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@bellevedere.bsky.social
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Mountains, Wildflowers, Climbing, Cycling, Worker Coops, Green. Highlands of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
the caption that tells you everything you need to know
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Jose Been @josebeentv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We have a mascotte!!
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Cyclingnews @cyclingnews.com · 12/10/2026
'It's become a situation where it might be hard for me to get anything for next year' – James Knox fears for his career after Il Lombardia www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...
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SG @bellevedere.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Cross is Back! Perfect day yesterday- out on the hill all day - then come home and catch up on the CX - then a lie in this morning.
A still loch surrounded by hills which are reflected. A rainbow on the hill
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is so awful. There's no mention of what exactly happened in the article, but there are some posts from friends on Instagram describing it as a "collision" with a truck.
cyclingnews.com
Young USCX champion Tofik Beshir in ICU at Tennessee hospital
GoFundMe campaign started for college student who 'is not conscious yet'
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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cyclingbottle.bsky.social @cyclingbottle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Such a beautiful message by Lucinda Brand. Loyalty over opportunity ♥️ Very glad to see people with such a personality. Who don't forget about who supported them during highs & lows. Lucinda Brand is one of these rare diamonds 💎 #cycling
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Cyclingnews @cyclingnews.com · 09/10/2026
Lucinda Brand ready for 'exciting new chapter' on the road as she announces Lidl-Trek departure in wake of Luca Guercilena's exit www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...
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Highland Cycle Campaign @highlandcyclists.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Checking out Invernesses newest cycle infra... It's good but... highlandcyclecampaign.org/raigmore-int...
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Raigmore Interchange Improvements - Highland Cycle Campaign
We look at the improvements to the Raigmore Interchange in Inverness.
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Ben Dolphin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❄️⛰🌲 @countrysideben.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's a shame we don't have more aspen though. Just imagine what it would look like in autumn if there was more of this!
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Cycling Weekly @cyclingweekly.com · 06/10/2026
Cyclo-cross could be cycling’s Parkrun – or at least its best chance of getting people racing bikes www.cyclingweekly.com/news/cyclo-c...
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Cyclo-cross could be cycling’s Parkrun – or at least its best chance of getting people racing bikes
The barriers to entry are higher than running, but if you’ve got a gravel bike, you’re in
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SG @bellevedere.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Been updating the Raigmore interchange (inverness) to reflect the new active travel improvements . 🚲🚶🛴👩‍🦼 No more run and hope - we have controlled crossings! 🚦 @highlandcyclists.bsky.social
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SG @bellevedere.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Seems like throwing renters under the bus - because we know who's gonna end up in the shit housing which costs a ton to heat. And will the landlords be passing on that £50k saving with reduced rent?
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 02/10/2026
Great way to demonstrate the club isn't state owned and is a totally independent business, honest.
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Stiles @lakesstiles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Brown How / Lingmoor summit stilin' with views to Crinkle Crags and Bowfell.
Simple wooden step stile over wooden fence, with hill top and cairn to the right. There are bigger hills beyond and a sky of scattered small cumulus
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Zak Bond @zakbond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On the same day diesel hit £2 a litre for the first time, we took 50+ cargo bikes onto the streets of London for the seventh Cargo Bike Cruise. While diesel vans are getting more expensive to run, cargo bikes are becoming a practical and cheaper option for more and more businesses.
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Highland Cycle Campaign @highlandcyclists.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We need your help! 🚲💡 Help us pull together our response to the Highland Council’s call for ideas for the HLDP. highlandcyclecampaign.org/call-for-ide...
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Call for Ideas - We need your Input! - Highland Cycle Campaign
We need your input! Help us submit a response to the call for ideas for the Highland Local Development Plan (HLDP).
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 01/10/2026
This year we secured a £2 bus fare cap in the Highlands and Islands. That's now been extended to Strathclyde region. But the Government says it could take up to 5 years to get to the rest of Scotland. England will reduce their cap to £2 in January. Scotland shouldn't have to wait.
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Tim Bonville-Ginn @timbonvilleginn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is apparently also available in the UK 🇬🇧!
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SG @bellevedere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The nicest thing about coming back from 2 weeks cycle touring? Slipping into some cotton pants (both the uk and the us kind).
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 28/09/2026
Great moments in Scottish physics history: James Clerk Maxwell has the lads around to show off his new Ooni tabletop pizza oven and gets ready to slice and serve which is great cos Peter Guthrie Tait is starving
James Clerk Maxwell statue in Edinburgh. In how hand is his colour wheel, which looks rather like a pizza cutter
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SG @bellevedere.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Having just returned from touring there - can confirm that its great cycling country
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cyclingbottle.bsky.social @cyclingbottle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🇧🇪 Belgium is already a small country, but did you know that their whole women's squad comes from just one province? Full story in the comments 👇 #cycling #Montreal2026
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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What Cities Lose When They Remove or Stop Building Bike Lanes. momentummag.com/ontarios-bik...
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today is #HobbitDay because Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were both born on September 22nd. Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves. Anyway it's a good day to come and boromir #Tolkien books. 📚
A shelf of books by JRR Tolkien
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Jose Been @josebeentv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
World Championships, time trial junior women 🥇Maria Okrucińska (Poland) 🥈Yana Decruyenaere (Belgium) 🥉Aalia Clay (Great Britain)
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SG @bellevedere.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For my birthday Ill probably just have a nice meal 🙃
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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit. Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil. 1🧵 #PlaymobilÖtzi #PlaymobilInfestation
Playmobil figure kitted out as prehistoric iceman Ötzi.
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Alistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026
More bikes than cars recorded on Leith Walk at rush hour for the first time! On Victoria Road in Glasgow, which hit that milestone a year ago, the number of bikes has surged by another 40%. Scotland is gradually entering the 21st century 🙂 cycling.scot/news/scotlan...
cycling.scot
Scotland’s bike lane networks break new records
More bikes than cars on Leith Walk, and record cycling on routes across Glasgow and Edinburgh. Explore the latest data from Cycling Scotland traffic surveys and cycle counter analysis.
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 09/09/2026
Also, why is this basically written up as "quirky crowd make an embarrassing mistake" and not "violent racists form mob because Asian people use hotel"?
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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 08/09/2026
🚨 THIS IS BAD! 🚨 Palantir’s stated goal is to disrupt democracy by getting control of the systems in the name of technofascism. Their MO is wedging people into positions of power then shoehorning themselves into critical infrastructure. Now they control the grid. www.ft.com/content/f6a2...
ft.com
Britain’s grid operator gave Palantir contract without inviting rival bids
Neso cited a legal exemption that removes the requirement to consider other suppliers if dependencies leave no alternative
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SG @bellevedere.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Some flying friends hanging out together by Loch Ossian
A butterfly and a dragonfly on a log
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026
As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
‘Honest Bob’ Jenrick says he wants to “abolish” Natural England, and at the very least stop funding it, in the first 100 days of a putative Reform government. Reform may appear to be on the rocks currently but their plans are terrifying, mad & must be stopped. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Jenrick: “Even if you can’t abolish, I don’t know, Natural England within the first 100 days, you can stop funding it, you can turn the tap off and the tap will be turned off a lot of these quangos, and that will drive savings.”
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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In the 90s we didn't have social media. We rode our bikes outside. We listened to cassette tapes. We hung out at the bus stop. We ate cassette tapes at the bus stop. We rode to the bus stop on a cassette tape and listened to bicycles. Dont like it? Neither did I
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Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Shaggy Mountain avens seed heads. #wildflowerhour
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Jack @kuuga.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
the fantasy that crashes are caused by Bad Drivers who lose control over their vehicles, rather than by average drivers behind the wheel of too-fast vehicles who physically cannot react in time to a sudden change of circumstance, new obstacle, or erratic behavior from others.
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SG @bellevedere.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Nobody wants to listen to your stupid fucking car alright! Stop trying to make us.
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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Road safety is a social justice issue. “The number of children killed or injured crossing roads is almost five times higher in England’s most deprived areas than its wealthiest” … and the gap is widening.
theguardian.com
Child pedestrian casualties are almost five times higher in England’s worst-off areas
Official figures expose widening gap in road deaths and injuries between poor and wealthy postcodes
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Highland Cycle Campaign @highlandcyclists.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Our September meeting is on Wednesday 2nd September, 7pm @ the bike shed in Inverness. All Welcome. (if you'd like to attend remotely DM us for the link)
Poster for the Highland Cycle Campaign.  Text reads: Public Meeting - Wed 2nd September - 7pm @ The Bike Shed.
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SG @bellevedere.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Great to see the womens Tour of Britain in Cumbria - the coast has some great (quiet!) riding. Oh and Allonby has a great icecream shop. #TourofBritain
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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Walls may not seem the most hospitable of environments but the plants that can survive there can be surprising! See if you can find any flowering #WallPlants for this week’s challenge & share your pics for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm!
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Ulez has delivered remarkable public health gains in a short period. Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
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Second Great Bisexual Awakening @suesswassersee.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
My campaign promise is that every time a biker or pedestrian gets hit by a car, a bollard is placed there. Streets are impassable now? Oh no, i guess the drivers should have been more careful 🤷‍♀️
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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 18/08/2026
No matter our individual budget or accessibility needs, there are more ways than ever to divest from Amazon! And we are proud to be one of them ☺️
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The idea of AI “hallucinating” is one I wish I’d had!
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SG @bellevedere.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A little 🐌 for #WildflowerHour
A tiny snail making its way ip tje stalk of a plant
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/08/2026
British cyclist Finlay Tarling, 19, dies in Volta a Portugal accident
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British cyclist Finlay Tarling, 19, dies in Volta a Portugal accident
* Teenager involved in ‘serious accident’ in Portugal * Rider’s NSN Development Team ‘heartbroken’ The British cyclist Finlay Tarling, a 19-year-old rider for the NSN Development Team, has died in a crash during the eighth stage of the Tour of Portugal. Organisers said in a statement on social media that Tarling died following a “serious accident”. Portuguese broadcaster RTP, which was televising the race, reported that Tarling was involved in a collision with a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction and not connected to the event. Continue reading...
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walkhighlands @walkhighlands.co.uk · 12/08/2026
Walkers are being asked to unite to challenge attempts to close Glen Lyon hills this autumn. @ramblersscotland.bsky.social has today launched a petition to challenge a Perthshire estate’s controversial 2-month ban on accessing 4 popular Munros in Glen Lyon. www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/new-pet...
walkhighlands.co.uk
New petition to fight walking ban at 4 popular Munros
Walkers are being asked to unite to challenge attempts to close Glen Lyon hills this autumn. Ramblers Scotland has today launched a petition to challenge a Perthshire estate's controversial 2-month ba...
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