Eric Branse-Instone
@ericbranse.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy
Professionally an #Archaeologist but mainly deals with #HistoricBuildings (views my own!) interested in #acting & #theatre (Trustee of #DunsPlayfest link […]
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#dunsplayfest was brilliant this year. The website splash page now has links to a couple of reviews and a couple of short videos created by our team of young (paid) interns.
If you have a new play that you want to see staged, let us know.
Duns Play Fest | Theatre | Duns, UK […]
If you have a new play that you want to see staged, let us know.
Duns Play Fest | Theatre | Duns, UK […]
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I thin chart quite precisely explains **why Ukraine is fighting so fiercely.** And why all of these countries on the top right are so desperately rearming themselves right now. And why most of of them joined #nato on the first opportunity.
You can play with […]
[Original post on agora.echelon.pl]
You can play with […]
[Original post on agora.echelon.pl]
December 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I thin chart quite precisely explains **why Ukraine is fighting so fiercely.** And why all of these countries on the top right are so desperately rearming themselves right now. And why most of of them joined #nato on the first opportunity.
You can play with […]
[Original post on agora.echelon.pl]
You can play with […]
[Original post on agora.echelon.pl]
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📈 Food prices are up by around 30% since April 2022.
Our tracker found that this was the essential good that the highest number of low-income households went without.
Some 5.4 million low-income households cut back on or went without meals in the last 30 days.
Our tracker found that this was the essential good that the highest number of low-income households went without.
Some 5.4 million low-income households cut back on or went without meals in the last 30 days.
December 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
📈 Food prices are up by around 30% since April 2022.
Our tracker found that this was the essential good that the highest number of low-income households went without.
Some 5.4 million low-income households cut back on or went without meals in the last 30 days.
Our tracker found that this was the essential good that the highest number of low-income households went without.
Some 5.4 million low-income households cut back on or went without meals in the last 30 days.
This is good. Animated video for a Tide Lines song.
#music #TideLines #scottishfolk #animation
https://youtu.be/yJYazMd1kj4
#music #TideLines #scottishfolk #animation
https://youtu.be/yJYazMd1kj4
December 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This is good. Animated video for a Tide Lines song.
#music #TideLines #scottishfolk #animation
https://youtu.be/yJYazMd1kj4
#music #TideLines #scottishfolk #animation
https://youtu.be/yJYazMd1kj4
This is DunsPlayFest's youngest trustee, Jamie who has been part of community theatre since he was eight. He’s a regular onstage with Duns Players and at Berwickshire High School where he is currently doing Highers. He recently won the NODA North Councillor’s […]
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December 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This is DunsPlayFest's youngest trustee, Jamie who has been part of community theatre since he was eight. He’s a regular onstage with Duns Players and at Berwickshire High School where he is currently doing Highers. He recently won the NODA North Councillor’s […]
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[Original post on mastodon.scot]
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The British Government's handling of the #PalestineAction #hungerstrikes seems to be even more crassly inhumane than the Thatcher regime's appalling cruelty during the 1981 Irish hunger strikes.
The families of Palestine Action hunger strikers in hospital are 'blocked' from contacting them […]
The families of Palestine Action hunger strikers in hospital are 'blocked' from contacting them […]
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mastodon.ie
December 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The British Government's handling of the #PalestineAction #hungerstrikes seems to be even more crassly inhumane than the Thatcher regime's appalling cruelty during the 1981 Irish hunger strikes.
The families of Palestine Action hunger strikers in hospital are 'blocked' from contacting them […]
The families of Palestine Action hunger strikers in hospital are 'blocked' from contacting them […]
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Just learned about @robinince having to leave The Infinite Monkey Cage, and I’m so sad for him and for us all.
There are simply too many monsters with too much power in this country/world. Robin shouldn’t have had to stop what he was doing at the BBC at all, but I’m glad he chose to step away […]
There are simply too many monsters with too much power in this country/world. Robin shouldn’t have had to stop what he was doing at the BBC at all, but I’m glad he chose to step away […]
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mastodon.scot
December 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Just learned about @robinince having to leave The Infinite Monkey Cage, and I’m so sad for him and for us all.
There are simply too many monsters with too much power in this country/world. Robin shouldn’t have had to stop what he was doing at the BBC at all, but I’m glad he chose to step away […]
There are simply too many monsters with too much power in this country/world. Robin shouldn’t have had to stop what he was doing at the BBC at all, but I’m glad he chose to step away […]
So I wrote a Blog post for DunsPlayFest about the transformation of a drill hall into a magical space for new theatre.
#dunsplayfest #communitytheatre #theatre #live_music #duns #ScottishBorders #mentalhealth #newwriting […]
#dunsplayfest #communitytheatre #theatre #live_music #duns #ScottishBorders #mentalhealth #newwriting […]
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mastodon.scot
December 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
So I wrote a Blog post for DunsPlayFest about the transformation of a drill hall into a magical space for new theatre.
#dunsplayfest #communitytheatre #theatre #live_music #duns #ScottishBorders #mentalhealth #newwriting […]
#dunsplayfest #communitytheatre #theatre #live_music #duns #ScottishBorders #mentalhealth #newwriting […]
RE: https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/@mf_newsdigest/115707548862291106
So thanks to #brexit this will be a further dent in trade to the EU. My wife's fabric business (mainly selling quality fabric, mostly manufactured in the EU) will presumably also get caught by this.
Roll on […]
So thanks to #brexit this will be a further dent in trade to the EU. My wife's fabric business (mainly selling quality fabric, mostly manufactured in the EU) will presumably also get caught by this.
Roll on […]
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mastodon.scot
December 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
RE: https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/@mf_newsdigest/115707548862291106
So thanks to #brexit this will be a further dent in trade to the EU. My wife's fabric business (mainly selling quality fabric, mostly manufactured in the EU) will presumably also get caught by this.
Roll on […]
So thanks to #brexit this will be a further dent in trade to the EU. My wife's fabric business (mainly selling quality fabric, mostly manufactured in the EU) will presumably also get caught by this.
Roll on […]
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I'm working on a study of Bronze Age axes, and I find it a little hard to articulate why.
* I don't get paid.
* Another journal paper won't make any difference for my employability at this stage.
* Almost nobody knows or cares that these axes exist.
I think the main reasons I do this is
* […]
* I don't get paid.
* Another journal paper won't make any difference for my employability at this stage.
* Almost nobody knows or cares that these axes exist.
I think the main reasons I do this is
* […]
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archaeo.social
December 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I'm working on a study of Bronze Age axes, and I find it a little hard to articulate why.
* I don't get paid.
* Another journal paper won't make any difference for my employability at this stage.
* Almost nobody knows or cares that these axes exist.
I think the main reasons I do this is
* […]
* I don't get paid.
* Another journal paper won't make any difference for my employability at this stage.
* Almost nobody knows or cares that these axes exist.
I think the main reasons I do this is
* […]
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@rubenbolling/115691564369915601
By shifting to 98% renewable energy "The total cost of electricity production [in Uruguay] decreased by roughly half ... About 50,000 new jobs were created in construction, engineering, and operations, roughly 3% of the labor force … […]
By shifting to 98% renewable energy "The total cost of electricity production [in Uruguay] decreased by roughly half ... About 50,000 new jobs were created in construction, engineering, and operations, roughly 3% of the labor force … […]
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mastodon.scot
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@rubenbolling/115691564369915601
By shifting to 98% renewable energy "The total cost of electricity production [in Uruguay] decreased by roughly half ... About 50,000 new jobs were created in construction, engineering, and operations, roughly 3% of the labor force … […]
By shifting to 98% renewable energy "The total cost of electricity production [in Uruguay] decreased by roughly half ... About 50,000 new jobs were created in construction, engineering, and operations, roughly 3% of the labor force … […]
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December 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Youngest reports that he googled my name the other day and was surprised about the number of Mastodon posts that came up. My old Twitter account also comes up which surprised me because I thought I had deleted everything when I closed my account 3 years ago.
Lots of other silliness also comes […]
Lots of other silliness also comes […]
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mastodon.scot
December 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Youngest reports that he googled my name the other day and was surprised about the number of Mastodon posts that came up. My old Twitter account also comes up which surprised me because I thought I had deleted everything when I closed my account 3 years ago.
Lots of other silliness also comes […]
Lots of other silliness also comes […]
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"Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theatre, a piece of music or a book can make a difference. It can change the world."
—Alan Rickman
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
—Alan Rickman
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
December 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theatre, a piece of music or a book can make a difference. It can change the world."
—Alan Rickman
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
—Alan Rickman
#Acting #coaching #inspiration #actingcoach #actingcoaching #actorslife
RE: https://mastodon.online/@iode/115627516384696071
The more data collected together the easier it is to be miss used.
MPs are due to debate the proposed digital ID card "Brit Card" on Monday. Good time to email your MP...
#britcard #privacy #bigtech #bigdata #idcard #ukpolitics
The more data collected together the easier it is to be miss used.
MPs are due to debate the proposed digital ID card "Brit Card" on Monday. Good time to email your MP...
#britcard #privacy #bigtech #bigdata #idcard #ukpolitics
mastodon.online
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
RE: https://mastodon.online/@iode/115627516384696071
The more data collected together the easier it is to be miss used.
MPs are due to debate the proposed digital ID card "Brit Card" on Monday. Good time to email your MP...
#britcard #privacy #bigtech #bigdata #idcard #ukpolitics
The more data collected together the easier it is to be miss used.
MPs are due to debate the proposed digital ID card "Brit Card" on Monday. Good time to email your MP...
#britcard #privacy #bigtech #bigdata #idcard #ukpolitics
So with photogenic daughter now at uni, my wife has decided that I am her new model for the various things she makes as part of her fabric business...
#handmade #madelnscotland #blythandbonnie
#handmade #madelnscotland #blythandbonnie
December 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
So with photogenic daughter now at uni, my wife has decided that I am her new model for the various things she makes as part of her fabric business...
#handmade #madelnscotland #blythandbonnie
#handmade #madelnscotland #blythandbonnie
DunsPlayFest's patron and theatre impresario, Richard Demarco, has been named Scottish European of the year!
#scotlandineurope #dunsplayfest #theatre #EuropeanMovement
https://bylines.scot/politics/europe-politics/richard-demarco-scottish-european-of-the-year/
#scotlandineurope #dunsplayfest #theatre #EuropeanMovement
https://bylines.scot/politics/europe-politics/richard-demarco-scottish-european-of-the-year/
Richard Demarco, Scottish European of the year
Press release: Cabinet Secretary Angus Robertson presents Richard Demarco with 2025 Scottish European of the Year award at Holyrood ceremony
bylines.scot
December 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
DunsPlayFest's patron and theatre impresario, Richard Demarco, has been named Scottish European of the year!
#scotlandineurope #dunsplayfest #theatre #EuropeanMovement
https://bylines.scot/politics/europe-politics/richard-demarco-scottish-european-of-the-year/
#scotlandineurope #dunsplayfest #theatre #EuropeanMovement
https://bylines.scot/politics/europe-politics/richard-demarco-scottish-european-of-the-year/
RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115660523402271671
And proof, London's financial market starts to deflate like a leaky balloon as a much bigger market grows next door.
#brexit strikes again...
And proof, London's financial market starts to deflate like a leaky balloon as a much bigger market grows next door.
#brexit strikes again...
ec.social-network.europa.eu
December 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115660523402271671
And proof, London's financial market starts to deflate like a leaky balloon as a much bigger market grows next door.
#brexit strikes again...
And proof, London's financial market starts to deflate like a leaky balloon as a much bigger market grows next door.
#brexit strikes again...
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Lazarou/115650641795306114
See the thread here.
The loss of the right to trial by jury as being pushed by Lammy will result in even more authoritarian suppression of the right of peaceful protest. I think that it will also see the rise in miscarriages of justice.
See the thread here.
The loss of the right to trial by jury as being pushed by Lammy will result in even more authoritarian suppression of the right of peaceful protest. I think that it will also see the rise in miscarriages of justice.
With things like this you have to ask yourself, "are you comfortable with Reform UK deciding who gets a jury trial and who doesn't?"
Lammy is an enabler for Fascism
#UKLaw #JuryTrials #labour #lammy #ReformUK #ukpol #ukpolitics #justice
Lammy is an enabler for Fascism
#UKLaw #JuryTrials #labour #lammy #ReformUK #ukpol #ukpolitics #justice
December 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Lazarou/115650641795306114
See the thread here.
The loss of the right to trial by jury as being pushed by Lammy will result in even more authoritarian suppression of the right of peaceful protest. I think that it will also see the rise in miscarriages of justice.
