Maggie
@maggilb.bsky.social
Music, hills, trees and other green things, crafty stuff, photos, books, cats and dogs. Work in social care. Easily distracted.
The blue skies were lovely this morning - but very boring.
I've hardly listened to any music this week. I need to confess that I've been binge-watching the latest - married at first sight 😳.
I'm blaming the rain and the dark days.
I've hardly listened to any music this week. I need to confess that I've been binge-watching the latest - married at first sight 😳.
I'm blaming the rain and the dark days.
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The blue skies were lovely this morning - but very boring.
I've hardly listened to any music this week. I need to confess that I've been binge-watching the latest - married at first sight 😳.
I'm blaming the rain and the dark days.
I've hardly listened to any music this week. I need to confess that I've been binge-watching the latest - married at first sight 😳.
I'm blaming the rain and the dark days.
Post-work/start of annual leave wander up the Gowan Hill this morning.
In my excitement at seeing a blue sky and snow on the hills I forgot that it's been chucking it down the rest of the week - I might be a wee bit muddy.
There's even a touch of snow on Ben Cleuch in the Ochils 🎉
#stirling
In my excitement at seeing a blue sky and snow on the hills I forgot that it's been chucking it down the rest of the week - I might be a wee bit muddy.
There's even a touch of snow on Ben Cleuch in the Ochils 🎉
#stirling
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Post-work/start of annual leave wander up the Gowan Hill this morning.
In my excitement at seeing a blue sky and snow on the hills I forgot that it's been chucking it down the rest of the week - I might be a wee bit muddy.
There's even a touch of snow on Ben Cleuch in the Ochils 🎉
#stirling
In my excitement at seeing a blue sky and snow on the hills I forgot that it's been chucking it down the rest of the week - I might be a wee bit muddy.
There's even a touch of snow on Ben Cleuch in the Ochils 🎉
#stirling
Absolutely heartbreaking to hear how cruelly greyhounds are treated in the name of sport & it's shameful that this has been allowed to continue this long.
The Scot Parliament needs to get this legislation through and stop the suffering.
Bert was a lovely boy 💔 🐶
The Scot Parliament needs to get this legislation through and stop the suffering.
Bert was a lovely boy 💔 🐶
This Bill is personal for me. I had a former racing greyhound called Bert who was a lovely and affectionate dog, but still carried a lot of trauma and injury from his days of being made to race. I don’t want other dogs to have to go through what Bert and thousands of other dogs did.
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Absolutely heartbreaking to hear how cruelly greyhounds are treated in the name of sport & it's shameful that this has been allowed to continue this long.
The Scot Parliament needs to get this legislation through and stop the suffering.
Bert was a lovely boy 💔 🐶
The Scot Parliament needs to get this legislation through and stop the suffering.
Bert was a lovely boy 💔 🐶
Really chuffed for Alasdair 💚
He's a great councillor for Dunblane & Bridge of Allan and the wider Stirling area and he'll be wonderful in his new role in the Stirling Council administration.
#community
#environment
#stirling&clacksgreens
#scottishgreens
He's a great councillor for Dunblane & Bridge of Allan and the wider Stirling area and he'll be wonderful in his new role in the Stirling Council administration.
#community
#environment
#stirling&clacksgreens
#scottishgreens
Very proud my friend and colleague Alasdair Tollemache has entered a progressive agreement to join the Stirling Council administration! He will work hard to cut climate emissions and bills for Stirling's communities, improve buses, protect tenant's rights and restore nature💚
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Really chuffed for Alasdair 💚
He's a great councillor for Dunblane & Bridge of Allan and the wider Stirling area and he'll be wonderful in his new role in the Stirling Council administration.
#community
#environment
#stirling&clacksgreens
#scottishgreens
He's a great councillor for Dunblane & Bridge of Allan and the wider Stirling area and he'll be wonderful in his new role in the Stirling Council administration.
#community
#environment
#stirling&clacksgreens
#scottishgreens
Just found this video of Frank from his desk buddy days years ago - that wee innocent face. 💚😸
November 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Just found this video of Frank from his desk buddy days years ago - that wee innocent face. 💚😸
First tunes of the day
David Sylvian - Robert Fripp / Damage (Full Album)
YouTube video by David Sylvian Music
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
First tunes of the day
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Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here are some Puffins from the Isle of May to get us started #SuperSeabirdSunday
November 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here are some Puffins from the Isle of May to get us started #SuperSeabirdSunday
Saturday shift.
Morning web, 'pub day', no Ochils
Only halfway through.
Morning web, 'pub day', no Ochils
Only halfway through.
November 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Saturday shift.
Morning web, 'pub day', no Ochils
Only halfway through.
Morning web, 'pub day', no Ochils
Only halfway through.
First tune of the day
Arthur Russell - This Is How We Walk On The Moon
YouTube video by musiclover1394
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
First tune of the day
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Bonfire night is one of the busiest shifts of the year for firefighters.
But the fire service is facing it without adequate resources. Despite a rising number of fires, year-on-year cuts have left us with one in five fewer firefighters.
We need to see serious investment and an end to cuts.
But the fire service is facing it without adequate resources. Despite a rising number of fires, year-on-year cuts have left us with one in five fewer firefighters.
We need to see serious investment and an end to cuts.
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Bonfire night is one of the busiest shifts of the year for firefighters.
But the fire service is facing it without adequate resources. Despite a rising number of fires, year-on-year cuts have left us with one in five fewer firefighters.
We need to see serious investment and an end to cuts.
