Loz
@mccannthecan.bsky.social
One of those queer leftwingers. Used to read books for a living. Bad at dusting. Can handle a rawl plug.
Half of @overtonmccann.bsky.social
📍Edinburgh 🌊Portobello
Half of @overtonmccann.bsky.social
📍Edinburgh 🌊Portobello
Reposted by Loz
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
🎯 spent last night designing fantasy bookshelves on vitsoe and saving a peace lily i forgot was in front of a radiator
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🎯 spent last night designing fantasy bookshelves on vitsoe and saving a peace lily i forgot was in front of a radiator
Reposted by Loz
Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood, born this day in 1939. Multiple winner of the Booker Prize, whose signature work 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒅'𝒔 𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒆 has become all too relevant.
"The facts of this world seen clearly are seen through tears."
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
"The facts of this world seen clearly are seen through tears."
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood, born this day in 1939. Multiple winner of the Booker Prize, whose signature work 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒅'𝒔 𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒆 has become all too relevant.
"The facts of this world seen clearly are seen through tears."
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
"The facts of this world seen clearly are seen through tears."
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
Reposted by Loz
Reposted by Loz
We have choices, America !
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We have choices, America !
i'm going to celebrate fully now, bc of the inevitable shiteness to follow. I might try and find the cherry brandy i bought last xmas and never opened
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
i'm going to celebrate fully now, bc of the inevitable shiteness to follow. I might try and find the cherry brandy i bought last xmas and never opened
me: i'm not patriotic and i don't care about football
also me:
also me:
kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain .
ALT: kermit the frog is standing in front of a red curtain .
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
me: i'm not patriotic and i don't care about football
also me:
also me:
Visited the Torhouse stone circle near #Wigtown before coming home yesterday. It's always nice weather when we go there, even if it's bucketed down all week. Really peaceful and beautiful spot.
November 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Visited the Torhouse stone circle near #Wigtown before coming home yesterday. It's always nice weather when we go there, even if it's bucketed down all week. Really peaceful and beautiful spot.
Saturday night. I'm on holiday. Scotland losing at football. Father-in-law's on the phone for 20 mins about his printer.
a woman in a blue robe is sitting in a kitchen with the word perfect written in front of her .
ALT: a woman in a blue robe is sitting in a kitchen with the word perfect written in front of her .
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Saturday night. I'm on holiday. Scotland losing at football. Father-in-law's on the phone for 20 mins about his printer.
#ArtistFave15 Joni Mitchell 🎸💛🇨🇦
#1 "In France They Kiss On Main Street". Because I'm 15, living in a nowhere town, 3 channels on my TV, and late one night THIS appears like a message from another, cooler, feminist planet. Check out 2.20-2.30. My heart flew to her. 💛
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPkU...
#1 "In France They Kiss On Main Street". Because I'm 15, living in a nowhere town, 3 channels on my TV, and late one night THIS appears like a message from another, cooler, feminist planet. Check out 2.20-2.30. My heart flew to her. 💛
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPkU...
Joni Mitchell - In France They Kiss On Main Street (Shadows And Light 1979) [Remastered]
YouTube video by MalcoMix Fusion
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
#ArtistFave15 Joni Mitchell 🎸💛🇨🇦
#1 "In France They Kiss On Main Street". Because I'm 15, living in a nowhere town, 3 channels on my TV, and late one night THIS appears like a message from another, cooler, feminist planet. Check out 2.20-2.30. My heart flew to her. 💛
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPkU...
#1 "In France They Kiss On Main Street". Because I'm 15, living in a nowhere town, 3 channels on my TV, and late one night THIS appears like a message from another, cooler, feminist planet. Check out 2.20-2.30. My heart flew to her. 💛
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPkU...
#ArtistFave15 Joni Mitchell 🎸💛🇨🇦
#2 is "Song For Sharon". I must've heard this track a hundred times and still find moments in it that make me dumb with wonder. Joni's storytelling is never better than here, as the songbird writes a letter home from her gilded cage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON3S...
