Notices by Wen (wen@mastodon.scot)

The Tories in Holyrood voted against pausing the rush for data centres in Scotland. Now we find out that the Tory party treasurer controls a company, CXTech , that is proposing to build the largest data centre in Scotland - with government subsidies.

Corruption anyone? 🤮🤑

https://www.theferret.scot/scotland-data-centre-graham-edwards/

#DataCentre #AI #Scotland #Environment #Water #Power #Corruption #Stinks

Remarkable as though it might seem, even Border Collies do need a wee bit of training. In this case as a pup he began as a reluctant swimmer, so Síle had to demonstrate — with a real stick — in the burn that runs through the garden. He soon got the hang of it, and of course balls were an easy extension.

#BorderCollie #Training #Water #Stick #Ball

It is just weather, not climate. Nothing to see here, no reason to reduce fossil fuel usage. Or so we are assured but many politicians and fossil fuel companies.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/21/super-el-nino-temperature-record

#Climate #ClimateChange #Weather #Perspective #ElNino

I am not a regular film goer in recent years, but even the trailer made me puke

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/sep/17/jonathan-majors-action-thriller

#Misogyny #Racism #Stupidity #AnAmericanFilm

A little cheery news for this wet Tuesday morning.

Whether it be War and Peace or The Very Hungry Caterpillar, according to a study from the University of Cambridge, regardless of “what or how we read”, sitting down with a book is linked to improved health and problem solving. Benefits include lowering stress and reducing the risk of dementia, and span all types of reading, from comic books to classic novels or hefty non-fiction tomes.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/reading-and-associations-with-brain-health-cognition-wellbeing-and-mental-health/1A3565FA61831A975813113DE1AB2B09

#Reading #Bookstodon #GoodNews

This has to be one of the funniest consequences of Trump’s attempts to bully Canada. Those mid terms are looking promising (provided you can afford to wipe your bum).

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/26/paper-product-toilet-paper-tariffs-us-canada

#Trump #USA #Canada #Tariffs #Consequences #ToiletPaper

Morning walk

Bonnie and Clyde hang back hoping for a head start when the balls come back out of the rucksack (the Collie is consistently faster than both of them).

Lovely temperature and we are looking forward to the lunchtime run and blackberry forraging.

#Walking #DogWalking #ScottishBorders #DogsOfMastodon #BorderCollie

Cartoon Morten Morland

In reference to his reported remarks about his constituents

#cartoon #farage #clacton #byelection

The people of Clacton have spoken

#cartoon #MortenMorland #Farage #BinFace #election #Clacton #Fraud

New posters are going up in London - love them.

edit - a variant shows a different image as you move

#Meta #GlassHoles #Consent #Epstein

Your don’t even need to speak ill of the dead. A gamble that misfired 🤣

Sergio Furnari, hoped the statue of the deceased far-right activist, which he intends to display in Times Square, would raise “millions” of dollars. Instead, he said he has been inundated by messages from people saying they intend to urinate on the sculpture.

See also the golden statue of Trump - the (piss) artiste is apparently still waiting to be paid.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/20/sculptor-charlie-kirk-statue-new-york

#HopeForTheUS

I thought I had seen it all. Clearly bank robbers in the US are finding their inner Pink Panther for inspiration.

In my case I would have nor fed our tabby that morning, walked into the bank and threaten to leave him there unless they handed over the boodle. That would have worked.

#CatsOfMastodon #Robbery #USA

I see that Anne Widecombe has died.

A selfish unpleasant, bigoted racist. I am sure there will be many carefully constructed obituaries, but I think Shakespeare had it right (even if it is a somewhat partial quote), what good was interred (to follow through the full one?

‘The evil that men do lives after them’

#obituary #shortform #widdecombe #NotMissed

@spytfyre https://ko-fi.com/countbinface should anyone be interested

Apparently Count Binface is registering more than 7000 donors of £3 to his/her campaign as of 18.30 on Wednesday.

Don’t ask me how I know.

#Farage #Binface #Clacton #Byelection #UkPol

OK which one of you is guilty?

Seen in a cafe in Northumberland

#BorderCollie #DogsOfMastodon #Northumberland

@Infoseepage At the time the ‘coffee shops’ were frequently described as dens of iniquity where men hung out and planned dark deeds (well Lloyds was formed in one, so they might have had a point).

Good morning all. And to celebrate the first cup of coffee (there will be more) of the morning, I bring you two pamphlets from 17th Century London

And yes they are real….

#coffee #women #men #Zine

It being summer and somewhat warm the pair I always walk in the morning (well until neighbours hip improves) get an afternoon swim - through th woods, to the river and back again, at the weekend anyway. There is some impatience…

#DogWalking #DogsOfMastodon #Poodle #Labrador #BorderCollie #ScottishBorders #AltText

I've smashed 4 car windows to rescue dogs from hot cars today already. I haven't found any yet but I'm not giving up

#DogsOfMastodon #Heat #Cars