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Looking to make the outdoors for everyone as director of Ramblers Scotland but these are personal views. Expect pics of walks, posts on politics/world news, risidual overseas aid and guest appearances by a small hairy murderer named Pixie.
Bittersweet to have won ISA's Best Book in International Communication,together with @martinscott2010.bsky.social & @melbunce.bsky.social for Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and the Voice of America (OUP 2024). Huge honour, but we would have loved things to have got better, not worse.
I wondered the same thing and also whether motivation/organisation might be a common factor. That said, even a positive correlation is interesting and not necessarily obvious as they would presumably have less time for their studies, all other things being equal....
Grey rainy rooftops with hills behind almost concealed by cloud and rain
"There's no such thing as bad weather, just..." Heavy persistent rain, some hail & strong winds suggests otherwise and if you choose to retreat to an underground bunker today, I for one will not judge you
h/t @edinburghminute.com
"Edinburgh students who engage in regular physical activity achieved eight per cent higher academic results than their peers."
www.ed.ac.uk/news/student...
BREAKING: Two Iranian drones hit near Dubai International Airport and wounded four people, though flights continue, authorities said. The Dubai Media Office said the attack caused “minor injuries to two Ghanaian nationals and one Bangladeshi national, and moderate injuries to one Indian national.”
Hungary is still blocking the EU’s €90 billion loan to Ukraine.
But European countries have contingency plans up their sleeves to secure the funding before Kyiv runs out of money.
🎙️ @zoyashef.bsky.social and @kcarlsonjourno.bsky.social outline them on #BrusselsPlaybookPod 👇
White and grey met office map with a yellow wind warning over the west coast, Skye, Harris, Lewis, Orkney
Scottish west coast & some parts of the isles have a yellow wind warning this morning
weather.metoffice.gov.uk/warnings-and...
Trump threatens terrible retaliation if Iran mine the Strait, forgetting for a moment perhaps that he's already done his worst. What will he try next? Asking nicely? Running away?
www.cnn.com/2026/03/10/p...
View of three fire engines on a historic city street around a Victorian building destroyed by fire
Popped over to Glasgow to deliver a bit of media training and the view from the venue was a bit more hard news than I'd anticipated
Starmer said ministers can go against wishes of Wales and Scotland in leaked memo
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NEW: The Russian military simply does not have the capacity to overrun Ukrainian defenses that Putin constantly claims. 🧵⤵️ (1/5)
1/ Ukrainian forces are successfully counterattacking not only in the Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipole directions but also in western Zaporizhia Oblast. isw.pub/UkrWar030926
Following up some of my morning thoughts: "Labour’s basic electoral problem comes from the fact that left-leaning voters are indeed choosing to vote against rather than for parties. The problem is that progressives aren’t just voting against Reform. They are now actively voting against Labour."
Great reporting from @rafeuddin.ft.com on Amazon's misadventures with AI coding (which have coincided with big headcount reductions) www.ft.com/content/7cab...
And so we write to brilliant postgraduate students from Sudan, withdrawing the offers and scholarships they won in open competition with the best in the world. A sad day for the University of Oxford.
EXCLUSIVE: Jay Graber stepping down as CEO of Bluesky www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
Just home from three very special Knoydart bothy nights with the Sheffield boys.
Memorable. Tired.
The amazing @threadinburgh.scot gave an absolutely fascinating talk to @wolct.bsky.social tonight on the history of polluting the Water of Leith over the last 2 centuries & the hidden sewers that helped turn the tide. Andy says he’ll update this piece from 2022 now threadinburgh.scot/2022/12/06/t...
Q: You said the war is 'very complete.' But your defense secretary says 'this is just the beginning.' So which is it?
TRUMP: You could say both
Tree lined road by a loch.
The A896 by Loch Dughaill yesterday afternoon.
Poll Analysis: Survation 20th – 25th of February 2026
Holyrood Seats Projection: SNP ~ 64 Labour ~ 18 Reform UK ~ 18 Conservative ~ 12 Lib Dem ~ 9 Green ~ 8
Opposition to the United States' military action against Iran has risen by 10pts among Britons over the last week
Support: 25% (-3 from 2 March)
Oppose: 59% (+10)
yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
BREAKING: Five players defect from Iran women's football team and are being cared for in an Australian Federal Police safe house.
Occurred early on Monday evening with police help. Their absence was discovered at team dinner. Players had been threatened by the regime and called "wartime traitors".
A declaration of 'victory' after the belated realisation that his unconscionable & illegal war is also going to be catastrophic for his own political prospects?
Ahmad topping the poll - given his political background & the competition - was an intriguing result....
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/labour-...
ANTHROPIC SUES US GOV'T AFTER BEING DESIGNATED 'SUPPLY CHAIN RISK' FOR REFUSING TO REMOVE GUARDRAILS – LAWSUIT
The Home Office is hiring staff from McDonalds and supermarkets to decide on refugee deportation cases. Staff know so little that some consult Lonely Planet guides to decide if a country is safe. Some can’t even find countries they’re returning people to on the map
Inside the UK’s asylum system
The most influential Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Sistani (who resides in Iraq) has issued a Fatwa on the Iran war, decreeing "collective religious obligation" for communal defense. The last time he issued such a fatwa was in June 2014 after ISIS capture Mosul.
Balglass, Fintry #Scotland #Campsiefells #Fintry #Stirlingshire www.damianshields.com
It's beginning to look like Reform is past its high tide mark...with 3 years to the next GE.
