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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards"- Soren Kierkagaard Dumfries and Galloway / Isle of Lewis 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I'd mute #ScottishIndependence if that's not your bag, as I bang on about it a lot.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 2h
As I’ve often said, my first fear, on learning that the UK had voted for Brexit, was that it might even be possible for Trump to be elected.
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Lee Bruce @nunchuk-ar-la.bsky.social · 14h
💚💚💚 youtu.be/s1B3wTE3QOY?...
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First Minister Discusses Drumcree, Garvaghy Road And Irish Unity On The Late Late Show 09/10/26
YouTube video by A Troubled Land ᵃʳᶜʰⁱᵛᵉ
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 10h
Emperor Zero.
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Joe Leydon @joeleydon.bsky.social · 10h
Celebrating Elmore Leonard's 101st birthday by looking back at westerns that wear his brand. www.cowboysindians.com/2026/10/the-...
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The Wild Westerns Of Elmore Leonard
The late, great crime fiction author also made his mark in the western genre.
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BBC Radio 6 Music Now Playing Bot (Unofficial) @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social · 10h
BBC Radio 6 Music Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone Now Playing Max Richter, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Rumon Gamba November
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 11h
I think the Scot Gov should buy all these derelict Churchs of Scotland, and then build workshops for both locals, & for fee-paying tourists to visit/stay and learn skills particular to that area. Example: a church in Clydebank would teach how to rebuild/relair a classic Singer, but also how to sew.
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 11h
I'm not dismissing Men's Sheds and the like, but I think we need more cafes preserving the life of items that have a important place in history, or workshops designed to showcase/recreate items made in that particular area.
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 11h
I think the Scot Gov should buy all these derelict Churchs of Scotland, and then build workshops for both locals, & for fee-paying tourists to visit/stay and learn skills particular to that area. Example: a church in Clydebank would teach how to rebuild/relair a classic Singer, but also how to sew.
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 11h
I'm not dismissing Men's Sheds and the like, but I think we need more cafes preserving the life of items that have a important place in history, or workshops designed to showcase/recreate items made in that particular area.
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 11h
Repair cafes, or something along the same lines?
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 11h
#Manchester 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🎶 📷 😍
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 11h
Aye, they have them nearby in Castle Douglas and Dalbeatie. They are fantastic.
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Dawn Robertson 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷 @hayloftbooks.bsky.social · 11h
Yes cancel now.
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 11h
We need this kind of thing in Scotland!
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 12h
Putin was desperate when he recruited Trump. How it started... "This guy is the biggest idiot to have walked the earth, he's the perfect asset." How it's going... "Okay so we underestimated just how much of an idiot he is. He's actually now a fucking liability."
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 12h
Erm, have the western intelligence agencies not also thought about doing this to Russia? Seems like a no-brainer, which actually would be a good codename for the operation (if you were using a team of snipers)
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Berks of DeFrights...or Something. @dandyandafop.bsky.social · 12h
Chat GPT ad where a woman uses it to email on her behalf to book a boat rental. Yeah. We all know how well ChatGPT would do that. Randomly emailing her Dentist about a butt rental at 56 o’clock in the afternoon on Satnesday the 45th of Marchvember 1876.
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 22h
We all need a timeline cleanse, so here is the most adorable #chess piece ever! A knight, made of antler. Dating 11/12th century. Found at the Burgstein, Lichtenstein-Holzelfingen. 📷️ me
A carved chess piece representing a knight, depicted in an abstract, stylized form with a triangular head, amd wide circular eyes,. The figure has a hunched, cylindrical body and is displayed on a dark surface with an other game pieces and a die nearby.
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 12h
I've only been over to Bernera once, to do a garden for a guy who was renovating a church there. I'll have to go see him when I'm back, as the plans he had for it looked amazing.
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 12h
Wow, really must have been quiet, if you can remember every customer's facial hair status.
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 18h
The replies to this are brilliant. It gets somewhat out of hand, in the best way.
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 20h
#GreatBernera ##IsleOfLewis #OuterHebrides 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 📷
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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
That time someone dumped a toy house on the cemetery wall and, when I crouched a bit, some ✨ Hollywood Magic ✨ occurred.
