Allan Ogg
@macindog.bsky.social
A retired Scot. Lover of Lorna, my kids, grandkids, technology, walking in the countryside, photography, and all kinds of beasties.
We had a joint event with Neilston Golden Girls for lunch and being entertained by the Barrhead Ukulele Group (BUGs) in Neilston Bowling Club. More details, photos and videos here:
sites.google.com/view/neilsto...
sites.google.com/view/neilsto...
September 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
We had a joint event with Neilston Golden Girls for lunch and being entertained by the Barrhead Ukulele Group (BUGs) in Neilston Bowling Club. More details, photos and videos here:
sites.google.com/view/neilsto...
sites.google.com/view/neilsto...
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Keir Starmer, how much more obvious does it need to get? These people are not our allies, and should not be trusted. We urgently need to disentangle our military and security systems from the US.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
Trump has now banned UK from sharing any US military intelligence with Ukraine
Donald Trump, the US President, has already temporarily halted American military aid to Ukraine, a decision which sparked fears the country could soon run out of weapons
www.mirror.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Keir Starmer, how much more obvious does it need to get? These people are not our allies, and should not be trusted. We urgently need to disentangle our military and security systems from the US.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...
January 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We had our first decent walk of the year today. It's very cold out there but the sky was clear. We went with the Neilston Well Walks group and followed this route in reverse. #neilston #walking sites.google.com/view/neilsto...
Neilston Walks - Around Snypes Dam
This is a roughly four-mile walk out to a small local reservoir and back again.
The route initially follows the same path as that for Neilston Pad, then heads round the edge of the Pad and down to Sny...
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January 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
We had our first decent walk of the year today. It's very cold out there but the sky was clear. We went with the Neilston Well Walks group and followed this route in reverse. #neilston #walking sites.google.com/view/neilsto...
Our local men's group have posted a round up of their activities for 2024, which took us as far afield as Oban and Dundee and travelling almost 870 miles over the year. #neilston sites.google.com/view/neilsto...
Neilston Men's Group - 2024 Round Up
2024 saw us continue in much the same vein as 2023 - not as just a stay-indoors breakfast club but as more of an adventures group. Life isn't about just existing as you get older, it's about living as...
sites.google.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Our local men's group have posted a round up of their activities for 2024, which took us as far afield as Oban and Dundee and travelling almost 870 miles over the year. #neilston sites.google.com/view/neilsto...
Finished reading Ashram Assassin, the second Paperback Sleuth novel by Andrew Cartmell. I quite enjoyed it, didn't guess who the perp was until quite late on. Better than the first in the series 4/5 #reading #books #whodunit www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...
Ashram Assassin (Paperback Sleuth #2)
Humorous cosy-crime caper in which a feisty, amoral boo…
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January 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Finished reading Ashram Assassin, the second Paperback Sleuth novel by Andrew Cartmell. I quite enjoyed it, didn't guess who the perp was until quite late on. Better than the first in the series 4/5 #reading #books #whodunit www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...
Having an extra day off today, courtesy of some as yet untaken annual leave I can't carry over.
So, it's just me wrapped up warmly with a book today.
Work in 2025 can start tomorrow.
So, it's just me wrapped up warmly with a book today.
Work in 2025 can start tomorrow.
January 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Having an extra day off today, courtesy of some as yet untaken annual leave I can't carry over.
So, it's just me wrapped up warmly with a book today.
Work in 2025 can start tomorrow.
So, it's just me wrapped up warmly with a book today.
Work in 2025 can start tomorrow.
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Heading in for the Night - The sun going down behind the island of Mull. I liked the image of the lone gull, heading in towards land. #scotland #photography
January 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Heading in for the Night - The sun going down behind the island of Mull. I liked the image of the lone gull, heading in towards land. #scotland #photography
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“The only effective measure is to ban all political donations, and the giving and receiving of such donations a criminal offence. Such a ban would force political parties to compete and develop publicly acceptable policies”
@premnsikka.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...
@premnsikka.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...
