
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Summerhall, an arts complex in Edinburgh housed in a former veterinary college, is being sold.

This is a petition to hope it remains a centre for visual arts, music, dance, theatre and film. It also houses a brewery and a gin distillery, with an excellent pub, so it's got something for everyone!

It's a brilliant space throughout the year - not just during the Fringe!

https://www.change.org/p/preserve-summerhall-as-a-cultural-hub-in-edinburgh

ScotHomestead,
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@patrickhadfield What’s happening to the tenants? It has a lot of offices too, mostly charities.

ScotHomestead, to Scotland
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a different perspective

ScotHomestead, to random
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Ta d’à!

ScotHomestead,
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And another two very amazing - changing all the time.. but now to bed 🛌

Aurora borealis in a night sky with pink and green colors over a silhouette of a house and foliage.

ScotHomestead, to gardening
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The poly tunnel … and so it begins- empty beds and tiny plants will transform over the next couple of months all being well. @gardening

ScotHomestead, to random
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I have not posted one of these for a while: world politics have been grinding me down. So decided find a wee plus somewhere and celebrate it.

pvonhellermannn, (edited ) to random
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Bloody hell. Deeply ashamed of Germany.

Prof Abu Sitta, rector of Glasgow and surgeon, can’t enter France to give a talk because Germany has put a one year ban on him entering Europe.

https://x.com/GhassanAbuSitt1/status/1786672445597843514

ScotHomestead,
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@NatureMC @pvonhellermannn So we shouldn’t let him speak? Or do we hear the difficult voices and provide a counter narrative? It’s a tricky line to draw. Is he inciting violence or trying to understand it?

davidho, to random
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I find it weird that newspapers characterize students as being “pro-Palestinian” as opposed to anti whatever you call this.

ScotHomestead,
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@davidho I found this article by Prof Amos Goldberg (translated from the Hebrew) very helpful and though soul destroying at one level it explains with clarity how the IDF and the pro-IDF media can manipulate events to justify their actions because it is not an exact replication of the holocaust of 1939-45.
https://thepalestineproject.medium.com/yes-it-is-genocide-634a07ea27d4

simon_brooke, to random
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Humza isn't a great politician, but he isnae a rubbish politician either, and the is short of talent at Holyrood. would be unwise no tae gie him a cabinet seat; and gien hoo has performed on an ither maitters furth o Scotland, it would be guid tae see him in a foreign relations brief.

If we're aiming for , we need to be developing strong relationships with the rest of Europe and beyond.

ScotHomestead,
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@Thebratdragon @latelesley @simon_brooke I also think the stress of the assault on Gaza on Humza’s at home must be unbearable. These aren’t strangers to him. Over 450 medical professionals are proven as dead, another 300+ in Israeli jails without charge and a surgeon in orthopaedics beaten to death in custody - these are family and family friends not just numbers. In any other line of work he’d have good cause for compassionate leave.

ScotHomestead,
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@latelesley @Thebratdragon @simon_brooke I keep sharing this piece, but I found it helpful, Amos Goldberg argued targeting elites is one of the factors that makes the IDF’s actions genocide.
https://thepalestineproject.medium.com/yes-it-is-genocide-634a07ea27d4

ScotHomestead,
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@Jhughes1 @simon_brooke @latelesley @Thebratdragon Hamas was wrong to use such violence, wrong to rape and no-one ‘made them’. Punishment of an entire population for the crimes of Hamas is also wrong. And the killing of a whole group of people because of their religion, national identity or place of residence is genocide. As Goldberg points out history will judge both sides. The pressing question is how to stop the killing.

ScotHomestead,
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@Thebratdragon @Jhughes1 @simon_brooke @latelesley Yes, this. I’m not justifying IDF. Nor the British Empire, (arguably responsible for the mess), nor those UK politicians, inheritors of that imperial mentality, who profit from siding with IDF. I am not justifying any of them. I am also not justifying any person who uses rape as a method of warfare even as a response to injustice. I’m saying that there is a path to justice which condemns rape, murder, genocide & seeks a balanced 2-state peace.

drandrewv2, to random
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I would say one of the big patterns of the night is the swing to independents… double the numbers that were standing for re-election, compared to more like 20% boosts to each of Labour and the Lib Dems.

I’d be interested to know how many of the new independent councillors formerly sat as Labour (and defected over, eg. party position on the Middle East) or as Tory councillors (and essentially defected from a sinking ship)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68609729

ScotHomestead, (edited )
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@Wen @simon_brooke @SteveClough @drandrewv2 I agree the single nation (which somehow cannot see itself) is England. Just as people with Received Pronunciation talked about ‘people with accents’ some English people have a Received Political Identity which means that they have no structure in which to be the ‘other’. These people don’t understand the English Green Party as separate from and distinct to the other greens, because they are always the ‘received’ model.

ScotHomestead,
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@Wen @simon_brooke @SteveClough @drandrewv2 I’m sure the English greens do - but it’s the attitude/media I was referring to (just to be clear). Done a wee edit to be fair.

ScotHomestead, to community
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Beautiful evening at the community woodland. Such lovely people planning brilliant activities for the young and young at heart outdoors and in nature. #ClimateDiary #Woodland #community

ScotHomestead, to random
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The swallows have returned only to find that the wrens moved into the nest next door over the winter. They are noisy, anti social and have built a moss nest extension that doesn’t meet swallow building regulations. After filing a complaint with the Parliament of Crows, they are just going to have to start again. Fortunately there’s plenty of straw and mud.

dnc, to gardening
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What am I getting wrong here? https://www.diningandcooking.com/1353384/what-am-i-getting-wrong-here/

ScotHomestead,
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@dnc You have seedlings 🌱 focus on the wee plusses. To answer your question- a few thoughts, the seed trays should be filled to the top and a clear plastic bag, plastic cover (or propagator) will help keep the moisture in. Also, parsley takes ages to germinate so don’t chuck it out. Stick it outside somewhere sheltered and it will come up eventually.

ScotHomestead, to philosophy
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#ViewFromTheGate sunshine! Lifts the heart. #wellbeing #photography

ScotHomestead, to gardening
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Today I will be mostly sowing seeds.

ScotHomestead, to random
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rain. Soft and gentle. Have a good Thursday everyone.

ScotHomestead, to Scotland
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Niche mastodon announcement 📣 for who drive . The charge point at Roybridge is working for the first time in forever. It is also a lovely evening for a drive to 🤣☔️☔️☔️

ScotHomestead, to random
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snow! And a big hello 👋 to

ScotHomestead, to random
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to those who celebrate, happy and

ScotHomestead,
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@simon_brooke just me then … 🌹

ScotHomestead, to random
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frosty and clear.

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