Dr Darcey Gillie
@dfgillie.bsky.social
Careers consultant. Still loves mountains, knitting, bumblebees, agus Gàidhlig cuideachd. #Archbiscuit of #TheBiscuitAppreciationSociety Inbhir Nis. #BeeKind
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Arts and Humanties matter. I think @levostregc.bsky.social would particularly appreciate this.
December 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Arts and Humanties matter. I think @levostregc.bsky.social would particularly appreciate this.
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Here’s an article with 9 fun Christmas etymologies from @dannybate.bsky.social
The etymologies are:
Carol
Hark
Reindeer
Icicle
Sleigh
Tinsel
Mistletoe
Antler
Snow
dannybate.com/2024/12/23/a...
#Christmas #etymology #linguistics #language #history #winter
The etymologies are:
Carol
Hark
Reindeer
Icicle
Sleigh
Tinsel
Mistletoe
Antler
Snow
dannybate.com/2024/12/23/a...
#Christmas #etymology #linguistics #language #history #winter
A CHRISTMAS Full of Etymology
Reading time: 5 minutes It’s December now, the month when the calendar helpfully provides me with a topic for the monthly article. So, here’s a short and sweet linguistic post with a fe…
dannybate.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Here’s an article with 9 fun Christmas etymologies from @dannybate.bsky.social
The etymologies are:
Carol
Hark
Reindeer
Icicle
Sleigh
Tinsel
Mistletoe
Antler
Snow
dannybate.com/2024/12/23/a...
#Christmas #etymology #linguistics #language #history #winter
The etymologies are:
Carol
Hark
Reindeer
Icicle
Sleigh
Tinsel
Mistletoe
Antler
Snow
dannybate.com/2024/12/23/a...
#Christmas #etymology #linguistics #language #history #winter
Holy Trinity Church in Uppington is mainly a Victorian building, though it does have some earlier features. Perhaps the most remarkable is the Norman doorway, which has an 11th-century tympanum above it. Thought to be either late Saxon or Early Norman, it depicts a wonderfully Intricate dragon.
December 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
November 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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This year's Advent calendar will be an Orkney miscellany. I'll post each door below.
#OrkneyAdvent
#OrkneyAdvent
November 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This year's Advent calendar will be an Orkney miscellany. I'll post each door below.
#OrkneyAdvent
#OrkneyAdvent
Tonight's finale at Eden Court, The Lives of Others
November 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Tonight's finale at Eden Court, The Lives of Others
When I lived in Boston (mid-late 90s), the (Irish) doorman of The Burren pub reckoned their were more illegal Irish working in the US than every other nationality put together.
Whenever I see the 'Ireland is Full' mob in the news, I often think of this map. I think I took the photo at the Dunbrody Famine Ship Museum, years ago. There was a time when it was *our* people leaving their country in their masses, either fleeing a crisis or in search of a better life.
#SpeirGorm
#SpeirGorm
November 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
When I lived in Boston (mid-late 90s), the (Irish) doorman of The Burren pub reckoned their were more illegal Irish working in the US than every other nationality put together.
Reposted by Dr Darcey Gillie
A beautiful post by Dr Eleanor Parker from 2020 on the timing of Christmas - in the context of another time of uncertainty. Written from a British Christian perspective, but some bits are of universal relevance
aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2020/11/time...
aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2020/11/time...
'Time's handiworks by time are haunted'
Today is the first Sunday of Advent, and it’s a strange one. Public worship is currently banned in England, though that’s supposed to end in...
aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A beautiful post by Dr Eleanor Parker from 2020 on the timing of Christmas - in the context of another time of uncertainty. Written from a British Christian perspective, but some bits are of universal relevance
aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2020/11/time...
aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2020/11/time...
Fully bletted medlars @lindsayea.bsky.social delicious! Headed for a stew.
November 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Fully bletted medlars @lindsayea.bsky.social delicious! Headed for a stew.
Where has Margaret Kennedy been all my life!?
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Where has Margaret Kennedy been all my life!?
Doing a secret Santa's second-hand book gifting with my bookgroup and now need three words to describe Naguib Mahfouz's Miramar. Please help 😖
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Doing a secret Santa's second-hand book gifting with my bookgroup and now need three words to describe Naguib Mahfouz's Miramar. Please help 😖
Reposted by Dr Darcey Gillie
Can we talk about English architect names? No one nation deserves an Inigo Jones, a Capability Brown, AND an Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
November 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Can we talk about English architect names? No one nation deserves an Inigo Jones, a Capability Brown, AND an Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Reposted by Dr Darcey Gillie
Your seasonal reminder that if you'd like to hear four ghost story writers reading their scary stories, here we go. It starts with my December horror, "Mrs. Velderkaust's Lease". Other stories by Sean Hogan, David Longhorn and Lynda E. Rucker!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhmL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhmL...
