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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 02/09/2026

I love that someone loves their fursona enough to tell the world

A bridge with a number of vertical pillars at (my) head height. On subsequent pillars, someone has written "I love my fursona".

On the next set of pillars along, someone has written "I love your maw", which doesn't make a lot of sense, but that's Glasgow for you.

Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 24/08/2026

A la @scalzi.com, here's my view from a hotel window (in Oban). No carpark, but I do have this lovely sunset view out to Kerrera and Mull.

A sunset view over the Sound of Mull from a hotel window in Oban. There's a modern building in the foreground that you can see the top of, but not the auto parts spares shop below.

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 22/06/2026

I have had this print of Jim Burns' brilliant Spaceport Glasgow on my wall for over 15 years at this point, and I've only just recently noticed that one of the ships in the background is a Hugo rocket! #HugoAwards #JimBurns #art

A photo of the Jim Burns piece "Spaceport Glasgow", commissioned for the Glasgow 2005 Worldcon. It shows a futuristic spaceport on the banks of the river Clyde, with lots of spaceships taking off or landing, and the Armadillo (I _guess_ you could call it the Clyde Auditorium, if you wanted to make it clear that you're not from, and don't understand, Glasgow) in the foreground, also on rockets, just coming in to land (or maybe taking off, I'm not really sure). In the background of the painting, one of the spaceships on a landing pad is actually a Hugo Award, which is a classic narrow rocket with four fins at the base.

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 26/05/2026

Satellite 9 was a lot of fun. I went for dinner with 2/3 of @octothorpecast.bsky.social on the Friday night, as well as my pal Sacha, and acquired some art by Domin-IKA and a bunch of books, including the new collection by @bethkesh.bsky.social which I'm really looking forward to. #Satellite9

Dinner on the Friday of Satellite 9 (at Namaste in the St Enoch Centre). Clockwise from the left are: Alison Scott, Stephen, Sacha, John Coxon and me.

My haul from Satellite 9. There is a lovely piece of art by Domin-IKA, featuring a moon with an eyeball staring at a rabbit; the latest Shoreline of Infinity magazine; the Eye Collector; my badge and attached ribbons; an Arthur C. Clarke short story collection, A Fledgling Abiba and the new short story collection by Beth Faulds

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 13/05/2026

I miss when software came in big boxes, with manuals you could use to cause grievous bodily harm.

An old software box labelled "Hummingbird BI", with a weird red pattern at the top, and then a hummingbird seemingly coming out of a wormhole (or possibly the time vortex). There's a label in the bottom right that says "Upgrade copy".

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 09/05/2026

So, this came from the @glasgowcc.bsky.social chatbot, so treat it appropriately (couldn't find a contact email), but this is very useful. I've been putting my plastics to one side and taking them to the supermarket every week, so it's great to discover I can put them in the grey bin

A screenshot of a chatbox with me asking:

Can plastics marked "recycle with bags at large supermarkets" be recycled in the grey bin?

And the Glasgow City Council Chatbot replies:

Yes, you can recycle soft plastics and film, including those marked "recycle with bags at large supermarkets," in your grey bin in Glasgow—even if the packaging says not to. Please make sure these items are clean, dry, and placed loose in the grey bin (not in plastic bags).

There is no need to remove labels, but please do not include glass, polystyrene, electricals, batteries, vapes, oil or paint cans, metal pots or pans, nappies, or non-recyclable waste in your grey bin.

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 25/02/2026

I think my fancy earl grey habit may be getting somewhat out of control...

Eight different varieties of earl grey tea, seven of which are loose leaf, and one (in a fancy tin) is teabags. There is one from Shi-bui, one from Your Ecellen-tea, one from Whittard and a homemade blend containing lavender from the local Hidden Lane Tearoom. There are also three from Eteaket: Royal EG, Edinburgh EG and Earl of Winter, containing lavender and vanilla, which you wouldn't think would work but is really nice. Because I wasn't sure about that one, I just bought a wee tin of it to start with. Now that I've decided I really like it, and since it sounds like a seasonal thing, I went and bought a huge big bag of it. The tin is from Cartwright and Butler. I've not tried the Eteaket Edinburgh EG or the Whittards yet, but the others are all good.

