dgplacenames (now in Orkney)
@dgplacenames.bsky.social
Place-names, maps, languages. dgplacenames.wordpress.com
auldnorse.wordpress.com/owersettins/
auldnorse.wordpress.com/owersettins/
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This map shows 5,800 Gaelic place-names in Ayrshire and the southern counties of Scotland that survived to be recorded by the Ordnance Survey in the 19th century. 929 of these are from Carrick's nine parishes.
carricknames.scot/conferences-...
carricknames.scot/conferences-...
Downloaded my archive off of Twitter and vibe-coded a viewer that I'll host on github:
Original tweets - 7,166
Words (originals) - 132,878
Retweets - 587
Words (RTs) - 11,329
Original tweets - 7,166
Words (originals) - 132,878
Retweets - 587
Words (RTs) - 11,329
January 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Downloaded my archive off of Twitter and vibe-coded a viewer that I'll host on github:
Original tweets - 7,166
Words (originals) - 132,878
Retweets - 587
Words (RTs) - 11,329
Original tweets - 7,166
Words (originals) - 132,878
Retweets - 587
Words (RTs) - 11,329
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Oof.
Frenchman fined for cracking egg on far-right leader's head
Frenchman fined for cracking egg on far-right leader's head
At Jordan Bardella's November book launch in the southern town of Moissac, a retired farmer stood in line and broke an egg on Bardella's head when he reached him. The same man was also sentenced in 2022 after throwing an egg at another far-right candidate, Eric Zemmour, during the presidential elections.
www.lemonde.fr
January 10, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Oof.
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I’ve just been editing a comprehensive photo essay on boulders in the Netherlands that look like sheep
January 8, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I’ve just been editing a comprehensive photo essay on boulders in the Netherlands that look like sheep
Logged into Twitter to export my data before I delete my account and the first thing I saw was the usual bores moaning about Wilson's Odyssey
January 8, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Logged into Twitter to export my data before I delete my account and the first thing I saw was the usual bores moaning about Wilson's Odyssey
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This summer, investigations unearthed evidence that a hillfort in Dumfries & Galloway may have been besieged by an invading Roman force 1,900 years ago ⚔️
Experts say the new data from Burnswark Hill "challenges long-held assumptions about Scotland’s past": www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Experts say the new data from Burnswark Hill "challenges long-held assumptions about Scotland’s past": www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
January 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
This summer, investigations unearthed evidence that a hillfort in Dumfries & Galloway may have been besieged by an invading Roman force 1,900 years ago ⚔️
Experts say the new data from Burnswark Hill "challenges long-held assumptions about Scotland’s past": www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Experts say the new data from Burnswark Hill "challenges long-held assumptions about Scotland’s past": www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
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Raigmore Cairn, Inverness:
"erected twice, named twice, excavated twice and adopted twice“
theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2014/09/21/a9/
📷 C1614 CC BY-SA 4.0
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#StandingStoneSunday
"erected twice, named twice, excavated twice and adopted twice“
theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2014/09/21/a9/
📷 C1614 CC BY-SA 4.0
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#StandingStoneSunday
January 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Raigmore Cairn, Inverness:
"erected twice, named twice, excavated twice and adopted twice“
theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2014/09/21/a9/
📷 C1614 CC BY-SA 4.0
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A...
#StandingStoneSunday
"erected twice, named twice, excavated twice and adopted twice“
theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2014/09/21/a9/
📷 C1614 CC BY-SA 4.0
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A...
#StandingStoneSunday
Relentless
January 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Relentless
Includes 'House Martins' by me. It's in Haðarlag metre and has the highest hour-to-syllable ratio of anything I've written
While I'm reading submissions for the Winter issue of Forgotten Ground Regained, enjoy reading the current issue, devoted to Norse and Icelandic poetic form.
alliteration.net/current-issue/
alliteration.net/current-issue/
Current Issue: Fall 2025
Forgotten Ground Regained: A Quarterly Journal of Alliterative Verse
alliteration.net
January 3, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Includes 'House Martins' by me. It's in Haðarlag metre and has the highest hour-to-syllable ratio of anything I've written
One of the many use cases for this is identifying new editions to buy based on their cover art. This one is now on my list
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
One of the many use cases for this is identifying new editions to buy based on their cover art. This one is now on my list
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January 3, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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January 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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seems bad
January 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
seems bad
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I think about what some extinct and marginalized scripts would look like in popular contemporary and fantastical aesthetics if they had more footing in the world. Here’s a neon sign in Cree
January 3, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I think about what some extinct and marginalized scripts would look like in popular contemporary and fantastical aesthetics if they had more footing in the world. Here’s a neon sign in Cree
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Snow & the emigrants monument Helmsdale.
January 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Snow & the emigrants monument Helmsdale.
Remains the most Scottish book I've read. It's incredible
“I can’t begin to convey to you the power of Lindsay’s vision; I found it overwhelming when I first read the book, thirty years ago, & I’ve seldom seen its equal outside Blake.”
—Philip Pullman
David Lindsay’s A VOYAGE TO ARCTURUS (1920) is a major influence on much of modern #fantasy
#BookWormSat
—Philip Pullman
David Lindsay’s A VOYAGE TO ARCTURUS (1920) is a major influence on much of modern #fantasy
#BookWormSat
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Remains the most Scottish book I've read. It's incredible
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Image du 3 janvier :
The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, better known as The Skating Minister (1790s), by Henry Raeburn.
#wikimedia #cpod #fr
The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, better known as The Skating Minister (1790s), by Henry Raeburn.
#wikimedia #cpod #fr
January 3, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Image du 3 janvier :
The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, better known as The Skating Minister (1790s), by Henry Raeburn.
#wikimedia #cpod #fr
The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, better known as The Skating Minister (1790s), by Henry Raeburn.
#wikimedia #cpod #fr
Found another! This is in Portpatrick
📷 Billy McCrorie CC BY-SA 2.0
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📷 Billy McCrorie CC BY-SA 2.0
wikimap.toolforge.org?cat=Creel_Ch...
January 2, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Found another! This is in Portpatrick
📷 Billy McCrorie CC BY-SA 2.0
wikimap.toolforge.org?cat=Creel_Ch...
📷 Billy McCrorie CC BY-SA 2.0
wikimap.toolforge.org?cat=Creel_Ch...
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#uksnow KW16 8/10 quite blizzard-like in Orkney’s West Mainland, very strong winds and a lot of drifting. Here’s @nessbattery.bsky.social off on a mission of mercy! ❄️😳
January 2, 2026 at 4:05 PM
#uksnow KW16 8/10 quite blizzard-like in Orkney’s West Mainland, very strong winds and a lot of drifting. Here’s @nessbattery.bsky.social off on a mission of mercy! ❄️😳