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Childless cat lady 😻
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...
February 11, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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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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WE GOT A LAMBO!!!
#WorldBollardAssociation
February 5, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Happy Moon-ing 💚🏡!
#moon #morning
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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
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
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
Happy Burns Night 🥃 to all!
#burns #poetry #neepsandtatties
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.
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
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
Some good news! For once...Incredible achievement by @kneppwilding.bsky.social 🎊🐦🦉🦃🐽!!
#Wilding #re-wilding #nature #recovery
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
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
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
#gritters are cool 🎊
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
Proper snow in the Highlands woooo ☃️❄️🏂!!
Lenker (aka, snow cat) off out on her adventures
#caturday #showcat #inverness #scotland
January 3, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Have we reached Peak Podcast yet?? Please tell me with have 🫨🤭
#podcasts
January 2, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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
December 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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
Happy Boxing Day from Lenker to yoooooou 🎄🎁
#cats #christmastree #cute
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
Christmas caturday! Meow from Lenker💘
#caturday #Christmas #tree
December 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Just spotted a dinosaur on my walk home along the River Ness 🦕🤩
#herons #birds #dinosaurs #inverness
December 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
❣️ 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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WORLDS FUCKED LET US COAST - dashare.zone ADMIN
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM