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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 3h

Tomorrow, Tues 6 Oct: protest the Land Forces arms expo. Gather 5pm at Yagan Square, Perth; march 5:30pm to Elizabeth Quay. With WA Anti-War Collective, Right 2 Protest WA, Stop AUKUS WA, IPAN & Friends of Palestine WA. Warmongers are not welcome in Boorloo! #Perth #LandForces #AusPol

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 3h

More broadly, I’m willing to give these guys a tentative pass because there are patients who can benefit from CBD minus THC and other cannabinoids, and that being the case, someone has to split it, ideally at a fair price for their effort, which is way more likely to happen in Australia than the US.

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 3h

On the one hand, I don’t trust anyone who is trying to patent the natural healing herb for profit … On the other, anyone who can pull one over on American Big Pharma can’t be *all* bad.

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 13h

You may think you're cool, but you'll never be as cool as Lithuanian folk art St Francis doing stigmata kung fu (via limis.lt)

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 14h

My grandfather didn’t know he was a Taoist. He had fished the river Awe for sixty years. Life is sensed as a flowing movement, a power like wind or water. When he cast, it was the bank that moved, not the river… —Lorn Macintyre, “Satori” from The Bridport Prize Anthology 2013 #poem #GrandparentsDay

Satori
Lorn Macintyre

My grandfather didn’t know he was a Taoist.
He had fished the river Awe for sixty years.
Life is sensed as a flowing movement,
a power like wind or water. When he cast,
it was the bank that moved, not the river.
The osprey with the salmon in its talons
needed no metaphor to describe its beauty.
He saw the suchness of the landscape,
the great whole, perfect, sky, mountain,
as in a painting by the Zen K’un-t’an.
There is no Gaelic for the term satori,
the solution lying beyond the intellect,
that flash of delighted intuition, sensing
that a salmon is lying in the current,
while not seeing a ripple with the eye.
If I had told him: ‘you read the river
like a book, noting between the lines
what other fishermen fail to spy,’
he would have clouted me on the head,
the way Zen Masters took the big stick
to pupils who insisted on comparison.
The river needs no language, no homage.
It goes its own way, like the osprey
which will never run out of sky.

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Dr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social · 20h

Sorry I thought John Harrison sorted this problem out in 1730

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MickS @mickstec.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

800 year old structures in Europe, locking up CO2 for a long time. It would be an affordable option for building if done to scale, just as it is money & energy saving ongoing through reduced heating and cooling costs. The world should be doing this everywhere free standing buildings are being built.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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CNN - Cannabis News Network @canna-news-network.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿: First Minister backs decriminalisation as Scottish drug deaths - the highest in Europe - branded 'indefensible'👇🏻 www.scotsman.com/news/politic...

scotsman.com

Swinney backs decriminalisation as drug deaths branded 'indefensible'

The First Minister said the number of deaths was ‘intolerable’

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 02/10/2026

Well, this puts a new meaning to medical cannabis, doesn’t it? 😂 🌱

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 02/10/2026

It occurs to me that “coontn thi fuckin metaphors” would make a fine title for a biography of Leonard, were one ever penned.

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 01/10/2026

Senior staff at the ATO, from the Director General down, need to be stood aside, and then prosecuted. This is nothing short of malfeasance in public office. #auspol www.nine.com.au/australia-ne...

nine.com.au

More than 1000 big companies paid no tax as ATO scrutinises data firms

A new report by the ATO reveals more than 1000 companies paid no tax.

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 01/10/2026

Would extra time qualify as the second coming?

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 01/10/2026

I was today years old when I learnt that the Vatican not only has its own football team, but recently established a women’s team into the bargain. God know why …

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 27/09/2026

Forgive me, but I’m not in the US. I want *my* government to do something; I’ve long abandoned any hope that yours will.

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 27/09/2026

This fucked up world is making me feel more and more like Merlin in his late, crazed, forest-dwelling phase. Not only that, but I find myself envying him the solitude of his madness. I think I’m going to take a break from “social” media for a while. Stay safe.

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 27/09/2026

Personally, I’m starting to think we should turn it off, wait a while, then turn it back on again. It worked back in the day.

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 27/09/2026

Here, here. I’d call that a win.

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 27/09/2026

FFS people! They haven’t “gone rogue”, they’ve been ALLOWED to go rogue by humans who are profiting from those rogue actions, and who can be arrested and incarcerated for their willful fucking negligence. Get a grip!

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 27/09/2026

The problem is *negligent governments* that have forgotten how to intervene in markets run amok. The tech crims need to be sharing cells with the failed ministers and reps.

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 27/09/2026

America under any other President would have put Russia back in its box, but this shill is an asset, and the majority of Yanks are too damned ignorant to see it.

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 27/09/2026

Yet the so-called bad guys decommissioned their guns, and stepped back. Kinda makes you wonder who the real enemy was all along, doesn’t it?

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 27/09/2026

Here’s a #GrandFinal thought: let’s axe both the Eagles and the Dockers as teams, declare ourselves neutral, and the Greater VFL can play there finals in Perth, where we can at least guarantee the weather will be decent. www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/fr...

perthnow.com.au

More heartbreak for Freo fans as Perth flights cancelled

‘It’s an absolute disgrace - we came over for the grand final and can’t get home.’

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 27/09/2026

Oh, I’m no fan of Russia. I just catagorise them as an enemy that will stab the west in the guts, while America has shown itself to be an enemy more comfortable stabbing countries in the back.

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 27/09/2026

I have to say, I enjoyed watching #TheWargame. The warning that it contained scenes which “some viewers might find distressing” hardly prepared me for people calling Michael Gove “Prime Minister” though. My take away is this though: who was the real enemy, Russia or its ally, the United States?

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 27/09/2026

I tried to find the damned thing to refresh my own memory, but it’s behind a fire-wall. I recall hoping he was still eating his cornflakes by the time he turned the page, and nearly choked. Sadly, I doubt it had even that impact.

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CNN - Cannabis News Network @canna-news-network.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

MEXICO 🇲🇽: Mexico’s Supreme Court Rules That Authorized #Cannabis Users Can Make Edibles for Personal Use👇🏻 themarijuanaherald.com/2026/09/mexi...

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 27/09/2026

They printed my vocality on page three of The Australian, thought it was admittedly a slow news week.

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 27/09/2026

Associating with criminals will not keep us safe. Locking them up and dismantling their criminal enterprises will. Politicians who suggest otherwise are just one step away from being a criminal menace themselves, and should take note - the ‘seat’ can easily be in an adjacent prison cell. #auspol

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 27/09/2026

I think they were, but his songs were almost all set in Texas. They missed a trick when they didn’t elect him as Governor.

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Bob Mayer @bobmayer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm #Maggiesfarm

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 27/09/2026

If it’s Jews in Texas you’re looking for, you need Kinky Friedman. ;-)

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 27/09/2026

He looks happy enough; leave him be.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Denmark is trolling Trump.

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I love Daniel Radcliffe.

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 26/09/2026

Enjoy, my friend. I have one more pipe in me, then I’m calling it a wrap for the day.

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 26/09/2026

Anthony Albanese looks AI generated. This is a national security risk. Do you suppose his security team count his fingers each morning, just to be sure?

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 26/09/2026

Tell me you’re an overachiever without telling me you’re an overachiever 😂

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 26/09/2026

Richard of York was too soft - if he’d only increased his horsepower, and offered his kingdom for a Massey Ferguson tractor, the House of Lancaster would have crumbled, as witness below. metro.co.uk/2026/09/25/m...

metro.co.uk

Man rammed a tractor into home 'after graves of relatives desecrated'

The home 'essentially had to be rebuilt' while a farmer of the stolen tractor was left thousands of pounds out of pocket.

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 26/09/2026

If only Richard III had realised - his kingdom for a Massey Ferguson tractor, and the Lancasters would have crumbled like a terrace fronting.

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 26/09/2026

Inexplicably, I want there to be a comma in that sentence, but for the love of beer I can’t figure out where.

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