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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 26/09/2026

Park Pond, two young dabchicks with one or two parents. Never saw the parents at the same time. Fishing & feeding the wee ones. About 10 metres along another adult & young one. Was surprised as I’ve not seen many about over the summer. Nesting in the space between Islands out of sight I guess?

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 24/09/2026

Lots of the ivy was alive with hoverflies wasps & bees on Tuesday. Lots of buzzing!

Hoverfly perched on a cluster of ivy flowers surrounded by green leaves.

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Drew Burrett @drewburrett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I haven't blogged in years, but prompted by an email @qualifications.gov.scot I've dusted off some old ideas... drewburrett.substack.com/p/revisiting... Please feel free to comment and share.

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Revisiting Assessment & Certification

(and tentatively returning to sharing my thoughts)

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 20/09/2026

Blustery afternoon on path to Greenside, mostly blue sky. Despite the wind a few butterflies, peacocks, painted lady, red admiral & a few speckled woods. Goldfinch in the meadowsweet. A raven circled high in the blue. The news reported less speckled woods this year, but I’ve seem more than ever.

Speckled Wood butterfly with brown, cream-spotted wings resting on a textured green leaf.

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 20/09/2026

I am experimenting with gathering links with rss.chat here. I am pulling a rough post together for some of the links gathered there. Education This looks like a very interesting book. "As important as her deep reporting on the tech indust... johnjohnston.info/blog/life-in-link…

Montage of webpages: Coding Kids: Big Tech’s Battle to Remake Public Schools | Washington Independent Review of Books Todd's AI Playground Custom Post Types, Taxonomies, or Custom Fields: Which Should You Use? - Meta Box WordPress 7.0 Multisite: Did You Notice the New Connectors Screen in Subsites? – Lena’s Multisite & BuddyPress Mayhem Where The River (ft. Earl 16) | Soul Revivers ‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft OpenAI's rebel agent swarm died young, but its chilling logs live on An $18bn settlement – and Zuckerberg barely blinked. The tech titans must be stripped of their power, and soon | Jonathan Freedland | The Guardian PlotLines - the classics, mapped

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 16/09/2026

Just has an email telling me telex has been retired. Telex was built onto of WordPress playground and allowed you to crate with A.I. plugins and themes. I experimented and made a few. Kept a bit of a record of the prompts I used and the problems I cam... johnjohnston.info/blog/telex-retired

Screenshot of Website Testing Telex. WordPress Query Loop grid, posts illustrated with bitmap image.

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 13/09/2026

Greenside morning, brighter than expected. Sunshine brought out the butterflies. Mostly Painted Ladies with a lot of Speckled Woods. One very battered Small Tortoiseshell. Near the reservoir a flock of about 50 or so mixed goldfinch & linnets, s... johnjohnston.info/blog/greenside-in…

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Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 12/09/2026

I just want one killer app before we get a killer robot.

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ScotEduBlogs @scotedublogs.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I don’t usually devote a full post to a single webinar, but this one genuinely merited it. The session offered one of the clearest, most practice‑grounded explorations of how AI is reshaping assessment and feedback across FE and HE.Teachermatic is an award-winning... wp.me/p3Wm7X-nVR

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 07/09/2026

3 photos of a raven, imagemagick B&W & montage. #corvid #raven

A montage of 3 photos of a raven in flight. Black and white, same raven.

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 03/09/2026

Victoria Park, drizzle them brightened, a couple of white butterflies over the flower beds. Went to investigate. Among the bright flowers were a few thistles. A couple of bees working over the thistles ignoring the other flowers. One butterfly came off a thistle too. Not sure which type of white.

Heron sitting in willow tree winds folded open

Heron sitting on a curved branch, grooming

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Wikimedia Foundation @wikimediafoundation.org · 01/09/2026

Wikipedia has a tip for nearly every part of the editing experience. Started in 2004, the "Tip of the day" project provides useful daily advice on how to use or develop Wikipedia more effectively. Bookmark it ➡️ w.wiki/HT5G

The painting of a girl reading a book by May Vale. Text reads: You probably don't know everything Wikipedia can do. Tip of the day gives you one daily quick trick to help you explore, edit, and get more out of the free encyclopedia.

