Scotland

Sad times!

Too cool a story to not post, long may the Lynx live and evade capture. Kudos to the releasers

Stay safe out there folks

Some more broadcasting news for us this week. The other story I liked was that the Edinburgh Filmhouse is commencing work this week to bring it back into use, yay! But the dochmentary:

> Part one of Wildcats: Cait ann an Cunnart will air in Gaelic with English subtitles, on BBC ALBA and BBC iPlayer at 9pm on Wednesday, with part two set to air on January 15. Click here to watch live or on demand.

Hard to see this bucking the live news in decline trend. And it still isn't the 6 o'clock slot. And it's also competing against the excellent c4 news now. And it's still got the same anti-scottish government editorial team which doesn't hold the UK government to the same level of scrutiny.

But it is a better move than 'The Nine' and good to see them try again

It's Sunday and there's only snow in the news. Which isn't news in January in Scotland. So here's a great photo from Paul Henni. The sky being darker than the mountains and the loch make this a great composition, almost b&w before being shot like that

Taken tonight on a shitty camera phone, never seen such a vivid display before!

Pretty despicable that the universal service obligation hasn't been extended to the big couriers imo. Evri should be getting heavily fined, but instead these villagers will have to muck around with each retailer, who then have to get evri to refund/return stuff

Seeing as there's some excitement about public domain day, here's some already publicly accessible data I stumbled across today!

Ach a few minutes early, but I'll be a touch busy for the actual bells! Let us know your resolutions, plans, or hopes, or hangovers in the new year!

Bliadhna math ur!

The very saga continues! Maybe next round of ferries will be smaller like the people requested

(Article from 2023, but worthwhile share I think because the problem hasn’t magically gone away)

Yes, the time between Christmas and new year is known as "the daft days" in Scotland. So who's got something daft to share this Friday night?

Not many aspen left in Scotland. Might hunt for some today

36 miles in 15 hours, only 2107ft of elevation though. Anyway, seeing as it's now boxing day - here's some inspiration for yous to burn off that turkey

Hope you have all had a lovely day! And if not and you want to vent or chat, then i'm here to listen xx

Scottish coppers, not just useless but also bent!

The lost art of the family album. Print people, the only way they'll last

Well, it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. Hence why this is late!

Yup, why a 40 minute service costs so much is baffling. So is the costs to fly EDI to LDN however, this is climate debt in action

Still not in Scottish hands. A real shame, but could be interesting to see what an Irish owner does editorially

Just a shame Douglas Ross wasn't forced to resign. Sensible change, now let's see other jobs added. Elected and well paid: no second jobs period!

Pregnant cows aren't allowed to travel this far. These calls have been persistent since 2016, good for the LibDems to keep banging that drum.

Pretty sure I saw a beaver along the ness, but hard to be certain! Great to see them thriving in reintroductions

Hallo agus fàilte gu !scotland

The nicht we're gonna haver aboot oor weekend plans, an bitch aboot the week

And maybe a bit of Christmas chat

Begun, the trade wars have

No mention from anyone under 50 in this article. Tories, gammon, and the worst of the borders on display here. Nevermind the decarbonisation this could bring, or changes being proposed to power pricing meaning they could be paying next to zero in the future, or jobs to the area - which is struggling. No no, some containers in a field is going to really destroy the place they say

Not sure what bar of major is in the bill, or what level of proof we shall need. But I expect Scottish Water to be the first investigated! (Scottish water are government owned and thus a very silly thing to do for those outwith Scotland)

Missed this a few days ago, and Sunday never has any news. So here's some community purchases! Well done to the recipients

A nice little read about there being no wrong path. Great to see Pitlochry adding more to it's attractions too

Hullo folks, how are we today? Red weather doon in wales. Pishing it aa'where in Scotland the noo it seems. Wha's uptae much?

Happy Friday! Great news for the reds here

£11.5M of public funds to build a road to nowhere over a peat bog. Good job everyone.

Well, hard to see anything bad about this. Potentially LD and SGP backing too. Labour getting not even a slice of cold shoulder: learn that Holyrood doesn't play your politiking games Sarwar! Work with the incumbent instead of against the SG ffs, you then get some policies passed. And conservatives, fucking do something other than whinge. I'd be embarrassed to represent your constituents if I were any of you

Mon the Biffy! Saturday day tickets might be a shout

Anyone who knows a teacher knows that class contact time is expensive. It seems for every hour in class, another hour of prep/marking/dealing-with-fallout is needed. More teachers is the answer, more money is the problem. With councils struggling, will Holyrood raise taxes or see if Reeves will break her fiscal rules to raise more cash? As teachers ain't gonna take much more, and the costs of teachers striking is astronomical to the economy

Having done it when it was operating: I'd love to again! Far greener way to travel and who doesn't love a boat?