#2 is "Song For Sharon". I must've heard this track a hundred times and still find moments in it that make me dumb with wonder. Joni's storytelling is never better than here, as the songbird writes a letter home from her gilded cage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON3S...
Song for Sharon
YouTube video by Joni Mitchell - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
#ArtistFave15 Joni Mitchell 🎸💛🇨🇦
#2 is "Song For Sharon". I must've heard this track a hundred times and still find moments in it that make me dumb with wonder. Joni's storytelling is never better than here, as the songbird writes a letter home from her gilded cage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON3S...
#2 is "Song For Sharon". I must've heard this track a hundred times and still find moments in it that make me dumb with wonder. Joni's storytelling is never better than here, as the songbird writes a letter home from her gilded cage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON3S...
Reposted by Loz
a mood, perchance a vibe
November 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
a mood, perchance a vibe
just want to say that every time a man puts down another man re the size of his d**k or implies he's a virgin or he can't get any p***y, he props up the idea that big=better and that s*x is treasure hoarded by women and the game is to get it, rather than women having agency and desires of their own
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
just want to say that every time a man puts down another man re the size of his d**k or implies he's a virgin or he can't get any p***y, he props up the idea that big=better and that s*x is treasure hoarded by women and the game is to get it, rather than women having agency and desires of their own
#ArtistFave15 Joni Mitchell 🎸💛🇨🇦
At #3 a question: What's the finest breakup song ever written and why is it "A Case Of You"? Well, as Joni said, "I think men write very dishonestly about breakups. I wanted to be capable of being responsible for my own errors." ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAZp...
At #3 a question: What's the finest breakup song ever written and why is it "A Case Of You"? Well, as Joni said, "I think men write very dishonestly about breakups. I wanted to be capable of being responsible for my own errors." ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAZp...
Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You (2021 Remaster) [Official Audio]
YouTube video by Joni Mitchell
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#ArtistFave15 Joni Mitchell 🎸💛🇨🇦
At #3 a question: What's the finest breakup song ever written and why is it "A Case Of You"? Well, as Joni said, "I think men write very dishonestly about breakups. I wanted to be capable of being responsible for my own errors." ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAZp...
At #3 a question: What's the finest breakup song ever written and why is it "A Case Of You"? Well, as Joni said, "I think men write very dishonestly about breakups. I wanted to be capable of being responsible for my own errors." ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAZp...
very still afternoon in Wigtown
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
very still afternoon in Wigtown
Repost with an iconic fictional band (if you feel like it).
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Repost with an iconic fictional band (if you feel like it).
Special shoutout to this performance on Letterman. Joni starts tentatively but by the end there's a swagger. I love the stare at 4.18 right after "sour grapes", like she's calculating how best to piss off the floor manager who was trying to get her to wind it up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Yl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Yl...
Joni Mitchell - Just Like This Train (1996)
YouTube video by Javier Walpen
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Special shoutout to this performance on Letterman. Joni starts tentatively but by the end there's a swagger. I love the stare at 4.18 right after "sour grapes", like she's calculating how best to piss off the floor manager who was trying to get her to wind it up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Yl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Yl...
#ArtistFave15 Joni Mitchell 🎸💛🇨🇦
"Just Like This Train" at #4. Too many great live perfs of this, I couldn't choose one, so I've gone with the studio cut. Joni's lyrics are seldom better: she's wistful, meditative, painterly and, maybe above all, wry. A work of art.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLIA...
"Just Like This Train" at #4. Too many great live perfs of this, I couldn't choose one, so I've gone with the studio cut. Joni's lyrics are seldom better: she's wistful, meditative, painterly and, maybe above all, wry. A work of art.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLIA...
