Gill Steele
@squirreltower.bsky.social
Working in renewables since 2005.Believe in land reform & social justice.I want a fairer society & realise now I have to help make that happen. Sucker for volunteering.Owned by a cat,dog & children.Just don’t self build😜 .English bird 30 years in Scotland
Pinned
Gill Steele
@squirreltower.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Introduce yourself with four climbs
Cioch nose - A’ Chioch Ridge
Savage Slit - Cairn Lochan
Etive Slabs - Beinn Trilleachan
Tower Ridge - Beinn Nibheis
Cioch nose - A’ Chioch Ridge
Savage Slit - Cairn Lochan
Etive Slabs - Beinn Trilleachan
Tower Ridge - Beinn Nibheis
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good move, others should do the same
France will open its first consulate in Greenland next month, the country's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has said.
The move is a “political signal” amid threats from Donald Trump to seize the Denmark-administered territory, he added.
The move is a “political signal” amid threats from Donald Trump to seize the Denmark-administered territory, he added.
France to open consulate in Greenland in February amid Trump threats
Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says the move is a “political signal.”
www.politico.eu
January 14, 2026 at 11:44 AM
good move, others should do the same
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A reminder that if you have a question about rights of way and/or statutory access rights, you may find the answer on our Ken FAQ, which looks to answer some of the most frequently asked questions.
scotways.com/ken/access-r...
scotways.com/ken/access-r...
January 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
A reminder that if you have a question about rights of way and/or statutory access rights, you may find the answer on our Ken FAQ, which looks to answer some of the most frequently asked questions.
scotways.com/ken/access-r...
scotways.com/ken/access-r...
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And another one! The ridiculous tax breaks given to shooting estates will end on 1st April. A win for a long-running @scottishgreens.org campaigns.
Crofts will quite rightly continue to receive support, but blood sports estates owned by wealthy elites will finally start paying their fair share.
Crofts will quite rightly continue to receive support, but blood sports estates owned by wealthy elites will finally start paying their fair share.
January 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
And another one! The ridiculous tax breaks given to shooting estates will end on 1st April. A win for a long-running @scottishgreens.org campaigns.
Crofts will quite rightly continue to receive support, but blood sports estates owned by wealthy elites will finally start paying their fair share.
Crofts will quite rightly continue to receive support, but blood sports estates owned by wealthy elites will finally start paying their fair share.
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Scotland’s farmers are in a unique position to produce high-quality food for our tables, provide important rural jobs and tackle the climate and nature crises, but they need the right support to do it.
SCCS chair Mike Robinson writes in Bella Caledonia
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/13/g...
SCCS chair Mike Robinson writes in Bella Caledonia
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/13/g...
Growing a greener and more resilient future
Scotland’s farmers are in a unique position to produce high-quality food for our tables, provide important rural jobs and tackle the climate and nature crises, but they need the right support to do…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
January 13, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Scotland’s farmers are in a unique position to produce high-quality food for our tables, provide important rural jobs and tackle the climate and nature crises, but they need the right support to do it.
SCCS chair Mike Robinson writes in Bella Caledonia
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/13/g...
SCCS chair Mike Robinson writes in Bella Caledonia
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/13/g...
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SNP introduces Scottish mansion tax in latest budget
www.channel4.com/news/scotlan...
www.channel4.com/news/scotlan...
SNP introduces Scottish mansion tax in latest budget
Just months away from a Holyrood election in May, the Scottish government has been setting out around sixty eight billion pounds of spending plans in its budget.
www.channel4.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:56 PM
SNP introduces Scottish mansion tax in latest budget
www.channel4.com/news/scotlan...
www.channel4.com/news/scotlan...
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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It's started! The 2026 #kakapo breeding season is under way, with the first nest found on Whenua Hou today. Pearl is on two eggs. #conservation #parrots #birds
January 8, 2026 at 2:30 AM
It's started! The 2026 #kakapo breeding season is under way, with the first nest found on Whenua Hou today. Pearl is on two eggs. #conservation #parrots #birds
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People are scared of the spread of fascism, rightly so. We have 🏴 elections in May and it’s essential to keep Reform out. The far right thrive on apathy and hopelessness.
Good turn out almost always beats them. Register to vote. Why wait? Do it today
www.gov.uk/register-to-...
Good turn out almost always beats them. Register to vote. Why wait? Do it today
www.gov.uk/register-to-...
