Roo
@bogshifin.bsky.social
A Gael, A Teuchter but no fae Balinaheuchter.
Trans Lives Matter.
Black Lives Matter.
None of my views are my own.
Trans Lives Matter.
Black Lives Matter.
None of my views are my own.
Pinned
Roo
@bogshifin.bsky.social
· Nov 17
#Introduction post:
Hi, I'm Roo. I live in the Highlands of Scotland.
I enjoy F1, natural world and Gàidhlig. I spend my time gardening, taking photos of birds and wrangling two agents of chaos.
Generally enjoy the world of Linux and the right-to-repair movement.
#F1 #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #Linux
Hi, I'm Roo. I live in the Highlands of Scotland.
I enjoy F1, natural world and Gàidhlig. I spend my time gardening, taking photos of birds and wrangling two agents of chaos.
Generally enjoy the world of Linux and the right-to-repair movement.
#F1 #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #Linux
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Tha iarrtas mhòr ann airson leabhraichean-èisteachd agus tòrr agaibh gan cleachdadh! Tha sinn a' lorg beachdan air dè na leabhraichean a tha sibh ag iarraidh sa chruth seo! Leig fios gu h-ìosal!
#Acair #leabhraichean #books #reading #leughadh #audiobooks #leabhraicheanèisteachd
#Acair #leabhraichean #books #reading #leughadh #audiobooks #leabhraicheanèisteachd
May 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Tha iarrtas mhòr ann airson leabhraichean-èisteachd agus tòrr agaibh gan cleachdadh! Tha sinn a' lorg beachdan air dè na leabhraichean a tha sibh ag iarraidh sa chruth seo! Leig fios gu h-ìosal!
#Acair #leabhraichean #books #reading #leughadh #audiobooks #leabhraicheanèisteachd
#Acair #leabhraichean #books #reading #leughadh #audiobooks #leabhraicheanèisteachd
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Delighted my debut, bilingual poetry pamphlet 'Am Measg Luaithrean, Beò' is now out from Stewed Rhubarb Press! #gàidhlig #poetry #bàrdachd
stewedrhubarb.org/product/am-m...
stewedrhubarb.org/product/am-m...
Am Measg Luaithrean, Beò by Robbie MacLeòid
“… an exciting new voice in Gaelic poetry.” – Peter Mackay
stewedrhubarb.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Delighted my debut, bilingual poetry pamphlet 'Am Measg Luaithrean, Beò' is now out from Stewed Rhubarb Press! #gàidhlig #poetry #bàrdachd
stewedrhubarb.org/product/am-m...
stewedrhubarb.org/product/am-m...
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🎙️NEW SPL PODCAST: Isabelle Baafi
Our resident Nothing But The Poem host, @samueltongue.bsky.social leads an immersive analysis of 2 poems from Forward Prize winning poet Isabelle Baafi's debut collection Chaotic Good.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
Our resident Nothing But The Poem host, @samueltongue.bsky.social leads an immersive analysis of 2 poems from Forward Prize winning poet Isabelle Baafi's debut collection Chaotic Good.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
Nothing But The Poem - Isabelle Baafi
Immersive analysis of 2 poems from Forward Prize winning poet Isabelle Baafi's debut collection Chaotic Good
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🎙️NEW SPL PODCAST: Isabelle Baafi
Our resident Nothing But The Poem host, @samueltongue.bsky.social leads an immersive analysis of 2 poems from Forward Prize winning poet Isabelle Baafi's debut collection Chaotic Good.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
Our resident Nothing But The Poem host, @samueltongue.bsky.social leads an immersive analysis of 2 poems from Forward Prize winning poet Isabelle Baafi's debut collection Chaotic Good.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
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Your invitation to the Otherworld awaits, just in time for Samhain and the OG Gaelic spooky season.
Just a few days before All the Stars in the Daylight Sky arrives! If you’re wondering what queer rep you can expect in this new YA romantasy, I’ve got you covered! 🫶🏻✨
Just a few days before All the Stars in the Daylight Sky arrives! If you’re wondering what queer rep you can expect in this new YA romantasy, I’ve got you covered! 🫶🏻✨
![A quote from the Publishers Weekly review of All the Stars in the Daylight Sky: “This atmospheric, otherworldly fantasy by MacGregor (The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will) deploys Scottish mythology to touch on themes of grief and trauma brought about by past experiences with mass shootings and Covid-19….[An] empathic and accessible tale of belonging.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ra5fowzg2p6xebdg72iyvxur/bafkreicjol3cac7hyagtragd5rj5cvb3tcnr25twcmxbcqhs6sj2s6ebqe@jpeg)
October 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Your invitation to the Otherworld awaits, just in time for Samhain and the OG Gaelic spooky season.
