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• Post #4251638

  NIce aspirations, will anyone do anything? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/30/europe-burning-trump-war-climate-sanctions-white-house #ClimateChange #Environment #Action #RoadToRuin

• Post #4156188

  Downing Street Brutality Larry The Cat attempts to disable a police sniffer dog’s essential equipment. The dog probably told him a bad joke about revolving PMs. #CatsOfMastodon #Umbrage #DowningStreet

• Post #4136529

  Will the English government ever learn or is Blairism deep in their souls? Private Equity and the NHS. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/27/nhs-patients-records-us-private-equity-firm-optum-uk-tpg #PrivateEquity #NHS #England #Health #Security #Privacy #Exploitation #ProfitTaking #ShortSighted #NoLessonsLearnt

• Post #4131880

  RIP Mu Hit by a ‘driver’, he has been buried to the sound of pipes and with a small libation. (1/4)

• Post #4131851

  New posters are going up in London - love them. edit - a variant shows a different image as you move #Met #GlassHoles #Consent #Epstein

• Post #3054101

  Centrepoint - a good news story For those who do not know them, #Centrepoint does a sterling job in these times. More information about them is provided in the linked article. http://archive.today/2026.06.02-172552/https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/26154130.former-homeless-man-thriving-chef-centrepoint-support/ https://centrepoint.org.uk/ #GoodNews #Homelessness

• Post #2377645

  A decent 35k this afternoon, crossing from Minto to Ruberslaw and then back over the river Teviot (sans bridge but the river is low and I took my shoes off and paddled over). Very quiet bar the odd cyclist, although Chai got very excited when we met a couple walking. One was carrying a white stick with what looked like a tennis ball on the bottom. The dug could not take his eye off it much to their amusement. No ball was harmed. #running #ScottishBorders #BorderCollie #DogsOfMastodon

• Post #1773550

  Dugs in the Mist Morning walk and the dugs emerge through the heavy morning mist when I took the balls out of my pack. #DogWalking #ScottishBorders #DogsOfMastodon

• Post #1757057

  Attenborough at 100 That’s what our pair of striplings, 25 and 26 think too #cartoon #Tortoise #KenFyne #PrivateEye #Attenborough

• Post #1667360

  Fenster Freitag From the cottage sitting room #FensterFreitag #ScottishBorders

• Post #1611161

  ‘Renewables’ - Russia is implicated in attempts to prevent the adoption of renewable energy sources across Europe. First Trump (although his actions on behalf of the fossil fuel industry seem to have backfired across the US and the world) and now Putin. https://archive.is/20260422150417/https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/putin-renewable-energy-sabotage-europe-c8jjk80p6 #Renewables #Sabotage #KillThePlanet #GreenEnergy #Russia #Putin #Trump #CleanEnergy

• Post #1592855

  Another warning of the combination of AI enshitification with unthinking reliance on what ‘computer says’ - in this case training and dietary regimes. https://archive.today/2026.04.19-174355/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/ai-training-runners-marathon-warning-mrs008vn0 #running #AI #diet #training #enshitification #nutrition #chatGPT #Runna

• Post #1584680

  Looks as though it might be a good week for sky watching. We are expecting the Lyrid meteor shower. The moon is in crescent which should help, despite the increasing amount of unnecessary space junk being launched by Must et al. So up at midnight. Here’s Lyrid hoping for clear skies, we won’t make it up to Galloway or Highlands but the sky is fairly dark here where we are in The Borders so fingers crossed and the forecast is promising anyway. #MeteorShower #Meteors #SkyWatching #Sky #Spectacle

• Post #1566594

  Iran is claiming that the US used backdoors into networking kit to disturb their communications. The Chinese press are just loving it, after all they are the ones (the US says) who are putting all of those backdoors in. https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/21/iran_claims_us_used_backdoors #IT #Networking #Backdoors #Security #USA #China

