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Shirley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@ochil1965.bsky.social
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I can see the Ochil Hills from my wee hoose. 💕 She/Her. Live in Clackmannanshire. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Mezzo Soprano in a community choir.

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Andrea @mouseinthehouse.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
WhatsApp? If you’re an admin of any WhatsApp group – and you may not have known it – starting Saturday, WhatsApp will be rolling out artificial intelligence (AI) that will have access to all conversations. So all group admins should turn on “Enhanced Privacy.”
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Raksha Dave @rakshadigs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It’s #publication day! The Archaeologist’s Discoveries is now available in the UK and US - translations to follow! 👇 #books #kidlit #Archaeology #History 🏺
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I am a ghost @dangermike.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thinking out loud, most technology comes from need: we need to keep things cool so we invent fridges, we need to light our rooms more easily, so we invent lightbulbs. AI is the opposite, we have this thing, what do we need it for? So it’s being inserted into everything in the search for a purpose.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A man in a face covering talks to another man who is looking disappointedly at a small box he is holding. Man 1 “What's that?”. Man 2 “Baklava. I misread the WhatsApp”
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The structure of DNA was discovered in the 1950s Accordingly, the 1960s saw a massive increase in diagnosis of genetic disorders. Blaming it on, say, Beatles music, would have been laughable Unrelated: Channel 4's 'documentary' "The Great #ADHD Myth?" airs tomorrow
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Dean Burnett on Instagram: "A few people have replied to my recent criticisms about the imminent @channel4 'documentary' "The Great #ADHD Myth?" with arguments that the recent significant rise in ADHD diagnoses is something that does need to be investigated. This post is my stance on why such arguments are invalid."
11 likes, 1 comments - drdeanburnett on August 17, 2026: "A few people have replied to my recent criticisms about the imminent @channel4 'documentary' "The Great #ADHD Myth?" with arguments that the recent significant rise in ADHD diagnoses is something that does need to be investigated. This post is my stance on why such arguments are invalid.".
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a frightful hobgoblin stalking throughout Europe @supermathskid.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I absolutely do not care or need to know how many small boats crossed the channel in the past 24 hours. Stop putting it in the news.
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Ross Colquhoun @rosscolquhoun.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
⛰️ UK and Ireland geography facts that feel wrong but are true: Edinburgh is west of Manchester. Liverpool is north of Dublin. Bristol is east of Edinburgh. Shetland is closer to Norway than London.
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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
In six days god created heaven and earth. On the seventh day, in the interest of balance, Laura Kuenssberg interviewed satan.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 04/07/2026
July is a pivotal moment. Up and down the country, hundreds of thousands of people are marching for trans rights, choosing joy, choosing solidarity 🏳️‍⚧️ 🗣️ Add your voice and show you stand with trans people goodlaw.social/z073
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I stand with trans people | Good Law Project
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Teachers interested in sustainability, this is for you! UCL's Schools for Sustainable Futures programme is launching & they are looking for pilot schools to run projects and get free support from UCL. See the link for more information. Do spread the word! climateeducation.org.uk/storage/news...
Schools for Sustainable Futures screenshot
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Tony Parry @tonyparry17.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
#TwoTierRioting #ReformUK?
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Resistance takes all shapes and forms.
A sign outside a British pub that reads: "Our rear garden is shadier than Nigel Farage"
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Oslo Pride video 🥹 🏳️‍🌈 #Pride #LoveIsLove
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
You know why Trump is asleep in public so much? He promised to deliver The American Dream but doesn’t understand metaphor.
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Louise Hector @louisehector.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Any trans friends out there who are happy to answer a couple of questions? We have a trans customer at the moment and want to make sure that we pre-empt a couple of issues and make sure she is comfortable/safe throughout her course.
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
17th May is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia - #IDAHOBIT. The date commemorates the World Health Organisation’s decision in 1990 to remove homosexuality from its classification of diseases. We don’t need a cure.
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Waving Pride Progress Flag
Alt: Waving Pride Progress Flag
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
One of the greatest garden path ledes I've ever read.
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Alison Thewliss @thewliss.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
A request - I am looking for a Glasgow Central constituency office, which is ideally an accessible, affordable, shop front in an area served by public transport. If anyone spots something, please do get in touch!
Map of the Glasgow Central constituency boundary https://www.boundaries.scot/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Glasgow_Central_1758892797.pdf
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Today is #NationalPenguinDay so we're remembering that time we made a Penguin out of Penguin Books. It's a Penguin Penguin. 🐧
A penguin made of Penguin books
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
We celebrate diversity round here, and if you don’t like it you are free to stay.
