A Treecreeper spotted on a Christmas walk with my daughter this afternoon
#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #UK #BirdScrolling
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#RoadSafety in the #UK: My wife keeps telling me that it could be improved if insurance was linked only to the car, not to specific drivers - because if you're unwell, tired, drunk etc you could hand over your keys to somebody else who is fit to drive. Perfectly possible in Germany, but in the UK apparently the driver has to be named in the insurance document. Any clues why this isn't considered? (we 've never owned a car so have very little practical experience of the issue) #UKpolitics
Hey everyone,
Gaza Verified is now open again for verification calls in 2026.
The new process for signing up for verification calls uses sign in with Mastodon and should remove the last remaining technical hurdle that was giving some of our friends in Gaza a hard time (adding the verification link to your Mastodon account is not intuitive in the current Mastodon interface). With this new flow, you won’t have to, we do it for you.
Also, please remember that Israel, USA, and Germany are continuing their genocide of the Palestinian people with the complicity of the UK and almost the entire rest of the EU.
And we can help, if only a little. And even if it’s just a drop in the ocean it’s still a meaningful drop for those it helps:
https://gaza-verified.org/donate/
💕
#GazaVerified #Gaza #Palestine #fediverse #mastodon #israel #USA #Germany #UK #EU #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #mutualAid #fediAid #StopIsrael #FreePalestine
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In the #UK, you can now be arrested simply for wearing a Star of David necklace.
Of course they will deny it happened and try to gaslight and obfuscate. That’s the natural response to being called out. But we can all watch the video of the detctive grilling him about this, and it’s in a wider context of similar incidents.
The country is unrecognizable. Trying to appease terrorists is one of the surest ways to lose everything, your values, anything you care about and hold dear.
There is a petition on the UK Parliament website to legally recognise nonbinary as a gender – which would include an X marker on UK passports for nonbinary people.
The deadline to sign is March 2026 and at the time of writing only 213 people have signed.
Let's show them the power of the Fediverse. At 100,000 signatures, the petition will be debated in Parliament.
Sign 👇
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/738780
#NonBinary #Enby #Trans #Transgender #Queer #LGBTQ #LGBT #UK #UKMastodon #Fediverse
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I'm slowly starting to share more images from my multi-year project "This Land Remembers", an odyssey into the last remaining ancient native woodlands of Scotland (like this one from a brilliant Autumn morning in 2025). I also have an upcoming exhibition at Gallery Photiq this April/May featuring 12 prints from the project, including this image.
Samhain [sow-wen]: the ancient Celtic festival that marks the end of summer and the beginning of winter — the moment when Beira the Cailleach, Queen of Winter, regains control over the landscape from the Queen of Summer, Brigid. It also marks the moment when the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest and the origins of Halloween. Mountain spirits come to the fore at this time of year.
#nature #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #uk #bnw #scotland #folklore #mountains
🇪🇺UK/Scotland: Expert says trans children's rights are not being respected
“You see this, for example, with the puberty blocker study that's happening in England, which we're expecting the Scottish government to come on board with as well. That's a study with not a single trans person involved in a decision-making capacity around it."...
#UK #Scotland #Transrights #Trans #TransRightsAreHumanRights
An image from some of Scotland's most remote mountains. It's no small feat to get out here, but it's worth it every time.
Made last year when me and Benjamin Maze took a group of awesome clients hiking and wild camping here; we were treated to all manner of brilliant conditions from hail to blue skies. (Join us in September 2026 for the second iteration of our Northwest Highlands photography adventure!)
#LandscapePhotography #uk #scotland #photography #nature #NaturePhotography
Just a reminder that if you like my writing on Substack, it’s very likely that you will also like my book ‘Drystone - A Life Rebuilt’
If you buy it on bookshop.org you support me and indy bookshops.
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/15919/9781846976469
#Books #Book #Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Scotland #UK
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NEW EPISODE 🚨
From France to Norway, Slovakia to the UK, Europe's rich and powerful are named in the Epstein files. This week, we’re taking a look at what the documents reveal about the European elite.
Important listening this week.
https://www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes/what-do-the-epstein-files-reveal-about-europes-elite
#europe #eu #politics #epstein #usa #norway #slovakia #uk #france #switzerland