• Post #1540877

  I really do not understand these people. If you want to shoot a large animal, surely a camera will do, and if you want a little more risk, a close up with a wide angle lens should suffice. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/21/hunters-who-believe-shooting-big-game-can-save-africa-wildlife #Hunting #PigIgnorance #Inexplicable

• Post #1535760

  The lambs are at it again - although we were not sure we had disturbed a game of Poker or Blackjack #Lambs #SheepOfMastodon #Gamboling

• Post #1188317

  In case anyone was curious, a reminder of who owns Reform, the Tories and Labour. Hint it is not their members or their voters. http://archive.today/2026.04.15-203738/https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/labour-donor-revealed-as-the-buyer-of-nick-candys-265m-mansion-dpk3362f #PoliticalFunding #FundingReform #UKPol #Labour #Tory #UKPol

• Post #1167621

  From Private Eye by Tomlin #cartoon #Tomlin #Brompton #BikeToot

• Post #1089098

  Cartoon US-Iran discussions #War #Israel #US #Iran #Cartoon

• Post #1026084

  I am@partial to a bit of pedantry as some have noticed in the past, but this is world class by Mr Brisbane. From Pedantry Corner, Private Eye 🎩 #pedantry #PrivateEye #cartoon #rome #architecture

• Post #1023491

  Reforms approach to public safety Shit happens, you’ll die anyway and cheers, many of them were not white. Rejoice https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/02/reform-housing-spokesperson-sacked-after-grenfell-everyone-dies-remarks #cartoon #Grenfell #SimonDudley #Farage #bastards

• Post #1016246

  How embarrassing, successful socialism… The author tries hard, but she is having to bite her tongue. Nothing is perfect, but communitarianism, a rejection of Hindu nationalism and relatively low levels of corruption seem to have helped. https://archive.is/20260404161435/https://www.thetimes.com/world/asia/article/kerala-marxist-communism-election-poverty-5qpt3z6zk #Poverty #Socialism #Kerala #India

• Post #1015735

  Air a labhairt #Poetry #BadPoetry #Gàidhlig #PoemADay #SmallPoems

• Post #1012533

  Silent Sunday Sea cliffs at Váger, Faroe Islands We had a wonderful week climbing, swimming and enjoying the local beer on our way to Iceland in 2024. Long multi pitch climbs, not technically difficult but exhausting. #SilenSunday #FaroeIslands

• Post #1012531

  Ahh good weather. What I love about the morning walk (with our collie and two borrowed from neighbours who are a little under the weather) is the changing skyscape at approximately the same time every day. #Walking #DogWalking #Sky #GoodWeather #ScottishBorders

• Post #1003311

  I would have loved to know what the discussion was about. Maybe where the nuts should be put in the pantry?? The photograph was taken in Yorkshire which might explain something - although what I do not know. Photographer unknown, but I liked the image #squirrel #RedSquirrel #Pheasant #Discussion

• Post #994619

  Dogs seem to have had mutually beneficial relationships for longer than expected although the mogs in the household take exception at the ‘mans best friend’ phrase…. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/mar/25/bond-dogs-humans-dates-back-15000-years-study-finds #History #Archeology #DogsOfMastodon

• Post #978323

  Afternoon run. #20c here! That’s hot (for Scotland in April). 27k, road and trails. And the wild garlic is out. Luckily (for the dug) there are a lot of puddles. Memo to self, his water bottle comes tomorrow. #running #ScottishBorders #BorderCollie #DogsOfMastodon

• Post #839245

  And here am I hoping that HBO will lose their shirts as more people do not with to make #Rowling even richer. Several years ago, the kids decided that selling a copy of her first book - a not too battered first edition(acquired years ago) was the correct choice - and donated the money to a #trans supporting charity. They hoped she would appreciate the gesture….. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/29/hbo-max-pins-hopes-friends-harry-potter-uk-streaming-war This always make me laugh - h...

• Post #839244

  Positive news But the nay sayers will neigh… https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/29/welsh-language-resurges-adult-learners-dysgu-cymraeg #Language #IaithYGymraeg #Welsh #DysguCymraeg #GoodNews