Just Like This Train
YouTube video by Joni Mitchell - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
#ArtistFave15 Joni Mitchell 🎸💛🇨🇦
"Just Like This Train" at #4. Too many great live perfs of this, I couldn't choose one, so I've gone with the studio cut. Joni's lyrics are seldom better: she's wistful, meditative, painterly and, maybe above all, wry. A work of art.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLIA...
"Just Like This Train" at #4. Too many great live perfs of this, I couldn't choose one, so I've gone with the studio cut. Joni's lyrics are seldom better: she's wistful, meditative, painterly and, maybe above all, wry. A work of art.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLIA...
Reposted by Loz
PLEASE SHARE:
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
PLEASE SHARE:
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
On Black Friday, I want to draw attention away from the big chains and towards local Edinburgh independent retailers, makers and markets.
Please join me from
7 pm - 8 pm on Friday 28 November
to share some ideas for Christmas gifting.
We'll use the hashtag #EdinburghHour
Reposted by Loz
Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
#ArtistFave15 Joni Mitchell 🎸💛🇨🇦
At #5 is "Night Ride Home". This performance is a year before the album came out and I think it was then called "Fourth Of July". There's a sweet ache in the slower tempo, a shiver of longing for that flash of remembered perfection.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp0J...
At #5 is "Night Ride Home". This performance is a year before the album came out and I think it was then called "Fourth Of July". There's a sweet ache in the slower tempo, a shiver of longing for that flash of remembered perfection.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp0J...
Joni Mitchell night ride home live
YouTube video by Alex
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#ArtistFave15 Joni Mitchell 🎸💛🇨🇦
At #5 is "Night Ride Home". This performance is a year before the album came out and I think it was then called "Fourth Of July". There's a sweet ache in the slower tempo, a shiver of longing for that flash of remembered perfection.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp0J...
At #5 is "Night Ride Home". This performance is a year before the album came out and I think it was then called "Fourth Of July". There's a sweet ache in the slower tempo, a shiver of longing for that flash of remembered perfection.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp0J...
Reposted by Loz
Uranus, photographed by Voyager 2 on its flyby in 1986. With image processing by @jpmajor.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Uranus, photographed by Voyager 2 on its flyby in 1986. With image processing by @jpmajor.bsky.social
There's a few facts about the Mermaid Cafe on this blog. The cafe is still there, still open.
ontheroadarchives.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-...
ontheroadarchives.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-...
The Mermaid Cafe. Matala, Crete. 1970
This is the original Mermaid Cafe, a small restaurant and cafe, at Matala, Crete. The sign of Mermaid (top picture) was a painting on t...
ontheroadarchives.blogspot.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
There's a few facts about the Mermaid Cafe on this blog. The cafe is still there, still open.
ontheroadarchives.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-...
ontheroadarchives.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-...
#ArtistFave15 Joni Mitchell 🎸💛🇨🇦
I'm now in the territory where any of the remaining songs could be #1 on any given day, but I chose to order them (😩) and at #6 is "Carey". Joni's tale of hippy trail hedonism and homesickness hangs on a pop hook that's just perfect.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfZJ...
I'm now in the territory where any of the remaining songs could be #1 on any given day, but I chose to order them (😩) and at #6 is "Carey". Joni's tale of hippy trail hedonism and homesickness hangs on a pop hook that's just perfect.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfZJ...
Joni Mitchell - Carey (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Joni Mitchell
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
#ArtistFave15 Joni Mitchell 🎸💛🇨🇦
I'm now in the territory where any of the remaining songs could be #1 on any given day, but I chose to order them (😩) and at #6 is "Carey". Joni's tale of hippy trail hedonism and homesickness hangs on a pop hook that's just perfect.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfZJ...
I'm now in the territory where any of the remaining songs could be #1 on any given day, but I chose to order them (😩) and at #6 is "Carey". Joni's tale of hippy trail hedonism and homesickness hangs on a pop hook that's just perfect.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfZJ...