Is i Siorrachd Pheairt banrigh nan tulach: Tullybelton = Tulach Bhealltainn; Tullybardine = Tulach Bhàirdne; Lassintullich = Las an Tulaich… gu leòr mar-thà!

❄️🐻‍❄️ Finally some positive news from Hungary. As record cold and snow hit Central Europe, polar bear cubs at Nyíregyháza Zoo are seeing real snow for the very first time in their lives. (Video by the zoo.)

I noticed as I scrolled down after I replied that great minds had thought alike on that one. Sê Jeremy has reported her to the Information Commissioner but that lacks poetic potential.

It’s My Party and I’ll Cry if I Want To

Rainbow in a dark sky.

Well I never... a rainbow appeared before sunrise, created just by the light of an orange and red glow in the east. There's a first time for everything. I've certainly never see such a thing before.

I think you are not alone atm!

Early morning. A Highland village by a still sea.

Not the most interesting photo, but it was taken at the exact minute of the Summer Solstice this morning (between 03:41/03:42). There's activity in the village as it's the start of the Celtman Solo Point Five soon.

good luck to anyone dealing with this clown show www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...

Tree lined track.

The old road linking Annat to the stepping stones over the River Balgy.

Sealladh bhon leabharlann feasgar an-diugh. Tha fiù 's na fèidh ag iarraidh an cànan ionnsachadh aig Sabhal Mòr Ostaig ann an Seachdain na Gàidhlig.

Presented without comment. www.ft.com/content/a7c9...

Èirigh na grèine aig Sabhal Mòr Ostaig.

Good news: we’re gonna start doing extra episodes every other Sunday.

First up this week: I talk to @maddow.msnbc.com! (who convinced me to post here more!)

Dè cho eòlach ’s a tha sibh air an làrach-lìn againn?
An robh fios agaibh gu bheil mapaichean airson planaichean Gàidhlig air an làrach-lìn? Seo agaibh Peairt is Ceann Rois.
#AinmAite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi @bordnagaidhlig.bsky.social

The era of government of, by, and for the billionaires has begun

Saoil an tachair seo ann an Glaschu latha de na làithean?

And free to read at this link!

Didn't expect the defining image of 2025 to turn up quite so quickly.

Cha do thill mi ri taobh na h-aibhne a-nochd. I didn’t return by the riverside path tonight.

Researchers say the tantalising discovery is a rare example of music from Scottish religious institutions 500 years ago, and is the only piece which survives from the northeast of Scotland from this period.

America: our life expectancy is terrible, we must restrict the availability of-

rest of the world: guns?

America: vaccines.

Muc-shneachda?

Abair alt inntinneach - taing! Bha eadar-theangairean cudromach na bu thràithe air na h-Oighreachdan Arfuntaichte cuideachd, m.e. Ruaraidh Ceanadach, maighstir-sgoilie air an t-Slios Gharbh (Oighreachd Shruthain) a bha fo amharas leis a' choimhearsnachd amannan.

Drone shot of river sea and mountain.

Flying over the River Balgy yesterday afternoon, looking towards Upper Loch Torridon and Beinn Alligin.

Pete Hegseth’s Secret History A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being rep...

Secretary of Defense is one of the biggest management jobs in the world and yet, Pete Hegseth has failed at managing much smaller organizations
www.newyorker.com/news/news-de...

NEW: Trump names Jared Kushner’s father Charles Kushner, as the next US ambassador to France. Jared is of course Trump’s son-in-law.

Trump already pardoned Charles in the dying days of his first presidency for charges including illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering.

Beagan deighe air Loch Con an-diugh fiù ‘s ged nach robh an aimsir fuar - cha deach mi dhan uisge ge-tà!

Autumn, University of Glasgow
#scotland #photography #autumncolours

Dol fodha na grèine … uill, an dèidh dol fodha na grèine co-dhiù. Tha mi dìreach a’ feuchainn ri dealbh a luchdadh.

Here lies Peter McTavish,
A Highland Drover, and a terrible savage,
He was always drunk and never sober,
From Fort-William in June to Falkirk in October*.
Ye greedy worms beware of his body,
For ’twill make you drunk with whisky toddy.
* Fort-William and Falkirk cattle trysts.