Bill Marshall 🇸🇮 🏴
@spiderbill.bsky.social
Scot now living in Slovenia. #ScotsAbroad Semi-retired internet consultant, chess player and administrator, landscape photographer, guitarist, Dorothy Dunnett commentator.
http://www.dorothydunnett.co.uk
http://www.dorothydunnett.co.uk
Candidate for Chancellor in the first independent Scottish Government!
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Candidate for Chancellor in the first independent Scottish Government!
"Put it in the basket, I'll read it later."
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"Put it in the basket, I'll read it later."
How many kids do you want to have left after all the diseases that JFKJr is bringing back kills half of them?
December 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
How many kids do you want to have left after all the diseases that JFKJr is bringing back kills half of them?
The Grapes of Wrath of Khan
December 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The Grapes of Wrath of Khan
He felt his way more faithfully represented the atmosphere of the town! ;-)
December 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
He felt his way more faithfully represented the atmosphere of the town! ;-)
And that's on a good day ;-)
A former IT colleague had to go there to do support at our then branch. He pronounced it somewhere between Slug and Sluff.
A former IT colleague had to go there to do support at our then branch. He pronounced it somewhere between Slug and Sluff.
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
And that's on a good day ;-)
A former IT colleague had to go there to do support at our then branch. He pronounced it somewhere between Slug and Sluff.
A former IT colleague had to go there to do support at our then branch. He pronounced it somewhere between Slug and Sluff.
What if they adapt by rising up and torching all the environment-damaging data centres and getting rid of the techbros?
Oh, not that sort of adapting?
Oh, not that sort of adapting?
December 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
What if they adapt by rising up and torching all the environment-damaging data centres and getting rid of the techbros?
Oh, not that sort of adapting?
Oh, not that sort of adapting?
STV had so much potential, but every time I watched it the news and current affairs felt amateurish, rather parochial, and a bit Glasgow biased. A great pity.
In contrast I've found Gaelic broadcasting to usually be of a higher standard. Maybe we should get them to take it over!
In contrast I've found Gaelic broadcasting to usually be of a higher standard. Maybe we should get them to take it over!
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
STV had so much potential, but every time I watched it the news and current affairs felt amateurish, rather parochial, and a bit Glasgow biased. A great pity.
In contrast I've found Gaelic broadcasting to usually be of a higher standard. Maybe we should get them to take it over!
In contrast I've found Gaelic broadcasting to usually be of a higher standard. Maybe we should get them to take it over!
"Can you get me to number 1 in Google for 'business solutions'?"
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
"Can you get me to number 1 in Google for 'business solutions'?"
They started dumbing it down about 20 years ago - zero analysis, all repeated headlines. I stopped watching it after 2014, like many Scots, due to the heavy unionist bias, which appears to have got worse. Now it's simply unwatchable. I barely trust their sports reporting let alone their news.
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
They started dumbing it down about 20 years ago - zero analysis, all repeated headlines. I stopped watching it after 2014, like many Scots, due to the heavy unionist bias, which appears to have got worse. Now it's simply unwatchable. I barely trust their sports reporting let alone their news.
Good heavens, thats almost unheard of.
Ah well, tuna and mushrooms with pasta, cream and cayenne pepper will soon use it up.
Ah well, tuna and mushrooms with pasta, cream and cayenne pepper will soon use it up.
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Good heavens, thats almost unheard of.
Ah well, tuna and mushrooms with pasta, cream and cayenne pepper will soon use it up.
Ah well, tuna and mushrooms with pasta, cream and cayenne pepper will soon use it up.
So, have you noticed the extra tins of tuna in your groceries yet? 😉
December 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
So, have you noticed the extra tins of tuna in your groceries yet? 😉
A couple of years ago when i was ill she spent a lot of time with me, like she could tell i needed company. So i dont begrudge her anything.
December 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A couple of years ago when i was ill she spent a lot of time with me, like she could tell i needed company. So i dont begrudge her anything.
Been there, done that. Next door's cat adores panceta and cheese.
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Been there, done that. Next door's cat adores panceta and cheese.
Utterly despicable. He should have no place in public life let alone a charity.
December 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Utterly despicable. He should have no place in public life let alone a charity.
9½ years too long!
November 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
9½ years too long!
At the time I'd only seen a YouTube headline, so wasn't sure if it was true, but apparently the Big Beautiful Bill defines architects, nurses, accountants and a number of others as no longer professional degrees and reduces dramatically how big a student loan you can get to study them.
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
At the time I'd only seen a YouTube headline, so wasn't sure if it was true, but apparently the Big Beautiful Bill defines architects, nurses, accountants and a number of others as no longer professional degrees and reduces dramatically how big a student loan you can get to study them.
Maybe Trump has declared archaeologists no longer a professional degree, like apparently architects?! 🤔
Not being American i have no experience of Thanksgiving but it does seem to be somewhat fractious in some households.
Alien interference probably 😉🤣
Not being American i have no experience of Thanksgiving but it does seem to be somewhat fractious in some households.
Alien interference probably 😉🤣
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Maybe Trump has declared archaeologists no longer a professional degree, like apparently architects?! 🤔
Not being American i have no experience of Thanksgiving but it does seem to be somewhat fractious in some households.
Alien interference probably 😉🤣
Not being American i have no experience of Thanksgiving but it does seem to be somewhat fractious in some households.
Alien interference probably 😉🤣
One can never forget Orkney Fudge (Ice Cream)!
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
One can never forget Orkney Fudge (Ice Cream)!
It's very unusual - both for Orcadians and archaeologists. Suggests that it's exciting them but that there's some mystery or conflict of knowledge that needs to be resolved before putting opinions on the line. Presumably they feel they need to pre-empt speculation on why they're digging again.
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It's very unusual - both for Orcadians and archaeologists. Suggests that it's exciting them but that there's some mystery or conflict of knowledge that needs to be resolved before putting opinions on the line. Presumably they feel they need to pre-empt speculation on why they're digging again.
Orkney folk are delightful - gentle, friendly, incredibly hospitable, a lovely accent. You feel welcome wherever you go.
November 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Orkney folk are delightful - gentle, friendly, incredibly hospitable, a lovely accent. You feel welcome wherever you go.
Enzo Ferrari said it was the most beautiful car he'd ever seen. Can't top that.
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Enzo Ferrari said it was the most beautiful car he'd ever seen. Can't top that.
I used to print my own black and white photos. A friend of my then wife, whose husband was a photography buff, was visiting, and asked if one of mine was an Ansel Adams.
I didn't stop grinning for weeks.
I didn't stop grinning for weeks.
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I used to print my own black and white photos. A friend of my then wife, whose husband was a photography buff, was visiting, and asked if one of mine was an Ansel Adams.
I didn't stop grinning for weeks.
I didn't stop grinning for weeks.