Graeme Beale
@midfyffe.bsky.social
Works in @RESAS in the Scottish Government. Head of the Strategic Research Programme - Rural/Environment. Quaker. Writer of sub-par cat poems and other things.
I love this. Circle on the left: “where poetry is on Bluesky”. Circle on the the right: Me
February 9, 2026 at 1:22 PM
I love this. Circle on the left: “where poetry is on Bluesky”. Circle on the the right: Me
Just had an email from a recruiter saying they've "matched" me to a particular R&D management job. In an arms manufacturer. I have bad #quaker days, but I think that would genuinely slip me over into bad quaker careers...
February 9, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Just had an email from a recruiter saying they've "matched" me to a particular R&D management job. In an arms manufacturer. I have bad #quaker days, but I think that would genuinely slip me over into bad quaker careers...
I have along train ride this afternoon, and will be treating this as a challenge. Writing something truly excruciating awaits.
the worst human art is still better than any AI art
February 8, 2026 at 8:25 AM
I have along train ride this afternoon, and will be treating this as a challenge. Writing something truly excruciating awaits.
Just saw someone walk past the house with a genuine- from the 2014 referendum campaign- Better Together umbrella. Just amazed by the longevity. I think any umbrella I’ve ever had has been lost, turned inside out or snapped in about a month at best. ☂️
February 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Just saw someone walk past the house with a genuine- from the 2014 referendum campaign- Better Together umbrella. Just amazed by the longevity. I think any umbrella I’ve ever had has been lost, turned inside out or snapped in about a month at best. ☂️
Reposted by Graeme Beale
Bluesky hive: Can anyone recommend any studies on eugenics and disability in France during the first half of the C20? Especially anything on neo-Lamarkianism and puericulture.
February 3, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Bluesky hive: Can anyone recommend any studies on eugenics and disability in France during the first half of the C20? Especially anything on neo-Lamarkianism and puericulture.
Today’s commute reading. A just staggering reminder- Virginia Woolf on Jane Austen.
Austen wrote when it was impossible for her asa woman to leave the house alone.
I think that’s why I struggle with the romance & bustle presentation of history. I love history, but live back then? No thank you.
Austen wrote when it was impossible for her asa woman to leave the house alone.
I think that’s why I struggle with the romance & bustle presentation of history. I love history, but live back then? No thank you.
February 3, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Today’s commute reading. A just staggering reminder- Virginia Woolf on Jane Austen.
Austen wrote when it was impossible for her asa woman to leave the house alone.
I think that’s why I struggle with the romance & bustle presentation of history. I love history, but live back then? No thank you.
Austen wrote when it was impossible for her asa woman to leave the house alone.
I think that’s why I struggle with the romance & bustle presentation of history. I love history, but live back then? No thank you.
UKRI quick out of the blocks on #researchfish replacement. They've put a tender out for a replacement Research Outcomes Collections System, offering up to £1.5M. www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/00654...
DDaT24525 - Research Outcomes Collections System - Find a Tender
www.find-tender.service.gov.uk
February 2, 2026 at 1:12 PM
UKRI quick out of the blocks on #researchfish replacement. They've put a tender out for a replacement Research Outcomes Collections System, offering up to £1.5M. www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/00654...
Fixed something on my bike in my lunch break. Unfortunately because it’s me who fixed it rather than asking literally any other passing human to do it, I’m now not sure that I’ve fixed it right. #mechanical #anxiety
a raccoon is riding a red bicycle on a wood floor
Alt: a raccoon is riding a red bicycle on a wood floor
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Fixed something on my bike in my lunch break. Unfortunately because it’s me who fixed it rather than asking literally any other passing human to do it, I’m now not sure that I’ve fixed it right. #mechanical #anxiety
Question emerging from a meeting this morning. Why is there no agency responsible for public body mergers? Surely we should create one.
February 2, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Question emerging from a meeting this morning. Why is there no agency responsible for public body mergers? Surely we should create one.
I see that the #researchfish closing news has now broken. From a funder perspective, we moved over to RF because it did things we needed, and because it was the industry standard - meaning other people knew how to use it etc. 🧵thoughts www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Elsevier to close controversial Researchfish platform - Research Professional News
Impact-tracking service used by UK Research and Innovation to be shut down by July 2027
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I see that the #researchfish closing news has now broken. From a funder perspective, we moved over to RF because it did things we needed, and because it was the industry standard - meaning other people knew how to use it etc. 🧵thoughts www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
The first data from the #Scottish #Land #LiDAR Programme 2025-27 is now available on the remotesensingdata.gov.scot portal. This first data release covers 200,000 hectares of Scotland, starting in Arran and western areas. Further data releases are expected every 6 months.
Scottish Remote Sensing Portal | Scottish Government
remotesensingdata.gov.scot
January 29, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The first data from the #Scottish #Land #LiDAR Programme 2025-27 is now available on the remotesensingdata.gov.scot portal. This first data release covers 200,000 hectares of Scotland, starting in Arran and western areas. Further data releases are expected every 6 months.
Reposted by Graeme Beale
Monetisation
The advert said
MONETISE YOUR FOLLOWERS
so he thought
he would respond
by painting them
in the changing light,
like waterlilies
in a pond.
The advert said
MONETISE YOUR FOLLOWERS
so he thought
he would respond
by painting them
in the changing light,
like waterlilies
in a pond.
January 28, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Monetisation
The advert said
MONETISE YOUR FOLLOWERS
so he thought
he would respond
by painting them
in the changing light,
like waterlilies
in a pond.
The advert said
MONETISE YOUR FOLLOWERS
so he thought
he would respond
by painting them
in the changing light,
like waterlilies
in a pond.