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 01/02/2026

Had our first in-person #rpg session since the Before Times this afternoon. It was mostly an excuse to eat a prodigious amount of crisps, although we did talk to an old man too (and we didn't even kill him!). #NightsBlackAgents

A coffee table with a GM screen taking part of the space, with 4 large bags of weird crisps, several mugs and various sets of dice filling the rest of the space (more crisps off screen)

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 25/12/2025

Daffs are already out in NI!

A bunch of new daffodils starting to flower, in December

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 09/10/2025

Important update to the important notice

A sign attached to a railing that reads:

NOTICE: Any time traveller caught interfering with the local time line will be sent back to the Palaeozoic Era for a period of five years.
- By order of the Ministry of Time Travel, August 2235

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 04/10/2025

Important notice spotted in Kelvingrove park.

Sign attached to railings in Kelvingrove park that reads:

NOTICE: Will all time travellers please stop messing the early 21st Century time line for the purposes of their own amusement.
-by order of the Ministry of Time Travel, January 2162

Posted by ASignOfHumour

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 26/09/2025

The Citizens Theatre has finally reopened after years of redevelopment and I went to see the opening production, Small Acts of Love, with @beckymullen.bsky.social the other day. It's a musical about the Lockerbie disaster and is incredible.

The new front of the Citizens' Theatre in Glasgow, complete with neon sign and statues mounted on the wall above the sign.

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 08/09/2025

Some good advice from this sign recently put up at the canal (put up by A Sign of Humour).

A sign on a signpost with a crocodile in a red triangle with the label "Warning: never smile at a crocodile". The Forth and Clyde canal is in the background.

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 05/07/2025

I get no reviews, but apparently I'm formal, wholesome, strange and nerdy. Not entirely wrong...

Chart from https://www.behindthename.com/name/rajnish/rating with different stats associated with the name "Rajnish"

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 04/06/2025

I've walked past this van a few times and I really love that logo, and very clever use of negative space.

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 04/06/2025

The 1960s were a crazy time. Who thought it was a good idea who build a building whose two halves had different numbers of floors. And how long did they spend giggling on the floor before taking another hit of the bong? #UniversityOfGlasgow #AdamSmithBuilding #OkayOldAdamSmithBuilding

The (Old) Adam Smith Building at the University of Glasgow, which is a 1960s concrete building in two distinct halves. The right hand half has 6 visible floors, and the left hand half has 4. Both halves are the same height and were (I think) built at the same time.

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 21/04/2025

Belfast Lanyan Place is the first train station I've been to that is carpeted.

A carpeted corridor in a train station in Belfast. To be honest, it looks more like an airport corridor, but you'll just have to trust me that it's actually a train station.

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 27/03/2025

I walked home along the river today and found this little diorama nestled into the wall by the old mill. #glasgow

Diorama featuring six little figures standing around two gravestones. One is carrying a flag with a slice of watermelon on it, another has a picture of a key stuck to her torso, and a third has a big red triangle stuck to the front of his body. I don't know what any of it means.

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 19/03/2025

Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only

The cast of the Good Place, from left to right: Tahani, Jianyu, Michael, Eleanor, Chidi, Janet

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 17/03/2025

Had the day off work today, so I took the opportunity to head down the road to New Lanark. It's a really interesting site, and the nearby Cora Linn waterfall at the Falls of Clyde is stunning.

View of New Lanark from the rooftop garden on top of Mill 3. It's a mix of mills, terraced housing, and gardens

View down the Clyde from New Lanark, including a small waterfall. There are some mill buildings and a chimney on the left bank

View from above of Cora Linn at the Falls of Clyde near New Lanark. The water is quite low, so the sight isn't as magnificent as it might be, but it still takes the breath away.