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 29/08/2026

Out to Greenside this morning, warm, close and sometimes sunny. Butterflies: Green-veined Whites, several spotted woods, peacocks, small tortoiseshells & painted ladies on thistles. I rather like this odd view of a painted lady. few more photos on f... johnjohnston.info/blog/painted-lady

Painted Lady Butterfly on a knapweed flower. tHe butterfly is at an odd angle, facing the camera, wings outstretched, we only see aa little of the top and underside,

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 23/08/2026

#bloomstrolling for #bloomscrolling in Glen Douglas yesterday. Lots of sparkles on the ground. #flora.

A 3x3 grig of images, 8 wildflowers round a maps showing where they were taken. From topleft: Eyebright, milkwort, devil's bit scabious, bog heather, map, round leafed sundew, ling, lousewort, hawkbit (or something like it)

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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A society that protects its trees and water is investing in generations it may never meet.

John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 12/08/2026

Insects, from a walk round Ardmore point yesterday.

A Speckled Wood butterfly resting on yorkshire fog grass head

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 12/08/2026

An interesting post from Matt Mullenweg: "Builders are the site shapers, webmasters, the agencies, the companies, the content managers that think in a more page-first rather than post-first way. Tagging? Blogroll? Date-based permalinks? Who ne... johnjohnston.info/blog/who-uses-wor…

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Who uses WordPress?

Thinking about teachers and pupils using WordPress, sparked, in part by Our Core Division posted by Matt Mullenweg

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 09/08/2026

Congratulations, I swithered for months last year when I retired and needed a new car. Ended up with a hybrid, due to living in a flat & cost. Still wondering if all electric would have been best.

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 02/08/2026

A lot of white butterflies (mostly green-veined, large & small) out & about on Friday. Some flightily red admirals too. Later, beside the track an excited green-veined white butterfly fluttering amount the leaves. Underneath a leaf a small white hanging upside down. Misplaced affection?

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 31/07/2026

Talking a short walk along the Kelvin between Kelvin Bridge & The Botanics while my wife was in the dentist. These sunlit leaves above the path pulled in this speckled wood. Another flew over some sparkling water through light & shade. A happy moment.

A speckled wood butterfly resting on some sunlit leaves.

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 31/07/2026

Read The Devils Footprints by John Burnside ★★★★☆ I am unsure how much to ‘believe’ of the main character’s narrative. He claims a childhood murder and the insanity of running away from his wife and life with a 14 year old girl who he thinks... johnjohnston.info/blog/the-devils-f…

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The Devils Footprints

Read The Devils Footprints by John Burnside ★★★★☆ I am unsure how much to ‘believe’ of the main character’s narrative. He claims a childhood murder and the insanity of running awa…

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 30/07/2026

♥ RSS – A directory of people who love RSS Put the badge on your homepage and submit your URL. Once we’ve checked the link back and found your feed, you’re on the list — and in an OPML subscription list any reader can subscribe to in one action ♥ RSS

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 22/07/2026

Read: Buckeye by Patrick Ryan ★★★★ 📚 Say, forever. What is it about time that confounds us? We spend it. We save it. We while it away. We waste it. We kill it. We complain about not having enough of it, or about having too much of it on our hands. We regr... johnjohnston.info/blog/buckeye

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Buckeye

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 18/07/2026

rss chat: johnjohnston.info/blog/rss-chat rss.chat by Dave Winer, where each user gets an RSS feed to share their posts. It seems to be about small communities on individual servers. While it's still in demo mode and not guaranteed to stick around, it's a thought provoking way to think ...

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rss chat

rss.chat by Dave Winer, where each user gets an RSS feed to share their posts. It seems to be about small communities on individual servers. While it’s still in demo mode and not guaranteed t…

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 16/07/2026

Given the good weather there are quite a lot of butterflies around this week. This one looks like an old one that has been in the wars, black faded and very ragged. I wonder what tales it could tell. My butterfly by month page is building nicely.

A faded Red Admiral nectering on ragwort.

