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Monach of the Glen. Majestic beastie! Lovely to see it in the flesh @nationalgalleries.bsky.social from a recent trip to Edinburgh 💕🦌
#Edinburgh #art #stags #scotland
P.s. I do not know who the lady standing there is but liked the perspective...
A woman stands in front of a large painting of a red deer stag, he is standing in front of munroes in Scotland. The painting has a gold frame and is mounted on a warm red painted wall (museum red??!)
February 11, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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pgourevitch.bsky.social
terrific new Ben Taub piece — it cracks a long-cold case of infanticide; it's a bombshell for maternal health, child protection & opiate toxicology protocols; it exposes the Lancet’s scandalous indifference to validity of what it publishes — it should make noise

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Did a Celebrated Researcher Obscure a Baby’s Poisoning?
After a newborn died of opioid poisoning, a new branch of pediatrics came into being. But the evidence doesn’t add up.
www.newyorker.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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worldbollardassoc.bsky.social
WE GOT A LAMBO!!!
#WorldBollardAssociation
February 5, 2026 at 8:40 AM
hels8.bsky.social
Happy Moon-ing 💚🏡!
#moon #morning
A white house in the background. In front is a dark garden, it is dawn. The moon is like a spotlight illuminating the fluffy clouds in the sky. It's obscured by a tall pine tree 🌲
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 AM
hels8.bsky.social
Lichen mania!! Lovely dark green horsehair lichen, yellow map lichen and....old man's beard? (Correct me if I'm wrong 🙃) at Abriachan Forest Trust yesterday. Gorgeous stuff! 💚🌿
#lichen #ScottishHighlands #Abriachan #nature
Clumps of green fluffy, lichen clinging to a tree trunk. One is very light green, the other dark green and looks like horses hair A splodge of yellow and orange lichen on a rock. They look like maps - map lichen 😋 A woman touching with her hand a large clump of light green lichen, growing on a tree branch
February 1, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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BABY HARBOR SEAL KISSES WITH BONUS PROUD MAMA STTOOOPPPP HOW IS THIS REAL BUT IT HAPPENED 10 MINUTES AGO OMG
January 30, 2026 at 3:30 PM
hels8.bsky.social
A colleague of mine-male, in his 50s, eccentric-has just admitted to me he has never read a book by a female author. He avoids books by female authors 😬🫨. I am now tasked with finding him the first female authored fiction book for him to read! I'd appreciate any advice/e.gs!
#booksky #reading #books
January 30, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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Happy Burns Night 🥃 to all!
#burns #poetry #neepsandtatties
scotlandtbp.bsky.social SCOTLAND: The Big Picture @scotlandtbp.bsky.social · 17d
In 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘢𝘳 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 (1787), Robert Burns gave voice to a river asking for its banks to be re-wooded. Written as a plea to the Duke of Atholl, the poem was acted upon and the banks of Bruar Water were replanted. Sometimes, rewilding begins with a poem.
A waterfall cascades down rugged, rocky cliffs surrounded by autumn trees. Below, swirling water creates a dynamic pattern. Overlaid text contains verse from poet Robert Burns "Let lofty firs, and ashes cool, My lowly banks o’ershade; And bonie spreadin’ hawthorn-bushes, To deck my verdant glade."
January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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Wow! Check out this video of an otter in the snow 🐾🦦

Taken in Shetland by one of our viewers Shamim Robertson who said they have a trail camera set up & captured this!
Keep your photos, videos & questions coming in as we love to see what you’ve been seeing across the UK this winter! 🩵

#Winterwatch
January 21, 2026 at 5:30 PM
hels8.bsky.social
10/10 film. What a brave film maker to call out Putin for being the "idiot" that he is, to a town being activity indoctrinated by him. Available on iplayer! #bbc #Russia #propaganda
January 20, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Some good news! For once...Incredible achievement by @kneppwilding.bsky.social 🎊🐦🦉🦃🐽!!
#Wilding #re-wilding #nature #recovery
countrysidejobs.bsky.social Countryside Jobs Service @countrysidejobs.bsky.social · 23d
A two-decade ecological review at @kneppwilding.bsky.social shows that rewilding has driven a dramatic recovery in wildlife on the 3500-acre estate. Surveys reveal a 900% increase in breeding birds & 500% rise in nightingales, alongside major gains in other species.
c-js.uk/4pP8au5
A twenty-year review shows rewilding brings nature roaring back
c-js.uk
January 19, 2026 at 1:06 PM
hels8.bsky.social
Such good advice. I work for Citizens Advice and debt is very common and not embarrassing. There are ways out of it, but people may need some help to figure out the best way to live and repay their debts. ❤️ Martin Lewis
#debt #costofliving #help #support
martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 28d
Are you in a functional relationship with your debt? 3 questions to find out…

And if you’re not, where to get help.

