Skye Balou
@skyebalou.bsky.social
🇺🇦🦋 #LocalHero Brit Awake
Likes: kindness & countryside; music & morality; decency & dunes; humour & hope, hopefully knowing when alliteration must simply stop
Dislikes: The obvious really. The antithesis of the above. Climate change denial/doomism is top.
Likes: kindness & countryside; music & morality; decency & dunes; humour & hope, hopefully knowing when alliteration must simply stop
Dislikes: The obvious really. The antithesis of the above. Climate change denial/doomism is top.
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Sharing this space with G-pa – 78 rpm (rocking past midnight). He’ll put a G in his posts. Images are a mix of his & mine over the years.
Like me, he loves the movie #LocalHero & worries about climate change, so much he wrote a script for a climate follow-up. Open this post to read more in my reply.
Like me, he loves the movie #LocalHero & worries about climate change, so much he wrote a script for a climate follow-up. Open this post to read more in my reply.
"I want a Greenland"
"You can’t have one"
"If you don't give me a Greenland I'll scream & I'll scream & I'll scream"
"OK brat, but just remember who you are & that some of the grown-ups might be very cross with you"
"Don’t care I'll scream & scream & scream"
"OK here’s how it is. You're out"
"You can’t have one"
"If you don't give me a Greenland I'll scream & I'll scream & I'll scream"
"OK brat, but just remember who you are & that some of the grown-ups might be very cross with you"
"Don’t care I'll scream & scream & scream"
"OK here’s how it is. You're out"
January 19, 2026 at 5:46 PM
"I want a Greenland"
"You can’t have one"
"If you don't give me a Greenland I'll scream & I'll scream & I'll scream"
"OK brat, but just remember who you are & that some of the grown-ups might be very cross with you"
"Don’t care I'll scream & scream & scream"
"OK here’s how it is. You're out"
"You can’t have one"
"If you don't give me a Greenland I'll scream & I'll scream & I'll scream"
"OK brat, but just remember who you are & that some of the grown-ups might be very cross with you"
"Don’t care I'll scream & scream & scream"
"OK here’s how it is. You're out"
"I want a Noble"
"We can't give you one, you haven't been noble enough"
"If you don't give me a Noble I'll scream & I'll scream & I'll scream"
"OK dearest but just remember who you are and that some of the grown-ups might be upset"
"I'll scream & I'll scream & I'll scream"
"OK that's it. You're out"
"We can't give you one, you haven't been noble enough"
"If you don't give me a Noble I'll scream & I'll scream & I'll scream"
"OK dearest but just remember who you are and that some of the grown-ups might be upset"
"I'll scream & I'll scream & I'll scream"
"OK that's it. You're out"
January 19, 2026 at 4:53 PM
"I want a Noble"
"We can't give you one, you haven't been noble enough"
"If you don't give me a Noble I'll scream & I'll scream & I'll scream"
"OK dearest but just remember who you are and that some of the grown-ups might be upset"
"I'll scream & I'll scream & I'll scream"
"OK that's it. You're out"
"We can't give you one, you haven't been noble enough"
"If you don't give me a Noble I'll scream & I'll scream & I'll scream"
"OK dearest but just remember who you are and that some of the grown-ups might be upset"
"I'll scream & I'll scream & I'll scream"
"OK that's it. You're out"
Luxury abode with a view
of Sorisdale Bay, Isle of Coll
of Sorisdale Bay, Isle of Coll
January 19, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Luxury abode with a view
of Sorisdale Bay, Isle of Coll
of Sorisdale Bay, Isle of Coll
Traigh baile a' Mhuilinn, Isle of Tiree
Milltown Beach
❤️
Milltown Beach
❤️
January 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Traigh baile a' Mhuilinn, Isle of Tiree
Milltown Beach
❤️
Milltown Beach
❤️
Otter, deer, hare, otter, plastic
January 19, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Otter, deer, hare, otter, plastic
Gott Bay, Isle of Tiree with Isle of Mull beyond
January 19, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Gott Bay, Isle of Tiree with Isle of Mull beyond
Getting close
to
the whole of the Moon
to
the whole of the Moon
January 19, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Getting close
to
the whole of the Moon
to
the whole of the Moon
Barra from Vatersay
January 17, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Barra from Vatersay
What, precisely, does “Britain is broken“ mean Mr Jenrick?
January 16, 2026 at 6:17 PM
What, precisely, does “Britain is broken“ mean Mr Jenrick?
