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Compare the Javan pond heron (green background, in Bishan Park), the Chinese PH (currently everywhere in Singapore) and the Indian PH. Different colors but same elegance.

I am running Den of Wolves: New Eden at Conpulsion!

Tickets and pre-registration are now live, so you can sign up for the game in advance.

Conpulsion is a fantastic event, and I will be there both days - with Den of Wolves running on the Sunday Afternoon.

conpulsion.org/pre-reg/

Some sad news to report, I'm afraid... Jeff Grant, the director of legendary public information film Lonely Water, died on 13 March. He fought to include the film's horror elements, and they proved so successful that it opened the door to the shocking PIFs that we know and love. (1/2)

You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch

This quote from Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell has been in my head the last few days

Resource trackers are never as good as physical resources in a boardgame. People overlook the impact of small pleasures like when players collect their income in Terraforming Mars & dump cubes onto their player mats. Getting tangible things & seeing others get them is part of the physical experience

Tabletop & Graphic Storytelling (TAGS) Festival. TAGS Festival returns on 17th October 2026! Image of a person wearing rollerskates and headphones sitting on a grassy hill, overlooking Edinburgh Castle with large clouds in the sky.

TAGS Festival is back on 17th October 2026! We're super excited about our wonderful new venue, Out of the Blue Drill Hall. Table applications open on 13th April!

🏷️ Sign up here to get an email when applications open: tagsfest.co.uk/#newsletter

Mother Clanger puppet returned to Canterbury after 50 years The original Mother Clanger from The Clangers is now on display at The Beaney in Canterbury.

That trip to the Moon is paying dividends already

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“In order for me to write poetry that isn’t
political, I must listen to the birds
and in order to hear the birds
the warplanes must be silent.”

—Marwan Makhoul, Palestinian poet

Outdoor Swimmer Magazine April issue | Urban Swimming Buy the April 2026 issue of Outdoor Swimmer Magazine featuring urban swimming, city swim locations and inspiring stories.

City swimming is on the rise! Find out about these vital blue spaces in our new issue, OUT NOW 💙 www.outdoorswimmershop.com/collections/...

Glasgow nominations for the Holyrood election are out. The far-right Independent Green Voice is back. In 2021, this fake party, led by a Holocaust denier thrown out of UKIP, probably cost the Scottish Greens two MSPs.

Memories and Portraits by Robert Louis Stevenson Free eBook digitized and proofread by volunteers.

“In the Leith Walk window, all the year round, there stood displayed a theatre in working order… That shop, which was dark and smelt of Bibles, was a loadstone rock for all that bore the name of boy”

—read “A Penny Plain & Twopence Coloured” free via @gutenberg.org
#C19
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/381

Pollock's Theatre Diorama Pop-Up Card - Benjamin Pollock's Toyshop Based on Pollock's oldest toy theatre, this pop-up card is a 3-dimensional scene from Harlequin and Colombine. Perfect as a first night gift.

“If you love art, folly, or the bright eyes of children, speed to Pollock’s”

—“A Penny Plain & Twopence Coloured”: Robert Louis Stevenson wrote about his childhood love for toy theatres in MEMORIES & PORTRAITS (1887)
#BookologyThursday #C19 #history
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An illustrated linocut print of a turquoise hare stood upright in human form in a cloak with moon patterns in front of a folly constructed of wooden branches.

‘I shall go into, go into a hare
With sorrow sigh and with mickle care
I shall go into, go into a hare
With sorrow sigh and with mickle care’

From Isobel Gowdie’s witch trial confessions in 1622 in which she shared her shape shifting spells.

The genius of the PlayStation 2 startup sound YouTube video by Mixed Signals

The genius of the PlayStation 2 startup sound youtu.be/XXDG1EN5f3w?...

PS2 부트업 사운드가 전설이긴 하지. 근데 난 PS1이 더 좋아.

As we canter merrily out into the part of the year where professional self belief is at a bit of a premium, I turn to pieces by others which inspire me. This, an astonishing piece of writing about an astonishing movie, is one of them.

Every year the Grey Herons without a mate and nest seem to gather this time of year in Lochend Park, Edinburgh 1/2 🧵

Poster announcing hustings: 7.15pm–9.30pm on 16 April, Broughton St Mary's, Bellevue Crescent. Invitation to send questions in advance to spurtle@hotmail.co.uk. Please bring cash donation to help cover costs on the night.

EDINBURGH NORTH EASTERN & LEITH CANDIDATES CONFIRMED:—David Lees (Reform), Ben Macpherson (SNP), Kate Nevins (S Green), Liss Owen (S. Lib-Dem), Oliver Thomas (S Lab), Haris Young (S Conservative & Unionist). Hustings questions on the night or in advance to spurtle@hotmail.co.uk
#hustings #election

Yeah that’s cool

A humorous commentary on April 1st suggesting it's the only day people critically assess online information.

Sooooooo true!🤷‍♀️

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Screenshot from Legal Advice UK subreddit: "My son pleasured himself in front of Gemini Live with the camera. My entire family have had our Google accounts banned. Scotland He's 14 and stupidly decided to try and roleplay with Gemini using its live camera mode. The AI correctly identified he was underage and Google banned all my accounts. He did it on the family tablet. It has parental controls to stop him watching innapropriate stuff, but we dind't realise Gemini wasn't covered by these. ALL of our entire family's Google accounts were linked to that tablet. Google banned them all. Everything gone. 15 years of business completely inaccessible. All my emails, all my documents saved in Google Drive. Even my website was linked to my Google account and that's been locked down too. We've written to Google and begged for it to be reinstated but they've said all the accounts have been shut down for child protection reasons. I don't know how I'm going to pay my mortgage in 3 months time. I've literally lost ALL my records for my accountant. My company year ends in May. My whole life is completely fucked. Is there any legal mechanism I can use to get all my google accounts back?"

a new form of teen fuck-up emerges

The Emperor Protects: A Warhammer 40,000 Musical YouTube video by Warhammer 40,000

Warhamilton

www.youtube.com/watch?v=59NO...

After seeing GORE BRIDGE on a bus one too many times, I decided to make a fantasy map using only #Edinburgh termini names of Lothian Buses.

a digital illustration in the style of a relief print depicting a black cat in a defensive pose holding a torn and tattered transgender pride flag in its mouth as it looks directly towards the viewer. the background is purple with some specks of blue and pink showing through, and behind the cat is a black midground resembling grass or flames. the top right corner features a box with a caption reading "T.D.O.V."

DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN 🏳️‍⚧️

#art #tdov #transart

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Unfortunately, we have had a couple of people who cannot make the game but have donated their tickets to other players!

Tales of the All Father is a Megagame about Vikings.

19th April in Glasgow!
#megagames #rpg #d&d

A sign on the fence of a graveyard. It reads "No use of geiger counters on church property."

This sign raises many questions, which probably should be answered by the sign but aren't

Event is tonight, free in person and online tickets available at link below amazing lineup!!