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peterbrown

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Volunteer director of community wind company and new community distillery. Locally owned businesses are the drivers of development in the Hebrides. También soy guía turístico en Escocia desde hace muchos años.

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RustyBertrand, to random
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"Have some courtesy," someone said in a movie last night.

I was struck by it. Maybe that's why I'm so rough around the edges.

I was never taught courtesy, I recieved no courtesy. I was never taught love as I received no love.

I was only taught cruelty, and because of that, will fight for the opressed, and break that cycle.

Not sure how you can teach yourself courtesy in a world this oppressive and nasty.

peterbrown,
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@RustyBertrand I don’t think you can teach it. Animals are courteous one to another, and I think it’s pretty deep-rooted in humans as well. By that I do not mean artificial false local customs, but the innate consideration for the welfare of other human beings.

peterbrown,
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@RustyBertrand since we’re talking about courtesy, I don’t think it’s reasonable to take offence at simple disagreement. When it becomes discourteous is when it strays into personal insults or attacks and deliberate confrontation.

I think reasoned arguments is what most of us are here for - agreement is not a prerequisite, but some modicum of decency is and I think that constitutes courtesy.

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” is still a good yardstick.



peterbrown,
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@Wen @RustyBertrand heid biled.

You are absolutely right, agreeing to disagree is key .

peterbrown, to random
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Supporting our community with our daily ferry at 04.50?

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mondoweiss, to Palestine
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On April 15, Chicago police aggressively prevented marchers during the worldwide A15 day of action. Organizers say the repression was a message from the city ahead of the upcoming Democratic National Convention in August.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/police-brutality-and-mass-arrests-of-palestine-protesters-in-chicago-may-be-precursor-to-the-dnc/


@palestine @israel

peterbrown,
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@mondoweiss @palestine @israel

appassionato, to palestine
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A man in Rafah has described the night of heavy Israeli attacks. Here’s his account:

“Intense bombardment, very very intense bombardment.

“Air strikes, rockets, artillery shelling, tank shelling, drones – all firing at us!

“Never in my life – I am 69-years-old – have I ever seen bombardment like this, and I have witnessed several wars. I have never seen a war like this one."

@palestine

peterbrown,
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@appassionato @palestine not much of a war if only one side is doing the bombing.

Sounds to me more like a massacre.

peterbrown, to random
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MV Isle of Mull steaming towards Oban

peterbrown, to random
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An unusual Edward VII pillar box in Marchmont, Edinburgh

thisismyglasgow, to glasgow
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There are few things which beats a wally close for making a great first impression. This one is in the Hyndland area of Glasgow. For those who don't know, a wally close is the communal entrance to a tenement which is lined with tiles, and often beautifully crafted ones.

peterbrown,
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@thisismyglasgow a bit of a pity they put in the glass door. Those tiles seem to carry on up the stairs.

plink, to Israel
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from
Israeli precision-guided munition likely killed group of children playing foosball in , weapons experts say

[ stonewalled as usual, in spite of clear facts]



@palestine @israel

https://amp-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/05/02/middleeast/israeli-precision-guided-munition-maghazi-deaths-intl?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%2520%251%24s&aoh=17148108312638&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2024%2F05%2F02%2Fmiddleeast%2Fisraeli-precision-guided-munition-maghazi-deaths-intl%2Findex.html

peterbrown,
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@plink @palestine @israel since their prime motive seems to be to make remaining life in Palestine insufferable, merely seeing carefree children playing will be sufficient trigger to blow them all to kingdom come.

And it’s not a war. For a war, you need two sides that are more or less equally matched, both fighting.
It’s a bombardment ending in a massacre, with genocidal intent.

peterbrown,
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@plink @palestine @israel “you and your friends went out to play together for the last time and none of you knew it” 😪

thisismyglasgow, to glasgow
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Cleaned and uncleaned tenements on Albert Avenue in the Queen's Park area of Glasgow. Until a cleaning programme was initiated in the 1970s, most of Glasgow's traditional sandstone buildings were black from many decades of accumulated soot and grime. These tenements show what buildings looked like before and after they were cleaned.

peterbrown,
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@thisismyglasgow @brie probably worth mentioning that cleaning operations ceased when it was realised that it was very difficult to clean the stone without damaging it.

thisismyglasgow, to glasgow
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Today, I decided to head out of the city and spend the day in the Arrochar Alps. This was the view, including Beinn Narnain (right), the Cobbler (middle), and (I think) the Brack (left), with Loch Goil just making an appearance in the distance. I'll be back to photographing Glasgow tomorrow.