Register to vote
Register to vote to take part in elections in the UK. Includes how to get on the electoral register and how to update your address on the register.
www.gov.uk
January 9, 2026 at 6:18 AM
People are scared of the spread of fascism, rightly so. We have 🏴 elections in May and it’s essential to keep Reform out. The far right thrive on apathy and hopelessness.
Good turn out almost always beats them. Register to vote. Why wait? Do it today
www.gov.uk/register-to-...
Good turn out almost always beats them. Register to vote. Why wait? Do it today
www.gov.uk/register-to-...
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We’re SO excited for the year ahead with three new exhibitions coming up ✨
If you haven't already, sign up to our newsletter for the latest updates: www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/newsl...
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V&A Dundee · Scotland's design museum
Welcome to V&A Dundee - Scotland’s design museum
www.vam.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM
We’re SO excited for the year ahead with three new exhibitions coming up ✨
If you haven't already, sign up to our newsletter for the latest updates: www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/newsl...
Find out more below 🧵
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Find out more below 🧵
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If you're looking for #history networks on BlueSky in 2026, our Starter Pack - recently updated - has details of 150 leading societies, organisations and groups active in the UK and Ireland bit.ly/4ptl0On
#Skystorians
#Skystorians
Societies & groups for historians, UK and Ireland
Join the conversation
bit.ly
January 7, 2026 at 1:39 PM
If you're looking for #history networks on BlueSky in 2026, our Starter Pack - recently updated - has details of 150 leading societies, organisations and groups active in the UK and Ireland bit.ly/4ptl0On
#Skystorians
#Skystorians
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Statement on the ongoing situation in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Statement on the ongoing situation in Venezuela.
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Remarkable statement from the Prime Minister of Denmark, directed at President Trump:
“I therefore strongly urge the United States to cease its threats against a historically close ally, and against another country and another people who have stated very clearly that they are not for sale.”
“I therefore strongly urge the United States to cease its threats against a historically close ally, and against another country and another people who have stated very clearly that they are not for sale.”
January 4, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Remarkable statement from the Prime Minister of Denmark, directed at President Trump:
“I therefore strongly urge the United States to cease its threats against a historically close ally, and against another country and another people who have stated very clearly that they are not for sale.”
“I therefore strongly urge the United States to cease its threats against a historically close ally, and against another country and another people who have stated very clearly that they are not for sale.”
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Denmark PM urges Trump to stop ‘threatening’ Greenland https://aje.io/f88uqe
January 5, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Denmark PM urges Trump to stop ‘threatening’ Greenland https://aje.io/f88uqe
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Of all our enemies, Farage is the most dangerous.
He is Putin and Trump's Trojan horse.
He is Putin and Trump's Trojan horse.
January 3, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Of all our enemies, Farage is the most dangerous.
He is Putin and Trump's Trojan horse.
He is Putin and Trump's Trojan horse.
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Historic Environment Scotland's bizarre obsession with restricting access to the Radical Road should finally be put in the bin by council planning officials.
parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/01/02/h...
parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/01/02/h...
HES's attempt to use the planning system to legitimise the closure of the Radical Rd could rebound - parkswatchscotland
On 3rd December Historic Environment Scotland (HES) submitted a planning application (see here) to the City of Edinburgh Council which includes a proposal to erect a new “temporary” barrier across the...
parkswatchscotland.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Historic Environment Scotland's bizarre obsession with restricting access to the Radical Road should finally be put in the bin by council planning officials.
parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/01/02/h...
parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/01/02/h...
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Using US taxpayer dollars to bomb people and steal another country’s oil for oligarchs to sell to US taxpayers. Taxpayers pay twice, the rich get richer, and climate change from burning fossil fuels gets worse, spreading disasters globally. Murder, corruption, theft, terrorism, climate destruction.
January 3, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Using US taxpayer dollars to bomb people and steal another country’s oil for oligarchs to sell to US taxpayers. Taxpayers pay twice, the rich get richer, and climate change from burning fossil fuels gets worse, spreading disasters globally. Murder, corruption, theft, terrorism, climate destruction.
Good wander today to a new spot (within 2km of the house), after living here 20 years….
Out this evening to the square, so should be good….recognition skills will be needed to spot folk….due to woolly hats/darkness….at least until the fireworks kick off
Have a fab Hogmanay all!
Out this evening to the square, so should be good….recognition skills will be needed to spot folk….due to woolly hats/darkness….at least until the fireworks kick off
Have a fab Hogmanay all!