Reposting for @imcmillan.bsky.social in case of amusement before the early walk.
Conversation with one of the household teenagers:
-Dad do you really write poems?
-yes really. I just sent one to a journal. It might even get published.
-oh, have you been published before?
-yes.
-do they pay you a lot?
…
(Pained pause)
-No that’s not really how poetry works.
Teenager shrugs
-Dad do you really write poems?
-yes really. I just sent one to a journal. It might even get published.
-oh, have you been published before?
-yes.
-do they pay you a lot?
…
(Pained pause)
-No that’s not really how poetry works.
Teenager shrugs
January 28, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Reposting for @imcmillan.bsky.social in case of amusement before the early walk.
Reposted by Graeme Beale
Conversation with one of the household teenagers:
-Dad do you really write poems?
-yes really. I just sent one to a journal. It might even get published.
-oh, have you been published before?
-yes.
-do they pay you a lot?
…
(Pained pause)
-No that’s not really how poetry works.
Teenager shrugs
-Dad do you really write poems?
-yes really. I just sent one to a journal. It might even get published.
-oh, have you been published before?
-yes.
-do they pay you a lot?
…
(Pained pause)
-No that’s not really how poetry works.
Teenager shrugs
January 27, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Conversation with one of the household teenagers:
-Dad do you really write poems?
-yes really. I just sent one to a journal. It might even get published.
-oh, have you been published before?
-yes.
-do they pay you a lot?
…
(Pained pause)
-No that’s not really how poetry works.
Teenager shrugs
-Dad do you really write poems?
-yes really. I just sent one to a journal. It might even get published.
-oh, have you been published before?
-yes.
-do they pay you a lot?
…
(Pained pause)
-No that’s not really how poetry works.
Teenager shrugs
Conversation with one of the household teenagers:
-Dad do you really write poems?
-yes really. I just sent one to a journal. It might even get published.
-oh, have you been published before?
-yes.
-do they pay you a lot?
…
(Pained pause)
-No that’s not really how poetry works.
Teenager shrugs
-Dad do you really write poems?
-yes really. I just sent one to a journal. It might even get published.
-oh, have you been published before?
-yes.
-do they pay you a lot?
…
(Pained pause)
-No that’s not really how poetry works.
Teenager shrugs
January 27, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Conversation with one of the household teenagers:
-Dad do you really write poems?
-yes really. I just sent one to a journal. It might even get published.
-oh, have you been published before?
-yes.
-do they pay you a lot?
…
(Pained pause)
-No that’s not really how poetry works.
Teenager shrugs
-Dad do you really write poems?
-yes really. I just sent one to a journal. It might even get published.
-oh, have you been published before?
-yes.
-do they pay you a lot?
…
(Pained pause)
-No that’s not really how poetry works.
Teenager shrugs
Just finished bell hooks “the will to change” about masculinity. I’ve read lots of her poetry before but never her essays.
Deep reflections on masculinity, and so many lines that have filtered out into the culture without me knowing where they come from.
Deep reflections on masculinity, and so many lines that have filtered out into the culture without me knowing where they come from.
January 25, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Just finished bell hooks “the will to change” about masculinity. I’ve read lots of her poetry before but never her essays.
Deep reflections on masculinity, and so many lines that have filtered out into the culture without me knowing where they come from.
Deep reflections on masculinity, and so many lines that have filtered out into the culture without me knowing where they come from.
It’s #Burns Night 🏴! Enjoy your haggis (veggie or scrotal)!
In case it helps, this is your permission slip to say “no thanks “to the inevitable accompanying whiskey or beer. No explanation needed.
🏴❤️🏴
In case it helps, this is your permission slip to say “no thanks “to the inevitable accompanying whiskey or beer. No explanation needed.
🏴❤️🏴
January 25, 2026 at 7:02 PM
It’s #Burns Night 🏴! Enjoy your haggis (veggie or scrotal)!
In case it helps, this is your permission slip to say “no thanks “to the inevitable accompanying whiskey or beer. No explanation needed.
🏴❤️🏴
In case it helps, this is your permission slip to say “no thanks “to the inevitable accompanying whiskey or beer. No explanation needed.
🏴❤️🏴
Pictures (found poetry) from the Old Kirk back room today:
Do not touch the plans. We’ve only just sorted them.
Do not move these chairs, the plans will fall over if you do.
A Row of chairs and centuries old plans.
As the only #quaker meeting in a #medieval #Kirk, we are just a bit different.
Do not touch the plans. We’ve only just sorted them.
Do not move these chairs, the plans will fall over if you do.
A Row of chairs and centuries old plans.
As the only #quaker meeting in a #medieval #Kirk, we are just a bit different.
January 25, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Reposted by Graeme Beale
You Know When Something Just Clicks*
January 24, 2026 at 10:37 AM
You Know When Something Just Clicks*
Veg stew and dumplings. Proper winter dinner. Very pleased with how that came out.
January 23, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Veg stew and dumplings. Proper winter dinner. Very pleased with how that came out.
Tried to type in frustration today. Microsoft word wasn’t having it. Arghh.
January 22, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Tried to type in frustration today. Microsoft word wasn’t having it. Arghh.
Early proof the Romans were into golf ⛳️? Probably one for @wmarybeard.bsky.social .
A 3D photogrammetry image of the Easter ditch of the Roman fortress at Inchtuthil in Perthshire, Scotland
January 22, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Early proof the Romans were into golf ⛳️? Probably one for @wmarybeard.bsky.social .
The face when your food monkey has failed to sort out the rain. Again.
January 22, 2026 at 11:11 AM
The face when your food monkey has failed to sort out the rain. Again.