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  Silly targets One of my little obsessions has been completing the Apple Watch targets every month very month. This month it was 27 runs of 15k+ (approx) in 31 days. Lost one to a bad cold, but we (dug and I) made it in 28. Very silly, but honestly targets like this have helped us get through a tricky time. Roll on November. #running #ScottishBorders #PointlessChallenges

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  @nelbeu You never post or comment on anything?

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  This lad is a regular visitor to the feeders by the office. Lovely subtle colouring that stands out in the sun (brief though it was today). He taps on the window for attention. #BirdsOfMastodon #ScottishBorders

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  Is that a trick question? The dug confronted by three treats before a long drive. Note he has already stashed some balls for the destination. #BorderCollie #DogsOfMastodon

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  Employee of the month time in the Kremlin As with many of Morland’s cartoons it is worth looking at some of the smaller details. The tatoo on Trump's arse in the June ‘employee of the month' for example #Cartoon #MortenMorland #Putin #Trump #Musk #Ukraine #USA

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  I wonder whether Westminster and Whitehall will ever realise or at least be prepared to recognise) that they are being made to look like fools? (Or Fules c/o A. Molewsworth) https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/14/sally-rooney-says-she-can-no-longer-sell-books-in-the-uk-because-of-palestine-action-support #PalestineAction #Rooney #Labour #UkPol #Mahmoud #Foolish

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  Farage has accused Burnham of being a lier regarding Russian interference in UK politics. Peter Jukes summarises much of the evidence here. Leaving that aside, foreign ‘interference’ form the likes of Palantir are being embedded in politics and political decision making in the UK. I wonder whether Burnham might be assumed of roofing a smokescreen over that given the way politicians in Westminster are deep in cahoots with foreign governments? https://bylinetimes.com/2026/10/12/a-clear-answer-rus...

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  Stonehenge in the early morning mist Photographer Nick Bull #StandingStoneSunday #Stonehenge #England

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  Banning journalists from reporting on parties in the UK seeking election seems to be all the rage - Reform, now the Tories. When will Labour catch up? https://bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/kemi-badenochs-conservatives-ban-byline-times-from-conference-after-condemning-reform-for-journalist-ban/ #Journalism #Tories #Ban #BylineTimes #UK #Media #PressFreedom

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  The headline writer is trying… I remember hearing a ditty about Henry VIII wives (to help kids remember their fates and the order - bizarre as it was, he was never a Scottish King) ‘divorced, beheaded, died, dibbled beheaded survived’ . I am sure that collectively a similar rhyme can be constructed to ‘remember’ the last 6 PMs or Reform’s crooks. Entries welcome. #Reform #Crooks #Unfortunate #Carelessness #Wilde #UKPol

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  Oh the irony I am sure that they will blame ‘Deep State’ sabotage for this, but at least it went down at its mooring rather than relying on rescue from, say the RNLI… The very organisation being threatened by these sub moronic terrorists. Frankly given their competence it is best that they are not allowed out on the water. #Tommo #PatrioticPlatform #UK #Terrorism #Thugs #RNLI #AltTxt

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  Lunchtime run and animal encounters First #trail #run for a couple of weeks. We are going to do the Pentlands ’Skyline’ (old route) tomorrow. All well if not fast alongside the Teviot and then back on the old railway. #Sheep have been moved onto the old railway, but they know Chai and just watched as we passed. On the way back we passed two Pointers who normally bark. The gate was open, what to do? Sensibly they moved behind the fence and a barking contest was held. #DogsOfMastodon #BorderCollie

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  The increasing Americanisation of British politics If you think it is a bad idea then please write to your MP and threaten (and mean it) to vote for a party that will correct this corruption of British politics. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/19/uk-politics-increasingly-funded-by-billionaires-as-mega-donations-surge #UkPol #Corruption #Labour #Reform #Conserevatives #LibDems #ForSale

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  Scotland imposes mandatory environmental assessments on new datacentres The next issue will be making sure those assessments are themselves considered in the context of water, power and the general environment. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/16/datacentres-scotland-environmental-assessments-ai-boom #AI #DataCentre #SlopSheds #IT #Scotland Environment #Water #Power #Waste

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  A little cheery news for this wet Tuesday morning. Whether it be War and Peace or The Very Hungry Caterpillar, according to a study from the University of Cambridge, regardless of “what or how we read”, sitting down with a book is linked to improved health and problem solving. Benefits include lowering stress and reducing the risk of dementia, and span all types of reading, from comic books to classic novels or hefty non-fiction tomes. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-me...

