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Small Robots

@smolrobots.bsky.social

Pluto was just meant to be an inert scrap of ice and rock, but when we sent something to look at it, we found it was covered in a shifting sea of nitrogen ice that lapped against the foothills of water ice mountains, with methane dunes blown up by winds of sublimating nitrogen.

January 19, 2026 at 3:34 PM

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This Is My Glasgow

@thisismyglasgow.bsky.social

The spire of William Leiper's Queen's Park Baptist Church on the Southside of Glasgow reflected in a nearby pond.

#glasgow #architecture #reflection #church #queenspark #architecturephotography

January 19, 2026 at 1:59 PM

CSbungo

@csbungo.bsky.social

It just looks like a rebranding of the tories post-toxic boris

Lisa Power @thisislisapower.bsky.social · 4d

Loving the way some people have started calling Farage’s little gang Conform now so many power hungry deadbeat Conservatives are joining.

January 18, 2026 at 2:47 PM

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Smooth Dunk

@smoothdunk2.bsky.social

empathy is toxic, bro

3 panel comic

Panel 1:
Two characters are lying on a conveyor belt that is slowly feeding them into a meat grinder. A Pink Guy is closest to the grinder. He is duct taped and tied up. A Blue Guy in sun glasses is next to him. He is not tied up and there is a lever saying “Stop” above his head.
Pink Guy yells, “HELP! PULL THE LEVER!”
Blue Guy casually says “No can do, bro. Empathy is toxic”

Panel 2:
The Pink Guy is crushed by the grinder as the Blue Guy folds his arms across his chest and says “Caring is weakness, bro”

Panel 3:
The Blue Guy starts to get crushed by the grinder. His agonised last words are “What’s in it for me, bro?”

January 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM

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WillieMillersMoustache

@williemillersm1.bsky.social

Your occasional reminder that NHS Scotland did not hand our data to Palantir because the SNP Scottish Government said no.
#VoteSNP

January 18, 2026 at 8:00 AM

CSbungo

@csbungo.bsky.social

I mean I can see why they're playing at Rugby Park rather than Auchinleck's home ground. That would be a bit of a Trek for the visitors. #auchinleck #Celtic

Bbc sports graphic showing Auchinleck v Celtic venue, Rugby Park

Screenshot of nasal web page discussing photographing a rocky outcrop on Mars they've named Auchinleck tip

January 18, 2026 at 11:17 AM

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CiCi

@cici6923.bsky.social

From Guardian Weekend magazine May, 2008 article entitled 'Guess who their favourite band is then, A portrait of extreme fans'.

McFly, Marilyn Manson, Snoop Dog and Radiohead fans.

January 17, 2026 at 7:29 AM

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Glasgow Coat of Arms

@glasgowcoa.bsky.social

Lovely to see the artist reunited with her work!! 🐦🌳🔔🐟

Glasgow Artist Reunited with Lost Artwork After 30 Years

A Glasgow artist has been left stunned after discovering her own long-lost artwork hanging in an exhibition — more than 30 years after it disappeared.

Rosann Cherubini walked into The Deep End on her way to a ceramics studio when she spotted her ceramic and wooden interpretation of the Glasgow Coat of Arms on display. The piece had been bought unknowingly in a job lot and later donated by a local resident.

The artwork features in Glasgow Coat of Arms, a crowd-sourced digital archive founded in 2018 by Dr Caroline Scott, celebrating the city’s iconic bird, fish, tree and bell of St Mungo. With over 1,500 images collected, the exhibition highlights Glasgow’s playful reimagining of its civic symbols.

Exhibition runs 12 noon – 5pm, Monday - Friday until 6 February at The Deep End, 21 Nithsdale St, Glasgow G41 2PZ.

January 16, 2026 at 9:45 AM

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Ed Burmila

@edburmila.bsky.social

Entering our Too Lazy to Manufacture Consent era

Michael Kagan @michaelgkagan.bsky.social · 18d

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

January 3, 2026 at 1:44 PM

CSbungo

@csbungo.bsky.social

youtu.be/UMdYeQWwd_4?...

January 1, 2026 at 2:26 PM

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Rachel Deering

@racheldeering.bsky.social

Book Cover of the Day:

THE DAYS OF
AULD LANG SYNE
Gold lettering for title.
Pale lime green cover; decorated with thistles and foliage design in gold and white.

December 31, 2025 at 6:29 AM

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Glasgow Coat of Arms

@glasgowcoa.bsky.social

A gem of a find on the Internet Archive! My childhood library's Index Catalogue from 1909 📚🐦🌳🔔🐟
I was interested to see the hygiene notes therein having watched someone slurping their way through a library book on the train during covid 😷

Book cover - Index Catalogue of the Pollokshields District Library published by GlasgowCorporation Public Libraries. Price states four pence for the paper cover edition and eight pence in cloth. Features a formal Glasgow coat of arms.

December 30, 2025 at 6:41 AM

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Frostbitten Flamingo

@flemtheparrot.bsky.social

Morning.

Vintage cartoon showing a redhead on the phone tellng the other person on the line to hang up first....which they do.

December 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM

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Vikram Bath

@vikrambath.bsky.social

Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here

King of England on a checkerboard pattern tile floor

December 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM

CSbungo

@csbungo.bsky.social

Squerr heid

3ccentric @thereal3ccentric.bsky.social · 29d

What's an insult you'll never forget?

December 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM

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RSPB

@rspb.bsky.social

A fabulous #FlyDay full of festive feathered flair!

A Robin hovers gracefully mid-air, its wings fully outstretched and delicate feathers fanned against a soft winter sky. Its bright orange-red breast contrasts beautifully with the muted backdrop in a moment of quintissential winter magic.

December 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM

CSbungo

@csbungo.bsky.social

Ah. Seems the bunting I made should have been *elves*. 🎄

A mantelpiece with home-made elvis bunting draped across it. There are Christmas cards and a candle on top of the mantelpiece

December 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM

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McKay

@gpdmckay.bsky.social

I'll merry your christmas for you in a minute if you're no careful

December 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM

CSbungo

@csbungo.bsky.social

Spot of shopping at the Burrell this morning. Highly recommend both the shop and the walk! #Southside #Glasgow

A grassy path with trees on the left that are reflected in a glass building on the right

December 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM

CSbungo

@csbungo.bsky.social

Mood

Statue in the burrell collection of a figure, head down and hugging itself

December 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM

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Glennyrodge

@glennyrodge.bsky.social

In these challenging times someone might need one of them:
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Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247
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December 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM

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Dr Tom Horne

@hornesupremacy.bsky.social

🏛 A Whole Lot of History: Roman Special

⚫️ Pompeii: Do woollen clothes suggest October eruption?

⚫️ The Bowels of the Earth: Gut Parasites in Britannia

⚫️ No ‘Pain’ 🥖 No Gain: Industrial Gallo-Roman bakery?

⚫️ Underground to Underworld: Necropolis Causes Delays 🚇

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