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Dr Fiona Porter

@fionaporter.bsky.social
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Glasgow based but out in the hills as often as possible. Physics background. Mahler and opera fan. Learning Gaelic and Italian. Veggie. Likes dogs. Feeder of hedgehogs.

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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 6h
The BBC SSO were very good and this seems a great start from Anthony Hermus. It was wonderful to hear Mahler 10 live. The audience agreed - with an enthusiastic reception. Well worth a listen.
The audience in Glasgow city halls.
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Marie 📎 @marietree.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Establishing an Amoc Observatory! "A highly respected, impartial reference body, regularly updating concerned nations, could do for Amoc what disease-surveillance networks already do for pandemics." Ja, Sverige måste delta!
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 23h
🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Tories have given a “VOW” to their base in England, that they’ll strip powers from The Scottish Parliament in order to build Nuclear power stations in Scotland, for the purposes of powering England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 NOTE: From renewable sources alone, Scotland already produces more electricity than it uses
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Andy Wightman @andywightman.scot · 28/09/2026
Who Owns Scotland? I've published 45th monthly update to Who Owns Scotland which records ownership of 5100 landholdings covering 5.95 million ha (14.7 million acres) or over 77.25% of rural Scotland. This project is solely funded by subscriptions. Please consider subscribing. (link in next post).
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Another summery day in FRANCE with 3 stations up to 31C. New record of October max. temperature:26.7C at Signy L' Abbaie. Since May, temperatures have exceeded 30C every day in France. Incredible streak of 4 months and a half. Map:Meteociel
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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is just depressing. And I do not understand why Labour seems to let it slip. It’s not in Britain‘s, let alone their own interest.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i have 2.5M followers across all social media. statistically, there's a good chance one of you works at in AI. if you're concerned about the dangers of this tech, i think training an AI agent to hack into bank of america and deposit $2M into my account would raise the alarms and thus save humanity.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Mark E Thomas FB99% FBPE @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Allister Heath, lest we forget, said that the Truss / Kwarteng Budget was "the best Budget I have ever heard a British Chancellor deliver, by a massive margin…" www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09...
An edited version of Heath's extremist headline
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tweed is such a beautiful fabric to wear this time of year because it produces, in Dolly Parton's phrasing, a coat of many colors. Even a solid-colored brown is not just brown, but bits of red, blue, and yellow to produce something that looks lifted off the Scottish landscape.
There are two photos taped together. The top shows a brown stone building with a brown thatched roof. It's surrounded by green grass, stone walkways, and blue-gray sea. Below is a checked brown tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it. There are two photos taped together. The one at te top shows a rocky hillside with green and straw-colored grass, gray rocks, and a tan sandy beach below. The blue waters are crashing at the shore. Below is a green herringbone tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it. There are two photos taped together. The top shows a field of green and straw colored fields with bits of purple flowers. Below is a a series of checked brown tweed that reflect the colors in the landscape above it. A swatch book of solid-colored tweeds. The green tweed has visible flecks of red, gold, and blue.
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It really was.
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And it is all your fault, @talvimaarit.bsky.social ☺️!
A saltire and a Duolingo owl, along with text saying "I completed the Scottish Gaelic course on Duolingo".
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🇬🇧 🇫🇰 LABOUR’s Miliband says : “BUT NOT YOU SCOTLAND, IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU VOTE FOR, JUST SHUT UP AND GET BACK IN YOUR BOX” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Are you YES yet ? 🇪🇺
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As Otto English says in this thread, small boat crossings account for ca 3% of total net migration to the UK. Watch GB NEWS or Talk or listen to Farage and Co and you'd think it was the majority. 
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇳🇴 Scotland & Norway have drawn similar amounts of North Sea oil since the 1970s As a result: 🇳🇴Value of National Oil Fund : €2,100,000,000,000.00 (Generates €250 Bn per year in interest alone) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Value of National Oil Fund : £0 (Scotland’s share uk National Debt £545 BILLION) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Are you YES yet ?🇪🇺
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Beautiful.
