Fionn McArthur
@fionnmcarthur.bsky.social
Orkney based videographer and photographer. Happiest walking, on my bike or in a kayak.
A brilliant couple of days cycling across Scotland from Fort William to Beauly.
The Highlands really do look their best at this time of year.
#cycling #Scotland #Highlands
The Highlands really do look their best at this time of year.
#cycling #Scotland #Highlands
October 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
A brilliant couple of days cycling across Scotland from Fort William to Beauly.
The Highlands really do look their best at this time of year.
#cycling #Scotland #Highlands
The Highlands really do look their best at this time of year.
#cycling #Scotland #Highlands
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After Euro ultimatum in Kyiv today, Putin's going to do a surprise video address at midnight Moscow time (in 45 mins). Is he going to agree to ceasefire? Would be big surprise for him to cave under ultimatum... Double down? Go on a random history rant?
Feels quite unpredictable.
Feels quite unpredictable.
May 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
After Euro ultimatum in Kyiv today, Putin's going to do a surprise video address at midnight Moscow time (in 45 mins). Is he going to agree to ceasefire? Would be big surprise for him to cave under ultimatum... Double down? Go on a random history rant?
Feels quite unpredictable.
Feels quite unpredictable.
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie.
The Second Last Samurai
The Second Last Samurai
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie.
Two English Patients
Two English Patients
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie.
Eight Weddings and Two Funerals
Eight Weddings and Two Funerals
May 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie.
The Second Last Samurai
The Second Last Samurai
Superb 3 day trip from Strathfarrar to Strathcarron.
Non-stop blue skies (it's what they all flock to Scotland for 😉)
Non-stop blue skies (it's what they all flock to Scotland for 😉)
April 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Superb 3 day trip from Strathfarrar to Strathcarron.
Non-stop blue skies (it's what they all flock to Scotland for 😉)
Non-stop blue skies (it's what they all flock to Scotland for 😉)
Dragged the eldest over to Hoy for the day.
Weather wasn't quite what was forecast with near constant clag and a biting wind, so we cut the route shorter than planned.
She never complained once 😊
#hillwalking #Scotland #Hoy #Orkney
Weather wasn't quite what was forecast with near constant clag and a biting wind, so we cut the route shorter than planned.
She never complained once 😊
#hillwalking #Scotland #Hoy #Orkney
March 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Dragged the eldest over to Hoy for the day.
Weather wasn't quite what was forecast with near constant clag and a biting wind, so we cut the route shorter than planned.
She never complained once 😊
#hillwalking #Scotland #Hoy #Orkney
Weather wasn't quite what was forecast with near constant clag and a biting wind, so we cut the route shorter than planned.
She never complained once 😊
#hillwalking #Scotland #Hoy #Orkney
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Absolutely gutted to learn that David Heavy Whalley has passed. A true hero who wanted nothing more than to help people. Mountain rescue owes him a debt of gratitude, as does the country, for his service at Lockerbie. Rest in peace Heavy. Xxx
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/heavy-w...
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/heavy-w...
Heavy Whalley – a life of service
Heavy Whalley has spent a life in love with the hills and in the service of others, holding key roles in Mountain Search and Rescue over several decades. David Lintern met up for a chat.
Please int...
www.walkhighlands.co.uk
March 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Absolutely gutted to learn that David Heavy Whalley has passed. A true hero who wanted nothing more than to help people. Mountain rescue owes him a debt of gratitude, as does the country, for his service at Lockerbie. Rest in peace Heavy. Xxx
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/heavy-w...
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/heavy-w...
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This is an amazing series of videos on YouTube put together by an ex-officer in the Finnish military discussing European capability going forward.
I think there are four in total, one for each type of armament but this is the first... youtu.be/8ThNMEwLF7s?...
I think there are four in total, one for each type of armament but this is the first... youtu.be/8ThNMEwLF7s?...
The Staggering Cost of Losing Europe’s Arms Market Part 1
YouTube video by MilitaryRated
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is an amazing series of videos on YouTube put together by an ex-officer in the Finnish military discussing European capability going forward.
I think there are four in total, one for each type of armament but this is the first... youtu.be/8ThNMEwLF7s?...
I think there are four in total, one for each type of armament but this is the first... youtu.be/8ThNMEwLF7s?...
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You can help Ukraine by donating to the Ukrainian Humanitarian Appeal.
www.dec.org.uk/appeal/ukrai...
www.dec.org.uk/appeal/ukrai...
Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal
The DEC appeal raised over £445 million and is still supporting millions of people in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. This appeal is now closed for donations, but funds will continue to be spent u...
www.dec.org.uk
February 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
You can help Ukraine by donating to the Ukrainian Humanitarian Appeal.
www.dec.org.uk/appeal/ukrai...
www.dec.org.uk/appeal/ukrai...
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I’ll be speaking at this rally tomorrow. ✊🇺🇦
If you’re anywhere near London - come along! Let’s make some real noise!!
If you’re anywhere near London - come along! Let’s make some real noise!!
February 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I’ll be speaking at this rally tomorrow. ✊🇺🇦
If you’re anywhere near London - come along! Let’s make some real noise!!
If you’re anywhere near London - come along! Let’s make some real noise!!
Tom Tugendhat appears to be doing a live contribution to @channel4news.bsky.social lying on his floor.
February 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Tom Tugendhat appears to be doing a live contribution to @channel4news.bsky.social lying on his floor.
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Memorials to Alexei Navalny, murdered a year ago by Putin's regime, will be held around the world tomorrow. Ireland's is at Iveagh Gardens, Dublin, 1pm, at the Memorial to Human Rights Defenders. All cities listed here docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
February 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Memorials to Alexei Navalny, murdered a year ago by Putin's regime, will be held around the world tomorrow. Ireland's is at Iveagh Gardens, Dublin, 1pm, at the Memorial to Human Rights Defenders. All cities listed here docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Have written about JD Vance’s Munich speech. In what may prove to be the biggest week for European security since 1991, it’s time Europe listened to what Trump and his Vice President are telling us. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
We need to listen to what Trump and Vance are telling us.
This may have been the biggest moment for European security since 1991.
open.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Have written about JD Vance’s Munich speech. In what may prove to be the biggest week for European security since 1991, it’s time Europe listened to what Trump and his Vice President are telling us. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
TikTok repeatedly takes down a post promoting a Holocaust reading list, because it <checks notes> '...promotes hate...'
What? Towards Nazis!?
What? Towards Nazis!?
TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky
#StateMediaCensorship
#StateMediaCensorship
January 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
TikTok repeatedly takes down a post promoting a Holocaust reading list, because it <checks notes> '...promotes hate...'
What? Towards Nazis!?
What? Towards Nazis!?
Timely reminder
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Timely reminder
Local boys Saltfishforty sounding brilliant on @cerysmatthews.bsky.social programme this morning.
Hope it makes up some way for disappointment of The Chair's storm-cancelled bug gig at Barras on Friday night. #CelticConnections #BBC6Music #Folk
Hope it makes up some way for disappointment of The Chair's storm-cancelled bug gig at Barras on Friday night. #CelticConnections #BBC6Music #Folk
BBC Radio 6 Music - Cerys Matthews, A Joyous Exploration: Saltfishforty in Session
Cerys celebrates Glasgow's Celtic Connections festival with a session from Saltfishforty.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Local boys Saltfishforty sounding brilliant on @cerysmatthews.bsky.social programme this morning.
Hope it makes up some way for disappointment of The Chair's storm-cancelled bug gig at Barras on Friday night. #CelticConnections #BBC6Music #Folk
Hope it makes up some way for disappointment of The Chair's storm-cancelled bug gig at Barras on Friday night. #CelticConnections #BBC6Music #Folk
Make a band meatier.
Black Pudding Sabbath
Black Pudding Sabbath
Make a band meatier
Stew Oyster Cult
Stew Oyster Cult
Make a band meatier
Bacon City Rollers
Bacon City Rollers
January 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Make a band meatier.
Black Pudding Sabbath
Black Pudding Sabbath
This is a superb piece. The Shatner /Bezos scene is beautifully drawn and depressingly insightful...
The dream of technology is now under the control of men who are vain, foolish, self-centred, amoral, desperate for power, and in some cases openly fascistic. iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-res...
How to resist the tech overlords
Big tech has now made its position clear. It is on the far-right. Here's what happens next.
iandunt.substack.com
January 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is a superb piece. The Shatner /Bezos scene is beautifully drawn and depressingly insightful...
Gorgeous afternoon out in Scapa Flow yesterday.
All change in coming days though.
All change in coming days though.
January 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Gorgeous afternoon out in Scapa Flow yesterday.
All change in coming days though.
All change in coming days though.
Brilliant weekend back in Glasgow. 25 years after our last gig together we were back for an afternoon of playing together in Jinty's.
So many faces I hadn't seen for a quarter century. Fantastic!
So many faces I hadn't seen for a quarter century. Fantastic!
January 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Brilliant weekend back in Glasgow. 25 years after our last gig together we were back for an afternoon of playing together in Jinty's.
So many faces I hadn't seen for a quarter century. Fantastic!
So many faces I hadn't seen for a quarter century. Fantastic!
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Elon Musk has had a lot to say about the grooming gangs scandal. We looked at 24 hours on Musk's X timeline and found a range of false and misleading information being amplified. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Ros Atkins on...24 hours on Elon Musk's X timeline
The BBC's Analysis editor, Ros Atkins, investigates Elon Musk's recent posts on X about grooming gangs - and looks at how one day unfolded on his timeline.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Elon Musk has had a lot to say about the grooming gangs scandal. We looked at 24 hours on Musk's X timeline and found a range of false and misleading information being amplified. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
A quick blast on a short afternoon in Scapa Flow.
January 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A quick blast on a short afternoon in Scapa Flow.
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Word of the day is ‘pavonise’ (19th century): to strut about like a peacock, all puffed up with conceit.
January 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Word of the day is ‘pavonise’ (19th century): to strut about like a peacock, all puffed up with conceit.
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If you want to know what's at stake when dominant social media platforms don't just allow the spread of hate speech and disinformation but actively promote it, ask the Rohingya
I wrote about why Mark Zuckerberg is spectacularly evil in a three-part series here - based in part on my experiences reporting in Myanmar in the early 2010s.
little-flying-robots.ghost.io/facebook-des...
little-flying-robots.ghost.io/facebook-des...
Facebook Destroys Everything: Part 1
In Southeast Asia in the early 2010s, I watched as Mark Zuckerberg's creation began to destroy Myanmar. Here's why I'm never using Threads.
little-flying-robots.ghost.io
January 8, 2025 at 7:29 AM
If you want to know what's at stake when dominant social media platforms don't just allow the spread of hate speech and disinformation but actively promote it, ask the Rohingya
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NEW: Andrew Norfolk broke the grooming gang story, 15 years ago. His exclusive interview on today’s News Agents
is deeply powerful, not least for his anger about those political figures now exploiting it and the victims for their own purposes.
Listen 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
is deeply powerful, not least for his anger about those political figures now exploiting it and the victims for their own purposes.
Listen 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The journalist who exposed the grooming scandal breaks his silence
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 07/01/2025 · 32m
podcasts.apple.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
NEW: Andrew Norfolk broke the grooming gang story, 15 years ago. His exclusive interview on today’s News Agents
is deeply powerful, not least for his anger about those political figures now exploiting it and the victims for their own purposes.
Listen 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
is deeply powerful, not least for his anger about those political figures now exploiting it and the victims for their own purposes.
Listen 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...