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“I have visited a house where a candle was being burned under an upturned ceramic flowerpot propped up on wood to provide heat.” Orkney SNP candidate Robert Leslie has used a speech at his party conference to highlight the ‘utter madness’ and ‘massive inequity’ that forces some Orkney households to turn off their electric he…

"I have visited a house where a candle was being burned under an upturned ceramic flowerpot propped up on wood to provide heat." theorkneynews.scot/2025/10/16/i...

New batch of shells for pilgrims to St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney. Scallop shells are a symbol of pilgrimage.

These come from Orkney waters, pilgrims receive one and a certificate on completing the St Magnus Way at the cathedral in Kirkwall. #pilgrimage #camino #orkney
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wow this guy sounds like an unbelievable arsehole! This article must be fiction, because I can't believe he a) has a friend and b) that anyone would want to walk with him to the corner shop let alone across Spain!

YouTube video by Mick Connell You Rambling Boys of Pleasure - Andy Irvine

that's a lovely performance, thank you for sharing it. Apparently Yeats heard the song The Rambling Boys of Pleasure, and later half remembered it, and in trying to remember it and fill in the gaps in his memory he wrote The Salley Gardens. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOww...

thats awesome! Hope it all goes well.

I do Zen style walking meditation when I am on pilgrimage

even that would be something, there are so few Pagan events nowadays compared to 20 or 30 years ago in the UK

awww

Found some star jelly on my walk today by a high hilltop tarn on Orkney West Mainland. One of nature's mysteries!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_je...

#nature #mystery #druidsky

Dave Troy Presents had a good episode with Emile Torres and Dr Timnit Gebru

TESCREALism: The Acronym Behind Our Wildest AI Dreams and Nightmares To understand the divide between AI boosters and doomers, one must unpack their common origins in a bundle of ideologies known as TESCREAL.

You might 'enjoy' this

www.truthdig.com/articles/the...

you wait till you get the tiny Generation G!

people always think about metta & karuna (cultivating loving kindness & compassion towards all beings) from the perspective of the meditator

but I find it comforting that throughout time & space there are other beings wishing me well & feeling compassion for me even though they will never meet me

You'll care when the alcohol runs out!

Human exceptionalism is a danger to all, human and nonhuman | Aeon Essays In a tight spot, you’d probably intuit that a human life outweighs an animal’s. There are good arguments why that’s wrong

aeon.co/essays/human...

New musical project

the USA, as Taiwans primary defence partner, controls Taiwan's semiconductor industry through export restrictions and blacklisting companies which break them. The US has staff in Taiwan to ensure compliance with Us rules. EG in November the US ordered TSMC to cease exports of advancd chips to china.

ah it has a mirliton, cool!

just as Japan went to war in the Pacific as a response to US oil embargoes, restricting China's access to semiconductors puts great pressure on China to invade Taiwan.

is it hard to play? I've never tried one

sometimes a FOI request is the easiest way to get an organisation to compile data for you

Freedom of information request?

cool, at least you know the drill then if you did the Portuguese before :-)

I've always wanted to go to the Kaustinen festival!

well done! Which route are you walking? Have you walked it before?

Sell your Tesla. ❌

Sell your Cybertruck. ❌

Get off Twitter. ❌

Don’t sign up for Starlink. ❌

Bankrupt him. It will take while but it’s possible. ✊🏻

#resist

more permanent than a book and more accessible than an academic paper!

Qabalah?

maybe :-)

well done!