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University of Stirling Archives @unistirarchives.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
We have a interesting new donation for #ArchiveFashion today. This scarf dates back to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth - who was the II in England but I in Scotland. This rather chic sartorial protest reflects disappointment at this not being reflected in the Queen's regnal title #Archive30
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Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Hello everybody! A quick note to say that I have a couple of Chalet School books in search of a new home (I am upgrading / Sorting Things Out) so do send me a private message either here or elsewhere if you'd like to make an offer. Thank you!
Three books: The Highland Twins at the Chalet School / Shocks for the Chalet School / The Chalet Girls in Camp sit on a brown desk.
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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Extremely niche help request: We have, due to a recent bereavement, a fair number of high protein Fortisip nutrition drinks, all in-date. I am told Ukraine medical charities are able to make use of it. Does anyone know of anywhere in the Scottish Borders that could help get it to them? Ta.
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 12/03/2026
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'It took 11 months for Brooks to hear our voices. Now he is set for the Hampden roar'
Brooks had his cochlear implants activated last week allowing him to hear his parents for the first time.
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
In today's news. 'Drugs recently developed for diabetics, and now handed out wholesale to be monetised by the weightloss industry, can have nasty side effects. Oops.' 'One report* says evidence of effects of puberty blockers is weak**, so we're banning them.' *widely discredited **decades of data
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Fiona Robertson @fionaswriting.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Tonight was one of the worst fascist protests we've seen in Aberdeen recently. Completely uncontrolled by police, fascists chased down multiple groups of asylum seekers who were trying to return home. We had to funnel them through our protest area to keep them safe. Which upset the far right.
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WG Saraband 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇹 @wgsaraband.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
White people have governments, brown people have regimes; white heads of state live in palaces, brown heads of state live in compounds; white people have the freedom to bomb others, brown people become free through bombing, apparently. So privileged to be a white westerner. So damn ashamed.
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Shirley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ochil1965.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Are you even on a road trip if no-one says "ears just popped."
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Shirley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ochil1965.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Recal you saying you had face blindblness @thechiller.bsky.social ?
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Tony @tony.eurosky.social · 24/02/2026
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10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Trump is a moral black hole. Anyone who comes close is immediately stripped of any sense of truth, beauty, law, justice, decency, and respect for human beings they may have had before.
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Shirley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ochil1965.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Turns out one of mine is Charles Forte, Baron Forte.
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Shirley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ochil1965.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Love this so much for Farage. 🤭
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
🚨 This evening, a notice was circulated from representatives of Peter Mandelson, via press regulator IPSO and the Press Association news wire, to all media across the UK We believe it is strongly in the public interest to publish this memo. This is it in full 👇
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Peter Mandelson issues secret notice demanding press leave him alone – read in full
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
An observation test for your inner 8-year-old. You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes. From Treasure magazine, 1963 Official answers coming soon (Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)
A line drawing of a street scene with children skipping, a bike going by and birds in the sky
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Shirley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ochil1965.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
💔💔
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Shirley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ochil1965.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Please share if you can.
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Shirley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ochil1965.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Now this takes me back
The front cover of the Brownie Guide Handbook dating from the later 1970s
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Pictures that explain things Contour lines Artist: Ronald Lampitt (Understanding Map, 1967)
A diagram into parts, the upper part showing a simplified landscape of hills and lake and the lower part showing the same landscape in contour lines
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 09/01/2026
I, I will be twix And you, you will be the creme egg one
Bowie Heroes album cover holding a box of Heroes chocolates
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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I just got sent a bizarre politics survey which acknowledged that I'm in Scotland but then proceeded as if there were only one Green Party, the SNP didn't exist and Your Party was a meaningful political entity. I wish I knew whose it was because the results should go straight in the bin.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Bit of personal trivia. Anthony Gottleib, @davidedmonds100.bsky.social and me are all sons of fathers who came to the UK as children on the Kindertransport fleeing from the Nazis, and we all write about philosophy in ways that try to reach a broader public.
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WG Saraband 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇹 @wgsaraband.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Bluesky pals, here's an early preview exclusive: Painted these A4-sized abstract koi fish with vibrant Japanese watercolours + fine liner. Truly some of my finest work! So freshly done I haven't even signed them yet. Any takers before I list them? £180 each or £300 both, get in touch (UK only) 😊
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Shirley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ochil1965.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Must remember Sloan's wording on this for future reference!
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Shirley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ochil1965.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen Talk Talk Iggy Pop Coctau Twins Simple Minds Big Country
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Shirley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ochil1965.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Anyone else hear the commentator shouting "shoot" at McLean tonight? I'm convinced it was McFadden. 😉
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