Sheila Masson
@sheilamasson.bsky.social
Citizen of the world, anti-brexit, feminist killjoy, photographer, photo historian, blue wave, litterpicker, injured runner, swimmer, cyclist, neo gardener, BLM, lgbtqia+ ally, Free Palestine, woke AF. She/her. Leith/Edinburgh. RESIST.
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Fed up with the John Lewis's website talking to me as if I'm a naughty dog.
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Fed up with the John Lewis's website talking to me as if I'm a naughty dog.
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Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Edinburgh's Capital Concert Band's Christmas Music Concert has been announced! Saturday 13th December at 5pm at Leith St. Andrew's Church. www.capitalconcertband.co.uk #Edinburgh #LiveMusic #Leith #CapitalConcertBand #keepmusiclive #ChristmasConcert
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Edinburgh's Capital Concert Band's Christmas Music Concert has been announced! Saturday 13th December at 5pm at Leith St. Andrew's Church. www.capitalconcertband.co.uk #Edinburgh #LiveMusic #Leith #CapitalConcertBand #keepmusiclive #ChristmasConcert
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Good to see that butterfly numbers have increased this year at Lauriston Farm, Edinburgh's Agroecology project, you can read their report here www.lauristonfarm.scot/news/results...
Results of the Butterfly Survey 2025 | Lauriston Farm
www.lauristonfarm.scot
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Good to see that butterfly numbers have increased this year at Lauriston Farm, Edinburgh's Agroecology project, you can read their report here www.lauristonfarm.scot/news/results...
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📢 Join Scotland’s Climate March on Sat 15th Nov to demand a better world as part of a Global Day of Action!
Assemble at 11am, Glasgow Green.
Global Solidarity. A Fair Transition. Caring For Our Planet. Get involved: climatemarch.scot
#ScotlandsClimateMarch
Assemble at 11am, Glasgow Green.
Global Solidarity. A Fair Transition. Caring For Our Planet. Get involved: climatemarch.scot
#ScotlandsClimateMarch
October 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
📢 Join Scotland’s Climate March on Sat 15th Nov to demand a better world as part of a Global Day of Action!
Assemble at 11am, Glasgow Green.
Global Solidarity. A Fair Transition. Caring For Our Planet. Get involved: climatemarch.scot
#ScotlandsClimateMarch
Assemble at 11am, Glasgow Green.
Global Solidarity. A Fair Transition. Caring For Our Planet. Get involved: climatemarch.scot
#ScotlandsClimateMarch
Mourning and Modernity: Reflections on Edinburgh’s Changing Face bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/26/m...
Mourning and Modernity: Reflections on Edinburgh’s Changing Face
Charlie Ellis on the gentrification of Edinburgh. The No. 13 Encouraged to show someone a ‘different slice of the city’, the most fitting approach was to hop onto the enigmatic No. 13 …
bellacaledonia.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Mourning and Modernity: Reflections on Edinburgh’s Changing Face bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/26/m...
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Many thanks to autocorrect, which has decreed that the heir to the French throne was not in fact handed over 'aux hommes' – i.e. to the care & education of men rather than women – in 1787
No, he was handed over to 'his homies'
If you find this wild misprint in my book, please blame Microsoft Word
No, he was handed over to 'his homies'
If you find this wild misprint in my book, please blame Microsoft Word
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Many thanks to autocorrect, which has decreed that the heir to the French throne was not in fact handed over 'aux hommes' – i.e. to the care & education of men rather than women – in 1787
No, he was handed over to 'his homies'
If you find this wild misprint in my book, please blame Microsoft Word
No, he was handed over to 'his homies'
If you find this wild misprint in my book, please blame Microsoft Word
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November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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So Good To See Strong Democratic Women Winning tonight ! Sure Will Be Nice To Keep
This Powerful Movement Going......
This Powerful Movement Going......
November 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
So Good To See Strong Democratic Women Winning tonight ! Sure Will Be Nice To Keep
This Powerful Movement Going......
This Powerful Movement Going......
Excellent start to the Studies In Photography #ShiftingPerspectives #Conference at the National Library of Scotland this morning. #ScottishSocietyForTheHistoryOfPhotography #SSHoP #Photography #HistoryOfPhotography #Architecture #StudiesInPhotography
November 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Excellent start to the Studies In Photography #ShiftingPerspectives #Conference at the National Library of Scotland this morning. #ScottishSocietyForTheHistoryOfPhotography #SSHoP #Photography #HistoryOfPhotography #Architecture #StudiesInPhotography
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Wage theft on a grand scale.