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 08/03/2025

The darling buds of... March

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 18/01/2025

Had tea with @grace-knight.co.uk today. She decided to take me to a quiet spot on the banks of the Kelvin and make tea with the judicial application of fire! There were false starts, but fire and then tea, and then marshmallows all happened. It was a new experience for me, but a good one.

Grace and I sitting, on the groundn in a wooded area. It's by the banks of the river Kelvin, although you can't tell that from the photo. I'm dressed for a visit to a tea shop, rather than a campsite, while Grace is dressed more appropriately. I'm smiling while holding a mug of tea. Grace is laughing wildly while holding a marshmallow on a stick that is on fire.

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 13/11/2024

Had dinner and a fancy (non alcoholic) drink at Afrikana before going to the theatre this evening. The mocktail was delicious (and very fancy), and the food and company were great too. Very much enjoyed 101 Dalmatians as well, even if technical difficulties meant it started about 50 minutes late.

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 17/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #338,953!

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 09/09/2024

I'm surprised that you missed the Unicorn! It's only about 10 minutes' walk from the Discovery! www.hmsunicorn.org.uk

The HMS Unicorn from the road, including its roof, unicorn figurehead and big ram thing which the lady inside says isn't a ram, but could be used as one

Close up shot of the carved wooden unicorn that is the figurehead of the HMS Unicorn

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 14/08/2024

I managed to get to the dealers' room and art show before being struck with the Plague and got a respectable con haul. Looking on the bright side, it may be for the best that my bag space was limited and I wasn't able to go back on subsequent days... #Worldcon2024

My dealers' room haul: 7 books, a print of Iain Clark's 'Shipbuilding Over the Clyde), some stickers, an award for not indulging in censorship, a little scrunchie thing and a bunch of ribbons on my badge

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 10/08/2024

Well crap. I guess I'm going to be doing the rest of #WorldCon2024 virtually. If I was in close contact with anyone, I'm very sorry if I passed it on.

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 09/08/2024

Failed to get into three different programme items in the 1130 slot, but I did then run into Jill Bearup on the secc concourse which was lovely. If you're not following her on YouTube, you're missing a very fun channel.

Selfie of Raj with Jill Bearup on the SEC concourse

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 08/08/2024

The cover of the #worldcon2024 souvenir book is gorgeous. Shame about the typo.

Cover of the Glasgow WorldCon souvenir book with the word "Scotland" spelled as "Scottland"

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 08/08/2024

Selfie with Lori and Kevin of @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social. Achievement unlocked! #worldcon2024

Selfie at WorldCon with half of Hugo Girl. Lori on the left, Kevin on the right, with Raj in the middle

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 03/07/2024

I've been unsure who to vote for in this election and I was looking up my MP's voting record. While it's mostly in line with my beliefs, the below is why I won't be voting for her. She's chosen to make my friends' lives harder and less equal. I can't in good conscience vote for that. #UKElection2024

How Carol Monaghan voted on Social Issues
* Has never voted on equal gay rights
* Has never voted on allowing marriage between two people of the same sex
* Generally voted for lows to promote equality and human rights
* Voted against allowing terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their life

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 02/07/2024

Glasgow in midsummer, people! And I'm going to be spending this evening at an outdoor Shakespeare festival! (I'm sure it'll be worth it, it always is). #BardInTheBotanics

A screenshot of a weather app showing Glasgow in the evening, with a temperature of 12°c and falling, in early July

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 29/06/2024

I really want to know the story behind this sign!

A street tree within a "cage" of railings with a laminated sign reading "please do not feed the trees"

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 24/06/2024

I see the Glaikit folks have been busy, spreading more "hidden history" of Glasgow 😂. This one is on the Forth and Clyde canal, between the Kelvin aqueduct and Cleveden Road

Plaque on a wall titled "The Great Glasgow Potato Prohibition of 1954" (the full text is too long for the alt text, but you can find it, along with the other GlaIKIT plaques I've found, on my blog at https://lordofthemoon.com/blog/2024/06/the-glaikit-plaques/ )

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 01/05/2024

My @glasgow2024.bsky.social Landing Zone waistcoat has finally arrived. I love it!

