Joss

Yellow gnarled quince in a brown bowl decorated with yellow leaves

First of the quince harvest

Text that reads: RSPB Scotland is deeply disappointed that yet another delay to the implementation of the muirburn provisions of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Act 2024 has been announced by the Scottish Government. Muirburn as a practice has been very weakly regulated since the Second World War and there were many examples of poor practice leading to negative impacts, including starting wildfires. The new framework is meant to allow muirburn to continue, but with more oversight so that the negative impacts are avoided. We hope this further delay will provide ample opportunity for the Scottish Government to put in place the proper training for practitioners on the ground, as well as better communicate to land managers how the licencing system will operate in advance of its full implementation ahead of the Autumn 2026 season.

Our reaction to a further delay by the Scottish Government on the implementation of muirburn licencing.

A drawing of a skein of geese

You're going the WRONG way!
The man shouts
At the arrow of geese
Pointing towards Winter.

A digital 3D model, displayed against a plain black background. White text above reads: “The Israel Defense Forces used a Scottish museum’s 3D models in propaganda videos.” The image is branded with The Ferret’s logo in the corner.

A months-long investigation by The Ferret and a group of international journalists found there have been 40 propaganda animations produced by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the past two years – including several using the Scottish Maritime Museum’s 3D scans
theferret.scot/idf-s...

A mocked up cover for the new Ann Cleeves novel titled The Killing Stones. It features Orkney Library & Archive's balls on the cover.

Still a bit disappointed they didn't use this cover

Well said by someone I was never expecting to agree with.

That's his chance of presenting MoTD gone now.

Well yeah, but also the shovel guys will go bankrupt immediately if the demand for shovels drops, so they're lending people money to buy shovels against a share of the gold they find

but so far there's almost no gold and they just keep making more and bigger shovels, and at some point... 😬

If it's at all windy perhaps they will fold into aeroplane shapes and launch across the Firth...

Or just papier machier...

Well that's torn it.

Beautiful. But not at all what those who want to divide us want to hear.

Fiction before facts.

I love to think they specifically said 'give this woman a tranfusion immediately.

This blood?

No! This calls for the SCOTTISH BLOOD

Gasps and nods of approval

Its the Irn Bru you know. Made from girders.

Vibe Coding Is the New Open Source—in the Worst Way Possible As developers increasingly lean on AI-generated code to build out their software—as they have with open source in the past—they risk introducing critical security failures along the way.

Engineering groups need to think about the development lifecycle in the era of vibe coding,” www.wired.com/story/vibe-c...

Knitted stuffed Highland cow toy sitting on a checked blanket.

Finished piece.
Highland Cow
Pattern by Knitables.
Yarn: Go handmade couture.

#highlandcow
#coo
#knitting

Work in progress
#knitting
#coo
#highlandCow

A white vase with red sgraffito flowers filled with bay leaves on the branch

It's nice to see a pot in use, instead of gathering dust on top of a cupboard- using this one to contain the bay leaves.

White clay pot with brick red slip sgraffito.
#pottery

A line drawing and block colour-little boy in a yellow coat, shoes and pointy hat surrounded by large yellow stars and a crescent moon.

And last but definitely not least...

Me (to a little boy beside me in a cafe who is wearing a yellow coat): Nice coat.
Little boy: Thank you. It means when night comes I can hide as a star.

Art by Penny Neville Lee. Words by me.

The Starry Night ✨ THREE Lucinda DK weight skeins available. 🧶
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#crocheter #knitter #handdyedyarn #yarnbaby

Oh Bartelby🥺

Oh Adam 🙄

#theArchers

Muhammad would be 37 now.

We should remember him every time the IDF say: we would not, we did not, we were not there.

They would, they did, they still do. And their response is as dishonest now as it was then.

Let the children of Palestine live 🕊

Skills.
I too knit in many a UCU meeting.
I have a USS shawl and a jumper.

But knitting while chairing is usually beyond me.

Saw the same in Perth
It seems they did forget - to fight fascism

Beautiful
Superb work

It's the left eye
I think if that were less odd it might look _slightly_ leopard like.
That's what happens when someone hands you a photo of a leopard and says make that into knitting

A purple lace sock in progress, stretched over a decorative wooden sock blocker with a heart cutout. The yarn is variegated in shades of violet, teal, and blue. The sock features an intricate lace pattern and is being worked on double-pointed needles.

So, I have kitchener memorized because I've done it hundreds of times, but I'm wondering if anyone knows a cute rhyme or anything to go with it that can help beginners? 🧦

#KnittingHelp #SockKnitting

🤣🐆

Knitted snow leopard in blues and whites stretched on to a cushio

An ombre crochet cushion back

Finished work
I started this overly ambitious snow leopard a long long time ago. The colour work is uneven, and the child who requested it is now at uni.
But it is now a cushion.
A funny, weird, not at all majestic snow leopard.
#knit #crochet 🧶

Lismore is lovely. We hired bikes. Got a puncture. Got it fixed. Super day out

Say your friend's 4 yr old could give a slightly dodgy rendition of Rabbie Burns with no understanding of meaning do you think that's so impressive let them eat all the food in the house in the hope they learn to mimic the dog barking?

Because AI is gorging resource to do things ppl can already do.

News › World News › Donald Trump Disappointed Christians say 'God is delaying the Rapture' until Epstein Files are released After the rapture failed to happen on Tuesday, many Christians are blaming it on the fact Donald Trump hasn't released a trove of documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein

Shhh let them cook