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  NIce aspirations, will anyone do anything? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/30/europe-burning-trump-war-climate-sanctions-white-house #ClimateChange #Environment #Action #RoadToRuin

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  Downing Street Brutality Larry The Cat attempts to disable a police sniffer dog’s essential equipment. The dog probably told him a bad joke about revolving PMs. #CatsOfMastodon #Umbrage #DowningStreet

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  Will the English government ever learn or is Blairism deep in their souls? Private Equity and the NHS. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/27/nhs-patients-records-us-private-equity-firm-optum-uk-tpg #PrivateEquity #NHS #England #Health #Security #Privacy #Exploitation #ProfitTaking #ShortSighted #NoLessonsLearnt

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  RIP Mu Hit by a ‘driver’, he has been buried to the sound of pipes and with a small libation. (1/4)

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  New posters are going up in London - love them. edit - a variant shows a different image as you move #Met #GlassHoles #Consent #Epstein

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  So what happens next? - will the lawsuit be dropped? - will ‘national security’ mean that the records suddenly become unavailable? - will everything go quiet on the Trump front while he hopes it all goes away? - will the judge be seized by ICE and deported? After all she doesn't sound like an Amercian from Florida. #Trump #BBC #Lawsuit #TACO #USA

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  Hmm. We have seen how that works in the past. An incoming Tory (or even Nu Labour) government effectively gift the share (which BTW will be not generating any revenue). Screw Thames Water and the shareholders who have expatriated vast sums and nationalise the bastards. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/21/thames-water-investors-golden-share-nationalisation-andy-burnham #ThamesWater #Water #UkPol #Pollution #Cost #Grift #RipOff

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  Mistakes 1. Coming down from the trees 2. Language 3. Mass communications 4. The internet Humanity, who would have it? 🤔 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/jul/21/764-network-gamification-of-harm-the-com-cybercrime-ntwnfb Edit. And then I saw this. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/20/dollar-tree-sexual-assault-gooner #SocialMedia #Harm

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  A strange headline. None of this is 'weird’. Some of it might not scale (especially the human element) but weird? Does the Gruaniad employ anyone with even a knowledge of science and engineering (I’m not asking for a degree)? Clearly in its references this has been written from their ‘business column’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/19/molten-salt-human-sweat-weird-batteries-store-renewable-energy #renewables #storage #electricity

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  Using a ‘chatbot’ to advise you on voting clearly indicates you should never have been given a vote in the first place https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/21/election-voting-advice-ai-chatbots-inaccurate-unreliable-hungary #AI #Voting #Politics #IqTest

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  Your don’t even need to speak ill of the dead. A gamble that misfired 🤣 Sergio Furnari, hoped the statue of the deceased far-right activist, which he intends to display in Times Square, would raise “millions” of dollars. Instead, he said he has been inundated by messages from people saying they intend to urinate on the sculpture. See also the golden statue of Trump - the (piss) artiste is apparently still waiting to be paid. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/20/sculptor-charlie-kir...

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  Do you have your DotScot domain yet? https://bylines.scot/news/economics/business/scotland-and-its-internet-identity/ #DotScot #Domain #UseItOrLoseIt

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  Bringing the Polis into disrepute https://www.thenational.scot/news/26290837.scottish-pro-palestine-activist-arrested-for-reading-poem/ A Scottish pro-Palestine activist is facing charges for “threatening and abusive behaviour” after reading a poem about children killed by Israel. Ironically one written by Michael Rosen. I wonder whether they will be a seeking a warrant for his arrest as well. I really thought we were being a little more sensible in Scotland. #Policing #Scotland #FreeSpeech...

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  Silent Sunday Returning from a run over the Lowther #SilentSunday #Lowther Cumbria

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  Grift normalised. A short piece in the effect that crypto currencies may have on a (relatively) stable system. It has many many faults, but this is not a solution, merely one strategy to steal more. See Trump’s meme coins amongst many other manifestations. He and his family walked away with billions of dollars of suckers money and man of them don't even realise. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/18/trump-crypto-us-economy #Crypto #CryptoCurrency #DisasterWaitingToHappen #Theft...