Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 9hFrom Pollokshields to Gilmorehill, and beyond. 6456 45
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialKennys Bookshop & Art Gallery @kennysbookshop.bsky.social · 15/10/2026We wanted to assure you that Sally Rooney's books are still available to buy and to order online! 3455187 455
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialGerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Happy 80th birthday to the PS Waverley launched on 2 October 1946 at the A. & J. Inglis Pointhouse Shipyard on the Clyde, Glasgow. The Waverley is the last seafaring passenger carrying paddle steamer in the world: a piece of Clydeside history & testimony to the skills & work which made the Clyde. 1204 20
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialPast Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 02/10/2026PS Waverley turns 80. #Glasgow #history 0233 23
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Art Nouveau jewllery designed by Glasgow School artist and Frances Macdonald (1873 –1921) #WomensArt 5889137 889
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Originally recorded in archives in 1595, the Kirbister Farmhouse, located in Birsay, Orkney is the last un-restored traditional 'firehoose' (firehouse) in Northern Europe. #medieval #scotland #history IG: @graenwulf www.instagram.com/graenwulf?st... 671219254 1.2K
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialCharles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now 5145191509 4.5K
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialJohn Angus Spencer-Barnes 🏳️🌈 @johnbarnes.org · 01/09/2026Don’t give me this meteorological Autumn nonsense. Autumn starts on September 23rd. Have another three weeks of Summer on me. 6465 46
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialJohn Angus Spencer-Barnes 🏳️🌈 @johnbarnes.org · 31/08/2026Today is the 29th anniversary of the greatest apology in the history of journalism. 212135 121
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialBrendan Rogan @rogiebren.bsky.social · 30/08/2026You gotta follow your own path 🙌 #LandscapePhotography #Ocean #Beach #Photography #Ireland 0163 16
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialLeona Scream @editor.scot · 30/08/2026here is the satisfying word! click to hear the audiolearngaelic.netLearnGaelic DictionarySearch the English to Gaelic LearnGaelic dictionary for words, phrases and idioms with audio sound files. 052 5
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026This is just too Good 😊 1227576 275
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialThis Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I come across some strange things on my early morning runs around Glasgow, but this was a first: A near-life sized model penguin peeking round a bin on Sauchiehall Street! Definitely one for the Keep Glasgow Weird file. #glasgow #glasgowtoday #keepglasgowweird #penguin #penguinsmakeglasgow 611412 114
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialMike Prince @mplandscapes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Loch Scavaig. One from a while ago just processed. 621225 212
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialBaxtermack🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @baxtermack.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Because I luvs youse all. Here is Seamus Heaney's translation of the poem about the 9th century cat Pangur Bánpoetryfoundation.orgPangur BánPangur Bán and I at work, Adepts, equals, cat and clerk: His whole instinct is to hunt, Mine to free the meaning pent. Happy for me, Pangur Bán… 412156 121
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialDr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 16/08/2026If you haven't already, can you please take a minute to sign this demand for a public inquiry into the role of the media in Prof. Arday's death? Thanks so much. Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project share.google/yglZz4Gw42RJ...share.googleJason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law ProjectCommission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death. 21790453 790
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialIrish Wildlife Trust @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The Irish Wildlife Trust are disappointed to see the number of newspaper articles reporting on this accident without giving the details of what happened. @irishenvnet.bsky.social @fairseas.ie #BlueShark #IrishSharks 12311189 311
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialR.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 11/08/2026We’re celebrating 40 years of “Fall On Me” today (the first single from the band’s fourth album Lifes Rich Pageant was released on this day in 1986). The video was filmed & directed by @michaelstipe.bsky.social 23670149 670
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialJohn Hughes @johnmelhughes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I'm in an unfashionable poets state of mind. 031 3
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialThis Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Allegorical figures of Speed and Science flanking the entrance to the North British Locomotive Company building in Springburn, Glasgow. They were sculpted by Albert Hemstock Hodge in 1909. #glasgow #springburn #sculpture #architecturephotography #architecture 08512 85
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialFelix Sylvestris @felixsylvestris.bsky.social · 19/07/2026The last team to beat Spain in a competitive game is.... Scotland. 46222 62
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialDougie Coull Photography @dougiecoullpix.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Tonight #photography #nature #sunset #westher #scenery 041 4
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialDanielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 19/07/2026What a touching message of global love and unity between all nations in a country that killed a Somali ref’s dream, assaulted a member of the Egyptian team, humiliated a South American team by searching their luggage, and maltreated the Iranians by refusing to allow them to stay. 17125 71
