Notices by Wen (wen@mastodon.scot)

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

Morning walk

You would never guess that I am taking a ball out of the rucksack! The third regular miscreant is buwy snuffling in the undergrowth behind me. Balls are not his passion, although one that squeaks is always welcomed.

#Walking #DogWalk #DogsOfMastodon #BorderCollie #ScottishBorders

Silent Sunday

Approaching the east coast of Iceland by sea and looking forward to three weeks of climbing

#SilentSunday #Iceland

Cartoon by Ben Jennings

Questions, questions and displacement

#cartoon #Farage #5MillionReasons #BenJennings #corruption #ForeignDonor

So what is going on? Are bird owners lecturing the animals they care for on the dangers of blindness?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/01/masturbation-birds-natural-healthy-behaviour-study

#BirdsOfMastodon #Education #Blindness #Warnings

It will come to nothing. Abuse of prisoners, these and others, ethnic cleansing, slaughter of health workers, children as targets, Israel has impunity.

Diplomacy, ‘full of sound and fury signifying nothing’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/20/israeli-security-minister-itamar-ben-gvir-stirs-diplomatic-outrage-with-flotilla-activist-abuse-video

#Palestine #Israel #Diplomacy #ceime #WarCrimes

A bad hair day

A soggy male splendid fairywren (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendid_fairywren) at Banyowla Regional Park near Perth, Australia

Photograph Vikrant Deshpande

I know how he feels, but without the plumage.

#BirdsOfMastodon #Australia #BadHairDay

The dissolution of the UK is getting closer

The poll indicated that if a referendum were held tomorrow on a united Ireland in the EU, 59% in Ireland would vote in favour and 22% against, with 63% voting in favour in Northern Ireland and 29% against.

http://archive.today/2026.05.06-053659/https://www.thenational.scot/news/26078859.majority-north-south-irish-border-favour-unity/

#IrishReunification #ScottishIndependence #WelshIndependence #EnglishIndependence #UKPol #IrishPol #ScotPol #WalesPol

@bodhipaksa I think Dawkins is beginning to lose it….

The lambs are at it again - although we were not sure we had disturbed a game of Poker or Blackjack

#Lambs #SheepOfMastodon #Gamboling

Cartoon

US-Iran discussions

#War #Israel #US #Iran #Cartoon

The aftermath of a regular evening meal south in Cumbria. Lovely skies and temperature on Shap Fell. 8.7k, road and track and now back for breakfast. Not that anyone else is up or will be for a wee while.

#running #Cumbria #BorderCollie #DogsOfMastodon

Christian Zealotry and the nutcase syndrome

I despise the Islamic zealots who kill and are prepared to die to kill others in the name of their ‘faith’ (good word for evidence comes there none), but these ‘Christian’ maniacs are no better - although generally they prefer to stay out of harms way and just lob missiles at children and medical centres.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/10/pete-hegseth-christianity-iran-war-crusade

#USPol #Christianity #Islam #Madness #War #USA #Israel #Iram #VideoGames #Disgust #PlagueOnAllTheirHouses

From Private Eye by Tomlin

#cartoon #Tomlin #Brompton #BikeToot

Tom Gauld on knowledge

#Gauld #Cartoon #Knowledge

Frankly I think Mr Rachman is being optimistic about the US-Israeli war. Unless something changes very quickly and Trump is prepared to put a hundred thousand American boots on the ground, Iran will come out better than the US or Israel. And the economies of the world will be stuffed in the short-medium terms no matter what happens.

http://archive.today/2026.03.30-123543/https://www.ft.com/content/04f6c510-47a8-4e05-99d5-5372fceeb395?syn-25a6b1a6=1

#Iran #War #US #Israel

Royal Scottish Academy, New Contemporaries opens - on until April 22

Free to visit and a short walk from Waverly station

https://www.royalscottishacademy.org/viewing-room/61-rsa-new-contemporaries-2026-art/

#Art #Edinburgh #RSA

Max Hastings, ex editor of the Telegraph (when even if right wing it was a respectable newspaper) and historian writes a good piece here. Heaven forbid the loonies In the Tory party and Reform (even Starmer is having problems) get their way. But he is wrong about Wilson, refusing US folly was important, the Open University was greatness. Even if Tory and Labour have crapped on it ever since.

http://archive.today/2026.03.20-203305/https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/britain-stay-out-war-iran-b56wzdd7p

#War #UKPol #Lunacy #SelfInterest #Death #OU

Linton Kirk, one of Scotland’s oldest churches still in use in the Scottish Borders is surplus to Church of Scotland requirements and a local group are attempting to raise the money to buy it foe the community.

https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/25941757.communtiy-bands-together-bid-save-historic-linton-kirk/

https://www.lintonkirk.org/

#ScottishBorders #Scotland #Linton

EDUCATION Scotland has laid the foundations to irreparably damage our rich linguistic heritage by encouraging teachers to create AI-generated children’s books.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25949382.scottish-teachers-encouraged-create-ai-childrens-books/

#AI #Scotland #Education #Damage #Harm #Cretins #Scots #Language #ScotPol #Glow #Enshittification #Doric #Theft #Plagiarism