Dead of Winter
YouTube video by helengrantsays
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Your seasonal reminder that if you'd like to hear four ghost story writers reading their scary stories, here we go. It starts with my December horror, "Mrs. Velderkaust's Lease". Other stories by Sean Hogan, David Longhorn and Lynda E. Rucker!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhmL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhmL...
Reposted by Dr Darcey Gillie
The theft was noticed when the lorry arrived with less cargo
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The theft was noticed when the lorry arrived with less cargo
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Dar Williams
Arlo Guthrie
Indigo Girls
Henry Rollins
Runrig
Dar Williams
Arlo Guthrie
Indigo Girls
Henry Rollins
Runrig
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Blur
Suede
Tindersticks
My Morning Jacket
The Divine Comedy
Blur
Suede
Tindersticks
My Morning Jacket
The Divine Comedy
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Aztec Camera
Arno
Ramones
Depeche Mode
Bug Club
Aztec Camera
Arno
Ramones
Depeche Mode
Bug Club
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Dar Williams
Arlo Guthrie
Indigo Girls
Henry Rollins
Runrig
Dar Williams
Arlo Guthrie
Indigo Girls
Henry Rollins
Runrig
Reposted by Dr Darcey Gillie
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
Who ordered the Apocalypse for Inverness?
a group of horses are being pulled by a man and the word ben-huir is on the bottom right
ALT: a group of horses are being pulled by a man and the word ben-huir is on the bottom right
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Who ordered the Apocalypse for Inverness?
I have both seen Arlo live and visited the stoplight in Stockbridge. The man is an absolute treasure.
Naturally, @zdroberts.bsky.social took time out of his holiday to write a story about this for @ecvanalog.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I have both seen Arlo live and visited the stoplight in Stockbridge. The man is an absolute treasure.
You just died.
The sixth picture in your gallery is what killed you.
...
Long time friends and followers, and admirers of the Empress of Unimpressèdness. This is absolutely true. My sister sent it to me yesterday.
The sixth picture in your gallery is what killed you.
...
Long time friends and followers, and admirers of the Empress of Unimpressèdness. This is absolutely true. My sister sent it to me yesterday.
November 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
You just died.
The sixth picture in your gallery is what killed you.
...
Long time friends and followers, and admirers of the Empress of Unimpressèdness. This is absolutely true. My sister sent it to me yesterday.
The sixth picture in your gallery is what killed you.
...
Long time friends and followers, and admirers of the Empress of Unimpressèdness. This is absolutely true. My sister sent it to me yesterday.
We've managed without Amazon for at least 15 years. It is possible.
"Toxic heavy metals in coal ash from the plant are likely to cause “respiratory diseases, kidney issues, skin problems, cardiac issues”".
3/3
3/3
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
We've managed without Amazon for at least 15 years. It is possible.
Thinking back to a Thanksgivkng meal we hosted in our shared student flat ca 1998, in my bedroom because it was the biggest room (Edinburgh tenenment), and having to stop one of my flatmates from licking the mash potato spoon and sticking it back into the bowl.
November 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Thinking back to a Thanksgivkng meal we hosted in our shared student flat ca 1998, in my bedroom because it was the biggest room (Edinburgh tenenment), and having to stop one of my flatmates from licking the mash potato spoon and sticking it back into the bowl.
This has just...
Actually, I need to go have a lie down now.
Actually, I need to go have a lie down now.
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This has just...
Actually, I need to go have a lie down now.
Actually, I need to go have a lie down now.
Just registered for a webinar on Making Tax Digital. Still furious about this thing no one asked for and isn't necessary (unless you're an accountant or IT company). Also love how the emails are mostly about new penalties for sole traders. Thanks. Like we don't have enough to worry about these days.
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Just registered for a webinar on Making Tax Digital. Still furious about this thing no one asked for and isn't necessary (unless you're an accountant or IT company). Also love how the emails are mostly about new penalties for sole traders. Thanks. Like we don't have enough to worry about these days.
Reposted by Dr Darcey Gillie
"The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction."
-Rachel Carson
-Rachel Carson
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM
"The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction."
-Rachel Carson
-Rachel Carson
Genuine question: I wonder if those of us who used to horse around with the Emacs doctor are less susceptible to falling for the AI illusion (or more😬)?
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Genuine question: I wonder if those of us who used to horse around with the Emacs doctor are less susceptible to falling for the AI illusion (or more😬)?