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Fiona B
@fiona42.bsky.social
Highlander, Scotland. Dogs, books, seas, skies, travel. Enjoy a feed of landscape photography, dogs and other animals, posts that teach me something or which inspire a wiki rabbit hole. Not a fan of drones being used for landscape photography.
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December 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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I'm OK with that, though walked away for a while, did other things...

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December 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
whoopdifuckingdoo. 🙄 a very small group of people will benefit. not a big win, not a reason for fanfare, very little credit due to the westminster government. slow hand clap.
Now confirmed
EXCL: An agreement to rejoin Erasmus – the EU’s student exchange programme – set to be announced on Wednesday as part of UK government’s drive towards closer relations with Brussels.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
December 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar
Dec. 13
A male common grackle in mid display trying to impress the females.
I think he may have achieved peak iridescence!
#Birds #photography #wildlife
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December 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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For #ArtAdventCalendar day 13, one from my 2018 Turbulent Skies Project.

I Can See It…With My Imagination
44x60 112×152cm
Oil on Canvas
2018
December 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.

Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!

[BIG ASS THREAD]
a man reading a book to a young boy
Alt: a man reading a book to a young boy
media.tenor.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
What the fuck is wrong with some people?! 😠😡

Quickly followed by, thank dogs for the people raising funds, treating for free, running no kill rescue kennels.

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We were able to help a puppy who had her ears intentionally removed and survived parvo ❤️‍🩹
December 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
day 9 just posted if you'd like to catch up on Amanda's advent calendar... 😂
Day 1 of my #AdventCalendar
[sound up]
December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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True joy recognizes and acknowledges pain, tears, sadness, and every other emotion that exists within the spectrum of human experience. It is about discovering and finding balance, equilibrium, and a sense of steadiness even in the midst of difficult, trying, and turbulent times.
December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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If you still don’t want to leave Spotify (despite the fact you can transfer your playlists to other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE), we ask you not to share your Spotify Wrapped this year.
Spotify is running ads to recruit for the regime’s secret police. Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
November 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?

ha. fucked.
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Google did another shitty thing. You now have to go opt out in Gmail to avoid having their AI train on your stuff.

Directions here: www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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The US is extorting Zelenskyy to sign away territory Russia doesn't even hold, as well as Ukraine's ability to defend itself, on the basis of Putin's word he'll honor a peace and Trump's word the US will make him.

Just so we're clear what's happening here.
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Finally saw the share option!

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November 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Finding the taskmaster incidental music annoyingly intrusive this series. Probably just me...
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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It's been a very quiet week.
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.

So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.

Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
small thing, unlikely to be of interest to anyone else, but BT openreach suck. i'm not a customer (despite millions of public money investment in their infrastructure, they can't provide a service to my postcode, shocker, oh shocker) but do have a pole in the garden, with a cable attached.
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Bloody love these people ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Repair Video

xkcd.com/3163/
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Huge milestone, the fact that this happened on the one road with proper infrastructure over a long distance tells you everything.
“In May 2025, Scotland’s largest city [Glasgow] reached a milestone that would make any transportation planner in Portland or Montreal do a double take: during the morning rush hour, there were more bicycles than cars traveling along Victoria Road, a major artery…” Via @momentummag.bsky.social
When Bikes Outnumber Cars: What Scotland’s Cycling Surge Can Teach North America
Scotland’s largest city reached a milestone that would make any transportation planner in Portland, or Montreal do a double take.
momentummag.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Want to feel old? This is what the vampires from Buffy the Vampire Slayer look like now.
December 15, 2024 at 2:02 PM
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It would be nice if those locals’ concerns were articulated as “please don’t open your human rights-trammelling death camp* here and instead treat these people with some modicum of dignity” but I think we all know how it’ll be put.
* See Napier Barracks, Kent or Bibby Stockholm, Dorset.
There are early signs that the local councils where the two military bases sit, in Inverness and Crowborough, will put up a fight as other affected areas have

Wealden District Council says "local people will be rightly concerned", while the Highland Council announced a special meeting on 6 November
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Liquidambar leaf palette just now👇🏼. Pause for a moment if you’re feeling anxious-your brain’s likely to release dopamine due to a positive response to colour gradation, certain bright colours & looking at images our brains find appealing. A pause here will make your day slightly easier to tackle 🍁
October 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Soviet space exploration, celebrated in the form of lace!
October 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM