Islaylife
@scotlandisland.bsky.social
All about life on the edge of Europe on the Island of Whisky ..Islay #fbpe #followbackclimate
I spin, felt and crochet my way through life
I spin, felt and crochet my way through life
One of my amazing students has set up a petition to make Scotland free of plastic .. right now #islay s coastline is littered with plastic from the recent storm .. go to the web site read the information, sign the petition and help make us plastic free makescotlandplasticfree.co.uk
makescotlandplasticfree.co.uk – Petition with me to ban all single-use plastics in Scotland for good.
makescotlandplasticfree.co.uk
February 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
One of my amazing students has set up a petition to make Scotland free of plastic .. right now #islay s coastline is littered with plastic from the recent storm .. go to the web site read the information, sign the petition and help make us plastic free makescotlandplasticfree.co.uk
As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
This is a great article on the terrible consequences of ##climatechange
This is a great article on the terrible consequences of ##climatechange
Opinion | As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles
After the Bobcat Fire, L.A. no longer felt safe.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
This is a great article on the terrible consequences of ##climatechange
This is a great article on the terrible consequences of ##climatechange
A bit of pre #newyear #wetfelting on a ball. Using local #islay fleeces and silk hankerchiefs I have a new light for my hall table. #handmade and #sustainable
December 31, 2024 at 9:52 AM
A bit of pre #newyear #wetfelting on a ball. Using local #islay fleeces and silk hankerchiefs I have a new light for my hall table. #handmade and #sustainable
Christmas books .. looking forward to reading these during the dark new year
December 28, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Christmas books .. looking forward to reading these during the dark new year
My christmas present 🎁 the perfect embodiment of my character
December 25, 2024 at 9:58 PM
My christmas present 🎁 the perfect embodiment of my character
December 7, 2024 at 12:14 PM
It's a bit blowy on #islay but #stormbert is not doing its worst
November 24, 2024 at 12:10 PM
It's a bit blowy on #islay but #stormbert is not doing its worst
Not liking the look of this @metoffice.bsky.social . I was hoping for a quiet weekend!
November 20, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Not liking the look of this @metoffice.bsky.social . I was hoping for a quiet weekend!
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The fact that UCC hid a 3000-year-old mummy under the floorboards of a lecture theatre on a campus where two and a half tonnes of uranium rods were being stored in a basement nearby and DIDN'T end up with a zombie-pharaoh apocalypse is both a mystery and endlessly disappointing
November 18, 2024 at 9:17 AM
The fact that UCC hid a 3000-year-old mummy under the floorboards of a lecture theatre on a campus where two and a half tonnes of uranium rods were being stored in a basement nearby and DIDN'T end up with a zombie-pharaoh apocalypse is both a mystery and endlessly disappointing
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Women bear the brunt of climate change. A coalition of conservative autocracies wants to stop the world from discussing it.
Petro-patriarchy and the pope: Saudis, Vatican lead women’s rights backlash at COP29
EU delegates left the room in protest against gender language backtracking.
www.politico.eu
November 18, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Women bear the brunt of climate change. A coalition of conservative autocracies wants to stop the world from discussing it.
Morning from a chilly #islay ... #sunrise @bbcweather.bsky.social .. looking like a great start to the day
November 18, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Morning from a chilly #islay ... #sunrise @bbcweather.bsky.social .. looking like a great start to the day
I quite agree, nothing is locally made, they are expensive and overcrowded.
Support local businesses and visit a local craft fair instead
www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/...
Support local businesses and visit a local craft fair instead
www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/...
‘It’s overpriced tat’: Christmas markets divide opinion across the UK
Residents and businesses complain about busy crowds, loss of trade, repetitive stalls and extortionate prices
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:37 AM
I quite agree, nothing is locally made, they are expensive and overcrowded.
Support local businesses and visit a local craft fair instead
www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/...
Support local businesses and visit a local craft fair instead
www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/...
As always, highly enjoyable.
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
For our latest bad idea with an interesting history David talks to the geneticist and science writer @adamrutherford.bsky.social about what’s wrong with Nobel Prizes. What happens when someone is struck down with ‘Nobelitis’?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
For our latest bad idea with an interesting history David talks to the geneticist and science writer @adamrutherford.bsky.social about what’s wrong with Nobel Prizes. What happens when someone is struck down with ‘Nobelitis’?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:55 PM
As always, highly enjoyable.
Saw this on a friends Facebook.. made me smile
Although to be fair .. they should have included short people (like me)
Although to be fair .. they should have included short people (like me)
November 17, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Saw this on a friends Facebook.. made me smile
Although to be fair .. they should have included short people (like me)
Although to be fair .. they should have included short people (like me)
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"the sixth major storm to batter the disaster-weary country in the past month, made landfall."
"At least 163 people have died in the five storms that pounded the Philippines in recent weeks, leaving thousands homeless and wiping out crops and livestock."
"At least 163 people have died in the five storms that pounded the Philippines in recent weeks, leaving thousands homeless and wiping out crops and livestock."
More than 650,000 people flee as Super Typhoon Man-yi hits Philippines
Authorities warn of ‘life-threatening’ surges as sixth storm to pound the country in the past month intensified
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2024 at 7:31 PM
"the sixth major storm to batter the disaster-weary country in the past month, made landfall."
"At least 163 people have died in the five storms that pounded the Philippines in recent weeks, leaving thousands homeless and wiping out crops and livestock."
"At least 163 people have died in the five storms that pounded the Philippines in recent weeks, leaving thousands homeless and wiping out crops and livestock."
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My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.
Morning.
Morning.
November 16, 2024 at 9:05 AM
My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.
Morning.
Morning.
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Left: Richard Tice, "What Alison has done is express free speech, which she's entitled to under the European Convention of Human Rights"
Right: Richard Tice, "Our suggestion is that we should leave the ECHR, I think it's wrong we're a member, we don't need to be"
Right: Richard Tice, "Our suggestion is that we should leave the ECHR, I think it's wrong we're a member, we don't need to be"
November 15, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Left: Richard Tice, "What Alison has done is express free speech, which she's entitled to under the European Convention of Human Rights"
Right: Richard Tice, "Our suggestion is that we should leave the ECHR, I think it's wrong we're a member, we don't need to be"
Right: Richard Tice, "Our suggestion is that we should leave the ECHR, I think it's wrong we're a member, we don't need to be"
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Just a reminder that every single thing going on in the United States now and for the next four years was wholeheartedly hoped for and encouraged by both Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.
That is where the Tories ended up. Incredible.
That is where the Tories ended up. Incredible.
November 15, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Just a reminder that every single thing going on in the United States now and for the next four years was wholeheartedly hoped for and encouraged by both Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.
That is where the Tories ended up. Incredible.
That is where the Tories ended up. Incredible.
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NEED SOME GOOD NEWS?
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
November 15, 2024 at 1:59 PM
NEED SOME GOOD NEWS?
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels.
Graph from @natbullard.bsky.social using @emberenergy.bsky.social data.
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Climate breakdown hurts women and girls esp in developing world. I talk about women at Cop29 here on BBC Woman’s Hour: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Woman's Hour - Bishop Rachel Treweek on Justin Welby, Forgotten Children, COP29 and maternal outcomes - BBC Sounds
Women in the Church of England react to the resignation of the archbishop of Canterbury.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Climate breakdown hurts women and girls esp in developing world. I talk about women at Cop29 here on BBC Woman’s Hour: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...