December 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Good wander today to a new spot (within 2km of the house), after living here 20 years….
Out this evening to the square, so should be good….recognition skills will be needed to spot folk….due to woolly hats/darkness….at least until the fireworks kick off
Have a fab Hogmanay all!
Out this evening to the square, so should be good….recognition skills will be needed to spot folk….due to woolly hats/darkness….at least until the fireworks kick off
Have a fab Hogmanay all!
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Happy Hogmanay from the Cairngorms National Park! 🌟
Wishing you all a very happy New Year when it arrives 💜
📸 Kenny Lam / VisitScotland
Wishing you all a very happy New Year when it arrives 💜
📸 Kenny Lam / VisitScotland
December 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Happy Hogmanay from the Cairngorms National Park! 🌟
Wishing you all a very happy New Year when it arrives 💜
📸 Kenny Lam / VisitScotland
Wishing you all a very happy New Year when it arrives 💜
📸 Kenny Lam / VisitScotland
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Huge Pro-Independence Majority for Holyrood 2026 bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/12/30/h...
Huge Pro-Independence Majority for Holyrood 2026
The latest polls show us a close glimpse of voter intentions for the Scottish election in May. This is the Scottish Holyrood projection based on @FindoutnowUK polling of 1000 people: It would resul…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
December 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Huge Pro-Independence Majority for Holyrood 2026 bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/12/30/h...
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BREAKING: SCOTS would vote to leave the Union should a referendum be held tomorrow, a new poll has found.
Yes has a six-point lead over No in our latest exclusive polling with Find Out Now
www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Yes has a six-point lead over No in our latest exclusive polling with Find Out Now
www.thenational.scot/news/2...
December 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
BREAKING: SCOTS would vote to leave the Union should a referendum be held tomorrow, a new poll has found.
Yes has a six-point lead over No in our latest exclusive polling with Find Out Now
www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Yes has a six-point lead over No in our latest exclusive polling with Find Out Now
www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Headed up the hill above the inversion on the community land at Dun Coillich.
It’s always joyful to see the regenerating woodland and rather splendid ground flora
It’s always joyful to see the regenerating woodland and rather splendid ground flora
December 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Headed up the hill above the inversion on the community land at Dun Coillich.
It’s always joyful to see the regenerating woodland and rather splendid ground flora
It’s always joyful to see the regenerating woodland and rather splendid ground flora
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The ever-odious Reform UK plc. have sent a letter to the house of one of our admin team.
So they have used the prepaid envelope to sent a suitable reply
#AllJockTamsonsBairns
#ScottishIndependence
So they have used the prepaid envelope to sent a suitable reply
#AllJockTamsonsBairns
#ScottishIndependence
December 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The ever-odious Reform UK plc. have sent a letter to the house of one of our admin team.
So they have used the prepaid envelope to sent a suitable reply
#AllJockTamsonsBairns
#ScottishIndependence
So they have used the prepaid envelope to sent a suitable reply
#AllJockTamsonsBairns
#ScottishIndependence
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Hey folks. I just got a letter from Nigel. He signed his name with a wee cross after it➕like a Catholic bishop, and that made me pay attention. I’ll not be wasting the Freepost envelope. I’ll be sending it back with one of my wee cards of the Beattitudes (or blessings) of Jesus.
December 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Hey folks. I just got a letter from Nigel. He signed his name with a wee cross after it➕like a Catholic bishop, and that made me pay attention. I’ll not be wasting the Freepost envelope. I’ll be sending it back with one of my wee cards of the Beattitudes (or blessings) of Jesus.
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Breaking News: “As 2025 draws to a close, Sarwar’s dream of becoming First Minister is over.” Inside the feverdream of Scotland's Unionist Media ... bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/12/28/a...
Anas Sarwar’s Dream
As Betwixtmas trundles on, it’s a plaintive time of year for some. Here, Euan McColm rues the decline in fortunes of the First Minister in Waiting ‘Anas Sarwar’s dream of ousting John S…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
December 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Breaking News: “As 2025 draws to a close, Sarwar’s dream of becoming First Minister is over.” Inside the feverdream of Scotland's Unionist Media ... bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/12/28/a...
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Cold landing with electric heater but festive pillow - no duvet yet though #DuvetKnowItsChristmas @rhodri.biz
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Cold landing with electric heater but festive pillow - no duvet yet though #DuvetKnowItsChristmas @rhodri.biz