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John Johnston

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Retired primary school teacher, Scotland. Part time Product owner Glow Blogs https://johnjohnston.info Likes, blogs, rss & podcasts. Being outside. Posting to BlueSky mostly from my blog, POSSE.

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 4d

If you can point any folk interested in Scottish Education to this post I'd be grateful id you pass it on. Looking to expand the gather & reach of ScotEduBlogs

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 5d

ScotsEduBlogs Update: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/scotsedublogs-update/

John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 22h

A lot of deer around today, lots of bellowing from stags.

A collage of four images showing a deer jumping over a wire fence

John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 3d

A dull afternoon, breezy with the threat of drizzle. Walked round the short loop on the Kilpatrick braes. As I came back on the road by the cattle grid I heard a harsh call from the ‘hawthorn field’ next to the gate. It kept going and Merli... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/the-braes-a-jay-an-egret/

A jay in the branches of a hawthorn bush

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Scottish Environment LINK @scotlink.bsky.social · 4d

On 30 October MSPs will debate the Natural Environment Bill - a vital opportunity to ensure that Scotland sets legally binding nature recovery targets.

Help inspire MSPs to support meaningful action for nature by sharing these 40 powerful messages: www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/dear-msp-nat...

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 4d

If you can point any folk interested in Scottish Education to this post I'd be grateful id you pass it on. Looking to expand the gather & reach of ScotEduBlogs

#scotedusky
#eduscot
#scotedu
#scoted

John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 5d

ScotsEduBlogs Update: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/scotsedublogs-update/

John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 5d

ScotsEduBlogs Update: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/scotsedublogs-update/

John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 5d

I’ve been messing about with the simplest ImageMagick scripts again.

magick "$file" -threshold 25% -fill white +opaque black "${file%.*}bw25.gif"

Sort of thing. Changing the threshold repeatedly. A few more on Flickr. I am not sure why I like these but I do.

High-contrast black and white image of a forest with tall trees and dappled sunlight.

John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 6d

Likes Do you remember the books you read? • (Venkatram Harish Belvadi) by V.H. Belvadi .

I do not ‘remember’ most of the books I have read. I can recall which ones I liked and roughly why I liked them, but I cannot recount the plot minutely or repeat all... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/21298-2/

John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 6d

After Storm Amy it brightened up a little this morning. This Red Admiral to the chance of a bit of sunlight. !wonder how many more we will see this year. A bit later I saw a white flying around too, despite the wind. #butterfly

John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 6d

I've now hear the longer version & just on pick of the week. I love the reclaiming of the downy stuffing, wobbly flight & unclipped wind-riders.
Over the years I've searched your blog for outdoor ideas more times than I can count. All the very best.

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 8d

Liked: Exploring WordPress, Textcasting, and Open Web Standards: https://johnjohnston.info/blog/liked-exploring-wordpress-textcasting-and-open-web-standards/

John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 8d

Likes blocktober.fun.

Idea: Create a block every day for October using Telex as the creation tool."

I had a quick try with Telex last month. This is something else!

John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 8d

Only just listened to the excerpt in the Saturday program so far. This next in my podcast queue. 💙

Juliet@Blood Lines @blood-lines.bsky.social · 9d

Delighted to be featured on Radio Scotland's Out-of-Doors programme last Saturday. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #outdoor #cancer #geese #poetry #blether

Out of Doors - A Kitchen Garden, the Trossachs Explorer and 200 Years of the Modern Railway - BBC Sounds

Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart with stories from the great outdoors.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 13d

Right. A bit more about what we’re up to.

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The free press fights back...

Introducing the Nerve. From the wreckage of my old newspaper, comes a new all-women, journalist-owned, independent publication. Join us!

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 13d

#SilentSunday

A woodland path with sunlight filtering through the trees and lush vegetation.

John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 16d

Read: Ripeness by Sarah Moss ââââ 📚Edith in her 70s in 2023 and 17 in the 70s in alternative chapters, the echos of the holocaust, family, belonging to a place, refugees & friendship. Excursions into Irishness & ballet.

Mikeâs fri... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/ripeness-by-sarah-moss/

John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 17d

Read: Now We Shall Be Entirely Free by Andrew Miller

After The Land in Winter, this turned out to be quite different. Reminded me of Kidnapped! An atrocity in Spain, an English solider, running from another sent to kill him, heads fo... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/now-we-shall-be-entirely-free/

John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 17d

A red admiral In the pink. As I took the wings closed image a bee flew very close, wings snapped open.

Red Admiral wings closed on pink flowers

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 23d

I'm up for that - it had crossed my mind but then term began again. And the to do list unrolled 😆

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 23d

Photos, notes & map from a walk on Tuesday: walkmap

Four red deer hinds stading in a tight group

John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 24d

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Block Vibes

I saw a link to Telex – AI-Assisted Authoring Environment for WordPress Blocks this week and thought I would give it a try. A few (eek, 10) years ago I tried to make a plug-in for WordPress that wo…

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 27d

Might be the weirdest think on the internet today, post hosted on a vape.

dave.linkblog.org @dave.linkblog.org · 27d

Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape.

Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape

Someone's trash is another person's web server.

bogdanthegeek.github.io

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Jo Smith @jojophysicsgirl.bsky.social · 27d

Fabulous @channel4.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’

Broadcaster to dedicate Wednesday night schedule to unpicking US president’s false or misleading statements

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 27d

Likes Learning WordPress All Over Again – And He Blogs by Andy Rush.

I’m finding that the simpler approach of FSE and the block editor is better. It may have had a bad start, but it has noticeably improved over the last few ... https://johnjohnston.info/blog/likes-learning-wordpress-all-over-again/

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Andrew Moffat @andrewmoffat.bsky.social · 27d

I couldn't resist a cheeky little assembly for secondary school pupils using this photo that went viral today. Schools may want to use it with older pupils to discuss diversity in the UK today #NoOutsiders #belonging #diversity #refugeeswelcome no-outsiders-secondary.blogspot.com/2025/09/engl...

English food

What do you see in the picture, when do you think it was taken, what is happening, what's the story behind the picture? This picture was s...

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 27d

#silentsunday

Spider web with water droplets on dried hogweed branches against an overcast landscape.