Graeme Beale
@midfyffe.bsky.social
Works in @RESAS in the Scottish Government. Head of the Strategic Research Programme - Rural/Environment. Quaker. Writer of sub-par cat poems and other things.
Today’s thought for the day, when did you last read aloud to a friend? Her proscribed for grief by Harold Bloom, the Western Canon, pg 270.
Morning commute reading continues to deliver.
Morning commute reading continues to deliver.
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Today’s thought for the day, when did you last read aloud to a friend? Her proscribed for grief by Harold Bloom, the Western Canon, pg 270.
Morning commute reading continues to deliver.
Morning commute reading continues to deliver.
Reposted by Graeme Beale
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
Maybe it’s because I’m getting older but “Crisis at the #BBC” season seems to come around earlier each year.
Barely got the Halloween bunting taken down.
Barely got the Halloween bunting taken down.
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Maybe it’s because I’m getting older but “Crisis at the #BBC” season seems to come around earlier each year.
Barely got the Halloween bunting taken down.
Barely got the Halloween bunting taken down.
How did I get here in the airing cupboard? Pull up a chair pal and I’ll explain all it to you.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
How did I get here in the airing cupboard? Pull up a chair pal and I’ll explain all it to you.
Boosting this comment I saw in chat earlier. Hard to overstate how much #KE (Knowledge Exchange) work is prevented because #universities don't seem to have a proportionate response- it's a small contract - ergo small risk and so on; instead given the same process and time as a major grant.
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Boosting this comment I saw in chat earlier. Hard to overstate how much #KE (Knowledge Exchange) work is prevented because #universities don't seem to have a proportionate response- it's a small contract - ergo small risk and so on; instead given the same process and time as a major grant.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
#Cheese News! 🐭🐁🧀
Thought for the day courtesy of Dr Johnson.
Popped out to me on the bus this morning’s commute reading. From Harold Bloom, Western Canon
“nor has any man found the evils of life so formidable in reality as they were described in his own imagination.”
Popped out to me on the bus this morning’s commute reading. From Harold Bloom, Western Canon
“nor has any man found the evils of life so formidable in reality as they were described in his own imagination.”
November 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Thought for the day courtesy of Dr Johnson.
Popped out to me on the bus this morning’s commute reading. From Harold Bloom, Western Canon
“nor has any man found the evils of life so formidable in reality as they were described in his own imagination.”
Popped out to me on the bus this morning’s commute reading. From Harold Bloom, Western Canon
“nor has any man found the evils of life so formidable in reality as they were described in his own imagination.”
Morag breaches the breakfast wall in search of illicit lactose.
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Morag breaches the breakfast wall in search of illicit lactose.
We actually have an aga. It's a better use of cash than going on holidays or buying a new car. Runs on renewables as well. Not all aga owners are arseholes.
November 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We had a terrific night! Hope you all survived. If you're reading this and you've not survived let me know. #halloween
November 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We had a terrific night! Hope you all survived. If you're reading this and you've not survived let me know. #halloween
Magnificent 💯
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Magnificent 💯
Reposted by Graeme Beale
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻
Enter if you dare...🚪
Enter if you dare...🚪
Happy Halloween from the un-familiar and me. 🎃 😾
October 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Happy Halloween from the un-familiar and me. 🎃 😾
#STV news has been greatly improved by removing sub editors. Actual surprise is good, but… news.stv.tv/east-central...
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 AM
#STV news has been greatly improved by removing sub editors. Actual surprise is good, but… news.stv.tv/east-central...
I spent one summer as an assistant lockkeeper at Culham about 5mins walk from Orwell’s grave. A surprising number of visitors would fail to find it because they didn’t know it was a nom-de-plume.
Teenage me would only selectively give out this information.
Teenage me would only selectively give out this information.
Today we launch at new @EmpirePodUK series-
WRITERS ON EMPIRE
We kick off with a four-part look at George Orwell
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
WRITERS ON EMPIRE
We kick off with a four-part look at George Orwell
linktr.ee/empirepoduk
October 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I spent one summer as an assistant lockkeeper at Culham about 5mins walk from Orwell’s grave. A surprising number of visitors would fail to find it because they didn’t know it was a nom-de-plume.
Teenage me would only selectively give out this information.
Teenage me would only selectively give out this information.
Me in Tescos: Christmas stuff out before Halloween 🎃. Grump grump.
Me in choir- oh Christmas song prep starts this week!😁🎅🎅
Make sure you contain multitudes folks.
Me in choir- oh Christmas song prep starts this week!😁🎅🎅
Make sure you contain multitudes folks.
October 29, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Me in Tescos: Christmas stuff out before Halloween 🎃. Grump grump.
Me in choir- oh Christmas song prep starts this week!😁🎅🎅
Make sure you contain multitudes folks.
Me in choir- oh Christmas song prep starts this week!😁🎅🎅
Make sure you contain multitudes folks.
Watching Scottish Bluesky - I think today with the Land Reform Bill being debated in parliament is the first time I’ve had the feeling of a viable Scottish political community here. Actually interesting things being said and real-time commentary.
October 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Watching Scottish Bluesky - I think today with the Land Reform Bill being debated in parliament is the first time I’ve had the feeling of a viable Scottish political community here. Actually interesting things being said and real-time commentary.
It’s October and I’ve lost my first pair of gloves of the winter.
Looking back fondly at the university years where a friend crocheted mittens-on-strings after watching me go through half a dozen pairs.
Looking back fondly at the university years where a friend crocheted mittens-on-strings after watching me go through half a dozen pairs.
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
It’s October and I’ve lost my first pair of gloves of the winter.
Looking back fondly at the university years where a friend crocheted mittens-on-strings after watching me go through half a dozen pairs.
Looking back fondly at the university years where a friend crocheted mittens-on-strings after watching me go through half a dozen pairs.
Also I have just realised I’m at the eldest household teenager has nicked my hoodie and is wearing it stage.
October 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Also I have just realised I’m at the eldest household teenager has nicked my hoodie and is wearing it stage.
At point I have to assume that people are actively targeting my week off when they’re putting out these stories! Great to see RESAS programme work on the TV news.sky.com/story/the-gr...
Cow burps have a big impact on global warming - but scientists think they've found a solution
Agriculture accounts for 10% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions, with the country's nine million cows and calves a significant contributor.
news.sky.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
At point I have to assume that people are actively targeting my week off when they’re putting out these stories! Great to see RESAS programme work on the TV news.sky.com/story/the-gr...
I think one thing about this AWS outage is a reminder that the safest place for eggs is tidily in that one basket, no?
a cartoon character is holding a basket in front of a house with the word republica fifidon on the bottom
Alt: a cartoon character is holding a basket in front of a house with the word republica fifidon on the bottom
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October 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I think one thing about this AWS outage is a reminder that the safest place for eggs is tidily in that one basket, no?
Morag #cat hoping that there will be spilt milk she could help out with. She is lactose intolerant, so there really won’t be.
That said, today’s life tip is be like Mo- see spilt milk as an opportunity.
That said, today’s life tip is be like Mo- see spilt milk as an opportunity.
October 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Morag #cat hoping that there will be spilt milk she could help out with. She is lactose intolerant, so there really won’t be.
That said, today’s life tip is be like Mo- see spilt milk as an opportunity.
That said, today’s life tip is be like Mo- see spilt milk as an opportunity.
Humans are a domesticated species and therefore require contact with other domesticated species to flourish.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Humans are a domesticated species and therefore require contact with other domesticated species to flourish.