A rose by any other rain... for #FotoVorschlag: Detailfotografie // Detail photography and #bloomscrolling
#photography #amateurphotography #flower #rose #urbangarden #scotland
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🦖🪨 Anderson Taylor, 11, opened the Cambridge #NaturalHistory Museum in #Cambridge, Illinois, at age 9 and now holds the #GuinnessWorldRecord as the youngest male #museum curator.
His collection began when he found a #fossil in his driveway around age 3 and grew through local finds and a trip to #Scotland. The #museum holds roughly 1,000 items, including #Illinois state fossil the Tully #monster, and draws hundreds of visitors to the town of about 2,000.
👉 smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/…
#paleontology #nature #history #dinosaurs #science
Four years after Anderson Taylor began collecting specimens, he opened the Cambridge Natural History Museum in Cambridge, Illinois, offering school tours and attracting visitors from across the regionJess Daninhirsch (Smithsonian Magazine)
The Atmosphere of My High School Exams in Gaza. ❗
Last year, I finished high school amid war, displacement, famine, and bombardment. During a ceasefire, my school held in-person exams to ensure fair results. I contracted Hepatitis A during the exam period, yet still graduated with 98%, ranking among the highest-performing students across Palestinian Al-Azhar Institutes and earning the highest Physics mark in Gaza that year. Now I’m raising funds to change this reality and reach University of Glasgow. If you're able to help, the link is in my bio. Sharing this campaign could help me reach someone who can.
Your donation will do more than help me attend university. It will give me the chance to build a career in technology, support my family, and create a future beyond war.
Donate: chuffed.org/project/193798
#gaza #palestine #donate #glasgow #scotland #uk #education
I'm Sarah, based in the UK, working with volunteers from the Gaza40+ collective to raise funds to help Mahmoud, an exceptional student from Gaza, cover his living expenses while studying Computer Science at the University of Glasgow.Chuffed
'Wasserlandschaft' #FotoVorschlag
Ausblick vom Hafen auf der Isle of Raasay.
The lovely village of Shieldaig in Wester Ross, seen from the south-west across Loch Shieldaig with the mountains of Torridon in the background. It was established as a fishing village on an offshoot of Loch Torridon in 1800. More pics and info: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shi…
Information about and images of Shieldaig in Wester Ross on Undiscovered Scotland.www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk
I never tire of photographing puffins. I came back from Ile of May with hundreds of photographs, which I’m sharing little by little.
Je ne me lasse jamais de photographier les macareux. Je suis rentrée de l'île de May avec des centaines de photographies que je partage petit à petit.
#biodiversity #nature #naturephotography #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #scotland #biodiversite #oiseaux
My favourite guillemots are the rare bridled guillemots.
Guillemot de Troïl, Uria aalge, Common guillemot.
#biodiversity #nature #naturephotography #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #scotland #biodiversity
ScotRail today demonstrated to the nation the importance of having a good release process. They pushed out a change to an app, not in a phased update, but a full new app. They immediately deprecated the old one. When I tried it this morning so many things were broken, from login attempts crashing the app to adding basic ticketing options like discount cards being broken. Not to mention most the of the tech support and updates is still coming from their X account.
I really hope they eventually publish a post-mortem for this because I would love to see how they got this so wrong.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddjzg…
The operator replaced its existing app with an updated ticketing system for travellers on Thursday morning.Paul Hastie (BBC News)
"Scottish gannet chick hunt blocked for first time in 400 years"
theguardian.com/environment/20…
NatureScot refuses licence for hunt on Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir in which up to 2,000 seabirds are killedRobyn Vinter (the Guardian)
"Swathes of Cairngorms unrecognisable after 12 days of ‘cataclysmic’ wildfires"
#Scotland #Wildfires #Climate #ClimateChange
theguardian.com/world/2026/jul…
With large areas still burning, damage from national park’s worst blaze could take decades, if not longer, to put rightRobyn Vinter (the Guardian)
"Buck moon", Ellenabeich, Seil.
Oh dear, this dolphin has fallen over.
For #Meermittwoch #Seawednesday #Sea #Nature #Dolphin #Scotland
Today's adventure checked all the boxes of a good day out. 12h30 on my feet, 67km with 3000+m of EG.
Nice stroll around Lochnagar and it's surroundings. Very beautiful.
The day started misty with rain and wind. Later I had some sun and then lots of strong wind.
I bagged 6 Munro's: Carn an t-Sagairt Mor, Carn a'Choire Boidheach, Cac Carn Beag, Broad Cairn, Cairn Bannoch & Tolmount.
