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Nabbed from The National on Facebook. Protesters on a Welsh beach.#tesla #elonmusk #nazi #protest #wales

Nabbed from The National on Facebook. Protesters on a Welsh beach.
#tesla #elonmusk #nazi #protest #wales

#silentsunday

#silentsunday

Xavi enjoying a sit under the weighted blanket. #caturday #blackcat #CatsOMastodon

Xavi enjoying a sit under the weighted blanket.

#caturday #blackcat #CatsOMastodon

Beautiful day for a walk. Met these lovely beasts. Mr Clydesdale was really hoping I'd refill his bucket. #horses #horse #photography...

Beautiful day for a walk. Met these lovely beasts. Mr Clydesdale was really hoping I'd refill his bucket.

#horses #horse #photography #animal #animals

Edit: reliably informed that Clydesdale horses also have feathered hooves, I had been under the impression that meant it was a shire horse!

Assisted dying and deathIt's rare when an article makes you cry, but this was deeply moving....

Assisted dying and death

It's rare when an article makes you cry, but this was deeply moving.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/15/were-going-to-talk-about-death-today-your-death-a-doctor-on-what-its-like-to-end-a-life-rather-than-extend-one

#assisteddying #death

The infrastructure of our region is sorely lacking. The Railway has been gone since Beeching in 1965, the roads are not in a great state...

The infrastructure of our region is sorely lacking. The Railway has been gone since Beeching in 1965, the roads are not in a great state and public transport is close to non functional. These are the things that make me an ambivalent 'Yes'. I want to see some kind of guarantee to improve that so it doesn't become the only National Park in Scotland you *have * to have a vehicle to visit!
But, there is so much potential opportunity in having a Park here for regeneration.

The Ferret did this investigation into the No Campaign's finance, showing it looks pretty dodgy. Alistair Jack and his brother ate...

The Ferret did this investigation into the No Campaign's finance, showing it looks pretty dodgy.

Alistair Jack and his brother ate massive land owners in Galloway, with 'donation' money to throw at the website etc.

https://theferret.scot/landowner-backi

Lots in here to discuss, but the touchiness of the 'No' campaign leaders about their funding is one stand out. Here I'll say...

Lots in here to discuss, but the touchiness of the 'No' campaign leaders about their funding is one stand out.
Here I'll say I'm an ambivalent 'yes' to the park as the area needs *something *
As the article points out, our council has had round after round of cuts, and our area has a falling population.
This isn't new. I'm in my late 40s, and out of the 28 people in my class in secondary school, I'm one of three left in the area. There is *nothing* here to keep or bring people back.

It's funny when the Guardian visits your wee corner of the world, simply because of how clueless they show you they are.Galloway is...

It's funny when the Guardian visits your wee corner of the world, simply because of how clueless they show you they are.
Galloway is 'unspoiled' with its plantations and sheep scrubbed hills, apparently.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/11/galloway-national-park-scotland-campaign-controversy-naturescot-ngnp-gnpa

#Galloway #nationalpark #countryside #landscape

#silentsunday

#silentsunday

Does anyone else think that we are starting to head towards a Dune timeline yet? I'm actually thinking about the Butlerian Jihad and...

Does anyone else think that we are starting to head towards a Dune timeline yet? I'm actually thinking about the Butlerian Jihad and emergence of Mentats, prompted by a post I just saw saying trust the output of #Neurodivergent folk and their interests over the rubbish spouted by 'AI'.
Frank Herbert (as far as I can recall) doesn’t say that the Thinking Machines that prompted the Butlerian Jihad were actually any good, which I suddenly realised might be why they got rid of them.
#ai #dune

My boy really likes a halogen heater. #cat #CatsOfMastondon #blackcat

My boy really likes a halogen heater.

#cat #CatsOfMastondon #blackcat

Keir statmer nato swearingIt's not a fucking subscription service, its treaty, Kier.

Keir statmer nato swearing

It's not a fucking subscription service, its treaty, Kier.

I read the news today, oh boy.....#trump #nato #KierStarmer https://youtu.be/PyQGrq-Y7gg?si=PZYqZAi-WgrcuJnM

I read the news today, oh boy.....

#trump #nato #KierStarmer

https://youtu.be/PyQGrq-Y7gg?si=PZYqZAi-WgrcuJnM

We are continuing to smoke our garlic today (apparently needs 24 hours of smoking ! ) and have done this vegan cheese and some chillis as...

We are continuing to smoke our garlic today (apparently needs 24 hours of smoking ! ) and have done this vegan cheese and some chillis as well today.

Further to yesterday's post about our new smoker, here are two quorn fillets, one unsmoked and one smoked.We had smoked fillets for...

Further to yesterday's post about our new smoker, here are two quorn fillets, one unsmoked and one smoked.
We had smoked fillets for dinner last night and they were very nice indeed. A huge upgrade from their normal blandness!

Today we are trying our new cold smoker for the first time. It's made of recycled cardboard, and will do garlic, peppers cheese, tofu...

Today we are trying our new cold smoker for the first time.
It's made of recycled cardboard, and will do garlic, peppers cheese, tofu and quorn.
It's in the greenhouse to keep it dry, and just been lit. 🤞

#food #vegan #eco

Well, he's said something, but he might as well not have. Still trying to straddle both sides.

Well, he's said something, but he might as well not have.
Still trying to straddle both sides.

Who else is waiting impatiently for #starmer to say something? #zelensky #SlavaUkraini

Who else is waiting impatiently for #starmer to say something?
#zelensky #SlavaUkraini

Us/UK pol Starmer VisitAlso, I already forgot about the flying the Union Flag upside down thing at Blair House that happened yesterday....

Us/UK pol Starmer Visit

Also, I already forgot about the flying the Union Flag upside down thing at Blair House that happened yesterday.
Starmer sucked it all up and then cringingly offered Trump a weekend at Balmoral. It was actually horrific.