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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 6h

A couple of fantastic old oaks keeping us company at the @ramblers.org.uk staff gathering at Roehampton Uni

Tree canopy from below green leaves, blue sky and sunshine

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 23h

How bad is the AI slop on LinkedIn? Well, they implemented a reporting tool that says 'looks like AI slop'

Picture of a post by county grifter James Watt with a menu that include the text mentioned

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Lunch & a wander in East Lothian on Sunday

A high-angle, wide shot captures Canty Bay, a sandy, crescent-shaped beach meeting the calm, dark blue waters of the ocean under a cloudy sky.

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I used to work on international death penalty cases, including in the US. I've read thick policy reports, philosophical treaties & gruesome case studies that all highlight why it's ineffective, unjust & harmful. Save yourself the trouble & watch Kieslowski's A Short Film About Killing instead

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

When out for a local wander, always be sure to pop by the tomb of your local apothecary

Faded inscription with a skull and cross bones on a plaque mounted on a wall

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The sun is out. Go for a walk somewhere green. Touch a tree.

A man's hand with a silver wedding band resting against a textured tree trunk.

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Want an unscented moisturiser to use after shaving rather than splashing your face with a stinky alcohol concoction? That's clearly going trigger masculine insecurity, so you'll need...

'Bulldog Skincare' Original Moisturiser in a white tube.

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The year at the @welcomingedinburgh.bsky.social - 1,322 English learners, 7,200kg of food supplied, 117 households getting home energy advice, 321 people getting employability training & 227 friendship sessions. In all, 2,601 service users from over 100+ nationalities

An indoor presentation event taking place in a hall with an audience.

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@saveourwildcats.bsky.social celebrates landmark 50 Scottish wildcat releases www.savingwildcats.org.uk/news-events/...

A grid of 50 small, individual photos of wildcats in various natural, outdoor environments.

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thanks to whoever recommended the 'What to carry, what to burn' podcast. The first episodes manage to turn most exploration/adventure stories on their head, simply having two women tell the true story of third, Ada Blackjack of the Iñupiat. www.whattocarrypod.com

The slate-blue interface shows the podcast cover art—a silhouetted hand holding a small flame—alongside text detailing "Ep 1: The Friendly Arctic," the release date "12 May 2026," and the series name.

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Irish, banjo playing, night-lover - if he'd started playing Rocky Road to Dublin we'd have been done but luckily Joshua Burnside stuck to his own tunes, rather brilliantly

A male guitarist, and a banjo play & female cellist playing on stage in front of a red curtain

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I can't help feeling that if science met 'wellness' there'd be stern words, if not actual fisticuffs

Sign in Wellness shop saying 'wellness meets science'

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Have a day of TOIL, so off to Cammo Estate to practice navigation for @mtn-trng-scotland.bsky.social Lowland Leader - not my strongest point but I have help

Small calico cat hiding under a OS map on a beige carpet

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Nothing more quintessentially English than the dignity that comes with being a good loser and not whining about things that didn't go your way for the next 1,000 years

Ridiculous whiny tweet about the battle of Hastings from John Redwood

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A view with something for everyone - an old church playing with a modern streetlight. Refuse collection & traffic cones battle for the title of most orangeist when the lorry lights come on. A bit of blue sky for anyone insisting on looking on the bright side.

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Loving the Bayeux tapestry as a celebration of our common history with the French - fuckers shot me in the eye

King Harold getting shot in the fucking eye

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Highly rated by who? The Enoch Powell cosplay society?

Bat shit post by the Spectator suggesting Katie Lam MP 'highly-rated'

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I mean, I tried to cut it some slack given its age and the fact that it was the first to do many things now regarded as routine but, yeah, this was just an incredibly mediocre, cheesy & unscary viewing experience

Still of Max Von Sydow standing under a lampost (a famous still from The Exorcist)

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Amazing to have our friends at Black Scottish Adventurers celebrate their work with @ramblersscotland.bsky.social like this

Instagram post with photo of a large diverse group of people celebrating in front of a loch with text that talks about working with Ramblers Scotland to increase the skills and confidence of their members to lead walks

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A little local pootle in the Pentlands on Sunday

Elevated view of city suburbs and hill with sea behind

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Loved the world premiere last night in Edinburgh of Empty Heaven - a dryly amusing Iranian film about secret agents stranded in Canada when the regime collapses - honestly would not have guessed it was shot on a micro budget using an iphone

Film poster with the title Empty Heaven with 9 people in the distance walking in a line across a snowy field

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Great to see the Kings Theatre lit up and the bars full of people

Old multi story theatre in red sandstone with large lit windows

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Just seen My NDA - a brilliantly well made doc about how companies abuse a tool that was supposed to protect trade secrets to coerce the silence of people who have victims or witnesses to discrimination, abuse or illegality

Screenshot of a black woman with braids seen in the rear view mirror of a car with the name of the 2026 film and it's 1h 42 running time

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Subtitles & international culture? Palme d'Or winning director? Slow & looong? Grapples with important themes without really getting to grips with them? Human story with a weird skew? Beautiful & at times dreamlike cinematography? Perfect festival movie & I also had a little nap.