Just a few days before All the Stars in the Daylight Sky arrives! If you’re wondering what queer rep you can expect in this new YA romantasy, I’ve got you covered! 🫶🏻✨
Just a few days before All the Stars in the Daylight Sky arrives! If you’re wondering what queer rep you can expect in this new YA romantasy, I’ve got you covered! 🫶🏻✨
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Corra-ghritheach air an loch feasgar an-diugh. Sàmhchair.
#💚Gàidhlig
#💚Gàidhlig
October 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Corra-ghritheach air an loch feasgar an-diugh. Sàmhchair.
#💚Gàidhlig
#💚Gàidhlig
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James Barr, Labour MP, United Free Church of Scotland Minister, pacifist, and socialist, debating the Hydro-Electric Development (Scotland) Bill in 1943.
September 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
James Barr, Labour MP, United Free Church of Scotland Minister, pacifist, and socialist, debating the Hydro-Electric Development (Scotland) Bill in 1943.
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The CFP for our 2026 conference is officially OPEN!
We are holding our 13th annual conference from 11–13 June, 2026 in Dublin, Ireland. The conference will be hybrid. Presenters are welcome to present and attend online, or in-person at Trinity College Dublin.
We are holding our 13th annual conference from 11–13 June, 2026 in Dublin, Ireland. The conference will be hybrid. Presenters are welcome to present and attend online, or in-person at Trinity College Dublin.
October 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The CFP for our 2026 conference is officially OPEN!
We are holding our 13th annual conference from 11–13 June, 2026 in Dublin, Ireland. The conference will be hybrid. Presenters are welcome to present and attend online, or in-person at Trinity College Dublin.
We are holding our 13th annual conference from 11–13 June, 2026 in Dublin, Ireland. The conference will be hybrid. Presenters are welcome to present and attend online, or in-person at Trinity College Dublin.
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🗣 Gaelic Conversation Classes
Join us in learning some Gaelic in a friendly, relaxed setting.
📅 8-week programme (join anytime)
🙌 Open to all
➡️ Email to sign up and start or enhance your Gaelic journey.
📧 eilidh@treesforlife.org.uk
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#Fàilte #Gaelic #LearnGaelic #Ghàidhlig
Join us in learning some Gaelic in a friendly, relaxed setting.
📅 8-week programme (join anytime)
🙌 Open to all
➡️ Email to sign up and start or enhance your Gaelic journey.
📧 eilidh@treesforlife.org.uk
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#Fàilte #Gaelic #LearnGaelic #Ghàidhlig
September 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🗣 Gaelic Conversation Classes
Join us in learning some Gaelic in a friendly, relaxed setting.
📅 8-week programme (join anytime)
🙌 Open to all
➡️ Email to sign up and start or enhance your Gaelic journey.
📧 eilidh@treesforlife.org.uk
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#Fàilte #Gaelic #LearnGaelic #Ghàidhlig
Join us in learning some Gaelic in a friendly, relaxed setting.
📅 8-week programme (join anytime)
🙌 Open to all
➡️ Email to sign up and start or enhance your Gaelic journey.
📧 eilidh@treesforlife.org.uk
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#Fàilte #Gaelic #LearnGaelic #Ghàidhlig
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Mapa Gàidhlig na Seachdaine
Tèarmann Nàdair Nàiseanta Beinn Eighe ~ Beinn Eighe National nature Reserve
buff.ly/ki36E55
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps #NatureScot
Tèarmann Nàdair Nàiseanta Beinn Eighe ~ Beinn Eighe National nature Reserve
buff.ly/ki36E55
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps #NatureScot
buff.ly
September 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Mapa Gàidhlig na Seachdaine
Tèarmann Nàdair Nàiseanta Beinn Eighe ~ Beinn Eighe National nature Reserve
buff.ly/ki36E55
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps #NatureScot
Tèarmann Nàdair Nàiseanta Beinn Eighe ~ Beinn Eighe National nature Reserve
buff.ly/ki36E55
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps #NatureScot
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Am brù-dhearg seo 's òran beag, socair aige an uair a bhios mi faisg air.🧡
September 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Am brù-dhearg seo 's òran beag, socair aige an uair a bhios mi faisg air.🧡
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Tha seo dìreach sgoinneil - rap in Gaeilge and Gàidhlig created by kids aged 9 to 12 from Edinburgh and Cork! youtu.be/whwQfPVOFjI?... #Gàidhlig #Gaeilge
Meas Mór – Kabin Crew x Tinderbox
YouTube video by The Kabin Studio
youtu.be
September 18, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Tha seo dìreach sgoinneil - rap in Gaeilge and Gàidhlig created by kids aged 9 to 12 from Edinburgh and Cork! youtu.be/whwQfPVOFjI?... #Gàidhlig #Gaeilge
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Taiwan friends in Tainan and nearby: remember you can get your copy of Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic from our friends at 南渡策室 x 無有為獨立書店 and the National Museum of Taiwan Literature bookshop!