Courtesy of @thismorningitv.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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🕯️My cousin Brian passed away last night. After a courageous 3 wk stint with ICE. He slipped on a fellow agent’s frozen peepee puddle & somersaulted many times in the air, yelling “yabbada yabbada yabbada” & tragically aspirating (a different) agent’s pee he’d been gargling. He hated women🇺🇸💔
January 12, 2026 at 9:33 PM
hels8.bsky.social
#gritters are cool 🎊
highland.gov.uk The Highland Council @highland.gov.uk · Jan 10
A huge thanks to the many contractors helping us in Highland. Here's Messrs Robertson from #Beauly heading out on the #Strathconon Road just over the Mieg Dam about to head to #Contin.
January 10, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Proper snow in the Highlands woooo ☃️❄️🏂!!
Lenker (aka, snow cat) off out on her adventures
#caturday #showcat #inverness #scotland
Black and white cat walk through snow in a garden. There are paw prints in the snow that she has left behind her. In the background are trees laden with snow and a wee sunrise over them Black and white cat walk through snow in a garden. There are paw prints in the snow that she has left behind her. In the background are trees laden with snow and a wee sunrise over them
January 3, 2026 at 10:10 AM
hels8.bsky.social
Have we reached Peak Podcast yet?? Please tell me with have 🫨🤭
#podcasts
January 2, 2026 at 9:17 AM
hels8.bsky.social
Happy New Years Eve from the banks of Loch Ness! This is about as wild as I get on NYE now....an early night stroll then home. Bliss 🎊💚
#nye #2026! #Lochness #scotland
The moon, a bit hazy, shining over the top of pine trees. It's dusk, there is a pinkish tinge to the sky View over Loch Ness, in the background munros and in the foreground a small tree. The sky is pink, blue, yellowish. Sunset
December 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
hels8.bsky.social
Beautiful day at Dornoch today! Cold, sunny, blue sky. Even a few very hardy surfers! 🏄‍♂️🌀☀️. Northern Scotland at its best 💙
#Beach #sea #sky #surfers
December 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
hels8.bsky.social
Happy Boxing Day from Lenker to yoooooou 🎄🎁
#cats #christmastree #cute
A black and white cat's head popping out of the middle of a plastic Christmas tree. She is surrounded by Christmas lights and tinsel. She is looking innocent and straight at the camera
December 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Edinburgh at Christmas Time, painting by Stephanie Dees.
December 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
hels8.bsky.social
Christmas caturday! Meow from Lenker💘
#caturday #Christmas #tree
Black and white cat lying under a Christmas tree. She is looking at the camera, her white paws are lying out in front of her. On the floor is a pink worm toy she had just been playing with
December 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Just spotted a dinosaur on my walk home along the River Ness 🦕🤩
#herons #birds #dinosaurs #inverness
December 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
hels8.bsky.social
❣️ Rob Delaney. This is extremely true, put very well, with strategically placed Swears 👏
#whiningsnowflakes
December 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Oh
December 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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dasharez0ne.bsky.social
WORLDS FUCKED LET US COAST - dashare.zone ADMIN
IF DA WORLDS GONNA BE TOTALY FUCKED AT LEAST I SHOULDENT HAVE TO GO TO WORK THE WHOLE TIME , SITTIN THERE AND CANT GET SHIT DONE CAUSE NOBODYS EVEN AT WORK AND THERE ALL BUYIN SHIT ON LINE AND WONT RETURN EMAIL'S , AND BOSS IS DOING THAT TOO, SO WHAT DA FUCK , AND DA SKELTEN IN THE PHOTO IS THINKIN GTHE SAME THING WITH THERE COOL OWL AND THERE LIBRA SCALES, SO JUST LET EVERY ONE GO HOME , AND IF YOUR WORKIN AT A STORE THEY SHOULD PAY YOU DOUBLE CAUSE EVERY ONES ACTING LIKE A PEACE OF SHIT THIS MONTH , WORSE THAN USUAL , AND DA TEXT " OUTLAW GOING TO WORK IN DECEBER LEGALIZE COSTING UNTIL JANUARY, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY ME " - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM