AllyD
@allyd.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
As well as posting on this account, I use @ScottishPlaces (formerly at botsin.space) to post daily random thematic items of #ScottishHistory, generated using […]
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@markstretcher.bsky.social asked on the Bluesky bridge about where to buy the Brian McFie art book. It is available from his website:
https://brianmcfie.org/product/brian-mcfie-the-book
https://brianmcfie.org/product/brian-mcfie-the-book
Brian McFie (Pre-Sale) - Brian McFie
This book is a comprehensive overview (128 pages) of the recent work of Brian McFie. It provides an insight into the processes, fascinations and bewildered curiosity which motivates the artist to render his experiences in our world.
brianmcfie.org
February 8, 2026 at 8:01 AM
@markstretcher.bsky.social asked on the Bluesky bridge about where to buy the Brian McFie art book. It is available from his website:
https://brianmcfie.org/product/brian-mcfie-the-book
https://brianmcfie.org/product/brian-mcfie-the-book
@ScottishPlaces Like the Cromarty one which @peterbrown rightly picked up on a few days ago, the HES record for Dingwall had "Market Cross" as its title but also an official name of "Mercat Cross".
So I wrote a SPARQL #wikidata query and found another dozen like this,; all now changed to Mercat […]
So I wrote a SPARQL #wikidata query and found another dozen like this,; all now changed to Mercat […]
Original post on mastodon.online
mastodon.online
January 11, 2026 at 9:12 AM
@ScottishPlaces Like the Cromarty one which @peterbrown rightly picked up on a few days ago, the HES record for Dingwall had "Market Cross" as its title but also an official name of "Mercat Cross".
So I wrote a SPARQL #wikidata query and found another dozen like this,; all now changed to Mercat […]
So I wrote a SPARQL #wikidata query and found another dozen like this,; all now changed to Mercat […]
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Starmer has zero convincing arguments for a £1.6bn policy that wasn’t in the manifesto. But if you’re a billionaire Silicon Valley bro - as Blair’s financial patron, Larry Ellison is - building a centralised database has many enticing possibilities
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www.thenerve.news/p/digital-id...
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If Keir Starmer's digital ID is the question, Tony Blair is the answer
The government's wildly unpopular new policy is backed by Britain’s wildly unpopular former PM. It’s also a techno-authoritarian’s wet dream, argues Carole Cadwalladr
www.thenerve.news
December 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Starmer has zero convincing arguments for a £1.6bn policy that wasn’t in the manifesto. But if you’re a billionaire Silicon Valley bro - as Blair’s financial patron, Larry Ellison is - building a centralised database has many enticing possibilities
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www.thenerve.news/p/digital-id...
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www.thenerve.news/p/digital-id...
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Uill, abair gèam a bha seo 😅 Mealla naidheachd air sgioba na h-Alba agus Steve Clarke! 👏
Rinn iad e, chluichd iad chun an diog mu dheireadh agus thèid iad gu cuach na cruinne an ath bhliadhna. Tha cothrom aig an Dànmharg fhathast tro na play-offs.
Làn-ùine🏴 SCO 4-2 DEN 🇩🇰
Oidhche mhath […]
Uill, abair gèam a bha seo 😅 Mealla naidheachd air sgioba na h-Alba agus Steve Clarke! 👏
Rinn iad e, chluichd iad chun an diog mu dheireadh agus thèid iad gu cuach na cruinne an ath bhliadhna. Tha cothrom aig an Dànmharg fhathast tro na play-offs.
Làn-ùine🏴 SCO 4-2 DEN 🇩🇰
Oidhche mhath […]
Original post on mastodon.scot
mastodon.scot
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Uill, abair gèam a bha seo 😅 Mealla naidheachd air sgioba na h-Alba agus Steve Clarke! 👏
Rinn iad e, chluichd iad chun an diog mu dheireadh agus thèid iad gu cuach na cruinne an ath bhliadhna. Tha cothrom aig an Dànmharg fhathast tro na play-offs.
Làn-ùine🏴 SCO 4-2 DEN 🇩🇰
Oidhche mhath […]
Uill, abair gèam a bha seo 😅 Mealla naidheachd air sgioba na h-Alba agus Steve Clarke! 👏
Rinn iad e, chluichd iad chun an diog mu dheireadh agus thèid iad gu cuach na cruinne an ath bhliadhna. Tha cothrom aig an Dànmharg fhathast tro na play-offs.
Làn-ùine🏴 SCO 4-2 DEN 🇩🇰
Oidhche mhath […]
Seeking to link images for the 6k+ Scottish scheduled monuments on #wikidata using Sparql and Wikishootme is frustrating as so many have absolutely no nearby photos on Commons.
So I created a Wikimedia Commons query which starts with a Wikidata query to select the monuments in an area, then […]
So I created a Wikimedia Commons query which starts with a Wikidata query to select the monuments in an area, then […]
Original post on mastodon.online
mastodon.online
October 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Seeking to link images for the 6k+ Scottish scheduled monuments on #wikidata using Sparql and Wikishootme is frustrating as so many have absolutely no nearby photos on Commons.
So I created a Wikimedia Commons query which starts with a Wikidata query to select the monuments in an area, then […]
So I created a Wikimedia Commons query which starts with a Wikidata query to select the monuments in an area, then […]