Bill Marshall 🇸🇮 🏴
@spiderbill.bsky.social
Scot now living in Slovenia. #ScotsAbroad Semi-retired internet consultant, chess player and administrator, landscape photographer, guitarist, Dorothy Dunnett commentator.
http://www.dorothydunnett.co.uk
http://www.dorothydunnett.co.uk
Was just watching a video about Harold Eggerton, most famous for his ultra-high speed photographs. It struck me that one of his aphorisms related very well to #Dunnett reading.
"The trick to education is to teach people in such a way that they don't realize they're learning until it's too late."
"The trick to education is to teach people in such a way that they don't realize they're learning until it's too late."
November 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Was just watching a video about Harold Eggerton, most famous for his ultra-high speed photographs. It struck me that one of his aphorisms related very well to #Dunnett reading.
"The trick to education is to teach people in such a way that they don't realize they're learning until it's too late."
"The trick to education is to teach people in such a way that they don't realize they're learning until it's too late."
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Remember what
Nicola Sturgeon said
well it's now coming into view 👇
Nicola Sturgeon said
well it's now coming into view 👇
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Remember what
Nicola Sturgeon said
well it's now coming into view 👇
Nicola Sturgeon said
well it's now coming into view 👇
@dgriffinchess.bsky.social
I see you're doing a talk on Petrosian-Spassky 1969 at the Edinburgh Chess Club in March. It's just possible that I might be back over then, though it may be a couple of weeks too soon. Would like to hear that and meet up.
Remember following that match at the time.
I see you're doing a talk on Petrosian-Spassky 1969 at the Edinburgh Chess Club in March. It's just possible that I might be back over then, though it may be a couple of weeks too soon. Would like to hear that and meet up.
Remember following that match at the time.
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
@dgriffinchess.bsky.social
I see you're doing a talk on Petrosian-Spassky 1969 at the Edinburgh Chess Club in March. It's just possible that I might be back over then, though it may be a couple of weeks too soon. Would like to hear that and meet up.
Remember following that match at the time.
I see you're doing a talk on Petrosian-Spassky 1969 at the Edinburgh Chess Club in March. It's just possible that I might be back over then, though it may be a couple of weeks too soon. Would like to hear that and meet up.
Remember following that match at the time.
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British five-year-olds are up to 7cm shorter than children of the same age in Europe, with experts suggesting poor nutrition is responsible. Yes, it bloody well is time the two-child benefit cap was scrapped.
November 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
British five-year-olds are up to 7cm shorter than children of the same age in Europe, with experts suggesting poor nutrition is responsible. Yes, it bloody well is time the two-child benefit cap was scrapped.
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Fascist Reform leader Richard Tice would get REALLY upset if you shared this widely on all forms of social media so lots of people can keep it and bring it out before the next election to show that he is as big a liar as Keir Starmer.
So please don't, he would be *very* upset.
So please don't, he would be *very* upset.
November 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Fascist Reform leader Richard Tice would get REALLY upset if you shared this widely on all forms of social media so lots of people can keep it and bring it out before the next election to show that he is as big a liar as Keir Starmer.
So please don't, he would be *very* upset.
So please don't, he would be *very* upset.
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BAILLIE and TEL AVIV labour spouting ABSOLUTE SHITE ABOUT OUR FM,AND PRESENT FM.(COVID)FYI BAILLIE YOU LYING ANTI SCOTTISH SLABBERCABBAGE!! these lies must be called out once and for all,saying SNP COPIED WM,wit a load of shite,Nicola was WAY AHEAD OF THE DEATH CULT UKGOVT.WM BULLSHIT YET AGAIN,
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
BAILLIE and TEL AVIV labour spouting ABSOLUTE SHITE ABOUT OUR FM,AND PRESENT FM.(COVID)FYI BAILLIE YOU LYING ANTI SCOTTISH SLABBERCABBAGE!! these lies must be called out once and for all,saying SNP COPIED WM,wit a load of shite,Nicola was WAY AHEAD OF THE DEATH CULT UKGOVT.WM BULLSHIT YET AGAIN,
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A comprehensive new map of Roman roads has boosted the known size of the empire’s land transport network by almost 60 per cent – and it is available for anyone to explore online.
Digital map lets you explore the Roman Empire's vast road network
Archaeologists have compiled the most detailed map yet of roads throughout the Roman Empire in AD 150, totalling almost 300,000 kilometres in length
www.newscientist.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
A comprehensive new map of Roman roads has boosted the known size of the empire’s land transport network by almost 60 per cent – and it is available for anyone to explore online.
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"I will go on my way Until the universe fits in my heart.”
Federico García Lorca .
Federico García Lorca .
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"I will go on my way Until the universe fits in my heart.”
Federico García Lorca .
Federico García Lorca .
The Autumn colours didn't last as long this year due to a couple of untimely storms, but just occasionally overnight snow on Krn along with late afternoon golden light makes up for it.
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The Autumn colours didn't last as long this year due to a couple of untimely storms, but just occasionally overnight snow on Krn along with late afternoon golden light makes up for it.
The octopus takeover after we've gone may have some competition!
November 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The octopus takeover after we've gone may have some competition!
Scott McTominay!! What a goal. Please let that be our Escape to Victory moment.
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Scott McTominay!! What a goal. Please let that be our Escape to Victory moment.
The St Andrews Chronicles, one of the most important manuscript histories of Scotland, is going on public display for the first time in its 500-year history. The book will be on display at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social from 21 November to 7 December
#BookHistory
news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/500-...
#BookHistory
news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/500-...
November 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
👀Wow! (not the price but that they just had this and who knew?)
