Alasdair Macdonald
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Alasdair Macdonald
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Genealogist. SIGS-Strathclyde. Scottish representative for Family Tree DNA. R1b-L165 & BY13652. Co-owner HMFC. Hill running. Tweets my own 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Out for a lunchtime run and checked in with how training was going. Kabore looked the part! #heartofmidlothian #hmfc #jamtarts
January 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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Join us on 27th January for the 8th online SIGS Spotlight Talk featuring Dr David Alston, historian and author. His talk explores Recovering the life stories of enslaved people in Guyana (1796-1838).

Find out more 👉 mycll.strath.ac.uk/View-Class/r...

#genealogy #familyhistory #ancestryhour
January 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Cruinn Còmhla
Gaelic community day in Edinburgh, Saturday 31 January. There will be something there for everyone, whatever your age and stage of Gaelic.
For more information and to book a place in a Gaelic class:
ionaddhuneideann.org/events/cruin...
January 9, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Heart and Hand, "piss really". Pleasing. HHGH
December 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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🎵 It’s only just begun…

🔗 www.foundationofhearts.org
December 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Borders XC series - Peebles. Enjoyable run, muddy but overall good conditions. More than 100 juniors took part. The senior race saw an impressive turnout of almost 300 runners. Thanks to the host club, Moorfoot Running Club for delivering such a great event. #xcrunning #bordersxc #peebles
December 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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WOW c 10k people have now watched Democracy for Sale's video about our new undercover investigation, with Led By Donkeys.

An ex-Tory MP introduced our fake Chinese AI investor into MPs and ministers - and all for just £5k! 😱

Watch the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKof...
We went undercover to buy access to MPs
YouTube video by Democracy for Sale
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
1995 I remember as I was there. Not often we can celebrate a win
December 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Cammy Devlin isn’t the most improved player in Scotland.

Thick cunts just didn’t notice
December 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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We’d never have gone to Parkhead and shown bottle like that when Budge was in charge.

Thank goodness the club isn’t all soft and woke anymore.
December 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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I should just state that I love Cameron Devlin.

❤️
December 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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'Him and his minions would be hanging outside Jewish prayers.'
'Banter doesn't exist if you're not friends with that person.'

Stefan Benarroch explains his interactions with Nigel Farage at school, and what he has made of the Reform leader’s response to the allegations.

@natashadevon.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Another useful resource at NLS for those who explore the Scottish countryside #scottishrightofway #historicfootpaths data.nls.uk/data/map-spa...
Historic Footpaths – Data Foundry
data.nls.uk
December 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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1. Still funny
2. Sandy Jardine of all boys getting mugged
3. Still funny
Hearts have paid tribute to Tommy Murray following his death aged 82.

🗣️ Tommy brought real skill to Tynecastle.”

He produced an iconic moment v Rangers.

🔗 onlrl.co/y921jua
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Last night's @thinkuhi.bsky.social excellent Public Seminar by Tom Fairfax is now online. Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of Orkneyinga saga

youtu.be/r2Tgd4HBkzI
Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of Orkneyinga Saga by Tom Fairfax
YouTube video by UHI Institute for Northern Studies
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Great past weekend at Bamff Ecotourism in Angus. Beautiful rural location, fab gaff, but no beavers :( #bamffecotourism #beavers #angus
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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CRUINN CÒMHLA – Mòran Taing!
Mòran taing dhuibh uile a thàinig cruinn còmhla aig an latha coimhearsnachd againn ann an Dùn Èideann Disathairne a chaidh!
A big thank you to everyone who came to our Gaelic community day Cruinn Còmhla in Edinburgh last Saturday!
Faic / see www.ionaddhuneideann.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Neil Gunn will forever be for me the author who crafted novels which engaged me with the history of my ancestors in Dunbeath and the Caithness hinterland. This short film if you have 20 minutes captures the essence of the man. movingimage.nls.uk/film/0589 #neilmgunn #nls
movingimage.nls.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
WW1 losses astreetnearyou.org It maps the home addresses of those killed.
A Street Near You - exploring the local legacy of the First World War
A First World War legacy project bringing together data sources such as IWM's Lives of the First World War and Commonwealth War Graves records
astreetnearyou.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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@sportingjax.bsky.social has appointed Liam Fox as its first men's Head Coach ahead of the club's arrival in the #USL-C for the 2026 season.

Fox brings top-flight experience from Heart of Midlothian and Dundee United FC in his native Scotland.

www.uslchampionship.com/news_article...
Sporting Club Jacksonville appoints Liam Fox as first Head Coach
Scottish manager brings top-flight experience from Heart of Midlothian, Dundee United to new position
www.uslchampionship.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Hearts fans doing The Poznan. 8pts clear at the top of the SPFL.

Tony Tony Bloom
Tony Tony Bloom

😁👌🇱🇻
October 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Tony Bloom’s quiet revolution in Scottish football is already underway at Tynecastle.

From Jamestown Analytics to Hearts’ record-breaking transfer strategy, this piece explores how the Brighton & USG owner’s model translates north of the border.

Read more 🔗 footballblog.co.uk/hearts-tony-...
Why Hearts Can Break Celtic-Rangers Duopoly Under Tony Bloom
Brighton owner Tony Bloom’s £9.8m investment in Hearts could transform the Scottish Premiership. For decades, Scottish football has lived under the weight of the Old Firm. Celtic and Rangers have domi...
footballblog.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM