Fergie
@fergiecj.bsky.social
Based near Glasgow. Love writing, music and travelling. Love a good debate, hate modern politics, but always seem to end up mostly talking about it!
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Fergie
@fergiecj.bsky.social
· Nov 24
A letter to Tony Benn
Dear Mr Benn, I was in Glasgow Concert Hall on Saturday for your interview, and the preview of the film about your life. And what a life! You are inspirational to many, as the crowd made clear. It&…
wingsoverscotland.com
I mostly write fiction - that’s what I enjoy writing. But I do occasionally write political stuff and satire when I feel inspired. A random selection from over indyref.
wingsoverscotland.com/a-letter-to-...
wingsoverscotland.com/into-the-arm...
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2014/02/18/d...
wingsoverscotland.com/a-letter-to-...
wingsoverscotland.com/into-the-arm...
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2014/02/18/d...
Never got into BlueSky as it just looked like a second Twitter designed to create a different bubble. Now on Substack which looks far better for writing and deeper connection
substack.com/@fergieglasg...
substack.com/@fergieglasg...
Fergie | Substack
Cath Ferguson. Old Kilpatrick. Bumbling around trying to find a way to live that balances fun (music, writing, pals and travel!) and earning money to do it. Life crises should be enjoyed every ten yea...
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August 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Never got into BlueSky as it just looked like a second Twitter designed to create a different bubble. Now on Substack which looks far better for writing and deeper connection
substack.com/@fergieglasg...
substack.com/@fergieglasg...
@nationalyesnetwork.bsky.social
Anyone based in or around Glasgow, Glasgow Alba are holding an event with author Ron Culley on Monday 27th Jan. Open to all and should be a fascinating talk. Contact Chris on glasgow@albalacu.scot for details.
Anyone based in or around Glasgow, Glasgow Alba are holding an event with author Ron Culley on Monday 27th Jan. Open to all and should be a fascinating talk. Contact Chris on glasgow@albalacu.scot for details.
January 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Anyone based in or around Glasgow, Glasgow Alba are holding an event with author Ron Culley on Monday 27th Jan. Open to all and should be a fascinating talk. Contact Chris on glasgow@albalacu.scot for details.
Anyone based in or around Glasgow, Glasgow Alba are holding an event with author Ron Culley on Monday 27th Jan. Open to all and should be a fascinating talk. Contact Chris on glasgow@albalacu.scot for details.
Some photos I took over Xmas in Northumberland
December 28, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Some photos I took over Xmas in Northumberland
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A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo
December 5, 2024 at 3:01 PM
A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo
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Breaking News!
Christmas Markets are... really expensive and... really busy!
Are people who read Edinburgh Live REALLY this silly?
www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...
Christmas Markets are... really expensive and... really busy!
Are people who read Edinburgh Live REALLY this silly?
www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...
Edinburgh Christmas visitors blast '£7.50 drink' and say 'we are herded like cattle'
Reviews for this year's Edinburgh Christmas Market have described the market as "the worst so far" with visitors complaining about extortionate prices and aggressive staff.
www.edinburghlive.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Breaking News!
Christmas Markets are... really expensive and... really busy!
Are people who read Edinburgh Live REALLY this silly?
www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...
Christmas Markets are... really expensive and... really busy!
Are people who read Edinburgh Live REALLY this silly?
www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...
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Best 60s band in Glasgow, at least. And there’s a lot of competition these days!
December 1, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Best 60s band in Glasgow, at least. And there’s a lot of competition these days!
Watching a band playing Paperback Writer and it’s making me think…what if the publisher wanted to release it in hardback first? Would that have been a hard no?
December 1, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Watching a band playing Paperback Writer and it’s making me think…what if the publisher wanted to release it in hardback first? Would that have been a hard no?
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Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
December 1, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
Predictably, the media (and of course all the deliberately divisive accounts that pretend to be pro Indy on SM) are focussing on magnifying division instead of on the service. Block, ignore and watch the service instead, if you haven’t.
x.com/i/broadcasts...
x.com/i/broadcasts...
x.com
x.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Predictably, the media (and of course all the deliberately divisive accounts that pretend to be pro Indy on SM) are focussing on magnifying division instead of on the service. Block, ignore and watch the service instead, if you haven’t.
x.com/i/broadcasts...
x.com/i/broadcasts...
This is excellent new!
Bumblebee population increases 116 times over in 'remarkable' Scotland rewilding project -
"Wildlife can recover, and quickly, if we just give it a little space and let nature work her magic" #RestoreNature
www.scotsman.com/hays-way/bum...
"Wildlife can recover, and quickly, if we just give it a little space and let nature work her magic" #RestoreNature
www.scotsman.com/hays-way/bum...
