Key statement from the Scottish Land Commission on @HighlandsRewild having to sell off land to repay its loan to UK Infrastructure Bank. Note the Commission’s recognition of goodwill that is in place, owing to the community MOU agreement with Tayvallich Initiative. May that be to the aid of all parties.

Alastair McIntosh TAYi NatureScot And even if we fail, God forbid, half the Tayvallich estate is now locked into community centricity within nature recovery, essentially forever. scotsman.com/news/environme… Thanks to the Barrahormid Trust, Tayvallich Initiative and Highlands Rewilding. How cool is that?

"The situation underscores the need for public land owners to be able to move quickly to acquire land temporarily where there is strong community interest but the pace of sales poses a challenge" Thought Crown Estate Scot had a pilot project for this ongoing?

Very many interesting books coming out of Scotland at the moment Norman Bissell Alastair McIntosh Luke Devlin Ullrich Kockel

Julia raises an issue here that, as a writer on activism (alastairmcintosh.com/ridersonthesto… or alastairmcintosh.com/spiritualactiv…) deeply vexes me. I’ve felt that 9/11 was a turning point. The old ways no longer work with the same effect. We must be deeper and more creative. Follow her thread down.

There is a form of truth here that is not rational but spiritual. At a rational level, such a statement is bonkers. But to the poet in us, such imagery can be a shaft of sunlight that illuminates an inner reality that quickens (as in “the living quick”) the deadness of the world.

Reviews: Climate change, democracy, thriving, society, ethics, insurrection and sport ekklesia.co.uk/2024/09/05/rev… via Ekklesia Alastair McIntosh Lesley Riddoch

I have called for that MANY times. 👍

The community in Tayvallich was concerned to hear of the proposed sales with a quick timeframe. Tayvallich Initiative is looking at options from the community perspective and will convene a community meeting to discuss. 1/2

2/2 Rural Housing Burdens are key for future community prosperity because the burden reactivates generation after generation, and Highlands Rewilding have committed to applying these in any sale. Great that the first RHBs in the Tayvallich area will be created.

Dear America: Please pay attention.

This is what made science Twitter magic. So many different academicians from disparate fields interacting and sharing in the same space. At its peak, science Twitter was phenomenal. Then Musk came along… and I’ll never forgive him for the damage he did to our community.

Copies of my new book arrived. The cover photo shows one of Calvin's pseudonymous signatures, Charles Despeville (thanks to Max Engammare for use of his photo).  The book is dedicated to the wonderful students and faculty of Bristol University RETH dept. global.oup.com/academic/produ…

A new era for us with the opening of wonderful new Govan-Partick bridge. Our home Pearce Institute in the middle of picture (white turret behind trees). Watch this space for news of our future events, courses and happenings in Govan- now more accessible by active travel 🚴 👩‍🦽🚶🏽

BREAKING: It's now got even harder to uncover who owns land in England & Wales. The Land Registry is more than *doubling* the cost of looking up who owns a parcel of land - meaning it would cost £168 MILLION to find out who owns England & Wales. 1/ gov.uk/government/new…

Freud comes some way to understand why letting go of Trump, for so many, is so difficult. It has less to do with policy than it does with the emotional investment sunk into the idea of him (not actually him). Below read “libidinal position” as “emotional investment.” A 🧵 1/7

Seen this 1st hand: “They won’t picket outside your home or workplace; they don’t write to you seeking resolution, clarification or comment; they use their minor but prominent positions as cultural nodes to drop … the occasional proverbial hand grenade on your … honest living.”

I couldn’t believe that this rapaciously lewd misogynistic post from Elon Musk to Taylor Swift (who has endorsed Kamala Harris, and not Donald Trump) was genuine. But here it is in situ - x.com/elonmusk/statu… - pumped out to all of alpha Musk’s 197 million followers.

The removal of the #InshoreLimit had a profound impact on our inshore seas & the coastal communities built on sustainable, low-impact fishing 📹 Alastair McIntosh filmed by Katerina Barvirova #CoastalTestimonies Take action 👉 bit.ly/inshorelimit Learn more 👉 bit.ly/coastal_testim…

🚨Big news: For The National I've edited a series of essays to mark 10 years since the independence referendum! Contributors include What Scotland Thinks, Alison Phipps አሊሰን 🧡🕊️, Lesley Riddoch, Aileen McHarg @[email protected], Jonathon Shafi and many more. Pre-order now at the-national-shop.myshopify.com/products/the-n…