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Wage theft on a grand scale.
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just got home, got out of the car to shut the gate and thought hmmm that sky looks a bit glowy and sure enough she’s dancing tonight!!
October 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
just got home, got out of the car to shut the gate and thought hmmm that sky looks a bit glowy and sure enough she’s dancing tonight!!
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© Arthur Melville.
'A Cabbage Garden,' 1877.
Oil on canvas, 45.5 × 30.5 cm.
'A Cabbage Garden,' 1877.
Oil on canvas, 45.5 × 30.5 cm.
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 AM
© Arthur Melville.
'A Cabbage Garden,' 1877.
Oil on canvas, 45.5 × 30.5 cm.
'A Cabbage Garden,' 1877.
Oil on canvas, 45.5 × 30.5 cm.
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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What did people do before SNAP?”
They died.
Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.
They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore
The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.
They died.
Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.
They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore
The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
What did people do before SNAP?”
They died.
Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.
They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore
The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.
They died.
Healthcare, vaccines, disability support, education & food assistance are vital to our survival.
They’re why the average lifespan isn’t 35 anymore
The mark of a good & decent society is whether it sees the value in helping others.
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‘West End Girls’ was released as a single forty years ago today.
Oh, fuck. I’m old.
Oh, fuck. I’m old.
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (Official Video) [HD REMASTERED]
YouTube video by PetShopBoys Parlophone
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October 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
‘West End Girls’ was released as a single forty years ago today.
Oh, fuck. I’m old.
Oh, fuck. I’m old.
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"Some absolutely outstanding work by activists to sneak these wraparounds onto copies of the Daily Mail in shops."
via Ian Almond
via Ian Almond
October 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"Some absolutely outstanding work by activists to sneak these wraparounds onto copies of the Daily Mail in shops."
via Ian Almond
via Ian Almond
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signs like these are up all over Chicago cafes and storefronts (here, cafes in Brighton Park and Back of the Yards) warning ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant
October 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
signs like these are up all over Chicago cafes and storefronts (here, cafes in Brighton Park and Back of the Yards) warning ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant
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We saw you from across the allotment and we liked your vibe
The heyday of exchanging halloween postcards was between 1900 and 1920 and the bizarre images often had a folkloric tale to tell.
These anthropomorphic cabbages allude to divination recorded in Scotland and Ireland where the shape of a pulled cabbage stalk denoted the figure of your future love!
These anthropomorphic cabbages allude to divination recorded in Scotland and Ireland where the shape of a pulled cabbage stalk denoted the figure of your future love!
October 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We saw you from across the allotment and we liked your vibe
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A lot of folks may think that just yelling at ICE agents is ineffective, but consider the cumulative psychological toll of being yelled at EVERY DAY when trying to do shit. Even the biggest asshole in the world who doesn't give a shit about other people will feel the pressure.
October 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A lot of folks may think that just yelling at ICE agents is ineffective, but consider the cumulative psychological toll of being yelled at EVERY DAY when trying to do shit. Even the biggest asshole in the world who doesn't give a shit about other people will feel the pressure.
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My daughter got suspended for booting the school bully in the bollocks, so obviously had to "punish" her. But having gone to school with the prick's parents I'm actually really proud of her for potentially ending the bloodline.
October 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
My daughter got suspended for booting the school bully in the bollocks, so obviously had to "punish" her. But having gone to school with the prick's parents I'm actually really proud of her for potentially ending the bloodline.
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I got the “oh are you self sufficient“ when folks found out I had an allotment. I mean it’s quite big but we can only grow enough for maybe 3 or 4 months worth of fruit and veg. You’d need a smallholding to have even a slim chance of making a go of it
On Threads, the usual suspects are telling ppl about to lose SNAP benefits to just start a garden. As a gardener, I had to laugh. You need at LEAST an acre of land to feed a family of 4. Start-up costs are enormous. But yes, subsistence farming on the balcony of your rental apartment is the answer
October 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I got the “oh are you self sufficient“ when folks found out I had an allotment. I mean it’s quite big but we can only grow enough for maybe 3 or 4 months worth of fruit and veg. You’d need a smallholding to have even a slim chance of making a go of it