See the thread here.
The loss of the right to trial by jury as being pushed by Lammy will result in even more authoritarian suppression of the right of peaceful protest. I think that it will also see the rise in miscarriages of justice.
My wife is into patchworking to the extent that she set up her own patchwork fabric supply business (see link in my bio). Net result is that she now has little time for patchworking... This is the first quilt she has completed for well over a year. See Alt text […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
My wife is into patchworking to the extent that she set up her own patchwork fabric supply business (see link in my bio). Net result is that she now has little time for patchworking... This is the first quilt she has completed for well over a year. See Alt text […]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
[Original post on mastodon.scot]
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This is a genuinely good idea, and I'd urge you to sign it. Make #ai generated works immediately identifiable. It would be interesting also to require a similar 'watermark' in generated texts -- perhaps a particular sequence of whitespace characters.
#generativeAI
H/t @LillyHerself […]
#generativeAI
H/t @LillyHerself […]
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mastodon.scot
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is a genuinely good idea, and I'd urge you to sign it. Make #ai generated works immediately identifiable. It would be interesting also to require a similar 'watermark' in generated texts -- perhaps a particular sequence of whitespace characters.
#generativeAI
H/t @LillyHerself […]
#generativeAI
H/t @LillyHerself […]
RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/115623923248341844
Interesting read here about Uruguay with an agricultural based economy managed to switch to a renewable energy system in less than a decade, seeing energy costs and poverty rates reducing significantly.
Scotland already generates over 100% of […]
Interesting read here about Uruguay with an agricultural based economy managed to switch to a renewable energy system in less than a decade, seeing energy costs and poverty rates reducing significantly.
Scotland already generates over 100% of […]
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/115623923248341844
Interesting read here about Uruguay with an agricultural based economy managed to switch to a renewable energy system in less than a decade, seeing energy costs and poverty rates reducing significantly.
Scotland already generates over 100% of […]
Interesting read here about Uruguay with an agricultural based economy managed to switch to a renewable energy system in less than a decade, seeing energy costs and poverty rates reducing significantly.
Scotland already generates over 100% of […]
RE: https://mstdn.social/@winderful/115624402994151493
This probably means that Scotland is currently powering a large chunk of England, Wales powering much of the remainder...
This probably means that Scotland is currently powering a large chunk of England, Wales powering much of the remainder...
mstdn.social
November 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
RE: https://mstdn.social/@winderful/115624402994151493
This probably means that Scotland is currently powering a large chunk of England, Wales powering much of the remainder...
This probably means that Scotland is currently powering a large chunk of England, Wales powering much of the remainder...
RE: https://aus.social/@andyjennings/115578623147362476
Interesting article here. I can see some of my own evolution of behaviour over the last few years in this as well.
Interesting article here. I can see some of my own evolution of behaviour over the last few years in this as well.
I remember when I positively shouted at a very senior University bureaucrat: "If the party says I am holding up 4 fingers but I am holding up 5, how many am I holding up?" […]
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aus.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
RE: https://aus.social/@andyjennings/115578623147362476
Interesting article here. I can see some of my own evolution of behaviour over the last few years in this as well.
Interesting article here. I can see some of my own evolution of behaviour over the last few years in this as well.
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Income from work and benefits too often falls far short of what's needed to live with dignity.
🏘️ Many families are also being hit hard by the two-child limit, trapping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.
The government must take action at the Budget next week.
@chrisbelfield.bsky.social
🏘️ Many families are also being hit hard by the two-child limit, trapping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.
The government must take action at the Budget next week.
@chrisbelfield.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Income from work and benefits too often falls far short of what's needed to live with dignity.
🏘️ Many families are also being hit hard by the two-child limit, trapping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.
The government must take action at the Budget next week.
@chrisbelfield.bsky.social
🏘️ Many families are also being hit hard by the two-child limit, trapping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.
The government must take action at the Budget next week.
@chrisbelfield.bsky.social
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I was already done wit the shrivelled husk that still calls itself the #labour Manifesto and will be voting #green in future — a party that actually stands for something. But if I'd not yet given up on them, yesterday's vile anti-refugee rhetoric would have put the lid on it.
The UK has not had […]
The UK has not had […]
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sauropods.win
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM