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Scott Winning

@scottwin.bsky.social

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Mainly posting photos
Like things with wings
St. Mirren sympathiser

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Scott Winning @scottwin.bsky.social · Nov 4

Cara at rest #photography #dog #Olympus #portrait #pet #labrador

Black Labrador dog resting on a bed, lit by low sun

Scott Winning

@scottwin.bsky.social

Florence
#WeekYforYearPast #AlphabetChallenge #EastCoastKin
#photographersofbluesky #Italia #OMSystem

A photo of the back of a woman with a sun hat on a sunny Italian street in front of an ornate cathedral.
OM Digital Solutions OM-1
OLYMPUS M.12-100mm F4.0
@ƒ/4.0 12.0mm 1/2000s ISO200

December 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM

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Avalanche Records

@avalanche-edin.bsky.social

“For your appetizer, a work e-mail you accidentally glanced at and now need to respond to before enjoying the rest of your evening.”
The New Yorker

December 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM

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andrew solmaler

@andrewsolmaler.bsky.social

FALL FOG Trees are fav. A visual map of life at work,history and now #FavoriteThings #BlueSkyArtShow #eastcoastkin #abstractart #artist #artyear #fineart #maineart #photography #abstractexpressionism #nature #globalwarming #carbon #plants #landscape #fineartphotography

andrewsolmaler.com

Trees are standing carbon, absorbing more each day as they grow. Magnificent examples of life in motion doing the thing of living that now take on a new relevance.
Bottom of image leaves from this fall. Middle image trees reaching up towards light. Top frame canopy of branches with a few leaves hanging on. All in a damp fog.

December 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM

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Captain Howdy

@captainhowdy.bsky.social

Nice one, Spidey.

The fawning TIME cover for the "Architects of A.I." showing some of the worst people in the world sitting on a girder above NYC. In this version, Spider-Man has swung by their steel beam and sent them all tumbling in what can best be described as nothing more than an unfortunate accident.

December 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM

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Jeet Heer

@jeetheer.bsky.social

It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.

December 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM

Scott Winning

@scottwin.bsky.social

Spectator
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows #Aberdeen #photography #Scotland

A woman sitting in a bay window in the roof space of a building holding a mobile phone with her head turned to the left.
OM Digital Solutions OM-1
LEICA DG 100-400/F4.0-6.3
@ƒ/6.3 224.0mm 1/250s ISO200

December 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM

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Armand Sarlangue

@armandsarlangue.bsky.social

The Sky Castle…
Mont Saint Michel on a foggy early morning.

#photography #culture #art #beauty

November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM

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Natalie Bennett

@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social

My letter in today's Financial Times

#DisabilityRights #Discrimination #Equalities
@disabledgreens.bsky.social

Letter: ‘Irresistible’ rise of eugenics: something we must all fight
From Natalie Bennett, Green Peer, House of Lords, London SW1, UK
The other side of Quinn Slobodian’s op-ed, which online ran as “The irresistible rise of libertarian eugenics” (November 15), is an explosion in the use by many of the prominent would-be eugenicists, and their allies, of abusive terms for the learning-disabled and others they label inferior.
These are terms that seemed to be consigned to history, but are being proudly brandished in America, by everyone from Elon Musk to Joe Rogan, who described the return of the word “retarded” as “one of the great culture victories”.
Acknowledging that every human being has strengths and capacities, has the right to equal respect and dignified treatment, and the right to be supported to develop to their and the right to be supported to develop to their full potential, was one sign of progress in the late 20th century.
We cannot allow the return of eugenicist thinking.

November 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM

Scott Winning

@scottwin.bsky.social

Alpino
#AlphabetChallenge #statue
#WeekVforVowels #Alpino #Italia #classicmono #OMsystem

Black and White photo of a statue of an Alpini soldier facing to the left with a rifle being held at his right shoulder.
OM Digital Solutions OM-1
OLYMPUS M.12-100mm F4.0
@ƒ/4.5 44.0mm 1/4000s ISO200

November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM

Scott Winning

@scottwin.bsky.social

Ex-Volvo
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #Volvo #Scotland #Red #PhotographersofBluesky #Olympus #photography #colour #car #derelict

A red Volvo car, with its radiator grille removed, sitting in tall grass with cherry blossom petals covering it.

Olympus E-M1MarkII
OLYMPUS M.60mm F2.8 Macro
@ƒ/2.8 60.0mm 1/2500s ISO200

November 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM

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Davenant 📸

@marcdavenant.bsky.social

The new version of John Bulmer’s book The North looks fantastic but will only happen if it hits its target on Kickstarter. This is a book which needs to be published, please support it if you can www.kickstarter.com/projects/fru...

A man with a bag walks away from a pub which is the only building left standing after the demolition of nearby houses

November 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM

Scott Winning

@scottwin.bsky.social

If you go down to the woods today....
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #Forest #Scotland #Green #Moray #PhotographersofBluesky #Olympus #OMSystem #photography #caravan

A dilapidated green caravan with closed yellow curtains, sat in a pine woodland clearing , cloudy skies above.
OM Digital Solutions OM-1
OLYMPUS M.12-100mm F4.0
@ƒ/4.0 24.0 mm 1/12800s ISO2500

November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM

Scott Winning

@scottwin.bsky.social

Former Glasgow District Court
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved #UrbanDecay #ArchitecturalDetails #StreetPhotography #Scotland #redbrick #Glasgow #PhotographersofBluesky #Olympus #Lumix #photography

An ornate brick built building with yellow framed windows in a sad state of disrepair. Wet pavement in the foreground and grey sky above.
Olympus E-M10MarkII
LUMIX G VARIO 12-32/F3.5-5.6
@ƒ/4.7 21.0mm 1/800s ISO2000

November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM

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Doug Aoki

@nantanreikan.bsky.social

November 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM

Scott Winning

@scottwin.bsky.social

The window, crack'd
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved
#WindowsOnWednesday #UrbanDecay #ArchitecturalDetails #StreetPhotography #Scotland #Gardenstown #PhotographersofBluesky #Olympus

A red framed, cracked dormer window on a corrugated iron shed, showing multiple broken panes and previous repairs. A hillside behind.
Olympus E-M1MarkII
OLYMPUS M.12-100mm F4.0
@ƒ/4.0 38.0mm 1/160s ISO200

November 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM

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Kenny Muir

@kennymuir.bsky.social

A lone birch tree getting the backlight treatment on an atmospheric morning in the Caledonian forest.

#scotland #birchtree #betula

November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM

Scott Winning

@scottwin.bsky.social

The Choir
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision #Aberdeen #CelebrateAberdeen #RockChoir #Street #Photography #Olympus

November 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM

Scott Winning

@scottwin.bsky.social

The High Road
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
#PhotographersOfBlueSky #Aberdeenshire #Scotland #EastCoastKin #Winter #Snow #OMSystem #photography #moon #Scotlandinphoto

Looking down a slushy road, with round, snow-covered hills either side, a vehicle approaching and a full moon rising in the twilight sky.
OM Digital Solutions OM-1
OLYMPUS M.12-100mm F4.0
@ƒ/4.0 35.0mm 1/500s ISO320

November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM

Scott Winning

@scottwin.bsky.social

Shadow Music
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows #music
#EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #Olympus #photography

A wooden window sill with the shadow of a finely cut card showing a decorated acoustic guitar against sheet music.
Olympus E-M1
OLYMPUS M.7-14mm F2.8
@ƒ/8.0 7.0mm 1/320s ISO200

November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM

Scott Winning

@scottwin.bsky.social

Moonlight Shadow
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows
#EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #moonlight #Scotland #OMSystem #photography

A moonlit snowy track with large bare trees casting shadows over the ground.
OM Digital Solutions OM-1
OLYMPUS M.7-14mm F2.8
@ƒ/2.8 7.0mm 1.6s ISO6400

November 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM

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Zoe Gardner

@zoejardiniere.bsky.social

Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.

Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.