peterbrown,
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@thisismyglasgow Only this morning I was telling people how accessible the Arrochar Alps are from Glasgow; you can get the train out there in the morning and be back home the same day.

peterbrown, to random
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I heard it was illegal to pass Eilean Donan without taking a photograph

MadeyeTheCarnaptious, to random
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"British Values" for all to see.

https://youtu.be/c8tSFPduEeY

peterbrown,
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@MadeyeTheCarnaptious carefully chosen to be all young men - I don’t suppose they’ll be launching videos of a middle-aged University professor or a woman with young children being put in the back of a prison van

fionaorkneynews, to random
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Where are the Stromness Maidens ?

How many Stromness maidens will be up and about early on May 1st to wash their faces in the dew of Brinkie's Brae? We look back to 1946 when there will still a few maidens about and taking part in this traditional event - although even then they were few in numbers. Stromness News: Tuesday 7th May 1946, The Orkney Herald and Advertiser.

https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/05/01/where-are-the-stromness-maidens/

peterbrown,
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@fionaorkneynews in Edinburgh it is considered good for the complexion to wash your face in the dew up Arthur’s Seat at dawn on the 1st of May

peterbrown,
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@Wen @fionaorkneynews interesting thought. I had kind of assumed it was a tradition that predated the extensive use of coal in the city.

neotoy, to random
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In a compassionate and sane society...

peterbrown,
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@neotoy and it cost the country less than it would have done leaving them homeless.

mondoweiss, to Palestine
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Since October 7, many in the U.S have have grown to understand how our tax dollars fund the genocide in Gaza. This knowledge is inspiring a boom in an old form of resistance — tax resistance.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/tax-resistance-movement-grows-in-response-to-u-s-support-for-gaza-genocide/


@palestine @israel

peterbrown,
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@DrALJONES @mondoweiss @palestine @israel and the same should be true of any country which isssues its own currency.

peterbrown,
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@DrALJONES @mondoweiss @palestine @israel yes well in that respect they would be foolish to borrow for essentials. They should find something that they need to export or just do without.
Sometimes tourism is a good way to bring in foreign currency, if there are no other obvious exports.

peterbrown, to random
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Apparently, Calmac are rationing bookable bike spaces to the Isle of Barra. Of course, what they don’t tell you is that you can turn up and travel with your bicycle. There are only 12 bookable spaces, but 18 came off the boat tonight.
It’s not entirely clear why they’re trying to limit the number of bicycles on the boat. 🤔

This will have serious implications for those planning to complete the as limiting the numbers at the start limits the numbers all the way through to Lewis

mondoweiss, to Palestine
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Walid Daqqah died in Israeli prison as a revolutionary and literary icon. But when he and his wife Sana' gave life to their daughter through his smuggled sperm, Walid was given a second life.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/a-parallel-birth-on-the-second-life-of-walid-daqqah/


@palestine @israel

peterbrown,
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@mondoweiss @palestine @israel don’t tell the Isreali army or they will assassinate them

Free_Press, to news
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In the US, a train carrying gasoline and butane derailed and caught fire

The incident occurred near the border of the US state of Arizona with New Mexico. Six cars containing gasoline and propane caught fire. Local police are investigating the cause of the incident, reports the Associated Press.

The interstate was closed. Residents of houses near the incident were also evacuated as a precaution due to the wind, which carried away thick smoke.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=G6VDX8vPyKs&si=LD0rFs1I7EeaptNn

peterbrown,
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@Free_Press in Europe derailments are rare as the railways are maintained as state infrastructure not private assets

peterbrown,
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@rhythmisaprancer @Free_Press difference is that anybody can use the roads, not just one single company.
On maintenance yes, well that’s because successive governments have reduced their tax take and there’s no money left anymore.

Simple!

TalktoBeverley, to random
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/27/work-and-pensions-committee-chair-tells-ministers-to-fix-carers-allowance-issues

' “The government defends the mean-spirited rules which penalise carers’ earnings beyond £151 a week... then criminalise carers for any overpayments of carer’s allowance. Given HMRC have the earnings data, why don’t they [DWP] just write to carers if they think they’ve accidentally gone over the earnings limit?” '

'Timms called for the carer’s allowance earnings limit to be increased in line with the national minimum wage after it was in effect frozen five years ago...'

peterbrown,
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@TalktoBeverley pedestrians need to re-claim the roadway

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