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dave.linkblog.org @dave.linkblog.org · 10/07/2026

Technography in the age of AI. rss.chat

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 09/07/2026

Short walk to Greenside reservoir this morning. Warm, mostly sunny. Lots of butterflies around. I’d guess I saw over 200 ringlets; a lot of painted ladies & meadow browns. A few common blues & red admirals ,one small tortoiseshell ... johnjohnston.info/blog/butterfly-mo…

3x3 grid of 8 images round a central map of where they were taken. From Top left: Painted Lady; peacock butterfly caterpillars; small skipper; Small tortoiseshell; map;2 Meadow Browns mating; small blue; ringlet; red admiral

Butterfly, looks like a small skipper, on a gras head.

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 03/07/2026

Guided Tours in WordPress: johnjohnston.info/blog/guided-tours… A note about the guided tour facility in the Pootlepress Blueprint Generator for the WordPress playground.

Animated gif of screenshots of a 'tour' of the wordpress dashboard made with pootlepress playground.

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 28/06/2026

Today’s daily create #tdc5280 #ds106 #dailycreate #ShowYourStripes point toward the #ShowYourStripes webpage that very neatly shows "visual representations of the change in temperature as measured in each country, region or city over... johnjohnston.info/blog/climate-biod…

An image showing the decline, 86%, in British moths from 1970 to 2018 The highest level of biodiversity is coloured bright green. Lower levels move through yellow to grey, depending upon the level of decline. Darker greys appear with greater declines.

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 25/06/2026

Life in Links 67: johnjohnston.info/blog/life-in-link… A varied collection of links some of which have been sitting in my notes for a while. Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘We’ve treated a generation of chil… They miss school? “School is where our kids feel secure. It’s where they’re fed. It’...

A montage of screenshots of the eight webpages discussed.

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 25/06/2026

Read: Solace House by Will Maclean ★★★★ 📚 After sudden scalding exposure to the late twentieth century, and the garish monomania of the supermarket, it was joyous to return to the hospital, to the house. I found that I wanted to immerse myself in Sol... johnjohnston.info/blog/solace-house

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Solace House

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 14/06/2026

Walk around Victoria park this afternoon. Warm and quite sunny. Lots of small damselflies out on the pond.

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 14/06/2026

Belonging: johnjohnston.info/blog/belonging A wonderful book. Touches on so many things, some I know a bit about, trout flies, others new to me, the process of etching. Travels, walks, bird ringing & ecological surveys mix with family history. Lists of old Scot's words for weather, gpx ...

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

It's World Swift Day! ❤️ Swifts raise their chicks high in eaves or nestboxes, returning to the same site year after year. When the young fledge, they launch into open air... & just keep going! They’ll remain airborne for the next two or three years, until it’s time to breed themselves.

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 05/06/2026

TIL copy all tabs in iOS safari. On mac, I have a nice wee AppleScript that copies to the clipboard links to all my open tabs in Safari’s top window. I’ve always been a bit frustrated that I couldn’t do the same on iOS. But I can. Tab view then the ellipsis at the top right, copy n tabs.

Screenshot of Tab menu in the all tabs view of Safari on iPhone. The Menu item "Copy 500 Links" is hilited in yellow and circled in red.

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Danny Nicholson @dannynic.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Celebrate 20 years of teachmeet with our cross-border Anglo-Irish online meet. 3rd July 8 to 9.30. Sign up for the zoom here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Sign up to speak here: forms.gle/fYNC5pL1X3pz... Please spread the word. #teachmeetukie #teachmeet20 #tmbett #teachmeet

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John Johnston @johnjohnston.info · 26/05/2026

Sunday Morning on the Braes: johnjohnston.info/blog/sunday-morni… Walked out to Dumcolm on Sunday morning. A quiet day, although it looked as if it was getting busy later. Lots of birds singing, lots of flowers showing. Warm, sunny until 9am or so, then light cloud.

%x3 grid, 14 photos round a map where they were taken. From Top Left: Water Avens, bare tree branches in silhouette, looking back to wards Glasgow; a cuckoo on a post; orange tip butterfly, male with wings outspread; Green-veined white on cuckoo flower. Post with a loch behind; MAP; violet flower; primroses; bog cotton; two stonechats; small copper butterfly; painted lady butterfly; speedwell flowers.

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