*WE WANT YOUR VIEWS!* We’re looking at the purchase and development of the fields between the A9 and Braes of Balvonie (Milton of Leys, Inverness) Please complete our short survey, and forward it to anyone else you think might be interested. SCVO Digital surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3HP8QS3

Ok. Deep breath. I think we may look back on this as the first Great Information War. Except we're already 8 years in. The first Great Information War began in 2014. The invasion of Ukraine is the latest front. And the idea it doesn't already involve us is fiction, a lie. 1/

The bells peal..in peace and war... #Kyiv #UkraineRussiaWar

“We should always watch how politicians treat refugees, because that's how they would treat the rest of us if they thought they could get away with it” Neal Ascherson

𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞-𝗧𝗢-𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞: Tom Stoltman is your 2022 SBD World’s Strongest Man 🇬🇧

You have not been sued for libel. I have. There are many things I have wanted to say in the last 6 weeks of #DeppvHeard But I haven't. Because whatever I say will be used to attack not just me but others too. Because that's how libel works. That's the whole point of it. 1/

Around this time 34 years ago a huge explosion in the North Sea took the lives of 167 men. ❤️Join us in remembering those who died in the #PiperAlpha disaster and spare a thought for the survivors and all the families affected by the tragedy.

Fancy winning two First Class tickets to Inverness?🎉 To celebrate our partnership with the Highland Food and Drinks Trail, we're giving away 2 free tickets to one lucky person. Simply like and retweet this post to enter! T&C's: lner.co.uk/socialterms

Here's a 1-minute video showing--in the words of visualization hero Edward Tufte--the "compared to what" factor for today's amazing NASA Webb Telescope image. Thanks to the AAS WorldWide Telescope for making this possible, and A David Weigel. I only wish NASA and President Donald J. Trump had shown the image this way!

First they came for the parody accounts… and I was pretty shocked, because there are actual Nazis on this platform that should probably be dealt with first.

We got together last weekend to plant around 420 saplings on the scrub land behind Balvonie Street, already owned by residents. They were received from the WoodlandTrust after Rachel and Pete sent in a successful application through the #QueensGreenCanopy scheme The Queen's Green Canopy

We have some diminutive new recruits joining us for the festive season… ‘Elf and safety always comes first, so they’re being given their PPE and a site induction!

Hmmm. I just had a bizarre experience, involving a global news organisation and a trillion dollar corporation. (I got caught in the middle, so... owch.) It’s not the sort of experience the people involved usually talk about in public… so I think I’ll talk about it in public. 🧵

With there being snow on the ground on some parts of the North West it seems like the perfect time to announce our Winter Competition Runner Ups! 🎉 Sandy and Sean from Castlehill Primary School! Take some advice from Sandy & Sean and follow their slogan!

Not that anyone is likely to care, but I’m over on Threads now. Find me at the same username - Kim Thain

We owe it to them: all our female ancestors who were denied that democratic right. Patriarchal forces still attempt to hold us back by pushing apathy, telling us that “politicians are all the same”. They’re not - and you have the right to choose, to vote from the heart, for our

Great comment from Reddit about the truth behind the Imane Khelif situation

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