Maggie Neilson
@maggieneilson.bsky.social
Scot in Highlands/Edinburgh 🏴 retired 👩💼 cat lover 🐈⬛ outdoorsy 🏔️ Francophile 🇫🇷 pro Europe 🇪🇺 pro Canada 🇨🇦 I try and avoid politics until I can’t any more 🦋🌻
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This is the best thread ever. It makes me happy every time I see it. Lots of absolutely brilliant ones but my personal favourite is Bridget with the skating minister on Duddingston Loch. Her expression is priceless - like 'what on earth are you doing?'. Thank you.
THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
December 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This is the best thread ever. It makes me happy every time I see it. Lots of absolutely brilliant ones but my personal favourite is Bridget with the skating minister on Duddingston Loch. Her expression is priceless - like 'what on earth are you doing?'. Thank you.
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This 🇫🇷 Christmas advert for the Intermarché supermarket is so charming and also pokes gentle fun at the French image as a nation of voracious carnivores . . . Made by a Montpellier-based animation studio
Intermarché - Unloved
YouTube video by Romance Agency
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December 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This 🇫🇷 Christmas advert for the Intermarché supermarket is so charming and also pokes gentle fun at the French image as a nation of voracious carnivores . . . Made by a Montpellier-based animation studio
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December 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
The thread about the Singing Street; skipping, hopping, dancing and birling through the backgreens and streets of 1950s Edinburgh threadinburgh.scot/2025/11/27/t...
The thread about the Singing Street; skipping, hopping, dancing and birling through the backgreens and streets of 1950s Edinburgh
This thread marks a double milestone for Threadinburgh, it is the 300th post since the first in September 2022 and the visit counter just ticked past the 500,000 mark! I’m marking this occasi…
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November 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The thread about the Singing Street; skipping, hopping, dancing and birling through the backgreens and streets of 1950s Edinburgh threadinburgh.scot/2025/11/27/t...
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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Bid for decorated envelopes in this charity auction for the Alzheimer society. I've contributed one of them. astarauction.com/getsmart25
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November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Bid for decorated envelopes in this charity auction for the Alzheimer society. I've contributed one of them. astarauction.com/getsmart25
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⭐️⭐️⭐️BOOK GIVEAWAY⭐️⭐️⭐️
To celebrate the return of #Shetland detective series I am giving away 2 signed copies of Ponies at the Edge of the World with 2 wish bottles with Shetland shells or seaglass. To enter just like, share and comment on this post
To celebrate the return of #Shetland detective series I am giving away 2 signed copies of Ponies at the Edge of the World with 2 wish bottles with Shetland shells or seaglass. To enter just like, share and comment on this post
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
⭐️⭐️⭐️BOOK GIVEAWAY⭐️⭐️⭐️
To celebrate the return of #Shetland detective series I am giving away 2 signed copies of Ponies at the Edge of the World with 2 wish bottles with Shetland shells or seaglass. To enter just like, share and comment on this post
To celebrate the return of #Shetland detective series I am giving away 2 signed copies of Ponies at the Edge of the World with 2 wish bottles with Shetland shells or seaglass. To enter just like, share and comment on this post
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
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Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train.
A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin
@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.
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A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin
@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.
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September 15, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train.
A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin
@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.
Please repost with your own caption.
A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin
@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.
Please repost with your own caption.
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Pipers and drummers from Skye play in Barga, the most Scottish town in Italy 🏴 🇮🇹
Read @danigaravelli.bsky.social on why Barga is Italy's Scottish city: www.heraldscotland.com/life...
𝘝𝘐𝘋: 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵
Read @danigaravelli.bsky.social on why Barga is Italy's Scottish city: www.heraldscotland.com/life...
𝘝𝘐𝘋: 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵
September 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Pipers and drummers from Skye play in Barga, the most Scottish town in Italy 🏴 🇮🇹
Read @danigaravelli.bsky.social on why Barga is Italy's Scottish city: www.heraldscotland.com/life...
𝘝𝘐𝘋: 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵
Read @danigaravelli.bsky.social on why Barga is Italy's Scottish city: www.heraldscotland.com/life...
𝘝𝘐𝘋: 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵
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It's the first cold morning of Autumn, and it's welcome.
September 14, 2025 at 5:54 AM
It's the first cold morning of Autumn, and it's welcome.
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Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
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Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events:
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
September 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events:
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
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This week’s Sunday @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
August 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This week’s Sunday @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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This.
Vance wasn’t here for a holiday.
Vance wasn’t here for a holiday.
Observer: it will launch in September this year, with a budget of around £2.5m and ambitions to raise £25m to spend 'on policy formation, identifying candidates and hiring advisers and spokespeople for Reform or a possible merged Reform-Tory party'
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
The Vance guard: the new right being cooked up in the Cot...
The vice-president shared BBQ and beers with allies whose thinktank has come to the attention of the Electoral Commission
observer.co.uk
August 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
This.
Vance wasn’t here for a holiday.
Vance wasn’t here for a holiday.
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These two things cannot both be true:
1: throwing a sandwich at a federal officer is a violent assault worthy of prosecution.
2: raiding the Capitol grounds, assaulting police offices & vandalizing federal property in an effort to interfere with an election is a harmless protest worthy of pardons.
1: throwing a sandwich at a federal officer is a violent assault worthy of prosecution.
2: raiding the Capitol grounds, assaulting police offices & vandalizing federal property in an effort to interfere with an election is a harmless protest worthy of pardons.
August 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
These two things cannot both be true:
1: throwing a sandwich at a federal officer is a violent assault worthy of prosecution.
2: raiding the Capitol grounds, assaulting police offices & vandalizing federal property in an effort to interfere with an election is a harmless protest worthy of pardons.
1: throwing a sandwich at a federal officer is a violent assault worthy of prosecution.
2: raiding the Capitol grounds, assaulting police offices & vandalizing federal property in an effort to interfere with an election is a harmless protest worthy of pardons.
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Happy National Relaxation Day to all those who celebrate.
August 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Happy National Relaxation Day to all those who celebrate.
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The mathematician John Venn was born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn diagram.
August 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The mathematician John Venn was born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn diagram.
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a thin white woman in head to toe lululemon screaming at these thugs makes me think ICE has jumped the shark
July 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
a thin white woman in head to toe lululemon screaming at these thugs makes me think ICE has jumped the shark
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How fortunate that the US has its own climate, insulated from the rest of the world. How unfortunate that it’s a climate of festering resentment and bitter self-righteousness.
“The State Department on Friday fired the remaining staff working in the office responsible for international climate policy, including annual U.N. negotiations related to climate treaties, according to three people familiar with the matter…” 🌱
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The State Department fires remaining employees who worked on climate change
The firings of nearly a dozen people in the State Department’s Office of Global Change include the last U.S. climate negotiators.
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July 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
How fortunate that the US has its own climate, insulated from the rest of the world. How unfortunate that it’s a climate of festering resentment and bitter self-righteousness.