Sheep in the Box movie poster - sleeping Japanese robot child in yellow shirt against a green nature background

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Turns out when they said we wouldn't get a totality in Edinburgh they were thinking moon not cloud

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Crowd on Blackford Hill, Edinburgh enjoying the...crepuscular rays?

Large crowd on a grassy hill under grey cloud with some pretty light beneath

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Inside of a cereal box excitement intensifies

Fuzzy indirect black and white image of a partly occluded sun

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

BBC graphic www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

Map of England with bottom 2/3rds of country in orange for 'drought' and the north yellow for 'prolonged dry weather'

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

There can sometimes be an unexpectedly fine line between large scale puppetry and tactical cat riders

Picture of a large cat puppet with a mannequin in black with a puppetry body harness that's looks rather military

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A little coastal wander yesterday - St Monans to Anstruther

A figure on the waterline of a yellow sandy beach with a grey green sea and clouds

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A completely normal waxing gibbous moon, apparently. Any perceived redness that you might think portends, say, a rain of blood, speaks entirely of your own mental state...

The moon behind a haze of cloud above city lights and hills - it's definitely a bit red looking

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Looks idyllic but don't be fooled. Have just met a student in shock after being mugged for her pastry by a seagull near Middle Meadow Walk

Tree lined pedestrian and cyclist path in sunshine & shade

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Lovely family holiday mostly by rail in London, Utrecht and Berlin. Yes, sights, culture, history, food, etc, but the real highlights were 1) watching people ride bikes on traffic-calmed tree-lined streets & 2) my first barrier-free modern public transport system with fully integrated ticketing

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Update from Glenmore Lodge regarding the Cairngorms wildfire

"Glenmore Lodge is within the evacaution area for the ongoing fire in our local area.

Please do not travel to the area and follow official advice from Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, and be patient with staff while the ongoing situation is managed appropriately"

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Controversial but I may be enjoying watching people cycle in Berlin even more than I did in Utrecht

Man in black vest riding in a city street with cobbled road and large trees

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Dutch & English share proto-German roots, so we can sometimes make out what a Dutch word means. Using the word in context can help. For example "The independent space warrior slapped Nigel in the kookwinkel"

Awning & sign for Betsies kookwinkel - a cookware shop in Utrecht

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Utrecht helpfully highlighting for other cities what a normal amount of cycling looks like

A huge line of parked bicycles - almost all 'shoppers' with an historic city skyline behind

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

City to tourists: drop dead, the trees were here first

Beside a tree-lined canal with a cobbled path there is a black sign with white text in Dutch & English on a railing saying in summary that this is a historic area and visitors should beware of the uneven paving caused by the tree roots

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Ridiculously good meal at Dolan Uyghur Cuisine in London including Lampung - hand-cut mungbean-noodle salad with a wonderful sour sauce

Picture of noodles with vegetables in a red chilli sauce

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Not usually a fan of adventure games but the storytelling in Firewatch is excellent, the setting in a National Forest near Yellowstone NP obviously works for me, and, also, in what other game do you get your own shit trowel?

still from the game Firewatch - chunky stylised graphics, a man's hands are visible with a radio handset in the left and a orange plastic trowel int the right. The is a roll of toilet paper on a tree trunk in the brown dirt in front of him

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Yes climate change & further south red weather warnings but also this on today's run up Blackford Hill

Bright, clear blue sky over Edinburgh city scape with Arthur's Seat on the right and a few low clouds over the Firth of Forth in Fife in the centre

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Forecast for my 2 day trip to London the week:

Pictogram showing highs of 39 c Weds/Thurs

Extreme weather warning for heat Weds/Thurs with exceptional heat and humidity

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Looking forward to Supergirl next Friday because I've loved the way Gunn approaches superhero movies with humour and heart since Guardians - the fact that people in all the worst online niches are hating on it is just gravy

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Finally made it to the Scotsman Picturehouse and it seems it was worth the wait

Small old fashioned cinema auditorium with decorative white plasterwork, red wall panels and orange table lamps

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Brendan Paddy @bjpaddy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The East Lothian coast once again demonstrating that grey really isn't a great synonym for boring or depressing

Dark grey sea with silver grey highlights on the horizon under a dramatic sky full of layers of grey and white clouds

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