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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Oh, sorry, I thought I was being rational - in my mind, anyway. I won’t be using Bookshop anymore because of the reasons I’ve stated. Instead, I shall be doing what laziness has stopped me from doing and actually go into my local bookshop and buy/order from them directly
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
But Spotify will be taking a cut from this as well - they won’t be doing this for altruistic reasons. And then one day Bookshop will be absorbed into Spotify, as always seems to happen with these collaborations.
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Spotify’s business model is to effectively steal artists work - either not pay them at all or pay them a pittance. There’s also Ek’s investments in AI drone warfare, and Spotify’s embracing of AI. What could go wrong?
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Weird
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
"I've worn out six pairs of boots using mine, and I'm still on Jeffrey Archer." 🤣
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The implication here being that Bookshop.org will stop paying bookshops.
bookshop.org
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Lana Del Rabies - Reign deathbombarc.bandcamp.com/track/reign
deathbombarc.bandcamp.com
Reign, by Lana Del Rabies
from the album Shadow World
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Phew!
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I drank a jar of coffee And then I took some of these #FallFriday youtu.be/wpWVk3h2SA8
youtu.be
The Fall - Totally Wired (Live in New York, June 1981)
YouTube video by Cherry Red Records
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
What? It’s only just February!
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Or just entitled
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Just like Jimmy Savile
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I used to play this to my grandson when he was wee and we’d both look at each other and go ‘in the bath’ at the appropriate time at the same time 🤣
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Have a nice day at the Mull of Kintyre
Some pebbles painted with flowers and seascapes next to a painted stone saying ‘Please take a stone. Have a nice day at the M.O.K.’
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The base was a hodgepodge of buildings. You can see here, to the right of the new, blue building, the old ops tower and the old main building in the process of being demolished.
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Even after all this time it still makes my spine tingle
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
It’s a massive statement - ‘This is us, we are here’
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Rat’s opening salvo 👌
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Then they have the weatherman on He used to teach all our friends He talked a lot of wind He talks a lot about wind #FallFriday youtu.be/oHlT38XZzO8
youtu.be
The Fall - A Lot Of Wind (Live 1991 MTV 120 Minutes)
YouTube video by magus26
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
“.. a place where there is always someone to have a pint with who isn’t a wanker.”
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
theguardian.com
‘Fascists threatened us but we always took them on’: the anarchic Bradford club still fighting after 45 years
A new book and podcast tell the story of a 1 in 12, a venue that used community and artistic passion as bulwarks against poverty and grim politics. Its founders and key acts recall gigs, plays and pra...
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I thought it was something to do with @nightingalesuk.bsky.social
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Oof. That’s some interpretation!
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Can confirm that this is definitely worth applying for.
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The same day as Rabbie Burns. Coincidence?..
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Classic
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Kidnapped from the Antarctic
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Museum, An Gearasdan
Red light shining on a porticoed door, with the word ‘museum’ just below the pediment
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
@effinbirds.com No words
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Steptoe & Son. Now they’re a blast from the past! I hadn’t realised they were available to listen to (now subscribed). Thank you
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I binge listened to these recently, against Mark’s advice. Absolutely hilarious. A bit like Still Game, there are so many episodes, they can be revisited and still be funny
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Indeed
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Pied wagtails often nest in there but unfortunately the pine martens sometimes get them if they are too accessible
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
A couple of years ago, whilst this was all going on, one swallow dive bombed me and crapped at the very last second, hitting me on the face. It stung 🤣
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I feel quite honoured. When the swallow chicks fledge, other adults come in to help chaperone them. I had at least a dozen in there one time, all flying about in there. I just stand and watch, it’s amazing to see.
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Too many people cower to criminals And that government pap When all it takes is hard slap #FallFriday youtu.be/BloBqZ4bJBI
youtu.be
The NWRA (Live at Tut's Chicago)
YouTube video by The Fall - Topic
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
My workshop has open areas at the eaves. Barn owls roost in there at night, shitting onto my tool boxes so I’ve put a piece of ply over to deflect it. Swallows build nests on the rafters so I put ply scraps underneath to protect work. Currently there are 2 wrens roosting in one of these empty nests.
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Versus rector
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
👌
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
No, but I’ve read Roald Dahl’s ‘The Twits’
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Let’s hope he’s in the Dignitas waiting room
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Why wouldn’t you? 🤷‍♂️
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Stumpy the Stag.
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Thanks for the reminder. It’s far too long since I last listened to this album
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Yes, the red is more visible than the green
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Tonight’s Aurora from Argyll.
Aurora green and red night sky
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Praising Trump and praising Prince Andrew. I wonder if there’s a connection 🤔
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Peace off prize
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
I can’t find much information about them online - only the two you mention (Dennistoun and Calvay) along with the Govan one. This site seems to think there were nine milestones mccreathfamily.scot/places/glasg...
mccreathfamily.scot
The Govan Milestone, G51. – A McCreath Miscellany
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Barbrecksimon @barbrecksimon.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Are the other milestones still in existence? And do you know where they are?
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