Mirror selfie of Raj, wearing a white shirt with rainbow checks and a wonderful tartan waistcoat with dominant colours of blue and purple, with some yellow in there too, and silver strands

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 29/03/2024

There were some other sculptures at the new Stockingfield Junction bridge as well, which are very cool.

Artwork at Stockingfield Junction, that seems to be a sort of concrete flower? virus? I don't know. It's cool though.

Art at Stockingfield Junction that is an old car embedded in a hillside, going to seed, with plants growing out of it.

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 29/03/2024

Went up to see the new sculpture at Stockingfield Junction on the Forth and Clyde canal this afternoon, which is rather lovely. It's a Beithir (snake/dragon), which is kin to the Kelpies at Falkirk (there's an egg in its mouth, but the light wasn't right to take a picture of it)

Close up of the Beithir's head, which is covered in hundreds (thousands?) of mosaic tiles

Wide view of the Beithir, including large stretches that haven't yet been tiled

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 18/03/2024

Had the day off today and since I've never seen the Kelpies, I took myself to Falkirk to rectify this. I've seen pictures, of course, but they are quite magnificent in person. Well worth the visit, if you've not already done so (something for visitors coming for #Worldcon to think about).

The Kelpies: two 30m high steel statues of horse heads, one looking down pensively and the other tossing its head and looking upwards

Close up of the Kelpie statue tossing its head, shot from below

Close up of the Kelpie looking downwards

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 09/03/2024

I love this statue on top of the end of Charing Cross mansions (above the block that has Non Viet on it). Given the trident and Union flag shield, I assume that is Britannia. Not something you can easily see on the ground. (Taken from the top floor of Tay House while I was visiting a colleague)

A statue of a woman holding a trident and a shield (Britannia?) on top of a red sandstone building in Glasgow

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 02/03/2024

Polite Society is a ruddy brilliant film. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Very funny, with great action scenes, and very stylishly shot. Definitely recommended

Poster for the film "Polite Society", showing two South Asian women, one in the "superhero landing pose" and the other standing behind her with fists raised. Both are wearing fancy clothes. The tagline is "Big Trouble. Little Sister."

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 02/03/2024

A quarter of a century plus in Glasgow, and I finally had my first pizza crunch this afternoon (even if it was a slightly posh one, in noted vegan hipster bar Mono). It was greasy with not much on the way of flavour to it. I don't think I'd recommend.

A pizza crunch on a plate, with chips, mushy peas and a pickled onion. A pizza crunch is a quarter pizza, slathered in batter and deep fried.

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 21/02/2024

Saint Enoch, and Saint Mungo (also by Smug, I think), are probably my favourite Glasgow murals. I saw Mungo when I did the mural trail a few years ago, but I don't think Enoch had been done yet.

A tenement gable end with a mural of a bearded man in outdoor clothes and a hat (representing St Mungo) painted across the whole length. There is a robin perched on his finger, and another in flight, apparently about to land on his shoulder

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 17/02/2024

For Christmas our fab apprentice 3d-printed this amazing physical representation of the avatar to the side of this post - the same image I've used to represent myself on the internet since around the turn of the century. This now has pride of place in my hallway, where you can see it as you come in.

A 3D printed plastic yellow crescent moon grinning and wearing shades. It looks cool-like-the-Fonz

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 14/02/2024

Snowdrops and daffs and crocuses, oh my! Spring is getting ready to spring.

A cluster of daffodils, crocuses and snowdrops in my garden border

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 26/12/2023

Had a fantastic "oversized moon" illusion rising over this hill on the way home, and I'm pleased that the photo actually came out okay.

A large moon rising over over the horizon at the crest of a hill with a road running through it.

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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 26/12/2023

Out for a boxing day walk, down to the end of the canal, with the River Foyle in front of me, and beautiful Donegal on the far shore.

The river Foyle, looking across the border to the Republic of Ireland

Looking upstream of the river Foyle, with Donegal, in the Republic of Ireland, on the far shore of the river

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