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Almshouse in Dorset discovers its 15th-century Flemish triptych is worth £3.5m
Artwork that hung for centuries at St John’s Almshouse in Sherborne will be sold to raise funds for social housing
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Are you a scholar of the fifteenth century and have an interest in the British Isles and its wider connections? If so, then you will want to know that @memsunikent.bsky.social will be hosting the 2026 Fifteenth Century Conference in Canterbury and the CfP is now open: www.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
MEMS to Host the Fifteenth Century Conference 2026
www.kent.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Are you a scholar of the fifteenth century and have an interest in the British Isles and its wider connections? If so, then you will want to know that @memsunikent.bsky.social will be hosting the 2026 Fifteenth Century Conference in Canterbury and the CfP is now open: www.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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A full TENTH of Meta’s revenue comes from advertising scams:
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A full TENTH of Meta’s revenue comes from advertising scams:
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/
The ads are annoying but the articles are worth reading in full for that squeak. And to get a glimpse of the insane riches amassed by royal houses.
buried deep within the bowels of this blog post is a Dunnett Squeak, also that's one hell of a rock
Habsburg Royal Jewels hidden in Canada
Archduke Karl von Habsburg has revealed that the legendary Florentine Diamond and fifteen other historic Jewels of the House of Habsburg long thought sold, stolen or lost have been hidden for decades ...
royalwatcherblog.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The ads are annoying but the articles are worth reading in full for that squeak. And to get a glimpse of the insane riches amassed by royal houses.
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We get reports from multiple countries that Russian money is funelled into the pockets of right wing pundits & politicians.
Yet, that is somehow never a matter of "national security"?
Weird how that happens...
Contrast that with the response to human rights protests.
Yet, that is somehow never a matter of "national security"?
Weird how that happens...
Contrast that with the response to human rights protests.
Erm considering the the Cons have received many thousands in donations from Russia
www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage's regular appearances on Russia Today
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
I would say that Scotland had best become independent asap
www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage's regular appearances on Russia Today
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
I would say that Scotland had best become independent asap
Revealed: Tories still taking cash from Russia-linked donors
The donations include £50,000 from Lubov Chernukhin, who is married to Vladimir Putin’s former deputy finance minister
www.opendemocracy.net
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We get reports from multiple countries that Russian money is funelled into the pockets of right wing pundits & politicians.
Yet, that is somehow never a matter of "national security"?
Weird how that happens...
Contrast that with the response to human rights protests.
Yet, that is somehow never a matter of "national security"?
Weird how that happens...
Contrast that with the response to human rights protests.
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Missed this little statistic on BBC and STV.
The latest figures show that 262 prisoners in England and Wales were mistakenly released in the year leading up to March 2025, according to the prison service's annual digest. That's a 128% increase.
Number of prisoners mistakenly released in Scotland, 0
Number of prisoners mistakenly released in Scotland, 0
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Missed this little statistic on BBC and STV.
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Just a quick thread on a subject that I think will make or break our independence aspirations in Scotland. Old age pensions. Let me explain. As a golfer of pensionable age, I am surrounded by men and women of the same ilk. (1)
November 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Just a quick thread on a subject that I think will make or break our independence aspirations in Scotland. Old age pensions. Let me explain. As a golfer of pensionable age, I am surrounded by men and women of the same ilk. (1)
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This week I've been e-chatting with photographer Lynn Gilbert who took this stunning portrait of Grace Hopper (1906-1992) legend & pioneer of language-based computer programming. 🧪👩🔬
You can read Hopper's own words about her experience in Lynn's wonderful interview: www.lynn-gilbert.com/free-chapters
You can read Hopper's own words about her experience in Lynn's wonderful interview: www.lynn-gilbert.com/free-chapters
October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This week I've been e-chatting with photographer Lynn Gilbert who took this stunning portrait of Grace Hopper (1906-1992) legend & pioneer of language-based computer programming. 🧪👩🔬
You can read Hopper's own words about her experience in Lynn's wonderful interview: www.lynn-gilbert.com/free-chapters
You can read Hopper's own words about her experience in Lynn's wonderful interview: www.lynn-gilbert.com/free-chapters
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An important article challenging the views of earlier archaeologists about 'Pictish cellular' vs. 'Norse rectangular' building styles. The authors could also have challenged more clearly the earlier view that they mention, namely that 'the early Viking conquest' took place 'around AD 800'. 🧵1/6
A new consideration of the chronology of the key settlement of Buckquoy, Orkney - shows that the buildings here belong firmly in the Pictish tradition. This leads to a wider consideration of the timings and character of the Viking Age in the Northern Isles.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Buckquoy, Orkney: addressing the Pictish-Viking transition in northern Scotland | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Buckquoy, Orkney: addressing the Pictish-Viking transition in northern Scotland
www.cambridge.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:38 AM
An important article challenging the views of earlier archaeologists about 'Pictish cellular' vs. 'Norse rectangular' building styles. The authors could also have challenged more clearly the earlier view that they mention, namely that 'the early Viking conquest' took place 'around AD 800'. 🧵1/6
youtube.com/shorts/haZMr...
Would you pay $3000 for a bed that sends 22Gb of telemetry about you and then goes crazy when AWS goes down?
Would you pay $3000 for a bed that sends 22Gb of telemetry about you and then goes crazy when AWS goes down?
WARNING: Your Bed Needs the Cloud?
YouTube video by David Bombal
youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
youtube.com/shorts/haZMr...
Would you pay $3000 for a bed that sends 22Gb of telemetry about you and then goes crazy when AWS goes down?
Would you pay $3000 for a bed that sends 22Gb of telemetry about you and then goes crazy when AWS goes down?