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.nature.scot/wildcats-thr...
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Wildcats thriving in Scotland by 2045
A new national strategy aims to restore wildcats to a level where they are thriving and expanding in Scotland.
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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Craft Scotland director's petition against @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social plans to close Jewellery and Silversmithing, Textiles and Performance Costume UG ECA degrees to new admissions in 2027 (to be taught out over the next four years). #Edinburgh #craft #art #students #design 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 c.org/JJQNyV8R6m
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Sign the Petition
Save the Craft and Design Courses at Edinburgh College of Art
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Anti-immigration – Why is the Ferret ‘fact-checker’ so desperate to make Scotland look like the rest of the UK when it’s demonstrably not?
Based on the above June 2026 More in Common poll graphic, we can see that immigration matters less to voters across most of Scotland than in most of England. The purple areas in the South-west and …
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fascinating thread. I also encourage you to add the spaniel for scale more often! ☺️
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People's Trust for Endangered Species @ptes-org.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The quick brown fox... Whether it's regular faces; foxes, grey squirrels and rabbits. Or less commonly spotted mammals like otters and pine martens👀 we want to know who you share your local green spaces with! Take part in #LivingWithMammals today👇find out more ptes.org/lwm
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Paul French @nomadbirder.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
How very human. AI's whole thing is stealing data. That's what iit does. These maths guys were happy to use it, up to the point it stole their own data.
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Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · 24/09/2026
Extraordinary to see ME covered like this in mainstream media. The truth is the neglect is so staggering people can't believe it. As George says " has seldom been a stronger case for a public inquiry." 🖇️article 👇
Across the decades, millions of people have been neglected, dismissed and mistreated, and still it goes on. We need to ask why so many patients have been abandoned, why discredited and dangerous treatments continue to be prescribed and why ignorance and neglect still dominate, in the health system and beyond. In other words, there has seldom been a stronger case for a public inquiry.
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
⏰ Start your countdown clock for the exact moment of the autumn #equinox, 01:06 (UK) 23rd Sept, when the Northern hemisphere and Southern hemisphere are equally illuminated. The day length in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland will be ~the same as in 🇳🇿New Zealand 🤓🧪🔭 📷: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
The main diagram shows the Earth's annual rotation around the Sun, surrounded by a zodiacal scale that gives the names, symbols and images of the signs of the zodiac. The seasons and the positions of the equinoxes and solstices are marked. Text at the corners describes the Zodiac and the Earth, and a longer text at the bottom explains the Phenomena of the Seasons.

From https://collections.rmg.co.uk/media/501/182/l1073_001.jpg
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The solidarity of the media in response to Trump reveals a fundamental truth: The most successful way to respond to a megalomaniac like him is to unite against him. It's also apparently, at least in this instance, one of the better ways to silence his bloviating.
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Sue @cameratrapsue.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
3 raccoon kits + mama traveling on the Raccoonobahn last night. The camera was moved a bit, I need to clean its lens and do some general maintenance on the system. #mammals
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🚨 WRITE TO YOUR MP! On Oct 12th, Parliament will debate the UK JOINING THE EU! Use this page to send an email to your MP. In the context of Canada-EU, Rejoin polling at 61%, and devolved leaders saying the future is the EU... ...Westminster needs to catch up. Sign & share everywhere please. 👇
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Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe
On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Highly recommend Lagavulin 16 year old single malt if you can get it.
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Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels @scotsquirrels.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
One month until the #GreatScottishSquirrelSurvey is back! Between 5 - 11 October we're trying to record as many squirrel sightings as possible. Can you help us by keeping an eye out for red and grey squirrels wherever you are? Find out more here: scottishsquirrels.org.uk/2026-great-s...
A collage of a red and grey squirrel with the Great Scottish Squirrel Survey logo showing the dates 5 - 11 October.
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Record year for Hen Harriers at RSPB's Geltsdale Reserve in Cumbria. More evidence that Hen Harriers do really well on moorland managed by RSPB, whereas on privately-owned grouse moors... RSPB press release & commentary from me ⬇️ #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/09/18/r...