A plastic dolls house sitting on a wall, taken from an angle which makes it look as if it might be one of the houses on the street.
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Mabel Logan @mabellogan.bsky.social · 21h
When the hills are alive with #Heather in the #ScottishBorders. #VisitScotland 🦄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Lorna @florilegia.bsky.social · 20h
I saw Tiramisu Cruffin play Viola in Twelfth Night at the Globe. Iqbal Achieve played Sebastian and Heathcote Pursuit was a surprisingly sympathetic Malvolio
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 21h
Genuinely cannot wait for this. www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie review: 'Spectacular'
“To call Vicky Featherstone’s production spectacular is to understate the case.”
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 21h
John Swinney on #BBCLauraK LK "You said that Scottish pensioners will lose their pensions due to the triple lock changes. That's not true is it?" JS "They are set to lose out on £2k per year." LK "That's not them losing their pension." 2035: annual pensions are £1.46 per year, but still exist. Yay!
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Jaws (1975) @jaws-1975.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Mr. Hooper, that's the U. S. S. Indianapolis.
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 22h
#DumfriesAndGalloway 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 📷
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 22h
You should be able to defer hangovers, like you can with jury service.
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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“An Overwhelming Surplus of Diggity”
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Three old blokes on open top bus in Dublin... "Windy isn’t it?" "No, it's Thursday." 'So am I, let's get off and go for a pint!"
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Helen Alexander @bawley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It's an old one but such a very good one.
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Aye, and you think John Hammond would have got better fences for his dinosaurs, seeing as he spent all that time contained by sturdy ones.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Arundhati Roy: ‘It’s a very dangerous moment’ for India’s political climate www.channel4.com/news/arundha...
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Arundhati Roy: ‘It’s a very dangerous moment’ for India’s political climate
One of India's most celebrated authors, the Booker Prize-winning writer Arundhati Roy, says the youth-led Cockroach protests are presenting a challenge to the government.
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
*rejections
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Great Escape starting on BBC2 now. 📽️ "Don't tell him Pike!" Classic stuff.
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I reckon 2 more Nobel Peace Prize reflections would do it, in terms of inducing a stroke or heart attack.
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Wow, and there was me thinking the other Tom Watson was an utter cunt! *not the golfer.
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Fuck me, that Cole Palmer interview was excruciating. 🤣
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Well, That did'nt take long Glasgow.🤣 #PeopleMakeGlasgow #NelsonMandela #IconicTrafficCone
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Defund and dismantle the BBC, GB News fills the gap, the UK becomes more ignorant and uneducated. Defund and dismantle Universities, Google & AI learning fills the gap, the UK becomes more ignorant and uneducated.
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#Glasgow #ScottishMusic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🎶
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Peloton it is then lads! 🤣
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Jane S @janest.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Excellent! 🤣🤣🤣
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The answer is for Ukraine to intensify and expand its attacks on Russian fuel infrastructure. Allied nations need to mobilise all resources to help Ukraine survive winter, protect energy infrastructure and ensure it has the means to sustain its defence. #StrongerTogether
• Flags: A line of national flags of European and allied nations (including the EU, Canada, the United Kingdom, and others) is displayed along a ridge or background structure.

• Military Logistics: Cargo planes (resembling a C-17 Globemaster) airdropping supplies via parachutes, military transport trucks, and stacks of crates in a snowy winter setting.
• Soldiers: Uniformed personnel wearing blue-and-yellow armbands (symbolizing Ukrainian colors) in a snowy fortification or defensive position.

• Slogan: The text "STRONGER TOGETHER" is prominently featured across the center of the image.
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BUCKERS @deathofbuckley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You call him a Minotaur, I call him Half Man, Half Brisket x
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#TickTock
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James Aithie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @jamesaithie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Just downed a pint." "I just downed Pinter."
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Dave Ross @daveamitri.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Morning. It's a Cymande Friday. Don't forget to watch BBC4 tonight for a Glastonbury performance and one of the greatest music documentaries you'll see. This is Fug from 1973. It's no wonder their music was sampled so many times. Enjoy... youtu.be/iTuQ7c1Uttg?...
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Fug
YouTube video by Cymande - Topic
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