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Very sad to hear about the arrest of Andrew Tate. He has been charged with rape, human trafficking, controlling prostitution and actual bodily harm. I once described him as "an important voice for young men", which tells you all you need to know about my moral compass. 23951274 951
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialDublin Fire Brigade @dubfirebrigade.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Have you tested your smoke alarm lately? We recommend testing them once a week and you should have one installed per floor of your home. 712975771 3K
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialDavid Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 07/07/2026“I am the most verbally and physically attacked public figure or politician of modern times.” The disgraceful Nigel Farage. Remembering Labour MP Jo Cox, born 1974, murdered 2016. 20998345 998
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialDougie Coull Photography @dougiecoullpix.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Demolition continues at Clune Park Estate in Port Glasgow. #photography #inverclyde #demolition #cluneparkestate #blackandwhite 061 6
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialRichard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 04/07/2026This an official Vatican photograph of Leo at Lampedusa, Italy - one of the world’s heaviest migrant sites - where he went this morning to pray for migrants who died at sea. This is after turning down the offer to come to the United States. 134160712864 16.1K
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialPast Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 04/07/2026At this time on a Saturday, Ashton Lane will be buzzing with people making merry at its many bars and restaurants. But back in 1933 it was lined with Victorian stables, mews buildings and small workshops. That's Jinty McGuinty's on the left. 📷 Glasgow City Archives #Glasgow 2397 39
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Is there a more instantly tantalising beginning to a book than the first page of the diaries of the Radnorshire clergyman Francis Kilvert, from the 1870s? 1521346 213
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialKenny Stewart @kennystew.art · 24/06/2026I thought kick off was later and I’m sad I somehow missed it but that’s a great result for Scotland. 553148552 3.1K
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Well said, Billy 👏🏼 #BookSky 180101362098 10.1K
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 16/06/2026was it Paddington? 381376254 1.4K
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 13/06/2026📰Tomorrow's front page Thousands attend anti-racism demonstration that drowns out far-right hate 7270104 270
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialSpooky Seamus O'Flaugherty @seamussaid.bsky.social · 07/06/2026 Hegseth "Sadly, today, different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies" WHAT WERE THE DANGEROUS IDEOLOGIES STORMING BEACHES IN WW2 MOTHER FUCKER? ANTI FASCISTS? 29120 91
orladg.bsky.social @orladg.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Sleepy cygnets all ready for bed #swans #cygnets #greenock 030 3
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialThe Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Okay folks it’s hot out there so we need to talk about #bees and #water. Please #repost / #share. Thank you for caring. BEES NEED WATER! BEES GET STUCK IN AND DIE IN WATER! Here’s what you need to know! Given that they can collect water, their nectar based diet and their ability to generate… 1/11 512268 122
orladg.bsky.social @orladg.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Victor snoozes while Jack enjoys the view from the bookcase #caturday #blackcats 081 8
orladg.bsky.social @orladg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Tried to get a photo of the esplanade cygnets but dad had to make it all about himself. Or mum, I don’t know how to tell the difference. 000 0
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialAmy McEuen, Ph.D. @mceuen.bsky.social · 10/05/2026My favorite mother’s day cartoon from the stupendous @rosemarymosco.com 3698712202 9.9K
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Say what you like about the British press, but I find it reassuring that they spend months ripping apart a Labour PM for properly declaring some glasses and football tickets, then all but ignore someone who wants to be PM when he tries to cover up a £5 million gift. 141312446 1.3K
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialBarry Burns @barry.mogwai.scot · 08/05/2026More please (Greenock) 1416 41
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialAssociation for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 15/03/2026Is tu riamh an ceann do dhleastanais, mu chòcaireachd, caoraich, leabhraichean; a bheil fios an d’fhuair thu do dhìol airson do dheataim is spàirn is sgìths? —Meg Bateman, “Màthair” from Soirbheas/Fair Wind, Polygon Books 2007 A #Gaelic #poem for #MothersDay 063 6
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialAlan Kelly @akellyucc.bsky.social · 14/03/2026“I hear you’re an England fan now father” 1215 21
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Virologist Charlotte Friend (b. #OTD in 1921) proved viruses could cause cancer (1957) & revolutionized virology (& helped define modern retrovirology). She later pioneered differentiation therapy, showing cancer cells could be "reverted" to health, defining a new path to treat cancer. #WomenInSTEM 111092252 1.1K
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialHelen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Ladybird book in the spotlight. ‘The Princess and the Pea’, 1967 Artist: Eric Winter 1832320 323
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialsweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · 08/03/2026wearing my women in stem t-shirt on international women’s day to celebrate the fact that i was given that and a reusable water bottle instead of equal pay 12866204 866
Reposted by @orladg.bsky.socialThis Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Women have helped change the world in many different ways, but possibly the strangest involved a woman from Glasgow named May Donoghue and a dead snail. Cont./ #paisley #statue #glasgow #internationalwomensday #thesnailinthebottle 44211 42
