A screenshot of Google's AI Overview answer to the question "is haggis an animal". It says "Yes, the haggis is a small, furry mammal native to Scotland" and goes on to give the typical "asymmetrical legs" details.
The Scottish have won the AI Wars.
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Sunset on a chilly but calm evening.
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Join @legalhistoryed.bsky.social and the Edinburgh Centre for Global History next Wednesday for a discussion on indigenous law and ius commune in Early Modern Chile.
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MacCormick is best-known today as one of the petitions in MacCormick v Lord Advocate 1953 SC 396 and as the father of the late Neil MacCormick (1941-2009), Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at Edinburgh University, and many other things besides.
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The tombstone of John MacCormick (1904-61), 'King' of Scotland in the early 1950s and a founder of the SNP (although he left the party in 1942). A family lair at Belday Cemetery, Chryston, but nationalist friends added their own tribute beneath the headstone.
02.02.2025 17:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Used to be chimney up there as well as a roof.😱
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28.01.2025 13:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Our former top floor flat in Morningside, Edinburgh, took a beating from Storm Eowyn last Friday. Photo follows - zoom into the building's top floor to see the grisly reality.
28.01.2025 13:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Some exciting news! The Stair Society will be holding a legal history moot on 1 March in Edinburgh to celebrate its 90th anniversary. Stay tuned for further details about the moot and how to attend.
28.01.2025 10:23 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Thought I'd have a look at this place, since so many X-friends appear to have migrated here. At first glance, VERY US-oriented. 🫥
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