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@lowcarblocavore.bsky.social
#sassenachAsylumSeeker living on the Black Isle (weirdly not an island) in the Scottish highlands
Exploring local foods, beer & whisky - need to focus more on the food #metabolicallyDelirious
Exploring local foods, beer & whisky - need to focus more on the food #metabolicallyDelirious
I’d join in but anyone receiving a letter penned in my dyslexic handwriting would (rightfully) misread it as a drunken ferret trying to make love to a fountain pen.
I journal most evenings and still can’t read half of it the next morning
I journal most evenings and still can’t read half of it the next morning
October 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I’d join in but anyone receiving a letter penned in my dyslexic handwriting would (rightfully) misread it as a drunken ferret trying to make love to a fountain pen.
I journal most evenings and still can’t read half of it the next morning
I journal most evenings and still can’t read half of it the next morning
Isn’t gin just flavoured vodka?
June 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Isn’t gin just flavoured vodka?
If only someone could write some AI code that copied & summarised every politicians’ published memoir, autobiography or novel written while they were supposed to be serving their constituents 🤔
June 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
If only someone could write some AI code that copied & summarised every politicians’ published memoir, autobiography or novel written while they were supposed to be serving their constituents 🤔
Currently 7 weeks into a course of hospital uvb therapy, so can you make an extra image of bronze all over except for goggles & a strategic “cocksock” to prevent burning? 🔥
May 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Currently 7 weeks into a course of hospital uvb therapy, so can you make an extra image of bronze all over except for goggles & a strategic “cocksock” to prevent burning? 🔥
Check how many were seats won from Tories and it looks more like infighting between the right & far right 🤣🤣
May 4, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Check how many were seats won from Tories and it looks more like infighting between the right & far right 🤣🤣
Helps split the unionist votes though 👍
April 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Helps split the unionist votes though 👍
I called myself a sassenach asylum seeker when I first moved here, after a couple of years I was told “No, you chose to live here so you’re a New Scot” ♥️🏴
April 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I called myself a sassenach asylum seeker when I first moved here, after a couple of years I was told “No, you chose to live here so you’re a New Scot” ♥️🏴
…Starmer knows he has to persuade Tory & Reform voters to win in 2029 GE, so he’s sacrificing Scottish Labour in next year’s Scottish Parliament elections.
SNP & ScotGreens currently on track for majority of seats
SNP & ScotGreens currently on track for majority of seats
April 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
…Starmer knows he has to persuade Tory & Reform voters to win in 2029 GE, so he’s sacrificing Scottish Labour in next year’s Scottish Parliament elections.
SNP & ScotGreens currently on track for majority of seats
SNP & ScotGreens currently on track for majority of seats
No, SNP. Voted Green in the 2 GEs before that when I lived in England
SNP (and Scottish Greens) in Scotland has already done many of the things people want Labour to do
SNP (and Scottish Greens) in Scotland has already done many of the things people want Labour to do
April 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
No, SNP. Voted Green in the 2 GEs before that when I lived in England
SNP (and Scottish Greens) in Scotland has already done many of the things people want Labour to do
SNP (and Scottish Greens) in Scotland has already done many of the things people want Labour to do
I voted remain & moved to Scotland after the referendum, I’ll be an EU citizen before I die 🏴🇪🇺
April 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I voted remain & moved to Scotland after the referendum, I’ll be an EU citizen before I die 🏴🇪🇺
Err what?!?
Never mind 🤯
Never mind 🤯
April 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Err what?!?
Never mind 🤯
Never mind 🤯
I believe in compassion and reconciliation, rather than blame & retribution.
Do you equally blame Corbyn’s pro Brexit stance? He would have swung the vote if he’d campaigned for Remain
Do you equally blame Corbyn’s pro Brexit stance? He would have swung the vote if he’d campaigned for Remain
April 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I believe in compassion and reconciliation, rather than blame & retribution.