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#book #indiepublishing #fiction #intranslation #tâigí #gàidhlig #Tainan #Taiwan
📚🤓
#book #indiepublishing #fiction #intranslation #tâigí #gàidhlig #Tainan #Taiwan
September 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Taiwan friends in Tainan and nearby: remember you can get your copy of Tâigael: Stories from Taiwanese & Gaelic from our friends at 南渡策室 x 無有為獨立書店 and the National Museum of Taiwan Literature bookshop!
📚🤓
#book #indiepublishing #fiction #intranslation #tâigí #gàidhlig #Tainan #Taiwan
📚🤓
#book #indiepublishing #fiction #intranslation #tâigí #gàidhlig #Tainan #Taiwan
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☘️ ÈIRINN ☘️
Tha sinn air leth toilichte a bhith a' cluich ann am Gaoth Dobhair an ath mhìos - a' chiad turas againn thall thairis mar chòmhlan!
Delighted to announce our first international show will take place at Dorn San Aer in Gweedore this September!
Tiocaidean: dornsanaer.ie
Tha sinn air leth toilichte a bhith a' cluich ann am Gaoth Dobhair an ath mhìos - a' chiad turas againn thall thairis mar chòmhlan!
Delighted to announce our first international show will take place at Dorn San Aer in Gweedore this September!
Tiocaidean: dornsanaer.ie
Tá Dorn San Aer 2025 -féile in ómós do Rónán Mac Aodha Bhuí - anois seolta!
Bígí linn a chairde i nGaoth Dobhair 26-28 MF d'fhéile den scoith le bannaí den scoith.
Scaipigí an jah-sceála
Ticéid ar fáil ag dornsanaer.ie
@raidionalife.bsky.social @raidiofailte.bsky.social @gunghaol.bsky.social
Bígí linn a chairde i nGaoth Dobhair 26-28 MF d'fhéile den scoith le bannaí den scoith.
Scaipigí an jah-sceála
Ticéid ar fáil ag dornsanaer.ie
@raidionalife.bsky.social @raidiofailte.bsky.social @gunghaol.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
☘️ ÈIRINN ☘️
Tha sinn air leth toilichte a bhith a' cluich ann am Gaoth Dobhair an ath mhìos - a' chiad turas againn thall thairis mar chòmhlan!
Delighted to announce our first international show will take place at Dorn San Aer in Gweedore this September!
Tiocaidean: dornsanaer.ie
Tha sinn air leth toilichte a bhith a' cluich ann am Gaoth Dobhair an ath mhìos - a' chiad turas againn thall thairis mar chòmhlan!
Delighted to announce our first international show will take place at Dorn San Aer in Gweedore this September!
Tiocaidean: dornsanaer.ie
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Moshpits at 1pm on a Saturday for Gaelic metalcore
Toiseach An Deireadh @ Belladrum Festival 2025
Toiseach An Deireadh @ Belladrum Festival 2025
August 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Moshpits at 1pm on a Saturday for Gaelic metalcore
Toiseach An Deireadh @ Belladrum Festival 2025
Toiseach An Deireadh @ Belladrum Festival 2025
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Gaelic metalcore at Belladrum Festival this Saturday.
Fhuair sinn moshpit aig 1f
Fhuair sinn moshpit aig 1f
August 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Gaelic metalcore at Belladrum Festival this Saturday.
