James Gillies
@jamesagillies.bsky.social
Audiobook Narrator & Producer.
At times I am just all talk.
At times I am just all talk.
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When I received my first Stage IV cancer diagnosis, my understanding of the miracle of life hit home. My second diagnosis of Stage IV incurable widened that awareness into something far deeper and more sacred. And now, with recent events, I find myself living on a level of understanding I never...
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
When I received my first Stage IV cancer diagnosis, my understanding of the miracle of life hit home. My second diagnosis of Stage IV incurable widened that awareness into something far deeper and more sacred. And now, with recent events, I find myself living on a level of understanding I never...
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Conference shows Scotland’s appetite for real land reform bylines.scot/news/scotlan...
Conference shows Scotland’s appetite for real land reform
Press release: The REVIVE Conference saw around 400 people attend, a similar number as those who own half of Scotland's private rural land
bylines.scot
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Conference shows Scotland’s appetite for real land reform bylines.scot/news/scotlan...
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Batteries are coming to Europe. Earlier this year Europe’s largest battery storage site went live at Blackhillock, Scotland.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Batteries are coming to Europe. Earlier this year Europe’s largest battery storage site went live at Blackhillock, Scotland.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
The facility has a capacity of 300MW/600MWh.
Much larger batteries are under development: A huge 1 GW / 4 GWh system is being constructed in Jänschwalde, Germany.
This was predicted in 2004.
‘Common Sense’ people shook their heads and said
‘It’ll never happen’
and
‘Anyway, they only work on the hottest days of high summer’.
‘Common Sense’ people shook their heads and said
‘It’ll never happen’
and
‘Anyway, they only work on the hottest days of high summer’.
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This was predicted in 2004.
‘Common Sense’ people shook their heads and said
‘It’ll never happen’
and
‘Anyway, they only work on the hottest days of high summer’.
‘Common Sense’ people shook their heads and said
‘It’ll never happen’
and
‘Anyway, they only work on the hottest days of high summer’.
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The news we all wanted to hear!
Train hero Samir Zitouni wakes in hospital and speaks to wife
The injured crew member is credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing incident.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The news we all wanted to hear!
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CHUK collects bagasse, the fibrous residue remaining after juice extraction from sugarcane, which is typically a waste product in sugar production.
chukusa.com/products/ #environment #sustainability #climate #science #technology #business
chukusa.com/products/ #environment #sustainability #climate #science #technology #business
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
CHUK collects bagasse, the fibrous residue remaining after juice extraction from sugarcane, which is typically a waste product in sugar production.
chukusa.com/products/ #environment #sustainability #climate #science #technology #business
chukusa.com/products/ #environment #sustainability #climate #science #technology #business
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meanwhile in Canada
This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
meanwhile in Canada
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
Beaker reminding us why it’s called Ode To Joy.
In an aside, in 2009, musicologists studying music worldwide reported that Ode To Joy was, uniquely, recognised by the inhabitants of every country and territory on Earth.
Well done, Ludwig.
In an aside, in 2009, musicologists studying music worldwide reported that Ode To Joy was, uniquely, recognised by the inhabitants of every country and territory on Earth.
Well done, Ludwig.
#BestSongHeardToday
#MusicChallenge
“Ode To Joy”, Beaker
(It’s been a long week🙃)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=xpcU...
#MusicChallenge
“Ode To Joy”, Beaker
(It’s been a long week🙃)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=xpcU...
Ode To Joy
YouTube video by meepmeepmeepow
m.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Beaker reminding us why it’s called Ode To Joy.
In an aside, in 2009, musicologists studying music worldwide reported that Ode To Joy was, uniquely, recognised by the inhabitants of every country and territory on Earth.
Well done, Ludwig.
In an aside, in 2009, musicologists studying music worldwide reported that Ode To Joy was, uniquely, recognised by the inhabitants of every country and territory on Earth.
Well done, Ludwig.
An interesting snapshot but, as we are learning every week, politics today is more volatile than at any point in our lifetimes.
SNP predicted to win more seats than the Conservatives in the UK...
As they'll ALL defect to Reform UK, only a fool doesn't want Scottish Independence.
As they'll ALL defect to Reform UK, only a fool doesn't want Scottish Independence.
November 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
An interesting snapshot but, as we are learning every week, politics today is more volatile than at any point in our lifetimes.
I was born in 1954 when the world’s population was 2.4 billion.
Today it is 8 billion.
Due to the world’s aging population and falling birth rates it is anticipated that by 2154 it will be 2.4 billion once again.
Countries are shrinking which is why the wise ones encourage young immigrants.
Today it is 8 billion.
Due to the world’s aging population and falling birth rates it is anticipated that by 2154 it will be 2.4 billion once again.
Countries are shrinking which is why the wise ones encourage young immigrants.
Italy’s centenarians grow in number as another 2,000 reach the milestone
Italy’s centenarians grow in number as another 2,000 reach the milestone
The southern European country has more than double the number of people aged over 100 than it did in 2009
The number of people in Italy living to aged 100 continues to grow sharply, with more than 2,000 reaching the milestone age in 2025, the vast majority of them women.
