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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 18h

'So that's the book finished. All you need now is a title.' 'I was thinking about calling it "DIE." 'Just DIE? Nothing else?' 'No. Why?' 'Hey don't get me wrong, it's a good title. I'm just not sure that it's clear enough that it means a MURDER story.' 'So what do you suggest...?'

A large print paperback titled Die - As in Murder

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Beca Dreadful 🖤🌙 @becadreads.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This will always and forever be 5 stars. If you're looking for a fantasy story with an excellently explained magic system, necromancy, bells, and a grouchy cat??, I highly recommend. I also highly recommend the audiobook since it is read by the great Tim Curry and has a voice like a warm hug ❤️

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

September 2026 marks 360 years since the Great Fire of London which took place in September 1666. It also reminds us of that time we found a letter in the Archive dated 1661, sent from #Orkney to an address in Pudding Lane, London - the very place the fire began. 🔥

A scan of the letter addressed to Pudding Lane in London

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節)!

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Skulls and Sheets @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Oxford Uni on Insta put up pictures of their Familiars. Finally a pic of Teabag and Isambard Kitten Brunel

Cat called lyra sitting in an office chair looking puzzled at a laptop. Very relatable

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Dr Alison Baxter @alisonrbaxter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Back from Scotland but off again next week to give two talks about my novel, A Fatal Choice, in Portishead on 30th September (nearly sold out) and in Bristol at Bishopston library on 1st October. Tickets still available on Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/author-tal...

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Author talk: Alison Baxter at Bishopston Library

Join us for a talk by Alison Baxter about her book, A Fatal Choice.

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Disabled people must have a guaranteed right to travel abroad, MPs and peers have warned in light of “ridiculous” rules imposed by local NHS care boards and councils. Latest from me and @patrickjbutler.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

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Disabled people in UK need right to travel abroad, say MPs, after ‘ridiculous’ restrictions

Campaigners describe ‘brazenly discriminatory’ practices around funding from NHS care boards

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Mrs Julie Scattergood @doucelassie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is stunningly awful. When I was 17, I started university. When I was 19, I moved to Sweden for a year. My parents let me get on with it, no hovering, even though they were worried about their wee girl. I learned so much and grew into the adult I am and enjoy being. This poor lad is fucked.

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Mark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Scotland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Huh? Wales: We want to leave the UK BBC: What? Northern Ireland: We want to leave the UK BBC: Lolz Some shithole in Oxfordshire: We want to leave the UK because racism BBC: REPORT THE HELL OUT OF THIS #Piddington

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You all know #BookyMcBookface but SOON we'll also have the #BookyMcNooks - 3 brand new portable library kits that will bring even more books and reading resources to communities across Orkney. Coming in Spring 2027. Find out more at: beta.orkney.gov.uk/latest-news/...

An Orkney Library card in front of library bookshelves

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Belinda Carlisle @belindacarlisle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

39 years ago, (September 14, 1987) "Heaven is a Place on Earth" was released as the first single from my second solo album, Heaven on Earth. Written by Ellen Shipley and Rick Nowels and released on MCA records.

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Mrs Julie Scattergood @doucelassie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Things I was frightened of as a child: 1. The dark 2. Dogs 3. Nuclear war 4. Men with beards

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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The £72 m received by Reform UK from 2 billionaires is over 5 times the £14 m in private donations made to the SNP since the establishment of Holyrood in 1999. Democratic politics is not sustainable when the playing field can be warped in favour of the far right to such an extent by the super-rich.

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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My latest blog piece, with Burnham's admission at PMQs that the trigger for a Scottish independence referendum should ber the same as the agreed process for a border poll in Northern Ireland, the independence cat is well and truly out of the bag. weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/09/10/t...

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The independence cat is out of the bag

Speaking to The National this week after Andy Burnham – perhaps inadvertently – set out the conditions for Scotland to hold an independence referendum, polling expert Professor John Cur…

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Damien Donnelly @ddonnelly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#DailyPhoto2026 209. Orange Scottie www.instagram.com/p/DdFCUP-kYb...

bright orange Scottie dog sculpture with different coloured dogs painted on it. It's framed by McLennan Arch in the background.

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EIS @eisunion.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Today’s release of the Programme for International Student Assessment report highlighted many positives about Scottish education, while confirming schools continue to face challenges with societal issues, including the serious impact of poverty on education. #EISNews www.eis.org.uk/latest-news/...

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PISA results confirm need for more investment in education to overcome societal challenges

Today’s release of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) report has highlighted many positives about Scottish education

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Giant Cats of Dunbar 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @giantcatsdunbar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

>ARCHIVE: 01/09/20 >spotted by: king_jobbie; >56.005354,-2.516147; >1252hrs

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Dr Alison Baxter @alisonrbaxter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

For anyone interested in Scottish language and literature, I’ll be talking about my grandmother, a Scots poet, and her friendship with Lewis Grassic Gibbon, at the Grassic Gibbon Centre in Arbuthnott on 12 September. #SunsetSong #Scotslanguage #LewisGrassicGibbon #Scotsverse

Poster for event at Grassic Gibbon Centre

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 26/08/2026

So I’m gathering up my weird nature facts for the Hugo ceremony—I am the toastmaster, and this is gonna be EDUCATIONAL—and I found one that was actually a little more unsettling than I wanted. You all prepared?

