I found this in the library today. @megaheid.bsky.social has me hooked from the first chapter. Weekend plans: ignore #stormamy and stay snug at home.
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@megaheid.bsky.social
Writer, photographer, polar guide, often in faraway places.
I found this in the library today. @megaheid.bsky.social has me hooked from the first chapter. Weekend plans: ignore #stormamy and stay snug at home.
#glasgowlibraries
#penguins
#readalocalauthor
Ah Best Kebab, what a peculiar place; a sarbeni used to be a student loan payday treat after a night out. It was always fairly ropey, but whatโs been happening recently is a shame - as reported by @robbiejourno.bsky.social
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Great to pick up a copy of @megaheid.bsky.socialโs An Inconvenience Of Penguins at the bookโs Glasgow launch. I think we can all agree that is an all-time great author photo.
27.09.2025 17:14 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I wish Iโd got photos of @megaheid.bsky.social doing his launch book reading from behind the bar at The Doublet but I was two pints down by then so hereโs some merch. His book An Inconvenience of Penguins is a wild trip, fascinating and funny, and I would totally recommend it.
27.09.2025 18:39 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0โA beautifully written book of traces and absences.โ Many thanks to Stuart Kelly and Scotland on Sunday for this thoughtful review of Upon A White Horse. Great to share the pages with @megaheid.bsky.social
28.09.2025 09:58 โ ๐ 24 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A copy of Jamie Laffertyโs new book An Inconvenience of Penguins.
Happy publication day to @megaheid.bsky.social for the brilliantly titled An Inconvenience of Penguins ๐
A killer opening chapter - looking forward to reading the rest ๐ง
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Thanks my friend
25.09.2025 12:11 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Happy publication day to @megaheid.bsky.social, whose book An Inconvenience of Penguins is newly hatched. Great title, great concept โ travelling the world to see all eighteen species of penguin โ and a great story. I hope the book, unlike its daft wee earthbound subjects, takes flight.
25.09.2025 07:41 โ ๐ 24 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1I'll be speaking about Upon A White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain & Ireland @stoneclub.bsky.social in London on Oct 20. I'm really looking forward to this, especially as Stone Club founders Lally MacBeth & Matthew Shaw appear in the book. Please come if you can. stoneclub.rocks/events/stone...
18.09.2025 17:13 โ ๐ 19 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 1Four weeks until my book is out and it feels like itโs been a four year gestation period
28.08.2025 17:20 โ ๐ 17 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1Thank you! And thanks for taking the time with it โ means a lot
27.07.2025 22:23 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Astonishingly these kind comments from this selection of wise and insightful people cost me ยฃ0.00 in bribes
08.07.2025 09:27 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0The real surprise came after the experiment. Fred Lambert, who writes for the blog Electrek, pointed out the same autopilot disengagement that the NHTSA had documented. โAutopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before the impact as the crash becomes inevitable,โ Lambert noted.
In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."
05.07.2025 09:53 โ ๐ 16198 ๐ 6189 ๐ฌ 356 ๐ 492Hah! Thatโs excellent
17.06.2025 12:52 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thank you!
13.06.2025 17:08 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0This, by @megaheid.bsky.social, is a fabulous book, as interesting & idiosyncratic as the birds at its heart. If you are a fan of humour, adventure, dazzling descriptions of epic landscapes, a dash of violence, plus a moving exploration of whatโs at stake for penguins/the planet, then itโs for you.
10.06.2025 08:02 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 2St Kilda sunset
09.06.2025 18:48 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Seems my book is now on sale in New Zealand. As with so many things, I'm unsure about Australia geni.us/Inconvenienc...
18.04.2025 10:10 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
Thank you!
20.01.2025 22:11 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I fully concur that the biggest news of the day is the announcement of Jamie's forthcoming book about his unlikely penguin obsession.
I would recommend purely on the basis of his past writing. But I've had the privilege of previewing a few of the chapters and it is going to be superb.
The only major international news of the day is that after many years of research, Iโve written a book about penguins
20.01.2025 12:56 โ ๐ 27 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 3Saw the Erect Crested penguin, making it 18/18. There are no penguins left to conquer. Just need to work out what to do with the rest of my life now
21.12.2024 12:16 โ ๐ 26 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0What an incredibly strange story www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
20.12.2024 12:25 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This LRB long read is probably the best feature Iโve read this year www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
18.12.2024 22:00 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Penguin #17: The Royal, endemic to Macquarie Island though reassuringly insane like all crested penguins.
11.12.2024 07:50 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1Penguin #17: The Royal, endemic to Macquarie Island though reassuringly insane like all crested penguins.
11.12.2024 07:50 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1Yep!
02.12.2024 04:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0It is Antarctica Day. They'll be dancing on the streets of Port Lockroy tonight
01.12.2024 08:27 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Kind of amazed that quokkas get away with it tbh
30.11.2024 11:01 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0