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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

fascinating, thank you, I shall check this out 🙏

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

No. Mainly because I never (thus far) have dipped my toe into the water on any crypto currency at all.

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Aside from the type of gemstone.... Colour? Cut? Clarity Carat? Certificate? (sorry, can't help myself...)

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I am so sorry to hear about your loss, Alice. My thoughts are with you and your family. RIP.

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I stopped bothering years ago attending in person any meetings in London. Obviously, I am happy to attend online. Why should I incur huge travel & accommodation costs to do so? It's never worth it no matter how much BS people spout to try & convince you to get on that train south.

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

me about to finish work for the day

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Didn't know Frosty was into mining? 🪓⚒️ Stripping operations, perhaps? No, wait, I got it.... ... Overburden 👌

David Frost image and headline to an opinion piece

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

You seem to dislike him now even more than Keir Starmer. I am keeping an open mind. Glad to be rid of Keri, of course 👍

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A pause from work to appreciate her best ever album. For #Evermore. #TaylorSwift 🙏

Evermore LP and picture, on wooden table, red carpet can also be seen.

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Dragon is a good guess. Indeed, the national animal of our nearby sister Celtic nation, Wales, is the mythical Red Dragon, in Welsh: Y Ddraig Goch. (the allegation I was responding to was that unicorns don't exist. Obviously they do.)

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Unicorns are our national animal here in Scotland. So, they must exist.

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Key difference: (GAA) county football travels well, especially London but also Glasgow, whereas hurling ... not so much.

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Nearby Quebec City is lovely. Recommended stopover 👍

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Montreal is wonderful. Need to go back. Been about 40 years (!) since I was last there.

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

When I was much younger than I am now, I'll keep info to just "last century", I'd say that about half of the people I knew in my then-home city of Edinburgh were gay or into other men (nearly all of my friends were male) as well as women. This is not nearly as new a thing as people make out.

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

1995 mag cover, just checked. Mental. Had assumed it'd be from '80s. I lived in Edinburgh in first 1/2 of '90s, & - yeah - bisexuality was absolutely a thing there & had clearly been for many years previously. There was simply nothing novel about it - "A New Sexual Identity Emerges", really ?!?

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

New one (mag cover) to me. And no I am not young. Not sure about the super online bit - I am constantly online, but mainly for work. Anyway, thanks 👍

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Serious talk, though? I am not convinced, but I've been totally wrong before.

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Hi Chris. Believe me. Send me £500,000 and I'll mail you back by return a blackcurrant flavoured, tasty, exlixir for everlasting life. Caveat emptor, of course

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Given their lead singer was Morrissey, I'd kinda like to forget the band ever existed.

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Zephaniah 3:14-20 is one of the most hopeful & gladdening parts of the Holy Bible:

"Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame. At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord."

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Indeed. And sorry for any believe/ disbelieve confusion above. I had been keeping what I had thought were close tabs on Tory thinking ahead of that election, & was badly blindsided when he went "early" (understood vis-à-vis what I was expecting, May following year).

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I instinctively believe the early election stuff. My bias: I would just go the whole term. But I have been wrong before, and its has cost me - thanks Sunak! 😂

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Correction: he has an English accent.

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Was convinced this was Normandy when I first glanced at it.... (image CCO1 .0 Universal licence)

Map of some areas that are not in Normandy.

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Good place to start is the email address it was supposedly (that can be impersonated too...) it was sent from. If the email address looks unhinged then you've got your answer 😀 If it doesn't, you haven't (email addresses can easily be impersonated too...) This one here is a dead giveaway.

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Indeed: "deterrence theatre of Rwanda-type schemes have failed". Deterrence can only work if people it's aimed at know. No reason for people smugglers to let on to their intended customers about any of it, in fact: the reverse. You're in Khartoum (or wherever) & want/ need out, 💯% unaware.

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Never heard of Matthew Syed. Should I have?

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

1536 vs 1707 vibes 😜 The extra 171 years make all the difference?

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

England flag with "Caernarfon Town" prominently on display at the World Cup game yesterday #EngFra Since when was Caernafon in England? Last I checked it was in the heart of Welsh-speak #Wales #Cymru

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

happy birthday 😀 BTW, if you reverse those digits, you'd be close to guessing my age...

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Cattle Raid of Cooley / Táin Bó Cúailnge

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Prof. Pam Birtill @diervilla.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I’ll take this paragraph! Higher Education and Universities are a success story. The chaotic destruction of the sector is avoidable, undesirable, and self defeating.

Universities are illustrative of the wider problem. They are one of the few sectors in which Britain is unquestionably world-class: they are exporters, research institutions, civic anchors and drivers of local growth. A government that says it wants innovation while pursuing a policy of often malign neglect when it comes to universities’ funding model and international students is not being tough-minded. It is simply incoherent.

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

OK, but in which case he is not going nearly far enough.

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dundeegael.bsky.social @dundeegael.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

it's for the best :-) YES to oil & gas jobs, which activity also generates ££££ for the UK Treasury.

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