George McEwan

Screengrab fom LFF: "Nigel Farage skips Parliament to go to hard-right US conference but misses speaking slot Olivia Barber Farage arrived in Washington DC too late to speak Nigel Farage skipped the start of the first week back in Parliament to attend a hard-right conference in the US, only to miss his speaking slot due to “transport issues”. Farage was supposed to give a speech at the National Conservatism conference yesterday, but was a no show due to arriving in Washington DC too late. According to The Mirror, Farage was scheduled to speak about “getting mass deportations done”, alongside Donald Trump’s Director of National Intelligence Tusli Gabbard and his former advisor Steve Bannon."

Oh. yeah. We should definitely vote in this demigod to run the country. 😂

Current state of UK political discourse.

Did I get obsessed with the Munro #TidyTuesday and go on a @walkhighlands.co.uk deep dive (gratefully with their consent)?

Yes.

Did I have to migrate my website from Hugo to Quarto to make interactive plots work?

Yes.

Was it worth it?

Yes.

Code & more at www.emilynordmann.com/post/2025-08...

Just a reminder that this is still very much accurate and relevant. Even when the EHRC publish the Code of Practice, which does not change the actual law.

Trump news at a glance: How Robert F Kennedy Jr is cancelling medical science Measles on the rise and vaccination rates falling; EPA to be gutted of its crucial research function. Key US politics stories from Saturday 19 July at a glance

Trump news at a glance: How Robert F Kennedy Jr is cancelling medical science

More than 100 arrested across UK at protests related to Palestine Action Police in London detain scores of people and confiscate placards under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000

It's utterly mad.
These people are the opposite of terrorists.
THEY WANT PEACE.
The police know they're not terrorists.
The government knows they're not terrorists.
Yet, on the Home Secretary's orders, they're being arrested under the Terrorism Act.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Wonderful

Daily Mail bullying councils over flying Pride flags at town halls | Good Law Project In yet more public disservice journalism, the Daily Mail is demanding proof from councils that they have planning permission to fly the Progress Pride flag, according to an email seen by Good Law Proj...

Those free speech lovers at the Daily Mail are busy wasting public money trying to get Councils to take down Pride Flags. What pathetic losers. goodlaw.social/ylbu

Event participants scoping out a section of steep ground. Lovely warm day with blue skies.

Participant ascending short rick outcrop whilst being observed by three others.

Wide angle view showing group setting up three different rope systems for safeguarding a group member.

Group assembled in a semi circle discussing emergency procedures.

Lovely day down in Sma Glen for this years Community of Practice Workshop for Mountain Training Scotland Providers, Trainers, Assessors and Tutors.

We spent the day looking at the Hazards and Emergency Procedures section of the syllabus. Stunning weather and great input from everyone.

Yeah but no but yeah but no but surrender. Life’s just one big betrayal for Kemi and co | John Crace Be it winter fuel, criminal justice, the EU or Chagos Islands, never miss a chance to try to rewrite Tory history

Yeah but no but yeah but no but surrender. Life’s just one big betrayal for Kemi and co | John Crace

Dartmoor case set to decide future of wild camping Hikers can pitch a tent under the stars on the moor without permission, but for how much longer?

"Win or lose in the Supreme Court, we now want the government to step up and pass a right to roam act, to protect and extend public rights of access to nature across England.”

@lewis-winks.bsky.social ahead of this morning’s verdict on wild camping on Dartmoor:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The critical point 👇🏻 is that (contrary to what the ideologues contend) service providers and employers can and should be continuing to offer *inclusive* same sex services including toilets. If they refuse they will expose themselves to real legal risk.

Also you cannot be "brilliant and racist" because racism, by its very nature, is a fundamentally stupid attitude. So no... Enoch Powell was not a great thinker. He was a dumb twat...

And that's my "thought for the day."

AND acknowledge that a large pool of British potential care workers is not readily apparent (~130K vacancies in care sector).

As the daughter of UK migrants, as someone who works with 1st & 2nd gen immigrants across health & academia, I am also v offended at language of "incalculable harm". 3/3

New Mexico made childcare free. It lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line The state, which has long ranked worst in the US for child wellbeing, became the first and only in the country to offer free childcare to a majority of families

Why is this story not in an American paper

Let’s tell more stories of how responsible governance can benefit more people and give them increased opportunities, instead of the supposed inevitably of the oligarchs having everything there is

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Truth positive Reform are Russian owned.

Reform Ltd is lead by a russian asset and quisling.

Fascist
Arsehole
Russian
Asset
Grifting
Endlessly

Bees! Tree bees seemingly. But very cool!

Constantly amazed that USA voted for a dude to lead the nation who just talks shite. Then I look at Westminster and go… oh yeah…

Check out this incredible anti-Trump protest on the beach right outside his Scottish golf course, Turnberry 👏

Photo shows a very sunny day with blue skies and the Cairngorms in the background. In the middle foreground is a plantation forest. In the foreground the front wheel of a mountain bike facing dry ground.

First ride of the summer. Great to shake the cobwebs off! #mountain #bike #shred

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As Bluesky has grown, I've seen a lot of backsliding on alt text. Please try to be considerate to others and include alt text with all of your images. It helps everyone. Indeed, in the "accessibility" setting in Bluesky you can set it to make sure you add alt text, which is a useful thing to do.

Swords are coming! | Katie Armours ⚒️ Get more from Katie Armours ⚒️ on Patreon

There are new and exciting developments underway with my swordsmithing. Please have a read about what I’ve been up to recently, and an exciting new adventure!

Please also consider supporting me financially via Patreon to keep doing what I do. 💜

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Photo showing group of mountain rescue personal on training day scrambling on the rock strewn slope of Ciste Crag in Coire na Ciste

Photo showing two mountain rescue personal on training day practising confidence rope technique on the rock strewn slope of Ciste Crag in Coire na Ciste

@Coldclimbs in midflow whilst training mountain rescue personal on training day looking at options for managing ‘stuck casualty’ and helping safely egress on the rock strewn slope of Ciste Crag in Coire na Ciste

Lomond Mountain Rescue Team training day. Due to lack of winter we’d a revised training plan for the day which involved looking at options for escorting a ‘stuck’ but mobile person from ‘irregular ‘ terrain.

He’s an utter tool.

You can own the billionaires.

You can fiddle social media algorithms.

You can sit in the President’s chair.

You can lie & truth twist as much as you like.

But when you’re a bullying criminal coward sat next to a true hero and a statesman - who you really are is obvious.

It was only a matter of time.

Styling himself on Caesar? Aye we ken what happened to him. And those who came after and self styled on the same vibe. Last one I recall ended up as a gantry decoration.

Tiny Ice Age fly discovered living in Highland mountain loch for first time

A tiny species of fly which lived during the Ice Age has been discovered in a loch in the Highlands