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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As someone for whom skating (on inline skates in my case) has become a regular release in the last few years, I found this quite moving. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
theguardian.com
‘We skate on the rooftops of damaged buildings’: a day in the life of a skateboarder in Gaza
Rajab al-Reefi teaches children to skate to ‘bring some joy’, but finding boards and safe spaces is a daily challenge
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Credit to the art director. That is a fabulous album cover. (1970 reissue, apparently.)
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
#sign @stoneclub.bsky.social
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Scottish middle-distance runner Josh Kerr has broken a 27-year-old world record for the men's mile in London this afternoon 👏
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
More images of haze-filled skies in N American cities. DYK the impact of Canadian wildfires isn't restricted to that continent? A 2025 study found the climate-change fuelled fires of 2023 led to >22,000 deaths in Europe due to >exposure to pollutant particles www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/09/12/s...
canadianaffairs.news
Smoke from 2023 Canadian forest fires linked to thousands of deaths: study
In North America and Europe, an estimated 354 million people were exposed to high levels of air pollution, leading to 70,000 premature deaths
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The Robertson Trust @therobertsontrust.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
We are seeking two new Trustees📢 If you think your skills and experience can help us, and you share our commitment to build lasting solutions to poverty and trauma in #Scotland, we would love to hear from you. Applications close on the 3rd of August⤵️ www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/vacanci...
therobertsontrust.org.uk
Vacancies: We are seeking two new Trustees
We are now seeking two new Trustees to join our board. If you have the skills to help us, and you share our commitment to solving poverty and trauma challenges in Scotland, we would love to hear from ...
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Sobering to see in one chart how June temperature records have been broken this year in so many European countries www.ft.com/content/5f06...
June temperature records tumble across
Europe
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Instead of bending over backwards to try to help private investors profit from Scotland's natural capital, what if we use the government's ability to raise capital to get on with it through publicly-owned schemes which means we all benefit? www.futureeconomy.scot/posts/459-pr...
futureeconomy.scot
Private finance won’t fix Scotland’s nature crisis – only public investment can
Private investors aren’t funding new woodlands – we need public investment to step in instead.
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
... it will be worth it. youtu.be/Br1dzv1AwiU?...
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10 things to remember about surviving climate crisis by Kat Lyons, Bristol City Poet
YouTube video by Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Rare red warning. Risk to life. Stay out of the sun. Avoid unnecessary exposure. Picture editor: "Counterpoint: Run the fun-on-the-beach shots?" We won't improve heat coverage until we stop illustrating public health emergencies with beach photos. www.independent.co.uk/weather/heat...
independent.co.uk
UK heatwave live: Rare red weather warning issued as Britain braces for 40C heat
Britons have been warned to stay out of the sun and to avoid exercising between 11am and 3pm
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Hilltop Monuments @totheobelisk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Celebrating the solstice sunrise - on skates. Sighthill stone circle, Glasgow.
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Looks like good weather for tomorrow's #solstice.
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Ailsa Craig floating like a mirage above the sea, viewed from Whitelee windfarm this evening. Always amazes me how large this volcanic plug looks from here - it's 44 miles away!
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
ou can help shape the future of libraries in Scotland! The Scottish Library & Information Council are asking people to take this short survey, either online or in person at your local library. It only takes a few minutes! Scan the QR code below or go to: surveymonkey.com/r/SLICsurvey...
A poster with a QR code for the Your Library Your Say survey from the Scottish Library & Information Council
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
"Heatwaves are expected to exceed 40C in all parts of the UK by 2050... About nine in 10 UK homes are likely to overheat." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns
Landmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures forecast to exceed 40C by 2050
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
5am sunrise 🌅
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Sun up before 6 am, sun down after 8.30 pm. The next four months are the best of the year.
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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
We've seen a lot of divisive language and misinformation about people seeking safety lately. This is the reality of claiming asylum and being a refugee in Scotland 👇
Graphic explains that people seeking asylum receive very little money from the government. UK asylum system support covers £9.95 weekly in hotels or £49.18 in self-catered housing.An asylum seeker is someone who has asked for protection in the UK and is waiting for the Home Office to make a decision on their claim. 