Bumblebee population increases 116 times over in 'remarkable' Scotland project
‘The sound of traffic and a uniform sea of barley have been replaced by the most beautiful meadows, full of wildflowers, young saplings and the buzz of bees’
www.scotsman.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:29 PM
This is excellent new!
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Word of the day is ‘sequaciousness’ (16th century): the slavish and reckless following of another person in matters of thought or opinion.
November 26, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Word of the day is ‘sequaciousness’ (16th century): the slavish and reckless following of another person in matters of thought or opinion.
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I could happily just post nebulas all day. They’re beautiful and amazing, and make you realise how small everything we worry and fight about here on earth really is.
November 26, 2024 at 11:38 AM
I could happily just post nebulas all day. They’re beautiful and amazing, and make you realise how small everything we worry and fight about here on earth really is.
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The Tinker Bell triplet captured by ESO
November 26, 2024 at 7:17 AM
The Tinker Bell triplet captured by ESO
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A Grey Kestrel on a mission…
📍Akagera National Park, Rwanda.
#Birds #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography
📍Akagera National Park, Rwanda.
#Birds #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography
November 26, 2024 at 4:59 AM
A Grey Kestrel on a mission…
📍Akagera National Park, Rwanda.
#Birds #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography
📍Akagera National Park, Rwanda.
#Birds #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography
I do love the starter packs on here. Open to abuse in some fields, esp political, but just brilliant for random ways to brighten, liven or de-politics your thread with pretty things.
November 26, 2024 at 7:34 AM
I do love the starter packs on here. Open to abuse in some fields, esp political, but just brilliant for random ways to brighten, liven or de-politics your thread with pretty things.
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New Ken Loach film incoming
November 25, 2024 at 7:49 PM
New Ken Loach film incoming
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Well said John Bothwell from Durham. Well said indeed! 😆
November 25, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Well said John Bothwell from Durham. Well said indeed! 😆
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The Carina Nebula, 7500 light-years away.
November 25, 2024 at 12:59 PM
The Carina Nebula, 7500 light-years away.
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Politician: the cup needs to be sold to a private equity company and leased back from them at a £2 billion a year to ensure that there’s always enough investment to maintain it at an optimal and world beating level.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Politician: the cup needs to be sold to a private equity company and leased back from them at a £2 billion a year to ensure that there’s always enough investment to maintain it at an optimal and world beating level.
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Creative writing lecturer: describe the cup without using the word ‘cup’, ‘half’, or ‘empty’. You’ve got 15 minutes.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Creative writing lecturer: describe the cup without using the word ‘cup’, ‘half’, or ‘empty’. You’ve got 15 minutes.
Optimist: the cup is ½ full
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Illustrator: Depending on the angle, you may not be able to see what’s in the cup at all. You need to be more specific in your brief. What else is around the cup that we need to be able to see?
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Illustrator: Depending on the angle, you may not be able to see what’s in the cup at all. You need to be more specific in your brief. What else is around the cup that we need to be able to see?
November 25, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Politician: the cup needs to be sold to a private equity company and leased back from them at a £2 billion a year to ensure that there’s always enough investment to maintain it at an optimal and world beating level.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Politician: the cup needs to be sold to a private equity company and leased back from them at a £2 billion a year to ensure that there’s always enough investment to maintain it at an optimal and world beating level.
It bothers me why this is possible yet my broadband provider can’t stream a film without it stopping.
does it blow anyone else’s mind that both voyager spacecraft are still functioning and communicating with earth after almost 50 years of being in space and years of being in interstellar space??
November 25, 2024 at 12:10 AM
It bothers me why this is possible yet my broadband provider can’t stream a film without it stopping.
I mostly write fiction - that’s what I enjoy writing. But I do occasionally write political stuff and satire when I feel inspired. A random selection from over indyref.
wingsoverscotland.com/a-letter-to-...
wingsoverscotland.com/into-the-arm...
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2014/02/18/d...
wingsoverscotland.com/a-letter-to-...
wingsoverscotland.com/into-the-arm...
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2014/02/18/d...
A letter to Tony Benn
Dear Mr Benn, I was in Glasgow Concert Hall on Saturday for your interview, and the preview of the film about your life. And what a life! You are inspirational to many, as the crowd made clear. It&…
wingsoverscotland.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:12 PM
I mostly write fiction - that’s what I enjoy writing. But I do occasionally write political stuff and satire when I feel inspired. A random selection from over indyref.
wingsoverscotland.com/a-letter-to-...
wingsoverscotland.com/into-the-arm...
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2014/02/18/d...
wingsoverscotland.com/a-letter-to-...
wingsoverscotland.com/into-the-arm...
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2014/02/18/d...
Is there a special variety of this word for someone who loves reading in bed, in winter, with a hot water bottle? I’d happily spend every Sunday that way.
Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
November 24, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Is there a special variety of this word for someone who loves reading in bed, in winter, with a hot water bottle? I’d happily spend every Sunday that way.