Do you equally blame Corbyn’s pro Brexit stance? He would have swung the vote if he’d campaigned for Remain
Do you equally blame Corbyn’s pro Brexit stance? He would have swung the vote if he’d campaigned for Remain
You could easily same the same for anyone who voted Conservative since 2010 - they knew they were voting for austerity every time.
Luckily living in a democracy means freedom to change your opinion without being persecuted for previous choices.
Luckily living in a democracy means freedom to change your opinion without being persecuted for previous choices.
April 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
You could easily same the same for anyone who voted Conservative since 2010 - they knew they were voting for austerity every time.
Luckily living in a democracy means freedom to change your opinion without being persecuted for previous choices.
Luckily living in a democracy means freedom to change your opinion without being persecuted for previous choices.
On most farms in the highlands grain is only fed to beef herds to complement silage when the weather to too severe to graze outside, and that grain has been graded below standard for human consumption.
As in crop farming, there’s a wide variation in sustainability & environmental impact globally.
As in crop farming, there’s a wide variation in sustainability & environmental impact globally.
April 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
On most farms in the highlands grain is only fed to beef herds to complement silage when the weather to too severe to graze outside, and that grain has been graded below standard for human consumption.
As in crop farming, there’s a wide variation in sustainability & environmental impact globally.
As in crop farming, there’s a wide variation in sustainability & environmental impact globally.
Good point, although maybe we should support people open enough to change their minds after realising their mistake instead of stubbornly defending a bad decision?
No one likes to admid they were conned and lied into making themselves worse off
No one likes to admid they were conned and lied into making themselves worse off
April 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Good point, although maybe we should support people open enough to change their minds after realising their mistake instead of stubbornly defending a bad decision?
No one likes to admid they were conned and lied into making themselves worse off
No one likes to admid they were conned and lied into making themselves worse off
Top Secret, one of my favourite ever movies with one of the best ever lines…
“Is this the potato farm?”
“Yes, I am Albert Potato”
“Is this the potato farm?”
“Yes, I am Albert Potato”
April 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Top Secret, one of my favourite ever movies with one of the best ever lines…
“Is this the potato farm?”
“Yes, I am Albert Potato”
“Is this the potato farm?”
“Yes, I am Albert Potato”
Followed just in case he changes his mind about winding up Americans 👍
April 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Followed just in case he changes his mind about winding up Americans 👍
Any recommendation from @tomsbrown.bsky.social is worth a follow, welcome to the kinder corner of social media
March 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Any recommendation from @tomsbrown.bsky.social is worth a follow, welcome to the kinder corner of social media
Unfortunately it’s a chicken & egg situation - UK grid won’t add capacity until ScotGov planned over capacity is built.
(over simplified, but basically a holyrood/westminster battle from previous UKgov)
(over simplified, but basically a holyrood/westminster battle from previous UKgov)
March 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Unfortunately it’s a chicken & egg situation - UK grid won’t add capacity until ScotGov planned over capacity is built.
(over simplified, but basically a holyrood/westminster battle from previous UKgov)
(over simplified, but basically a holyrood/westminster battle from previous UKgov)
Is 45 a reference to his IQ?
March 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Is 45 a reference to his IQ?
They’ve fallen apart since you moved here and became a UK citizen, never realising how you held the country’s moral soul together ♥️
March 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
They’ve fallen apart since you moved here and became a UK citizen, never realising how you held the country’s moral soul together ♥️
Amazing as always, worth the anticipation and teasepotting 🫖
March 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Amazing as always, worth the anticipation and teasepotting 🫖
Well I thought calling you a big teasepot, short and stout would sound a bit offensive 😇
…also to confuse metaphors, I’d be the pot(tymouth) calling the kettle black 🫖
…also to confuse metaphors, I’d be the pot(tymouth) calling the kettle black 🫖
March 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Well I thought calling you a big teasepot, short and stout would sound a bit offensive 😇
…also to confuse metaphors, I’d be the pot(tymouth) calling the kettle black 🫖
…also to confuse metaphors, I’d be the pot(tymouth) calling the kettle black 🫖