How our democracy has been hijacked by corporations and wealthy elites
The only effective remedy is to ban all private donations, or bribes, to political parties.
leftfootforward.org
January 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“The only effective measure is to ban all political donations, and the giving and receiving of such donations a criminal offence. Such a ban would force political parties to compete and develop publicly acceptable policies”
@premnsikka.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...
@premnsikka.bsky.social
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/how-...
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Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned after an editor rejected her sketch satirizing tech chiefs, including the Post's owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
A Pulitzer winner quits 'Washington Post' after a cartoon on Bezos is killed
Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned after an editor rejected her sketch satirizing tech chiefs, including the Post's owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
www.npr.org
January 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigned after an editor rejected her sketch satirizing tech chiefs, including the Post's owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
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Pity Farage wasn’t asked about this - he should be forced to own it @bbclaurak.bsky.social @theneweuropean.bsky.social
January 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Pity Farage wasn’t asked about this - he should be forced to own it @bbclaurak.bsky.social @theneweuropean.bsky.social
Sunset over Oban Bay with the sun going down behind the island of Mull. #scotland #photography
January 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Sunset over Oban Bay with the sun going down behind the island of Mull. #scotland #photography
The Sun going down behind the Isle of Arran. Taken from the shore in Ardneil Bay. #scotland #photography
January 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The Sun going down behind the Isle of Arran. Taken from the shore in Ardneil Bay. #scotland #photography
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It will come as no surprise to anyone that Elon Musk and X are the biggest purveyors of online misinformation
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
How Elon Musk and X Became the Biggest Purveyors of Online Misinformation
A timeline of how Elon Musk has turned X into a misinformation weapon that spews falsehoods about migrants, gender, health and elections.
www.rollingstone.com
January 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It will come as no surprise to anyone that Elon Musk and X are the biggest purveyors of online misinformation
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Nick Clegg, former Deputy Prime Minister, has sold £19 MILLION in Meta shares
He has £21 MILLION left to sell
Genuine question
Is there any former major Cabinet Minister of any party whose political ambition has NOT been for personal financial benefit in the end?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
He has £21 MILLION left to sell
Genuine question
Is there any former major Cabinet Minister of any party whose political ambition has NOT been for personal financial benefit in the end?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Nick Clegg has sold almost $19m in Meta shares since joining Facebook in 2018
Former UK deputy prime minister, who still has about $21m worth, is leaving role as president of global affairs
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Nick Clegg, former Deputy Prime Minister, has sold £19 MILLION in Meta shares
He has £21 MILLION left to sell
Genuine question
Is there any former major Cabinet Minister of any party whose political ambition has NOT been for personal financial benefit in the end?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
He has £21 MILLION left to sell
Genuine question
Is there any former major Cabinet Minister of any party whose political ambition has NOT been for personal financial benefit in the end?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
January 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
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Ok, this is funny as fuck.
January 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Ok, this is funny as fuck.
Sunset over Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Taken from the beach in Puerto del Carmen.
January 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Sunset over Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Taken from the beach in Puerto del Carmen.
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the right to sit in the House of Lords by birth is "indefensible" and his government has started the process to end it👏
news.sky.com/story/its-a-...
news.sky.com/story/its-a-...
'It's a smash and grab raid on the constitution': The last of the hereditary peers
Sir Keir Starmer says the right to sit in the Lords by birth is "indefensible" and his government has started the process to end it.
news.sky.com
January 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the right to sit in the House of Lords by birth is "indefensible" and his government has started the process to end it👏
news.sky.com/story/its-a-...
news.sky.com/story/its-a-...
Happy New Year! We've had a bit of sleet today and lots of rain so it's been an indoor, update the men's group web site kind of day. Here's our 2024 Round-Up: #neilston sites.google.com/view/neilsto...
Neilston Men's Group - 2024 Round Up
2024 saw us continue in much the same vein as 2023 - not as just a stay-indoors breakfast club but as more of an adventures group. Life isn't about just existing as you get older, it's about living as...
sites.google.com
January 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Happy New Year! We've had a bit of sleet today and lots of rain so it's been an indoor, update the men's group web site kind of day. Here's our 2024 Round-Up: #neilston sites.google.com/view/neilsto...