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Mat Bowles (He/Þei) @matgb.uk · 25/08/2026

The astounding thing is, if you hadn't already heard the song, it works incredibly as an angry punk anthem. I listen to a LOT of punk covers, but this is definitely one of the absolute best youtu.be/E697J6MlCag?...

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YouTube video by Lady Parts - Topic

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

EXCLUSIVE: Andy Burnham has been branded 'the first Prime Minister of England' after his so-called 'listening tour' of the UK completely avoided Scotland

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I got to read this early and it is SO GOOD. (a) Learned Edmund is back! (Learned Edmund was the scholar from the misogynist monastery back in the Clockwork War series.) (b) I have loved every gnole character we've met but I would fucking DIE for Dog Violet, she's the actual best one.

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Alexandra Lanes @ajlanes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Meat clarinet.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 19/08/2026

Oh crap! Uh! I wrote this thing! It comes out next week! It has romance and giant pillbug scholars! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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Daggerbound

DELUXE EDITION—a beautiful hardcover featuring bright pink sprayed edges, a foil case stamp and endpapers.New York Times bestselling author T. Kingfisher r...

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Mrs Julie Scattergood @doucelassie.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This conversation is *delightful*! Adding Georgette Heyer and her masterful men, who are well-dressed, strong, sporty types, and can arrange anything needed. #CompetenceIsMyCatnip

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

EXCLUSIVE: The UK Government has blocked the release of files on a shadowy Israeli firm caught meddling in the Scottish parliament elections 🚨 Downing Street cited an exemption that allows documents to be withheld if they would 'prejudice relations' with another state

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Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Here’s an alternative solution youtu.be/ifKKlhYF53w?...

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IGUDESMAN & JOO - Rachmaninov had big Hands

YouTube video by byseb

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hoping for clear skies later so we can add a new #SolarEclipse photo to our collection. Like this one that Tom Kent took 114 years ago of a solar eclipse over Kirkwall #Orkney in April 1912. Taken 2 days after the sinking of the Titanic. Archives are amazing. ❤️

A black and white archive photograph showing the silhouette of the spire of St Magnus Cathedral and a partial eclipse of the sun in the sky above it.

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

me: hey do you have this movie I want to watch? Disney: no Netflix: not anymore Apple: ew no CBC Gem: yes and it’s free Prime: maybe I do, maybe I don’t. Maybe it costs $5 for no reason, even though you already pay for this. Maybe you should fuck off into the sun.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Your fact of the day: Adrian Bell was the first cryptic crossword setter for the Times. Martin Bell, his son, was THE Martin Bell - legendary BBC journalist and (briefly) independent MP. But know who Adrian's DAUGHTER was? Anthea Bell, the translator of Asterix comics into English.

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Them Fatale, @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Its maddening that so many people cannot join the dots to see the swastika forming over the UK. Rises in hate crime are across the board because hate is being weaponised to exploit us. Trans segregation is inextricable from this. Its all the same fascism. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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NHS radiographers report rise in overt racist abuse by patients

Survey reveals medics were called ‘monkeys’ and ‘dirty foreigners’, and patients refused to be seen by black or Asian staff

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Simon Bisson @sbisson.com · 04/08/2026

"Today is August 4, 2026," said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling, "in the city of Allendale, California." It repeated the date three times for memory's sake. There Will Come Soft Rains, Ray Bradbury's melancholy obituary for a dead world, is set today.

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Mrs Julie Scattergood @doucelassie.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

educatorsforpeace.co.uk/public-state... UK Lawyers For Israel is trying to intimidate Scottish educators into silence, for supporting teachers with resources that are "designed to support critical thinking and informed discussion of complex and controversial issues." Support Educators for Peace.

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Public Statement

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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🧵A group of London lawyers are targeting workers who agree with the United Nations that Israel are committing a genocide in Gaza. Teachers work with and care about children. It is NOT radical to believe that all children have the right to live. I don’t understand why anyone wants to intimidate

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Giant Cats of Dunbar 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @giantcatsdunbar.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Giandis, giandis catte Protect thie folk of Dunbaur Hurry furry moggie Go gyve them courage Move at sped. - anon. c.1338-1400

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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 28/07/2026

She loved her surgery cone for the first couple days (it made her feel powerful and intimidating) so we got her a courted ruff to look sinister in.

Lt the black cat wearing a champagne colored ribbon ruff and a suspicious expression.

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Mrs Julie Scattergood @doucelassie.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Thread 👇 Trans people deserve better than JKR shite.

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Mrs Julie Scattergood @doucelassie.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Also blind, totally agree with Molly Burke.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 28/07/2026

... users can be found giggling, crying, or simply staring into the distance saying "Whoah..." We spoke to one, and asked how they feel about warnings that the practice is addictive: "I could stop, but I don't want to." Some experts say if reading was invented today it would be banned at once.

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Mrs Julie Scattergood @doucelassie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This seems like something you would understand, @drelvey.bsky.social 💚

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