But the fire service is facing it without adequate resources. Despite a rising number of fires, year-on-year cuts have left us with one in five fewer firefighters.
We need to see serious investment and an end to cuts.
Home from work to find my ballot paper - and my vote for @andrea4gs.bsky.social will be in the post as soon as the rain gives up. ✊
Ballots will be arriving soon! It’s Time To Win ✊🏻
November 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Home from work to find my ballot paper - and my vote for @andrea4gs.bsky.social will be in the post as soon as the rain gives up. ✊
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The full weight of western capitalism is about to laser focus on NYC. The robber barons failed to win and will panic. They will sabotage NYC because the system cannot allow Mamdani's term to be successful. They cannot allow people to believe things can be better. Your job now is to hold the line.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The full weight of western capitalism is about to laser focus on NYC. The robber barons failed to win and will panic. They will sabotage NYC because the system cannot allow Mamdani's term to be successful. They cannot allow people to believe things can be better. Your job now is to hold the line.
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Speaking in Glasgow tonight (4 Nov, 18:30).
Do I know anybody who knows anybody in Glasgow? Apart from @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social and @ecosocialist-scot.bsky.social 👋
Do I know anybody who knows anybody in Glasgow? Apart from @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social and @ecosocialist-scot.bsky.social 👋
Against the Crisis: Economy and Ecology in a Burning World
Join Ståle Holgerson to discuss his new book Against the Crisis, hosted by Glasgow Housing Struggle Archive.
“The most clarifying dissection of ‘crisis’ as concept and reality to appear in seve
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November 4, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Speaking in Glasgow tonight (4 Nov, 18:30).
Do I know anybody who knows anybody in Glasgow? Apart from @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social and @ecosocialist-scot.bsky.social 👋
Do I know anybody who knows anybody in Glasgow? Apart from @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social and @ecosocialist-scot.bsky.social 👋
Broke my 'no news' ban to see what Rachel Reeves has to say but had to put her off. Between the robot voice and her eyes darting between the prompt screens she's unwatchable - very like her boss. Maybe they're the same person.
I'll wait for someone to do the bullet points.
I'll wait for someone to do the bullet points.
November 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Broke my 'no news' ban to see what Rachel Reeves has to say but had to put her off. Between the robot voice and her eyes darting between the prompt screens she's unwatchable - very like her boss. Maybe they're the same person.
I'll wait for someone to do the bullet points.
I'll wait for someone to do the bullet points.
Having a dance
First tune of the day ♥️
First tune of the day ♥️
Artie Shaw - Beguin The Beguine ( Cole Porter )
YouTube video by Arnold Beltran
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Having a dance
First tune of the day ♥️
First tune of the day ♥️
It's proper fickle weather season just now 🙄
Monday afternoon tunes
Monday afternoon tunes
November 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It's proper fickle weather season just now 🙄
Monday afternoon tunes
Monday afternoon tunes
Just heard this on the radio so - first tune of the day♥️
My sister had a few Dusty singles back in the day - I didn't appreciate them at the time.
My sister had a few Dusty singles back in the day - I didn't appreciate them at the time.
Dusty Springfield "Son Of A Preacher Man" on The Ed Sullivan Show
YouTube video by The Ed Sullivan Show
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Just heard this on the radio so - first tune of the day♥️
My sister had a few Dusty singles back in the day - I didn't appreciate them at the time.
My sister had a few Dusty singles back in the day - I didn't appreciate them at the time.
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It's great to see the Terns back..
November 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It's great to see the Terns back..
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New album 'Early Songs, Of Late' out 16th January! Pre-order now available for digital, translucent clear vinyl and digipack CD! Get 'All Saints Day' immediately with pre-order!
Pre-order or have a listen to 'All Saints Day' here...
gargleblastrecords.bandcamp.com/album/early-...
Pre-order or have a listen to 'All Saints Day' here...
gargleblastrecords.bandcamp.com/album/early-...
Early Songs, Of Late, by M. John Henry
11 track album
gargleblastrecords.bandcamp.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
New album 'Early Songs, Of Late' out 16th January! Pre-order now available for digital, translucent clear vinyl and digipack CD! Get 'All Saints Day' immediately with pre-order!
Pre-order or have a listen to 'All Saints Day' here...
gargleblastrecords.bandcamp.com/album/early-...
Pre-order or have a listen to 'All Saints Day' here...
gargleblastrecords.bandcamp.com/album/early-...
Sad to read this.
This is a lovely interview with her from around the time that she stepped down from her work at the Smith in Stirling.
This is a lovely interview with her from around the time that she stepped down from her work at the Smith in Stirling.
November 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Sad to read this.
This is a lovely interview with her from around the time that she stepped down from her work at the Smith in Stirling.
This is a lovely interview with her from around the time that she stepped down from her work at the Smith in Stirling.
Happy 1st of November.
We need a November festival to stall the 🎅 nonsense
A celebration of grey, perhaps ...
We need a November festival to stall the 🎅 nonsense
A celebration of grey, perhaps ...
November 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Happy 1st of November.
We need a November festival to stall the 🎅 nonsense
A celebration of grey, perhaps ...
We need a November festival to stall the 🎅 nonsense
A celebration of grey, perhaps ...
Had a listen to this at some point during the night - very soothing.
Projections - YouTube
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November 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Had a listen to this at some point during the night - very soothing.
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Recents: Sandy Denny, Penny & Sparrow, Marcus Miller, Leo Kottke, Rain Parade, Stray Cats, Billy Mackenzie, Death Cab, East River Pipe
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October 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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