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Ian Watt
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Open Data advocate. Wikimedia Board Member. Data scientist. Tinkerer with Python, LLMs etc. Enthusiastic reader. Wikimedia UK trainer. #Jazz lover. Drawer, painter, photographer. Whisky afficionado. #FRSA #FIoL Burgess of Guild of #Aberdeen, OSS Taisho.
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Similarly, I remember when my little brother spotted a "donkey with five legs".
December 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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What are Audible telling us here?

#Audible #audiobook #DavidCameron #Tories #autobiography
Screen capture from Audible with David Cameron's Autobiography listed under "More Fiction Deals"
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Finished both these last night. A generous dram from each.

#whisky #whiskey
Two empty whisky bottles. One a purple Glencadam and the other a 12 year-old Highland Park.
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Good morning from #Aberdeen
Sufers at the beach just after sunrise
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Rather like our Buddy.
A grey cat with yellow eyes, and one wonky ear
October 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Back from #ODCamp and Edinburgh. Had a wonderful time with great people; gave a talk on #Wikidata, attended great #opendata sessions; had several walks in the sunshine; and even managed to upload a few photos to #WikiCommons for 2025's #WikiLovesMonuments.
Some historic buildings in Edinburgh, five storeys tall, made from honey-coloured sandstone.
September 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Proud to be the originator of "Open Charlatans Register" at Open Data Camp (@odcamp.uk) today.

Brilliantly captured here by @drawnalism.com's Royston!
A sketch note of an unconference session portraying 'Tackling the Malaise" and portraying a man on a shrinks couch, Donald Trump, a Flying V guitar and much more.
September 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Thanks to @lukasz.langa.pl for a great talk at #APUG tonight. We had a great turnout at the refurbished @codethecity.bsky.social HQ, the #SoapFactory!
#python #coding #programming
An audience of python enthusiasts sitting at tables in a brightly lit room, viewed from behind, listening to a man standing speaking, facing them, with slides shown on a TV screen.
September 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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@lukasz.langa.pl Here's the door, arrowed.
September 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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I found water in the woods.

#photography #woodland #signs #concrete #Aberdeen
A concrete post, leaning at an angle, with the word WATER in incited letter, leaning slightly, in woodland undergrowth.
September 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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I'm sure @afc.co.uk fans, and @celticfc.bsky.social ones will find #Grok's take on this recent transfer very amusing!

#Scottish #football #AI #LLM
September 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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A morning stroll in #Aberdeen.

#photography #monochrome #monophotography
Monochrome high-contrast photograph of multiple tower blocks, with grass in the foreground, and a dramatic, dark sky.
August 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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#Aberdeenshire was looking lovely today. A view of distant #MitherTap from Drum on #Deeside.
A view looking over near fields, and trees over to distant hill peaks. The near field has been harvested, and only barley stubble remains.
August 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Quick - he's refilled the feeder!

#housesparrows #birds #twitching #ornithology #birdphotos
A mob of young house sparrows on a grain-filled feeder, some in mid-flight
August 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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The noisiest aircraft I've ever heard over our house.

A #USAF #Boeing #C17a #GlobemasterIII flying into #Aberdeen, presumably to pick up #Trump 's circus vehicles.

#Abz
A map of Aberdeen showing the location of the aircraft. Boeing C17A Globemaster III in flight overhead
July 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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He's just missing Fanny the Wonder Dog!
A young Julian Clary with gelled up hair, makeup, and cropped punk clothes, holding a microphone next to his thin whippet-cross(?) dog.
July 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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This scene, off the Deeside Line, near Duthie Park in Aberdeen, called out for a deep mono treatment.

#mobilephotography ##S24ultra #monochrome #Aberdeen #DesideLine #back-lit #photography
A monochrome image of a steep set of steps leading up to buildings, surrounded by plants, trees etc.
June 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Welcome to #Aberdeen!
A car rolled on inside on a public road. A man and woman, with two police personnel in high viz jackets, stand by the car which is on its side. In the background Grade 1 and Grade 2 listed buildings are covered in graffiti, and weeds grow from the buildings.
June 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Kaimhill clouds.

#Aberdeen #Cloud #Photography #mobilephotography #S24Ultra #samsungS24Ultra #Kaimhill #Garthdee
Distant clouds, with blue sky above, over red tiled roofs.
May 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Alcoholic cat!

My son's cat, who loves straws, and an Aperol Spritz.

#catsofbluesky #catsofsky #skycats #aperolspritz
A black and white cat appearing to drink an aperol spritz through a straw.
May 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Delighted with this shot of a heron mid-river. Taken on my Samsung S24 Ultra with 10x optical zoom.

#heron #nature #naturephotography #samsuns24ultra #mobilephotography #twitching #birding #greyheron
A grey heron standing mid-river on a stone. The heron and a tree are reflected in the water.
May 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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This made me chuckle very hard.

#humor #humour
A sign on an allotment, hung beneath chicken wire, with the text "This Is The Awning of the Cage of Asparahus"
May 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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A great talk, and a subject close to our hearts at @codethecity.bsky.social #opendata. And in this case, open data in the energy sector, managed by the North Sea Transition Authority. #NTSA
Numerous audience members at tables, listening to a speaker at the end of the room, presenting slides on a screen.
May 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Looks lie there were 3 African Popes.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...?
A list of 3 Popes from Africa from Wikipedia
April 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Edinburgh street photography.

Reflection of the castle in a shop window.

#Edinburgh #Scotland #Streetphotography #reflection #photography #mobilephotography
April 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM