John S
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Ùidh ann an cànain, ceartas, leabhraichean agus foillseachadh #Gàidhlig #Gaelic Alba.
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So this Christmas, if you know someone who doesn't like their birthday, instead of buying them an Amazon voucher why not give them a gift of a new birthday, like Robert Louis Stevenson did for Annie Ide back in 1891. 🎁
This could be next year's John Lewis Christmas advert.
This could be next year's John Lewis Christmas advert.
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 AM
So this Christmas, if you know someone who doesn't like their birthday, instead of buying them an Amazon voucher why not give them a gift of a new birthday, like Robert Louis Stevenson did for Annie Ide back in 1891. 🎁
This could be next year's John Lewis Christmas advert.
This could be next year's John Lewis Christmas advert.
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This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
Strì agus sìth - D.M.N.C. 05/12/25
November 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Strì agus sìth - D.M.N.C. 05/12/25
Am bi trèanadh tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig aca? www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...
Plana airson ionad ùr sgilean ann an Inbhir Nis
Chaidh plana a chur air adhart airson ionad sàr-mhaitheis a stèidheachadh air Ghàidhealtachd airson sgilean gnìomhachais.
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September 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Am bi trèanadh tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig aca? www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...
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It seems a little odd that the Society of Authors Awards explicitly exclude Gaelic and Scots language writers, despite nominally being for British and UK authors.
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June 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It seems a little odd that the Society of Authors Awards explicitly exclude Gaelic and Scots language writers, despite nominally being for British and UK authors.
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#SoAwards
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#SoAwards
An Lèanag, Glaschu an-diugh
June 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
An Lèanag, Glaschu an-diugh
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Abair òraid bhrìoghmhor leis an Dr Jake King air ‘Ainmean-àite Gàidhlig mu thimcheall Dhùn Èideann’ feasgar Disathairne aig @natlibscot.bsky.social
B’ e seo a’ chiad òraid ann an sreath ‘Gàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann: an-dè, an-diugh agus a-màireach’
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B’ e seo a’ chiad òraid ann an sreath ‘Gàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann: an-dè, an-diugh agus a-màireach’
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March 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Abair òraid bhrìoghmhor leis an Dr Jake King air ‘Ainmean-àite Gàidhlig mu thimcheall Dhùn Èideann’ feasgar Disathairne aig @natlibscot.bsky.social
B’ e seo a’ chiad òraid ann an sreath ‘Gàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann: an-dè, an-diugh agus a-màireach’
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B’ e seo a’ chiad òraid ann an sreath ‘Gàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann: an-dè, an-diugh agus a-màireach’
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US customers, our books are not affected by tariffs for now & we still deeply appreciate your support. Mòran taing.
In North America, order directly from our bradanpress.com online stores to receive books printed in Canada. Or order through your favourite online book retailer. Every purchase helps.
In North America, order directly from our bradanpress.com online stores to receive books printed in Canada. Or order through your favourite online book retailer. Every purchase helps.
Bradan Press | Publishing Gaelic books in Nova Scotia
A Nova Scotia publisher connecting readers worldwide with Scottish Gaelic language and culture
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February 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
US customers, our books are not affected by tariffs for now & we still deeply appreciate your support. Mòran taing.
In North America, order directly from our bradanpress.com online stores to receive books printed in Canada. Or order through your favourite online book retailer. Every purchase helps.
In North America, order directly from our bradanpress.com online stores to receive books printed in Canada. Or order through your favourite online book retailer. Every purchase helps.
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We'll be vending this Sun Mar 16 at the Vive le Canada / Tuck Frump / Buy Local Market by @differentfolkshfx.bsky.social! Along with our books printed in Canada we'll be offering brand new Gaelic stickers from Gaelic.co! Join us 12-4pm at the Halifax Brewery Market 🍁
March 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We'll be vending this Sun Mar 16 at the Vive le Canada / Tuck Frump / Buy Local Market by @differentfolkshfx.bsky.social! Along with our books printed in Canada we'll be offering brand new Gaelic stickers from Gaelic.co! Join us 12-4pm at the Halifax Brewery Market 🍁
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Committed to the Amazon boycott long term so I moved my entire extremely long Amazon wishlist which was really just a lot of books I want to read to Thrift Books.
You can create and share wishlists there and then people can buy you used books, some of which benefit libraries.
www.thriftbooks.com
You can create and share wishlists there and then people can buy you used books, some of which benefit libraries.
www.thriftbooks.com
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March 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Committed to the Amazon boycott long term so I moved my entire extremely long Amazon wishlist which was really just a lot of books I want to read to Thrift Books.
You can create and share wishlists there and then people can buy you used books, some of which benefit libraries.
www.thriftbooks.com
You can create and share wishlists there and then people can buy you used books, some of which benefit libraries.
www.thriftbooks.com
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Leonard Cohen's Notebook: Rare Book of the Week
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Leonard Cohen's Notebook: Rare Book of the Week
This week's Rare Book of the Week is a green Apica notebook belonging to singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen including handwritten notes and song lyrics which has just gone under the hammer at Julien's Au...
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March 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Leonard Cohen's Notebook: Rare Book of the Week
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Mo bheannachd air na daoine seo ann an Glaschu #taigheadas www.heraldscotland.com/news/2496980...
Rebels won't budge for Scots demolition after 'insulting' £100 Tesco voucher offer
A group of residents are rebelling against one of Scotland's biggest demolition jobs after being offered and "insulting" £100 in Tesco…
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March 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Mo bheannachd air na daoine seo ann an Glaschu #taigheadas www.heraldscotland.com/news/2496980...
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Ann an dùthaich cho beartach ri Alba, chan eil e ceart gu bheil cho mòr de dhaoine a' strì 's a' call air sgàth cionn airgid. #SeachdainNaGàidhlig
February 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Ann an dùthaich cho beartach ri Alba, chan eil e ceart gu bheil cho mòr de dhaoine a' strì 's a' call air sgàth cionn airgid. #SeachdainNaGàidhlig
Wherever possible please buy your books directly from authors and/or publishers. Even ebooks (then Amazon can't delete them either). We make a better cut and you get the same thing or better, plus Bezos and ilk don't get richer. Win win win.
February 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"Fosgailte"? Chan eil buileach. AI agus "open consultation" an Riaghaltais. #ealain #cumhachd #authors #artists www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
UK copyright law consultation ‘fixed’ in favour of AI firms, peer says
Exclusive: Beeban Kidron says plans will lead to ‘wholesale’ transfer of wealth from creative industries to tech sector
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February 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"Fosgailte"? Chan eil buileach. AI agus "open consultation" an Riaghaltais. #ealain #cumhachd #authors #artists www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Chan eil crìochan eadar cànain ann, ach 's e exploitation a tha seo seach iasad neo taic. 'S math gu bheil daoine a' togail air a seo #goid #cànain #cultar #cuimris #gàidhlig #gaelic #gaeilge #languages #culturalappropriation www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Literature: Experts fear BookTok fantasy threatens Welsh culture
While some celebrate the spread of Welsh language and culture, its misuse is a concern for others.
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January 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Chan eil crìochan eadar cànain ann, ach 's e exploitation a tha seo seach iasad neo taic. 'S math gu bheil daoine a' togail air a seo #goid #cànain #cultar #cuimris #gàidhlig #gaelic #gaeilge #languages #culturalappropriation www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Machine translation IS powerful.
But it's also a blunt instrument challenged by context and tone.
That's why it takes a translator and writer to get things right.
It's like an F22.
World's best fighter, but it still takes a highly trained pilot.
You can't throw an amateur in the cockpit.
But it's also a blunt instrument challenged by context and tone.
That's why it takes a translator and writer to get things right.
It's like an F22.
World's best fighter, but it still takes a highly trained pilot.
You can't throw an amateur in the cockpit.
December 30, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Machine translation IS powerful.
But it's also a blunt instrument challenged by context and tone.
That's why it takes a translator and writer to get things right.
It's like an F22.
World's best fighter, but it still takes a highly trained pilot.
You can't throw an amateur in the cockpit.
But it's also a blunt instrument challenged by context and tone.
That's why it takes a translator and writer to get things right.
It's like an F22.
World's best fighter, but it still takes a highly trained pilot.
You can't throw an amateur in the cockpit.
Mach à seo, a Dhòmhnaill www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Greenland tells Trump it is not for sale
It comes after the US president-elect repeated comments he made in 2019 that he would like to purchase the territory.
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December 23, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Mach à seo, a Dhòmhnaill www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Good morning, Bluesky Friends! 🗽💙 🌊
December 22, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Good morning, Bluesky Friends! 🗽💙 🌊
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New from me: George Orwell and The Founding Fathers open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
George Orwell and The Founding Fathers
You may want to prepare yourself for the coming Trump administration by rereading George Orwell’s “1984” if it’s been a while.
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December 3, 2024 at 12:35 PM
New from me: George Orwell and The Founding Fathers open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Tha a h-uile ainm ùr-nodha aig aon àm, seadh, ach tha ainmean air an taghadh le adhbhar. Nam bheachdsa chaidh 'Gàidhlig Dhal Riada' ainmeachadh mar sin airson toirt a' chreids gu bheil e nas aosmhor na dualchainntean eile, nas ùghdarrail, agus 's dòcha airson sònraichteas a thoirt don ainmeachar
December 1, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Tha a h-uile ainm ùr-nodha aig aon àm, seadh, ach tha ainmean air an taghadh le adhbhar. Nam bheachdsa chaidh 'Gàidhlig Dhal Riada' ainmeachadh mar sin airson toirt a' chreids gu bheil e nas aosmhor na dualchainntean eile, nas ùghdarrail, agus 's dòcha airson sònraichteas a thoirt don ainmeachar
A’ cuimhneachadh air Tove Skutnabb-Kangas (1940-2023) - Global Coalition for Language Rights
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A Life Dedicated to Language Rights: In Memory of Tove Skutnabb-Kangas (1940- 2023)
The first ever Language Rights Defenders Award is dedicated to the memory of activist and scholar Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, who sadly passed away on 29 May 2023. Tove’s life and work demonstrate exactly the kind of sustained passion that the Language Rights Defenders Award aims to recognize and celebrate.Tove was born in Helsinki, Finland during World War II and was raised with two mother tongues: Finnish and Swedish. Her early training as a teacher and scientist brought her into contact with the ch
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December 7, 2024 at 5:55 PM
A’ cuimhneachadh air Tove Skutnabb-Kangas (1940-2023) - Global Coalition for Language Rights
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