A refugee is someone whose claim has been accepted because they have proven they’re at risk of serious harm in their home country. Less than 7,000 people are seeking asylum in Scotland. People seeking asylum do not get priority access to housing or healthcare. People seeking asylum do not live in luxury hotels, they live in cramped hotel rooms with strangers. Infographic explaining why most refugees stay in neighboring countries and the UK hosts less than 1% of the world’s refugees due to connections and language.
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GrantAdvisor UK @grantadvisoruk.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
❓ What can #grantseekers do on #GrantAdvisorUK? • Leave anonymous reviews for any UK #funder • See other fundraisers' experience of funders - with information on length of application and amount requested • Read funders' responses to reviews • Check out 600+ independent reviews 👉 buff.ly/3esmUuk
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About - Grant Advisor
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I'm a fan of (and subscriber to) @glasgowbell.bsky.social. It's notable how much of their excellent journalism is basically a result of simply having sufficient curiosity to run a search on Companies House. If only more of our media would #FollowTheMoney!
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Will humanity’s insatiable appetite for meat be met through technology or will it consume the planet? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘Humanity’s favourite food’: how to end the livestock industry but keep eating meat
Bruce Friedrich argues the only way to tackle the world’s insatiable but damaging craving for meat is like-for-like replacements like cultivated and plant-based meat
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
What a terrific book cover! #illustration
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The Robertson Trust @therobertsontrust.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
We are seeking community members to get involved with the leadership and decision making for our upcoming Advancing Racial Justice Fund. The closing date for applications is 9am, 12th January 2025⤵️ www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/news/communi...
therobertsontrust.org.uk
Community Co-production for our Advancing Racial Justice Fund
The Robertson Trust is seeking community members to get involved with the leadership and decision making for the upcoming Advancing Racial Justice Fund.
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Great to hear they'll be a brand new Screen Machine on the road from summer 2026. Pleased that Wm Grant Foundation was able to make a small contribution towards the cost. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Target reached to pay for a new Screen Machine mobile cinema
The cinema will serve Highlands and Islands and Argyll and Bute after a successful fundraising campaign.
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
More of this, please! www.barrheadnews.com/news/2563014...
barrheadnews.com
Salmon return to river for first time in 170 years
Salmon have returned to a river in Barrhead for the first time in 170 years.
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Freedom is just another name for “a gap in the law”.
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Given what we know about the emissions associated with beef production, we should be placing as much emphasis on transitioning to chicken burgers as we are to EVs!
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
"Despair’s cheerleaders offer the same message that institutions all around us do: that power resides in the few, at the top. Part of resistance must consist in refusing to believe them..." Another brilliantly motivating read from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/environment/...
newstatesman.com
Why climate despair is a luxury
Those facing flood and fire can’t afford to lose hope. Neither should we.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
A courteous but very impressive rebuke to Nigel Farage from the Bishop of Oxford. "I heard no compassion in what you said...". "I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities". Do read. blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...
blogs.oxford.anglican.org
An open letter to Nigel Farage - Bishop Steven's Blog
Bishop Steven writes an open letter in response to Nigel Farage MP's immigration policy which was launched in Oxford this week.
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
I feel this is a general principle that makes real change so hard to achieve. It's not so much getting the new stuff started, it's getting the old things stopped.
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Matthew Mckeague @memckeague.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
'It is being auctioned by Savills, which describes it as in need of modernisation..' > 'modernisation' is doing some heavy lifting there, as expected to cost up to £3m. Vital that someone with the experience & ability to raise that kind of cash is successful at auction. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Coalition formed to save A-listed brutalist Bernat Klein studio
The dilapidated studio of textile designer Bernat Klein in the Borders is being sold at auction.
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
If you, too, reside 'beyond the Tartan Curtain' you might be spitting out your porridge when you read about the author's account of moving to his 'Highland fastness' close by the 'low-key township' of Pitlochry... www.countrylife.co.uk/travel/whate...
countrylife.co.uk
‘Whatever do you do up there?’ enquire certain English infidels. The answer? ‘Lady, if ya gotta ask, ya’ll never know’: David Profumo's piece of heaven in Highland Perthshire
David Profumo on the joy and wonder of the Highlands.
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Fascinating bit of Southside Glasgow history. First woman to hold a helicopter licence? Commuting from Ayrshire to Cathcart by chopper... In the 1930s? It's all here ⬇️
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Maybe we could find ways of illustrating deadly weather events that put huge strain on public services, affect education, reduce productivity and endanger workers without images of ice creams, deckchairs and kids frolicking in fountains? www.climatevisuals.org/how-do-you-p...
climatevisuals.org
How do you photograph heat? - Climate Outreach
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
hottest day of the year
Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian, here's the script:

[SCENE: THERE ARE TWO TALKING COCKROACHES, THEY ARE BBC BREAKFAST PRESENTERS]
DAVE COCKROACH: Good morning!

