The National

One week after total knee replacement.
Bill so far including hospital accommodation, surgery, prescription, medication and post operative care.
Nothing. It's covered by tax . Photo one before , two after , three dressings replaced .
Private ward .

My cousin and I were recording a conversation for a future project.
A podcast about Parkinson's Disease and cognitive decline.
We recorded it in English ( Glasgow Accent )
When we tried to transpose it the program suggested we needed to download a Swedish language extension to comply .

The Three Sisters , Glencoe .
Monochrome and Colour

Welfare cuts to pay for combat air patrols over Israel .
Independence is normal

Ynys y Dieithriaid
L'île des étrangers
Die Insel der Fremden
Oileán na Strainséirí
I want to sail
To the island of strangers
Across the sea to
the land of the west
Where families live
And love among strangers
who see us all as yet unmet friends.
The Island of Strangers

donald trump and vladimir putin shaking hands in front of an american flag ALT: donald trump and vladimir putin shaking hands in front of an american flag

Trump to rename VE Day and Veterans Day as Victory Day.
Victory Day (День Победы, Den Pobedy) is by far one of the biggest Russian holidays.

@dickcorn.bsky.social In Scottish folklore, a kelpie is a shape-shifting water spirit, often depicted as a horse, that lures people into the water to drown them. They are known for their dangerous and deceptive nature, appearing as attractive horses to unsuspecting victims

I just found out Jin means Six
In Persian
Do Jin means Twelve .
A Dozen ?

The United States uniquely has embraced fascism without an external crisis .
It's been a long slow progression from selling arms to Iran to finance Nicaraguan rebels to deporting American citizens to a Gulag in El Salvador.

Apparently Nigel Farage was in Germany and Richard Tice in Isabel Oakshotte and were unable to attend

The United States uniquely has embraced fascism without an external crisis .
It's been a long slow progression from selling arms to Iran to finance Nicaraguan rebels to deporting American citizens to a Gulag in El Salvador.

My new hover car

There must be a place under the sun
Where hearts of olden glory grow young
There must be a place under the sun
Where hearts of olden glory grow young

Florida lawmakers could remove child labor protections for many teens Florida lawmakers are considering a bill that would eliminate work-hour restrictions for 16- and 17-year-olds, allowing them to work unlimited hours – even on school nights.

Florida facing a shortage of workers due to a purge of undocumented immigrants is debating lifting the minimum wage to attract more American workers to replace them .
No I'm kidding. They're debating reducing restrictions on children's working hours .
www.fox13news.com/news/florida...

St Fillans Loch Earn Perthshire
Still

We should always watch how politicians treat refugees, Neal Ascherson once wrote, because that's how they would treat the rest of us if they thought they could get away with it.

I'm writing a short story about a deranged billionaire who has designs to take over the world .
Working title : Tesler .

Teflon Don

Survivors and world leaders mark 80 years since Auschwitz liberation .
International Warrants for Genocide ignored .

If a benefit cheat gets caught defrauding the public purse they're to lose their licence to drive . When Michelle Mone's eventually convicted of fraud will her chauffeur lose his ?

Elon Musk is taking a break from green energy to work on white power.

China can't own tik tok anymore because Americans worry about security. On their Chinese made iPhones .

Salsburgh

two roasted turkeys are sitting on trays on a grill outside ALT: two roasted turkeys are sitting on trays on a grill outside

Roast chicken

I was King Edward's Batman

Man casually walks up to bouncers in Glasgow with a gun drawn Man casually walks up to bouncers in Glasgow city centre with a gun drawn.

I'm reminded of the difference between Scotland and the United States. A few years ago a guy , angry at being thrown out of a pub returned and brandished a gun . This annoyed the bouncer so much he beat the crap out of the gunman .
metro.co.uk/video/man-ca...

Catherine's of Partick

England’s contentment with the United Kingdom and its traditional attachment to a British identity can be largely explained by England’s hegemony of the commanding heights of Britain’s constitution, institutions and economy.

Being a British Unionist in Scotland is a difficult balancing act . You've got to tell yourself your country is nothing without English management. "Not programmed "
For independence as Johann Lamont once opined .