This is Waffles direct adoption link… bordertailsrescue.org/adopt?fbclid=P…

Today started with more antibiotics because any small cut now leads to infection that could turn into sepsis or cellulitis AND a mad squirrel dashing through the house pursued by two VERY excited dogs. Squirrel 1: Dogs 0

Happy birthday to actor James Cosmo who was born on this day in 1948 in Clydebank. Everyone's favourite Scottish da actor 😄 Can you guess the films/TV shows shown here?

5 times a year? 🧐

No context but kid is shrieking abuse at policeman who tries to disengage and walks away. Returns w hands in pockets to look relaxed and not threatening. Kid takes photo of his badge then gets phone in his face. Honestly, how’s the shouty one not in the back of the car?

Once upon a time, 1963ish, Ladybird embarked on a grand new project: the ‘Peter and Jane’ reading scheme. Artist Harry Wingfield illustrated the first books. Amazingly, the girl who posed for those first books got in touch with me. Here she is: meet Jackie Stanley (aka Jane)

Having a flare up and not being able to walk has highlighted just how badly my excess weight is affecting me. But the only thing distracting me (this hellmouth doesn’t count) when I want walk or paint is… food 😬 More of a whinge than cry for help to be honest 😔

1. With staff? From where? 2. Who is screening to exclude physical causes first? 3. Where do these patients go if they need admitted? 4. Who will manage challenges from having a huge range of MH crises patients in one area - security? Puppies? Really??

I’ve spent two decades studying how brains age. And I’ve never seen anything quite like this. In normal aging, some neurons die—but it’s gradual, region-specific, and the brain compensates remarkably well. Most of what we see is driven by loss of synaptic connections, not

Christ is Ascended! From Earth to Heaven! Blessed Feast!

What’s wild is that the lee are people who admire these countries approach to health, diet etc but literally blank out the social responsibility and impact of mask wearing if you have a cold. It’s so, so weird to see the cognitive dissonance in otherwise intelligent adults.

The way the NHS in Scotland survives on vapours and staff who are burning out is no surprise when we have such deeply unserious people running it with one arm tied behind their back. They haven’t noticed though because the short money & their pension keeps them happy.

I'm seething. How much of our tax-payers' money has gone in payouts to wealthy shareholders? We're supporting a hidden welfare state for the rich as the UK Govt slashes to pieces welfare support for people in need. Profiting from misery & destitution 😡 theguardian.com/society/2025/m…

Terrible news from my ‘spiritual home’ - St Catherine’s monastery, the longest surviving continuously ‘live’ monastery has finally been seized by the Egyptian state, the monks to be evicted and turned into a tourist trap… en.protothema.gr/2025/05/29/sai…

Woman of the Day Dr Mona Chalmers Watson, born OTD in 1872 in India, the first woman to graduate from the University of Edinburgh with a medical degree - she delayed her wedding so she could sign the register with MD after her name - and Chief Controller of the Women's Army

People have been making rock and gravel tracks in the Highlands since the 1720s. In those 300 years we have learned exactly what lasts and what doesn't. But we appear not to care or know or something. parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/05/30/for…

“One of our very good friends – he now does not have the emotional courage to hang up a sheet to collect moths at night. It is too devastating to see how few there are.” On climate change and a shifting world: for insects, for birds, for bats, for us. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Dear journalist; lobbyists are not reliable sources You’re all checking in on the Common Weal website every morning, right? Every day we take a key item in the news which is doom and gloom and we do some quick research and draw on our existing policy w… ift.tt/GheYsf8

34 years? How is that even possible 😭