It’s Wednesday May, 76,000,002,018  AD 
You’re watching BBC Breakfast with me, Dave Cockroach
SELINA COCKROACH: And me, Selina Cockroach

DAVE COCKROACH:  Well, today is set to be the hottest day ever recorded in Britain, as the sun swallows the Earth

SELINA COCKROACH: What a scorcher!

DAVE COCKROACH:   Here to tell us More is Matt who’s down in sunny Brighton. Hi Matt!

MATT COCKROACH [REPORTING FROM WHAT REMAINS OF BRIGHTON]:   Morning Dave! Well, the sea is long since evaporated down here…

But that hasn’t stopped every cockroach coming out to enjoy the glorious blood-red sun hovering ten feet above the ground.

Great news for Ian Cockroach here, who sells ice creams

How’s business Ian?

IAN COCKROACH. LEANING OUT OF AN ICE CREAM VAN: I’m on fire

[IAN COCKROACH CATCHES FIRE]

DAVE COCKROACH:  Ha ha! Oh dear I think Ian is -

[DAVE COCKROACH CATCHES ON FIRE]

[THE STUDIO IS ENGULFED IN FIRE]
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Latest edition of this annual report on UK grant-making. Loads of data to play with and some helpful analyses by contributors from different perspectives. Draws on data published on 360 Giving's platform AND additional research to create the most comprehensive & up to date picture we have.
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Had the privilege of visiting Drake Music Scotland yesterday, meeting staff & some of the artists they work with. Supported by Wm Grant Foundation through our Scottish Culture & Heritage strand. This lovely piece for digital harp & cello = a great way to start your day: youtu.be/Y3MCMPxlusc?...
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'Ocean of Stars' Whole Piece
YouTube video by Drake Music Scotland
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Had a couple of conversations this week about the distribution of renewable community benefit funds in Scotland. Here's a directory (with map). Info on each fund is variable but contains links to fund managers and reports where available: localenergy.scot/projects-ove...
localenergy.scot
Projects index · Local Energy Scotland
Learn about renewable energy projects in Scotland that are either community and locally owned, have community benefits or shared ownership.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
Magic Spad Theory, the Axis of Anecdotes and the Pyramid of Indifference. Why has it taken me so long to discover this Policy 101 note from Giles Wilkes? www.civilservant.org.uk/library/Wilk...
civilservant.org.uk
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Across the globe, a significant majority of people want their governments to take more action on climate change and for countries to work together to tackle it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?
Researchers find 89% of people around the world want more to be done, but mistakenly assume their peers do not
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
In a humanitarian crisis, give money, not stuff. laist.com/news/what-ha...
laist.com
What happened to all the clothing donated during the LA wildfires?
Due to the sheer volume and different needs of fire victims, a lot of it ended up either in landfills or being shipped abroad.
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Another one-take tour de force by the brilliant OK Go. youtu.be/gz9BRl7DVSM?...
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OK Go - Love (Official Video)
YouTube video by OK Go
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
“Er, my question is really in two parts…” From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Glasgow Building Preservation Trust @gbptrust.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
(1/3) ☀️We are hiring: Festival Manager Enthusiastic about events? Ready to make a mark on Glasgow's cultural heritage scene? Glasgow Doors Open Days wants YOU as our new Festival Manager!
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I'd been worrying about our heritage trees being felled by increasingly severe winter storms. But our heritage stones?! www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5194...
thecourier.co.uk
Angus winds topple one of Scotland’s most important Pictish relics
The centuries old Aberlemno cross slab, near Forfar, has been snapped at its base. It is considered by many to be one of Scotland's most significant Pictish stones.
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
In our team, we've been talking a lot recently about how to withdraw from long-term funding relationships responsibly, in a way that preserves legacy and doesn't harm the funded partner. Meanwhile... www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
theguardian.com
International aid groups axe thousands of jobs in wake of Trump funding freeze
Fears that cuts will ‘decimate’ ability to react to crises as sector loses expertise and skills at every level, report finds
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Welcome new grants programme offering modest but very useful multi-yr revenue grants for community facilities in Scotland serving people affected by poverty or trauma.
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
"You can’t have an economy without a society, and a society needs somewhere to live." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries
Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Some fine examples of frost flowers, aka feather frost, in my local woods this morning.
A stick on a woodland floor covered with fine white ice filaments resembling feathers.
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Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
2024: 30 years in Scotland, 20 years a parent, 10 years at William Grant Foundation, and - because it's good for old dogs to learn new tricks - 1 year of rollerskating. Best wishes for 2025 when it arrives!
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