@howie52.bsky.social
Living in Fife, Scotland
Mycorrhizal apologiesβ¦.
18.02.2026 16:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In 1997 I started work in SAC Aberdeen with Mycorrizal Fungi β¦ I had no idea what it wasβ¦ Amazing that it now is a commercial
product
Yesterday I saw a tractor spreading something in a field very near to our house. It was causing a dust. The field had been lying fallow for a few months but within the last 2 weeks there have been sheep grazing there. Oh I thought the sheep must have goneβ¦.. but no today the sheep were still there.
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My latest blog piece, a look at how UK Government energy policy is financially penalising Scottish energy producers and consumers in order to subsidise the south of England, and contaminating Scotland with radioactive waste.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/w...
Infinite Women: Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
In this episode of the @infinite-women.com podcast, @drcleoocy.bsky.social & @kateferrier.bsky.social discuss the novelist Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1782β1854)
#C18 #C19 #romanticism
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbHj...
aye but that was good news for meβ¦
14.02.2026 21:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Whatβs wrong with embracing and loving different culturesβ¦? Yeah you have to have a secure grounding in what youβre own culture is β¦ but then read and learn!
14.02.2026 21:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0ohβ¦. on your feet Scotland ! Brilliant ..β€οΈ
14.02.2026 17:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I believe there is no pushback against the misinfo. Entire swathes of the english populace only hear anything about Scotland from Labour/Tories, the BBC or the press and it's always the same points about how Scotland is failing, poor and misled. The subtleties of Scottish problems get no airing.
14.02.2026 15:05 β π 13 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0This said I am ready to not vote SNP the moment they indicate they are not left wing on something - because we have *proportional representation*
14.02.2026 13:34 β π 14 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0When you were born in and grew up in Scotland and then moved away to get a job in your chosen career, when you move back the way you start to appreciate it would really surprise folks who didnβt move away. Even when I came back north from *England* I was like wait. The NHS down there sucked???
14.02.2026 12:59 β π 40 π 3 π¬ 1 π 1Lots of happy faces at Fireproof this morning after Ghost Town won the Immersive Reality Game of the Year at the #DICEAwards last nightπ!
Congrats to all the winners and huge thanks to @official-aias.bsky.social for giving our spooky little game such a prestigious award π»
"From Foreign Correspondent - To Uber Driver".
Steve Scherer was one of many legacy media workers to lose his job - in his case as a Bureau Chief for Reuters
Here's what he's learned...
As told to @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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Calling on other UK immigrants and pro immigration citizens, today is the last day (til 11.59pm) to fill in the public consultation on the proposed changes to Earned Settlement, most notably moving the timeline from 5 years to 10 years www.gov.uk/government/c...
12.02.2026 13:28 β π 52 π 75 π¬ 3 π 2
A profusion of yellow/ orange pink parrot tulips photographed close up
Beauty in my house
12.02.2026 11:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This man is an immigrant
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Labour sleaze and its dangerous association with Palantir. Anas Sarwar's incessant attacks on NHS Scotland are an attempt to soften up the Scottish public for private company involvement in NHS Scotland. Only indy parties will protect NHS Scotland.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/02/11/l...
Small Prophets review β Mackenzie Crookβs magical new comedy is pure, pure pleasure
10.02.2026 00:24 β π 182 π 29 π¬ 14 π 35This is a survey where you MUST read the questions. The majority of them are framing it as an inevitability, rather than a consultation.
10.02.2026 16:28 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0If you can spare a few minutes to respond to this Home Office consultation on indefinite leave to remain, please do so.
The proposed changes are inhumane and beyond unfair.
ukhomeoffice.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
the consultation questions are horribly loaded in favour of trick question style answers, there's a few handy guides out there (though even with these, i suspect ukgov will just go "eh whatever" and push it all though) manchestercommunitycentral.org/sites/defaul...
10.02.2026 16:57 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0so why would ANYONE GO TO THE WORLD CUP?
10.02.2026 16:59 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0from an amazing book β Curry β by Lizzie Collingham
ISBN 978-0-099-43786-4
the recipe for the chai spices. I use a spice grinderβ¦
4 tbsps ground ginger
2 tbsps whole black peppercorns
2tbsps green cardamom seeds
1 tbsps whole cloves
add as much as you dare to a cup or pot!
Black tea with chai spice is my favourite!
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An Irishman living in the United States for more than 20 years has been held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officials since being arrested last September. Seamus Culleton is married to a US citizen and owns a plastering business in the Boston area. He was arre...
TAT: [Nationalism]
Left: Why were Zuckerberg, Musk and Theil having dinner with Epstein in 2015? They must all have known he pled guilty to child abuse in 2008...
Right: Zack Polanski criticising the UK gov for repeated contracts with Theil's Palantir
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oh godβ¦. is there no relief from the circular corruption!
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