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That sounds great 🙌

Ellie the little collie beside a hedge with red berries and pink flowers

Ellie the small collie soaked through after a particularly impressive downpour.

You said I didn’t need a coat…

#DogsOfBluesky

Oh Ellie… 🙁😂🥰

SCOTLAND - OUR LAND? A guest post by Kyle RentonThe Isle of Rona has been sold.The last two people living on the island - off the coast of Skye - are preparing to leave. The new owners? Daniel Luhde-Thompson, a hedge fund manager, based in England, and Cressida Pollock, a high-level financial consultant and former CEO of the English National Opera. The deal was done quietly, through a company called Fior Rona Ltd. The old owners? A Danish couple by the names of Dorte and Arne Jensen.Another island gone. Another comm

'This is how it happens: slowly, silently, legally. One island at a time. One estate at a time. One shell company at a time. Until Scotland becomes a patchwork of private retreats, corporate playgrounds, and sealed-off havens for the rich.'
Kyle Renton, via Scotland Decides
www.scotlanddecides....

It was a bit fresh on the top, hence the shell being worn.

Terrific walk: will definitely do it again one day but in the other direction. Don’t ever want to descend Walkers Clough again #pain

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@duncanweldon.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
An interesting article

Unexplained feature that is normally hidden beneath the waters of Ladybower reservoir. Consists of a series of what appear to be concrete blocks in rows, forming a grid-like pattern. The blocks resemble trig points and are perhaps 6-8 feet high

Just wondering if anyone seeing this might know what this feature is, which has emerged from the water in Ladybower reservoir as the level has fallen

Water level in Ladybower reservoir sufficiently low that one can see the outline of Tin Town. This was an encampment built to house the navvies who built the reservoirs

Being watched from behind a rock 🤣

The Lost Lad cairn. Commemorates the demise of a late 17th century shepherd boy from Derwent who went out one evening to collect the family's sheep flock, but was caught in a blizzard. He sheltered in the lee of a rock, but sadly didn’t survive. His remains were discovered the following spring when the snow had melted. As a tribute, the cairn was begun on the spot. Present-day shepherds and walkers still add to the cairn, and it acts as a way marker. It is said his ghost can sometimes be seen in wintry weather. Last claimed sighting in 1993

Back Tor trig point with me doing my It Ain’t Half Hot Mum impression #legs

The start of the path from Derwent reservoir up to Derwent Edge

The Wheelstones rocks on top of Derwent Edge

The Cakes o’ Bread rocks on top of Derwent Edge

Back Tor on top of Derwent Edge, with trig point on the top

Brilliant day yesterday when I ‘did’ Derwent Edge in the Peak District. Some superb rock outcrops to enjoy and bagged another trig point (Back Tor)

There's a lot wrong with British democracy, but three things we should defend with iron determination:

- no party involvement in appointing judges;

- non-partisan drawing of constituency boundaries;

- limited party spending by comparison with the US - though this is now very much at risk.

Man United are dark horses this year.

All they need to do is fix the defence, sort out the midfield, learn how to score goals again, adopt a coherent tactical system and completely overhaul the dressing room mentality, according to Ian @fiveankles.bsky.social

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Millionaire trophy hunter gored to death by 1.3 tonne bull on African safari Asher Watkins, 52, was tracking a 1.3 tonne Cape Buffalo bull, known as the Black Death, on Sunday when it suddenly charged at him at 35mph.

Ah that's lovely news.

metro.co.uk/2025/08/06/m...

John Singer Sargent demonstrates his bravura technique in this charcoal sketch of art historian Claire Stuart Wortley, drawn in a single sitting at his studio in Tite Street, Chelsea 1923

Friends! After all your praise for Baby Dog’s great Sharing yesterday, I’m afraid I have to report that it all fell apart in the afternoon when Baby Dog found Ron asleep in the Tent. I suppose his sharing capacity had reached its limit for one day and he just HAD to get Ron out. Did he succeed?

@annatwigg.bsky.social URGENT. Get in there…

Thank you Zoe. I don’t know how you keep your cool

"bussing in protesters" latest

Pictures of a very tiny female Terrier named Inca, who lives in Ireland at Suzanna Crampton's #BlackSheepFarm. Portrait and size comparison with Pepper in the garden. All pictures & Screenshots by Suzanna Crampton 

Pictures of a very tiny female Terrier named Inca, who lives in Ireland at Suzanna Crampton's #BlackSheepFarm. Portrait with BigFellow, Pepper, Bear, cat Bodacious and running Inca. All pictures & Screenshots by Suzanna Crampton 

Pictures of a very tiny female Terrier named Inca, who lives in Ireland at Suzanna Crampton's #BlackSheepFarm. Traveling with my shepherd, who safely stowed me in a cloth bag on his body. All pictures & Screenshots by Suzanna Crampton 

Pictures of a very tiny female Terrier named Inca, who lives in Ireland at Suzanna Crampton's #BlackSheepFarm. My shepherd next to a #ZwartblesSheep at a sheep auction. My shepherd safely stowed me in a cloth bag on his body. All pictures & Screenshots by Suzanna Crampton 

I'm Inca, known as #WorldsSmallestSheepdog. I live on #BlackSheepFarm, herd #ZwartblesSheep and I'm busy with my shepherd and canine & feline crew, which is my family. Support for my shepherd is most welcome patreon.com/SuzannaCramp....

Graham the emu chick taking a dip with lifeguard Letty-Lou on lifeguard duties

https://crimerate.co.uk/essex/clacton-on-sea

Oh my word. Abandoned nest? Any idea what bird?

Compulsory voting alone won’t fix the UK's broken politics Simply insisting people vote in elections run by a system they rightly distrust will not improve British politics

For @dmk1793.bsky.social with respect www.opendemocracy.net/en/compulsor...

The rich must be incentivised; the poor must be disciplined.

The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.

I need real-time information on the ethnicity and migration status of guys charged with raping children so I know whether to start a riot or sit back and not give a fuck.

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47% of people think immigration is primarily illegal. There were 4% irregular arrivals in March

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

Another issue is numbers.

As Trump made it clear, if numbers don't support what he says, he will sack the people who computed the numbers.

If you try to tell these voters that they are wrong about immigration, crime... they will accuse you of lying or they'll say it's not how they feel.

My other hot take on this is that if we hadn’t 1) created and 2) worked so hard to maintain a global system that is horrendously unequal, there would be far fewer people economically migrating to escape poverty. That’s the fix, not shuttering the system.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.