Paul 4Jags
@paul4jags.bsky.social
Posting on social media in a personal capacity about stuff I like, such as running, hillwalking, social history, big books, terrible music, and awful football teams.
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When Hillwalking became Munro Bagging
How I became a Munro bagger, and the extra challenges of hillwalking with diabetes
glasgowpunter.blogspot.com
Reflections on accidentally becoming a Munro bagger, and also some thoughts on the extra issues that hillwalking with diabetes presents.
@diabetesuk.bsky.social
glasgowpunter.blogspot.com/2025/11/when...
@diabetesuk.bsky.social
glasgowpunter.blogspot.com/2025/11/when...
Squeak! Partick Thistle beat Dunfermline tonight under the floodlights and go joint top of the league.
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Squeak! Partick Thistle beat Dunfermline tonight under the floodlights and go joint top of the league.
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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harold's auto center, horizontal view, sinclair gas station, route 19, spring hill, florida, 1979
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
harold's auto center, horizontal view, sinclair gas station, route 19, spring hill, florida, 1979
Trail running in Scotland in November. Wet. Muddy.
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Trail running in Scotland in November. Wet. Muddy.
Two football games I've attended in a single week, and my team won on both occasions!! Unbelievable. This never happens.
Scotland 4-2 Denmark
Partick Thistle 2-1 St Johnstone
Scotland 4-2 Denmark
Partick Thistle 2-1 St Johnstone
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Two football games I've attended in a single week, and my team won on both occasions!! Unbelievable. This never happens.
Scotland 4-2 Denmark
Partick Thistle 2-1 St Johnstone
Scotland 4-2 Denmark
Partick Thistle 2-1 St Johnstone
You know that when you get handed a box of old family photos that looks like this, it's going to have good stuff in it.
November 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
You know that when you get handed a box of old family photos that looks like this, it's going to have good stuff in it.
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Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Buying albums just because I like the name of the artist. A Man For All Seasons by Insecure Men.
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Buying albums just because I like the name of the artist. A Man For All Seasons by Insecure Men.
Views of this morning's crisp, clear skies over Glasgow, looking down over the River Clyde. Did you know that the word Clyde, from Cluaidh (sometimes Clutha) is related to the Latin verb cloare, to cleanse? As is Rome's Cloaca Maxima.
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Views of this morning's crisp, clear skies over Glasgow, looking down over the River Clyde. Did you know that the word Clyde, from Cluaidh (sometimes Clutha) is related to the Latin verb cloare, to cleanse? As is Rome's Cloaca Maxima.
I've been working my way through all of Iain M. Banks's Culture novels recently. Just finished Look To Windward which has been one of the best. Written in the year 2000 it has much ruminating on how far AI should go, and if it can compose a symphony, would we want it too? Meaty sci-fi.
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I've been working my way through all of Iain M. Banks's Culture novels recently. Just finished Look To Windward which has been one of the best. Written in the year 2000 it has much ruminating on how far AI should go, and if it can compose a symphony, would we want it too? Meaty sci-fi.
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petition for young fathers to do the scotland world cup song
November 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
petition for young fathers to do the scotland world cup song
There aren't any sports I can think of that are as unpredictable and draining/exhilarating as football. See when Hampden started singing "Here We, Here We, Here We Fucking Go" before the teams came out, I knew we were all up for it, and I think Archie Gemmill's goal can be retired now.
November 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
There aren't any sports I can think of that are as unpredictable and draining/exhilarating as football. See when Hampden started singing "Here We, Here We, Here We Fucking Go" before the teams came out, I knew we were all up for it, and I think Archie Gemmill's goal can be retired now.
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The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
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Football though, isn’t it?
a man in a suit and tie is talking about something marvellous .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking about something marvellous .
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Football though, isn’t it?
Never, ever been to a football game like that. Unbelievable. Preposterous goals. Scotland 4-2 Denmark
November 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Never, ever been to a football game like that. Unbelievable. Preposterous goals. Scotland 4-2 Denmark
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REFERENDUM THE MORRA 😭❤️🏴
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
REFERENDUM THE MORRA 😭❤️🏴
Duck 'n reflections.
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Duck 'n reflections.
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BBC has a case against Trump. WhiteHouse Chief Press Officer called the BBC ‘100% fake news.’ Which is defamatory and untrue.
Trump says he will sue BBC for between $1 billion and $5 billion despite apology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president told reporters on Air Force One that he will take legal action against the broadcaster and will call Sir Keir Starmer over the weekend.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
BBC has a case against Trump. WhiteHouse Chief Press Officer called the BBC ‘100% fake news.’ Which is defamatory and untrue.
It's been a while but clear, frosty blue skies over Scotland and snow-topped mountains at last. A wee run up Ben Ledi to enjoy it.
November 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It's been a while but clear, frosty blue skies over Scotland and snow-topped mountains at last. A wee run up Ben Ledi to enjoy it.
Enjoyed hearing Jim Carruth tonight at Glasgow's Aye Write book festival talking about his poetry. Also launching the Great Big Glasgow Poem, written by the people, for the people (kinda) to mark the 850th anniversary of the city.
www.glasgow850.com/article/1143...
www.glasgow850.com/article/1143...
Great Big Glasgow Poem - Revealed! - Glasgow 850
www.glasgow850.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Enjoyed hearing Jim Carruth tonight at Glasgow's Aye Write book festival talking about his poetry. Also launching the Great Big Glasgow Poem, written by the people, for the people (kinda) to mark the 850th anniversary of the city.
www.glasgow850.com/article/1143...
www.glasgow850.com/article/1143...
The five proposals for a Nelson Mandela statue for Nelson Mandela Place in Glasgow are on display in the City Chambers just now (if you can find your way in through the roadworks).
November 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The five proposals for a Nelson Mandela statue for Nelson Mandela Place in Glasgow are on display in the City Chambers just now (if you can find your way in through the roadworks).
Why do cinemas make their websites so difficult to use?
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Why do cinemas make their websites so difficult to use?
Mural at the entrance to Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital, and sculpture by George Wylie at the site of the former Rottenrow maternity hospital.
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Mural at the entrance to Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital, and sculpture by George Wylie at the site of the former Rottenrow maternity hospital.
I met up with a guy from Chicago recently in Glasgow to introduce him to the city. He asked why he was the only one using an umbrella. I decided that it was a combination of wind and resignation.
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I met up with a guy from Chicago recently in Glasgow to introduce him to the city. He asked why he was the only one using an umbrella. I decided that it was a combination of wind and resignation.
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The UK media is overstating the benefits of prostate specific antigen tests, which can result in risk without benefit.
Men need fair information about screening for prostate cancer, writes @mgtmccartney.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Men need fair information about screening for prostate cancer, writes @mgtmccartney.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The UK media is overstating the benefits of prostate specific antigen tests, which can result in risk without benefit.
Men need fair information about screening for prostate cancer, writes @mgtmccartney.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Men need fair information about screening for prostate cancer, writes @mgtmccartney.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...