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.
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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."
“The Realized One [the Buddha] loves kindness and delights in it, so this thought often occurs to him: ‘Through this behavior, I shall not hurt any creature firm or frail.’”
—The Buddha (Itivuttaka 38)
@Schnuckster Ah, well, I don't think I've ever been to a charity shop that's had their books organized in any useful way anyway! 🙂
One time, being a bit of a minimalist, I decided I would only buy books from my local charity shop and would donate them back after reading them. The lack of choice made me read many excellent books that I wouldn't ordinarily have picked out. Being thrown off our normal patterns can bring advantages.
I found this fantastic little ghost sign today at the entrance to a tenement close on High Street in Glasgow. The tenement was built in 1901, but the phone number (Bell 976) indicates the sign dates from sometime between 1936, when the Bell Telephone Exchange opened on nearby Ingram Street, and the 1960s, when the Bell prefix was phased out in favour of the numerical ones 552 and 553.
@Dolphinchaz@JackTheCat If Trump were to be assassinated, whoever replaced him would surge to victory and probably be much worse than him. They’d now have even more motivation to get revenge on liberals.
We got back the DNA results of the rescue pup we adopted two weeks ago. I'd eyeballed her as Chihuahua with some cattle or sheep dog and a little Dachshund.
All those guesses were correct, but she has so many breeds in her virtually any guess would be right.
@BigAngBlack I made a quiche (the first and only time I've done that) with Just Egg, and the carnivores who ate it all thought it was a regular quiche.
I had two social events in as many days — a concert on Sunday, where I met several friends, and hanging out with my best bud last night — and my happiness levels have been dialed up from 3 to 9.5.
It's a reminder of the emotional toll the pandemic has taken by derailing my social life. I'm definitely going to make sure that I take care of my need for friendship and socializing. My risk of COVID is slightly increased, but I think it's a worthy trade-off.
@felicitymartin I'm sorry to hear you're sick, and I hope it's not Covid.
I'm not anti-masking at all (I'm often the only person masked in the supermarket) but it's worth remembering that loneliness can have as much of a detrimental effect on our health as being a heavy smoker. (Of course if you're not lonely in isolation that doesn't apply.)
Incidentally, I used to get chest infections every year, but haven't had one in12 years or so, since I started taking Vitamin D during the winter months.
@felicitymartin It's never stopped me from getting viral infections of any sort, but it has stopped them going into my chest and turning into bacterial infections. It's been a blessing.
The Argyll Arcade in central Glasgow. Developed by James Robertson Reid in the 1820s as Scotland's first indoor shopping arcade, it was modelled on the Parisian Arcades of the late 1700s. It's about 150 metres long and L-shaped, and was designed by John Baird I.
@thisismyglasgow I was so excited to find this arcade when I was first exploring Glasgow, and so disappointed to find that it wasn’t full of games and food stalls!