Fhuair sinn moshpit aig 1f
Fhuair sinn moshpit aig 1f
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This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
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John Mackenzie and his father on the Bealach na Bà (“Pass of the Cattle”) in July 1955, waiting for the engine of their 1935 Jowett to cool down. Built in 1822, the road follows an old drover’s route over the #Applecross Peninsula
[photo: George Maclennan; courtesy of John Mackenzie]
[photo: George Maclennan; courtesy of John Mackenzie]
July 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
John Mackenzie and his father on the Bealach na Bà (“Pass of the Cattle”) in July 1955, waiting for the engine of their 1935 Jowett to cool down. Built in 1822, the road follows an old drover’s route over the #Applecross Peninsula
[photo: George Maclennan; courtesy of John Mackenzie]
[photo: George Maclennan; courtesy of John Mackenzie]
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TUATH 2025
Ri thighinn a dh'aithghearr
Coming soon
Meg Bateman
Paddy Bushe
Liam Alastair Crouse
Rhiannon Ledwell
Annie Kissack
Marcas Mac an Tuairneir
Pàdraig MacAoidh
Iain MacRàth
Deborah Moffatt
Raonaid Nic an Fhucadair
Ciorstaidh Ruadh NicLeòid
#Gàidhlig #Gaeilge #Gaelg #Gaeilig #Gaolainn
Ri thighinn a dh'aithghearr
Coming soon
Meg Bateman
Paddy Bushe
Liam Alastair Crouse
Rhiannon Ledwell
Annie Kissack
Marcas Mac an Tuairneir
Pàdraig MacAoidh
Iain MacRàth
Deborah Moffatt
Raonaid Nic an Fhucadair
Ciorstaidh Ruadh NicLeòid
#Gàidhlig #Gaeilge #Gaelg #Gaeilig #Gaolainn
July 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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What he said. 🏴
June 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
What he said. 🏴
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A pre-order this time, A' Chailleach (The Hag/Crone or her that brings the winter) by
Kim Carnie. I love her music. She's a brilliant singer & I just love that cover. Buy the album! I hope she'll do a concert in NL; We love us some Gàidhlig/Gaeilge ceòl/ceol.
kimcarnie.bandcamp.com/album/a-chai...
Kim Carnie. I love her music. She's a brilliant singer & I just love that cover. Buy the album! I hope she'll do a concert in NL; We love us some Gàidhlig/Gaeilge ceòl/ceol.
kimcarnie.bandcamp.com/album/a-chai...
A' Chailleach, by Kim Carnie
9 track album
kimcarnie.bandcamp.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A pre-order this time, A' Chailleach (The Hag/Crone or her that brings the winter) by
Kim Carnie. I love her music. She's a brilliant singer & I just love that cover. Buy the album! I hope she'll do a concert in NL; We love us some Gàidhlig/Gaeilge ceòl/ceol.
kimcarnie.bandcamp.com/album/a-chai...
Kim Carnie. I love her music. She's a brilliant singer & I just love that cover. Buy the album! I hope she'll do a concert in NL; We love us some Gàidhlig/Gaeilge ceòl/ceol.
kimcarnie.bandcamp.com/album/a-chai...
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For those asking, this interview with @meredithmeredith.bsky.social was on stage at SXSW. Here's the whole interview:
www.youtube.com/live/AyH7zoP...
www.youtube.com/live/AyH7zoP...
The State of Personal Online Security and Confidentiality | SXSW LIVE
YouTube video by SXSW
www.youtube.com
June 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
For those asking, this interview with @meredithmeredith.bsky.social was on stage at SXSW. Here's the whole interview:
www.youtube.com/live/AyH7zoP...
www.youtube.com/live/AyH7zoP...
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Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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Feannagan, starragan, ròcaisean, faoileagan.
Tha bloga ùr air an làrach-lìn againn:
faclair.ac.uk/blog/370/gd
We’re looking at words meaning ‘crows’, ‘rooks’ and ‘gulls’ in Gaelic.
Tha bloga ùr air an làrach-lìn againn:
faclair.ac.uk/blog/370/gd
We’re looking at words meaning ‘crows’, ‘rooks’ and ‘gulls’ in Gaelic.
June 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Feannagan, starragan, ròcaisean, faoileagan.
Tha bloga ùr air an làrach-lìn againn:
faclair.ac.uk/blog/370/gd
We’re looking at words meaning ‘crows’, ‘rooks’ and ‘gulls’ in Gaelic.
Tha bloga ùr air an làrach-lìn againn:
faclair.ac.uk/blog/370/gd
We’re looking at words meaning ‘crows’, ‘rooks’ and ‘gulls’ in Gaelic.