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.
This morning’s thought for the day from Harold Bloom. In an essay on Ibsen and #trolls:
“the opposite of trollishness is wit and the high spirits that sheer wit can engender,”. The western canon pg 330.
“the opposite of trollishness is wit and the high spirits that sheer wit can engender,”. The western canon pg 330.
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
This morning’s thought for the day from Harold Bloom. In an essay on Ibsen and #trolls:
“the opposite of trollishness is wit and the high spirits that sheer wit can engender,”. The western canon pg 330.
“the opposite of trollishness is wit and the high spirits that sheer wit can engender,”. The western canon pg 330.
The bus is so late I’m contemplating second breakfast.
I look forward to the inevitable “which one are you booked on?” Conversation at the park and ride.
I look forward to the inevitable “which one are you booked on?” Conversation at the park and ride.
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The bus is so late I’m contemplating second breakfast.
I look forward to the inevitable “which one are you booked on?” Conversation at the park and ride.
I look forward to the inevitable “which one are you booked on?” Conversation at the park and ride.
The children in the meeting made candle surrounds to bring some light to the darkest part of the year.
Hope your November is not just full of rain. #quakers
Hope your November is not just full of rain. #quakers
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The children in the meeting made candle surrounds to bring some light to the darkest part of the year.
Hope your November is not just full of rain. #quakers
Hope your November is not just full of rain. #quakers
Reset the clock - first undergraduate survey request of the academic year. NOPE.
PUBLIC SERVICE SKEET follows
In case folks are interested, here's the reason UK and Scottish #civil #servants are a bad plan for building your research on 🧵:
We get LOTS of survey requests, especially from students.
PUBLIC SERVICE SKEET follows
In case folks are interested, here's the reason UK and Scottish #civil #servants are a bad plan for building your research on 🧵:
We get LOTS of survey requests, especially from students.
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Just had tea and will shortly be making and baking empanadas. Hard to beat that for a Friday evening. #middleage
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Just had tea and will shortly be making and baking empanadas. Hard to beat that for a Friday evening. #middleage
Oh god! My eye! My eyeeeee…
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Oh god! My eye! My eyeeeee…
Weirdly I may have the followers to answer this. @huttoncpc.bsky.social and other #potato #spudsky folks- can anyone help on this question?
Evening folks, I'd love some help with this pic. Forget the people, can anyone identify the plants?
Is this a potato crop, partially coming into flower on the left? Or are these wild flowers?
Context: this is a coastal plain at the village of Inver, Easter Ross, 1915, south of the Morrich More.
Is this a potato crop, partially coming into flower on the left? Or are these wild flowers?
Context: this is a coastal plain at the village of Inver, Easter Ross, 1915, south of the Morrich More.
November 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Weirdly I may have the followers to answer this. @huttoncpc.bsky.social and other #potato #spudsky folks- can anyone help on this question?
Today’s thought for the day, when did you last read aloud to a friend? Her proscribed for grief by Harold Bloom, the Western Canon, pg 270.
Morning commute reading continues to deliver.
Morning commute reading continues to deliver.
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Today’s thought for the day, when did you last read aloud to a friend? Her proscribed for grief by Harold Bloom, the Western Canon, pg 270.
Morning commute reading continues to deliver.
Morning commute reading continues to deliver.
Reposted by Graeme Beale
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
Maybe it’s because I’m getting older but “Crisis at the #BBC” season seems to come around earlier each year.
Barely got the Halloween bunting taken down.
Barely got the Halloween bunting taken down.
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Maybe it’s because I’m getting older but “Crisis at the #BBC” season seems to come around earlier each year.
Barely got the Halloween bunting taken down.
Barely got the Halloween bunting taken down.
How did I get here in the airing cupboard? Pull up a chair pal and I’ll explain all it to you.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
How did I get here in the airing cupboard? Pull up a chair pal and I’ll explain all it to you.
Boosting this comment I saw in chat earlier. Hard to overstate how much #KE (Knowledge Exchange) work is prevented because #universities don't seem to have a proportionate response- it's a small contract - ergo small risk and so on; instead given the same process and time as a major grant.
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Boosting this comment I saw in chat earlier. Hard to overstate how much #KE (Knowledge Exchange) work is prevented because #universities don't seem to have a proportionate response- it's a small contract - ergo small risk and so on; instead given the same process and time as a major grant.
#Cheese News! 🐭🐁🧀
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Take a look at our new case study below highlighting research from @rowettinstitute.bsky.social & @srucnews.bsky.social exploring the challenges facing Scottish cheesemakers.
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Take a look at our new case study below highlighting research from @rowettinstitute.bsky.social & @srucnews.bsky.social exploring the challenges facing Scottish cheesemakers.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
#Cheese News! 🐭🐁🧀
Thought for the day courtesy of Dr Johnson.
Popped out to me on the bus this morning’s commute reading. From Harold Bloom, Western Canon
“nor has any man found the evils of life so formidable in reality as they were described in his own imagination.”
Popped out to me on the bus this morning’s commute reading. From Harold Bloom, Western Canon
“nor has any man found the evils of life so formidable in reality as they were described in his own imagination.”
November 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Thought for the day courtesy of Dr Johnson.
Popped out to me on the bus this morning’s commute reading. From Harold Bloom, Western Canon
“nor has any man found the evils of life so formidable in reality as they were described in his own imagination.”
Popped out to me on the bus this morning’s commute reading. From Harold Bloom, Western Canon
“nor has any man found the evils of life so formidable in reality as they were described in his own imagination.”
Morag breaches the breakfast wall in search of illicit lactose.
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Morag breaches the breakfast wall in search of illicit lactose.
We actually have an aga. It's a better use of cash than going on holidays or buying a new car. Runs on renewables as well. Not all aga owners are arseholes.
November 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We had a terrific night! Hope you all survived. If you're reading this and you've not survived let me know. #halloween
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We had a terrific night! Hope you all survived. If you're reading this and you've not survived let me know. #halloween
Magnificent 💯
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Magnificent 💯
Reposted by Graeme Beale
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
Happy Halloween from the un-familiar and me. 🎃 😾
October 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Happy Halloween from the un-familiar and me. 🎃 😾