Born and raised in Scotland, currently living in New Hampshire. Author of several books, mostly on meditation and Buddhist practice. Fan of Scots language. Learning #dansk and #svenska. Dabbler in #Pali.
I’m was stuck behind this car for five minutes while waiting for a train to cross. Half an hour later I’m still stuck behind it mentally, trying to figure out what INVDRZM means.
I’m with my son, up in Burlington, Vermont, for the eclipse. The Interstate was wild, but the town itself isn’t as busy as I thought it might be. Eclipse starts in 45 minutes.
The drum towers surrounding the entrance to the Glasgow University Union on University Avenue in Glasgow. Designed in a Free Baronial style by Arthur and McNaughton, it was built in 1929.
@thisismyglasgow I joined QMU in my first year, because GUU was still men-only. QMU had started as the women's union, but started accepting men too. It had a reputation as being very "right-on."
GUU tried to hold out as a bastion of sexism but was forced by the university to accept female students. At that point I switched, since the premises were much better. I loved the reading-room there, although much of my study time turned into nap time.
I installed that cloudfare cache plugin people were recommending so if you get that 500 error let me know (and I will growl -- but not at YOU. I will growl at Mastodon)
Thanks for this article. There are people for whom being on the side of the truth and facts takes priority over allegiance to a political tribe. Zealotry is the opposite.
When you direct criticism at something or someone that's ostensibly on your "side," the zealots will perceive you as a traitor.
To the zealot, anything less than 100% agreement with the tribe is treason. This is why the comments on your blog post were so heated. You picked facts over tribe.
Welcome to spring in New Hampshire. We had over a foot of snow yesterday and a little more this morning. It's heavy, wet stuff, and my shoulders are aching after shoveling the driveway four times.
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Ghost sign over the back entrance to the former Woolworths store on the ground floor of Charing Cross Mansions in Glasgow. The main store front was at 22 to 26 Saint George's Road (where Tinderbox now is). Opened in 1922, this was the third Woolworths store in Glasgow (after ones on Union Street and Argyle Street, and the 121st Woolworths store overall. It closed in the 1970s.
@thisismyglasgow I think that back in the late 80's the place where Woolworths used to be was a grocery store run by an Asian family, although that might have been a unit a little closer to Sauchiehall St. They were very friendly and I always enjoyed going in there.
It gets to me when big companies abuse their power. I watched the latest video from @anderspuck, where he presents an analysis on the Moscow terror attack.
It is a good video, and 148,000 have watched it.
But subsequently YouTube has demonetized his video for "exploiting a sensitive event". So because he is talking about a terror attack, YouTube holds back the payment for his work.
You read that right: the monopoly punishes a content creator for commenting on… reality.
Next we need to convince Tennessee to ban the dangerous street drug dihydrogen monoxide. "People get drunk with it! And everyone who abuses it dies!" https://fosstodon.org/@nafnlaus/112207891299960275
@cstross Well, this bill certainly outlaws the emission of dihydrogen monoxide by jets, which means an end to the aviation industry in Tennessee. I look forward to the closure of Nashville International Airport and other smaller airports.
A billionaire wanted to take over Disney, partly to make more money and partly because he wants to see fewer women and non-Caucasians on the big screen.
"The protest brings together Grifter-bloggers, the far-right, the openly racist, the terminally dim, a Unionist hardcore and many who have just been radicalised and confused by the tsunami of disinformation that has surrounded the legislation."
