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Craig

@craiging619.bsky.social

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Hope you like Runrig / Ayr Utd / Munro fandom. Mapping expert, he/him. Creator of @runriglyrics.bsky.social, @pinklyrics.bsky.social, @taylorlyricsbot.bsky.social etc. “For ‘Personality’, he’s just put ‘Scottish’.” http://ecosia.org Free Palestine 🇵🇸

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Craig @craiging619.bsky.social · Dec 29

My 2024 Blog is here! On Bluesky and (very likely for the last time ever) on Twitter. It will cheer you up by at least 4%! #Blogmanay🥳

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2024 Review

"Nothin' really ends For things to stay the same, they have to change again Hello, my old friend You change your name, but not the wa...

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Runrig Lyrics Bot @runriglyrics.bsky.social · 18h

The light of ancient shine
On your ordinary lives
We joyed; went to the fires of harvest
So open up the land
Open up the sand
Returning again in Clachan

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are We Better Together Yet? @bottertogether.bsky.social · 15h

Don’t forget to catch today’s Spectator later, where George Galloway and Burnham will discuss the Nat plans to deny us all Edmonds. Unmissable.

George Galloway meeting the dictator Saddam Hussein, and presenting him with a pennant like they do at the start of the FA Cup Final. Galloway remarked to Hussein, 'Sir, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability.'

Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham stands outdoors at a lockdown press conference, peering down at someone else's phone as the other bloke shows him the breaking news that Boris Johnson is going to cut funding to Manchester.

Noel Edmonds reads the Crinkly Bottom Observer on Noel's House Party.

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Taylor Swift Lyrics Bot @taylorlyricsbot.bsky.social · 7h

You know that my train could take you home
Anywhere else is hollow
I'm begging for you to take my hand
Wreck my plans, that's my man

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P!nk Lyrics Bot @pinklyrics.bsky.social · 1d

Why every time I try to tell you how it feel
It's like a hiccup-cup come and it won't come-come?
Soon as I think I'm about to share my lovin'
That's when the hiccup's comin'

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Runrig Lyrics Bot @runriglyrics.bsky.social · 6h

'S cha d' fhiach an teine oidhche
Gun do chòmhradh 's do ghàir
Chan fhaic mi thu a rithist

Of what worth the night fire
Without your conversation and laughter
I'll not see you again

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Craig @craiging619.bsky.social · 6h

Hang on: hold the fort. Just realised I’ve never had alcohol and antidepressants at the same time before. This could be… a rollercoaster.

Norm MacDonald is on the Video Podcast Network discussing the life and times of “Ay-dolf Hitler”, when he gets to the bit about his political career and says: “Hold the fort!”

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The Onion @theonion.com · 6h

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Craig @craiging619.bsky.social · 6h

Oh that thing lol. I’ve only got that switched on for a podcast and a folk singer I think. Blocked all the news accounts as soon as I joined.

Nobody will have it switched on for me, but if they did I wouldn’t be banning them from getting my vitally important posts.

Angela Merkel shows Theresa May something on some kind of tablet. Merkel is laughing profusely and May looks quite curious.

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 7h

things bullets say

Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 7h

Almost every time I go thru JFK something weird happens.

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The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · 8h

Cape Verde celebrate their World Cup qualification on their bus 🇨🇻

🎥 @nickmiller79.bsky.social

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Craig @craiging619.bsky.social · 8h

I’ve read it three times and still don’t get what it is or what the point is. Send posts, but make sure nobody knows you posted…? Ok?

(There’s usually a point to their app updates so there must be something obvious I’ve missed.)

a man with long hair and a beard is sitting in front of a pink sign that says ' plaza ' on it .

Alt: Bill Bailey looks happy enough about something, but then suddenly looks really confused.

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Craig @craiging619.bsky.social · 8h

International football haters in the mud. #IcelandSmites 🇮🇸

Iceland equalise to make it 2-2 against France in a see-saw World Cup qualifier in Reykjavik.

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Ariurotl @ariurotl.bsky.social · 8h

One of the most bafflingly useless features I've ever seen anywhere on teh internets, thanks for highlighting it.

Bluesky @bsky.app · 8h

Quick Tip: Don’t want people getting pinged when you post or reply?

You can turn that off by heading to: Settings → Privacy and Security → Allow others to be notified of your posts and toggling it off.

A screenshot of “Allow others to be notified of your posts” with “No one” selected

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The Daftest Lap (5-1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @thedaftestlap.bsky.social · 8h

Scotland's International break beautifully summed up by Super John McGinn

John McGinn's Insta with a photo of him taking a corner: "2 jobby performances but 6 massive points. See you next month always a pleasure. Keep dreaming! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿"

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 18h

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 10h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Craig @craiging619.bsky.social · 9h

First picture really does show it to be a cathedral of podcasting.

Craig @craiging619.bsky.social · 11h

Sorry (not sorry). 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤝🇮🇹🤌

The front page of The National newspaper the day before the delayed Euro 2020 Final mocks up Italy manager Roberto Mancini as William Wallace in Braveheart. The headline says, “SAVE US ROBERTO, YOU’RE OUR… FINAL HOPE (We can’t take another 55 years of them banging on about this)”.

Craig @craiging619.bsky.social · 11h

Going on a 3hr train to Manchester tomorrow, and this has been a timely reminder for me. 😬🎧

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 16h

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Craig @craiging619.bsky.social · 13h

Before lockdown I had to sit next to a group of “lads” every day. One day a couple of them were trash-talking Greta and having a laugh about the planet. 😂🤣😂🤣

A guy overheard them and said, “Yeah, but she’s right isn’t she?”

One of them sighed and went, “…yeah… but there’s a *WAY* to be right!!! 😠”

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Aoḋán Ó Conġaile @tinydonkey.bsky.social · 19h

The older I get the more I appreciate when people say "oh I don't know the answer to that" or "actually I was wrong". It's probably the biggest shortcut to get me to trust you tbh.

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Craig @craiging619.bsky.social · 15h

Ostensibly it’s to try and merge the “North team” (in the UK North *always* means North England) with the Scottish team to make sure we’ve got enough work after Christmas.

But it feels more like they panicked when half the Scottish team resigned, and offered the rest a jolly. Either way sign me up.

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Taraaaaaaaaghhhhh! Zombies!!! @theblueststar.bsky.social · 20h

GET THE FUCK IN

Emily ✨🎃 @emilyoram.bsky.social · 20h

Good morning, somehow this has only just come up on my instagram but it’s well worth 30 seconds of your time.

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Runrig Lyrics Bot @runriglyrics.bsky.social · 1d

On the arc of ages
On this orb of wonder
Where the light is growing
Where the sun goes under

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