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Record year for hen Harriers at RSPB’s Geltsdale Reserve in Cumbria
Press release from RSPB, 18 September 2026: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM AS RECORD YEAR FOR HEN HARRIER CHICKS AT RSPB GELTSDALE Thirteen Hen Harrier chicks have successfully fledged at RSPB Geltsdale in Cumb…
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Oxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Palestine continues to suffer under violent occupation from the Israeli government's actions, including the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Solidarity is using your voice and your platform to speak up for justice. #NoMoreRadioSilence #DontStopTalkingAboutPalestine #FreePalestine 💚
Don’t stop singing, performing, composing, writing, drawing, painting, talking about Palestine.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Dog’s reaction when he realizes his sister was adopted into the same home. Original post
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Obviously,those who are convincing President Trump that fuel prices can be brought down quickly by forcing Ukraine to stop attacking Russian oil refineries are either demonstrating their ignorance or deliberately leading Republicans toward electoral defeat Fuel prices are already hurting Republicans
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Let's hope it goes more smoothly than Cologne! (Delighted to see it is reopening at the weekend - finally!) www.google.com/amp/s/global...
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Mabel Logan @mabellogan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Arrochar Alps from Loch Arklet #Scotland #Trossachs #LochArklet
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If we aren’t doing this everywhere, what are we even doing? Annual Toronto dog swim before they close down the outdoor pools for the season:
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 15/09/2026
Impressive 👏
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Andrea Suozzo @andreasuozzo.com · 15/09/2026
For more on how we analyzed this data, read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/ecto...
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 03/07/2023
My favourite fact about Iceland is that we have many, many crime writers but only one forensic pathologist, and he was so busy answering all of their questions that he decided to have a small seminar for writers to get some peace. It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
41% of people aged 55+ in England and Wales voted Remain, compared to 54% in Scotland. The more educated you were, the more likely you were to vote Remain. In Scotland, whereas 74% of graduates voted Remain, only 41% of those with no qualifications did. Data from: ukandeu.ac.uk/why-did-scot...
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Why did Scotland vote to remain? - UK in a changing Europe
The outcome of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union was, of course, very different in Scotland than in...
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Dr Fiona Porter @fionaporter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The UK has fallen behind other European countries when it comes to State Pension provision & devotes a smaller % of its gross domestic product to State Pensions & pensioner benefits than most European economies www.lv.com/pensions-ret.... None of the pensioners I know, all Scottish, voted for Brexit
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What is the average pension by country?
In 2025, the full UK State Pension increased by 4.1% to £230.25 per week. But how does it compare with other countries? Find out the average pension by country.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Brian Gallagher @bgallaghercoll.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Clip of the Dipper at work in the River Kelvin under Belmont Street bridge in Glasgow at the weekend. Bonus Kingfisher at the end. I cut the audio on these cos it was mainly just me and a friend discussing Ron Swanson's best lines. #birds
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
1/ Russia's "crushing defeat" north of Lyman is increasingly being blamed on systematic false reporting by local commanders, who appear to have claimed territory they never held. The two maps below – Russian and Ukrainian respectively – provide a good illustration of this. ⬇️
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I give you : the Potoo
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The SNP @snp.org · 14/09/2026
🤝 Leaders of Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales have signed memorandum on independence to work together. All nations should have a choice over their future.
Joint statement by Plaid Cymru, SNP, and Sinn Féin calling for cooperation among Scotland, Wales, and Ireland to build a stronger future through democratic means.
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I don’t want to denigrate the feelings expressed here but how about also including the viewpoints of all the other species who wish to live on earth? For them, the idea of humanity getting extinguished is not “entirely bleak”, as written here. Might caring about them more help alter our trajectory?
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Orkney Library & Archive is supporting WEE READ - a national reading moment where people across Orkney are invited to join with people all across Scotland in celebrating the joy of reading this October. Make your pledge to read now at weeread.scot
A poster for Wee Read on October 7th
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now
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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...
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Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
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