There are now 23,548 residents in Italy who are 100-years-old or over, compared with 21,211 in 2024, according to the latest figures from Istat, the national statistics agency. Italy has more than double the number of centenarians than it did in 2009, Istat said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I was born in 1954 when the world’s population was 2.4 billion.
Today it is 8 billion.
Due to the world’s aging population and falling birth rates it is anticipated that by 2154 it will be 2.4 billion once again.
Countries are shrinking which is why the wise ones encourage young immigrants.
Today it is 8 billion.
Due to the world’s aging population and falling birth rates it is anticipated that by 2154 it will be 2.4 billion once again.
Countries are shrinking which is why the wise ones encourage young immigrants.
We have known about this and other radioactive accidents and discharges for a while because we are on the receiving end of them.
Finally, the rUK is also acknowledging the incompetence.
Finally, the rUK is also acknowledging the incompetence.
Radioactive water from UK nuclear bomb base leaked into sea, files show
Exclusive: Polluted water was released into loch near Glasgow because Royal Navy failed to maintain 1,500 water pipes, says watchdog 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/....
Exclusive: Polluted water was released into loch near Glasgow because Royal Navy failed to maintain 1,500 water pipes, says watchdog 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/....
Radioactive water from UK nuclear bomb base leaked into sea, files show
Exclusive: Polluted water was released into loch near Glasgow because Royal Navy failed to maintain 1,500 water pipes, says watchdog
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
We have known about this and other radioactive accidents and discharges for a while because we are on the receiving end of them.
Finally, the rUK is also acknowledging the incompetence.
Finally, the rUK is also acknowledging the incompetence.
It’s the little things, the lack of little nuisances, that make for a better day.
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It’s the little things, the lack of little nuisances, that make for a better day.
Seems only right to me.
The Scottish government provides every family with a newborn with a ‘baby box’ of essentials to help them get started.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is bringing the boxes to NY.
Why can’t we have obviously good & nice things like this under a Labour government UK wide?
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is bringing the boxes to NY.
Why can’t we have obviously good & nice things like this under a Labour government UK wide?
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Seems only right to me.
And the verdict of justice moves inexorably closer and closer.
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
And the verdict of justice moves inexorably closer and closer.
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My latest blog piece, about the recent attempts by the Labour party to paint the SNP and the Scottish Government as a threat to national security due to their opposition to nukes on the Clyde.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/l...
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/l...
Labour’s doomed attempt to paint the SNP as a threat to national security
The oil is running out, all the banks will leave, you won’t have a pension, you can’t use the pound, the EU won’t let you back in, and now we have – the SNP are a threat to …
weegingerdug.wordpress.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My latest blog piece, about the recent attempts by the Labour party to paint the SNP and the Scottish Government as a threat to national security due to their opposition to nukes on the Clyde.
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/l...
weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/l...
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
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Lovely. 👏👏👏
November 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Lovely. 👏👏👏
Trump about to speak to the camera.
Staffer requires medical attention.
Trump becomes comatose until the nuisance interruption has passed and they can get back to the important work of rambling into the microphone.
Staffer requires medical attention.
Trump becomes comatose until the nuisance interruption has passed and they can get back to the important work of rambling into the microphone.
If the history book need a single photo to summarize the Trump administration, this is that photo.
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Trump about to speak to the camera.
Staffer requires medical attention.
Trump becomes comatose until the nuisance interruption has passed and they can get back to the important work of rambling into the microphone.
Staffer requires medical attention.
Trump becomes comatose until the nuisance interruption has passed and they can get back to the important work of rambling into the microphone.
From July.
A reminder that, as shown by multiple endorsements from current EU political figures, popular support for Scotland’s membership is very high and gives the lie to the unionist claim that we would be barred from entry … because the rUK would wield a veto.
A bizarre assertion.
A reminder that, as shown by multiple endorsements from current EU political figures, popular support for Scotland’s membership is very high and gives the lie to the unionist claim that we would be barred from entry … because the rUK would wield a veto.
A bizarre assertion.
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
From July.
A reminder that, as shown by multiple endorsements from current EU political figures, popular support for Scotland’s membership is very high and gives the lie to the unionist claim that we would be barred from entry … because the rUK would wield a veto.
A bizarre assertion.
A reminder that, as shown by multiple endorsements from current EU political figures, popular support for Scotland’s membership is very high and gives the lie to the unionist claim that we would be barred from entry … because the rUK would wield a veto.
A bizarre assertion.
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The Scottish Government has published its long-awaited Climate Change Draft Plan – setting out 150 different actions to tackle carbon emissions.
We have outlined the key points👇
We have outlined the key points👇
What are the key points in Scotland's draft climate change plan?
www.thenational.scot
November 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The Scottish Government has published its long-awaited Climate Change Draft Plan – setting out 150 different actions to tackle carbon emissions.
We have outlined the key points👇
We have outlined the key points👇
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’.
But shareholders will be richer.
Chemicals seep into water supply and companies don't invest in waste disposal.
Companies don't bear social cost of their operations
But shareholders will be richer.
Chemicals seep into water supply and companies don't invest in waste disposal.
Companies don't bear social cost of their operations
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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