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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 10h

Been a while. Here’s an quick #AmperSand formed of only broken shells, and put together at Gullane Bents in East Lothian. #lettering

An ampersand formed of bits of broken white shells, on a plain sandy beach.

A zoomed-in cropped view of part of an ampersand, formed of bits of broken white shells, on a plain sandy beach.

An ampersand formed of bits of broken white shells, on a plain sandy beach. Some rocks and the blue water of the Firth Of Forth are visible in the background.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 13h

[Mature themes / adult scenarios] Both kids are at unexpected sleepovers tonight! We have an evening free! …so we’re planning on being in bed by 10:00pm so we can wake up early to get in the car and go foraging on National Trust property at dawn. I don’t know what level of maturity this is […]

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 20h

It’s my birthday so, as the tradition seems to be developing, I grabbed my camera and headed off to have a little explore by myself in the dawn light. Down by the docks in Leith, this time. I’m really going to miss those visiting yellow giants when they’re gone. #photography #leith

A huge shed sits on the dockside. Behind it, towering over everything else, are four enormous yellow structures. They’re jacket foundations, soon to be shipped off and submerged under the North Sea to support wind turbines.

A crane cabin and part of its dark grey structure. Behind it is a little of angled yellow steel tubing, forming parts of some enormous tapering towers. They’re jacket foundations, soon to be shipped off and submerged under the North Sea to support wind turbines.

A shiny black metal-clad tower sits on the leith dockside. It’s the Port Of Leith distillery, and its cladding reflects the golden light of the sunrise, behind us.

Part of an old, rusting crane. You can see the name Stothert & Pitt, Bath, England formed as part of the structure. Clearly none of these elements have moved, in years.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

One of my favourite things on the internet is the footage of sandwiches made by this guy: www.reddit.com/r/Sandwiches/s/QKDKY… #Sandwiches

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Simon Brooke @simon-brooke.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Being human makes us capable of evil, and we all are, every one of us. But it also makes us capable of resisting the urge to evil. Be the resistance.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

I see it’s 30 years to the day since Jeru The Damaja released Wrath Of The Math. album.link/s/7jvuTIYaBYqbTcLZZwXlIZ Honestly this guy’s flow and delivery on here (and everything else he’s done) is just the stuff of absolute classic hip hop. A […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

The cover of the album Wrath Of The Math, by Jeru The Damaja.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

…oh, and you may (if you like that sort of thing) wish to explore The West Wing Weekly podcast. thewestwingweekly.com Long after they finished discussing TWW in such a genuinely interesting way, Hrishikesh Hirway (Song Exploder, etc) and Joshua Malina (TWW, etc) are now considering The […]

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Oooh, new The Diplomat for our telly viewing, this evening. It’s such an absurd show and it’s full of melodramatic nonsense if compared to the real world BUT I love that about it AND also think the performances are great AND I love the production AND it’s definitely earning its image as a child […]

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

It really has been quite a while since I've found a way to suggest Concrete Schoolyard... Must see if I can't sort that out some time soon.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

[Sport / NFL] Look, go birds and Fly Eagles Fly and all those good things, sure. …but have we maybe considered playing with an offensive line that is any stronger than rice paper? I feel it could really help.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

[Food / salad] …No gumbo this time. Fried chicken, tonight.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

[Food / salad] Tonight’s #Coleslaw in progress reminds me of New Orleans.

A metal bowl filled with finely sliced purple cabbage, leeks, carrots, and some herbs all tossed together. There is no dressing yet.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

No beach or #AmperSand action from me, today, but my sister and her son sent me these, which they made on the shore in Portishead! Whoop! In the words of the mighty Arlo Guthrie: “…And friends, they may think it’s a movement!”

An ampersand made of beach glass, on what looks like maybe a concrete slab.

An ampersand formed by arranging reddish stones on a pebbled beach.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Thanks to some bigots with too big a platform, the subjects of race / ethnicity / nationality / identity have been appearing across The UK Media a lot, recently. And honestly: my knowledge of these subjects is a bit limited. Certainly I’m not sure I could pass even a GCSE-level exam on it […]

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

@WiteWulf Yeah the fog was rubbish for Mount Rushmore and Devils Tower, but I'd say on average it was worth it, just for that Bison! Taken leaning out the passenger window of our van, IIRC.

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MacPsych @macpsych.social.lol.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

📸 It's definitely 'golden hour' here at the moment. My favourite time of day...

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Listening to this more properly this morning as I was absent for significant chunks of it last night. It’s full of nice things! And thanks so much to the illustrious host for playing Maud! That got a big grin.

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Gary @witewulf.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Some pics from the Jazz Sabbath show last night. Jack Tustin on upright bass.

A black and white image of a man with curly hair, in a smart suit, playing upright bass on a small stage.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

[Sports / NFL] Sigh. Go birds, I guess.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

I realise that, over the years, I’ve taken several versions of basically the same photo looking between the Forth Bridges, now. Sort of pleasing, really, but I can’t really explain why. #bridges #photography #Siblings

A view of the Forth Bridge in the distance, with part of the Forth Road bridge visible at the top of the frame in the foreground.

A view of the Queensferry Crossing and Firth Road Bridges in the distance, with part of the Forth Bridge visible at the top of the frame in the foreground.

A view of the Forth Road Bridge in the distance, with a few of the Queensferry Crossing cable stays visible at the top of the frame in the foreground.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

...I think the Forth Road Bridge probably often misses out on peoples' attention because of its older and younger siblings on either side. But it's a handsome thing, actually, and I really like looking up under that veritable spaceframe of a deck from Port Edgar.

Looking up at the pale grey Forth Road Bridge against darker grey cloudy skies, from the south west. It's a classic suspension bridge design with quite an open road deck that admits a lot of sunlight in amongst the sea of structural members, at least when it's coming from the right angle!

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Snaps from a quick jaunt over the Forth with the kidbots yesterday, for a little walk and a big lunch.

A bent tree trunk catches a tiny beam of sunlight falling into the otherwise shady glen in which it sits. Behind the tree, is a waterfall.

Two kids traipse along a narrow path running across a steep hillside, looking over a small glen on their left. The flat Forth Valley is just visible in the distance, stretching away from us under cloudy skies.

Looking up to the sky from under some trees, we see the sun shining out over the top of a big fluffy cloud. The cloud has a brightened edge.

A slightly abstract photo of parts of two bridges, shot against a cloudy sky. Across the top of the frame is the structure supporting the deck of the Forth Road Bridge, all grey but with strong contrast from the sunshine which shines part way through the mass of structural elements. Down at the bottom of the frame, part of the red diamand-shaped central tower of the Forth Bridge is visible, in the distance.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

@exchgr Exactly! It's the same kind of thing that led to Taylor Swift sharing writing credits for one of her songs with blimmin' Right Said Fred, even though the influence is doubtful at best. Fear of litigation is such a crushing bore.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

@blag I don't recall that in my own history, but then I also forget my own age! Whether it ever existed there and then or not, though, it does here and now! I shall keep my eyes open.

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Sam at BLAG @blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Am I hallucinating or was there once a Twitter hashtag like #UnintentionalAmpersand or #AmpersandInTheWild? Either way, here's one spotted in the kitchen today. cc @daveybot #Ampersand

Photo of a small piece of chain with a clasp on the end that is sitting on a black speckled marble surface such that the way it curls over itself gives the appearance of an ampersand.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Oh FFS, Olivia Dean has been copying Bill Withers, apparently. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c933k3g… I'm no musician so by all means please correct me if I'm way off, but 'sounding a bit like' is an absolute horseshit argument, and these ghouls should be (IMHO) forced to eat their […]

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

...By the way, if any of you would ever like to take on a gargantuan task which will give you incredible pleasure every damn day after you've done it, I honestly can't recommend laying your own reclaimed parquet floor enough. More pictures […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

A stack of old maple parquet blocks, extracted from an old school hall floor somewhere in England. The bottom edges are coated in bitumin, and the tops are dinged, scratched, stained, and full of more than a few staples.

A woman sat on a stair as it winds its way up a white-walled stairwell. The treads of the stair are all covered in freshly-oiled maple parquet flooring.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

No particular reason, but here's a photo I've always loved, which I see I took exactly ten years ago, today. I loved that flat. And that landing, and the stairs. And the parquet floor, gawd... that's one of the best things we've ever made. And Lyra. What a brilliant little cat she was.

A photo taken in a stairwell of a house. Sunlight shines through a doorway off frame to the left, and casts shadows onto the wall on the right of the frame. Before it gets there, though, it highlights a series of slim vertical rails and a wide balustrade on which tiptoes a small ginger and white cat, also rather beautifully highlighted by the low-angle sun. A woman is watching the cat, delighted. The landing is otherwise lit by the cool ambient daylight provided by a couple of square rooflights in the ceiling, but the warm colours of a maple parquet floor mirror the ginger tones of the little cat. It's just a glimpse of a residential landing, but it's a very happy one.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

I actually prefer the way @DJDarren pronounces my name, but still: getting an ‘aww’ out of Doctor Kermode feels like some kind of achievement!

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

It's very, very rare, but every now and then I come across a Far Side comic I didn't previously know. Today, it was... www.thefarside.com/2026/09/29/0

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

To be honest, I could probably just fill nine squares with Dungeon Master. …Although if that could somehow include Gordon Freeman linking into it using some kind of magical book, that would be perfect. #My9Games my9games.net/en/share/c976ba79-d327…

A grid of covers from nine computer games.
Top row: Dungeon Master / Speedball 2 / IK+
Middle row: Lemmings / Myst / Unreal Tournament
Bottom row: Worms 2 / Half Life 2 / Portal

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

RE: fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/1173522256138… Is it strange that I'm particularly excited to read any real news of Juice's actual mission, primarily since I enjoyed the entirely fictional accounts of how Juice and a couple of other satellites will enjoy watching American Football, in […]

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

It was also nice to swing by a couple of projects by the practice where I used to work, back in a previous life, Richard Murphy Architects. The Dublin Street housing project is 25 years old now, but I think it’s aging quite nicely, and it’s always felt like a […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

A building with a couple of staircases up the outside, to access the front doors of a couple of the flats. Designed into the handrail are holes for filling with plant pots, and people have occupied the stairs with other plants, too.

A quiet residential street of housing with facades of white render and cedar cladding. A ginger and white cat sits upon a low wall, ignoring us.

An unusual looking contemporary house on a street in Edinburgh’s New Town. People are lining up in the start for an opportunity to go in and look around. Well worth it, too!

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Doors Open Weekend in #Edinburgh, and I dragged Eldest Childbot out to have a look in Register House. I’d been meaning to go in here for years, as I’m a bit of a James Tytler fan. As he prepared to become the first person to fly in these islands, he inflated […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

Looking up into a circular atrium. Shelves line the walls at lower levels, then arches and balconies frame the view up to an intricate plastered dome, with a small roof light at the very top.

Looking up towards an intricately plastered, domed ceiling. The perfect symmetry sought by the photographer was elusive, as a display about lighthouses was blocking the very centre of the room. Still, it makes for a pretty and quite graphical composition.

An intricate plastered ceiling, all in white.

A wood-panelled room lined with shelves opens up to an intricate plastered ceiling, high above. It’s very formal, very finely crafted.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Woke earlier than I was happy with yesterday, so just grabbed the camera and strolled around the block in the hope of seeing something interesting. Not much in terms of pictures, to be honest, but I can’t pretend my neighbourhood isn’t full of nice moments!

A view from beneath some trees, looking out across Holyrood Park, in Edinburgh. The trees under which we stand are all silhouetted, but leafy canopies in the distance are beginning to shift into autumnal colours, and the hillside of Arthur’s Seat looks slightly cool in the early morning light

A cool early-morning photograph of part of the front of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. The clear blue sky casts a very cool ambient light over everything, and water of the reflecting pool in the foreground mirrors it. What we can see of the building is a highly ornate composition of concrete forms, steel struts, wooden sticks, granite walls, and metallic frames to glazing. It’s finely crafted and very carefully composed but also incredibly informal.

A sign reflects the golden early morning light on a big square building. MEADOWBANK, THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL, it says, in the colour of the dawn.

Part of a garden in the early morning light of a day in late September. It’s mostly just shades of green right now, but the variety is still quite pleasing.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Finally got around to labelling the jars, and now we need to find a dark place in which to store them! 31 jars of things, all told. Should keep us going!

Four jars of crabapple jelly, on a windowsill so the daylight behind gives the jellies a glowing quality and reveals their variety of colour.

From left to right they fade from a deep red to a pale orange, and the additional ingredients are labelled in white pen on the glass jars: Rowan, cinnamon, chilli, and mint.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

I’m almost 50, and I still can’t resist picking up the first conkers of the season. #Autumn #fall #conkers

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

[Insects / wasps] This wasp, twerking while drinking.

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

[‘Parents’] Out on the web I’m seeing ads for a new horror film called Other Mommy. I’ve no power to influence anyone in their writing or titling or advertising choices, and I shouldn’t have. But, as an adoptive Dad, I would simply like to say that there are a lot of people out there for whom […]

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Daveybot @daveybot.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

...I always rather liked the J.Period / De La Soul take on Excursions, too. Not necessary, sure, but all done with nothing but love, and honestly I'd listen to Posdnuos rap the phone book, I really would. youtu.be/SKXkDrPfT6A #HipHop

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