@andrewrawnsley.bsky.social
"The danger for Reform is that it looks more and more like a refugee camp for discredited Conservatives than it does the insurgent force for change that it claims to be."
Absolutely 💯 as it should be, because it's the truth.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
"The danger for Reform is that it looks more and more like a refugee camp for discredited Conservatives than it does the insurgent force for change that it claims to be."
Absolutely 💯 as it should be, because it's the truth.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
A traitor has been banished – but Jenrick sacking could h...
The Tory leader’s sacking of her rival over ‘irrefutable evidence’ he was plotting to defect to Reform may ruin his and Nigel Farage’s plans, but the infighting will harm her party
observer.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM
@andrewrawnsley.bsky.social
"The danger for Reform is that it looks more and more like a refugee camp for discredited Conservatives than it does the insurgent force for change that it claims to be."
Absolutely 💯 as it should be, because it's the truth.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
"The danger for Reform is that it looks more and more like a refugee camp for discredited Conservatives than it does the insurgent force for change that it claims to be."
Absolutely 💯 as it should be, because it's the truth.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
This morning's wee riverside ramble
January 16, 2026 at 11:33 AM
This morning's wee riverside ramble
And you know what?
tfump will be saying And you no what? I got the Noble piece prize. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Except in caps.
tfump will be saying And you no what? I got the Noble piece prize. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Except in caps.
January 16, 2026 at 8:54 AM
And you know what?
tfump will be saying And you no what? I got the Noble piece prize. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Except in caps.
tfump will be saying And you no what? I got the Noble piece prize. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Except in caps.
Reposted by Skye Balou
And whilst we're on the subject why is the UK gov't still using X as its main social media outlet & why, as at July '25 hasn't SAFE (its assessment framework) concluded that Bluesky is a far more appropriate medium? X last assessed April 2023.
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
questions-statements.parliament.uk
January 15, 2026 at 11:05 AM
And whilst we're on the subject why is the UK gov't still using X as its main social media outlet & why, as at July '25 hasn't SAFE (its assessment framework) concluded that Bluesky is a far more appropriate medium? X last assessed April 2023.
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=atNF...
@michaelemann.bsky.social
This wee video chimes with your quote in this extract.
We no longer accept their odious lies.
@michaelemann.bsky.social
This wee video chimes with your quote in this extract.
We no longer accept their odious lies.
January 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=atNF...
@michaelemann.bsky.social
This wee video chimes with your quote in this extract.
We no longer accept their odious lies.
@michaelemann.bsky.social
This wee video chimes with your quote in this extract.
We no longer accept their odious lies.
Some of the best of America
An American Tune
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An American Tune
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January 14, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Some of the best of America
An American Tune
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An American Tune
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The sun will still shine
A 3-minute song-video.
The burning of fossil fuels has to stop.
Those of us with the longest future have the strongest stake.
Talk about the climate crisis and what WE can do about it.
#ClimateCrisis #YouthForClimate #ClimateAction
www.youtube.com/watch?v=atNF...
A 3-minute song-video.
The burning of fossil fuels has to stop.
Those of us with the longest future have the strongest stake.
Talk about the climate crisis and what WE can do about it.
#ClimateCrisis #YouthForClimate #ClimateAction
www.youtube.com/watch?v=atNF...
The sun will still shine
YouTube video by Richard Large
www.youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:03 AM
The sun will still shine
A 3-minute song-video.
The burning of fossil fuels has to stop.
Those of us with the longest future have the strongest stake.
Talk about the climate crisis and what WE can do about it.
#ClimateCrisis #YouthForClimate #ClimateAction
www.youtube.com/watch?v=atNF...
A 3-minute song-video.
The burning of fossil fuels has to stop.
Those of us with the longest future have the strongest stake.
Talk about the climate crisis and what WE can do about it.
#ClimateCrisis #YouthForClimate #ClimateAction
www.youtube.com/watch?v=atNF...
St Michael's Mount on 23 December. Sadly I expect a lot of those trees on its western flank have been lost last week in storm Goretti.
January 13, 2026 at 4:42 PM
St Michael's Mount on 23 December. Sadly I expect a lot of those trees on its western flank have been lost last week in storm Goretti.
That means you baby gull. Turnstones welcome.
January 13, 2026 at 4:39 PM
That means you baby gull. Turnstones welcome.
Jolly nice coastline
January 8, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Jolly nice coastline