Falling and laughing through life. Dreaming of electric sheep. Making tiny changes.
My Empire of Dirt, Scotland
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Rosa retweeted
2 years ago, I found the saddest cat in the shelter and took him home.
Last year, he raised $10k for that same shelter by starring in his own calendar.
This year, we're going to do even better.
Happy gotcha day, Gregory.
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Rosa retweeted
Rat Catcher Third Class Tom K. Fathoms was placed on the "Prisoner at Large" list of USS Maury in 1953 for repeatedly going AWOL. On three different occasions, RC3 Fathoms left the Maury and was caught raiding the galley of other ships. He also spent three weeks on unauthorized absence in Puerto Rico before being captured by the shore patrol and returned to his ship.
#cats #catsofX #catlore
Rosa retweeted
Where were you when the eclipse hit today? 🌖✨
While millions watched from the ground across Europe, we had a view from space. 🛰️
Did you catch the total or partial eclipse where you are? Let us know in the comments - and check back tomorrow for more imagery and information! 💬
Rosa retweeted
12 of the finest (unintentional) double-entendres ever aired on British TV and radio:
1: Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator - “This is really a lovely horse. I once rode her mother.”
2: New Zealand Rugby Commentator - “Andrew Mehrtens loves it when Daryl Gibson comes inside of him.”
3: Pat Glenn, weightlifting commentator - “And this is Gregoriava from Bulgaria . I saw her snatch this morning and it was amazing!”
4: Harry Carpenter at the Oxford-Cambridge boat race 1977 - “Ah, isn't that nice. The wife of the Cambridge President is kissing the Cox of the Oxford crew.”
5: US PGA Commentator - “One of the reasons Arnie (Arnold Palmer) is playing so well is that, before each tee shot, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them. Oh my god !! What have I just said?”
6: Carenza Lewis about finding food in the Middle Ages on 'Time Team Live' said: “You'd eat beaver if you could get it.”
7: A female news anchor who, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't, turned to the weatherman and asked. “So Bob, where's that eight inches you promised me last night?”
Not only did he have to leave the set, but half the crew did too, because they were laughing so hard!
8: Steve Ryder covering the US Masters: “Ballesteros felt much better today after a 69 yesterday.”
9: Clair Frisby talking about a jumbo hot dog on 'Look North' said: “There's nothing like a big hot sausage inside you on a cold night like this.”
10: Mike Hallett discussing missed snooker shots on 'Sky Sports': “Stephen Hendry jumps on Steve Davis's misses every chance he gets.”
11: Michael Buerk on watching Philippa Forrester cuddle up to a male astronomer for warmth during BBC1's UK eclipse coverage remarked.
“They seem cold out there. They're rubbing each other and he's only come in his shorts.”
12: Ken Brown commentating on golfer Nick Faldo and his caddie Fanny Sunneson lining-up shots at the Scottish Open: “Some weeks Nick likes to use Fanny; other weeks he prefers to do it by himself.
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Rosa retweeted
How many jobs are MPs allowed?
Count Binface urged to run for FIFA president as pressure grows on Gianni Infantino
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Rosa retweeted
#OTD in 1944, German and Dutch authorities discovered and arrested Anne Frank, her family, and four other Jews who were hiding in a secret annex in Amsterdam. Otto Frank, the annex’s sole resident to survive, ensured that Anne’s words live on.
Photo: Anne Frank Fonds
ALT A series of black and white photographs of a young Anne Frank
Rosa retweeted
Scotland has just done something quietly brilliant for its birds 🐦
New buildings across the country will now have to include "swift bricks", hollow bricks built straight into the walls that give birds a safe place to nest.
It sounds like a small thing but it isn't. Swift numbers in the UK have fallen by around 60% since the mid-1990s, and one of the biggest reasons is heartbreakingly simple: modern buildings have nowhere for them to go. Swifts have always nested in the nooks and gaps of our houses, and as those disappeared, so did they.
The birds themselves make it worse by being loyal to a fault. Swifts return to the exact same nest site year after year, having flown thousands of miles from Africa to get there.
When they arrive to find it sealed up, some will keep flying at the spot again and again, sometimes injuring themselves in the process.
The bricks cost about £30 each. They need no maintenance, they don't affect insulation, and once they're in the wall, you'd never know they were there. Sparrows, starlings and house martins use them too, all species in trouble for the same reason.
One RSPB conservationist put it starkly. In his part of Glasgow, not a single swift bred in 2025, the first time in his 30 years there. He called it "nothing short of heartbreaking."
Scotland is the first country in the UK to write this into law. Campaigners are now hoping the rest follows.
Rosa retweeted
My latest is a review of "The Science of Discipline," by Nathan Maynard who wants us to view student misbehavior as an unmet need, a form of communication, and an opportunity to teach new skills. It's a humane idea but ultimately does kids a disservice.
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Rosa retweeted
Edinburgh’s Josh Kerr has just broken the mile world record — 3:42.66 — a record that stood for 27 YEARS. 🤯
Incredible achievement! 🏴
