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Jamie Lafferty

@megaheid.bsky.social

Writer, photographer, polar guide, often in faraway places.

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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

03.10.2025 17:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The tragedy of Best Kebab TikTok bandits, machete threats and dismal dรถner meat

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 whatโ€™s been happening recently is a shame - as reported by @robbiejourno.bsky.social

www.glasgowbell.co.uk/best-kebab-t...

20.09.2025 09:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great to pick up a copy of @megaheid.bsky.socialโ€™s An Inconvenience Of Penguins at the bookโ€™s Glasgow launch. I think we can all agree that is an all-time great author photo.

27.09.2025 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I wish Iโ€™d 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 hereโ€™s 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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œA 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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A copy of Jamie Laffertyโ€™s new book An Inconvenience of Penguins.

A copy of Jamie Laffertyโ€™s new book An Inconvenience of Penguins.

Happy publication day to @megaheid.bsky.social for the brilliantly titled An Inconvenience of Penguins ๐ŸŽ‰

A killer opening chapter - looking forward to reading the rest ๐Ÿง

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/an-i...

25.09.2025 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks my friend

25.09.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy 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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Stone Club at The Social, 20th October 2025 โ€” Stone Club stone club at the social on october 20th. Peter Ross, Anjana Khatwa, Ian Simmons, Stones of Kernow, Mark.S Williamson

I'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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Four weeks until my book is out and it feels like itโ€™s been a four year gestation period

28.08.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thank you! And thanks for taking the time with it โ€” means a lot

27.07.2025 22:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Astonishingly these kind comments from this selection of wise and insightful people cost me ยฃ0.00 in bribes

08.07.2025 09:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The 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. โ€œAutopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before the impact as the crash becomes inevitable,โ€ Lambert noted.

The 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. โ€œAutopilot 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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16198    ๐Ÿ” 6189    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 356    ๐Ÿ“Œ 492

Hah! Thatโ€™s excellent

17.06.2025 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

13.06.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This, 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 whatโ€™s at stake for penguins/the planet, then itโ€™s for you.

10.06.2025 08:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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St Kilda sunset

09.06.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An Inconvenience of Penguins Available to pre-order!

Seems 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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I 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

03.04.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28928    ๐Ÿ” 7076    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 557    ๐Ÿ“Œ 340

Thank you!

20.01.2025 22:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I 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.

20.01.2025 13:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The only major international news of the day is that after many years of research, Iโ€™ve written a book about penguins

20.01.2025 12:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Saw 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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Humphreyโ€™s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britainโ€™s strangest pub chain Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder?

What an incredibly strange story www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...

20.12.2024 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fara Dabhoiwala ยท A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...

This LRB long read is probably the best feature Iโ€™ve read this year www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

18.12.2024 22:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Penguin #17: The Royal, endemic to Macquarie Island though reassuringly insane like all crested penguins.

11.12.2024 07:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Penguin #17: The Royal, endemic to Macquarie Island though reassuringly insane like all crested penguins.

11.12.2024 07:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Yep!

02.12.2024 04:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It is Antarctica Day. They'll be dancing on the streets of Port Lockroy tonight

01.12.2024 08:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kind of amazed that quokkas get away with it tbh

30.11.2024 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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