#running #trailrunning #ultrarunning #munrobagging #CairngormsNationalPark #Scotland
The Guardian: Swathes of Cairngorms unrecognisable after 12 days of ‘cataclysmic’ wildfires
With large areas still burning, damage from national park’s worst blaze could take decades, if not longer, to put right
(Scotland, July 27, 2026)
Heading home.
July 24, 2026 - Thousands of antifascists showed up in Glasgow, #Scotland, to confront an anti-immigration demonstration by what turned out to be around 30 fascists. A black bloc of militant antifascists marched through the city to join the demonstration, declaring "We're an #antifascist town!"
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Nach math sin. Agus, cho furasta ri ABC...
This is great. And, not rocket science.
#Scotland #nature #Birds #Alba #Gaelic #MastoDaoine #Gàidhlig
The Cairngorms are still on fire after 10 days. My heart is breaking. After Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh too.
Fire services near Aviemore just cannot reach much of it by land.
"The fire service are calling for help from operators who can provide suitable plant machinery to support the ongoing multi-agency response are asked to report to the Village Hall in Nethy Bridge."
Seriously. If you can, share. Maybe someone out there has influence to source airborne support.
#Burnham Labour just like #Starmer Labour: imperial master visits #Scotland, doesn't talk to the natives.
Has anything changed since 2014: youtu.be/DiMXuEmqAHA
#scotpol #ukpol #Burnham #AndyBurnham
The Labour Empire Strikes back in Glasgow. A gathering on your taxpayers money to convince you to vote for the Empire! Vote SlaveryVote EmpireVote Global Dom...Empire Biscuits (YouTube)
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Go #Scotland !
(I know a lot of countries in Europe are also doing it)
#ThrowbackThursday #TBT 21 freaking years ago we toured #Scotland and visited #StConansKirk on 23 July. It must have been the first trip my now-husband and I took together. 👵👴 I'd like to think I've learnt a thing or two about #door photography since then, but in my defence, I'm fairly sure #Doorsday hadn't been invented yet in 2005. 😂
#architecture #Architektur #stoneWork #stoneCarving #stoneCarvings #Steinmetz #Steinbildhauer #doors #Türen #Tür #Portal #doorPhotography #dailyDoor #doorsOfMastodon #AdoorableThursday #StConansChurch #chapel #Kapelle #BruceChapel #LochAwe #Schottland #Scotland
Remember #BronskiBeat from #Scotland (#UnitedKingdom)..?
youtu.be/88sARuFu-tc
youtu.be/H3LbzjFJdSA
youtu.be/d-aPzPvj4ys
youtu.be/v-szBDby1Zg
#NewWaveWednesday #LunchtimeListens
Listen to 'Hit That Perfect Beat: The London Records Story' out now on all podcast platforms: https://londonrecords.lnk.to/podcastID'The Age of Consent (40t...London Records (YouTube)
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"Fire crews battling blaze on Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh."
#Edinburgh #Scotland #ClimateDiary
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr59mq…
A huge plume of smoke could be seen from as far away as Fife on Sunday evening.BBC News
If you're coming up to Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games and wish to explore the city while you're here, my book, Glasgow Uncovered (ISBN: 978-1909832893) is the perfect companion for you.
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#glasgow #glasgow2026 #commonwealthgames #scottishbooks #scotland
Someone was arrested in Scotland yesterday for reading the poem "Don't mention the children" by professor of children's literature, Michael Rosen.
The West really doesn't want us to mention the children of Gaza that Israel has murdered and continues to murder.
"Scotland could freeze datacentre projects in challenge to UK’s AI strategy"
#Scotland #Technolgy #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/j…
Scottish government to consider SNP national council motion for moratorium on all new datacentresAisha Down (the Guardian)
Did you know, for every day in the UK where the top temperature is over 25ºC, UK residents are legally, contractually, and chronologically required to donate £2+ to the Green Party?
🌿 Green Party of England and Wales:
💸 donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk
🌿 Scottish Greens (@ScottishGreens):
💸 members.greens.scot/donate
🌿 Green Party Northern Ireland:
💸 greenpartyni.org
#GreenParty #UK #UKPol #UKPolitics #heatwave #GreenPartyEW #NorthernIreland #NIreland #Scotland
We need your help to stand up to the billionaires backing other major parties and fight for social, environmental and climate justice. Donate now.gpewadmin (Green Party)
"Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise"
#Scotland #Technology #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
theguardian.com/technology/202…
Exclusive: Government and developers privately acknowledged Lanarkshire datacentre site had power provision ‘issue’Aisha Down (the Guardian)
A clip of 'feel good' video to start the day!
We have lift off! The first Pufflings are now leaving the Isle of May as birds are now independent. This is a big moment as they’ve never flown and not seen the sea before! Good luck 😀
@SteelySeabirder #globalmuseum #puffins #birds #Scotland
A Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign
