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Dr Fiona Porter
@fionaporter.bsky.social
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Glasgow based but out in the hills as often as possible. Physics background. Mahler and opera fan. Learning Gaelic and Italian. Veggie. Likes dogs. Feeder of hedgehogs.
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 1d
So true. I remember one flat I tried to buy apparently had 5 separate surveys.
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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 1d
Our satellite-tagged Cuckoos are moving across Africa! 🌍 Follow the tagged Cuckoos and sponsor a bird at www.bto.org/cuckoos #Ornithology #Birds
Image of a map of Africa with pins showing the locations of BTO satellite-tagged Cuckoos. Three Cuckoo headshots feature of Sayaan, Frederic and Ashok. The wording BTO cuckoo tracking, latest update and BTO logo feature top of image.
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 2d
updated patriotic symbol
Illustration of a bald eagle with wing feathers that look like an American flag (because nationalism); the lower part of the eagle is covered by text reading "awkward chirping sound"
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 2d
Over the past 2 years, Israel has dropped 200,000 tonnes of explosives, destroying 90% of Gaza and killing

~68,000 Palestinian,
~20,000 children,
~12,600 women,
1,670 medical staff,
254 journalists,
140 civil defence,
346 UN aid workers.

Call it what it is: GENOCIDE.

(Mohamad Safa)
Aerial picture of Gaza
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 2d
Maybe you put Roman dog treats in them and it takes the dog longer to eat them and working out how to get the treats out keeps them busy. Although a bit hard on the teeth.
www.kongcompany.com/about-kong-t...
About KONG Toys
KONG is world-renowned for its dog toys, cat toys, and treats that provide natural enrichment and play. Learn more about KONG toys.
www.kongcompany.com
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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 2d
Foreign staff have ‘changed our lives’: this is what Labour’s tightening of skilled worker visas will mean in practice for Scottish farmers, report by Joanna Partridge

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Foreign staff have ‘changed our lives’: Scottish farmers fear for future after changes to skilled worker visas
Locals say staff from the Philippines and elsewhere have made life better, and plan to take their case to a government body
www.theguardian.com
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walkhighlands @walkhighlands.co.uk · 6d
In his latest column, @countrysideben.bsky.social listens to one of the most dramatic sounds and spectacles of the Highlands.

Read all about the Rut:
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/the-rut/
The rut
I always look forwards to the first subzero morning. Coming so early in the autumn season, when summer still holds the days, it typically occurs after a clear night, which means the subsequent morning...
www.walkhighlands.co.uk
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 4d
Have you come across "A House through time" a BBC TV series by historian David Olusogu looking at the inhabitants of individual houses and the wider history back through time. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC Two - A House Through Time
The story of those who lived in one house, from the time it was built until now.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 4d
Yes. What about Matthew 25, 35? For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 5d
It is not looking a good day for the hills - take care if you're out there.
Four diagrams: one showing a walker crawling into a heavy wind, the second someone out in torrential rain, then a thermometer indicating cool temperatures and finally a bridge surrounded by flood waters.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 6d
Tory party’s long journey away from science, reason, responsibility, common sense and truth is complete
Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act
Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate
www.theguardian.com
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 6d
Also if you answer, presumably it tells the spammers your number links with a real person so you may get more spam calls.
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 6d
Interesting read by @glasgowbell.bsky.social on the challenges of buying houses in Scotland - though having to offer way more than asking prices and valuations long preceded house reports. Even in 2006 offers 25% above asking prices were common. www.glasgowbell.co.uk/how-not-to-b...
How not to buy a house in the Southside
The 'offers over' system is vastly inflating property prices — and predicting gentrification
www.glasgowbell.co.uk
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Future Economy Scotland @futureeconscot.bsky.social · 9d
ICYMI: Trump’s tariffs put 10%+ duties on most Scottish & UK goods to the US.

Yet, in Q2 2025:

📈 Scottish exports grew 7.6%
📉 UK exports fell 12.5%

How does this add up?

Find out in our blog👇
www.futureeconomy.scot/posts/322-ho...
How are Trump’s tariffs impacting Scotland’s economy?
Scotland's exports are defying expectations – for now. But significant risks lie ahead.
www.futureeconomy.scot
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 10d
“When you consider the ecocide alongside the genocide, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians & their homeland”

Hugely powerful from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 12d
“The ECHR isn’t Brussels meddling. It’s the foundation that protects you from your own government.” 👏👏👏
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
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Rewild Scotland @rewildscotland.bsky.social · 14d
Rewilding in action! 📸 NTS
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 14d
I wish our government would do the same.
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sahouraxo @sarahabdallah.bsky.social · Sep 8
Spain’s Prime Minister imposes a full embargo on Israel:

“Bombing hospitals and starving innocent children is not self-defense.”

“It is not even war.”

“It is the extermination of a defenseless people, and the destruction of every principle of human rights.”

🇪🇸 🇵🇸
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 15d
imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off
In early 2025, beaver activity in the Brdy Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic, contributed to the restoration of a wetland ecosystem. A family of beavers constructed a series of dams that coincidentally accomplished environmental goals of the Czech government, which had delayed its proposed project since 2018 for bureaucratic and financial reasons. The beaver-built dams saved the Czech government approximately US$1.2 million,
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 16d
Drivers face 80-mile diversion:
the work will involve closing the A832 for 14 hours every day between 07:00 and 21:00 in two blocks from 27 October to mid-December and then again from January to March 2026.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Drivers face 80-mile diversion on North Coast 500 route
SSEN plans to bring a renewable energy cable ashore at Dundonnell will close a three-mile section of road.
www.bbc.com
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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 16d
Good morning, Glasgow, and what a way to start what is officially the first day of Autumn (well, astronomically speaking at any rate!).

#glasgow #goodmorning #goodmorningglasgow #reflections #autumn
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 16d
and very good coffee...
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 17d
Fortunately today is much drier so I think the towns will be ok, although the rivers are pretty full.
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 17d
And they don't mention restrictions on hillwalking on the website for their self catering cottages
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 17d
www.bbc.com/news/article...
River floods Scafell Pike path blocking walking route
Mountain rescue teams are urging people not to climb Scafell Pike because of floods and strong winds.
www.bbc.com
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