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carloule.bsky.social
Writer, musician, grandmother living in Edinburgh. Interests in arts music and politics and Scotland.
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How do you feel towards American tourists now? There are always lots in Edinburgh and I used to welcome them warmly. Now I want to ask them first if they voted for Trump.

Who still sends Christmas Cards ? How many and who to ? Asking because I now send hardly any!

So both France and Germany are politically and economically unstable. Brexit did not just damage the UK, it weakened and damaged EU too.

Gordon Brown sounding more eloquent, intelligent and compassionate than any current politician. Same with John Major, Ken Clarke , Tony Blair. Our political classes sound like robots now, zero empathy, zero imagination.

Loving this cold bright weather. The beaches and Edinburgh sparkling in the sun. A hillwalkers dream, such a shame the weekend brings wind and rain !

@glenisilla.bsky.social Hi Just linking with other Edinburgh residents here.

Any other Edinburgh people here ? Please say hello.

I used to enjoy Scottish Twitter full of Scottish Independence supporters ( Nats we sane people call them), posting furiously about UK flags on scottish produce and other nonsense. I miss them.

So clearly X and Bsky are now 2 distinct groups of people and for balance you need both. Not closing my X account as I think it has some valid voices there.

So bits of England get snow, but we in Scotland don’t. Not fair , we want snow too.

I am really enjoying the absence of advertising here, but it does seem a bit like the Guardian comments section. What if you occasionally agree with The Telegraph ?

Love a bit of proper cold. It's good for us and good for the garden.

Is it OK here to assert that sex in humans is binary and immutable? Perhaps even think that cross-dressing men who want to use our changing rooms may be a bit dodgy ?

If JK Rowling isn't here, going to have to keep my X account open. She is too important and I hope Bluesky hasn't blocked her.

Suppose I’m going to have to put the heating on. I SO resent the cost of something so basic,so essential. Many people live in dread of having to heat their homes because of the cost. We pay the highest prices for energy in Europe. Why is that ?

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Brexit cost to UK estimated at 5-6% of GDP. Staggeringly stupid. Yet apparently irreversible.

So is this now the genuine alternative ? Can I stop trying to figure out how to make Threads work.

Hey British journalists on Blue Sky, Dominic Cummings is ranting hysterically at you from the other side of The Wall.

@annettedittert.bsky.social Greetings ! Made it to the light side.

@samfr.bsky.social thanks !