@muirneag.bsky.social
Anthropologist, trade unionist, Scottish independence supporter. ❤️ art, nature, science, justice
Acorn, butternut, carnival... that's pretty much where my squash knowledge runs dry.
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Acorn, butternut, carnival... that's pretty much where my squash knowledge runs dry.
😄 you might need to be a kid (or a primary school art teacher) to get this.
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
😄 you might need to be a kid (or a primary school art teacher) to get this.
This can't be shared enough!
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This can't be shared enough!
I take my duties as a volunteer promoter of Scotch malt whisky very seriously. It's a tough job, but someone has to do it!
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I take my duties as a volunteer promoter of Scotch malt whisky very seriously. It's a tough job, but someone has to do it!
Think global, buy local
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Think global, buy local
This is so true. And we fail our young people if we don't teach them both the best, and the worst, about humanity.
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This is so true. And we fail our young people if we don't teach them both the best, and the worst, about humanity.
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Scotland's first stolperstein has been laid in front of St. Stephen's Church, Stockbridge.
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Scotland's first stolperstein has been laid in front of St. Stephen's Church, Stockbridge.
Run, do not walk, over to the SMWS Vaults in Leith to try one of their fabulous Christmas cocktails!
#scotchmaltwhisky
#scotchmaltwhisky
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Run, do not walk, over to the SMWS Vaults in Leith to try one of their fabulous Christmas cocktails!
#scotchmaltwhisky
#scotchmaltwhisky
As public spending is crunched left, right and center, libraries have never been more important as spaces of inclusion, inspiration and innovation - and crucially these days, as trusted sources of information.
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
As public spending is crunched left, right and center, libraries have never been more important as spaces of inclusion, inspiration and innovation - and crucially these days, as trusted sources of information.
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Friday I heard the Royal Scottish National Orchestra perform Gershwin in an absolutely fabulous rendition of some of his best tunes! The audience were leaning forward in their seats, musicians laughing and grinning ear to ear, carried away by the joy of playing. Music just doesn't get any better!
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Friday I heard the Royal Scottish National Orchestra perform Gershwin in an absolutely fabulous rendition of some of his best tunes! The audience were leaning forward in their seats, musicians laughing and grinning ear to ear, carried away by the joy of playing. Music just doesn't get any better!
A few more pictures from the Holodomor ceremony yesterday at Calton Hill.
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A few more pictures from the Holodomor ceremony yesterday at Calton Hill.
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"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
Tim Davie misled audience about the BBC’s supposed leftwing agenda | Good Law Project
Speaking at a book festival, the former director general suggested the BBC newsroom was full of BLM T-shirts and Kamala mugs. But that’s fake news.
goodlaw.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
Photos from yesterday's Holodomor observation at the Memorial Stone in Edinburgh, erected in memory of the almost 10 million people killed by Russian forces through forced starvation between 1932-1933.
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Photos from yesterday's Holodomor observation at the Memorial Stone in Edinburgh, erected in memory of the almost 10 million people killed by Russian forces through forced starvation between 1932-1933.
Edinburgh's Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Kidnapped and Treasure Island, is one of my all-time-favourite Scottish poets as well...
November 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Edinburgh's Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Kidnapped and Treasure Island, is one of my all-time-favourite Scottish poets as well...
I'm reading a book called The Malt Whisky Murders. What about you?
November 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I'm reading a book called The Malt Whisky Murders. What about you?
A thank you note from a friend that's a gift in itself. 😄
November 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A thank you note from a friend that's a gift in itself. 😄
Keir Hardie would be birlin' in his grave at the huckster who stole his name and destroyed everything the Labour Party once stood for. 🤬
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
Labour plot to slash electricity prices for AI companies while families struggle
LABOUR are planning to cut electricity prices for tech companies while energy bills continue to leave families struggling, The National can reveal.
www.thenational.scot
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Keir Hardie would be birlin' in his grave at the huckster who stole his name and destroyed everything the Labour Party once stood for. 🤬
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
Yes, you read that right. Labour are planning to *slash* electricity bills for giant AI tech businesses - at the same time they're *increasing* the bills of ordinary working families.
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
Labour plot to slash electricity prices for AI companies while families struggle
LABOUR are planning to cut electricity prices for tech companies while energy bills continue to leave families struggling, The National can reveal.
www.thenational.scot
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Yes, you read that right. Labour are planning to *slash* electricity bills for giant AI tech businesses - at the same time they're *increasing* the bills of ordinary working families.
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...